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New Choral Psalms
PSALM 29
by Michael Reid Winikoff

Mixed (SATB) or Men's (TTBB) Choir & Solo with organ or piano
Singing Text in English or Hebrew

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Like "Lift High Your Lintels," Psalm 29 is a stirring 19th-Century style grand processional.  The text is vividly pictorial, and while the first sections of this work are straightforward in texture, with largely homophonic choral passages and intervening solo passages accompanied wordlessly by choir and organ/piano, more contrapuntal complexity comes with the verse that describes lightning bolts and thunder.  A declaration of God's eternal sovereignty by men's voices follows the third and final solo section, and the work ends with a fervent hope for peace.

Vocally, Psalm 29 is not overly demanding either for the choir or for the soloist.  A slightly more stately tempo than marked may be taken in the choral sections, though it is important always that the solo sections be taken a shade slower than the surrounding choral passages, except where otherwise noted in the score.