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God is gone up
Op.140

for 3 solo sopranos, alto, tenor & bass soli, SATB choir, organ
7 mins.
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April 2014
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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!