Aspiciens a longe

General information

First Responsory at Matins on Advent Sunday.
A setting in English, based on a Nunc dimittis by Palestrina appears in Carols for Choirs 2, entitled Matin Responsory.

Settings by composers

• David Drexler
• Carlotta Ferrari
• Christopher Upton
• Adrian Wall

See also:

• Matin Responsory, an English setting (included in Carols for Choirs 2) based on a Nunc dimittis by Palestrina
• Adspice domine, Op. 121 (Felix Mendelssohn)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• John S. Wilson — I look from afar

Text and translations

Use of Sarum Latin text R Aspiciens a longe, ecce video Dei potentiam venientem: et nebulam totam terram regentem. † Ite obviam ei et dicite ‡ nuncia nobis si tu es ipse †† qui regnaturus es ‡‡ in populo Israel. V Quique terrigene et filii hominum: simul in unum dives et pauper. † V Qui regis Israel intende: qui deducis velut ovem Joseph. ‡ V Excita Domine Potentiam tuam et veni: ut salvos factias nos. †† V Gloria Patri et Filio: et Spiritui Sancto. ‡‡ R

As used in Carols for Choirs 2 English text R I look from afar: and lo, I see the power of God coming, and a cloud covering the whole earth. † Go ye out to meet him and say: ‡ Tell us, art thou he that should come †† to reign over thy people Israel? V High and low, rich and poor, one with another. † V Hear, O thou shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. ‡ V Stir up thy strength, O Lord, and come. †† V Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. R