Audi filia et vide

The composer Costanzo Porta invites the choir to explore the rich tapestry of a psalm text, setting the words from Psalm 45. The King desires your beauty, O daughter; listen, and consider, and incline your ear. This motet, written for SATB voices in Latin, draws from the devotional tradition of sacred polyphony. Porta, a significant composer of the late Renaissance, crafts a reflective setting that would suit a service or concert. The text itself offers a devotional reflection, calling for inner contemplation and acknowledgement of divine favour. The SATB voicing allows for a warm and sonorous texture, ideal for conveying the solemnity and beauty of the sacred words.