Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
SATB choral/organ score
PEL5036-Choir and Organ
A SETTING OF THE EVENING CANTICLES FOR SATB CHOIR AND ORGAN
Commissioned by The Anglican Parish of Christ Church, Calgary, in celebration of fifty years of the music ministry of Margaret Newman, Organist and Director of Music, the Magnificat features a soprano soloist (or semi-chorus) and sections for double choir. The Nunc Dimittis has an Eastern feel appropriate to the voice of Simeon when he took Jesus into his arms.
Texts
MAGNIFICAT
My soul doth magnify the Lord,
And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded
The lowliness of his handmaiden.
For behold from henceforth
All generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me,
And holy is his Name.
And his mercy is on them that fear him
Throughout all generations.
He hath showed strength with his arm;
He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down the mighty from their seat,
And hath exalted the humble and meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things,
And the rich he hath sent empty away.
He remembering his mercy hath holpen his servant Israel,
As he promised to our forefathers,
Abraham and his seed for ever.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost:
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.
NUNC DIMITTIS
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
according to thy word.
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
To be a light to lighten the Gentiles,
and to be the glory of thy people Israel.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. Amen.
