Latin Motets Choral Series

Aurelio Porfiri

O Sacrum Convivium

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Aurelio Porfiri is associate Professor of liturgical music
and choral conducting for Macau Inter-University Institute
(Macau, China) and Visiting conductor for the Music Edu-
cation Department of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music
(Shanghai, China). He is the Artistic Director of Edition
Music Contact (Germany) and the editor of the journal
Choral Sound.
Born in Rome in 1968, he studied organ, piano, compo-
sition, choral conducting, Gregorian chant and polyphony.
He has a degree in choral music from the Conservatorio of
San Pietro a Maiella in Naples (Italy).
Porfiri is a composer of considerable renown. His works have
been commissioned and sung, among others, for the liturgi-

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cal programs of Vatican Radio. As a composer, he writes in

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a wide range of forms, including Oratorios, Masses, motets and hymns in Italian, Latin and
English.

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Prof. Porfiri is a Knight of the Order of Saint George, member the Center for Liturgical Action
(Rome) and member of the Association of Professors of Liturgy (Italy). He is often invited to
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adjudicate in choral competitions worldwide.
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He is a regular contributor to national liturgical and theological journals. He has published, in
addition of his own music compositions and CDs, more than 150 articles and two books.
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One of the most beloved Eucharistic texts in the Catholic tradition is without doubt O Sacrum
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Convivium. This text was written by Saint Thomas Aquinas on the occasion of the establishment
of the feast of Corpus Domini. The doctrine of the Eucharist, which was at an important moment
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of its definition at the time, is condensed in this brief but deeply intense text. The musical setting
aims to give importance to the deep spiritual feelings that pervade the Latin text. The words are
set in music with no other intention than to illuminate the theology behind the text; and from the
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theology, the mystic.

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 O Sacrum Convivium
O Sacrum Convivium
Text from the Liturgy Music by Aurelio Porfiri
Text from the Liturgy Music by Aurelio Porfiri

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Performance Notes
It is not a romantic piece. The expression, which has to be intense, has to be spiritual, not sensual.
An awareness of the meaning of the text and possibly the theological concepts behind the words can
be helpful for a good interpretation. The beat must to be flexible and follow the stress of the words.
After the pppp in passionis eius, the expression becomes livelier again in Mens impletur gratia.
If performed in liturgical ceremonies during the season of Lent, do not sing the text Alleluia.
Instead, sing the alternative text in the last bars.

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O sacrum convivium! O sacred banquet!
in quo Christus sumitur: in which Christ is received,
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recolitur memoria passionis ejus: the memory of his Passion is renewed,
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mens impletur gratia: the mind is filled with grace,
et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur. and a pledge of future glory to us is given.
Alleluia. Alleluia.
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