Psalm 117: 1-2 – Praise our Lord all ye Gentiles, praise him all ye people, Because his mercy is confirmed upon us, and his truth remaineth for ever. Amen.
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“Praise our Lord all ye Gentiles,” sacred anthem composed by William Byrd (1539/1540-1623), and first published in Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets, no. 29 (1611)
Performed by VOCES8
John 10: 27-29 [German] – 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. 29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.
Original German:
Meine Schafe hören meine Stimme und ich kenne sie, und sie folgen mir, und ich gebe ihnen das ewige Leben, und sie werden nimmermehr umkommen und niemand wird sie aus meiner Hand reißen. Der Vater, der sie mir gegeben hat, ist größer denn alles, und niemand kann sie aus meines Vaters Hand reißen.
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“Meine Schafe hören meine Stimme,“ sacred madrigal (Musicalische Seelenlust) composed by Tobias Michael (1592-1657)
Performed by Weser-Renaissance Bremen
Psalm 113: 1-9 [Latin] – 1 Praise the Lord, ye children: praise ye the name of the Lord. 2 Blessed be the name of the Lord, from henceforth now and for ever. 3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same, the name of the Lord is worthy of praise. 4 The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens. 5 Who is as the Lord our God, who dwelleth on high: 6 And looketh down on the low things in heaven and in earth? 7 Raising up the needy from the earth, and lifting up the poor out of the dunghill: 8 That he may place him with princes, with the princes of his people. 9 Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.
Original in Latin:
Alleluja. Laudate, pueri, Dominum; laudate nomen Domini. Sit nomen Domini benedictum ex hoc nunc et usque in saeculum. A solis ortu usque ad occasum laudabile nomen Domini. Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus, et super caelos gloria ejus. Quis sicut Dominus Deus noster, qui in altis habitat, et humilia respicit in caelo et in terra? Suscitans a terra inopem, et de stercore erigens pauperem: ut collocet eum cum principibus, cum principibus populi sui. Qui habitare facit sterilem in domo, matrem filiorum laetantem.
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“Laudate pueri Dominum in D” HWV 237, a Latin psalm setting for choir and soloists, composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) in Rome, July 1707.
Performed by American Bach Soloists, Mary Wilson, Jeffrey Thomas, Tonia
2 Corinthians 4: 17-18 [German] – 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Original German:
Unser Trübsal, die zeitlich und leichte ist, schaffet eine ewige und über alle Maße wichtige Herrlichkeit uns, die wir nicht sehen auf das Sichtbare, sondern auf das Unsichtbare. Denn was sichtbar ist, das ist zeitlich, was aber unsichtbar ist, das ist ewig.
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“Unser Trübsal, die zeitlich und leichte ist,“ sacred madrigal (Musicalische Seelenlust) composed by Tobias Michael (1592-1657)
Performed by Weser-Renaissance Bremen
Psalm 79: 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.
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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)
Sung by Quire Cleveland
Free sheet music at Choral Public Domain Library
Psalm 77: 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…]
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Introitus: Illuxerunt, chant for The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ (August 6 feast day). From Graduale Romanum (Solesmes, 1961) and The Liber Usualis (Solesmes, 1961).
Free sheet music at Corpus Christi Watershed – includes English translation under the neumes and original Latin text
Matthew 17: 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.]
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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).
Sung by Marek Klein, Graduale Project
Psalm 122: 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.
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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)
Performed by Quire Cleveland
Revelation (Apocalypsis) 7:12 [Latin] – Saying: Amen. Benediction, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, honour, and power, and strength to our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Benedictio et claritas et sapientia et gratiarum actio, honor, virtus et fortitudo Deo nostro in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
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Benedictio et claritas, a sacred motet for 12 voices, published first in Sacrarum cantionum cum sex et duodecim vocibus (1585), and composed by Philippe de Monte (1521-1603)
Performed by Currende
Psalm 8: 1 [Latin] – O Lord our Lord, how admirable is thy name in the whole earth! For thy magnificence is elevated above the heavens. [From the highest heaven thy coming forth, and thy encounter unto the highest of it. Alleluia. We will sing and sing praises to you, Lord, in your power. Alleluia.]
Domine dominus noster quam admirabile est nomen tuum in universa terra quoniam elevata est super caelos magnificentia tua. A summo caelo egressio tua et occursus tuus usque ad summum eius. Alleluia. Exaltare Domine in virtute tua cantabimus et psallemus tibi. Alleluia.
“Domine Dominus noster quam admirabilis,” a sacred motet for solo voice, composed by Pietro Andrea Ziani (1616-1684).
Performed by Oltremontano
