The Strathclyde Motets are communion motets setting propers of the mass for various Sundays and feasts. The Latin text is taken from the Graduale Romanum. The pieces are suitable for intermediate standard choirs. In splendoribus sanctorum is a communion motet for Nativity Midnight Mass (Psalm 109: 3).

The obbligato trumpet (or organ) performs completely independently of the choir. The four obbligato passages are cued by the conductor during the first singing of the motet. During subsequent re...