Can anyone help?
  • Chris Garton-Zavesky
    Posts: 6,902
    A personal friend posted this at his blog. Anyone with useful information may contact me or visit his blog: pblosser.blogspot.com

    This evening we went to beautiful St. Joseph's Church, Detroit, for their 7:00PM Tridentine High Mass for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and their lovely St. Joseph Cappella performed a setting of the Magnificat that I had never heard before with Frank Greenia as soloist. It was called, simply: "Magnificat - Madruga." I had never heard it before, but found it beautiful and I am wondering where I can find some more information about it, who composed it, what the significance of "Madruga" is in the title, etc. The only thing I could find on the Internet after a brief search was a performance of what seems to be the same arrangement in an audio recording on the MFVA website of the Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word (you have to scroll down to the very bottom of the website: it's the last entry listed). If anyone can furnish me with any additional information, I will owe him a debt of gratitude.
  • ronkrisman
    Posts: 1,388
    "Madruga" is a Spanish verb form which means "he/she gets up." But I imagine the word here is a typo, and it should read "Madurga." I'm not aware of a setting by the Spaniard, Joaquín Madurga, but it's a possibility.
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,694
    If the blogger is from Detroit he should go see Mike, the director, and ask for some info. Mike Semaan is a super knowledgable and friendly guy.

    If he's not from Detroit he should call the office or find Mike's email.

    Saint Joseph has a crazy choir library, including a ton of work by their previous music director.

    It is a fascinating and wonderful church that never stopped offering Mass in Latin (when they OF was introduced they offered it in Latin, English, and German on Sundays). The organ is a delight and the acoustics are fantastic.
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  • Liam
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gfh-qZM3TfM
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