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O Magnum Mysterium
Subtitle: For Brass Ensemble
General Info
Year: 1994 / 2001 / 2004
Duration: c. 5:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Original Medium: Choir
Publisher: Peer Music Classical
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $29.95
Instrumentation
Full Score
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Tuba
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
O Magnum Mysterium, commissioned by Marshall Rutter in honor of his wife, Terry Knowles, has had several thousand performances throughout the world and dozens of recordings since its 1994 premiere by the Los Angeles Master Chorale. I have also arranged the work for solo voice and piano or organ (recorded on Northwest Journey by Jane Thorngren accompanied by the composer), men's chorus and brass ensemble; H. Robert Reynolds's stunning adaptation for symphonic winds was recently premiered in Minneapolis by the Thornton Wind Symphony.
For centuries, composers have been inspired by the beautiful O Magnum Mysterium text depicting the birth of the new-born King amongst the lowly animals and shepherds. This affirmation of God's grace to the meek and the adoration of the Blessed Virgin are celebrated in my setting through a quiet song of profound inner joy.
- Program Note by composer
For the Bay Brass.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Canadian National Brass Project
- Audio CD: Bay Brass
State Ratings
- Kansas: IV
Performances
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Works for Winds by this Composer
- Contre Qui, Rose (tr. Reynolds) (1993/2006)
- O Magnum Mysterium (1994/2001/2004)
- O Magnum Mysterium (tr. Reynolds) (1994/2003)
- O Magnum Mysterium (arr. Buerkle) (1994/)
Resources
- O Magnum Mysterium (Lauridsen). Wikipedia. Accessed 26 September 2022
- Perusal score