MUSIC FOR THE PSALMS

Written for Dr. Susan Jane Matthews and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA, with thanks.

This double chant is based on Van Ness’s anthem Joy Flows Down Like Radiant Moon, and may be paired with it in service or concert.

Written for Dr. Susan Jane Matthews and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA, with thanks.

This double chant is based on Van Ness’s anthem Psalm 103, I Will Bless You, and may be paired with it in service or concert.

Written for Dr. Susan Jane Matthews and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA, with thanks.

This double chant is based on Van Ness’s anthem Psalm 5, Hearken to my Child’s Cry, and may be paired with it in service or concert.

Written for Dr. Susan Jane Matthews and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA, with thanks.

This double chant is based on Van Ness’s anthem Psalm 108, Wake Up, My Spirit, and may be paired with it in service or concert.

Part of Birds of the Psalms

Commissioned by and Premiered (May 2016) by Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director
Commercial Release Fall 2017 by Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director, and online July 2018 by PARMA
Text by Patricia Van Ness (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Dedicated to Carson Cooman
Text by Patricia Van Ness

Dedicated to Daryl Bichel, Artistic Director, and the Night Song Musicians,
Jennifer Lester, Director. Premiered on 4 June 2023 at Night Song, First Church Congregational, Cambridge, MA
Text: Adapted by Van Ness from the Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Premiered (13 January 2013) at Night Song (Daryl Bichel, Artistic Director) by Beneficia lucis (Jay Lane, Director)
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Text: Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Part of “Child of the Borderlands”
Commissioned by and Premiered (January 2019) by Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director
From Music for the Psalms

Dedicated to Carson Cooman
Text: Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Part of “Child of the Borderlands”
Commissioned by and Premiered (20 October 2018) by Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director
Janet Stone, Soprano
From Music for the Psalms, dedicated in its entirety to Peter Sykes

Dedicated to Vermillion
Text: Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Commissioned by Amuse, Inc. (NYC); Premiered at St. John the Divine, NYC, October 2017
Psalm text adapted from The Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer

Premiered by Viriditas, Cristi Catt, Director, at Night Song, First Church in Cambridge, Congregational

Text: Rumi (Birdsong) and The Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Text

Birdsong brings relief to my longing
I’m just as ecstatic as they are, but with nothing to say!
Please universal soul, practice some song or something through me!
You heard my cry.
You put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to you:
Amen.

Commissioned and Premiered by Susan Jane Matthews DMA, ARSCM and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA
Text: Adapted by Van Ness from the Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Part of “Birds of the Psalms”
Commissioned by and Premiered (October 2016) by Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director
Commercial Release Fall 2017 by Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director, and online July 2018 by PARMA
Text: The Biblia Sacra Vulgata
From Music for the Psalms

Part of “Birds of the Psalms”
Commissioned by and Premiered (October 2016) by Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director
Commercial Release Fall 2017 by Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director, and online July 2017 by PARMA
Text: Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Premiered (19 May 2013) by First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Peter Sykes, Music Director
Text adapted by Kate Layzer from The Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Part of “Psalms of Luminous Rescue”
Commissioned by Elizabeth Bradley and Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Artistic Director
and Premiered on 20 May 2018 by Coro Allegro, Sonja Dutoit Tengblad, soprano, Church of the Covenant, Boston
In Memory of Our Foremothers, Who Fought For Our Deliverance
Text adapted from The Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer
From Music for the Psalms

Solo Soprano, SSAATB, Oboe, Viola, & Violoncello

For Susan Jane Matthews DMA, ARSCM and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA
Text: Adapted by Van Ness from the Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

For Peter Sykes and the Choir of First Church in Cambridge, MA. Premiered at morning service in May, 2022.
Text: Adapted by Van Ness from the Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Part of “Birds of the Psalms”
Commissioned by and premiered (October 2016) by Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director
Commercial Release Fall 2017 by Cappella Clausura, Amelia LeClair, Director, and online July 2018 by PARMA
Text: Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Dedicated to Peter Marks (1946-2020). Premiered by Susan Jane Matthews DMA, ARSCM and the Choirs of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Burlingame, CA
Text: Adapted by Van Ness from the Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Premiered (24 November 2013) at Night Song (Daryl Bichel, Artistic Director) by Viriditas, Cristi Catt, Director
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational
Text: Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Dedicated to Carson Cooman
Text: Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer (English)
From Music for the Psalms

Part of “Psalms of Luminous Rescue”
Commissioned by Elizabeth Bradley and Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Artistic Director
and Premiered on 20 May 2018 by Coro Allegro, Sonja Dutoit Tengblad, soprano, Church of the Covenant, Boston
In Memory of Our Foremothers, Who Fought For Our Deliverance
Text adapted from The Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer
From Music for the Psalms

Premiered by New England Classical Singers, David Hodgkins, Spring 2022

Commissioned by Peter Ersland for the New England Classical Singers, David Hodgkins, Artistic Director, and dedicated to the memory of his parents, Bob and Kathy Ersland, who fostered in him a lifelong appreciation of music.

Janet Stone, Soprano

Part of “Psalms of Luminous Rescue”
Commissioned by Elizabeth Bradley and Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Artistic Director
and Premiered on 20 May 2018 by Coro Allegro, Sonja Dutoit Tengblad, soprano, Church of the Covenant, Boston
In Memory of Our Foremothers, Who Fought For Our Deliverance
Text adapted from The Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer
From Music for  the Psalms

Commissioned by Carson Cooman
Premiered on 28 November 2018 by the Harvard Choral Fellows, Carson Cooman, Director, at Morning Prayers, Appleton Chapel, The Memorial Church of Harvard University

Dedicated to Angelus, Dana Taylor, Director
Text: From the Hebrew, Transliteration by Alan J . Green
From Music for the Psalms

Composed for Janet Stone and Sonja DuToit Tengblad and premiered at Trinity Church, Boston, MA, on 30 June 2019

Text adapted by Patricia Van Ness from The Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer
From Music for the Psalms, Dedicated in its entirety to Peter Sykes

Commissioned by Elizabeth Bradley and Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins, Artistic Director
and Premiered on 20 May 2018 by Coro Allegro, Sonja Dutoit Tengblad, soprano, Church of the Covenant, Boston
In Memory of Our Foremothers, Who Fought For Our Deliverance
Text adapted from The Psalter, The Book of Common Prayer
From Music for the Psalms