Deus Israel conjungat vos

This motet for SATB voices sets a Latin text drawn from both the Old and New Testaments. The opening lines invoke God's blessing on a couple, wishing Him to be with them as He was with the patriarch Jacob. The text then shifts to a more lyrical passage from the Song of Songs, speaking of the arrival of spring and the longed-for presence of a beloved, comparing the lover to a dove. The composer Eduard Vila i Perarnau crafts a devotional setting that moves between these biblical sources, culminating in a renewed prayer for God's benediction. The SATB voicing allows for rich harmonic possibilities as the text shifts from solemn invocation to tender lyricism.