VocalEssence Chorus, VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, St. Olaf Choir, Chloe Johnson, Carolyn Nuelle, Eli Baumgartner, David Gindra, solo quartet, Elsa Buck, soprano solo

sung in Latin
1. Introit (Chorus)
Eternal rest give unto them, O Lord and let perpetual light
shine upon them.
A hymn, O God, becometh Thee in Zion and a vow shall be
paid to thee in Jerusalem.
Hear my prayer for all flesh shall come before you.
2. Kyrie (Chorus)
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
3. Graduale (Chorus with Alto and Bass Soli)
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord: and let perpetual light
shine upon them.
They shall be justified in everlasting memory, and shall not
fear evil reports.
Forgive, O Lord, the souls of all the faithful departed
from all the chains of their sins and by the aid to them of
your grace
may they deserve to avoid the judgment of revenge,
and enjoy the blessedness of everlasting light.
4. Dies Irae
(Chorus) This day of wrath shall consume the world in ashes,
as foretold by David and the Sibyl.
What trembling there will be when the judge shall come
to weigh everything strictly!
The trumpet, scattering its awful sound across the graves of
all lands
Summons all before the throne.
(Quartet and Chorus) Death and nature shall be stunned when
mankind arises
To render account before the judge.
The written book shall be brought in which all is contained
Whereby the world shall be judged
When the judge takes his seat all that is hidden shall appear
Nothing will remain unavenged.
(Tenor) What shall I, a wretch, say then? To which protector
shall I appeal
When even the just man is barely safe?
(Chorus) King of awful majesty You freely save those worthy
of salvation
Save me, fount of pity.
(Quartet) Remember, gentle Jesus that I am the reason for
your time on earth,
do not cast me out on that day
Seeking me, you sank down wearily, you saved me by enduring
the cross,
(Chorus) such travail must not be in vain.
Righteous judge of vengeance, award the gift of forgiveness
before the day of reckoning.
(Soprano) I groan as one guilty, my face blushes with guilt;
spare the suppliant, O God.
Thou who didn’t absolve Mary and hear the prayer of the thief
hast given me hope, too.
My prayers are not worthy, but Thou, O good one, show mercy,
lest I burn in everlasting fire,
(Chorus) Give me a place among the sheep, and separate me
from the goats,
placing me on Thy right hand.
When the damned are confounded and consigned to
keen flames,
call me with the blessed.
I pray, suppliant and kneeling, a heart as contrite as ashes;
take Thou my ending into Thy care.
That day is one of weeping, on which shall rise again from
the ashes
the guilty man, to be judged.
(Quartet) Therefore spare this one, O God,
merciful Lord Jesus:
(Chorus) Give them rest. Amen.
5. Offertorio
(Bass) Lord Jesus Christ, King of glory,
deliver the souls of all the faithful departed from the pains of
Hell and the bottomless pit.
Deliver them from the jaws of the lion,
(Chorus) lest hell engulf them, lest they be plunged into darkness;
but let the holy standard-bearer Michael lead them into the
holy light,
(Bass) as once you promised to Abraham and to his seed.
(Chorus) Lord, in praise we offer you sacrifices and prayers,
accept them on behalf of those who we remember this day:
Lord, make them pass from death to life,
as once you promised to Abraham and to his seed.
6 Sanctus & Benedictus (Chorus and Quartet)
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts!
Heaven and earth are full of your glory.
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed are they that come inthe name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest!
7. Agnus Dei (Chorus)
O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of the world,
Grant them rest.O Lamb of God, that takest away the sins of
the world,
Grant them eternal rest.
8. Communio (Lux Aeterna) (Chorus)
Let everlasting light shine upon them, Lord, with Thy saints
for ever,
for Thou art merciful.
Grant them eternal rest, Lord, and let perpetual light shine
upon them,
for Thou art merciful.