Light of lights!
03:34 duration|Composed in 2024|Difficulty: Advanced|First performed: December 2024
Commissioned by Rupert Gough for The Choir of Royal Holloway.
The beautiful and versatile text by Thomas Aquinas makes it perfect for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, and Easter!
Light of lights! – sung by The Choir of Royal Holloway
Text
Light of lights! All gloom dispelling,
Thou didst come to make thy dwelling
Here within our world of sight.
Lord, in pity and in power,
Thou didst in our darkest hour
Rend the clouds and show thy light.
Thomas Aquinas (1224-1274)
