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"Magnum Mysterium" by Chanticleer

By Trent Gilliss | Monday, December 26, 2011 - 8:55am

Magnum Mysterium
Photo by Flickr/Daniel Stark, cc by-sa 2.0

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Fred Child and the producers of Performance Today have created a substantial repository of free music from the live concerts and in-studio performances they broadcast on public radio. This year, three ensembles — Calmus, New York Polyphony, and Chanticleer — are offering free downloads of some of these performances.

I’ll post one track from each group during the course of the day, but I recommend you head over to PT’s website and download them for yourself.


Christmas, classical music, music, Performance Today

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8 Comments

Submitted by Connie in NC on Mon, 2011-12-26 09:04

Equally exquisite are the lyrics...

Submitted by Jed on Mon, 2011-12-26 15:49

What a great, divine, amazing mystery...that animals saw Christ born...a maiden carried Christ the Lord...

Submitted by Duska on Mon, 2011-12-26 09:49

Divine music, exquisite, thank you so much...

Submitted by Nancy K on Mon, 2011-12-26 15:39

It sounds like Great Mystery, but I cannot make out specific words.....or is it Latin?

Submitted by Linda on Thu, 2011-12-29 16:23

Latin, yes.  You can probably find the lyrics, and a translation, on line.

Submitted by Singer on Wed, 2011-12-28 10:39

RUN to get tix for their performances, equally exquisite!

Submitted by Ann in MA on Thu, 2011-12-29 12:20

What a rich and hauntingly beautiful sound!

Submitted by Annie on Tue, 2012-01-03 16:53

Thankyou for this gift of transcendence.

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