O vera digna hostia (O Thou from whom hell's monarch flies) from Sequence for St Wulfstan

Commissioned by The Vaulkhard Choral Trust for The Choir Schools' Association

Prize-winner in 'Concours Européen de Composition pour Choeurs et Maîtrises de Cathédrales 2003'

ChorusSATB
Duration5 min

CategoryChorus a cappella / + 1 instrument
Topic
- Religion and spirituality

Composer
Tarik O'Regan
Text Writer/Librettist
St Wulfstan
LanguageEnglish, Latin

Performances
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Programme Note

Latin text sourced from MS 391, p. 247: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College (the Portiforium of St Wulfstan)
Translation: J. M. Neale (1818 - 1886)

For EASTERTIDE

O vera digna hostia,
Per quam fracta [sunt] tartara,
Redem[m]pta plebs captivata,
Reddita vita[e] pr[a]emia[!]
Amen.

O Thou from whom hell's monarch flies,
O great, O very sacrifice
Thy captive people are set free,
And endless life restored in Thee!
Amen.

Media

Sequence for St. Wulfstan: O vera digna hostia

Discography

Silence and Music

Label
Brevitas
Ensemble
Brevitas
Soloist
Matthew D. Nielsen
Released
2015

New Horizons

Label
Boreas
Catalogue Number
BMCD 901
Conductor
Paul Gameson
Ensemble
Ebor Singers
Released
22nd June 2009

Voices

Label
Collegium
Catalogue Number
COLCD 130
Conductor
Timothy Brown
Ensemble
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
Soloist
James McVinnie, organ; Rafal Jezierski, cello; Adrian Spillett, percussion; Helen Tunstall, harp
Released
16th January 2006