“Salve o Regina” (1624), Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643)
Sumner Thompson, tenor
Hank Heijink and Daniel Swenberg, theorbo
Avi Stein, organ
Selection from “A Grand Festive Vespers in Venice, c. 1640, for the Feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary”
January 3, 2012
The Church of St. Jean Baptiste, New York City
The Green Mountain Project (honoring the literal translation of Monteverdi’s name) is an annual event that began in NYC in 2010 under the musical direction of Scott Metcalfe and artistic direction of Jolle Greenleaf. Learn more: http://tenet.nyc/green-mountain-project
John Stone (video) and Mark Aubort (audio)
English translation:
Hail, O queen, O mother, O life, O hope,
Hail, O merciful, O gentle, O sweet virgin Mary!
Hail queen, mother of mercy, our life,
our sweetness and our hope, hail!
To you we cry, exiled children of Eve;
to you we sigh, weeping and wailing in this vale of tears.
Come then, our advocate, turn your merciful eyes upon us,
and show us Jesus, the blessed fruit of your womb,
after this our exile.
O merciful, O gentle, O sweet virgin Mary.