Don Joao IV, King of PortugalClick to read about João IV, King of Portugal.
Click for the complete text, Latin and English of Venantius Fortunatus, Pange, lingua, gloriosi, proelium certaminis.
Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis:
nulla silva talem profert,
fronde, flore, germine.
Dulce lignum,
Dulces clavos,
dulce pondus sustinet.
Faithful cross,
above all other,
the one noble tree.
None in foliage, nor in blossom,
nor in fruit offers more:
sweetest wood and sweetest iron,
sweetest weight is hung on thee!
Performance by The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Stephen Darlington conducting. [BNQ]
Performance by the King's Singers. [listen]
Performance by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Philip Ledger conducting. [BNQ]
Performance by the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner conducting. [listen]
Performance by the Cambridge Singers, John Rutter conducting. [listen]
