Veni, creator spiritus for medium voice and organ (op. 103g, 2000)
Medium voice, organ
Duration: 9 minutes
Martin Hummel | Wolfgang Hörlin
Title: Veni Creator for voice and organ - Length: 10 pages - Date: 12 September 2000 - Location:
Schott Music ISMN: 979-0-001-18728-2
Veni, Creator Spiritus,
mentes tuorum visita,
imple superna gratia,
quae tu creasti, pectora.
Qui diceris Paraclitus,
donum Dei altissimi,
fons vivus, ignis, caritas,
et spiritalis unctio.
You, septiformis munere,
dextrae Dei tu digitus,
Tu rite promissum Patris,
sermone ditans guttura.
Accende lumen sensibus,
infunde amorem cordibus,
infirma nostri corporis
virtute firmans perpeti.
Hostem repellas longius,
pacemque dones protinus:
ductore sic te praevio
vitemus omne noxium.
Per te sciamus, da, Patrem
noscamus atque Filium,
te utriusque Spiritum
credamus omni tempore.
Amen.
Attributed to Hrabanus Maurus (around 780 - 856)
Come, Creative Spirit,
Visit the thoughts of yours,
Fill with supreme grace
The hearts of your created ones.
You who are called Comforter and Protector,
Are the greatest gift of God,
Life force, fire, mercy,
Ointment for the soul.
You are the sevenfold gift,
The right finger of the Father,
The fulfilment of the Father's promise,
The preaching tongue.
Kindle a light in the senses,
Fill the heart with love,
Strengthen our weak bodies
With the strength of patience.
Protect from the enemy,
Give peace from ourselves,
Guide with foresight,
Guard against all evil.
You guide us to knowledge.
Grant that we may recognise the Father and the Son,
and also you, Spirit,
so that we may believe forever.
Amen.
Attributed to Hrabanus Maurus (around 780 - 856)
The rapid sixteenth-note runs of the organ – which recur throughout the piece – symbolise the roaring of the Holy Spirit. In between, the text is set to music in seven verses, each of which follows the meaning of the text. - Two stanzas use the melody from the year 1000 in a contemporary harmonic setting. This context creates a tension between old and new – which is ultimately resolved in the soloist’s ‘Amen’.
Bertold Hummel