Mozart ~ Ave Verum Corpus ~ Leonard Bernstein

Latin text
Ave, verum corpus natum
de/ex Maria Virgine:
vere passum, immolatum
in cruce pro homine:
cuius latus perforatum
unda fluxit et sanguine:
[or, fluxit aqua et sanguine:]
esto nobis praegustatum,
in mortis examine.
[O clemens, O pie,
O dulcis Jesu, Fili Mariae.]
Spanish translation
Salve, verdadero cuerpo,
nacido de María Virgen,
que fue inmolado en la cruz
por los hombres,
cuyo lado perforado
manó sangre y agua,
dejanos degustarte
en el trance de la muerte.
Portuguese translation
Ó verdadeiro corpo do Senhor,
nascido para nós da virgem Maria.
Que sofreu e foi imolado
na cruz pelos homens,
de cujo lado perfurado
jorra sangue e água.
Deixai-nos saborear-vos
na hora da nossa morte.
Alternative translation
Salve o verdadeiro corpo
nascido da virgem Maria
verdadeiramente sofrido e imolado
na cruz pelo bem dos homens
cujo flanco perfurado
manou água e sangue
Sejai para nós a primeira prova
da experiência da morte.
French translation
Salut vrai corps né
de la vierge Marie
Qui est mort et a été
immolé pour les hommes,
Dont le côté a été percé
et d'où a jailli l'eau et le sang.
Sois pour nous un avant-goût
de l'heure de notre mort.
English translation
Hail the true body, born
of the Virgin Mary:
You who truly suffered and were sacrificed
on the cross for the sake of man.
From whose pierced flank
flowed water and blood:
Be a foretaste for us
in the trial of death.
Metrical translation I
Jesu, Word of God Incarnate,
of the virgin Mary born,
On the cross thy sacred body
for us men with nails was torn
Cleanse us, by thy blood and water
Streaming from thy pierced side;
Feed us with thy body broken,
Now in death's agony!
O Jesu, hear us Son of Mary.
Metrical translation II
Jesu, Lamb of God, Redeemer,
born the virgin Mary's Son,
who upon the cross a victim
hast man's salvation won.
From whose side, which man had pierced
flow'd the water and the blood,
by thy sacred body broken,
Be in life and death our food.
O Jesu, be in life and death our food
Dutch translation
Die voor de mensheid
waarachtig geleden heeft
en aan het kruis geslagen is
Wiens zijde doorboord is,
waaruit bloed heeft gestroomd
Degene die voor ons de beproeving
van de dood heeft gesmaakt
German translation
by Peter Gerloff
Gruß dir, wahrer Leib, geboren
aus Marias reinem Schoß!
Heimzuführen, was verloren,
trugst du Kreuz und Todeslos.
Von der speerdurchbohrten Seite
flossen Blut und Wasser rot.
Sei uns Vorgeschmack im Streite,
Himmelskraft in Sterbensnot!
Polish translation
Bądź pozdrowione prawdziwe Ciało,
Narodzone z Maryi Dziewicy,
Które prawdziwie cierpiało
W ofierze na krzyżu za człowieka.
Jego bok przebity opłynął krwią i wodą,
Abyśmy go zakosztowali podczas sądu w godzinę śmierci.
O Jezu słodki!
O Jezu, łaskawy!
O Jezu synu Maryi.
~
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[@samsilva3625]

Oh my god!!!! Nothing brings me to tears as much as this piece. At the start he’s asking Mozart to stand by him, and it turned out to be the most glorious performance ever.

[@mariacalvo-weil8824]

Mr. Bernstein passed away about 6 months after this performance. He was truly one of our great treasures; Mozart would've have been very pleased.

[@mersouled]

Incidentally Mozart passed away 6 months after composing this. He was a true gift of God bestowed on us. We should be forever grateful!

[@jenniferbattiglia4237]

Darling Lenny. He was one of the best and a wonder. But he would not wish us to cry. He was too kind for that. He wants us to go on listening and playing and/or singing.

[@karinwijnberg9489]

​@@jenniferbattiglia4237 but I am crying anyway. He deserves it

[@samsilva3625]

😢

[@davidzelisney569]

Yes. Leonard, RIP. Thank you for West Side Story. Wonderful, too!

[@arminmoesch7382]

Mozart is a gift of God. Music in perfection.

[@DanutaBoron-wm1ju]

Dyryguje perfekcyjnie i zawsze w mojej pamięci będzie.

[@ranman7688]

On my death-bed I want this song to be in my ears

[@jean-sebastiencoulomb7089]

Mozart était un Dieu de la musique

[@robertgaudet7407]

They don’t write em like they used to.

[@9735irene]

I agree completely!

[@cerberocaronte7439]

La più bella e magnifica esecuzione mai sentita fino adesso,grande maestro Bernstein.E' la perfezione.

[@mondayrose4169]

The greatest four minute song ever composed.

[@chriscross4004]

The Bavarian Radio Chorus- absolutely marvelous! Bernstein stated: "Of All the choirs in the world this is my favourite one."

[@PsRetrogamer]

This is perfection and this version is by far the best. All the others are played way too fast while this version captures the whole range of emotions much better. Also, the modulations and transitions are made with such finesse... And the dynamics are on point! Simply sublime... Heaven on Earth.

[@mwizerwa2011]

Absolutely! The most intelligent version I have listened to! I wanna hold your beer PsRetrogamer

[@robert111k]

Zzzzzzzz

[@Butsuri3829]

Agreed

[@jking3230]

YES! Let the words and music do what they do. There's no hurry!

[@ronfitzgerald8612]

.!

[@lymanmj]

I've listened to every different performance of this piece that I can find. I keep coming back to Lenny and this wonderful choir and orchestra. For me, no one gets this music better. Marvelous.

[@carlorachel]

That darkness ends with light that angst ends with forgiveness that death cannot hold life We rise.

[@carlapachado1107]

Conocí esta canción por un coro al que iba en mi adolescencia, desde la primera vez que la escuche hasta el día de hoy no puedo explicar con palabras lo que me trasmite.

[@jorgehoraciomilaragna3889]

La música de Mozart crea en los músicos y en nosotros los cantantes una armonía espiritual muy grande.

[@user-tw4bi8zc7x]

​@@jorgehoraciomilaragna38892:14 2:15

[@elisabethmariamalecki]

Immer und immer wieder tauche ich voll und ganz in die vollkommene Tiefe und Schönheit der Musik von Mozart, in solchen Momenten,ausserhalb des Zeit und Raumes, tief in der Musik versunken,vergesse ich die Welt um mich herum ,in der Vollkomenheit des Klanges des Meisters.

[@user-oh8wd6jx4f]

Und spüre die Nähe der immerwährenden Göttlichkeit.

[@willyegli9290]

Wunderbar gesagt🌹

[@fairyhaven12]

I believe Mozart wrote this when he was 12...

[@elektra9474]

I remember singing this as a child when I was in my local church choir. It's a sublime piece of music that moved me then and still does so years later.

[@Mlx51]

Une merveille de douceur. Musique de l'apaisement, de la sérénité enfin. Mozart est un génie et ici il est magnifiquement servi.

[@Balbina1324]

Mozart c’est un génie La vie est plus belle avec lui Van Gogh aussi ❤

[@lidiazarate4018]

Gracias Señor por tu amor por todos nosotros. Te entregas de tantas formas!!! Esta que nos llega al corazón y perdura para muchas generaciones más. Gracias por tus servidores Bernstein y Mozart

[@rangerista3933]

So peaceful and tranquil, heavenly in truth. Mozart's life was truly a gift for the ages.

[@marcocroci3504]

In memory of father my best friend Monika. I'm so devasted. 😭🥀🙏🏻. Everywhere you are, God had you in glory and bless you, Giacomo.

[@dawnlowenstein7277]

I NEVER TIRE OF THIS MUSICAL PIECE! I remember in my senior year in high school, I'd sung this song with a choir at a local school in 1976!

[@pedroa.cantero9449]

El primer arrebato místico lo tuve cumplidos los once años, una mañana de Junio, en la sala de canto del seminario menor de las Vistillas. Por unos instantes creíme en brazos de un ángel y, liberado de toda gravedad, devine pura trasparencia. Ensayábamos por entonces el Ave Verum Corpus de Mozart, que al entonarlo hizo crecer en mí la determinación de alcanzar algún día la santidad. Aún hoy, siento un estremecimiento al oír este motete y, si la santidad pasó de largo, quedo turbado por estos cuarenta y seis compases de entrañable sotto voce. En particular cuando surge aquel lejano “cuius latus perforatum unda fluxit et sanguine”, revivido en carne propia.

[@franberrocal2798]

Sobrecogedora historia

[@berto19557]

me llama la atención que alguien al que se le presupone un mínimo de cultura sea capaz de escribir como tu lo haces, y mas siendo várdulo. Tu antropología me parece muy pobre, el misticismo infantil lo puedo entender mas que nada por pertenecer a la cuerda de tenores, sea como sea este Ave Verum es una maravilla, pero no para hacerse esas pajas mentales. Saludos

[@user-px6zk8un3q]

@@berto19557 шо?

[@chriskozik2573]

@@berto19557 Yes, Ave Verum.. IS "wonderful"-literally >full of wonder! Yet why negate Pedro's mystical experience? If it enriches the music for him, and he chooses to share it with others online, what's wrong with that? It's, in effect, a profound compliment on the transcendent quality of this piece. And no one needs to be mystical to perceive that: Forgot everyone else and just take in the depth of spirit and mind conveyed by the great Leonard Bernstein.... Every fiber of his being was immersed in the beauty, subtlety and wonder of Mozart's shimmering gem. He was one with this masterpiece- and not merely as a great conductor joins with the music... even more, with the exquisite spirit it brings to us from above. So I say *more power to any/everyone who is touched especially deeply by Ave Verum...

[@javiceres]

Es el poder del verdadero arte.

[@stigekalder]

46 bars of immortal beauty

[@annamariavirdis6607]

❤❤❤

[@gordillolawfirm7430]

The tempo. The dynamics. The intonation. Exquisite. Thanks for posting and sharing.

[@karinwijnberg9489]

Sheer perfection...!!

[@matthiasw.1040]

This song was played on the funeral of my mother…so sad and so beautiful 🥲

[@juneclaire9113]

May she rest in Peace

[@subbotina7343]

Прекрасная музыка, величайший композитр и великолепный Бернштайн!!! Восхищаюсь исполнением!

[@loredanalicausi540]

Un esecuzione celestiale, non ci sono altre parole per esprimere così tanta bellezza.

[@mikenicholson3427]

Wow….simply Wow! Spine tingling piece brilliantly masterminded by a genius who knew how to draw out the very best from his amazing musicians! Rest in peace Leonard

[@eloisem3214]

Agree whole heartedly. Iv

[@lucielessard4429]

Oh que oui… pour le son, la direction, la profondeur, et la thématique spirituelle!

[@martinkunz7155]

The concert in the video was recorded in 1990 i think. The building is the church of my hometown. I was a kid back then and didn't care about classic music, but i just recognized the unique look of the church when i watched the video. 🙂

[@KevanWilliams]

Which church is this, may I ask?

[@heftic]

@@KevanWilliams Hello Kevan Williams, i think it's the Stiftsbasilika in Waldsassen in Eastern Germany. Greetings from Germany and a happy Christmas Time

[@michaelclark9762]

@@KevanWilliams Waldsassen, Stiftbasilika, April 1990

[@jean-pierrebastin5020]

​@@heftic k

[@berthamontesitos6543]

​@@heftic4:34 4:34

[@cianog6200]

Words cannot describe such beauty

[@ceoofperc5353]

"you got a hole in your left wing!" that does it

[@user-qg1vc1fs8l]

It was so beautiful seeing him directing this one of the saddest deepest gut-wrenching songs of the entire world

[@francamicai501]

Che armonia meravigliosa... In Paradiso la canteremo per sempre ❤️

[@pablodemendoza5058]

Vedremo veramente il corpo glorioso di nostro Signire ❤

[@adrimellet3964]

YES!!!!!

[@HermesOolong]

A divine piece from Mozart

[@jean-sebastiencoulomb7089]

tout à fait d'accord avec vous

[@saus2818]

Tuve el placer de cantar esto en un coro, sin duda una de las piezas más hermosas compuestas por mozart

[@juneclaire9113]

Congratulations! Wow!

[@JoseRomero-kj2hh]

Dios que interpretación más impecable!!!!, la orquesta magnifica, el coro, sin palabras, y el maestro Bernstein, como siempre, genial. Me encanta esta composición del Genio de los Genios. Qué obra tan magnific. Sólo un alma grande y especial, puede crear algo tan increiblemente emocionante y mágico, capaz te hacer sentir mil sensaciones a la vez, en mi caso, no alcanzo a describirlo con palabras. Gracias por compartir esta obra de arte.

[@LilianaFurlanetto-lq9dd]

Non servono le parole.,,.bìsogna solo ascoltare

[@alfredotamez7741]

Muy cierto, Para nosotoros los conocedores esta obra es magica, sublime. Es como escuchaer el aliento de Dios mismo a traves de Mozart.

[@Carlosviolinist]

Así debe de oírse la entrada al cielo!!!🙏🏻😌😇

[@juneclaire9113]

❤😂🙏🏽true!

[@loretahaller7416]

Jedes mal muss ich weinen,so bewegend ist das....

[@angelacamargobernal7993]

Realmente la única medicina para la salud mental y del alma, la paz que se siente es indescriptible

[@mauriciohinojosa151]

Wonderful, emotional, perfect. Classical music gives us the opportunity to experience such perfection that it connects us with God. It's the message, the music, the sound, this awesome version, wow!! Maravillosa, emotiva, perfecta. La música clásica nos da la oportunidad de experimentar tal perfección que nos conecta con Dios. Es el mensaje, la música, el sonido, esta increíble versión, ¡guau!

[@pensare]

Dio in terra e nulla più. E pensare che qualche mese dopo morì. Cosa dire. La sua immortalità è reale.

[@salstiha]

❤❤❤

[@marilenamarchesi6647]

❤

[@marializarraga4049]

Da gusto ESCUCHAR este CORO DE ÁNGELES 😇😇😇🔥🙏🙏🙏

[@massimobernuzzi2594]

Il miracolo che Dio volle far nascere a Salisburgo

[@jean-sebastiencoulomb7089]

ça c'est bien vrai

[@tudseborg]

I'm practicing this beautiful piece of music with my choir right now. Looking forward to singing it in the local church this Easter

[@Oscopo]

How did the performance go?

[@JulianusVarius]

How did it go buddy?

[@mumcabs]

You're so very lucky to have that talent. My brother played and sang in the choir every Sunday Mass in Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral . I'm dying to play piano and I know I have a gift but I'm self conscious to learn!

[@RF23232]

Was ist good? 😅

[@tudsemor]

@@RF23232 of course ! 😉

[@zulaimacoromotourbinaferrer]

Sublime.... hasta las lágrimas... gracias Dios los bendiga 🙏

[@evaschmid1919]

Heavenly peace in music🙏💝

[@bode7164]

The most beautiful piece of music ever.

[@GjaP_242]

Ave verum corpus. Hail thou living Body. 2:26

[@GjaP_242]

As conductor, as composer, and as mass-media music educator, Bernstein made Western art music more than accessible: He made it understandable. And at the root of this understanding was his idea of faith. [Intellectual Takeout]

[@GjaP_242]

Leonard Bernstein is one of the greatest figures of the American 20th century music scene. 1:01

[@GjaP_242]

A charismatic conductor and brilliant composer, Bernstein wrote many great works from operas and ballets to symphonies, that are still well-loved and much-performed to this day. [Classic FM]

[@GjaP_242]

In crucis pro homine. 1:23

[@therandomroadnottaken8372]

This music existed as a floating cherub in the realms of heaven and took a Mozart to bind it down to earth.

[@juneclaire9113]

😊amen!

[@coltbolt6193]

When the war thunder ol' days hits

[@jean-francoisleconte529]

Ave verum magnifique morceaux superbement interpréter bravos a tout les choristes et le chef merci pour se morceaux

[@lizwilson5814]

Such music changes us forever.Thanks be jto God.

[@jean-sebastiencoulomb7089]

Dieu merci je crois en toi

[@hardmanhutapea9430]

Ave Verum Corpus yang terbaik, setiap didengarkan selalu semakin menarik ... sampai kedalam jiwa .... thanks

[@Con_R_de_Ro]

El próximo día 23 de este mes la cantaré con mi coro en el primer concierto de Cuaresma. Se me ponen los vellos de punta al oír esta pieza 👌🏼Ojalá nos salga muy bien 🙏🏼

[@asuncionrobles5153]

❤ Absoluta emoción. La he vivido varias veces, cantando en coro y sentida en funerales de familiares próximos. MOZART , SIEMPRE !!!...

[@Lilly6982]

C'est magnifique !

[@johnetherington782]

It amazes me that one composer could write such sublime music. I have just listened to the Adagio from his 23rd Piano Concerto and have been equally moved; it's such a tragedy that Mozart died so young - I wonder what else he could have written had he had a longer life? And then to die a pauper - so sad

[@thomasromano9321]

Mozart died young, but thirty-five was life expectancy in 1791.

[@reginagargan2543]

Absolutely sublime 👌

[@amyexner]

My dad’s favourite Ave Maria…beautiful; Dankeschön mein lieber Papa.

[@smb925]

Absolutely the best version, exquisite tempo and dynamics

[@judyparrish9094]

Just sang this in our church choir in Latin. 🙏

[@florencecurrie7861]

Truly love watch Bernstein conduct. He died soon after.

[@adelinaclonts7004]

What a fabulous performance! One of the best I’ve ever seen or heard!!! Just beautiful! Bravo 👏🙏🏼🌹

[@teresa2610]

oo it´s so beautiful, and bernstein is a great conductor, i love him.

[@DanieleSantoro]

Deve essere una Emozione e un Privilegio grandissimo dirigere Mozart.❤

[@jean-sebastiencoulomb7089]

J'adore Mozart c'est grâce à Papa que je l'ai découvert

[@normavirginia1480]

Tinha mesmo que ser considerado um Gênio. Que composição belíssima! Angelical! Mosart! Mosart! Que Espírito Iluminado fostes aqui na Terra, quando composistes algo profundamente belo, sensível e Sublime. Fecho os olhos e vejo e sinto Anos.

[@rayyoshida7963]

I love you Mozart

[@jean-sebastiencoulomb7089]

Wolfgang je t'aime

[@hansschmalzle5085]

Einfach fantastisch!!

[@bingodeluxe]

The ideal of beauty, reached. Mozart knew the language of angels. Perfection.

[@user-yp4jn1wt2y]

Божественная Музыка!!! 🙏🙏🙏

[@charliebrannigan1275]

Sublime. "Beethoven created his music," Einstein once said, but " Mozart's music is so pure it seems to have been ever-present in the universe."(Einstein - His Life and Universe . Walter Isaacson p38 ) Leonard Bernstein pays homage to this mystical music

[@juneclaire9113]

Thank you for sharing this

[@samsilva3625]

Didn’t Bach once say that he is not creating music, merely writing down what he hears.

[@martineczernecki7281]

Merci à Mozart cette dublime interprétation qui apaise...🙏❤

[@jean-sebastiencoulomb7089]

Apaisement assuré je viens de perdre Manman quand j'écoute cette musique j'imagine que l'on transporte Manman vers Dieu Manman que Dieu te bénisse pour ta vie éternelle auprès de lui

[@opaulamorgan4265]

My favorite hymn!🙏

[@mananaparulua8539]

Божественно 🙏

[@martapoes]

bernsteins rendition is the only one that makes me cry

[@anahigiana6278]

Jesu Pie Jesu Dulcis Jesu Fillie Mariae❤❤❤

[@robertariello8322]

Canto corale bellissimo. Ascoltarlo è stupendo. Anche quando lo cantiamo col coro è unico. Esecuzione meravigliosa! ❤

[@maricarmensalaslopez846]

Precioso yo lo cantaba con el coro en la cátedra. de Jaén en la novena de nuestro padre Jesús. Ya hace muchos años.

[@roserschoerrig1125]

Dankeschön 😢😊❤

[@jean-sebastiencoulomb7089]

Merci beaucoup

[@stephenstewart3774]

Absolutely delicious. Performed this in Munich, Prague and Salzburg and this recording shows me how good it can be., Perfection......

[@massimocavallina1882]

Una partecipazione visibile di Bernardino che anch'essa commuove con la musica- mi appare come una esecuzione perfetta- grazie, a tutti gli esecutori ed a Mozart, genio sublime-

[@msasg2011]

Maravilloso, celestial, que emoción ❤ grandiosa interpretación

[@jolitteakindoandengetani8891]

L'un de meilleur chœur de Mozart❤

[@ignaciocarbonell9549]

Outstanding version!!

[@user-lq2um4ij5t]

モーツァルトの曲の中で涙が出た曲です。 ありがとうございます。

[@user-uq3xp1lk5p]

Как же я люблю Моцарта!

[@PeterLarsen-ii5xr]

With love from Greenland🇬🇱💙❤

[@genevievefermanian3424]

Tout à fait sublime!!!!

[@masterofnone8400]

I want this played at my funeral

[@luisalopes4049]

Impossível ser indiferente!

[@relyloganovici7878]

MAGNIFIC!

[@herbotherbot7804]

Merveilleux. C’est tout.

[@jean-sebastiencoulomb7089]

Merveilleuse musique divine

[@josswindsor8288]

Espeluznante perfección lirismo celestialidad sacado de la mano de Dios prodigio absoluto Musical Amadeus único irrepetible compositor

[@juneclaire9113]

Poetically put, ahsante sana!

[@nicoleasdorion4437]

MAGNIFICIENCE 🌟⚜🌟❕ 🌟MAJESTUEUSEMENT CÉLESTE MAESTROS MOZART & BERNSTEIN🌟 POUR CE VOYAGE HORS SOL... HORS TEMPS ❕ ☝***🌈"""🌬👑🕊"""🔥🔥🔥

[@7lams7]

Tellement beau 🙏🏽😢

[@VictoriaSabelli]

If a jew can play this sacred Catholic piece about the true presence of Christ in bread and wine so beautifully and reverently,then there is hope that all of us may be redeemed in God's infinite love and compassion!

[@kostastopouzis7479]

Θεΐκέ Μότσαρτ... αυτή η υπέροχη ερμηνεία θα μείνει για πολύ καιρό αφού εμείς θα έχουμε φύγει.

[@fouadabiaad1298]

The most beautiful interpretation!

[@luisloya1120]

I absolutely adore this.❤

[@julsfen]

This made me Tanscend beyond this moment in time , to truly fell the Joy of God in my soul🙏

[@lluisafernandoguardia9721]

Maravilloso.

[@FlemmingFiol]

Time stands still when I listen to that. Thanks

[@eileendunn4362]

This makes me get goosebumps !! Absolute perfection❤

[@henrylazar1940]

A great rendition! Almost as good as when I sang it many years ago in St. Michaels Cathedral , Toronto. But memory can play tricks!

[@IAmaGlobalCitizen]

I needed to appreciate this today

[@hackerx9477]

Es ist wohl auch die grandiose Kulisse, die dieses musikalische Erlebnis unvergesslich macht.Maestro Bernstein hat es sichtlich genossen.

[@luiginacocco683]

Ogni volta che cantavo questo brano con il coro polifonico cui appartenevo mi venivano i brividi e mi emozionavo tantissimo. ❤

[@misscameroon8062]

Many thanks for the translations..

[@vocalcoachadonis]

Bravissimo!

[@1pen2booksyehuda7]

so beautiful!