Christe Jesu, pastor bone - John Taverner, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
30. 'Christe Jesu, pastor bone'
From the album ‘Treasures of English Church Music’
Composer John Taverner
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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Christe Jesu, pastor bone
Taverner was choirmaster of the magnificent Cardinal College (now Christ Church) set up by Henry VIII’s chief minister Cardinal Wolsey. Taverner’s choir was large for the time, numbering up to forty voices, and his compositions reflect the splendour of this establishment (which was, however, short-lived: the college was opened in 1526, but its funds were withdrawn on Wolsey’s fall from office in 1529 and the choir declined thereafter). The statutes specified the daily singing of certain votive antiphons after Compline (the final service of the day), and 'Christe Jesu, pastor bone' is one of these; its text survives only in the Elizabethan adaptation given here, but it is known to have been originally in honour of St William of York.
LYRICS:
Christe Jesu, pastor bone, mediator et patrone, mundi nobis in agone confer opem et
depone vitae sordes, et coronae celestis da gloriam. Et Elizabetham nostram Angliae
reginae serva, et ecclesiam piorum tuere custos horum, et utrisque concedatur eternae vitae
praemium. (adapted from the Antiphon of St William of York)
(O Christ Jesus, our good shepherd, mediator and guardian in the midst of our earthly toil, grant us
grace and wash away the stains of life, and grant us the glory of a heavenly crown. Preserve Elizabeth our Queen of England, guard the church of thy faithful people, and may the reward of eternal life be granted to them.)
Treasures of English Church Music
46 tracks of English a cappella church music, featuring John Rutter conducting the Cambridge Singers, and recorded in the inspiring setting of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral.
“A marvellous collection taken from all ages of Church Music – a mix of the popular and the slightly rarer. This is recorded in Ely Cathedral and it seems to have projected itself into some wonderfully lyric pieces – the opening track of Parsons Ave Maria sets the scene for the rest of the music. This is the Cambridge Singers at their best…” Cathedral Music
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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