A quiet and reflective setting for SAB of an epic traditional Christmas season text. Many great settings of O Magnum have been written, which all tend toward an ethereal focus. 1996 marks my 10th year as a composer, and 4th year as an organist and choir director. I dared not try to match the spirit of the great settings, Victoria, et al, and instead write music to be sung to the Baby.
O magnum mysterium,
et admirabile sacramentum,
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,
iacentem in praesepio!
O beata virgo, cuius viscera
meruerunt portare
Dominum Iesum Christum.

