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Missa Solemnior
This Mass is dedicated to the victims of all human divisions and coincides in its creation with two important dates in the history of Christianity: 950 years of the east-west split and 40 years since Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras of Constantinople mutually revoked the anathemas, marking the beginning of the period of reconciliation. It coincides with the historical moment in which unity may be the only thing separating us from extinction. It is composed by an Orthodox composer for the Catholic Church, and incorporates parts of the Eastern and Jewish Rite (Caddish for Jesus) in its second dedication “To the Mother of Unity”. Caddish (Hebrew): Stabat Mater – Ave Maria (Latin): Virgin Mary, rejoice! (Church Slavonic) The music of the Mass is aimed principally at interpreting and emphasizing the key points of the ancient liturgical texts, shedding new light on the words of Ordinarium that people sometimes take for granted, and for the first time incorporating new and ever so necessary texts of the Proprium: - Quid fecisti … Vox sanguinis fratris tui clamat ad me de terra; Quid fecisti! , with God crying out against the outrage of brother killing a brother - Jehova Pastor meus est, reminding us of the fragileness of the human entity and our own mortality, and finally - Signum Magnum, showing us the way to New Jerusalem, echoing the words of St. John the Revelator: The choice is yours, Aut nunc, aut nunquam! lyrics: Liturgical (Latin) |
