Giovanni Bellini, Transfiguration, Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, c. 1487
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white [Matthew 17:2].
And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white [Matthew 17:2].
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Notes
Transfiguration Sunday
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Fra Angelico, Transfiguration, Convento di San Marco, Florence, 1440-41
O Nata Lux de LumineHymn from the Office of the Feast of the Transfiguration
O nata lux de lumine,O Light begotten of Light,
Jesu redemptor saeculi,Jesus, redeemer of the world,
Dignare clemens supplicumwith loving-kindness deign to receive
Laudes precesque sumere.suppliant praise and prayer.
Qui carne quondam contegi Thou who once deigned to be
Dignatus es pro perditis,clothed in flesh for the sake of the lost,
Nos membra confer efficigrant us to be members
Tui beati corporis.of thy blessed body._______________
Click and then scroll down for Peter the Venerable , O nata lux, performed by Ensemble Venance Fortunat, Anne-Marie Deschamps, conducting.
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Thomas Tallis , O nata lux, performed by:
The Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips conducting. [YouTube]
The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton directing. [YouTube]
The Cambridge Singers, John Rutter conducting. [listen]
The Choir of Clare College, Timothy Brown conducting. [listen]
The Taverner Choir and Consort, Andrew Parrott conducting. [listen]
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philip Ledger conducting. [listen]
The Choir of Winchester Cathedral, David Hill conducting. [listen]
The Wells Cathedral Choir [listen]
Dunedin Consort [listen]
Morten Lauridsen, O nata lux, performed by:
Polyphony, Stephen Layton conducting. [listen]
Los Angeles Master Chorale, Paul Salamunovich conducting [listen]
Pasadena Master Chorale, Jeffrey Bernstein conducting. [YouTube]
Fra Angelico, Transfiguration, Convento di San Marco, Florence, 1440-41
Jesu redemptor saeculi,
Dignare clemens supplicum
Laudes precesque sumere.
Qui carne quondam contegi
Dignatus es pro perditis,
Nos membra confer effici
Tui beati corporis.
of thy blessed body.
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Click and then scroll down for Peter the Venerable , O nata lux, performed by Ensemble Venance Fortunat, Anne-Marie Deschamps, conducting.
The Choir of Clare College, Timothy Brown conducting. [listen]
The Taverner Choir and Consort, Andrew Parrott conducting. [listen]
The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philip Ledger conducting. [listen]
The Choir of Winchester Cathedral, David Hill conducting. [listen]
Pasadena Master Chorale, Jeffrey Bernstein conducting. [YouTube]
Olivier Messiaen
To celebrate Transfiguration Sunday, click to go to Olivier Messiaen, La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ (1965-1969): Yvonne Loriod, piano; Arturo Muruzabal, cello; Martine van der Loo, flute; Harmen de Boer, clarinet; Peter Prommel, marimba; Ruud Stotÿn, vibraphone; Henk de Vlieger, xylorimba; Ludwig van Gijsegem, tenor; Reiner Holthaus, baritone; Choir of the BRT, Brussels; Groot Omroepkoor; Radio Symphonie Orkest, Hilversum; Reinbert de Leeuw conducting. Recorded live in the Great Hall of the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, 29 June 1991.
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Unknown Catalan Master, Christ and the Twelve, Barcelona, c. 1100
Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantatas for Quinquagesima Sunday (Estomihi) in the traditional Lutheran Church Year:
Transfiguration Sunday: Johann Sebastian Bach did not compose a cantata for the Transfiguration but Cantata 22 makes allusion to Mt. Tabor and the Transfiguration.
Performance of Cantata 22 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, Ton Koopman, Gustav Leonhardt and Pieter Jan Leusink. [text/listen]
Transfiguration Sunday: Johann Sebastian Bach did not compose a cantata for the Transfiguration but Cantata 22 makes allusion to Mt. Tabor and the Transfiguration.
Performance of Cantata 22 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, Ton Koopman, Gustav Leonhardt and Pieter Jan Leusink. [text/listen]
Performance of Cantata 127 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, Gustav Leonhardt and Pieter Jan Leusink. [text/listen]
Performance of Cantata 159 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, Gustav Leonhardt and Pieter Jan Leusink. [text/listen]