Rorate caeli
from Vidimus Stellam
Voicing: SATB Chorus (divisi) and Organ
Duration: 2.5 Minutes
Text: Latin
Year: 2012
Commissioned by: ChoralArt
Premiered by: ChoralArt, Portland, ME, Robert Russell, director, December 1, 2012
Commission Partners: Georgetown University Concert Choir, Frederick Binkholder, director; Manchester Choral Society, Dan Perkins, director; National Lutheran Choir, David Cherwien, director
Publisher: E. C. Schirmer Music Company #8815
TEXT
Rorate caeli desuper, et nubes pluant justum.
Aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem.Drop down heavens from above, and let the clouds pour down righteousness.
Let the earth be opened, and send forth a Savior.