Work Information
Tarik O'Regan : Beatus auctor sæculi (Blest author of this earthly frame) from Sequence for St Wulfstan
| Commissioned by Tim Brown and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge |
| Publisher |
Novello & Co Ltd |
Category |
Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument |
| Year Composed |
2003 |
Duration |
4 Minutes |
| Chorus |
SATB |
Languages |
Latin, English |
| Availability |
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Discography |
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Programme Note
Latin text sourced from MS 391, p. 225: Cambridge, Copus Christi College (the Portiforium of St Wulfstan). Text: Caelius Sedulius (?) (c. 450 A.D.) Translation: J. M. Neale (1818 - 1886)
For THE NATIVITY, CHRISTMAS or MARIAN FEASTS
Beatus auctor saeculi
servile corpus induit,
ut carne carnem liberans
non perderet quod condidit.
Clausae parentis viscera
caelestis intrat gratia;
venter puellae baiulat
secreta quae non noverat.
Amen.
Blest Author of this earthly frame,
to take a servant's form he came,
that liberating flesh by flesh,
whom he had made might live afresh.
In that chaste parent's holy womb,
celestial grace hath found its home;
and she, as earthly bride unknown,
yet call that Offspring blest her own.
Amen.
Reviews
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'Best was Tarik O'Regan's Beatus auctor saeculi, a beautifully-imagined miniature which held the audience rapt.'
Richard Fairman, Financial Times
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