Saint Ludmila, Op.71
Op.
Svatá Ludmila
Dedicated to Erotín Choral and Music Society in Olomouc.
Sheet music
Sheet music
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· 2 editions
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Composed
1885 (September 17)-1886 (May 30) (oratorio); 1895 and 1901 (August 17) (opera)
First published
1887 - London: Novello (oratorio, )
Period
Romantic
Catalogue
Op.
Dedication
Erotín Choral and Music Society in Olomouc
Movements
45
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Movements
As catalogued on IMSLP.
45
numbers in 3 parts; *Part I.; Tmy vrátily se v skrýše skal a lesů / The dusk departs to gloomy caves and forests; (Introduzione, Coro / Introduction, Chorus); Vesno smavá, Vesno snivá / Merry Springtime, dreamy Springtime; (Recitativo - tenore / Recitative - tenor); Květy, jimiž Vesna vábí / Blossoms, with which Spring allures us; (Coro / Chorus); Svaté jitro jest a svatá noc je tmavá / Holy dawn and holy night; (Coro / Chorus); Tříhlav, který patří trojí tváří / Triglav, thou with three-fold countenance; (Coro / Chorus); Mé srdce chví se tlukem bouřným dnes / My heart is beating wildly; (Recitativo - soprano / Recitative - soprano); Slyš naše písně horoucí a vroucí / Hear when we call; (Coro / Chorus); Od dětství ku oltáři mne vodil svatý cit / When young it was the altar I ever held most dear; (Aria - soprano / Air - soprano); Vždyť bozi s námi jsou, kam bludný krok se šine / The gods are close at hand, where'er we stray and falter; (Coro / Chorus); Sem rychle Vesny květ, ať sochu ověnčíme / Festoon with flowers gay the statue of great Vesna; (Solo - tenore / Solo - tenor); Ký v pozadí to hluk? / What causes all that noise?; (Coro / Chorus); Do prachu s vámi! Jeden jest Bůh! / Now kiss the dust all! One God there is!; (Aria - basso; Coro / Air - bass; Chorus); Kdo onen muž, jejž nestih's nebe blesk? / What man is this whom lightening will not fell?; (Coro / Chorus); Ó dovol abych zlíbat směla tvých nohou prach / I beg thee, only thy dusty feet my lips I would lay; (Aria - soprano / Air - soprano); Vstup v nitro své, mým domem není země / Upon this earth thy search would be a vain quest; (Recitativo - basso / Recitative - bass); Co bude nyní / What will befall us?; (Coro / Chorus); Vše láme se a bortí v chaos tmavý / Now everything is crumbling, all is chaos; (Coro / Chorus); *Part II.; Ó, v jaké šeré lesní stíny / Oh, in the fearful forest shadows; (Introduzione, Recitativo ed aria - alto / Introduction, Recitative and air - alto); Teď ptám se tě: co najít chceš? / Pray tell me now, what do you seek?; (Duetto - soprano ed alto / Duet - soprano and alto); Já neklamal se, buď vítána, dcero! / No error made, I welcome you, daughter!; (Aria - basso / Air - bass); Dík, otče, já se nezklamala / Thanks, father, I am firmly resolved; (Recitativo - soprano / Recitative - soprano); Nuž tedy věz a pojmi v srdce svoje / Now also know, and keep it in remembrance; (Aria - basso / Air - bass); Ó dopřej, ať se v pokoře dál cvičím / O cease not, let me meekly hear thy teaching; (Recitativo - soprano / Recitative - soprano); Tam Kristův kříž! / Behold Christ's Cross!; (Terzetto - soprano, alto e basso / Trio - soprano, alto and bass); Vesele hvozdem, vesele polem / Gaily we pass through field and through forest; (Coro; Terzetto - soprano, alto e basso / Chorus; Trio - soprano, alto and bass); Ó jaký obraz oku mému se v stínu lesním otvírá! / Oh, what a sight there in the shadows!; (Solo - tenore; Coro / Solo - tenor; Chorus); Já bludné duše světlu vracím / I led the lost souls out of darkness; (Recitativo - basso / Recitative - bass); Ó neklamu se, chápu juž / I think, the truth I now infer; (Coro / Chorus); Ach ona, po níž srdce moje prahne / Ah, it is she for whom my heart is yearning; (Recitativo - tenore; basso / Recitative - tenor; bass); Ó, cestu ukaž mi, jak jí mám dobýt / Oh, show to me the way that I must win her; (Aria - tenore / Air - tenor); Ó vizte, kníže náš vrhá se na kolena / Behold ye now our prince is kneeling; (Coro / Chorus); Ó, kterak mohu zvednout k tobě zraků / How is it possible to raise my eyelids; (Recitativo - soprano / Recitative - soprano); Ó běda, nechce slyšet jeho lkání! / Oh, heavens! She'll not listen to his pleading!; (Coro / Chorus); Jak z krásného snu náhle procitlý / I rudely awake from a perfect dream; (Recitativo - tenore, basso / Recitative - tenor, bass); Já hledala jsem září toho jitra / For this new shining dawn I am now searching; (Quartetto, Coro / Quartet, Chorus); *Part III.; Hospodine, pomiluj ny! / Mighty Lord, have mercy on us!; (Introduzione, Coro / Introduction, Chorus); Nuž přistupte, mnou víře vyučení / Come forward all to whom I've taught the new creed!; (Recitativo - tenore, basso / Recitative - tenor, bass); Ó, nech juž skanout nad našimi čely / Anoint our foreheads with the holy water; (Duetto - soprano e tenore / Duet - soprano and tenor); U cíle stojím snahy své a tužby / Here on the threshold of my aspirations; (Recitativo - soprano, basso / Recitative - soprano, bass); Nuž poklekněte před biskupem oba / Now kneel ye both before the bishop; (Coro / Chorus); Duchu svatý, sestup v nachu / Holy Ghost in royal purple; (Solo - basso, Coro / Solo - bass, Chorus); Ó zněte písně, zněte k nebes báni / Now let the heavens echo with our anthem; (Coro / Chorus); Panno, matko stvořitele / Powers that dwell in heavenly places; (Solo - alto, Coro / Solo - alto, Chorus); Ó zněte písně, zněte k nebes báni / Now let the heavens echo with our anthem; (Coro e duetto - alto e basso / Chorus and duet - alto and bass); Hospodine, pomiluj ny! / Mighty Lord, have mercy on us!; (Quartetto e coro / Quartet and chorus)
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