Hymn to Saint Peter (op. 56a)

Britten, Benjamin (1913–1976)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Organ

Function/Language(s):
Propers

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle A
Proper of Saints → The Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle (February 22)

Publication Information:
Boosey & Hawkes — 18138 (1955)
solo soprano

Text Information:
Reference: Words from the Gradual of the Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul

Duration: 6:00
Lyrics:

Thou shalt make them Princes over all the earth:
They shall remember thy name, O Lord,
Thou shalt make them Princes.
Instead of thy fathers, Sons are born to thee:
Therefore shall the people praise thee, Alleluia.

Tu es Petrus, Et super hanc petram aedificamus
Eccleisam mea, Alleluia.
Thou art Peter, And upon this rock,
I will build my church. Alleluia.

Submitted by: Joseph Adam Added: Jan 18, 2023 Last updated: Jan 23, 2023