From the Album "Officium". Track "Parce Mihi Domine" (Christóbal de Morales, 1550-1553, Spain). Recorded at Propistei St. Gerold, Austria (Sept. 1993). "Parce mihi Domine" is from the vulgate trans...
From the Album "Officium". Track "Parce Mihi Domine" (Christóbal de Morales, 1550-1553, Spain). Recorded at Propistei St. Gerold, Austria (Sept. 1993). "Parce mihi Domine" is from the vulgate translation of the book of job and nearly means "Spare me, O Lord." The whole text is beautiful and Morales has created a truly transcendent piece here, very much ahead of his time. Listen & Enjoy it.
(Latin text) Parce mihi, Domine, nihil enim sunt dies mei. Quid est homo, quia magnificas eum? Aut quid apponis erga eum cor tuum? Visitas eum diluculo et subito probas illum. Usquequo non parcis mihi, nec dimittis me, ut glutiam salivam meam? Peccavi, quid faciam tibi, o custos hominum? Quare posuisti me contrarium tibi, et factus sum mihimetispsi gravis? Cur non tollis peccatum meum, et quare non aufers iniquitatem meam? Ecce, nunc in pulvere dormiam, et si mane me quaesieris, non subsistam.
(English translation) Spare me, Lord, for my days are as nothing. What is Man, that you should make so much of us? Or why should you set your heart upon us? You visit us at dawn, and put us to the test at any moment. Will you not spare me and let me be, while I swallow my saliva? If I have sinned, how have I hurt you, O guardian of mankind? Why have you set me up as your target, so that I am now a burden to myself? Why do you not forgive my sin and why do you not take away my guilt? Behold, I shall now lie down in the dust: if you come looking for me I shall have ceased to exist.
Personnel: Jan Garbarek: Saxophone David James: Countertenor Rogers Covey-Crump: Tenor John Potter: Tenor Gordon Jones: Baritone
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It is the combination of ancient and modern that I love. have you heard any of Garbarek's other stuff? a truly great 20'th century composer and jazz musician! You know, this music is really not simple at all,but it is crafted to make it seem so, the wok of genius!
Exactly the same. Every time I watch it I cry - and cry in different ways. Sometimes it's just silent tears, or racking sobs, or shuddering gasps (I know, so cliché) but the exceptional show plus the hauntingly beautiful piece of music just... gets you.
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