Audivi vocem de caelo venientem

General information

8th responsory at Matins on All Saints (Also suitable for Advent).
Source of text is Jeremiah 40:10 and Matthew 25:6.
See also Audivi vocem.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• John Sheppard — Audivi vocem  Latin SSTT
• Thomas Tallis — Audivi vocem  Latin SATB
• John Taverner — Audivi: Media nocte  Latin SATB,SSAA,SSA

Text and translations

Latin text Audivi vocem de caelo venientem: venite omnes virgines sapientissime; oleum recondite in vasis vestris dum sponsus advenerit. Media nocte clamor factus est: ecce sponsus venit.

English translation I heard a voice coming from heaven: come all wisest virgins; fill your vessels with oil, for the bridegroom is coming. In the middle of the night there was a cry: behold the bridegroom comes.