Monteverdi Vespers 1610: Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109) | The Green Mountain Project
Selection from Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610
January 3, 2013
The Church of St. Mary the Virgin, 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
Audio by Tom Durack
Video by NV Recording Studios
Editing by John Stone
Latin text:
Dixit Dominus Domino meo: sede a dextris meis,
donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum.
Virgam virtutis tuae emittet Dominus ex Sion:
dominare in medio inimicorum.
Tecum principium in die virtutis tuae:
in splendoribus sanctorum ex utero
ante luciferum genui te.
Juravit dominus et non penitebit eum: tu es
sacerdos in aeternum secundum ordinem Melchisedech.
Dominus a dextris tuis
confregit in die irae suae reges.
Judicabit in nationibus, implebit ruinas:
conquassabit capita in terra multorum.
De torrente in via bibet:
propterea exaltabit caput.
Gloria patri…
English translation:
The Lord said to my Lord: be seated at my right hand,
until I make of your enemies your footstool.
The Lord shall send the rod of your strength out of
Zion: reign in the midst of your enemies.
Yours is the foundation in the day of your power:
in the splendor of holiness, from out of the womb,
before the morning star I have borne you.
The Lord has sworn and will not repent: you are a
priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.
The Lord at your right hand
has destroyed kings in the day of his wrath.
He will judge the nations, he will fill them with ruins:
he will shatter heads in the populous land.
From the torrent on the way shall he drink:
therefore he will hold his head high.
Glory be to the Father...