Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei


Samuel Barber, Agnus Dei based on his Adagio for Strings (2nd mvt of the String quartet, Op. 11)


Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem.

Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.


Performance of
The Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Robert Shaw conducting. [YouTube]

Performance of the Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge; Richard Marlow conducting [YouTube]

Performance
of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in the Basilica of El Escorial [YouTube]