Aufer a nobis

Francisco López Capillas was a significant composer of New World Baroque sacred music. This SATB motet, Aufer a nobis, is a powerful setting of a Latin text that forms part of a Marian antiphon. The lyrics implore that our iniquities be taken away so that we may worthily sing a song of glory to God. It speaks to themes of penitence and aspiring to greater devotion, a common thread in Catholic sacred music of the period. The motet is suitable for services or concerts and offers a rich harmonic and contrapuntal texture, characteristic of the sacred polyphony of its time.