CWU Chamber Choir: Gjeilo - "Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)"

"Serenity" (Ola Gjeilo) is sung by The Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) joined by John Michel (CWU Cello faculty).
TEXT:
O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum. Ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, iacentem in praesepio: Beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Christum, Alleluia
TRANSLATION:
O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the new-born Lord, lying in a manger! Blessed is the Virgin whose womb was worthy to bear our Saviour, Christ. Alleluia!
ABOUT THE COMPOSER:
Ola Gjeilo was born in Norway in 1978 and moved to the United States in 2001 to begin his composition studies at the Juilliard School in New York City, where he currently resides and works as a full-time composer.
Ola’s recordings include the Decca Classics albums Ola Gjeilo and Winter Songs, featuring Tenebrae, Voces8 and the Choir of Royal Holloway. His choral works and piano pieces are published by Walton Music, wind band works by Boosey & Hawkes.
For more information, please visit olagjeilo.com or find Ola on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
ABOUT THE CHOIR:
Since 2009, the choir has held annual recording sessions to create videos specifically designed for RUclips. All are under the baton of Dr. Gary A. Weidenaar, who has been the director of the choir since 2006.
As of 2017, there are more than 30 videos. Ten of those feature the music of Ola Gjeilo and are the result of working with Mr. Gjeilo in 3 recording sessions over a 5 year period. The choir has videos of Gjeilo’s Sanctus, Across the Vast Eternal Sky, Contrition, Luminous Night of the Soul, the Ground, Ubi Caritas I and II, and Northern Lights, Unicornis Captivatur, Wintertide, Dark Night of the Soul, and Serenity with Piano Improvisation.
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This was Ola's third time on CWU's campus. His first visit was in the spring of 2011 and yielded 5 videos of his music, a wide-ranging interview with the composer and other bonus material. It also resulted in a DVD entitled "In the Moment", available for purchase at goo.gl/Xld0o.
The CWU Chamber Choir also has recorded videos of music by Byrd, Gretchaninoff, Monteverdi, Muehleisen, Singh, Victoria, and Rautavaara, Rheinberger, and multiple other composers.
To follow the choir on Facebook (page includes selected audio clips and URL's to all videos):
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A complete listing of the videos of the CWU Chamber Choir and other CWU Music Ensembles can be found at:
/ cwumusicdept
All CWU Chamber Choir videos found on RUclips are posted only after an agreement is reached or a contract is signed with the composer and/or copyright holder(s) of the piece(s).

[@selinnazsur2328]

For every instance of pain in our world there is an overwhelming amount of beauty and goodness. Beauty is in all of us, across all cultures, in all languages, within all shades of skin and all ages. This amazing video is just one example of that. I'm not Christian but I don't need to be to see this and appreciate what humans are capable of making. It's why I still haven't given up on humanity.

[@wybeadriaansen3212]

I fully agree with you.

[@sawdoctor0]

And you do this from memory! How I envy that ability. Fabulous performance. My hair is standing on end (what is left of it that is!)

[@WaftyHippyLass]

Just sublime. Thank you so much for uploading this.

[@unbeltedguide9972]

I had performed this song in my junior year of high school as part of the honors choir. A beautiful piece overall.

[@OneBalance]

The Spirit of the piece was captured in this performance. Bravo.

[@e.d.3146]

what a beauty... bravo!

[@WaftyHippyLass]

Utterly lovely - thank you for uploading. :)

[@williamripley3192]

Simply beautiful!

[@tobinjbrooks]

My favorite choral piece

[@xrtze]

superb intonation, completely stunning!

[@randyhunsuckerhunziker]

Beautifully performed.

[@LeithonLvN]

I have no words...😭🙌

[@rnelsontn]

I continue to be moved by your astounding choirs at CWU. Are you still there as choral director? Let me know what you are up to these days. Hopefully, you are still directing wonderful choral music.

[@ClassicalSpotlight]

#songsofcomfort @NewsHour