James MacMillan- Miserere

Miserere- James MacMillan (b.1959). Performed by ORA Singers & Suzi Digby. Recorded at St Alban's, Holborn, February 2015.
Solo quartet: Julie Cooper (soprano), Eleanor Minney (mezzo soprano), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Ben Davies (baritone)
From the album 'Refuge from the Flames: Miserere and the Savonarola legacy'- released 23rd September, 2016 with harmonia mundi.
Text:
Miserere mei, Deus:
Secundum magnam
Misericordiam tuam.
Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum:
Dele iniquitatem meam.
Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea:
Et a peccato meo munda me.
Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco:
Et peccatum meum contra me est semper.
Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci:
Ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis,
Et vincas cum judicaris.
Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum:
Et in peccatis concepit me mater mea.
Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti:
Incerta et occulta sapientiae tuae manifestasti mihi.
Asperges me hyssopo, et mundabor:
Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.
Auditui meo dabis gaudium et laetitiam:
Et exultabunt ossa humiliata.
Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis:
Et omnes iniquitates meas dele.
Cor mundum crea in me, Deus:
Et spiritum rectum innova in visceribus meis.
Ne projicias me a facie tua:
Et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me.
Redde mihi laetitiam salutaris tui:
Et spiritu principali confirma me.
Docebo iniquos vias tuas:
Et impii ad te convertentur.
Libera me de sanguinibus, Deus,
Deus salutis meae:
Et exultabit lingua mea justitiam tuam.
Domine, labia mea aperies:
Et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam.
Quoniam si voluisses sacrificium,
Dedissem utique:
Holocaustis non delectaberis.
Sacrificium Deo spiritus contribulatus:
Cor contritum, et humiliatum,
Deus, non despicies.
Benigne fac, Domine,
In bona voluntate tua Sion:
Ut aedificentur muri Jerusalem.
Tunc acceptabis sacrificium justitiae,
Oblationes, et holocausta:
Tunc imponent super altare tuum vitulos.
Have mercy on me, O God,
According to Thy great mercy.
According unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies
Remove my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquities,
And cleanse me from my sin.
I knowingly confess my transgressions:
And my sin is ever before me.
Against Thee only have I sinned, and done evil before Thee:
that they may be justified in Thy sayings, and might they overcome when I am judged.
But behold, I was formed in iniquity:
And in sin did my mother conceive me.
Behold, Thou desirest truth in my innermost being:
And shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
Wash me, make me whiter than snow.
Open my ears and make me hear of joy and gladness:
And my bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
Turn away Thy face from my sins:
And remember not all my misdeeds.
Create in me a clean heart, O God:
And make anew a righteous spirit within my body.
Do not cast me away from Thy presence:
And take not Thy holy spirit from me.
Restore unto me the joy of your salvation,
And uphold me with a willing spirit.
I will teach those that are unjust Thy ways:
And sinners shall be converted unto Thee.
Deliver me from blood, O God,
The God of my salvation:
And my tongue shall sing of Thy righteousness.
O Lord, open my lips:
And my mouth shall spring forth Thy praise.
For Thou desirest no sacrifice, where others would:
With burnt offerings Thou wilt not be delighted.
Sacrifices of God are broken spirits:
Dejected and contrite hearts, O God, Thou wilt not despise.
Deal favourably, O Lord,
In Thy good pleasure unto Zion:
Build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness,
With small and large burnt offerings:
Then shall they lay calves upon your altar.
Full album listing:
1. Miserere [edited by Ben Byram Wigfield]- Gregorio Allegri (c.1582-1652) (12'06)
2. Iesù, sommo conforto- Giovanni Animuccia (c.1520-c.1571)/ Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) (1'10)
3. Alma, che sì gentile- Anonymous/ Girolamo Savonarola (1'55)
4. Che fai qui, core? - Anonymous/ Girolamo Savonarola (1'17)
5. Ecce quam bonum- Luca Bettini (c. 1489-1527) (2'33)
6. Letamini in Domino- Philippe Verdelot (1480/85-c.1530/32) (2'06)
7. Infelix Ego- William Byrd (c.1539/40-1623) (12'14)
8. Infelix Ego- Ēriks Ešenvalds (b.1977) (11'31)
9. O quam dulcis- Jean Richafort (c.1480-c.1547) (4'24)
10. Tristitia obsedit me, magno- Claude Le Jeune (c.1528/30-1600) (5'00)
11. Ecce quomodo moritur- Anonymous (1'47)
12. Tristitia obsedit me, amici- Jacobus Clemens non Papa (c.1510/15- c.1555/56)
13. Miserere- James MacMillan (b.1959) (13'06)
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Excellent!! Love your work Lady Suzi! 😊❤

[@minnystrawb8453]

The absolute most beautiful performance of MacMillan's Miserere. The blend, the drama, the perfectly placed vibrato, the dynamics. Nothing else is like it. I've been waiting for this performance to resurface on the internet. The voices of angels here.

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Also extraordinary performance =)

[@patriciamaguire9914]

Stunning! THANK YOU!