Psalm79: 5, 8-9, 13 – Lord, how long wilt thou be angry: shall thy jealousy burn like fire forever? O remember not our old sins, but have mercy upon us, and that soon: for we are come to great misery. Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy Name: O deliver us and be merciful unto our sins, for thy Name’s sake. So we, that are thy people and the sheep of thy pasture, shall give thee thanks forever: and will alway be shewing forth thy praise from one generation to another.
Portrait of Henry Purcell by John Closterman, c. 1695 (Image via Wikipedia)
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“Lord, how long wilt thou be angry” (Z 25), sacred anthem for five voices, a cappella, composed by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
“Lord, how long wilt thou be angry” by Henry Purcell, sung by Quire Cleveland, dir. Ross W. Duffin
Psalm77: 18b; Psalm 84: 1-2a [Latin] – The voice of thy thunder in a wheel. Thy lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled.
How lovely are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.
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ILLUXÉRUNT coruscatióne tu orbi terræ: commóta est et contrémuit terra.
Quam dilécta tabernácula tua, Dómine virútum! concupíscit et déficit ánima mea in átria Dómini. [Gloria Patri…]
Matthew17: 9 [Latin] –And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying: Tell the vision you have seen to no man, till the Son of Man be risen from the dead.
VISIÓNEM quam vidístis némini dixéritis, donec a mórtuis resúrgat Fílius hóminis. [Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum dico ego opera mea regi. Apeciosus forma es prae filis homium diffusa est gratia in labis tuis propterea benedixit te deus in aeternum.]
The Transfiguration of Christ by Carl Bloch – Image via Wikimedia Commons
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Visionem, chant for Communio/Communion from Graduale Romanum (Solesmes) or The Liber Usualis (Solesmes). For 2nd Sunday of Lent and The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ (August 6).
Psalm122: 1, 4-7 – I was glad when they said unto me: We will go into the house of the Lord.
For thither the tribes go up, ev’n the tribes of the Lord: to testify unto Israel, and to give thanks unto the Name of the Lord. For there is the seat of judgement: even the seat of the house of David. O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls: and plenteousness within thy palaces.
James II of England, then Duke of York by John Riley
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“I was glad when they said unto me,” anthem originally sung for the Coronation of James II (1685), composed by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
“I was glad” by Henry Purcell, sung by Quire Cleveland, dir. Ross W. Duffin
