This past Sunday, Caroline and I performed in the annual Christmas concert of the Georgia Wind Symphony. We played some classic literature, new compositions and wrapped up with some Christmas favorites. But I can't go through the Christmas season without listening to O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridson. We didn't play it this year, but here is a recording from several years ago. Our current conductor is David Vandewalker, but in this video, our Conductor Emeritus and the founder of The Georgia Wind Symphony, David Gregory is conducting. Look for Caroline playing flute and me on trumpet. If you want to hear more, here is the original vocal arrangement sung by the King's choir in Cambridge. Here is the text in English:
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
the Lord, Jesus Christ.
Alleluia!
Merry Christmas
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