Claudio Monteverdi: Puer Natus (Chiome d'oro); Voices of Music

Monteverdi's musical whirligig, with a Latin contrafactum by Lawrence Rosenwald. Live, HD video from the Venetian Christmas Vespers concert, December, 2013, performed on original instruments by the San Francisco based Early Music ensemble Voices of Music.
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In the renaissance and baroque, it was common practice to take a really great piece of music and give it new lyrics for a special occasion: the new text was called a "contrafactum." For this concert, we decided to take one of Monteverdi's best duets, Chiome d'oro--which had already been given a new text for Easter in the 17th century--and make a new Latin text for our Christmas Vespers.
Puer natus, sum laetatus, in hac die gaudiosa,
dies splendens et formosa.
Veni nunc ad redimendum, e rosarum rosa natus,
in presepio beatus.
O caelorum imperator, sol justitiae vocaris,
natus es e stella maris.
Clavis David qui aperis, veni nunc desideratus,
miserorum memoratus.
Nostre vitae fons et acqua, dulcis infans et creator,
nobis lumen et salvator.
On this bright and beautiful day,
A child is born, and I rejoice on this joyful day,
a bright and beautiful day.
Come now to redeem, O child born of the rose of roses,
blessed in the manger.
O ruler of the heavens, called the sun of justice,
you were born of the star of the sea.
Key of David to open, come now O long-desired,
mindful of the wretched.
Fountain and water of our life, sweet child and creator,
our light and savior.
Text and translation by Lawrence Rosenwald, arrangement and musical concept Voices of Music. (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.)
Voices of Music
Hanneke van Proosdij & David Tayler, directors
Laura Heimes, soprano
Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano
Carla Moore, baroque violin
Elizabeth Blumenstock, baroque violin
(violin courtesy of Philharmonia period instrument trust)
William Skeen, viola da gamba
David Tayler, archlute
Hanneke van Proosdij, baroque organ

[@annetta782]

Incredibly beautiful !❤ Thank you so much for this heavenly music, it fills our hearts with joy🥰

[@VoicesofMusic]

Our pleasure!

[@J-SEOUL]

So good! I will listen to this everyday!

[@VoicesofMusic]

:)

[@vincelapiana2626]

In addition to enjoying this beautiful song, I enjoyed seeing the two singers' smiles

[@uncontrollabledogs3791]

Exquisite beyond words.

[@raphaelsilva5501]

Fantastic performance!!! This beautiful!!

[@VoicesofMusic]

Many thanks!!

[@prof.m.ottozeeejcdecs9998]

Wow, fantastic performance, great voices!

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Gyönyörű zene kitűnő előadásban! Köszönöm a föltöltést!

[@VoicesofMusic]

Nagyon szívesen

[@prussitalicusii3863]

Una piccola meraviglia musicale e spirituale. Ottimamente riuscito, in senso sacro nonchè con bei giuochi ritmici e rimati di parole, l'adattamento del testo in Latino.

[@fabioluis3612]

Marvelous! Thanks from Brasil.

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HAN

[@Monteverdiforever]

BRAVISSIMI !

[@davehshs651]

Wonderful music, beautifully sung by two voices that blend so well.

[@kanompia]

Such a wonderful performance!!!

[@musiqueclassique8266]

Thank you so much for sharing. Voices of Music means Excelence.

[@DvdW1987]

Wonderfull! Thank you so much for uploading! Bedankt!

[@victoriaharley7145]

I'm so glad I discovered your channel. Absolutely spellbinding and fantastic performances of early music.

[@willemvantwillertorganist]

Fantastic performance

[@VoicesofMusic]

Thanks!

[@prussitalicusii3863]

Molte grazie. E' la verità. Bello e bravissimi - Vielen dank; aber ist es die Warheit: schoen und toll !

[@MirahorianValerian]

Excepțională muzică

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Très bel ensemble...

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Lindo demais!!!!

[@JorgeICovarrubias]

¡Maravilloso!

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[@behrangbadrzadeh1759]

Very good.superb.

[@edufau815]

Una pequeña joya... Fiel al estilo renovador de la música polifónica "Puer natus" es un madrigal "auto-versión" de una pieza que el propio autor publicó en su Séptimo Libro de Madrigales, de 1619, llamada "Chiome d'oro (SV143)", una "canzonetta" para dos sopranos en la que se saluda a la amante y se loan sus cualidades. Monteverdi cambió la letra (no la música) transformándola en una loa para saludar al Niño Dios recién nacido, realizando lo que se conocía como un "contrafactum" (lo que hoy llamaríamos un "cover" o una versión), muy habituales tanto en el Renacimiento como en el Barroco, sobre todo para celebrar ocasiones especiales, como en este caso un 25 de Diciembre en aquella Venecia del siglo XVII en plena ebullición artística...

[@ississanchez6322]

Gracias está información es muy valiosa para mí trabajo de la cq ❤️✨

[@VoicesofMusic]

Monteverdi did not write the Latin text, we made it up :)

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Ferme ta gueule

[@akilinoserna]

Excelente!!

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Eccezzionale ….Bravi

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Pizza

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Simple bela. Dankon pro la musiko!!

[@mario4798]

Il senso della meraviglia.

[@AndrewDellAntonio]

Briliant. :-)

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Tg

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2020....who else?

[@VoicesofMusic]

I'm here!

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2023 here

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Die können ja man garnet singen

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🕯🔔🔥💧☀️🌟☁️