Arvo Pärt - Seven Magnificat Antiphons V-VII

Seven Magnificat Antiphons, for chorus (1988-1991)

I. O Weisheit
II. O Adonai
III. O Spross aus Isais Wurzel
IV. O Schlüssel Davids
V. Morgenstern
VI. O König aller Völker
VII. O Immanuel

Polyphony
Stephen Layton

Composed 1988 and revised 1991. Written for the RIAS Chamber Choir in Berlin (Pärt's city of residence since 1982). These antiphons, each endowed with a very particular personality by Pärt, are assigned in the liturgy to the seven days leading up to Christmas Eve.

Arvo Pärt's early choral works -- those in the so-called tintinnabular style -- were composed almost exclusively to Latin texts. However, after his relocation to Germany the composer began to embrace the German language in his music, as evidenced by his Seven Magnificat Antiphons. The texts that make up this work would normally occur, individually, as antiphons to the Magnificat at Vespers on the seven evenings preceding Christmas Eve. Pärt, however, turned them into a single work in seven sections. These Antiphons should not be confused with Pärt's setting of the actual Magnificat text, which he composed in 1989.

These austere settings -- like so much of Pärt's choral music evocative of the sacred music of the Middle Ages or Renaissance -- are scored for mixed choir. Sometimes the musical content is so minimal as to evoke the quality of simple recitation. There is a dark quality in parts of the work, such as "O Adonai" or "O Spross aus Israels Wurzel." In "O Morgenstern," Pärt combines major and minor modes to evoke the Morning Star. The gradual crescendo of "O König aller Völkern" leads into the quiet opening of the concluding "O Immanuel," with its subtly dissonant chromatic shifts. [Allmusic.com]

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[corneliaomir]

Hermoso, muchas gracias por la contribucion. Lo unico es que el volumen esta un poquitin bajo, pero muchisimas gracias!

[pelodelperro]

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[arvopartexplorer]

Thank you for the upload!

[pelodelperro]

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[Hans293]

O Morgenstern, Glanz des unversehrten Lichtes:

Der Gerechtigkeit strahlende Sonne:

o komm und erleuchte, die da sitzen in Finsternis,

und im Schatten des Todes.

O Morning Star, Splendor of Eternal Light:

the Bright Sun of Justice:

O come and enlighten them that sit in darkness,

and in the shadow of death.

[Hans293]

O König aller Völker, ihre Erwartung und Sehnsucht,

Schlußstein, der den Bau zusammenhält,

o komm und errette den Menschen,

den du aus Erde gebildet!

O King of all nations, their expectation and desire,

Keystone, Which holdest all things together:

O come and save mankind,

whom Thou hast formed from clay!

[Hans293]

O Immanuel, unser König und Lehrer,

du Hoffnung und Heiland der Völker:

o komm, eile und schaffe uns Hilfe,

du unser Herr und unser Gott.

O Emmanuel, our King and Counselor,

Thou hope and saviour of the nations:

O come, make haste to help us,

Thou our Lord and our God.

[BlueReishiMan]

I'm in Heaven

[muledog2000]

Beautiful.

[TheBeautyEverywhere]

Exquisite - thankyou so much for uploading!