EDITION WANDELWEISER RECORDS > CD catalogue >>  toby roundell _____________________________________________________________________                                                                                                     <<   >> toby roundell meditations on the great O antiphons   order reference:    medium:              composer:           performer: EWR 2107 CD (mp3) toby roundell irene kurka (voice)         audio excerpt: ►  o oriens (18:29)     toby roundell meditations on the great O antiphons o sapientia o adonai o radix jesse o clavis david o oriens o rex gentium o emmanuel irene kurka (voice)     17 December O Sapientia, quæ ex ore Altissimi prodiisti, attingens a fine usque ad finem, fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia: veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiæ. O Wisdom, coming forth from the mouth of the Most High, reaching from one end to the other, mightily and sweetly ordering all things: come and teach us the way of prudence.   18 December O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel, qui Moysi in igne flammæ rubi apparuisti, et ei in Sina legem dedisti: veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento. O Adonai, and leader of the House of Israel, who appeared to Moses in the fire of the burning bush and gave him the law on Sinai: come and redeem us with an outstretched arm.   19 December O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem Gentes depreca- buntur: veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli tardare. O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples; before you kings will shut their mouths, to you the nations will make their prayer: come and deliver us, and delay no longer.   20 December O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel; qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in tenebris, et umbra mortis. O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel; you open and no one can shut; you shut and no one can open: come and lead the prisoners from the prison house, those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.   21 December O Oriens, splendor lucis æternæ, et sol justitiæ: veni, et illumina sedentes in tenebris, et umbra mortis. O Morning Star, splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness: come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.   22 December O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem, quem de limo formasti. O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone making both one: come and save the human race, which you fashioned from clay.   23 December O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos Domine Deus noster. O Emmanuel, our king and our lawgiver, the hope of the nations and their Saviour: come and save us, O Lord our God.