The double-choir psalm setting Dixit Dominus (Ps 109) is one of the most important works by the church composer Vivaldi. Here he draws on the old Venetian tradition of polychoral music, whose compositional techniques he combines with those of the instrumental concerto, cantata and opera. The broadly conceived cycle of movements, comprising the eight psalm verses and the doxology, is characterized by a wide-ranging tonal arc that connects the two thematically related D major frame movements "Dixit Dominus" and "Gloria Patri". The richly varied inner movements are prime examples of Vivaldi's ability to translate linguistic concepts into music in a concrete and visual way.
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