Tomás Luis de Victoria Officium Defunctorum David Hill Westminster Cathedral Choir

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Ad Matutinum. Responsorium • 3:05 Lectio II • In Laudibus 6:28 Antiphona Canticum Zachariae • Missa pro Defunctis 11:44 Introitus • 18:36 Kyrie eleison • 21:50 Graduale • 24:54 Offertorium • 30:14 Sanctus • 33:39 Agnus Dei • 37:31 Communio • Motectum 42:15 Versa est in luctum • Absolutio 47:38 Responsorium • Ad Matutinum [Matins] • Responsorium • Credo quod Redemptor meus vivit, [I believe that my Redeemer liveth,] • et in novissimo die de terra surrectus sum, [and that in the last day I shall rise from the earth,] • Et in carne mea videbo Deum Salvatorem meum. [And in my flesh shall I see God my Saviour.] • Vivit, quem visurus sum ego ipse, et non alius; [Whom I myself shall see, and not another,] • et oculi mei conspecturi sunt. [and mine eyes shall behold.] • 3:05 Lectio II • Taedet animam meam vitae meae, [My soul is weary of my life,] • dimittam adversum me eloquium meum, loquar [in I will let go my speech against myself, I will speak] • amaritudine animae meae. Dicam Deo: Noli me [in the bitterness of my soul. I will say to God;] • condemnare: indica mihi, cur me ita judices. Numquid [tell me why Thou judgest me so. Doth it seem] • bonum tibi videtur, si calumnieris me, et opprimas [me, good to Thee that Thou shouldst calumniate me, and oppress me,] • opus manuum tuarum, et consilium impiorum adjuves? [the work of Thy own hands, and help the counsel of the wicked?] • Numquid oculi carnei tibi sunt; aut, sicut videt homo, [Hast Thou eyes of flesh: or, shall Thou see as man seeth?] • et tu videbis? Numquid sicut dies hominis dies tuae, [Are Thy days as the days of man,] • et anni tui sicut humana sunt tempora, ut quaeras [and are Thy years as the times of men, that Thou shouldst inquire] • iniquitatem meam, et peccatum meum scruteris? [after my iniquity, and search after my sin?] • Et scias, quia nihil impium fecerim, cum sit nemo, [And shouldst know that I have done no wicked thing, whereas] • qui de manu tua possit eruere. [there is no man that can deliver out of Thy hand.] • [JOB 10: 1–2] • In Laudibus [The Office of Lauds] • 6:28 Antiphona • Ego sum resurrectio et vita: qui credit in me, [I am the Resurrection and the Life; he that believeth] • etiam si mortuus fuerit, vivet; et omnis, qui vivit in Me, [even though he were dead, shall live; and whoever liveth] • et credit in me, non morietur in aeternum. [and believeth in Me shall never die.] • Canticum Zachariae [The Canticle of Zachary] • Benedictus Dominus, Deus Israel, quia visitavit, [Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: for He hath visited] • et fecit redemptionem plebis suae: [and wrought redemption for His people; • Et erexit cornu salutis nobis: [And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us:] • in domo David, pueri sui. [in the house of His servant David.] • Sicut locutus est per os sanctorum, [As He spake through the mouth of His holy Prophets:] • qui a saeculo sunt, prophetarum eius: [which have been from everlasting.] • Salutem ex inimicis nostris, [Salvation from our enemies:] • et de manu omnium, qui oderunt nos: [and from the hand of all that hate us;] • Ad faciendam misericordiam cum patribus nostris: [To show mercy towards our forefathers:] • et memorari testamenti sui sancti. [and to remember His holy covenant.] • Iusiurandum, quod iuravit ad Abraham, patrem nostrum, [The oath which He swore unto our forefather Abraham:] • daturum se nobis: Ut sine timore, de manu inimicorum [that He would grant unto us. That being delivered from the hand] • nostrorum liberati, serviamus illi, [of our enemies: we might serve Him without fear,] • In sanctitate et iustitia coram ipso, omnibus diebus nostris. [In holiness and justice before Him: all our days,] • Et tu, puer, Propheta Altissimi vocaberis: [And thou, child, shall be called a Prophet of the Highest;] • praeibis enim ante faciem Domini parare vias eius: [for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways.] • Ad dandam scientiam salutis plebi eius: [To give knowledge of salvation unto His people:] • in remissionem peccatorum eorum: [for the forgiveness of their sins.] • Per viscera misericordiae Dei nostri: [Through the merciful heart of our God: • in quibus visitavit nos oriens ex alto: [whereby He hath visited us as the Dayspring from on high;] • Illuminare his, qui in tenebris et in umbra mortis sedent: [To give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of] • ad dirigendos pedes nostros in viam pacis. [death: and to guide our feet into the way of peace.] • Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine. [Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord.] • Et lux perpetua luceat eis. [And let light perpetual shine upon them.] • Requiescant in pace. Amen. [May they rest in peace. Amen.]

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