Nunc, Sancte, nobis Spitirus
Nunc, Sancte, nobis, Spiritus is a setting of the St. Ambrose mid-morning hymn from the Liturgy of the Hours. It was written for the Catholic Sacred Music Project, under the direction of Peter Carter, and the Benedict XVI Institute. It was premiered at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington D.C., conducted by Dr. Timothy McDonnell.
- Ensemble
- SATB Choir divisi a cappella
- Duration
- c. 4.5 minutes
- Year
- 2023
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Nunc, Sancte, nobis Spiritus
Nunc, Sancte, nobis Spiritus,
unum Patri cum Filio,
dignare promptus ingeri
nostro refusus pectori.
Os, lingua, mens, sensus, vigor
confessionem personent,
flammescat igne caritas,
accendat ardor proximos.
Præsta, Pater piissime,
Patríque compar Unice,
Cum Spiritu Paraclito
Regnans per omne sæculum. Amen.
COME, Holy Ghost, who ever One
art with the Father and the Son,
it is the hour, our souls possess
with Thy full flood of holiness.
Let flesh, and heart, and lips, and mind,
sound forth our witness to mankind;
and love light up our mortal frame,
till others catch the living flame.
Grant this, O Father, ever One
with Christ, Thy sole-begotten Son,
and Holy Ghost, whom all adore,
reigning and blest forevermore.
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Benedict XVI Institute
“Vass takes a more homophonic approach to his Nunc, Sancte, Nobis, Spiritus (Hymn of Terce), reveling in the creation of a rich harmonic texture pushed forward through the movement of internal lines. This approach offers him the opportunity to create moments of heightened tension befitting of the text for this third hour of the day after dawn. At the start of the second verse Vass immediately delves into a much more chromatic language, and subsequently builds tension through to a structural highpoint at 'Accéndat ardor próximos'... a build of tension which is paced beautifully. His subsequent chromatic build through 'Præsta, Pater' sets the stage for a most rewarding resolution through the third verse, creating the feeling of a return home, but not without a startling final cadence.”