singer, one-man choir, guitarist and composer
Apolytikion - polyphonic version - for mixed choir
SM-000180930
- Alternative title
- Anthem of dismissal
- Composer
- Unknown (works before 1850)
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Arranger
-
David W Solomons
-
Lyricist
-
old sacred text
- Publisher
- David W Solomons
- Genre
- Religious
- Instrumentation
- Mixed choir
- Scored for
- Choir
- Type of score
- Full score
- Duration
- 3'0"
- Language
- Greek
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Year of composition
- 2007
Description
Setting of the Byzantine chant for dismissal at the time of Pentecost
This version uses a somewhat Westernised polyphonic approach
another version is available in which I use the more traditional homophonic movement of voices
The sound sample is my own multitrack performance transposed down a third.
The score shows the Greek words transcribed into Latin letters
since more choirs can read those.
However, for information, here are the original words and the translation
Ευλογητός εί, Χριστέ ο Θεός ημών,
ο πανσόφους τους αλιείς αναδείξας,
καταπέμψας αυτοίς το Πνεύμα το Άγιον,
και δι' αυτών την οικουμένην σαγηνεύσας,
Φιλάνθρωπε,
δόξα Σοι
Blessed be you, O Christ our God
Who showed the fishermen to be most wise
you sent the Holy Spirit upon them
and through them you caught the inhabited world in your net
O Lover of Mankind
Glory to you