Byrd "Two motets" (Leighton)
Saint Peter's Catholic Church
Established 1821
Diocese of Charleston
City of Columbia, South Carolina
Mary Alice Thomy & Sarah Moncer, Sopranos
Antonio Rivera, Baritone
Mark Husey, Tenor & Director
Two motets by William Byrd (1539?-1623)
Texts by William Leighton (1614)
Look down, O Lord, on me [a] poor man, In Thee I live, I move, and am, O clear my soul and conscience that I in Thee my peace may find, rest to my heart, joy to my mind freed from my sin and mine offence.
Be unto me, O Lord, a tower of strength, against my mortal foe. O guard and keep me with Thy power, which way so ever I shall go. Then shall my heart and soul rejoice in God my Lord, with cheerful voice.