Author: John

Posted on Posted in Guy de Lioncourt (1885-1961)

Psalm 116: 12, 16b-17 [Latin] – 12 What shall I render unto the Lord for all his benefits toward me? 

13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.

16 O Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the Lord.

Quid retribuam Domino [What shall I render to the Lord?] - detail from sheet music in video.
Quid retribuam Domino [What shall I render to the Lord?] – detail from sheet music in video.

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“Quid retribuam Domino,” sacred motet for 2 voices and organ, composed by Guy de Lioncourt (1885-1961).

Lioncourt, Guy de (1886 - 1964) Quid Retribuam Domino (motet pour 2 voix égales et orgue).

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Posted on Posted in Lobo, Alonso (1555-1617)

Ezekiel 33: 11a [Latin] – Say unto them, As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Original Latin:

Vivo ego, dicit Dominus, nolo mortem peccatoris, sed ut magis convertatur et vivat.

The Prophet Ezekiel - painting by an anonymous artist, c. 1610-1615 (Image via Wikimedia Commons)
The Prophet Ezekiel – painting by an anonymous artist, c. 1610-1615 (Image via Wikimedia Commons)

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“Vivo ego dicit Dominus,” a sacred 4-voice (SATB) motet composed by Alonso Lobo (1555-1617), first appeared in Liber primus missarum (1602).

Alonso Lobo: Vivo ego dicit Dominus - Musica Ficta

Performed here by Musica Ficta

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Posted on Posted in Gibbons, Orlando (1583-1625)

John 1: 19-23 – [And] This is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

And he confessed and denied not, and said plainly, I am not the Christ.

And they asked him, What art thou then? Art thou Elias? And he said, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

Then said they unto him, What art thou? that we may give an answer unto them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

And he said, I am the voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord.

Saint John the Baptist, painting by Bernardo Zenale (d. 1526) kept at the Grenoble museum. Translation of
Saint John the Baptist, painting by Bernardo Zenale (d. 1526) kept at the Grenoble museum. Translation of “Ego vox clamantis” is “I am the voice of one crying…”

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“This is the record of John,” a 5 voice sacred verse anthem composed by Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), from the Peterhouse Partbooks: Latter Caroline Set (John Cosin)

This is the record of John - Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) - Kampen Boys Choir (NL)

Sung by the Kampen Boys Choir (NL)

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Posted on Posted in Carson Cooman (b. 1982)

John 1: 1–2, 4–5 – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. In him was life, and that life was the light of all. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

The beginning of the Gospel of St John in the
The beginning of the Gospel of St John in the “Coronation Gospels” (Cotton MS. Tiberius A. II, f. 162r). From British Library via Wikimedia Commons.

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“In the Beginning Was the Word” Op. 161, for SATB and organ, composed by Carson Cooman (b. 1982) in 1999 and revised in 2003.

In the Beginning Was the Word, Op. 161

Performed by The Choir of Royal Holloway

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