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Membra Jesu Nostri
Dieterich Buxtehude (1637 – 1707)
IAd pedes(to the feet) – Nahum 1:15
1. Chorus
Ecce super montes pedes evangelizantis et annunciantis pacem.
Behold, upon the mountains the feet of one bringing good news and proclaiming peace.
2. Soprano aria (Natalie Wu)
Salve mundi salutare, salve, salve Jesu care! Cruci tuae me aptare vellem vere, tu scis quare, da mihi tui copiam.
Hail, salvation of the world, Hail, hail, dear Jesus! On Your cross would I hang Truly, You know why Give me Your strength.
3. Soprano aria (Iona Biggart)
Clavos pedum, plagas duras, et tam graves impressuras circumplector cum affectu, tuo pavens in aspectu, tuorum memor vulnerum.
The nails in Your feet, the hard blows and so grievous marks I embrace with love, Fearful at the sight of You Mindful of Your wounds.
4. Bass aria (Tom Richardson)
Dulcis Jesu, pie Deus, Ad te clamo, licet reus, praebe mihi te benignum, ne repellas me indignum de tuis sanctis pedibus.
Sweet Jesus, merciful God, I cry to You, in my guilt Show me Your grace, Turn me not unworthy away From Your sacred feet.
5. Chorus
Ecce super montes pedes evangelizantis et annunciantis pacem. Salve mundi salutare, salve, salve Jesu care! Cruci tuae me aptare vellem vere, tu scis quare, da mihi tui copiam.
Behold, upon the mountains the feet of one bringing good news and proclaiming peace. Hail, salvation of the world, Hail, hail, dear Jesus! On Your cross would I hang Truly, You know why Give me Your strength.
IIAd genua(to the knees) – Isaiah 66:12
1. Chorus
Ad ubera portabimini, et super genua blandientur vobis.
You will be brought to nurse and dandled on the knees.
2. Tenor aria (Harry Tomlins)
Salve Jesu, rex sanctorum, spes votica peccatorum, crucis ligno tanquam reus, pendens homo verus Deus, caducis nutans genibus.
Hail Jesus, King of Saints Hope of sinners’ prayers, like an offender on the wood of the cross, a man hanging, true God, Bending on failing knees!
3. Alto aria (Amarachi Ohanusi)
Quid sum tibi responsurus, actu vilis corde durus? Quid rependam amatori, fqui elegit pro me mori, ne dupla morte morerer.
What answer shall I give You, Vile as I am in deed, hard in my heart? How shall I repay Your love, Who chose to die for me Lest I die the second death?
4. SSB trio (Natalie Wu, Iona Biggart and Pablo Egerique G.C.)
Ut te quaeram mente pura, sit haec mea prima cura, non est labor et gravabor, sed sanabor et mundabor, cum te complexus fuero.
That I may seek You with pure heart, Be my first care, It is no labour nor shall I be loaded down: But I shall be cleansed, When I embrace You.
5. Chorus
Ad ubera portabimini, et super genua blandientur vobis.
You will be brought to nurse and dandled on the knees.
IIIAd manus (to the hands) – Zechariah 13:6
1. Chorus
Quid sunt plagae istae in medio manuum tuarum?
What are those wounds in the midst of Your hands?
2. Soprano aria (Clara Bollen Gandolfo)
Salve Jesu, pastor bone, fatigatus in agone, qui per lignum es distractus et ad lignum es compactus expansis sanctis manibus.
Hail, Jesus, good shepherd, wearied in agony, tormented on the cross nailed to the cross Your sacred hands stretched out.
3. Soprano solo (Amy Collis)
Manus sanctae, vos amplector, et gemendo condelector, grates ago plagis tantis, clavis duris guttis sanctis dans lacrymas cum osculis.
Holy hands, I embrace you, and, lamenting, I delight in you, I give thanks for the terrible wounds, the hard nails, the holy drops shedding tears with kisses.
4. ATB trio (Sebastian Tsang, Felix Gideonse and Ben Connolly)
In cruore tuo lotum me commendo tibi totum, tuae sanctae manus istae me defendant, Jesu Christe, extremis in periculis.
Washed in You blood I wholly entrust myself to You; may these holy hands of Yours defend me, Jesus Christ, in the final dangers.
5. Chorus
Quid sunt plagae istae in medio manuum tuarum?
What are those wounds in the midst of Your hands?
IVAd latus (to the sides) – Song of Solomon 2:13-14
1. Chorus
Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni, columba mea in foraminibus petrae, in caverna maceriae.
Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come, my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow of the cliff.
2. Soprano aria (Hannah Gheel)
Salve latus salvatoris, in quo latet mel dulcoris, in quo patet vis amoris, ex quo scatet fons cruoris, qui corde lavat sordida.
Hail, side of the Saviour, in which the honey of sweetness is hidden, in which the power of love is exposed, from which gushes the spring of blood that cleans the dirty hearts.
3. ATB trio (Aditi Mehendale, Pallav Bagchi and Owen Brook)
Ecce tibi appropinquo, parce, Jesu, si delinquo, verecunda quidem fronte, ad te tamen veni sponte scrutari tua vulnera.
Lo I approach You, Pardon, Jesus, if I sin, With reverent countenance freely I come to You to behold Your wounds.
4. Soprano aria (Clara Bollen Gandolfo)
Hora mortis meus flatus intret Jesu, tuum latus, hinc expirans in te vadat, ne hunc leo trux invadat, sed apud te permaneat.
In the hour of death, may my soul Enter, Jesus, Your side Hence dying may it go into You, Lest the cruel lion seize it, But let it dwell with You.
5. Chorus
Surge, amica mea, speciosa mea, et veni, columba mea in foraminibus petrae, in caverna maceriae.
Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come, my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollow of the cliff.
VAd pectus (to the breast) – 1 Peter 2:2-3
1. ATB trio (Clarisse Bonacina, Robin Flower and Pablo Egerique G.C.)
Sicut modo geniti infantes rationabiles, et sine dolo concupiscite, ut in eo crescatis in salutem. Si tamen gustatis, quoniam dulcis estDominus.
Like newborn infants, long for the guileless milk of reason, that by it you may grow into salvation, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
2. Alto aria (Maria Portela)
Salve, salus mea, Deus, Jesu dulcis, amor meus, salve, pectus reverendum, cum tremore contingendum amoris domicilium.
Hail God, my salvation, sweet Jesus, my beloved, hail, breast to be revered, to be touched with trembling, dwelling of love.
You have wounded my heart, my sister, my bride, You have wounded my heart.
2. Soprano aria (Olivia Priestland)
Summi regis cor, aveto, te saluto corde laeto, te complecti me delectat et hoc meum cor affectat, ut ad te loquar, animes.
Heart of the highest king, I greet You, I salute You with a joyous heart, it delights me to embrace You and my heart aspires to this: that You move me to speak to You.
3. Soprano aria (Emma Walmsley)
Per medullam cordis mei, peccatoris atque rei, tuus amor transferatur, quo cor tuum rapiatur languens amoris vulnere.
Through the marrow of my heart, of a sinner and culprit, may Your love be conveyed by whom Your heart was seized, languishing through the wound of love.
4. Bass aria (Owen Brook)
Viva cordis voce clamo, dulce cor, te namque amo, ad cor meum inclinare, ut se possit applicare devoto tibi pectore.
I call with the living voice of the heart, sweet heart, for I love You, to incline to my heart, so that it may commit itself to You in the breast devoted to You.
5. ATB trio (Hannah Gheel, Amy Collis and Tom Richardson)
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