In te domine speravi (Josquin des Prez, ca. 1450/55–1521)
«In te domine speravi»
Josquin des Prez (c. 1450/55–1521)
From «Un niño nos es naçido» 28.11.21
in the Barfüsserkirche, Basel Historical Museum
Florencia Menconi – Soprano
Giovanna Baviera – Alto & Viola da gamba
Ivo Haun – Tenor & Lute
Elam Rotem – Bass & Harpsichord
Félix Verry – Renaissance violin
Maria Ferré – Vihuela
Musical director: Ivo Haun
Live concert recording: Oren Kirschenbaum
Picture: Illuminated capital from the first page of a Josquin mass (Jena, Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Chorbuch 21, fol. 1v. Copied by Petrus Alamire, Flanders, after 1521)
In te domine speravi
per trovar pietà in eterno.
Ma in un tristo e obscuro inferno
fui et frustra laboravi
In Thee O Lord did I hope
To find pity for ever.
But in a sad and dark hell
I was, and suffered in vain.
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