Alleluia - Excita Domine, potentiam tuam

Alleluia – Excita Domine, potentiam tuam is a sacred vocal composition featured as the seventh track on the 1996 collaborative album Meeting of Angels. The piece spans 3 minutes and 37 seconds and merges elements of medieval European sacred music with North Indian classical traditions. The recording pairs sitar virtuoso Nishat Khan with the early music ensemble Gilles Binchois, led by director Dominique Vellard. The ensemble specializes in Gregorian chant and polyphonic works from the medieval and Renaissance periods, while Khan contributes improvisational phrasing and raga-inspired ornamentation on the sitar.

The album Meeting of Angels released on **June 1996** under the Italian label **Amiata Records** in CD format. The project explores cross-cultural dialogue through the juxtaposition of 13th- and 14th-century Christian liturgical music with Hindustani classical instrumentation. The track Excita Domine adapts a responsorial alleluia from the Latin liturgical repertoire, with Khan’s sitar responses interwoven into the choral texture. The album’s liner notes attribute the conceptual framework to musicologist and producer **Giovanni Giuriati**, though specific arrangements remain uncredited in available sources.

Critical reception of the album highlighted the unconventional fusion of timbral and modal systems, though detailed analytical commentary on Alleluia – Excita Domine as a standalone track is limited in archival records. The recording session occurred in **Siena, Italy**, with engineering by **Paolo Da Col** at Studio Amiata. The album’s tracklist includes eight total pieces, alternating between pure vocal performances by Gilles Binchois and collaborative works with Khan. No commercial singles or alternate versions of the track were released.

The context of the collaboration stems from a broader late-20th-century trend of experimental world music fusions, though Meeting of Angels remains a distinct entry due to its focus on pre-Baroque European sacred music. The album’s physical release included a 24-page booklet with historical notes on the liturgical texts and translations of the Latin lyrics. Subsequent reissues or digital remasters have not been documented as of the latest available catalogs.