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Hostias et preces tibi Domine<br />
laudis offerimus.<br />
Tu suscipe pro animabus illis,<br />
quarum hodie memoriam facimus:<br />
fac eas, Domine, de morte transire<br />
ad vitam, quam olim Abrahae<br />
promisisti et semini ejus.<br />
Libera animas omnium fidelium<br />
defunctorum de poenis inferni,<br />
et de profundo lacu,<br />
fac eas de morte transire at vitam.<br />
We offer sacrifices and prayers to Thee,<br />
Lord, with praises.<br />
Do Thou receive them on behalf of those souls<br />
whom we commemorate this day:<br />
grant them, O Lord, to pass from death<br />
into life; as once Thou didst promise<br />
to Abraham and his seed.<br />
Deliver the souls of all the faithful<br />
departed from the pains of hell<br />
and from the deep pit,<br />
grant them to pass from death into life.<br />
4. Sanctus<br />
The Sanctus contains the most directly brilliant music in the work. Trumpet fanfares<br />
introduce the movement, which is constructed as a double fugue. The choral<br />
writing is light and animated, the orchestral parts virtuoso, the rhythmic vitality<br />
immensely impressive in its splendour.<br />
FUGUE FOR DOUBLE CHORUS<br />
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus<br />
Dominus Deus Sabaoth.<br />
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.<br />
Hosanna in excelsis!<br />
Benedictus, qui venit<br />
in nomine Domine.<br />
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.<br />
Hosanna in excelsis!<br />
Holy, holy, holy<br />
Lord God of hosts.<br />
Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory,<br />
Hosanna in the highest!<br />
Blessed is He that cometh<br />
in the name of the Lord.<br />
Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory,<br />
Hosanna in the highest!<br />
5. Agnus Dei<br />
A peaceful Andante tune is sung by the female soloists in unaccompanied octaves,<br />
then repeated by the chorus. The soloists repeat the tune, now in the minor key,<br />
and the chorus develops the material further. When the tune returns for a third<br />
time, there is the addition of a flowing contrapuntal line played by three flutes.<br />
SOPRANO, MEZZO SOPRANO AND CHORUS<br />
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Lamb of God, that takest away the sins<br />
dona eis requiem.<br />
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi,<br />
dona eis requiem sempiternam.<br />
of the world, grant them rest.<br />
Lamb of God, that takest away the sins<br />
of the world, grant them eternal rest.
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