Domine exaudi orationem meam, et clamor meus ad te perveniat : ne avertas faciem tuam a me.
Seigneur écoute ma prière; que mon cri parvienne jusqu'à toi. Ne me cache pas ton visage.

Desiderium animae ejus tribuisti ei Domine, et voluntate labiorum ejus non fraudasti eum : posuisti in capite ejus coronam de lapide pretioso.
Le désir de son coeur tu as satisfait, Seigneur, tu n'as pas repoussé le souhait de ses lèvres: tu as posé sur sa tête une couronne de pierres précieuses.

Or soit loué l'Éternel, de son saint lieu supernel ,soit, di-je, tout hautement, loué de ce firmament, plein de sa magnificence. Louez-le, tous ses grans faits ,soit loué de tant d'effets, témoin de son excellence. Soit joint aveques la voix le plaisant son du hautbois, psalterions a leur tour et la harpe et le tambour haut sa louange resonnent. Fifres esclatent leur ton, orgues, musette et bourdon d'un accord son los entonnent. Soit le los de sa bonté sur les cymbales chanté, qui de leur son argentin son nom sans cesse et sans fin facent retentir et bruire. Bref, tout ce qui a pouvoir, de soufler et se mouvoir, chante à jamais son empire.

(Psalms 113. et 128.)

Laudate pueri Dominum, laudate nomen Domini. Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc nunc et usque in saecula.
Beati omnes, qui timent Dominum, qui ambulant in viis ejus.
Serviteurs du Seigneur, louez le nom du Seigneur. Que le nom du Seigneur soit béni dès maintenant et pour toujours.
Heureux tous ceux qui craignent le Seigneur et suivent ses chemins.

Rachel Székely received her diploma as choir conductor at the Ciprian-Porumbescu Conservatory in Bucharest. After studying opera singing at the Music Academy of Vienna, she was invited as soloist to the Stadttheater in Bern; she is now pursuing her operatic and concert singing career in Switzerland and abroad. She taught singing at the Bern Conservatory (1964-1976) and at the Open Conservatory of Geneva (1975-1999). She founded the Choral group Polhymnia in 1994.

The choral group for female voices, POLHYMNIA, was founded in February 1994.

It has 12 women singers and is directed by Rachel Székely.

The group is interested in discovering and presenting music by 19th- and 20th-century composers which is rarely performed.

Their musical adventure began with their singing of the "Celestial Chorus" in Arthur Honegger's work, "Nicolas de Flüe", when this work was performed in the Saint-Pierre Cathedral of Geneva. They have since given numerous concerts in Switzerland, France, and Hungary, many of which were recorded. The repertoire of Polhymnia is continuously growing and includes compositions written especially for the group.

Polhymnia has recently recorded two CDs with original works by several 20th century composers: Holst, Malcolm, Donceanu, Kodály, Szonyi, Farkas, Burkhard, Vellones, Jolas; the recordings include INTERMEZZO by Eric Gaudibert, PIOSENKA by Adrian Kreda and POEMAS DE ESPERANZA by Georges Barcos, compositions which were written specifically for the choral group Polhymnia.