CHORAL COMPOSITION: O Vos omnes
Title: O Vos Omnes [All ye that pass by, behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow]
Composer: Salvatore Ferrantelli (b. 1940)
Date of Composition: 2005
Vocal Solos: None
Orchestra Requirements: n/a
Tempo: adagio
Dedication: This motet is dedicated, with deep affection, to my wife, Carol Ferrantelli
Premier: May 15, 2005 by I Cantori di Carmel, First Methodist Church, Pacific Grove, California, Dr. Sal Ferrantelli, conductor.
Other performances: May 16, 2005 by I Cantori di Carmel, Carmel Mission Basilica, Carmel, California, Dr. Sal Ferrantelli, conductor.
Vocal Ranges: S1: c1-f2; S2: c1-f2; A1: c1-c2; A2: b flat-b1; T1: e-e1; T2: e-e1; B1: A-a; B2: F-f
Dynamic Range: pp-mf
Composer’s Comments for O Vos Omnes: It was intended that the melodies and chromatic harmonic colors in O Vos Omnes should capture the sorrow and anguish as expressed in the words of Jeremiah the prophet. In mourning over Jerusalem, in captivity and in ruins, he said: “All ye that pass by, behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.” The “O Vos Omnes” text is found in the liturgy for Holy Saturday on the eve of the resurrection.
Composer: Salvatore Ferrantelli (b. 1940)
Date of Composition: 2005
Vocal Solos: None
Orchestra Requirements: n/a
Tempo: adagio
Dedication: This motet is dedicated, with deep affection, to my wife, Carol Ferrantelli
Premier: May 15, 2005 by I Cantori di Carmel, First Methodist Church, Pacific Grove, California, Dr. Sal Ferrantelli, conductor.
Other performances: May 16, 2005 by I Cantori di Carmel, Carmel Mission Basilica, Carmel, California, Dr. Sal Ferrantelli, conductor.
Vocal Ranges: S1: c1-f2; S2: c1-f2; A1: c1-c2; A2: b flat-b1; T1: e-e1; T2: e-e1; B1: A-a; B2: F-f
Dynamic Range: pp-mf
Composer’s Comments for O Vos Omnes: It was intended that the melodies and chromatic harmonic colors in O Vos Omnes should capture the sorrow and anguish as expressed in the words of Jeremiah the prophet. In mourning over Jerusalem, in captivity and in ruins, he said: “All ye that pass by, behold and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.” The “O Vos Omnes” text is found in the liturgy for Holy Saturday on the eve of the resurrection.
