Виктор Копытько: ПРИНОШЕНИЕ III, 2-я редакция.

Victor Copytsko: OFFERING III, version 2 (2006–2007; 2022).
A Cantata for quartet of singers, chamber orchestra and chorus in distanza.
Texts from the Holy Scriptures.
Dedication: “To Natasha”.
Tatiana Gavrilova, soprano; Natalia Akinina, alto; Victor Mendelev, tenor; Vladimir Gromov, basso.
RB State Chamber chorus, Artistic Director – Natalia Mikhailova.
Symphony orchestra of the National opera & ballet theatre of the Republic of Belarus’,
Vyatcheslav Volich, conductor.
Recorded & mixed by Vassily Nyckolaienya.
Special thanks to Yuri Gildiuk and Irene Goncharov.

Tenore: Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village… (Luke 10:38)
Quartetto: – In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: (Ps.71:1) Turn thee unto me (Ps.25:16)
Tenore: …and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. (Luke 10:38)
Alto: – And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD… (Ps.35:9)
Tenore e Basso: – Our soul waiteth! (Ps.33:20)
Alto: …it shall rejoice in his salvation (Ps.35:9)
Tenore e Basso: – The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? (Ps.114:4,6)
Alto: – Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. (Ps.33:20)
Tenore: And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. (Luke 10:39)
Soprano: – The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. (Ps.113:4)
Alto: – And my soul… (Ps.35:9)
Tenore: – But Martha was cumbered about much serving… (Luke 10:40)
Alto: – Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield… (Ps.33:20)
Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. (Luke 10:40)
Tenore: And Jesus answered and said unto her:
Basso: – Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful.
Coro in distanza: – Martha, Martha!.. (Luke 10:41-42)
Basso: – And Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. (Luke 10:42)
Soprano & Alto: – The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. (Ps.16:6)
Quartetto: – Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. (Ps.25:4)
(Libretto by Victor Copytsko)
Живопись: Павел Плешанов, "Христос в гостях у Марии и Марфы" (1855)