I have finished my revisiting of O gloriosissimi lux vivens angeli!
It is scored for full choir a cappella, with a semi-chorus accompanying the solo voice for some passages. (I have used a cello to play the bass line, just because I can’t sing that low!)
I was inspired not only by the text, but also by the bi-modality of the original monody (see my previous post). In particular, you will hear at the end how the piece swings between D major and B♭ major, all the while keeping the D minor (Dorian) feel with a solo line that contains F♮s. In other words, I had a lot of harmonic fun 🙂
Here it is: O gloriosissimi – the living light
O most glorious, living light, angels, who, beneath divinity, behold the divine eyes, with the mysterious darkness of every created thing in ardent desires which can never be satisfied. Oh, how glorious are the joys of your form, which is untouched by every wicked work, such as first arose in the company of the fallen angel, who sought to fly above the inner, hidden castle of God, from where he plunged down by a crooked path to destruction. But by consulting the instruments of his fall he set in place the work of the finger of God.
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