DOMUS PATRIS
Exsultate Deo (Ps 81/80)
Motet for 5 voices by Giovanni da Palestrina [2:45]
Exsultate Deo is an explosion of joy announcing the solemn and glorious day of God, from Psalm 81. The Motet for 5 voices by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 – 1594), the most famous sixteenth-century representative of the Roman school of musical composition, is part of a concert held by the Coro Milano (Italy) directed by Maesto Lodovico Cazzaniga, with Alberto La Ciacera at the organ.
Made up of forty members on a voluntary base, the Coro Milano performs its music mainly as a liturgical service. Thanks to their faith, all members developed a notable musical sensitiveness in presenting their Christian music repertoire which ranges from Gregorian plainchant to modern authors.
Text and Translation of Psalm 81
Latin Text (Ps 81)
Exsultate Deo, adjutori nostro:
jubilate Deo Jacob.
Sumite psalmum et date tympanum:
psalterium jucundum cum cithara.
Buccinate in neomenia tuba:
insigni die solemnitatis vestrae.
English Translation (Ps 80)
Rejoice in God our helper:
sing aloud to the God of Jacob.
Take the psalm and bring hither the timbrel:
the merry harp with the lute.
Blow the trumpet in the new moon,
even on our solemn feast day.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina is likely the greatest composer of liturgical music of all time. He was born at Palestrina, near Rome, in 1514 or 1515, according to some authors, or in 1525, according to Msgr. Haberl who worked at the completed edition of his works. He died at Rome, 2 February, 1594.
His early history is practically unknown. What we know is that he began his active musical life as organist and choirmaster in his native city in...
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