Texts and Translations
Concert Chorale
Until I Reach My Home
arr. Brandon A. Boyd
Refrain:
Lord, until I reach my home.
Until I reach my home;
I never expect my journey over,
'til I reach my home.
I would not be a sinner
I'll tell you the reason why;
I'm afraid my Lord might call my name
and I wouldn't be ready to die.
Refrain.
I went up to the mountain
I didn't go there to stay.
Then my soul got happy,
Then I stayed all day.
Refrain.
I got a crown up in a that kingdom ain-a that good news!
I got a crown up in a that kingdom ain-a that good news!
I'm a gonna lay down this world gonna shoulder up my cross,
gonna take it home; gonna take it home, gonna take it home to my Jesus,
ain-a that good news!
Until I reach my home.
-African-American Spiritual
Hold Fast to Dreams
Susan LaBarr
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
-Langston Hughes
Exultate justi in Domino
Brant Adams
Exsultate justi in Domino:
rectos decet collaudato.
Confitemi Domino in cithara,
in psalterio decem chordarum psallite illi.
Cantate ei canticum novum,
bene psallite ei in vociferatione.
Rejoice in the Lord,
O you righteous.
Praise befits the upright.
Praise the Lord with the lyre;
make melody to him with the harp of ten strings.
Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
-Psalm 33
Chamber Singers
Ave Maria
Javier Busto
Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum.
Benedicta tu in mulieribus,
Benedicta tu et benedictus,
Fructus ventris tui, Jesus.
Sancta Maria, mater dei,
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed are thou among women,
Blessed are you and he,
The fruit of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, mother of God,
Pray for us sinners,
Now and at the hour of your death,
Amen.
-Traditional Catholic Prayer
Ave Maria...virgo serena
Josquin des Prez
Ave Maria, gratia plena,
Dominus tecum, Virgo serena.
Ave, cuius conceptio,
Solemni plena gaudio,
Caelestia, terrestria,
Nova replet laetitia.
Ave, cuius nativitas
Nostra fuit solemnitas,
Ut lucifer lux oriens
Verum solem praeveniens.
Ave pia humilitas,
Sine viro fecunditas,
Cuius annuntiatio
Nostra fuit salvatio.
Ave vera virginitas,
Immaculata castitas,
Cuius purificatio
Nostra fuit salvatio.
Ave vera virginitas,
Immaculata castitas,
Cuius purificatio
Nostra fuit purgatio.
Ave, praeclara omnibus
Angelicis virtutibus,
Cuius assumptio
Nostra fuit glorificatio.
O Mater Dei,
Memento mei. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace,
The Lord is with thee, serene Virgin.
Hail, thou whose conception,
Full of great joy,
Fills heaven and earth
With new gladness.
Hail, thou whose nativity
Became our great celebration,
As the light-bearing Morning Star
anticipates the true Sun.
Hail, faithful humility,
Fruitful without man,
Whose annunciation
Was our salvation.
Hail, true virginity,
Immaculate chastity,
Whose purification
Was our cleansing.
Hail, glorious one
In all angelic virtues,
Whose assumption
Was our glorification.
O Mother of God,
Remember me. Amen.
-Marian Devotional Prayer
Tipitin
María Grever
Lardón de amores me llaman,
por robarme tu cariño,
como un jugete que a un niño,
se la antojará al pasar.
Con él, me robé, tus besos,
y un rizo de tus cabellos,
pero me he enredado en ellos,
y no me puedo escapar.
Tipitipitín, tiptín,
Tipitipitón, tipitón,
Todas las mañanas,
bajo tu ventana,
canto esta canción.
Tipitipitín, tiptín,
Tipitipitón, tipitón,
Y es sólo el so nido,
del fuerte latido,
de mi corazón.
Con mi guitarra en la mano
y en ella un ramo de flores,
por las mañanas temprano,
voy cantando mis amores.
Y en mi cantar voy diciendo,
que nunca te he de olvidar,
que aunque la vida me cueste,
él cantar no he de dejar.
They call me a thief of love,
For I steal your affection,
Like a toy from a child,
You will crave it as you pass by.
With it, I stole, your kisses,
And a curl of your hair,
But I got tangled up in them,
And I cannot escape.
Tipitipitín, tiptín,
Tipitipitón, tipitón,
And it is just the sound,
Under your window,
I sing this song.
Tipitipitín, tiptín,
Tipitipitón, tipitón,
And it is just the sound,
Of the heartbeat strong,
Of my heart.
With my guitar in hand,
And in it a bouquet of flowers,
Early in the morning,
I am singing my love songs.
And in my singing I say,
I will never forget you,
That even if life costs me,
I will not stop singing.
-María Grever
University Singers
Achieved is the Glorious Work
Franz Joseph Haydn
Achieved is the glorious work.
Our song let be the praise of God!
He sole on high exalted reigns, hallelujah.
Glory to His name forever. Hallelujah!
-from The Creation
Õhtul
Pärt Uusberg
Vaikib linnukene
ühes tuulega,
uinub lillekene
kaste kaisussa.
Eha punastades
ööle annab suud —
mälestus ja vaikus,
uinund metsapuud.
Igatsedes ainult
minu lauluke
nagu mälestus, kui vaikus
sõuab kaugele.
The little bird grows silent
as the wind blows.
The small flower falls asleep
caressed by the dew.
Twilight blushes
as she kisses the night.
The forest trees sleep
in memory and silence.
They are wistful
for my song,
now a silent memory,
as it paddles far away.
-Ernst Enno
I'll Ay Call in by Yon Town
arr. Mack Wilberg
Refrain:
I'll ay call in by yon town and by yon garden green again,
I'll ay call in by yon town and see my bonny Jean again.
There's none shall know and none shall guess what brings me back the gate again,
But she my fairest faithful lass and secretly we'll meet again.
Refrain.
She'll wander by the oaken tree when trysting time draws near again,
And when her lovely form I see, O haith! She's doubly dear to me.
Refrain.
-Robert Burns
Music of Stillness
Elaine Hagenberg
There will be rest, and sure stars shining
Over the roof-tops crowned with snow,
A reign of rest, serene forgetting,
The music of stillness holy and low.
I will make this world of my devising
Out of a dream in my lonely mind.
I shall find the crystal of peace, — above me
Stars I shall find...
-Sara Teasdale
Agnus Dei
Ernesto Herrera
Agnus Dei qui tolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei qui tolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei qui tolis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
-Mass Ordinary
Ezekul Saw de Wheel
William L. Dawson
Refrain:
Ezekul saw de wheel,
'Way up in de mid'l of de air,
Ezekul saw de wheel,
'Way in de mid'l of de air.
De big wheel run by faith,
An' de lit'l' wheel run by de grace of God,
A lit'l' wheel in a wheel,
'Way in de mid'l of de air.
Better mind my brother how you walk on de cross,
'Way in de mid'l of de air.
Your foot might slip, An' yer soul get lost,
'Way in de mid'l of de air.
Refrain.
Ole Satan wears a club foot shoe,
'Way in de mid'l of de air.
If you don' mind he'll slip it on you,
'Way in de mid'l of de air.
Refrain.
Some go to church for to sing an' shout,
Hallelujah!
Befo' six months dey's all turn'd out
'Way in de mid'l of de air.
Refrain (5x).
-African-American Spiritual