Saint Ludmila, Op.71 (Dvořák, Antonín)

		Movements/Sections 3 scenes Composition Year 1st version — 1885–86 2nd version — 1901 Genre Categories Sacred oratorios; Oratorios; Religious works; For 5 voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; For voices and chorus with orchestra; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the alto voice; Scores featuring the tenor voice; Scores featuring the bass voice; Scores featuring the orchestra; Czech language; For organ (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the organ

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Arranger:

George Clement Martin (1844-1916)

Publisher Info.:

London: Novello, Ewer & Co., n.d. Plate 7526

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	Saint Ludmila
Alternative Title	Svatá Ludmila

Composer	Dvořák, Antonín
Opus/Catalogue Number	Op.71, B.144 (1st version), B.205 (2nd version)
Movements/Sections	3 scenes
Year/Date of Composition	1st version — 1885–86 2nd version — 1901
First Performance	1st version — Leeds, 15 October 1886 2nd version — Prague, 30 October 1901
First Publication	1887
Librettist	Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853–1912) Václav Juda Novotný (1849–1922) — 2nd version only
Language	Czech
Dedication	Erotín Choral and Music Society in Olomouc
Average Duration	130 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Soprano, Alto, 2 Tenors, Bass, Chorus (SATB) + 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English Horn, 2 Clarinets, Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, Contrabassoon, 4 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Tuba, Timpani, Triangle, Harp, Organ, Violins I, Violins II, Violas, Cellos, Double Basses

Misc. Comments

Cast

• Saint Ludmila — soprano
• Borivoj, a Bohemian prince — tenor
• Svatava — mezzo-soprano
• Ivan the Hermit — bass
• Peasant — tenor

Section Listing

Part I:

1. Introduzione e coro (Tmy vrátily se v skrýše skal a lesů / The dusk departs to gloomy caves and forests)
2. Recitativo — tenore solo (Vesno smavá, Vesno snivá / Merry Springtime, dreamy Springtime)
3. Coro (Květy, jimiž Vesna vábí / Blossoms, with which Spring allures us)
4. Coro (Svaté jitro jest / Holy dawn and holy night)
5. Coro (Tříhav, který patří trojí tváří / Triglaw, thou with three-fold countenance)
6. Recitativo — soprano solo (Mé srdce chví se tlukem bouřným dnes / My heart is beating wildly)
7. Aria — soprano solo (Od dětství ku oltáři mne vodil svatý cit / When young it was the altar I ever held most dear)
8. Coro (Vždyť bozi s námi jsou, kam bludný krok se šine / The gods are close at hand, where´er we stray and falter)
9. Tenore solo (Sem rychle Vesny květ, ať sochu ověnčíme / Festoon with flowers gay the statue of great Vesna)
10. Coro (Ký v pozadí to hluk? / What causes all that noise?)
11. Aria (basso solo) e coro (Do prachu s vámi! Jeden jest Bůh! / Now kiss the dust all! One God there is!)
12. Coro (Kdo onen muž, jejž nestih's nebe blesk? / What man is this whom lightening will not fell?)
13. Aria — soprano solo (Ó dovol abych zlíbat směla tvých nohou prach / I beg thee, only thy dusty feet My lips I would lay)
14. Recitativo — basso solo (Vstup v nitro své, mým domem není země / Upon this earth thy search would be a vain quest)
15. Coro (Vše láme se a bortí v chaos tmavý / Now everything is crumbling, all is chaos)

Part II:

1. Introduzion, recitativo ed aria alto solo (Ó, v jaké šeré lesní stíny / Oh, in the fearful forest shadows)
2. Duetto — soprano ed alto solo (Teď ptám se tě: co najít chceš? / Pray tell me now, what do you seek?)
3. Aria — basso solo (Já neklamal se, buď vítána, dcero! / No error made, I welcome you, daughter!)
4. Recitativo — soprano solo (Ó dopřej, ať se v pokoře dál cvičím / Oh tell me, for humility I long now) attaca
5. Terzetto — soprano, alto e basso solo (Tam Kristův kříž! / Behold Christ's Cross!)
6. Terzetto — (soprano, alto e basso solo) e coro (Vesele hvozdem, vesele polem / Gaily we pass through field and through forest)
7. Tenore solo e coro (Ó jaký obraz oku mému se v stínu lesním otvírá! / Oh, what a sight there in the shadows, and one that causes me to fear!)
8. Recitativo — basso solo (Já bludné duše světlu vracím / I led the lost souls out of darkness)
9. Coro (Ó neklamu se, chápu juž / I think, the truth I now infer)
10. Recitativo — tenore e basso solo (Ach, ona, po níž srdce moje prahne / Ah, it is she for whom my heart is yearning)
11. Aria — tenore solo (Ó, cestu ukaž mi, jak jí mám dobýt / Oh, show to me the way that I must win her)
12. Recitativo — soprano solo (Ó, kterak mohu zvednout k tobě zraku / How is it possible to raise my eyelids)
13. Coro (Ó běda, nechce slyšet jeho lkání! / Oh, heavens! She'll not listen to his pleading!)
14. Recitativo — tenore e basso solo (Jak z krásného snu náhle procitlý / I rudely awake from a perfect dream)
15. Quartetto e cori (Já hledala jsem září toho jitra / For this new shining dawn I am now searching)

Part III:

1. Introduzione e coro (Hospodine, pomiluj ny! / Mighty Lord, have mercy on us!)
2. Recitativo — tenore e basso solo (Nuž přistupte, mnou víře vyučení / Come forward all to whom I've taught the new creed!)
3. Duetto — soprano e tenore solo (Ó, nech juž skanout nad našimi čely / Anoint our foreheads with the holy water)
4. Recitativo — soprano e basso solo (U cíle stojím snahy své a tužby / Here on the threshold of my aspirations)
5. Basso solo e coro (Duchu svatý, sestup v nachu / Holy Ghost in royal purple)
6. Alto e basso solo e coro (Ó zněte, písně, zněte k nebes báni / Now let the heavens echo with our anthem)
7. Soli e choro (Hospodine, pomiluj ny! / Mighty Lord, have mercy on us!)

Version History

• Composed for soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra, 1885–86 (= B.144)
• Revised by Dvořák, with additional recitatives by J. Vrchlický and V. J. Novotný, 1901 (= B.205)

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