Ubi Caritas

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Program Notes

The Ubi Caritas text is a favorite of composers to set. Dating back to the first century AD, it evokes beautiful sentiments of camaraderie and finding shared understanding. My setting takes inspiration from the old Gregorian chant tradition with its long melismatic lines, call and response, and shifting modalities blended seamlessly with modern sensibilities, including rich extended tertian harmonies.

Text

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.

Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor.

Exsultemus et in ipso jucundemur.

Timeamus et amemus Deum vivum.

Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.

Amen.