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Communion Sentence No. 3 I will take the cup of salvation
Staff Notation • Sacred, Anthems
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Communion Sentence No. 3 I will take the cup of salvation by Maksim Sozontovich Berezovsky — Lyrics
Alleluja. Dilexi, quoniam exaudiet Dominus vocem orationis meae.
Quia inclinavit aurem suam mihi, et in diebus meis invocabo.
Circumdederunt me dolores mortis; et pericula inferni invenerunt me.
Tribulationem et dolorem inveni,
et nomen Domini invocavi: o Domine, libera animam meam.
Misericors Dominus et justus, et Deus noster miseretur.
Custodiens parvulos Dominus; humiliatus sum, et liberavit me.
Convertere, anima mea, in requiem tuam, quia Dominus benefecit tibi:
quia eripuit animam meam de morte, oculos meos a lacrimis, pedes meos a lapsu.
Placebo Domino in regione vivorum.
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About Communion Sentence No. 3 I will take the cup of salvation
This SATB setting by Maksim Sozontovich Berezovsky opens with a joyful Alleluia, reflecting the text's themes of gratitude and praise for divine deliverance. The music moves with a confident stride, the voices often locked in rich, homophonic textures before opening out into more expansive melismatic passages. As the text turns to the psalmist's struggles and pleas for salvation, Berezovsky’s setting becomes more intensely dramatic, the harmony shifting to convey profound personal suffering. Yet, the underlying mood of faith is never lost, culminating in an exultant declaration of trust in God’s mercy and a serene anticipation of eternal peace. This is a potent and moving expression of the sacred text.
