1 Ecce
carissimi…………………………………………………………….John Taverner
Ecce mater nostra
Hierusalem cum Behold
our mother Jerusalem with
magno affect clamat ad
nos et dicet, great
compassion cries out to us and says
“Venite, filii mei
dilectissimi, “Come,
my most beloved sons,
Venite ad me.” Come
to me.”
T The first piece is a
rare work by John Taverner, one of the most gifted of English composers from
any time period. He was arrested early
in his career for his association with Lutherans, but was let go because he was
only a musician. This is a processional
in two parts, intended to be sung as priests entered the church.
O Lord God, the Heathen are Come into Thine Inheritance…William Child
O Lord God, the heathen come into thine inheritance: Thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem an heap of stones. We are become an open shame to our enemies: a very scorn and derision unto them that are round about us. Lord, how long wilt thou be angry: shall thy jealousy burn like fire forever? O remember not, our old sins, but have mercy upon us;For thou art the Lord our God, and thou, O Lord, will we praise for evermore
2 As the Reformation
progressed in England, the puritan faction labored to take over both the church
and the government. This they
accomplished in 1642 and began to eliminate all choral singing and organ
playing in churches throughout Great Britain.
The composer William Child set these words from Psalm 79 to be performed
at the final choral service at Windsor Castle in 1644, not knowing if he would
ever again write music for the church.
As it turns out, Child lived to be 91 and lasted most of the 17th
century and went on to compose music for future coronations.
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