"Johannes uppenbarelse" (Hilding Rosenberg), Stockholm concert hall, E. Hagegård, H. Blomstedt, live

Movement VII and finale from Hilding Rosenberg's symphony number 4/"Revelation of st. John"/"Johannes uppenbarelse".
Radiokören, Bromma kyrkokör, Storkyrkans kör and Radiosymfonikerna (The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra), Stockholm.
Conductor, Herbert Blomstedt, soloist, I, Erland -
1977.

(Orchestra, choral a cappella, 2:51, choir and orchestra):
"O vision of white horses. The dragon dogs our courses. O sight of word and spear;
the heavens open; the faithful forth appear. O may the grapes ripen; is strife done here?
Alone, our strength would crumble, our ravager would humble, would crush us,
utterly, without the forces of succour from the sky on snowwhite horses, o vision on high!
Halleluja! Halleluja! Halle ... luja ...
Salvation, glory, honour and power unto our god! For righteous and true are his judgments.
O praise our god, all ye, and all his servants; ye that fear him. For god the lord the omnipotent
he reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice and give him honour. Halleluja ...

(Recitative/solo, 9:50):
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away,
and there was no more sea.
And I John saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem coming down from god out of heaven
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Behold, the tabernacle of god is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people.
And god shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain;
for the former things are passed away.

(Choral, 12:03 and finale, 13:23):
And he upon the throne made proclamation: Lo, I make all things new!
The first made earth and heaven of creation, and starry diadems that deck the blue,
shall henceforth be no more, and murder, persecution, shall henceforth be no more.
Sorrow shall be no more, and no more dying, for now the night is past.
The axe of thy tormentor harmless lying, thy prison opened, thou art free at last.
Behold, he cometh, he who shall remove all crying, and blessed may he be!
He built, our god who builds throughout the ages, a new Jerusalem.
Eternal day is there, is people's wages, for god the lord his light will shed on them.
Praised be the book of life and he who turns new pages within the book of life!
Praise, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power,
and might be unto our god for ever and ever!
Amen, amen, amen ...
Amen!"