2 Dec 2020

Psałterz Dawidów: Chorea Kozacka, Jarosław 2016

Here are more Psalms from the Psałterz Dawidów, posted last month. These are from a live performance in 2016 in Jarosław, Poland, of the Chorea Kozacka, a choral ensemble from just over the border in Ukraine. Typical of the Ukrainian and Russian style, the male voices predominate, lending a certain depth of feeling to the Psalms. I believe we are also hearing the hurdy gurdy and the crumhorn, period instruments from the mediaeval era. We begin with Psalm 3:


Psalm 42:


Psalm 64:


Psalm 113:


Psalm 126:


Psalm 127:

Psalm 137


This next one claims also to be Psalm 137, but it has a tune different from that of the Psałterz Dawidów and was apparently written by Melentij Smotrycki:

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