Adoramus Te, Christe
Claudio Monteverdi (arr. Timothy Mahr)
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General Info
Year: c. 1620 / 2014
Duration: c. 2:40
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Unknown
Cost: Score and Parts - Unknown
Instrumentation
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Errata
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Program Notes
"Adoramus te" (We adore Thee) is a stanza that is recited/sung mostly during the Stations of the Cross of the Catholic tradition. It is retained in some confessional Anglican and Lutheran traditions during the Good Friday liturgy, although generally in the vernacular. It is recited or sung between stations. The words in Latin are as follows:
Adoramus te, Christe,
et benedicimus tibi,
quia per sanctam crucem tuam
redemisti mundum.
Qui passus es pro nobis,
Domine, Domine, miserere nobis.
- Program Note from Wikipedia
Composers have often favored this well-known Latin passage offering adoration to Jesus Christ. Held dear by worshippers for centuries, one can find settings of variants of this text by Palestrina, Gesualdo, Gasparini, Byrd, and Brahms, among many others. It presents an opportunity for tender, lyrical expression. Monteverdi chose to set the work for six voices and the piece was often performed with light instrumental accompaniment. The work was first published in 1620 as part of Giulio Bianchi’s Libro primo de motetti in lode d’iddio nostro signore.
Monteverdi was the maestro di cappella in Venice at the San Marco Basilica (St. Mark’s) for the final 30 years of his life. It was there, while on a visit as part of the St. Olaf Band’s 2014 international concert tour, that Timothy Mahr sensed the potential for an instrumental setting of Monteverdi’s Adoramus te, Christe. Mahr has dedicated this setting to his mother and father.
- Program Note from St. Olaf College Band concert program, January 2016 tour
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Performances
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- Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Wind Symphony (Andrew Crane, conductor) – 13 April 2018
- St. Olaf College Band (Northfield, Minn.) (Timothy Mahr, conductor) – 23 January 2016
- St. Olaf College Band (Northfield, Minn.) (Timothy Mahr, conductor) - 21 March 2013 (CBDNA)
Works for Winds by This Composer
- Adoramus Te, Christe (arr. Mahr) (c. 1620)
- Cantate Domino
- Domine ad Adiuvandum (arr. Naulais)
- Exultent Caeli
- Intrada (with Marcello; arr. Singleton) (2001)
- Quel Augelin
- Se nel Partir
- Toccata from "L'Orfeo" (arr. de Haan)
- Vespers to the Blessed Virgin (tr. Frackenpohl) (1610/1989)
Resources
- Adoramus Te, Wikipedia Accessed 21 January 2016
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Claudio Monteverdi." Accessed 21 January 2016.