O Emmanuel (Eriks Esenvalds)

A luminous setting of "O nata lux" by Vytautas Miskinis recorded during rehearsal by Lumina (please excuse extraneous noises from heating and conductor)

O Nata Lux (Vytautas Miskinis)

Stars (Eriks Esenvalds)

Ola Gjeilo "Contrition" for SSAATTBB & soprano soloist - composed in 2009 and published by Edition Peters. The latin text translates as "O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come unto thee; turn not away they face from me". The central section features the final line of George Herbert's poem "Perseverance": "Thou art my rock, thou art my rest".

Ola Gjeilo - Contrition

"O nata lux" by Thomas Tallis (c1505–1585) is one of the finest Tudor anthems with its haunting harmonies resonating from the 5 interwoven vocal parts sung here by five members of Lumina. The text is the Office hymn for Lauds on the feast of the Transfiguration:

O Light born of Light,
Jesus, redeemer of the world,
with kindness deign to receive
the praise and prayer of suppliants.
You who once deigned to be clothed in flesh
for the sake of the lost,
grant us to be made members
of your blessed body.

Tallis - O Nata Lux

Bob Chilcott's beautifully evocative "Shepherd's Carol" - Come and hear this and more at Lumina's Christmas event on Dec 18th in the Swiss Church, London

The Shepherd's Carol - Bob Chilcott

Luca Marenzio's Christmas motet "Tribus miraculis"
(Magnificat antiphon at Second Vespers of the Feast of the Epiphany)

We observe this holy day, ornamented with three miracles:
Today a star led the Magi to the manger;
Today wine was made from water at the wedding;
Today in the Jordan Christ desired to be baptised by John,
so that He might save us, Alleluia.

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