"Veni, Creator Spiritus" Plainsong | Music at the Coronation of HM King Charles III
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The service is sung by the Choirs of Westminster Abbey and His Majesty’s Chapel Royal, St James’s Palace (Director of Music: Joseph McHardy), with choristers from Methodist College, Belfast (Director of Music: Ruth McCartney), and Truro Cathedral Choir (Director of Music until April 2023: Christopher Gray), and an octet from the Monteverdi Choir.
The music during the service is directed by Andrew Nethsingha, Organist and Master of the Choristers, Westminster Abbey.
The organ is played by Peter Holder, Sub-Organist, Westminster Abbey.

TEXT
OME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
And lighten with celestial fire.
Thou the anointing Spirit art,
Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart.

O gynorthwyydd oddi fry, (Thy blessed unction from above)
Rhodd werthfawrocaf Duw wyt ti: (Is comfort, life, and fire of love.)
Ffynhonnell bywyd, dwyfol dân (Enable with perpetual light)
Eneinia ni â’th Ysbryd Glân. (The dullness of our blinded sight.)

Fada bhuain iomain ar nàmh (Anoint and cheer our soiled face)
Agus builich sa bhad do ghràs (With the abundance of thy grace.)
Ò, treòraich sinn, a Cheannaird àird (Keep far our foes, give peace at home:)
Bho bhuaidh gach beud agus cràdh. (Where thou art guide, no ill can come.)

Go dtí dhíot gurb aithnid dúinn (Teach us to know the Father, Son,)
An t-AthairMhac, a Spioraid, a rún, (And thee of both to be but One,)
Tú leo an Triúr i n-éinphearsa (That, through the ages all along,)
Creidimis ionaibh tré bhiotha na mbeatha. (This may be our endless song:)

Praise to thy eternal merit,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.

Veni, Creator Spiritus attributed to Rabanus Maurus (c 780–856), plainsong translated by John Cosin (1594–1672), Grahame Davies, Iain D Urchadan (b 1966), and Damian McManus (b 1956)

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