Invocation (Tim Risher)

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• (Posted 2025-07-30)     

Editor: Tim Risher (submitted 2025-07-28).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 66 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC

Edition notes: Solo Soprano, SATB choir, organ. This is intended for Holy Week. It is the final piece in my St. Matthew's Passion. This is a MIDI version. The poem "Invocation" is by Soloman ibn Gabirol (fl.11c.). He was a Jewish poet and philosopher living in Spain. His writings had a major influence on Medieval Christian scholasticism. I have used only the first stanza of this poem.

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Root of our saviour,
The scion of Jesse,
Till when wilt thou linger,
Invisible, buried?
Bring forth a flower,
For winter is over!