Trinity Motets
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
Motet for Lent
TEXT
O lux beata Trinitas, Et principalis unitas, Iam sol recedat igneus, Infunde lumen cordibus.
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
Motet for the second Sunday of Easter
TEXT
Mitte manum tuam, et cognosce loca clavorum, alleluia, et noli esse incredulus, sed fidelis, alleluia.
TRANSLATION
Stretch out your hand and feel the place of the nails, alleluia, and be not faithless, but believing. Alleluia.
Vertetur in gaudium
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.
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
Motet for Ascension
TEXT
Ascendit Deus in jubilatione, Alleluia.
TRANSLATION
God is gone up with a merry noise, Alleluia.
O lux beata Trinitas
Motet for Trinity Sunday
TEXT
O lux beata Trinitas, Et principalis unitas, Iam sol recedat igneus, Infunde lumen cordibus.
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.