LEVINE
Christ’s Nativity for SATB and Organ
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ALEXANDER LEVINE
Christ’s Nativity
for SATB and Organ
CHRIST’S NATIVITY
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Awake, glad heart! get up and sing! It is the birth-day of thy King. Awake! awake! The Sun doth shake Light from his locks, and all the way Breathing perfumes, doth spice the day.
Awake! awake! The Sun doth shake Awake, awake! hark how th’ wood rings; Winds whisper, and the busy springs A concert make; Awake! awake! Man is their high-priest, and should rise To offer up the sacrifce.
I would I were some bird, or star, Flutt’ring in woods, or lifted far Above this inn, and road of sin! Then either star or bird should be Shining or singing still to thee.
I would I had in my best part Fit rooms for thee! or that my heart Were so clean as Thy manger was! But I am all flth, and obscene; Yet, if thou wilt, thou canst make clean.
Sweet Jesu! will then. Let no more This leper haunt and soil thy door! Cure him, ease him, O release him! And let once more, by mystic birth, The Lord of life be born in earth.
Henry Vaughan
Commissioned by the Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, D.C. Made possible by the Richard Wayne Dirksen Memorial Endowment Fund
Duration: c. 4 minutes
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or Swell)
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easehim,
curehim,easehim,
curehim,easehim,
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Alexander Levine (b. 1955) studied piano and clarinet at the Gnessin State Musical College and Gnessin Russian Academy of Music in Moscow, followed by studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with Gary Carpenter and Simon Bainbridge. He was principal guitarist of the Moscow Radio and Television Orchestra and has won prestigious awards for his work with television and radio in Russia. His works in the Edition Peters catalogue include The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom and Prayers for Mankind for a cappella choir. Levine has lived in the United Kingdom since 1992.
Alexander Levine (*1955) erhielt Klavier- und Klarinettenunterricht an der Gnessin-Musikschule in Moskau und studierte an der dortigen Gnessin-Musikakademie sowie bei Gary Carpenter und Simon Bainbridge an der Londoner Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Er war erster Gitarrist des Moskauer Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchesters und erhielt im Rahmen seiner Tätigkeit für Rundfunk und Fernsehen in Russland mehrere renommierte Preise. Zu seinen Werken im Katalog der Edition Peters zählen The Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom und Prayers for Mankind, beide für Chor a cappella. Seit 1992 lebt Levine in Großbritannien.
Alexander Levine
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© Sasha Gusov