PEARSALL - Tu es Petrus - (With SCORE)

Tu es Petrus
et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam.
(Et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam.
Et tibi dabo claves regni caelorum.)
HAPPY HIGH HOLY FEAST OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL!
This motet by Robert Lucas Pearsall 1854, is a contrafactum of the madrigal Lay a Garland, using the Latin text Tu es Petrus. Pearsall, who was living at Wartensee Castle in Switzerland at the time of the work's creation, dedicated it to the first bishop of St Gallen, monsignor Johann Peter Mirer.
Matthaeus 16:18-19.
Gij zijt Petrus, de steenrots,
en op deze rots zal Ik mijn Kerk bouwen.
En de poorten der hel zullen haar niet overweldigen.
En Ik zal u geven de sleutelen van het rijk der hemelen.
Thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build My Church,
and the gates of hell shall not prevail against her
And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
Tu es Pierre, et que sur cette pierre je bâtirai Mon Eglise,
et que les portes du séjour des morts ne prévaudront point contre elle.
Je te donnerai les clefs du royaume des cieux.
Du bist Petrus, und auf diesen Felsen will ich bauen meine Kirche
und die Pforten der Hölle sollen sie nicht überwältigen.
Und ich werde dir die Schlüssel des Reichs der Himmel geben

[@simonlillystone4422]

The original is "Lay a garland" by Pearsall - a secular funerary 'madrigal' - so a contrafacta as "Tu es Petrus" (normally and exultant piece) seems very odd, but hey-ho, the music speaks for itself, and it is one of the highlights of 19th a capella works!

[@TradOrganist]

This motet is a contrafactum of the madrigal Lay a Garland, using the Latin text Tu es Petrus.
Pearsall, who was living at Wartensee Castle in Switzerland at the time of the work's creation, dedicated it to the first bishop of St Gallen, mgr Johann Peter Mirer.

[@blaisecompton3442]

What's the source of your score? And who are the singers?

[@TradOrganist]

Idk, my singers send me requests to sing and this was one of the scores :)