Orbis patrator optime
Vocal score
Description
for SATB (with divisions) unaccompanied
Setting of a text by St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621), a Hymn for Lauds on the feast of the Guardian Angels.
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Programme Notes:
IOrbis patrator optime was commissioned to mark the 30th Anniversary of Edward Higginbottom's appointment as Director of Music at New College, Oxford, in memory of Robert Beazer, M.A., old member of New College. It was first performed by New College Choir, directed by Edward Higginbottom, on 7 October 2006. The text is by St Robert Bellarmine, and is the Hymn for Lauds on the feast of the Guardian Angels.
I am particularly attracted to Latin hymns for while full of arresting and