an anthem for Ascension
Commissioned by Clare College Cambridge, as part of 2013-2014 as the Clare Composer-in-residence. First performed in Clare College Chapel in early June, 2014. First public performance at Christ Church, Spitalfields, London on 20th June 2014, as part of the 2014 Spitalfields Festival.
Text
DEPARTURE
CHOIR: He is gone . . .
ATB soli: Viri Galilei, quid admiramini, aspicientes in caelum?
CHOIR: He is gone, and the clouds have hid him from our eyes.
3 SOPS soli Iêsous . . .
LITANY
ATB soli: Ephanerôthê en sarki
CHOIR: He became flesh
3 SOPS soli: Iêsous . . .
ATB soli: Edikaiôthê en pneümati
CHOIR He was anointed in the spirit
3 SOPS soli: Iêsous Christos . . .
ATB soli: Ôphthê anggelois
CHOIR: He was seen by his apostles . . .
3 SOPS soli: Iêsous Christos Theou . . .
ATB soli Ekêrüchthê en ethnesin
CHOIR: He was told to the heathen
3 SOPS soli: Iêsous Christos Theou Huios . . .
ATB soli: Episteüthê en kosmô . . .
CHOIR He is believed throughout the world
3 SOPS soli: Iêsous Christos Theou Huios Sôtêr . . .
ATB soli: Anelêphthê en doxê.
CHOIR He is taken up in glory.
3 SOPS soli: Iêsous Christos Theou Huios Sôtêr.
ARRIVAL
ATB soli Allêluia . . .
Choir God is gone up with a merry noise,
And the Lord with the sound of the trumpet.
3 soprano soli Alleluia!
Choir God is gone up in glory. Alleluia!
