My wife died in March 2020 of cancer. I providentially came upon this chorale piece. Its has soothed my heart each time that I listen to it. Thank you.

The hand of God reaches down from heaven's beatific vision, touches the hand of Morten Lauridsen as he composes this magnificent piece of music. Flawless performance by a troupe of chorale performers vocalizing as angels from the heavenly realm in perfect harmony. Tears of Joy listening to God's perfection embodied in music. Bravo!

I don't know how no one cried while performing this. It's so, so beautiful.

Masterpieces don't need to be monstrous orchestral works (though they certainly can be). Mr. Lauridsen has created one of the greatest pieces of choral music ever written.

I am crying my eyes out right now... In the middle of the night ... With walls so thin I'm trying not to be heard. I feel as though I've been visited by an angel. And all my worries, the worries I've carried all my life have been temporarily lifted.

The most beautiful instrument ever, the human voice.

A resounding blest celestial Amen, an all encompassing beautiful Shalom.

Of all of the versions on KZfaq, this one has the best pacing. Excellent legato! Others are too fast and don't savor all of the consonants and vowels. It's a very moving piece. A great performance by the singers and director!

I'm in heaven when I hear this rendition of Lauridsen's 'O Magnum Mysterium' by St Jacobs Ungdomskor. God Bless.

Very agreeable and soothing to the SOUL and HOLISTIC.

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This is gorgeous. Superb choral tone, wonderful phrasing, and masterful use of dynamics. Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and a tear to my eye. Bravo.

Fucking couch in the end! Such beautiful performance!

This piece has always brought me into the presence of God, but your choir is perhaps the best version I’ve heard. You truly sing as one unit, and it’s flawless. Thank you for sharing this.

How beautiful ❤ transcendent!

I can play this over and over and it does not get old. How can such a short song draw out such emotion, love and awe for God? A great composer and this is a great rendition. Carefully selected notes and beautiful harmonies. The low baritone voices are so beautiful. Love this song.

Our High School Choir sung this for our wedding. Well done yall.

I'm so bad at controlling my breath it physically hurts singing this song, all the more props to them for singing so beautifully

Lord pls heal all those sick in Covid... Please end this pandemic Lord Jesus

Excellent recording! This is music from heaven. I am so glad that I was able to hear "O Magnum Mysterium" live at a concert a few years ago. It totally fascinated me.

Absolutely stunning performance! I'm certain Morten Lauridsen is quite proud of this one! Bravo!

Wonderful!!!!!!

So beautiful, it brings tears to my eyes.

Bellissimo. Complimenti vivissimi.

Stunning.

Lauridsen's music -- and this rendering of it in particular, which is one of the best I've heard! -- captures something of the great and glorious mystery of the incarnation of the eternal Son of God, Whose coming in the flesh was the most glorious miracle in the history of the cosmos, especially in view of *why* He came -- to save us rebels from our insurrection against His own rightful and benificent Lordship over our lives. Lauridsen's late 20th-century harmonies fittingly embody the eternal splendor of the subject matter expounded by the ancient responsory text of the matins of Christmas. Soli Deo gloria!

I cried every time

Beautiful

just gorgeous

This is a hymn to the universe- the great mystery of the universe. Whether a believer or not this captures the great open cosmos . The choir and conductor are superb- Loridsen is a genius.

Absolute beautiful piece. So quiet at the very end, you can hear the tuberculosis clinic next door

An out of world experience, will turn anyone's day around. Excellent!

Watch video where Lauridsen explains how he idealized and composed this masterpiece. He highlights the dissonant tone in Beata Virgo, which is the climax of the piece, to signify the pain she felt when giving birth to divinity.

ทุกสิ่งมีความสุข สุดๆๆๆๆๆๆๆทุกสิ่ง ปลอดภัย สุดๆๆๆๆๆๆๆทุกสิ่งสุขภาพ ดีสุดๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆ ทุกสิ่งดูดี สุดๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆ ทุกสิ่งสนุก สุดๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆ ทุกสิ่งสะอาด สุดๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆ ทุกสิ่ง บิว ตี้ ฟลู สุดดๆๆๆๆๆๆๆ ในแบบ ที่ทุกสิ่งชอบทุกสิ่ง สะอาดสุดๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆทุกสิ่งกลิ่นหอมสุดๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆ ทุกสิ่งปลอดภัย สุดๆๆๆๆๆๆๆๆ ในแบบที่ทุกสิ่งชอบทุกสิ่งมีกินสุดๆๆๆๆๆๆในแบบที่ทุกสิ่งชอบทุกสิ่งดูดีสุดๆๆๆๆๆๆๆ ตลอดเวลา

Cool. Glad I found this. Sending it around to several whom I know will appreciate it as well.

This is one of those songs that can turn my day around.

Every night, there are multitudes of us, I imagine...who weep upon hearing sounds like this. We weep because ...

"celestial" is the word that comes to me immediately, God.....goosebumps, what a gorgeous vocal sound

Incredible performance of this beautiful work! Bravi tutti. And thank you for this gift.

This song was so beautifully executed. The harmonies were perfect, the crescendos and decrescendos were perfectly timed. This brought tears to my eyes, it makes me miss being in choir. This song always reminds me of the beauty of voice. Wonderful job.

Brilliant music and very inspiring. I am a "lapsed Christian" but when I listen to this, I believe again. Beautifully sung by this talented young Swedish choir.

Lovely performance, and bravo to your recording engineer!

Hands down the most beautiful rendition of this particular piece, bravo!!

Our schola perfomed last night at Midnight Mass. Transcendent, beyond words.

I have no words. Only goosebumps, emotions, and hope. Thank you so much. soli deo gloria

I savor this and share it every year. It’s like being wrapped up in God’s love in Christ!

Amazing sound with amazing choral conductor.. God Bless this choir

Well done! This is one of the best recordings of this beautiful composition by Laurie's en, I ever heard! Bravo to The coir and it's conductor.

Beautiful. Excellent conductor, as well.

I agree. I this is the version that moved me most.

This is perfect music, this is music that comes to God, this is the music that moves me. Your choir is also superb! Thank you.

Bravo!! indeed!

Great execution! Very moving! Thank you for sharing this beautiful peice of Liturgical Music!

I have sung this and truly felt blessed to be allowed to sing it. And I have heard many choirs around the world perform this. But this is undoubtedly the best live performance I have ever witnessed of this wonderful music. You are absolutely impeccable. What a delight to watch. Thumbs up, 12 out of 10. Heavenly. Thank you so much!

Such as angels sing ,do these fine young people. Truly magnificent.

A stunning performance; one I can listen to again and again

Amazing rendition! Loved it! Someone get that person at the end a cough drop!

If I could choose where to end this mortal life it would be in the Turner gallery at the Tate Britain, London with this playing.

Thank you for the beautiful music, one of my favourite choral pieces and really nicely sung

I love this piece and you sing it so beautifully!! You captured the sweetness of the harmony so perfectly with the colors of the voices :)). Perfect pitch, too. Bravo!

So well sung .. reminds me on my times in youth choirs ...what a blessing to experience performing music on this level.

Now that I have listened to so, so many interpretations of this piece of music on KZfaq, I can definitely say that this recording surpasses all. To me the forte-part (around 4:08) feels and sounds like a shift, like an intensification, like a different, a new level that this work is taking at this point. And it feels like Lauridsen must have wanted it exactly that way. I have never heard this part sung with - I can almost say - such passion. I'm surprised that no other choir/conducter seems to see this... ;-)

Timeless piece of music sung by a most wonderful choir .I can hear the hum of the universe in the beautiful singing and harmonies. Morgen Lauridsen is truly a great and inspired artist.

Just found this now after listening to an mp3 recording on my earbuds. Would that I could have been in the audience for such a performance when I happened to be in Stockholm for a few months twenty years ago. A marvellous performance that truly conveys the possibilities of voices singing together. Tak.

This rendition is sublime !!!!!!

I love the P A C E of this piece. You have captured the meaning of the music and the text perfectly and have given me/us time to absorb them both. Thank you.

Perfect, just perfect.

My favorite piece of choral music. If you haven't heard the choir of kings college perform it, it's equally magnificent.

Spectacular - Ethereal

This purity of this version gives me great peace as I head down the one way road to dementia. I have sung it many times, but never with such clarity. That low D in the basses at the end is gorgeous.

My Goodness God resides in this beautiful music. Well done. A wonderful Christmas Day to all.

Magnificent! The balnce between vocals is exactly on point (so many choirs are soprano-heavy)! The dynamics are also very much on point, and that's no small achievement even for a world-class chorale. To be able to make those crescendos and decrescendos have the necessary contrast isn't easy without a very large chorale. My sincere, deep compliments and admiration! This may be my favorite recording of Lauridsen's masterpiece!

Stunningly beautiful :) peaceful and awe inspiring :)

God bless you all! This is wonderful performance !! Thank you for sharing

Beautiful!! Excellent!! Parabéns, from Brazil!!

Bravi to all. Gentle and tender approach. Loving.

One of my most loved choir songs executed to near perfection!! Subscribed :)

What a perfect performance for this amazing piece!

Really the best Version !!

Absolutely Stunning! Some of the most beautiful Choral Music every Recorded! Many Thanx and Blessings to All! ML

O magnum mysterium O magnum mysterium Et admirabile sacramentum Et admirabile Et admirabile Sacramentum O magnum mysterium O magnum mysterium Ut animalia Viderent Dominum Ut animalia Viderent Dominum natum Iacentem in praesepio! Beata Virgo Cujus viscera Meruerunt Beata Virgo Portare Dominum Christum Alleluia! Alleluia! (O magnum mysterium) Alleluia! Alleluia! (O magnum mysterium) Et admirabile sacramentum Ut animalia Viderent Dominum natum Iacentem in praesepio! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia! Alle... Alleluia!

not the person who had to cough at the end gggg this piece is otherwordly, ethereal. this choir does a great job performing it. i wanna sing this again so much.

I continue to listen to this rendition. Ive listened to others ,many in fact. I have to say once again that this is the best. Perfect,just so very perfect, Thank you. Tony Paulson

I sang this in high school. Perfect tempo.

Sung it often. Still tear up!

This is why, for all my years, I've been in love with choral music - good choral music; and now listening to this, through my tears, I'm thanking God for the gift he has given us, to write, to hear and to perform music like this. I am thrilled to be able to sing this piece this Spring under the direction of Brian Dearing (Mamcco) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

This is an excellent performance of this beautiful motet. I can understand every word. Bravo!!

Fantastici stupenda esecuzione

Now my favourite piece of choral music.... something I listen to frequently. So blissful and divine. Relatively unknown - a gem. Thank you Morten.

Fantastic! I feel His words you spoke via this song. GOD BLESS

I can't even begin to explain how much I enjoy listening to this. Such a beautiful rendition. Superb. I wish I could be there either listening to you people or singing this piece with you. Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Argentina.

THE ACOUSTIC!!! Overwhelming beauty

captivating and heart-mending... into our darkness, the Light comes.... thank you

Oh, my goodness. What a superb job they did. The director had a deep understanding of the text/music relationship and was able to get that understanding realized through the voices of the choir. Their enunciation was clear and the different sections of the choir were distinct in their parts. Bravo!!

Excellent in every way. A true act of worship.

i sang this piece yesterday ,but i swear,i've never heard something like that in italy. i joined your channel waiting for a new performance and i want you to know ...that,this music inspire singers all over the world.. please tell your choirmate about this.

I don't think I've heard a more moving performance. It was an instant Facebook post, and I hope it moves others the way it has me. What a perfect piece for Christmas, and a modern classic.

The best recording of this composition. The perfect pace allows for sublime expression. Beautiful.

Absolutely wonderful! Perfect!

Perfection! Such a beautifully balanced and melodically controlled performance of this magnificent manuscript. A real joy and my go to version. There are many versions of this on KZfaq and all are good but this is quite simply sublime. Thank you