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Trinity Motets
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SATB (div.) unaccompanied
2016

A set of five, simple unaccompanied motets for liturgical or concert use, designed to be sung by a good amateur choir.

Recordare, Jesu Pie
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Motet for Lent

TEXT

O lux beata Trinitas, Et principalis unitas, Iam sol recedat igneus, Infunde lumen cordibus.

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TRANSLATION

O Trinity of blessed light, O Unity of princely might, The fiery sun now goes his way; Shed Thou within our hearts Thy ray.

Mitte Manum Tuam
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Motet for the second Sunday of Easter

TEXT

Mitte manum tuam, et cognosce loca clavorum, alleluia, et noli esse incredulus, sed fidelis, alleluia.

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TRANSLATION

Stretch out your hand and feel the place of the nails, alleluia, and be not faithless, but believing. Alleluia.

Vertetur in gaudium
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Motet for the third Sunday of Easter

TEXT

Quia plorabitis et flebitis vos, vos autem contristabimini, mundus autem gaudebit; et tristia vestra vertetur in gaudium.

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TRANSLATION

Ye shall weep and lament, and ye shall be sorrowful, but the world shall rejoice; and your sorrow shall be turned to joy.

Ascendit Deus
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Motet for Ascension

TEXT

Ascendit Deus in jubilatione, Alleluia.

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TRANSLATION

God is gone up with a merry noise, Alleluia.

O lux beata Trinitas
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Motet for Trinity Sunday

TEXT

O lux beata Trinitas, Et principalis unitas, Iam sol recedat igneus, Infunde lumen cordibus.

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TRANSLATION

O Trinity of blessed light, O Unity of princely might, The fiery sun now goes his way; Shed Thou within our hearts Thy ray.

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