O Magnum Mysterium (For Band) By Morten Lauridsen and Arr. H. Robert Reynolds

[Pineapplepluskoala]

Ive got a fever and the only prescription is more TUBA

[Pineapplepluskoala]

Tumbs up if you r playing this!

[JPSaxMan]

Love the woodwind parts in this piece...so lush and beautiful <3

[heyitsbritt746]

He's coming to my school to work with band and choir this spring! I play the euphonium solo(:

[nellieed10]

the epitomy of my high school band experience was playing this song

[PhonoSchelle]

Beautifull piece of music... check the "klankkleur2012" version. It's even more powerfull...

[Euphonium187]

my district honor band is playing this, conduct by H. Robert Reynolds himself along with Frank Ticheli conducting a few of his pieces.

[benhur217]

Great song, but boring trombone part.

[TBMfan92]

We are doing this as one of our district assessment pieces. It's such a honor to be playing it. when I found out I was fled with joy! My first run of this with my band was yesterday. I cried and got goose bumps. Reminded my a lot of when I did Hymn to a blue hour in All-State. no, it wasn't perfect.. but for the first time I felt like there was people who cared about what they were doing in my band. this hardly happens with slow pieces where Im from. What an awesome song to end high school with.

[FisherReaves]

There is only like 7 measures for tuba in this song.and it's on the "impact", but is still unarguably one of the nicest, lyrical songs every composed

[Hollyberry6595]

Isn't this why we do what we do? To make music like this? In this song, time just doesn't exist.

[TheEnglishQuail]

This piece, lauridsen's O Nata Lux, and his Contri Qui sound all the same.

[ThatOneDM]

BEAUTIFUL! Got this today! 1st horn, can't wait -:D

We also got Vesuvius, another awesome band piece!!!

[xDecodeYourThoughts]

@ThatOneDM Ironically, my brother played this at his highschool a while ago on horn and I think the following year he said they played Vesuvius. They're both great songs (:

[BYUcougar410]

Music like this reminds me why i chose to pursue the trumpet. So serene and beautiful that it gives me goosebumps every single time.

[cheerldrceejay3]

my band just got this a few days ago as a piece for contest in March and when we listened to the recording of this, i was so touched and moved. it's just a beautiful song and listening to the words, it's even more beautiful :)

[danielymoore]

@cheerldrceejay3 this wouldn't happen to be at Disney would it?

If so which band are you in?

[MegoEggo17]

Playing French horn 1 for this piece (there's only 3 total horns in band, lucky me got picked for first).....the whole songs practically a solo for me hahaha XD

Still it's absolutely incredible, makes me almost cry when I play lol

[supersoaker94]

Such a beautiful song! I always get chills :3

[ffrmaster34]

Earphones? No. Full on headset provides the sound you want to hear.

[crazyhornkid]

never played this peice but I do love it. I can imagine it would give me the same feeling I got when I played Shanandoah by Frank Ticheli, Song for Lyndsay by Andrew Boysen, and October by Eric Whitacre. I love the French Horn.

[CM88keys]

I am playing this right now and every time we play it I want to cry. It gives me one of those moments when I can just forget about everything exept the music. One of the purest, most beautiful songs ever written. Everybody should have a chance to play this to get the same feeling. It can't be surpassed.

[ffrmaster34]

First time I had the privilidge to play with the Ed. W. Clark Highschool Wind Ensemble, back in 2009, this was one of our pieces; Mother Earth was our opening Fanfare and Hounds of Spring finished off the performance. This piece, O Magnum Mysterium, gave me a feeling that mere words could never describe. Goosebumps? Shivers? No, beyond that. It made me enjoy being able to play a Clarinet, to be in such a great group, it remains in my head nearly everyday; A beautiful piece.

[BobritaMarlita]

I have played this piece so so many times from high school honor bands throughout college and it still gives me chills every time.

[johnpaulgeorring]

I PLAY BASSOON!

[Mw2forlife00]

@johnpaulgeorring Haha random



[johnpaulgeorring]

@Mw2forlife00 For this song

[bigbluedevil132]

@johnpaulgeorring I PLAY BARITONE SAX!

[123Virtue321]

We're playing this in wind ensemble for our wintet concert :D

[WanderingFilms]

pretty song but anyone who played tuba on this knows it was a snooze....tuba has 8 measures of music in the entire song.........

[Mw2forlife00]

@WanderingFilms ......I played tuba for this piece. I love the song but hate our part.

[tubadude07]

What ensemble?

[noodlem45]

if u didnt notice, as a percusionist, I think the percusion on this song is epic XD

[raina2224]

I get to play this in band I play 2nd horn. It's so beautiful...I have so much trouble not crying during it and the 1st horn part is just the best. It's so emotional and when everyone plays it with their heart and not just reading the notes on the page it becomes even greater. :)

[xXSorasSkyXx]

I get goosebumps everytime I hear dissonance like at 2:59! Absolutely beautiful. I remember I played this one time in my orchestra class and my instructor just told us to play with our hearts. So we played. Almost everyone in the room was crying and when we were done. No one could speak. THis song moved us all... and it brought us closer as musicians.

[TemplarDefense]

Someone must have had their monitor upside down and mixed up the like and dislike buttons and hit the dislike button by mistake, because this song should be immune to dislikes =D.

[EMANRebel]

3:31

The main reason why this piece brought tears to my eyes.

[EMANRebel]

@EMANRebel and 3:55

[nerdyswimmer3]

We played this in band my sophomore year, and one of my senior friends told me that if he died that year, he wanted us to play this at his funeral.

[charliebarnhill11]

I was fortunate to have been able to play this with my high school honors band when I was a freshman. This may be the most beautiful thing I have ever heard. This piece and Sleep by Eric Whitacre are my favorites that I have played.

[cj1lorenz]

I want to perform this song sooo badly! We have it at my school and sight read it for practice, but our teacher wont let us perform it because it kills our lips too easily for those who play non-stop =(

[m0rrmatt]

preformed this my senior year after attending a Q and A with H. robert reynolds himself, one of my favorite songs :) thanks for putting it up

[bparker115]

I was fortunate to play this piece under the direction of Robert Reynolds himself at Carnegie Hall. This piece makes me lose it, so holding that back on stage at Carnegie was so hard. Beautiful piece.

[BigPappaDL]

Moments like 3:38 and 3:54 are the greatest feelings in the world when playing in an ensemble. I live for those moments.

[classicalhorn88]

@BigPappaDL its moments like those that i get goosebumps all over and i tear up the most listening to and even while playing.

[supersoaker94]

@classicalhorn88 i know its so hard not to tear up sometimes

[udienowisay]

@BigPappaDL try playing them on horn

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[udienowisay]

@BigPappaDL try playing them on horn

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[spamodell]

I love arrangers that don't just throw something together to hit their publication quotas... I've heard a lot of Choir>Band arrangements suck... but this shows a great mastery in the art of translating vocal tone and chord structure into music for instruments with different tones. This is great stuff Mr. Reynolds!

[glago93]

Just played this last night at my last concert in memory of one of our band's own, Kevin Mancell. R.I.P. man.

[TheSinfulAddiction]

I played this piece at the University of Arkansas under the direction of Dr. Knighten

[JFroTheMusician]

I so wanna play this.

[kville105125]

I got to play this with H Robert Reynolds himself conducting. I am so lucky :)

[PacmanSlay3r]

@Melissa121998 lol, hear, you mean heard, but i agree.

[PacmanSlay3r]

Great dynamics, any band can play notes, but to be able to play musically is another challenging thing and you all mastered it.

[TheRoyalFlush7]

i like the song and im a tuba player so im used to not having melody but this song has 8 measures of notes and its only 2 different notes come on Robert Reynolds show some tuba love

[PacmanSlay3r]

@TheRoyalFlush7 its not about tuba parts, its about the band.

[charliebarnhill11]

@TheRoyalFlush7 Yeah, I know what you mean. I play the tuba as well, but it's all about the blend of the band. This may be my favorite piece that I have played.

[glago93]

Our band just played this today in rehearsal to honor a friend within the band who passed on two days ago... his parents were there and listened to us... it made an already powerful piece of music an unstoppable emotional force.

R.I.P. Kevin Mancell.

[bassrocks10101]

@glago93 I feel you, there. A member of my graduating class was killed with a knife, over a parking space. We decided to perform this and October by Eric Whitacre to remember him, and all of the members of Raider Nation who were lost prematurely. My high school has lost a lot over the years, and as members of the Pride of my HS, it was the only thing we could think of. When we got down, the seniors (my class) where in tears because of the power and sheer emotion.

[bassrocks10101]

@bassrocks10101 Done*

[marvinthetoaster]

Appalachian State symphonic band is playing this for our final concert this year. CHILLS all over.

[Denkyuu]

What ensemble is this, purely out of curiosity?

[canariegazza]

I played this at a Christian music course last week. I was on 2nd cornet so I wasn't oplaying for a lot of the piece, and I just closed my eyes and just took it in. I'm a 13year old who wouldnt usually just cry but I couldn't help it. This is a kind of feeling and emotion that you can't recreate with any other style of music. It is just beautiful.

[xXJawruWolfXx]

<3 Preformed this for out Christmas concert, <33 when we got to the Climax of this piece, I started to tear, It was so beautiful <3 Me and my friend Duet the Euphonium solo and both of us teared so hard, this has to be one of my favorite Legato pieces I have preformed <3

[cinnastix3]

Who is performing this?

[cinnastix3]

Who is performing this?

[TheRat2233]

Performing this piece was one of my most memorable moments in high school. We hadn't been doing as good as we normally do, there was a lot of conflict in the band, but we got there and we played this piece so emotionally. It was amazing. My band director even did this little motion and face expression like "yeah!!!"

[JoeShmoe102]

we played this last year.... 3rd trombone ftw baby =) i always get chills at 1:13, 2:35, and teh very last note =D

[SJCSmusic]

@JoeShmoe102 same here. i just started to play bass trombone when i got put on that, the last note was just so pure the last time i played it, it just sent chills straight down my spine. i love this song

[m0rrmatt]

@JoeShmoe102 Holy shit ya! 3rd bone for the win me to man!

[meredithmusic13]

my band is touring europe this spring. we're gonna play this in the cathedral in Barcelona

[tgioacchini]

I starting crying at about 3:38.

[imoneyg]

I play oboe on this, I didn't even mind barely playing. It's just so damn beautiful. I almost cried playing it in rehearsal today <3

[hyperactor94]

I'm currently conducting a brass choir of this song. We perform feb. 18th. So nervous...

[chskcsmith]

@hyperactor94 same here. we perform friday and we have 3 rehersals left.

[hyperactor94]

@chskcsmith what school are you from?

[chskcsmith]

@hyperactor94 Chipley High School. I basically live in the middle of no where

[crownedbishop]

@MarimbaBeast I know what you mean. I played this last year on timpani, and there was only two rolls. Anyways, this is such a great song. Thank you so much for posting it.

[vanhalen1975]

It's a great piece...its just that tubas play for all of 10 measures, sustaining an Eb. I love the piece, just wish i could play more.

[JeremyJ5040]

My choir is working on this the choral version now. Now I don't know which one I like more...

[Rabshadow]

Ohhhhhh god. So simple for third or second clarinet (I don't remember which I was) but gives me chills every time.

[MarimbaBeast]

To all you wind players out there...I played timpani on this piece back in high school and I felt fine after we got done :)

[quitbullshittingme]

Uofi123...

I wish that you weren't able to open your jaws now because all I see coming from it through your response to someone earlier is a bunch of shit.

Anyway, this is a beautiful selection. Brings back wonderful memories.

[RnBfilmz]

I am playing this in my Wind Ensemble concert tomorrow...truly an amazing piece. I get chills every time i hear it or play it!

[cassie05]

i played this under the direction of Dr. Tim Mahr at Intercollegiate honor band festival. it was absolutely beautiful.

[LalaSugarBaby]

we played this song for our senior concert.. so as i listen to it.. it reminds me of all the baby/senior pictures that were on the screen as we played the song and this is making me cry just a little bit haha.. I MISS YOU GUYS, CLASS OF 2010! :)

[BlackViper1227]

@LalaSugarBaby I miss you Lizzie Dx that night was one of epic proportions. I cried like a baby but we played sooo beautifully-I miss our class dearly, and I miss Wind Ensemble soooo much. So happy we chose this song :)

[AssassinBK]

@LalaSugarBaby we did the same thing back in 2008 and its still great memories!

[titanband2010]

On our last concert my junior year our band director who was leaving had us learn this piece, b/c there wasn't anything more she wanted to conduct than O Magnum. I couldn't play this piece with out crying, so I sat on the second row in our band, bawling my eyes out during our concert. This is an absolute BEAUTIFUL piece, and leading up to 3:53 was/ is heart wrenching. I get goosebumps listening to this song! Thank you for posting this!

[bandgeekforever17]

OMG by the end of this song my mouth was dead. I play Clarinet, and there are no rest throughout this song.

[uofi12345666]

@bandgeekforever17 Don't be a baby. Try playing the long version of william tell on french horn at the END of a concert, and then complain. We literally could barely open our jaws.

[bagnewauckland]

@uofi12345666 I know the feeling - played first trumpet in a concert that involved the full version of the William Tell Overture, The Candide Overture, Finale from The Firebird, and about 8 other pieces.

[taylortasteyy]

@uofi12345666 ohmahgawwd. i've never played it, but i've heard it & me being a horn player, it made me want to cry a little bit xD

[Rain0nM3]

@bandgeekforever17

lol i know! i played this song on the Clarinet also. i thought my cheeks were going to rip apart by the end of the song lol

[GleekTasaha]

My choir sang this song last year.

[jaboniface]

This is one of my favourite pieces to play - it's beautiful and gives me goosebumps every time!

[clarinetfreak17]

i got to play this song for band. it's such a beautiful piece ^_^

[Hellseuphonium]

when I played this our director said make every not as wonderful and beautifull as you can. I have to admit the piece looked easy but it was a real challenge. Keeping in tune, blending in, and of course trying to bring tears to the crowd. This is truly a wonderful piece for band and choir.

[concertbandland]

Brings tears to my eyes everytime. :)

[55944512]

@concertbandland This is the best perf. The entrances,cut offs, and intonation are crucial. This piece is difficult and to play it well you need a maturity of sound. I have listened to many colleges but most were not mature enough. My son arranged a brass quintet version and dedicated it to me. I got to debut it. Talk about tears from an old trumpet player. This is the most beautiful piece whether choral or band. No better way to express the "Great Mystery" of God. All I can say is Amen.

[destotheman09]

simply stunning! nothing like the choral version though...=]

[Hawnsy52]

i played this song. soooo beautiful

[yuehchopin]

schön ruhig!