Sicut Cervus

Here's Palestrina's polyphonic version of the Easter Vigil Tract, which we will be singing tonight at the Vigil - and in its traditional place during the procession to the font for baptism.



So beautiful - and so is the text, from Psalm 42:

Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus.

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God.

Here's the ChristusRex.org Gregorian version on the Easter Vigil page; score below: