Alma redemptoris mater - McDowall - Downtown Voices - Stephen Sands, conductor - Christmas choir

Alma redemptoris mater
Cecilia McDowall (1951-)
Trinity Church, NYC
Downtown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net)
Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net)

Latin Lyrics
Alma Redemptoris Mater, quae pervia caeli
Porta manes, et stella maris, succurre cadenti,
Surgere qui curat, populo: tu quae genuisti,
Natura mirante, tuum sanctum Genitorem
Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore
Sumens illud Ave, peccatorum miserere.

English Translation
Sweet Mother of the Redeemer, the passage to the heavens,
the gate of the spirits of the dead, and the star of the sea, aid the falling.
Mother of Him who cares for the people: you who brought forth
the wonder of Nature, your Creator.
Virgin before and after, who received of Gabriel
with joyful greeting, have pity on us sinners.