PROGRAM
| ORLANDO GIBBONS (1583–1625) | O clap your hands |
| THOMAS TALLIS (c. 1505–1585) | Suscipe quaeso |
| NICO MUHLY (b. 1981) | Rough Notes (West Coast Premiere) |
| WILLIAM BYRD (1539/40–1623) | Tribue domine |
INTERMISSION
| GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI DA PALESTRINA (c. 1525-1594) | Tu es Petrus |
| JOHN RUTTER (b. 1945) | Hymn to the Creator of Light |
| NICOLAS GOMBERT (c. 1495–c. 1560) | Lugebat David Absalon |
| JOSQUIN DES PREZ (c. 1450–1521) | Absalon fili mi |
| ARVO PÄRT (b. 1935) | Which was the son of… |
Texts and Translations
| Orlando Gibbons O clap your hands |
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| O clap your hands together, all ye people: O sing unto God with the voice of melody. For the Lord is high, and to be feared: he is the great King of all the earth. He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. He shall choose out an heritage for us, even the worship of Jacob, whom he loved. God is gone up with a merry noise: and the Lord with the sound of the trumpet.
O sing praises, sing praises unto our God: O sing praises, sing praises unto the Lord our King. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon his holy seat. For God, which is highly exalted, doth defend the earth, as it were with a shield. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. |
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| Thomas Tallis Suscipe quaeso Domine |
Accept, I beseech thee O Lord |
| Suscipe quaeso Domine, vocem confitentis. Scelera mea non defendo; peccavi. Deus miserere mei; peccavi, dele culpas meas gratia tua. Si enim iniquitates recordaberis quis sustineat? Quis enim justus qui se dicere audeat sine peccato esse? Nullus est enim mundus in conspectu tuo. |
Accept, I beseech thee O Lord, the voice of him who confesses. My crimes I do not defend; I have sinned. O God have mercy on me; I have sinned, do away my sins by thy grace. For if thou shalt remember iniquities, who could bear it? For who is so righteous that he dare say that he is without sin? For there is no-one pure in thy sight. |
| Nico Muhly Rough Notes |
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| PART ONE To-night we had a glorious auroral display—quite the most brilliant I have seen. At one time the sky from N.N.W. to S.S.E. as high as the zenith was massed with arches, bands, and curtains, always in rapid movement. The waving curtains were especially fascinating—a wave of bright light would start at one end and run along to the other, or a patch of brighter light would spread as if to reinforce the failing light of the curtain. PART TWO |
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| William Byrd Tribue Domine |
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| Tribue, Domine, ut donec in hoc fragili corpore positus sum laudet te cor meum, laudet te lingua mea, et omnia ossa mea dicant: Domine, quis similis tui? Tu es Deus omnipotens, quem trinum in personis, et unum in substantia deitatis colimus et adoramus: Patrem ingenitum, Filium de Patre unigenitum, Spiritum Sanctum de utroque procedentem et in utroque permanentem, sanctam et individuam Trinitatem, unum Deum omnipotentem. Te deprecor, supplico et rogo, auge fidem, Gloria Patri, qui creavit nos, |
Grant, O Lord, that while I am in this fragile body my heart may praise you, my tongue may praise you, and all my being may say: Lord, who is there like you? You are Almighty God whom we worship and adore, three persons, and one divine essence: the Father unbegotten, the only begotten Son of the Father, the Holy Spirit who proceeds from both, yet abides in both, the holy and undivided Trinity, one God omnipotent. I pray, beseech and entreat you: increase my Glory be to the Father, who created us. |
| INTERMISSION | |
| Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Tu es Petrus |
Thou art Peter |
| Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam, et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam: et tibi dabo claves regni caelorum. Quodcumque ligaveris super terram, erit ligatum et in caelis: et quodcumque solveris super terram erit solutum et in caelis, et tibi dabo claves regni caelorum. | Thou art Peter, and on this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against them: and unto thee do I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatsoever thou bindest in earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou loosest in earth shall be loosed in heaven; and I give thee the keys to the kingdom of heaven. |
| John Rutter Hymn to the Creator of Light |
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| Glory be to thee, O lord, Creator of the visible light, the sun’s ray, the flame of fire. Creator also of the light invisible and intellectual, That which is known of God. the light invisible. Glory be to thee, O Lord, Creator of the light, for writings of the law, for oracles of prophets, for melody of psalms, for wisdom of proverbs, experience of histories, a light which never sets. God is the Lord, who hath shewed us light. Light, who dost my soul enlighten; |
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| Nicolas Gombert Lugebat David Absalon |
David mourned for Absalom |
| Lugebat David Absalon, pius pater filium, tristis senex puerum: heu me fili mi Absalon, quis mihi det ut moriar, ut ego pro te, O fili mi Absalon? Rex autem David filium cooperto flebat capite: quis mihi det ut ego moriar pro te, O fili mi? Poro rex operuit caput suum, et clamabat voce magna: O fili mi Absalon. |
David mourned for Absalom, a pious father for his son, a sad old man for his boy: alas, my son Absalom, would God I had died for you. King David covered his head and wept for his son: would God I had died for you, Absalom, my son. Then the king covered his head, and cried with a great voice: O my son, Absalom. |
| Josquin des Prez Absalon fili mi |
Absalom my son |
| Absalon fili mi, quis det ut moriar pro te, fili mi Absalon? Non vivam ultra, sed descendam in infernum plorans. Porro rex operuit caput sum, Et clamabat voce magna: Fili mi Absalon. |
Absalom my son, would that I might die for thee, my son Absalom. Let me not live longer but descend into hell weeping. The king covered his head, and in a loud voice cried out: My son Absalom. |
| Arvo Pärt Which was the son of… |
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| And Jesus himself began to be about 30 years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. |