for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Text: Latin (Pope Innocent VI)
Duration: 4'00''
Difficulty: 1/5


from Karl Jenkins' Motets, for mixed choir a cappella


Text
Ave verum corpus natum de Maria Virgine. Vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine. Cujus latus perforatum fluxit aqua et sanguine. Esto nobis prægustatum mortis in examine. Jesu dulcis! Jesu pie, Fili Mariæ. Amen.


Hail, true body, born of the Virgin Mary, truly suffered and slain on a cross for man. Whose pierced side poured forth water and blood. Be to us a foretaste in the agony of death. Sweet Jesus! Kind Jesus, Son of Mary. Amen.


Karl Jenkins
Karl Jenkins is one of the most prolific, popular and performed composers in the world today. His recorded output has resulted in 17 gold and platinum discs, while his The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace has received almost a thousand performances in the decade since its première in 2000. Classically trained, Jenkins transcends musical boundaries, from the seminal fusion band Soft Machine to the global crossover phenomenon Adiemus. Recent recordings include Requiem, Stabat Mater, Quirk and Stella Natalis, while he has composed music for HRH The Prince of Wales, Bryn Terfel, Kiri Te Kanawa, Evelyn Glennie and the London Symphony Orchestra. Karl Jenkins has featured on British TV’s iconic South Bank Show, and he has consistently been the highest-placed living composer in Classic FM’s Hall of Fame. He was awarded a CBE by Her Majesty the Queen in 2010.