I am pleased to say that, as announced in my previous post, Cum processit – the finger of God was premiered at our concert in the Lundi d’Orgue / Orgel op Maandag lunchtime series in Brussels on December 16, 2024.
This setting is for voice and organ, rather than my usual cellos and voices mix. The chant is a Marian antiphon, and I chose to create the setting for the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe on December 12th. As legend has it, the Virgin Mary appeared to the Mexican Juan Diego and his uncle in 1531. The most famous phrase linked to these appearances – ¿No estoy yo aqui que soy tu madre? (Am I not here, I who am your mother?) – is written above the entrance to the Basilica in Guadalupe.
Here’s the live recording. I am accompanied by the talented organist Xavier Deprez.
When the creation of God’s finger came forth, formed in God’s image, issuing of mixed blood through the pilgrim-way of Adam’s fall, then the elements received these vital joys in you, O Mary, worthy of praise, and in the reddening sky they sound you in their praises.
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