DESCRIPTION:
The CWU Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) performs Ave Verum Corpus by William Byrd.

Text:
Ave verum Corpus, natum de Maria Virgine:
vere passum immolatum in cruce pro homine:
cujus latus perforatum, unda fluxit sanguine:
esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine
O Jesu dulcis, O Jesu pie, O Jesu fili Mariae,
miserere mei, Amen

Hail, true body, born of the Virgin Mary,
Who has truly suffered, was sacrificed on the cross for mortals,
Whose side was pierced, whence flowed water and blood
Be for us a foretaste (of heaven) during our final examining
O Jesu sweet, O Jesu pure, O Jesu, son of Mary
Have mercy upon me. Amen.

This video was filmed in the rotunda at Central Washington University's McIntyre Music Building.

For more information, go to the choir's Facebook page -- which contains links to all of the choir's YouTube videos and 20 audio recordings:
https://www.facebook.com/CWU.Chamber.Choir

CWU's other Renaissance selections on YouTube include
Monteverdi's Sestina (pieces 1-3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_qClRojFw

and Tomás Luis da Victoria's O Vos Omnes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV78v1B1OSE

The choir has also recorded YouTube videos featuring music by Ola Gjeilo, John Muehleisen, Einojuhani Rautavaara, and Vijay Singh.

(All CWU Chamber Choir videos on YouTube are posted only after agreements with composers and/or publishers, when applicable, are reached.)