Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8: II. Rats Away!

Mark Padmore (born 8 March 1961) is a British tenor appearing in concerts, recitals, and opera. He was born in London on 8 March 1961, and raised in Canterbury, Kent, England. Padmore studied clarinet and piano prior to his gaining a choral scholarship to King's College, Cambridge. He graduated in 1982 with an honours degree in music. Padmore has appeared in the St Matthew and St John Passions with the Berlin Philharmonic and Sir Simon Rattle, staged by Peter Sellars, including Berlin, Salzburg, New York and the BBC Proms. In the opera house, Padmore has worked with directors Peter Brook, Katie Mitchell, Mark Morris and Deborah Warner. Recent work includes the leading roles in Harrison Birtwistle's The Corridor and The Cure at the Aldeburgh Festival and in Lo… more »

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I command that all the rats that are hereabout
That none dwell in this place, within or without
Through the virtue of Jesus that Mary bore
Whom all creatures must ever adore
And through the virtue of Mark, Matthew,
Luke and John
All four Archangels, that are as one
Through the virtue of Saint Gertrude,
That maid clean
God grant in grace
That no rats dwell in the place.
That these names were uttered in
And through the virtue of Saint Kasi
That holy man who prayed to God Almighty
Of the scathes they did
His meadows amid
By day and night.
God bid them flee and go out of every man's sight
Dominus, Deus, Sabbaoth, Emmanuel, great name of God
Deliver this place from rats and from all other shame.
God save this place
From all other wicked wights
Both by days and by nights.
Et in nomini Patris et Filii
Et Sancti Spiriti,
Amen.

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