Poulenc, Four Christmas Motets: O Magnum Mysterium
•	Please number your measures, there are 40 in the piece
•	SA: Bars 24-25, sopranos sing the top alto note, altos sing the bottom alto note
•	T: Bar 27, that high A is falsetto

O great mystery, and wondrous sacrament, that animals should see the new-born Lord lying in their manger! Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia!

Poulenc, Four Christmas Motets: Quem Vidistis Pastores
•	Please number your measures, there are 41 in the piece
•	Women, please make the first two bars a three-part split
•	MEN: Please note that there’s no rest after “natum” in bar 17

Whom did you see? Shepherds, tell us! Proclaim to us: who has appeared on the earth? We saw the new-born child and choirs of angels praising the Lord. Tell us, what have you seen? Announce the birth of Christ!

Poulenc, Four Christmas Motets: Videntes Stellam
•	Please number your measures, there are 42 in the piece
•	MEN: From the last note of bar 14 through the first note in bar 18, do a three-part split. Likewise from bar 25 through the first note of bar 29 and the chord in bar 36
•	WOMEN: Please do a three-part split for the first two notes of bar 25
•	Starting bar 25 is a hard chord, please be secure about your notes

Seeing the star, the Magi rejoiced exceedingly, with great joy: And, entering the house, they offered the Lord gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Poulenc, Four Christmas Motets: Hodie Christus Natus Est
•	Please number your measures, there are 47 in the piece
•	The “H” on “Hodie” and in all Latin words is silent
•	On any running sixteenth notes, where one syllable is sung on multiple sixteenth notes, please be sure not to put “h” sounds in the middle of the word. For instance, in bar 2, sing “naa-tuus” not “na-ha-tu-hus”
•	The dynamics change frequently, please practice those as you practice your notes
•	WOMEN: Bar 25, please do a three-part split

Today Christ is born; today the Saviour has appeared; today the Angels sing, the Archangels rejoice; today the righteous rejoice, saying: Clory to God in the highest. Alleluia!