Reich - Tehillim - Complete (Official Score Video)

B&H Study Score Video Series: Listen and follow along with the publisher's score of Steve Reich's "Tehillim."

This 1981 work draws its title from the Hebrew word for "Psalms" and is one of several pieces in which Reich turns to his Jewish faith for inspiration. Tehillim is a setting of Psalms 19:2-5 (19:1-4 in Christian translations), 34:13-15 (34:12-14 in Christian translations), 18:26-27 (18:25-26 in Christian translations) and 150:4-6. It marks the first time since his student days that Reich set text to music. In his program note, Reich discussed the text setting, writing: "One of the reasons I chose to set Psalms as opposed to parts of the Torah or Prophets is that the oral tradition among Jews in the West for singing Psalms has been lost. (It has been maintained by Yemenite Jews.) This meant that I was free to compose the melodies for Tehillim without a living oral tradition to either imitate or ignore."

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Cette oeuvre de 1981, dont le titre vient de la traduction Hébreuse pour "psaumes", est l'une des nombreuses pièces pour lesquelles Reich puise son inspiration de sa foi Juive. Tehilim est un ensemble de psaumes 19:2-5 (19:1-4 dans les traductions chrétiennes, 34:13-15 (34:12-14 dans les traductions chrétiennes), 18:26-27 (18:25-26 dans les traductions chrétiennes) et 150:4-6. C'est la première fois depuis ses années d'étudiant que Reich mets du texte en musique. Dans ses notes, Reich parle de [l'agencement] du texte : "L'une des raisons pour laquelle j'ai choisi des Psaumes au lieu de passages de la Torah ou des Prophètes est que la tradition orale de chanter les Psaumes chez les Juifs à été perdue (tradition maintenue par les Juifs Yemenites). Cela signifie que j'étais libre de composer les mélodies de Tehilim sans avoir à imiter ou ignorer une tradition orale vivante."

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00:03 Part I
11:50 Part II
17:46 Part III
24:05 Part IV

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Recording:
Tehillim
Composed by Steve Reich
Performed by Steve Reich and Musicians
Conducted by George Manahan
Courtesy of ECM Records

Album available here: https://www.amazon.com/Steve-Reich-Tehillim/dp/B005TIMPFG

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