[Magdalen] Beautiful Epiphany chant

Scott Knitter scottknitter at gmail.com
Mon Jan 2 01:49:16 UTC 2017


Wanted to hear this chant in preparation for Epiphany, and YouTube had
taken the video down. Here's the cathedral's copy:
https://www.domradio.de/video/pontifikalamt-am-30-sonntag-im-jahreskreis-0

There's an organ improvisation before the (heavenly) Mädchenchor
chants Tria sunt munera (text below).

On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com> wrote:
> I meant to post this yesterday. Cologne Cathedral has a shrine to the
> Magi (and I think they may claim they have some relics?), and on many
> Sundays and other occasions throughout the year, their opening
> procession includes the chant "Tria sunt munera," "Three are the
> gifts."
>
> Here is the huge Maedchenchor (Girls' Choir) chanting Tria sunt munera
> at the start of a Mass in the ordinary (green) season last year. I get
> teary every time I hear this!
>
> https://youtu.be/PQ3BhlBj09M
>
> R. There are three precious gifts which the wise men offered unto the
> Lord on this day, and they speak a mystery of the things of God,
> * Gold, to show His kingly power; frankincense, for our Great High
> Priest; and myrrh, against the Lord's burying.
> V. The wise men worshipped the Captain of our Salvation, as He lay in
> the manger, and when they had opened their treasures, they presented
> unto Him mystic gifts.
> R. Gold, to show His kingly power; frankincense, for our Great High
> Priest; and myrrh, against the Lord's burying.
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA



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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA


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