Judas Mercator Pessimus - King’s College, Cambridge

The choir of Kings College, Cambridge sing Tomás Luis de Victoria’s hauntingly beautiful Judas Mercator Pessimus. Judas, mercator pessimus osculo petiit Dominum ille ut agnus innocens non negavit Judae osculum Denariorum numero Christum Judaeis tradidit. Melius illi erat, si natus non fuisset. Denariorum numero Christum Judaeis tradidit. “Judas, most vile merchant betrayed the Lord with a kiss and he was as a lamb, innocent, and did not deny the kiss of Judas. He betrayed Christ to the Jews for a number of Denarii, It would be better for that man had he never been born.“