justinmerritt adoro te devote for choir commissioned by Scott Macpherson & the Trinity University Choir One of the five hymns St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) composed for Pope Urban IV (1261-1264) when he first established the Feast of Corpus Christi in 1264. The hymn is found in the Roman Missal as a prayer of thanksgiving. -notes by the composer “…demands an audience's attention… Merritt's piece was the standout.” -Rob Hubbard, Pioneer Press NOTES ON THE PROGRAM