Elegit nos in Christo

Jacob Regnart's motet Elegit nos in Christo is written for SATTB choir. The composer creates a rich texture with the five voices, imbuing the sacred Latin text with a sense of divine election and predestination. The music unfolds with a carefully wrought polyphony, reflecting the theological weight of the words which speak of being chosen in Christ before the foundation of the world, and presented as accepted in the beloved. This setting of an excerpt from Ephesians offers a profound musical meditation on God's grace and purpose, realised through the intricate interplay of voices in a style characteristic of late Renaissance sacred music.