O Magnum Mysterium
SATB Chorus (accompanied) • 5’
Commissioned by St. Isaac Jogues Church Choir, Hinsdale Illinois, Larry Lalonde, music director
SATB Chorus (accompanied) • 5’
Commissioned by St. Isaac Jogues Church Choir, Hinsdale Illinois, Larry Lalonde, music director
SATB Chorus (accompanied) • 5’
Commissioned by St. Isaac Jogues Church Choir, Hinsdale Illinois, Larry Lalonde, music director
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Program Notes
The O Magnum Mysterium text dates back to middle ages and has been set by many composers for hundreds of years. While the text's origins are unknown, it conveys a beautiful and powerful scene of the Nativity scene. This new setting by Lalonde treats the text delicately and sensitively, as if one is viewing the scene of the Nativity in the first person. After, the perspective changes to the enormity of what transpires after this momentous event, foreshadowed by haunting dissonances and rich sonorities. Of course, joy and jubilant overtake the moment before returning to the humble scene during a dark and quiet night.
Text
O magnum mysterium
et admirable sacramentum,
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum
jacentem in praesepio.
O beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Jesum Christum.
Alleluia!
Year Completed
2024
Instrumentation
SATB Chorus, accompanied
Publisher
Carlos Gabriel Lalonde Music (ASCAP)
Errata
No known errata.
