Locus iste (English: This place), is a sacred motet composed by Paul Mealor in 2011. The text is the Latin gradual Locus iste for the annual celebration of a church's dedication. Mealor set it for four unaccompanied voices, at times divided, for the 500th anniversary of the King's College Chapel in Aberdeen in 2009.
Locus iste | |
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Motet by Paul Mealor | |
![]() King's College Chapel in Aberdeen | |
Occasion | 500th anniversary of the King's College Chapel |
Text | Gradual Locus iste |
Language | Latin |
Composed | 2009 (2009) |
Scoring | SATB choir |
The Welsh composer Paul Mealor, professor of composition at the University of Aberdeen from 2003, composed Locus iste for the 500th anniversary of the King's College Chapel in 2009.[1]
The Latin text of Locus iste is the gradual Locus iste, part of the proper of the mass for the anniversary of a church's dedication. The incipit, Locus iste a Deo factus est, translates to "This place was made by God".[2]
The motet is scored for an unaccompanied choir which is at times divided.
Locus iste a Deo factus est, |
This place was made by God, |
The duration is given as 6:29 minutes.[3]
Locus iste was recorded by Tenebrae as part of a collection, A Tender Light, of choral music by Mealor in 2011.[4][5] It was recorded by the Choir of King's College, Aberdeen, in 2016 as part of the collection O Sacrum Convivium of contemporary sacred music.[6]