MEDITATIONS ON THE PASSYOUN

LOThAR KLEIN

Meditations on the Passyoun

MEDITATIONS on the ASSYOUN for chotus

) solf and

instruments

CHORUZ: Alto, Tenor, Bass

SOLI: Tenor and-Baritone

INSTRUMENTATION:

2 (Mods.; (2nd doubling Corno inglese)

2 Tagotti

Contrafagotto

2 Trombe in B

2 Tromboni tenors

Trombone basso

Arpa

I

LAUDA

Now open thy hert wyde to thynke on base paynes that Cryst for thee endured. 0 bone Jhesu 0 dulcissime Jhesu, 0 dhesu fill beatissime, purissime necnon et mittisime virginis Marie.

(St. Anseim. Meditations Oratio XX, Matins of the Cross)

II

RICBRCAR3

Alas, that I sehal lyve and se my gracyous Lord, so soffrenge and so meke, that never trespasyd, so schamely arayed. The Crownes of al bliss that alle blessede &id Kyiige ,is of-:alle Kynges and is Lord of Lordys, is of helle houndys arowned with thornys, the worchype of heven despyced. Ah, Lord, Thy sorwe, were it not my deth? Now they lede Thee forthe nayled as a worm, Thy turmentoures they spurned Thee with here feet, os Thou hadde been a dogge. I see in my soule how reufully Thou gost; Thy body is so blody, so rowed and so bledderyed; Thy crown is so kene, Thy lovely face so wan and bbinyd with bofetynge, with beatynge, Thy ores is so hevy thattheyhangyd on Thy bare bac trossyd so hard.

III

CHORUS

Lord, that payne the wickt so cruel and so kene, at the Mownt of Calvarye withowten ony mercy pyned Thee with. They cast They cros doun flat on the grounde and with strong ropys binded Thee thereonne. They drow Thee and streynyd Thee streyte and peerced Thy skyn and Flesch with nayles blount at the poynt for more payne. Foderunt manus meas et pedes meos. I now see Thy woundys reche so wyde, Thou lyst rowed on the Gros, Thy kene crowne on Thin hed, Streamys of Thy reed blod rennyn as a fled.

IV

CANON DUPLUM

The thornys crowneb Thee Kynge, Ful sore is that prickyng, Alas, my joy and my swetyng es deemed to hyng. Nayled was hys handes, nayled was hys fete, and peerced was Hys syde, so semely and so swete.

Nayked was Hys whit brest and rede Hys blody syde, Wan was Hys fayre hue, Hys woundys depe and wyde. In fyve stedes of Hys flesch the blode gan downe to glyde, As stremes on the strand, Hys pyne es noght to hyde.