Joaquín Nin-Culmell: Symphonie des Mystères
Joaquín Nin-Culmell (1908–2004) was a student of Dukas and Falla and his early music reflects his Spanish background. The Symphonie des Mystères (1992–4) for alternating Gregorian chant and organ, is a product of the religious devotion of his old age, the chant sections setting in bold relief the austerely passionate organ commentaries, which have an affinity with Messiaen, as Nin-Culmell’s music traces a dramatic arch charting the birth, crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
Richard Robertson, organ
St. Martin’s Chamber Choir, choir
Timothy J. Krueger, conductor
Listen To This Recording:
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Symphonie des Mystères: I. ‘Joyeux’ (‘Joyful’)
- Chant: Ave Maria (‘Hail Mary’)
- ‘SÈrÈnade’ (the Annunciation)
- Chant: Benedicta tu inter mulieres (‘Blessed art thou among women’)
- ‘Dialogue’ (the Visitation)
- Chant: Puer natus est nobis (‘A child is born to us’)
- ‘Il est nÈ!’ (‘He is born’)
- Chant: Lumen ad Revelationem gentium (‘A light to lighten the Gentiles’)
- ‘Offrande’ (the Presentation)
- Chant: Fili, quid fecisti nobis sic? (‘Son, why hast Thou done so to us?’)
- ‘Retrouvailles’ (Finding Jesus in the Temple)
- Chant: Pater, si non potest hic calix transire (‘Father, if this cup may not pass’)
- ‘Les gouttes de sang’ (‘Drops of Blood’)
- Chant: Ego te pavi manna per desertum (‘I fed you with manna in the desert’)
- ‘Les coups’ (‘Scourging’)
- Chant: Ego dedi tibi sceptrum regale (‘I gave thee a royal sceptre’)
- ‘La couronne d’Èpines’ (‘Crown of Thorns’)
- Chant: Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem (‘Christ for our sake became obedient unto death’)
- ‘Les blessures’ (‘Wounds’)
- Chant: Sanctus Immortalis, miserere nobis (‘Holy Immortal, have mercy on us’)
- ‘Les riviËres de sang’ (‘Rivers of Blood’)
- Chant: Et valde mane una sabbatorum (‘And very early on the first day of the week’)
- ‘Le lever du soleil’ (‘Sunrise’)
- Chant: Ascendit Deus in jubilatione (‘God ascends in rejoicing’)
- ‘Les nuages’ (‘Clouds’)
- Chant: Factus est repente de coelo sonus (‘Suddenly there came a sound from heaven’)
- ‘Le vent’ (‘Wind’, the Holy Spirit)
- Chant: Alleluia. Assumpta est Maria in caelum (‘Alleluia. Mary is taken up into heaven’)
- ‘La ceinture mystique (Lourdes)’ (‘The Mystical Cincture (Lourdes)’)
- Chant: Ave, Regina caelorum (‘Welcome, O Queen of Heaven’)
- ‘La couronne mystique’ (‘The Mystical Crown’) et retour de la Sèrènade
Symphonie des Mystères: II. ‘Douloureux’ (‘Sorrowful’)
Symphonie des Mystères: III> ‘Glorieux’ (‘Glorious’)
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