Frank La Rocca - O Magnum Mysterium
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- Sung by the Artists Vocal Ensemble, Jonathan Dimmock, Director, this is a video to Frank La Rocca's setting of O Magnum Mysterium. from his new CD - In This Place. Composer website www.franklarocca.com
Translation of text:
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!
Read a lecture given at Notre Dame University on this work:
sites.nd.edu/sa...
It is a sublime honor to have performed this piece before.
My Favs - I am honored to know some of these videos are a help to your devotions. I also returned to the Catholic Church about five years ago after many years away. Welcome home!
May God bless you for your returning to the Catholic Church and for composing such a musical jewel.
Blessed be God! Blessed be the most Holy Sacrament of the Altar!
Blessed be God forever, Father Son and Holy Ghost!
This is exquisite music!
Magnificent. I am returning to the Catholic Church after many years as an Evangelical. Your videos are perfect for devotions. The choice of masterworks fit beautifully with the music.
For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Wow. No words to describe this because It transcends thout.
thank you
This piece is absolutely glorious. Thank you composer and choristers for this beautiful piece of music.
For me, this is the soundtrack of the incarnation. Someday, after what was sown in corruption is raised incorruptible, I hope to stand in the presence of the family that inspired it. I can’t imagine that this music wouldn’t be ringing in my ears.
thank you for this very kind comment, Steven
Every year at Christmas, some piece of music I've never heard before seems to strike my unworthy soul. Holst, Casciolani, Byrd, Lauridsen; you win the prize this year, sir.
Thank you! It is so good to attend Mass regularly again after so many years and to receive the Eucharist.
Goodness, thank you very much for your kind words, Theoriginaltkg2902. I am honored to be mentioned in the same breath as those masters.
This was my favorite piece we ever sang in choir. So beautiful and mysterious.
Dear Jonathan and George....It's has already been some three years since we last saw each other, but you have always been in my thoughts. Times are changing for all of us and thanks to this extraordinary vocal ensemble my heart softens a little easier. I'm still looking for work since Sept 2009. God Bless and Shalom. Love Mark MacDonald
Really wonderful composition, from a tenor and lover of sacred vocal music. This is an unimpeachable setting of the text -- as effective as any of the great Renaissance polyphonists'.
Thank you very much, Matthew, it seems you really grasped what I was striving for here.
Been 3 years since I first heard this song. I've been coming back to it periodically. Such a beautiful masterpiece.
Matthew Benavides thank you very much
Lexington High School's Madrigal Singers - we'll be performing this at our concert next week.
I've been listening to all of the available settings of this text to see how they compare with my favorite by Victoria, this is one of the best of the more recent ones. Too many of them sound too much like the ones that the Anglicans churn out in Anglican style, though one sounded kind of Hollywood. This one has a real sense of the text. Thank you Mr. La Rocca
+Anthony McCarthy Thanks for taking the time to leave this thoughtful comment - and recognizing the care I tried to use in communicating and enhancing the text.
Thanks to Jonathan and George for sharing this exquisitely beautiful music as a Christmas gift. And the glorious art that accompanies this music is a joy.
The Choir that I am part of will be performing this in about three weeks. Such a beautiful piece. Thank you for what you have created!
I'm delighted to hear this, Gary. What is your Choir?
www.wausaulyricchoir.com/index.html
Wausau Lyric Choir in Wausau Wisconsin.
Beautiful piece and beautiful performance. I love the profoundly deep low C's in the amen.
Absolutely love this piece. Had the joy to perform it with the Cathedral of the Madeline. One of those pieces that moves you to listen to and sing. Thanks for the great work
Thank you, Cassandra.
Welcome. It is utterly beautiful
Frank, I just watched "O Magnum Mysterium" again.... How do you do this? You are a genius, and your sensitivity is so powerful that I am enthralled, blessed and humbled by this brilliant work.
Thank you, John!
This is such a beautiful piece! I feel so lucky to be singing this with my choral group this year.
Your music is beyond gorgeous. We recently learned your setting of O Sacrum Convivium. Absolutely stunning....
We are performing this piece for UIL, my god it is beautiful its such a masterpiece
Thank you, Crystal. What/where is UIL?
UIL is held throughout the state of texas, its a competition where choirs compete for sweepstakes it is normally in the month of march or april if I'm correct
Cool. Which school are you singing with?
Frank La Rocca the harlingen highschool cardinal choir
This song is simply amazing.! Its music like this that fills the depths of my soul.
Frank, well done! This seeds my UA-cam choral music mix. Thanks and best wishes, S
Thanks, Spike!
Sublime and ecstatic. A beautiful performance of a beautiful composition.
Beautiful.
Absolutely beautiful, soulful and expressive. The video imagery is amazing too.
Thank you, Lainie.
Hi Frank! Beautiful piece and wonderful performance!
Moving and deep.
Thank you.
O magnum mysterium, (O great mystery)
et admirabile sacramentum, (and wonderful sacrament)
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, (that animals should see the new-born Lord)
jacentem in praesepio! (lying in a manger!)
Beata Virgo, cujus viscera (Blessed is the Virgin whose womb)
meruerunt portare (was worthy to bear)
Dominum Christum. (Christ the Lord)
Alleluia.
Wonderful stuff.
+Medieval Richard Thank you.
Frank La Rocca No prob! Into heritage? If interested you should check my videos out on my channel. I travel up and down the country in all kinds of weather documenting my trips on Castles, Manor houses, Churches, Minsters, Parks & Forests. Subscibe if you like what you see. :) MR
Thank you, Jeremiah.
I sing with the choir of St. Stephen's Catholic Church in Sacramento,CA
Thank you, Rachel.
Dearest Jonathan and George, thanks for this lovely gift. Great to see you at Salisbury! I hope you have a wonderful 2012 and I can't wait to see you in Nov, when I expect a feast of music as in 2010!!
I am very into Legrenzi at the moment. Some super recordings on UA-cam with Philippe Jaroussky and others xx
Thanks, AveryEmma.
Good luck. Tell your Director "thank you" from me!
Thanks, Amulya. Which choir did you sing it with?
Westwood High School choir with Dr. David Means
Ah...I found the reply button! Thank you for this lovely comment. What is your choir and do you have it coming up on a concert?
Tom - Hello! Thanks for the comment!
Thank you very much, Jordan - what a wonderful compliment.
Which choir are you singing with?
Thank you, Aldila! Which choral group to you sing with?
Wonderful setting, Mr. La Rocca. I found my way here via the New Liturgical Movement.
Would you be able to tell me the name of the image itself and the artist at 4:02?
Ah yes, a very special image. Google "o eve reconciled" for the link.
Please read it all and listen to "O Eve" at the link "Glasgow performance."