Thursday, February 9, 2012

Mass in e minor



So, I've been mostly silent because I've been working on a mass for a friend of mine. For those who aren't classicaly or liturgically savvy, the mass is as (forgive the pun) MASSIVE project as one can probably do in the choral world. Think of it, for comparison, as the choral religious equivalent to a symphony. For the past month, I've been frantically writing 15-18 minutes of music covering 5 of the 6 parts of the mass. The link above is the last section of the mass, the Agnus Dei (or "lamb of God.") I'm so particularly attached to this particular section that arranged it for TTBB and recorded myself (errors and all with the magic "professional" touch of audacity) singing it, just so that people can hear an idea of it before it (hopefully) gets performed in the future!

The text is as follows:

Agnus Dei (Lamb of God)
qui tollis (who takes...away) peccata mundi (the sins of the world)
miserere (have mercy) nobis (on us)

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis.

Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, dona nobis (give us) pacem (peace)