Performed in February 1968 at the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford by
The Schola Cantorum of Oxford, conducted by John Byrt.

Play the whole performance below, or select individual movements further down.

Dixit Dominus

MOVEMENT	Text (English)		Text (Latin)
1. Chorus	The Lord said unto my Lord: Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy foot-stool.		Dixit Dominus Domino meo: Sede a dextris meis, donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum.
2. Aria (alto solo)	The Lord shall send the rod of thy power out of Sion: be thou ruler, even in the midst among thine enemies.		Virgam virtutis tuae emittet Dominus ex Sion: dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum.
3. Aria (soprano solo)	In the day of thy power shall the people offer thee free-will offerings with an holy worship. The dew of thy birth is of the womb of the morning.		Tecum principium in die virtutis tuae splendoribus sanctorum. Ex utero ante luciferum genui te.
4. Chorus	The Lord swore, and will not repent:		Juravit Dominus et non paenitebit eum:
5. Chorus	Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedech.		Tu es sacerdos in aeternum secundum ordinem Melchisedech.
6. Soloists and chorus	The Lord upon thy right hand, shall wound even kings in the day of his wrath.		Dominus a dextris tuis confregit in die irae suae reges.
7. Chorus	He shall judge the nations, fill the places with destruction, and shatter the skulls in the land of the many.		Judicabit in nationibus Implebit ruinas, conquassabit capita in terra multorum.
8. Soprano duet and chorus	He shall drink of the brook in the way, therefore shall he lift up his head.		De torrente in via bibet, propterea exaltabit caput.
9. Chorus	Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now; and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.		Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.