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A Requiem for Those Who Had None
Saturday 6 June, 7:30pm
Southwark Cathedral
Conducted by
Jamie Powe
Script and concert development
Séamus Rea
Narrated by
Sir Chris Bryant, MP
Ché Ramsden
Harrison Knights
Southwark Cathedral
Conducted by
Jamie Powe
Script and concert development
Séamus Rea
Narrated by
Sir Chris Bryant, MP
Ché Ramsden
Harrison Knights
MUSIC
Hear my prayer
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Text from Psalm 102
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee.
Libera nos (I & II)
John Sheppard (b. 1515–1558)
Text from the Antiphon at Matins of Trinity Sunday, Sarum Rite
Free us, save us, defend us, O blessed Trinity.
Ego flos campi
Raffaella Aleotti (1570–1646)
Text from the Song of Songs
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons.
Nigra sum
Michael Bussewitz-Quarm (b. 1971)
Text from the Song of Songs
I am black and beautiful,
Daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
Do not stare because I am dark,
Because the sun has changed my colour.
My mother’s sons fought against me;
They made me keeper of the vineyards.
Rise up and come, my love,
For now the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
Flowers have appeared in our land.
Alleluia.
Sappho Fragments: Eros
Jamie Powe (b. 1995)
Text by Sappho
καὶ ποθήω
καὶ μάομαι …
… ὄπταις ἄμμε
I need you
I ache for you …
… I burn for you.
Upon your heart
Eleanor Daley (b. 1955)
Text from the Song of Songs
Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death.
Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can the floods drown it.
If you keep my commandments
you shall abide in my love,
Love one another as I have loved you,
Then shall your joy be complete.
Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death.
Lamentations
Dominique Phinot (1510–1556)
Text from Lamentations of Jeremiah
The opening of the prayer of the prophet Jeremiah:
Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return unto the Lord thy God.
Hear my prayer
Henry Purcell (1659–1695)
Text from Psalm 102
Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my crying come unto thee.
Libera nos (I & II)
John Sheppard (b. 1515–1558)
Text from the Antiphon at Matins of Trinity Sunday, Sarum Rite
Free us, save us, defend us, O blessed Trinity.
Ego flos campi
Raffaella Aleotti (1570–1646)
Text from the Song of Songs
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons.
Nigra sum
Michael Bussewitz-Quarm (b. 1971)
Text from the Song of Songs
I am black and beautiful,
Daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
Do not stare because I am dark,
Because the sun has changed my colour.
My mother’s sons fought against me;
They made me keeper of the vineyards.
Rise up and come, my love,
For now the winter is past,
The rain is over and gone.
Flowers have appeared in our land.
Alleluia.
Sappho Fragments: Eros
Jamie Powe (b. 1995)
Text by Sappho
καὶ ποθήω
καὶ μάομαι …
… ὄπταις ἄμμε
I need you
I ache for you …
… I burn for you.
Upon your heart
Eleanor Daley (b. 1955)
Text from the Song of Songs
Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death.
Many waters cannot quench love,
neither can the floods drown it.
If you keep my commandments
you shall abide in my love,
Love one another as I have loved you,
Then shall your joy be complete.
Set me as a seal upon your heart,
as a seal upon your arm,
for love is strong as death.
Lamentations
Dominique Phinot (1510–1556)
Text from Lamentations of Jeremiah
The opening of the prayer of the prophet Jeremiah:
Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.
We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.
We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.
Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.
Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return unto the Lord thy God.
INTERVAL
Wine and soft drinks are available during the interval
in the South Transept, to the right of the altar
Missa Pro Defunctis, 1605
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611)
Text from the Office of the Dead
Please reserve your applause until after the Communio at the end of the Mass
Introitus
Give them eternal rest, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them.
There will be songs of praise to you in Zion,
and prayers in Jerusalem.
O hear my prayers;
all flesh returns to you.
Kyrie
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Graduale
Give them eternal rest, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them.
There will be songs of praise to you in Zion,
and prayers in Jerusalem.
O hear my prayers;
all flesh returns to you.
Offertorium
Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,
deliver the souls of all the faithful departed
from punishments of hell,
and from the deep lake.
Deliver them from the mouth of the lion,
may the abyss not swallow them up,
may they not fall into darkness.
But may the holy standard-bearer Michael
lead them to that holy light
which of old Thou didst promise Abraham
and his seed.
Sacrifices and prayers to Thee,
O Lord, we offer with praise.
O receive them for the souls of those
whom today we commemorate.
Make them, O Lord,
to pass from death to life,
which of old Thou didst promise Abraham
and his seed.
Sanctus & Benedictus
Holy, holy, holy
Lord God of Hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of thy glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he that cometh
in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Agnus Dei
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, grant them rest.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, grant them rest.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, grant them everlasting rest.
Communio
Let perpetual light shine upon them, O Lord,
with your saints for ever,
for you are merciful.
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Let My Love be Heard
Jake Runestad (b. 1986)
Text by Alfred Noyes
Angels, where you soar up to God’s own light,
Take my own lost bird on your hearts tonight;
And as grief once more mounts to heaven and sings,
Let my love be heard whispering in your wings.
Wine and soft drinks are available during the interval
in the South Transept, to the right of the altar
Missa Pro Defunctis, 1605
Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548–1611)
Text from the Office of the Dead
Please reserve your applause until after the Communio at the end of the Mass
Introitus
Give them eternal rest, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them.
There will be songs of praise to you in Zion,
and prayers in Jerusalem.
O hear my prayers;
all flesh returns to you.
Kyrie
Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.
Graduale
Give them eternal rest, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine on them.
There will be songs of praise to you in Zion,
and prayers in Jerusalem.
O hear my prayers;
all flesh returns to you.
Offertorium
Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,
deliver the souls of all the faithful departed
from punishments of hell,
and from the deep lake.
Deliver them from the mouth of the lion,
may the abyss not swallow them up,
may they not fall into darkness.
But may the holy standard-bearer Michael
lead them to that holy light
which of old Thou didst promise Abraham
and his seed.
Sacrifices and prayers to Thee,
O Lord, we offer with praise.
O receive them for the souls of those
whom today we commemorate.
Make them, O Lord,
to pass from death to life,
which of old Thou didst promise Abraham
and his seed.
Sanctus & Benedictus
Holy, holy, holy
Lord God of Hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of thy glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he that cometh
in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest.
Agnus Dei
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, grant them rest.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, grant them rest.
Lamb of God, who take away the sins of the world, grant them everlasting rest.
Communio
Let perpetual light shine upon them, O Lord,
with your saints for ever,
for you are merciful.
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
Let My Love be Heard
Jake Runestad (b. 1986)
Text by Alfred Noyes
Angels, where you soar up to God’s own light,
Take my own lost bird on your hearts tonight;
And as grief once more mounts to heaven and sings,
Let my love be heard whispering in your wings.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Thank you for joining us this evening - we'd love to see you at our upcoming concerts later this year!
Thank you for joining us this evening - we'd love to see you at our upcoming concerts later this year!
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