Gabrieli - Videntes Stellam

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Videntes Stellam – Andrea Gabrieli
Sung by ‘Viva la Musica’, East Midlands Chamber Choir

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[Recorded live in Trinity Methodist Church, Loughborough – January 2024]

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"Videntes stellam" is a polyphonic motet by Andrea Gabrieli, not as often thought, Antonio. It is a piece for the Feast of the Epiphany, based on the text about the Magi seeing the star. In the context of a performance programme, it is typically placed in a group of music related to the Epiphany season, celebrating the revelation of Christ to the Gentiles.

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Text:

Videntes stellam: Magi gavisi sunt gaudio magno.
Et intrantes domum, invenerunt puerum cum Maria matre eius, et procidentes, adoraverunt eum; et apertis thesauris suis, obtulerunt ei munera, aurum, thus, et myrrham.

Translation:

When they saw the star, the Magi were filled with great joy.
And entering the house, they found the child with Mary his mother, and falling down, they worshipped him; and opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.