Christe, Redemptor Omnium

for SATB choir (2018)
Duration: 8'

This sixth-century hymn is the traditional hymn for Vespers during the Christmas season. This piece employs an irregular meter to accommodate the rhythm of the plainchant from which it is derived (the Sarum Chant of the Salisbury Hymnal). This is a piece about salvation.

Christe, Redemptor omnium,
ex Patre, Patris unice,
solus ante principium
natus ineffabiliter,

Tu lumen, tu splendor Patris,
tu spes perennis omnium,
intende quas fundunt preces
tui per orbem servuli.

Salutis auctor, recole
quod nostri quondam corporis,
ex illibata Virgine
nascendo, formam sumpseris.

Hic praesens testatur dies,
currens per anni circulum,
quod a solus sede Patris
mundi salus adveneris;

Hunc caelum, terra, hunc mare,
hunc omne quod in eis est,
auctorem adventus tui
laudat exsultans cantico.

Nos quoque, qui sancto tuo
redempti sumus sanguine,
ob diem natalis tui
hymnum novum concinimus.

Iesu, tibi sit gloria,
qui natus es de Virgine,
cum Patre et almo Spiritu,
in sempiterna saecula.

Amen.

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This piece was premiered by Concreamus Chamber Choir at their January 31st, 2020 concert “May This Place” in Selley Hall, Trinity College, at the University of Toronto.

Scores available upon request.

CHRISTE, REDEMPTOR OMNIUM

for SATB choir (2018) Duration: 8'

for SATB choir (2018)
Duration: 8'