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St
Thomas Singers
conductor
Donald Halliday
St
Giles at Six
St
Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
Sunday 14 October 2001
6.00 pm
PROGRAMME
Pedro
Guerrero (c. 1520 – c. 1560)
O
beata Maria
Sung
in Latin
O
blessed Mary, only hope for sinners, through you we hope for forgiveness
for our sins. In you, who art most blessed, we look forward to our
rewards.
Johan–Magnus
Sjöberg [1983]
Ave
maris stella
Sung
in Latin
Hail,
star of the sea, kind mother of God and Virgin, fruitful gate to
heaven.
Mendelssohn
(1809 – 1847)
Richte
mich, Gott
Sung
in German
Judge
me, O God, and plead my cause against unholy people.
O
Lord, save me from false and wicked people.
For
Thou art my God, in whom I take my strength.
Why
do you reject me? Lord, why let me go sadly in the way of mine enemies?
Send
out thy light and truth, let them lead me to your holy mountain
and dwelling place.
Then
I will go to the altar of God who is my joy and grace.
I
will praise Thee with harp and lyre, O my God.
Why
are you cast down, O my soul, why are you restless within me. Take
hope in God.
I
shall praise my Lord and God again. Again I shall give him thanks
now and for evermore.
Pierre
Villette (b. 1926)
Three
motets
sung
in Latin
O
quam amabilis est [Op. 71, 1992]
O
how worthy of love you are, good Jesus,
How
delightful you are, sweet Jesus,
O
joy of the heart, comfort of the mind, dear Jesus,
How
wonderful you are, good Jesus.
You
are to be honoured and revered, and always to be praised, kind Jesus.
Jesu,
dulcis memoria [Op. 78, 1994]
Jesus,
sweet memory, source of true joy to the heart.
His
sweetness surpasses honey and all things.
Nothing
sweeter is sung, nothing more pleasant is heard, nothing sweeter
is thought than you, Jesus, Son of God.
Jesus,
may you be our joy and reward, may our glory be in you for evermore.
Amen.
Panis
angelicus [Op. 80, 1995]
Angelic
bread becomes bread of men, heavenly bread gives purpose to all
things.
O
wonderful thing, the poor and humble servant eats his Lord.
Threefold
and one Deity, we ask you to visit us as we worship Thee.
Lead
us along your path to our goal, to the light in which you live.
Amen.
Victoria
(c. 1548 – 1611)
Magnificat
primi toni
Sung
in Latin
My
soul doth magnify the Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my
Saviour
For
he hath regarded the lowliness of his hand–maiden
For
behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed
For
he that is mighty hath magnified me, and holy is his Name
And
his mercy is on them that fear him, throughout all generations.
He
hath showed strength with his arm, he hath scattered the proud in
the imagination of their hearts.
He
hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble
and meek.
He
hath filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he hath sent
empty away.
He
remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel, as he promised
to our forefathers, Abraham and his seed for ever.
Glory
be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost
As
it was in the beginning is now and every shall be, world without
end.
Amen.
Michael
Tippett (1905 – 1998)
Spirituals
from A Child of our Time
Sung
in English
Steal
Away
Steal
away to Jesus, steal away home,
I
ain’t got long to stay here.
My
Lord he calls me, he calls me by the thunder,
The
trumpet sounds withina my soul,
I
ain’t got long to stay here.
Green
trees abending, poor sinner stands atrembling,
The
trumpet sounds within-a my soul,
I
ain’t got long to stay here.
Go
down, Moses
Go
down, Moses, way down in Egypt land;
Tell
old Pharoah to let my people go.
When
Israel was in Egypt land
Oppressed
so hard they could not stand
“Thus
spake the Lord” bold Moses said
“Let
my people go”.
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Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh
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