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Henry Purcell: A Morning Hymn – Thou wakeful Shepherd
Vox Luminis
Zsuzsi Toth, Soprano; Simon Linne, Theorbo; Ricardo Rodriguez MIranda, Viola da Gamba

A Morning Hymn

Thou wakeful shepherd that does Israel keep,
Raised by thy goodness from the bed of sleep,
To thee I offer up this hymn
As my best morning sacrifice;
May it be gracious in thine eyes
To raise me from the bed of sin.
And do I live to see another day?
I vow, My God, henceforth to walk thy ways,
And sing thy praise all these few days Thou shalt allow.
Could I redeem the time I have mis-spent in sinful merriment,
Could I untread those paths I led
I would so expiate each past offence that ev’n from thence
The innocent should wish themselves like me
When with such crimes they such repentance see.
With joy I’d sing away my breath,
Yet who can die so to receive his death?

Palestrina: O bone Jesu
Dong Sung TEEN OB Male Choir

O bone Jesu,
miserere nobis,
quia tu creasti nos,
tu redemisti nos
sanguine tuo praetiosissimo.

O good (gentle) Jesus,
Have mercy on us,
Because you created us,
You have redeemed us
With your most precious blood.

Ivo Antognini: Jesu Dulcis Memoria
de Angelis Vocal Ensemble; Matthew Gray: Conductor

Jesus, the very thought of Thee
With sweetness fills the breast!
Yet sweeter far Thy face to see
And in Thy Presence rest.
No voice can sing, no heart can frame,
Nor can the memory find,
A sweeter sound than Jesus’ Name,
The Saviour of mankind.
O hope of every contrite heart!
O joy of all the meek!
To those who fall, how kind Thou art!
How good to those who seek!
But what to those who find? Ah! this
Nor tongue nor pen can show
The love of Jesus, what it is,
None but His loved ones know.
Jesus! our only hope be Thou,
As Thou our prize shalt be;
In Thee be all our glory now,
And through eternity. Amen.

Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum via (Psalm 119)
Quire Cleveland; Timothy Brown, Conductor

Z. Randall Stroope: Caritas et amor
Philippine Madrigal Singers

Allen Pote: Prayer of St. Francis (arr. Robert Delgado)
Philippine Madrigal Singers

Maybe this should be the theme of 2012.

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive.
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.
Amen.

Puer Natus Est
The Spirituoso chamber choir of Pikéthy Tibor Conservatory, Vác, Hungary performing at a Christmas concert
Leader: Máté Lachegyi

Knut Nystedt: Gloria
The NUS Choir

Olaf Christiansen: Light Everlasting
St. Olaf Choir

Pavel Chesnokov: Spaseniye sodelal (Salvation is Created) Salt Lake Vocal Artists; Dr. Brady Allred, Conductor

Tomás Luis de Victoria: Domine non sum dignus
Voces Masculinas de “El León de Oro”, director: Marco A. García de Paz

Domine, non sum dignus
ut intres sub tectum meum,
sed tantum dic verbum,
et sanabitur anima mea.
Miserere mei, quoniam infirmus sum;
sana me, Domine, et sanabor.

Lord, I am not worthy that
thou shouldest come under my roof:
but speak the word only, and
my soul shall be healed.
Have mercy on me, for I am weak;
heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed.

Tallis: If Ye Love Me
Taipei Male Choir

Ola Gjeilo: Gloria
Bak Middle School of the Arts Girls’ Chorus

John Newton: Amazing Grace
Soweto Gospel Choir

Palestrina: Super Flumina
Taipei Chamber Singers

By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.