Category: Byrd, William (1539/1540-1623)

 

John 14:18; 16:22 (Latin)

¹⁸ I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

²² And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

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Non vos relinquam orphanos (1607) from Gradualia II, no. 37, by William Byrd (1539/40 or 1543 – 1623)

Performed by St. Bartholomew’s Choir (New York), Paolo Bordignon, Organist and Choirmaster

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Psalm 119:33-38

³³ Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

³⁴ Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

³⁵ Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.

³⁶ Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.

³⁷ Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

³⁸ Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear.

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Teach me, O Lord, composed by William Byrd (1539/1540-1623)

Performed by Guilford Cathedral Choir, directed by Barry Rose

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Isaiah 7:14 [Latin]

¹⁴ Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.

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Ecce Virgo concipiet, from Gradualia, ac cantiones sacræ… Liber primus (2nd edition, 1610), vol.1 no.15. composed by William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

 

Performed by Chorus Salvatoris

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Psalm 119:124-125 [Latin]

¹²⁴ Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.

¹²⁵ I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

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Fac cum servo tuo (from Cantiones Sacrae 1591), composed by William Byrd (c. 1539/40 or 1543 – 4 July 1623)

Performed by Choir of New College/Edward Higginbottom

 

 

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