O Magnum Mysterium (Vocal Score)
Price range: £3.19 through £3.50
Score for: SATB with Piano, Soprano Saxophone and Percussion
Level: Moderate
Duration: 6 minutes
Other info: Commissioned by Jason Throne for Unionville High School Chorale and Brandywine Valley Chorale in 2024 this setting of the famous O Magnum Mysterium text weaves interlocking vocal lines over a piano drone with percussion and saxophone accompaniment.
Scored for mixed voices (SATB with occasional divisi) & piano, with optional parts for soprano saxophone and percussion (2 tom-toms, bass drum and suspended cymbal), it incorporates the composer’s lyrical choral style and, through constant semiquaver movement in the piano and a recurring flowing ‘alleluia’ section, a sense of rhythmic energy and joy. A magical addition to an intermediate choir’s Christmas concert or service.
“I really like the balance between its contemporary sound, it's energy, and the sense of mystery in the text." Paolo Stefan, Vittorio Veneto, Italy
O magnum mysterium
Et admirabile sacramentum
Ut animalia viderent Dominum natum
Jacentem in praesepio!
Beata Virgo, cujus viscera
Meruerunt portare Dominum Christum
Alleluia
O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament,
that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger!
Blessed is the virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord, Jesus Christ.
Alleluia!
O Magnum Mysterium is featured on the album All Will Be Well with Will Todd and Voices of Hope
Additional information
| Details | Published by Boosey and Hawkes Digital Vocal Score |
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