Ecce virgo concipiet

General information

Communion antiphon for Advent IV and Annunciation. From Isaiah 7:14.

Settings by composers

• Anonymous
  • Gregorian chant
  • Trent 88, c.1450 SAT (…concipies et paries… "you, a virgin, shall")
  • Jena choirbooks, c.1500| SATB
• Ludovico Balbi SATB
• William Byrd SATTB
• Johann Joseph Fux SATB
• Johann Michael Haydn (MH 408) SATB 2 horns, 2 vlns, bc
• Heinrich Isaac SATB
• Nobuaki Izawa SATB
• Cristóbal de Morales SATB (Variant 2)
• Behold, a virgin shall conceive (Roger Petrich) SATB
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck SSATB

Text and translations

Latin text 7:14  Ecce virgo concipiet et pariet filium et vocabitur nomen eius Emmanuel. Alleluia. Variant 1 Ecce virgo concipies et paries… Variant 2 9:6b  et vocabitur nomen ejus: Admirabilis, Deus Fortis. 9:7a  Super solium David, et super regnum ejus sedebit in aeternum.   Dutch translation 7:14  Zie, de maagd zal ontvangen en een zoon baren en hij zal genoemd worden: God-met-ons. Alleluia.

English translation 7:14  Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel, God with us. Alleluia. Variant 1 Behold, you shall conceive as a virgin and bear… Variant 2 9:6b  and his name shall be called: Wonderful, Mighty God. 9:7a  Over the throne of David, and over his kingdom, he will reign in eternity.

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