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.
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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