2025 PLU Choir International Tour

• A Mighty Fortress is Our God – Martin Luther (1483-1546), arr. W.B. Olds
• I’m Gonna Sing ‘til the Spirit Moves in My Heart – Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
• Adoramus te, Christe – Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)

We adore you, O Christ, and we bless you,
because with your precious blood
you have redeemed the world. Have mercy on us.

– Latin text from the Vesper Service

• Ave Maria (1997) – Brian Edward Galante

Hail Mary, full of grace,
the Lord is with you.
Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.

– Latin text, traditional prayer

• Cantate Domino (2014) – Pavel Lukaszewksi

Sing to the Lord a new song;
sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord, praise his name;
proclaim his salvation day after day.
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.
Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes,
he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness
and the peoples in his faithfulness.

– Psalm 95(96): 1-3, 11-13

• and the swallow (2017) – Caroline Shaw/text from Psalm 84
• Jubilate Deo, omnis terra a 8 – Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1612)

Let every land praise God,
as the man who fears the Lord is blessed.
May the God of Israel bind you together
and himself be with you,
may he send you help from his holiness
and watch over you from Sion.
The Lord blessed you out of Sion,
he who made heaven and earth.
Serve the Lord with joy!

– Latin text based on Psalm 100

• Exsultate (2013) – Brian Edward Galante

Rejoice, sing joyfully to God!
O you blessed souls,
sing sweet songs;
in response to your singing
the heavens sing with me! You crown of virgins,
grant us peace,
console our afflictions,
from which our hearts sigh.
Alleluia! Rejoice, sing joyfully to God!

– Latin text, Psalm fragments

• Shall We Gather at the River? – Robert Lowry, arr. Blake Morgan (2024)

• Praise the Name of God with a Song – Allen Koepke (1939-2012)
• Kyrie (1996)- Zanaida Robles

Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison | Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy

• Cum luncundiate – Francisco López de Capilla (1608-1674)

Cum iucunditate | With pleasure
celebremus nativitatem | let’s celebrate the birth
beatae Virginis Mariae, | Blessed Virgin Mary
ut ipsa pro nobis intercedat | that she may intercede for us
ad Dominum Iesum Christum. | to the Lord Jesus Christ. 

• Super Flumina Babylonis – Giovanni Palestrina (1525-1594)

Super flumina Babylonis | By the waters of Babylon,
illic sedimus et flevimus, | there we sat and wept,
dum recordaremur Sion. | when we remembered Zion.
In salicibus in medio ejus | On the willow trees in their midst
suspendimus organa nostra. | we hung up our harps.