Nico Muhly - Alma Redemptoris Mater

Written for Magdalen College Choir and premiered in our Advent Carol Service 2022, here is a live recording of Alma Redemptoris Mater by Nico Muhly. The piece appear in OUP's latest volume, Carols for Choirs 6.
𝐴𝑠 𝐼 𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑛𝑦ȝ𝑡
𝑀𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑑𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑦ȝ𝑡
𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦ȝ𝑡
𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟.
𝑇𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑚 𝐺𝑎𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑙 𝑠𝑜 𝑏𝑟𝑦ȝ𝑡
& 𝑠𝑒𝑦𝑑𝑒, ‘𝐻𝑒𝑦𝑙, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑖, 𝑓𝑢𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦ȝ𝑡,
𝑇𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎-𝑑𝑦ȝ𝑡
𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓.
𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑑𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑦ȝ𝑡
𝐴-𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑒𝑦𝑢𝑦𝑑 𝐺𝑜𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦ȝ𝑡,
& 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑦 𝑤𝑦𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑦ȝ𝑡
𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓.
𝑅𝑦ȝ𝑡 𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑛𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑦𝑛𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑠,
𝑆𝑜 𝐼ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑢 𝑖𝑛 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠,
& 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑦 𝑤𝑦𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠
𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓.
𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑙𝑦𝑠,
& 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑒𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠,
& 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠
𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓.
𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝐼ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑒 𝑦-𝑝𝑦ȝ𝑡
𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠𝑦ȝ𝑡,
𝑇𝑦𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑦𝑚 𝑟𝑦𝑠𝑒 𝑢𝑝𝑟𝑦ȝ𝑡,
𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓.
𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑒𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑒 𝑇𝑜𝑘 ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑙𝑦ȝ𝑡,
& 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦ȝ𝑡;
𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ ℎ𝑦𝑚 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑦𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑦ȝ𝑡,
𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓.
The SELDEN CAROL-BOOK (15th century)

[@ArchiveofRecordedChurchMusic]

Superb. More please from one of the world's great choirs!

[@Kruzifan]

You are right. For me as a German fan of boychoirs were the choir and that opus until now unknown...