DESCRIPTION:
Lauda Jerusalem from Claudio Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610

Jolle Greenleaf and Molly Quinn, sopranos
Luthien Brackett and Virginia Warnken, altos
Owen McIntosh, Brian Giebler, Jason McStoots and Aaron Sheehan, tenors
Jesse Blumberg and Mischa Bouvier, baritones
Steven Hrycelak, Jonathan Woody, basses

Ingrid Matthews and Scott Metcalfe, violins
Dongmyung Ahn and Daniel Elyar, violas
Emily Walhout, viol, bass violin
Anne Trout, violone
Alexandra Opsahl and Kiri Tollaksen, cornetti
Greg Ingles, Mack Ramsey, and Erik Schmalz, sackbuts
Hank Heijink and Daniel Swenberg, theorbos
Jeffrey Grossman, chamber organ

January 10, 2015
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

Audio by Tom Durack
Video/Editing by Emily Bullington

Latin text:
Lauda, Jerusalem, Dominum:
lauda deum tuum, Sion.
Quoniam confortavit seras portarum tuarum:
benedixit filiis tuis in te.
Qui posuit fines tuos pacem,
et adipe frumenti satiat te.
Qui emittit eloquium suum terrae:
velociter currit sermo eius.
Qui dat nivem sicut lanam:
nebulam sicut cinerem spargit.
Mittit cristallum suum sicut bucellas:
ante faciem frigoris eius quis sustinebit?
Emittet verbum suum, et liquefaciet ea:
flabit spiritus eius, et fluent aquae.
Qui annuntiat verbum suum Jacob:
justitias et judicia sua Israel.
Non fecit taliter omni nationi:
et judicia sua non manifestavit eis.
Gloria patri…

English translation:
Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem,
praise your God, O Sion.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates:
he has blessed your children within you.
He makes peace within your borders,
and fills you with the finest of the wheat.
He sends forth his commandment upon the earth:
very swiftly runs his word.
He gives snow like wool:
he scatters cloud like ashes.
He casts forth his ice like morsels:
in the face of his cold, who shall stand?
He will send out his word and melt them:
his wind will blow and the waters will flow.
He reveals his word to Jacob,
his statutes and judgements unto Israel.
He has not dealt so with any other nation,
and he has not shown his judgements to them.
Glory be to the Father...