O Magnum Mysterium is a responsorial chant from the Matins of Christmas. A number of composers have reworked the chant into a contemporaneous setting; the settings by Victoria, Gabrieli, Palestrina, Poulenc and Lauridsen are particularly notable. A setting by Peter Maxwell Davies was created for Cirencester Grammar School. The Lauridsen version has also been transcribed for band by H. Robert Reynolds.
Latin text- O magnum mysterium,
- et admirabile sacramentum
- ut animalia viderent Dominum
- natum, jacentem in praesepio!
- Beata Virgo, cujus viscera
- meruerunt portare
- Dominum Christum.
- V. Ave, Maria, gratia plena. Dominus tecum.
- O great mystery,
- and wonderful sacrament,
- that animals should see the new-
- born Lord, lying in their manger!
- Blessed is the Virgin whose womb
- was worthy to bear the
- Lord Jesus Christ.
- V. Hail, Mary, full of grace. The Lord is with you.
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