Two Psalms for soprano and organ
Psalm 6: Domine, ne in furore, Andante sostenuto, espressivo
Psalm 99 (100): Jubilate Deo, Allegro maestoso
World première:
Rome, Oratory of San Filippo Neri, 20 February 1943

Composed in 1943, these Two Psalms for soprano and organ were commissioned by Goffredo Petrassi for a concert dedicated to 20th-century sacred music. In addition to the Two Psalms, the concert featured the world première of Three Sacred Songs by Alfredo Casella for baritone and organ and the first Italian performance of Igor Stravinsky’s Three Sacred Choruses. The autograph scores survived the vicissitudes of war, but had never been ordered and re-assembled until the creation of the Rota Archive at the Giorgio Cini Foundation.
This publication thus makes available another work in the vast section on sacred music in the Rota catalogue.