Tomas Luis de Victoria — Versa Est in Luctum

Motet from the 1605 Requiem by Tomas Luis de Victoria

Versa est in luctum cithara mea,
et organum meum in vocem flentium.
Parce mihi Domine,
nihil enim sunt dies mei.

My harp is tuned for lamentation,
and my flute to the voice of those who weep.
Spare me, O Lord,
for my days are as nothing.

Choir (directed by David Adam Smith):
* Soprano I: Amy Justman, Jamet Pittman
* Soprano II: Margery Daley, Katie Geissinger
* Alto: Silvie Jensen, Bruce Rameker
* Tenor I: Marty Kruger, Archie Worley
* Tenor II: Aristotle Esguerra, Gregory Purnhagen
* Bass: Chris Rosselli, Charles Sprawls

Presented on All Souls Day, November 2, 2009 at the Church of the Holy Innocents in New York City (www.innocents.com) during the Pontifical Requiem Mass celebrated by retired Bishop James C. Timlin of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Photos provided courtesy of the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny (hughofcluny.blogspot.com).

Score available at tomasluisdevictoria.org

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[RJCCeciliaMusic]

Beautiful!

[reconeco]

Thank you for this. Haven't heard it for 35 years. Ethereal splendor.