+Here (finally) is the video I made with music from my church choir. This recording is the Miserere Mei by G. Allegri, recorded following the Good Friday liturgy last year. (This was a mediation piece, sung sometime near midnight.) The words are from Psalm 50 (or 51, in newer, revised versions). We're a small, amateur choir with good direction, and a lot of heart.
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24 December 2009
O Magnum Mysterium, Palestrina
It is highly recommended that you watch this FULL SCREEN by clicking this button on the above YouTube video window:
Palestrina's text for O Magnum Mysterium Palestrina's are based on the Responsorial in the Christmas Mass and are as follows:
(Latin text)
O magnum mysterium
et admirabile sacramentum,
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum
jacentem in praesepio.
Natum vidimus et choros Angelorum
collaudantes Dominum.
Alleluia!
(English text)
O great mystery
and wonderful sacrament
that animals could see the birth of the Lord
lying in a manger.
We saw the child new-born and choirs of angels
praising the Lord.
Alleluia!
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