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.