Audi filia

That's the tract for Annunciation, sung tonight at St. Mary's I believe by Ruth Cunningham, who gave it quite a lovely Eastern spin.

Audi filia, et vide, et inclina aurem tuam: quia concupivit Rex speciem tuam. Vultum tuum deprecabuntur omnes divites plebis: filiae regum in honore tuo. Adducentur Regi virgines post eam: proximae ejus afferentur tibi. Afferentur in laetitia, et exsultatione: adducentur in templum Regis.

Hearken, O daughter, and behold, and incline your ear: for the king desires your beauty. All the rich among the people will implore your countenance: your maids of honor are the daughters of kings. Virgins will be brought to the king in her retinue; her companions will be taken to you. They will be brought with gladness and rejoicing: they shall be brought into the temple of the king.

This is from Psalm 45. Here's the mp3, along with all the other chant propers from this mass from the Benedictines of Brazil. I'll try to find a sound file that's a little clearer than this one (although the flavor of it is there) and post it, if I do.

EDIT: I did just find this mp3 at my new resource, JoguesChant.org, listed there as the "Chant after 1st Reading" for the August 15 Feast of the Assumption. Definitely the same words, but not the same tune. Very, very beautiful, though.

Here's the chant score for the Annunciation tract:





Here's the mp3 of the Introit, Rorate cæli desuper (also sung as the Introit at Advent 4); here's the chant score:





Here's another version of Rorate cæli desuper sung at Advent (i.e., "The Advent Prose"); here's Giovanni Vianini's version of that one:



The Annunciation Office is here.

Here's the "Gallery of Annunciation in Art" from Wikipedia, from which comes this lovely image - "tempera on wood" from Simone Martini (14th Century):