Penitential motets, FP 97 (Poulenc)
Movements
i Timor et Tremor, iii Tenebrae factae sunt
Notes
Quatre Motets pour un temps de pénitence (Four Penitential Motets), FP 97, are four sacred motets composed by Francis Poulenc in 1938–39. He wrote them on Latin texts for penitence. The text for the first motet, Timor et tremor (Great fear and trembling) combines verses from psalms 54 and 30. The third motet, Tenebrae factae sunt (Darkness fell upon the Earth), is a responsory for the matins of Holy Saturday,
