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Guildford Cathedral Choir, directed by Barry Rose:
Concert at St Edmundsbury Cathedral, 28 July 1970:
(Votive antiphon, thought to have been written between 1526 - when Taverner took up the post of choirmaster at Cardinal College Oxford - and 1530, when he left. Note: this is a better-quality version of a track uploaded to ArchivesofSound some time ago)

Christe Jesu, pastor bone, mediator et patrone,
Mundi nobis in agone, confer opem et depone
Vitae sordes et coronae celestis da gloriam.
Fundatorem specialem serva regem nunc Henricum,
Et ecclesiam piorum tueare custos horum,
Et utrisque concedatur eternae vitae premium.

[ Jesus Christ, good shepherd, mediator and patron,
To us in the trials of the world grant help, and remove
Life’s baseness, and give us the joy of a heavenly crown.
Save now our founder, King Henry,
And watch over the Church, O protector of these the devout;
And allow both the reward of eternal life. ]

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