Hodie completi sunt

Teodoro Riccio's Hodie completi sunt is a motet for two choirs (SAATTB, STTBBB), setting a Latin text for the feast of Pentecost. The music reflects the dramatic events described in the text, beginning with the completion of the Pentecostal days and the appearance of the Holy Spirit to the disciples in fire. The text emphasizes the gift of tongues and the apostles' mission to preach the gospel to the entire world, promising salvation to those who believe and are baptized. Riccio's setting likely uses the grandeur of his double-choir forces to evoke the divine power and the expansive scope of the apostles' commission.