Solo vocal items - texts (please scroll down)
Pie Jesu, from Requiem Op.48 - G Fauré (1845-1924)
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Pie Jesu Domine, dona eis requiem, requiem sempiternam.
(Merciful Lord Jesus, grant them rest, rest everlasting.)
Words: from the Requiem Mass
I know that my Redeemer liveth, from Messiah - GF Handel (1685-1759)
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I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.
For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep.
Words: Job 19, vv25-26; 1 Corinthians 15 v20
When I am laid in earth, from Dido and Aeneas - H Purcell (1659-1695)
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When I am laid in earth, may my wrongs create no trouble in thy breast;
Remember me, but ah! forget my fate.
Words: Nahum Tate (1652-1715)
Waft her, angels, through the skies, from Jephtha - GF Handel (1685-1759)
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Waft her, angels, through the skies, far above yon azure plain, glorious there, like you, to rise: there, like you, for ever reign.
Words: Thomas Morell (1703-1784)
Ave Maria - F Schubert (1797-1828)
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Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostræ. Amen.
(Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.)
Words: traditional Catholic
Bist du bei mir - attrib. JS Bach (1685-1750)
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Bist du bei mir, geh' ich mit Freuden zum Sterben und zu meiner Ruh'.
Ach, wie vergnügt wär' so mein Ende, es drückten deine lieben Hände
mir die getreuen Augen zu!
(If you are with me, then I will gladly go to my death and to my rest.
Ah, how pleasant would my end be if your dear hands shut my faithful eyes!)
Words: Anonymous