Opus number: op. 106
Title: Psalm 96
Instrumentation: SATB Chorus and Organ
Text: Psalm 96, the King James Bible
Date written: 2010
Length: five minutes
Premiere performance: June 5, 2011, First Church Chorus
Program notes: Psalm 96, Op. 106; Psalm 1, Op. 103; Psalm 23, Op. 105; and Psalm 150, Op. 104, are four Psalm settings based on texts from the King James Bible written in the summer of 2010. Psalm 1 was written for Thomas Gregg and was first performed by Gregg, tenor, and Dana Whiteside, baritone, and Heinrich Christensen, organ at King’s Chapel in Boston in August of 2010. Psalm 96 for SATB chorus and Psalm 23 were first performed in 2011 by the First Church Boston choir conducted by Paul Cienniwa and by Christine Teeters and Paul Cienniwa, organ.
