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Missa in G Major, BWV 236

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Original Text

English Translation

Original Text

I. Kyrie
4-part chorus / oboes, strings, continuo

Kyrie eleison.
Christe eleison.
Kyrie eleison.

II. Gloria
4-part chorus / oboes, strings, continuo

Gloria in excelsis Deo.
Et in terra pax
hominibus bonæ voluntatis.
Laudamus te; benedicimus te;
adoramus te; glorificamus te.

III. Gratias
bass solo / strings, continuo

Gratias agimus tibi
propter magnam gloriam tuam.
Domine Deus, Rex coelestis,
Deus Pater omnipotens.
Domine Fili unigenite Jesu Christe.

IV. Domine Deus
soprano and counter-tenor duet /
strings, continuo


Domine Deus, Agnus Dei,
Filius Patris.
Qui tollis peccata mundi,
miserere nobis.
Qui tollis peccata mundi,
suscipe deprecationem nostram.
Qui sedes ad dextram Patris,
O miserere nobis...

V. Quoniam
tenor solo / oboe solo, continuo

Quoniam tu solus Sanctus,
tu solus Dominus,
tu solus Altissimus, Jesu Christe—

VI. Cum Sancto Spiritu
4-part chorus / oboes, strings, continuo

Cum Sancto Spiritu
in gloria Dei Patris.
Amen.

English Translation

 

Lord, have mercy.
Christ, have mercy.
Lord, have mercy.

 

Glory be to God in the highest.
And on earth peace
to people of good will.
We praise you, we bless you,
we worship you, we glorify you.

 

We give you thanks
for your great glory
Lord God, heavenly King,
God the Father almighty.
Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ.

 


O Lord God, Lamb of God,
Son of the Father.
who take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us;
who take away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer;
who sit at the right hand of the Father,
have mercy upon us...

 

For you alone are holy,
you alone are the Lord,
you alone, Jesus Christ, are the most high—

 

With the Holy Spirit
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.


This piece was performed by the SFBC in A Double Birthday Celebration on February 22,1997, and in Missae Breves on October 16/17, 2004.


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