Description:
Lauda for soprano, tenor, electric guitar, viola, cello, bass for festival in Normandy
Date:
Gavin’s Notes:
Lauda 41
This was written for a festival in the very beautiful Abbaye du Bec Hellouin, Normandy. It was the first time that a soprano other tha Anna Friman sang the premiere of one of these pieces. She was unavailable and Peyee Chen replaced her. The venue was quite extraordinary with a wonderful resonance.
Lauda 41 “De la crudel morte de Cristo”
De la crudel morte de Cristo
on’ hom pianga amaramente.
Quando Iuderi Cristo pilliâro,
d’ogne parte circundâro;
le sue mane strecto legâro
come ladro villanamente.
De la crudel morte de Cristo
on’ hom pianga amaramente.
Trenta denar fo lo mercato
ke fece Juda, et fo pagato.
Mellio li fôra non esser nato
k’aver peccato sì duramente.
De la crudel morte de Cristo
on’ hom pianga amaramente.
Molt’era trista sancta Maria,
quando ‘l suo figlio en dea;
cum gran dolore forte piangeva
dicendo: “Trista, lassa, dolente.”
De la crudel morte de Cristo
on’ hom pianga amaramente.
A la colonna fo spoliato
per tutto ‘l corpo flagellato,
l’ogne parte fo ‘nsanguinato
commo falso amaramente.
De la crudel morte de Cristo
on’ hom pianga amaramente.
Nel suo vulto li sputâro,
e la sua barba sì la pelâro;
facendo beffe, l’imputâro
ke Dio s’è falsamente.
De la crudel morte de Cristo
on’ hom pianga amaramente.
Translation
For the cruel death of Christ
let every man weep bitterly.
When the Jews seized Christ
they surrounded him on every side;
they tied his hands tightly,
insulting him like a thief.
For the cruel death of Christ
let every man weep bitterly.
Thirty silver pieces was the price
which Judas demanded, and was paid.
It would have been better for him if he had never been born, than to have sinned so grievously.
For the cruel death of Christ
let every man weep bitterly.
Holy Mary was distraught
when she gave up her son;
she wept inconsolably with great sorrow
saying, “I am sad, miserable, sorrowful.”
For the cruel death of Christ
let every man weep bitterly.
At the cross he was stripped bare,
whipped over all his body,
bled dry in every limb
bitterly as if he were a traitor.
For the cruel death of Christ
let every man weep bitterly.
They spat in his face,
and plucked out his beard;
they scoffed at him and accused him
of falsely claiming to be God.
For the cruel death of Christ
let every man weep bitterly.