Kyrie, Bitte Bei der grossen Schuld

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Kyrie, Bitte Bei der grossen Schuld - by Paul Halley
on a theme by Johann Sebastien Bach
Publication Details

Catalogue Number -
PEL2017 SATB

Voicing/Instrumentation -
SATB choir and piano

With flute, clarinet (or obe) organ, bass, and optional percussion

Level of Difficulty - Moderate

Uses/Season - Festival, Concert,
Alt. Service Anthem

Duration - 5:15 mins

Pages Music -
15 pages SATB - 20 page booklet

Format - SATB/piano choral octavo

Copyright Year - 2007

SATB score perusal - pages 1-3 of 15

Description/Remarks

Music by J.S. Bach and Paul Halley
An innovative, jazz-inspired choral arrangement of the solo melody from Bach's work, BWV 115 "Mache Dich, Mein Geist Bereit", set within a contemporary context of modern instruments and rhythms, with additional melodies and harmonies by Paul Halley. Bach in his Brazilian period.
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Commissioned by Corale San Jacopo, Massimo Bracci, director.
Premiere December 2007, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence

In the words of Signor Bracci as he outlined in English his vision for the commission project:

"Regarding the BWV 115 "Mache Dich, Mein Geist Bereit", we want a free interpretation of it for choir. I am a great fan of Paul Halley because he can merge classical and modern elements in a single fantastic matrimony. A beautiful example is “Come Away to the Sky”. That is, we want a free, modern interpretation for choir of this longing song; he can use also jazzistic elements. Paul Halley is free to arrange how he feels it naturally, with a view to the conformation of my choir. This could be a start of an advantageous collaboration with a European choir. We have an important concert of December 2007 in a most famous theater of Tuscany 'Teatro del Maggio Musicale Florentino' in Florence and we could perform this work in preview in Italy. It could be an important event to know the music of Paul Halley in Italy."

Sound Clip ◙♫
"Kyrie, Bitte Bei
der grossen Schuld"
performed by Corale San Jacopo,
the Italian choir,
who commissioned
the work from Paul Halley.

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Texts and Translations

O Lord, have mercy upon us,
according to thy love,
and do away with my offences, Lord,
according to the multitude of thy mercies.

– Psalm 51:1

Kyrie, Kyrie.

O Lord, O Lord.

Bitte bei der großen Schuld
Deinen Richter um Geduld,
Soll er dich von Sünden frei
Und gereinigt machen!

Beseech, for your great guilt,
mercy from your Judge,
that He make you free from sin
and purify you!

– Johann Burchard Freystein (1671-1718)