Josquin des Prez, Motetti de la corona, Liber 3 (1519)
Antiphon, Compline, 1st Sunday of Advent to Feast of the Presentation
lyrics
Alma redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli
Porta manes, et stella maris, succurre cadenti,
Surgere qui curat, populo: tu quae genuisti,
Natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem
Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore
Sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.
Loving mother of the Redeemer,
gate of heaven, star of the sea,
assist your people who have fallen yet strive to rise again.
To the wonderment of nature you bore your Creator,
yet remained a virgin after as before.
You who received Gabriel’s joyful greeting,
have pity on us poor sinners.
credits
from O magnum mysterium,
released December 1, 2023
Musica Secreta, dir. Laurie Stras, St Michael and All Angels, Blackheath, 29 September 2023.
Sopranos: Yvonne Eddy, Hannah Ely, Elspeth Piggott
Mezzo-soprano: Luthien Bracket
Organ and ensemble director: Claire Williams
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