Personent Hodie
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About This Piece
A 16th-century Latin hymn meets a driving Latin groove, with thrilling piano and djembe fueling the energy from start to finish. Ancient and modern at once, this is choral writing at its most exhilarating.
Details
- Voicing
- SATB
- Composer
- Michael Navato
- Duration
- 3:28
Michael Navato (b. 2002) is a composer and choral educator based in Kansas City, Missouri. A graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in Choral Music Education, Michael works with choirs and ensembles throughout the Kansas City area. He is also a frequent collaborator in local community theater, bringing his vocal and compositional skills to a wide range of productions. His choral compositions have been performed by the UMKC Chamber Singers, and his writing draws on a deep love of choral singing that spans both concert and theatrical traditions. Through his teaching and composing, Michael is dedicated to creating music that connects with singers and audiences alike.
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Personent hodie voces puerulae, laudantes iucunde qui nobis est natus, summo Deo datus, et de virgineo ventre procreatus. On this day lift your voice, join the angelic noise, sing of all heaven's joys, praise and adoration, joy and jubilation! Sing of love pouring out over every nation. Join the sound, let it ring, hallelujah we sing all the love we can bring, praise and adoration, joy and jubilation! Sing of love pouring out over every nation. —Latin text traditional (Piae Cantiones, 1582)
—English text by Michael Navato