VOCES8: 'Ne Irascaris Domine' & 'Civitas Sancti Tui' by William Byrd

VOCES8 performs William Byrd’s double motet ‘Ne Irascaris Domine’ and ‘Civitas Sancti Tui’ in the Gresham Centre in London.Audio available at https://orcd.co/end4pykTextNe irascaris, Domine, satiset ne ultra memineris iniquitatis nostrae.Ecce, respice, populus tuus omnes nos.Civitas sancti tui facta est deserta.Sion deserta facta est, Jerusalem desolata est.(Isaiah 64 v. 9)TranslationBe not angry, O Lord, still,neither remember our iniquity for ever.Behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.The holy cities are a wilderness.Sion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.