Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël

Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)

Quem vidistis pastores dicite

Quem vidistis pastores dicite
Tell us, shepherds, who did you see?
Annunciate nobis in terries quis apparuit
Tell us, who came down to earth
Natum vidimus, et choros Angelorum collaudantes Dominum.
We saw the birth, the choir of angels singing to God.
Dicite quidnam vidistis
Tell us how it happened
Et annuntiate Christi nativitatem
Announce the news of Christ’s birth.

 

 

This piece is also featured on Octarium's 2007 release, Hodie.