Pater Noster Gloria (Our Father Gloria)
Pater Noster Gloria Sacred Grand Opera for Tenor, Soprano, Choir & Orchestra Style Instructions The opening Our Father should be brief, intimate, and emotionally overwhelming rather than long and literal. The Gloria must erupt like heaven itself opening: rolling choir, towering organ, hallelujahs, kyries, and radiant declarations of glory. The choir becomes the primary emotional force of the work. Mood: holy, romantic, ecstatic, cathedral-like, filled with divine love and light.
Pater Noster Gloria (Our Father Gloria)
Pater Noster Gloria Sacred Grand Opera for Tenor, Soprano, Choir & Orchestra Style Instructions The opening Our Father should be brief, intimate, and emotionally overwhelming rather than long and literal. The Gloria must erupt like heaven itself opening: rolling choir, towering organ, hallelujahs, kyries, and radiant declarations of glory. The choir becomes the primary emotional force of the work. Mood: holy, romantic, ecstatic, cathedral-like, filled with divine love and light.
Lyrics
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Opening — Quiet Organ & Strings
Tenor
Our Father…
Light of heaven…
Hold us in mercy tonight.
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Soprano
Lead every wandering soul
into the dawn of Your love.
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Together
For Thine is the kingdom…
the power…
and the glory…
Forever.
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Silence — Then Choir Erupts
Gloria
Choir
GLORIA!
GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
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Soprano
Like rivers of light
pouring through heaven—
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Tenor
Like stars awakened
inside the soul—
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Choir
Kyrie eleison!
Christe eleison!
Gloria! Gloria!
Holy and eternal!
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Massive Organ & Brass Rise
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Full Choir
Sing, all creation!
Lift every heart!
For love has conquered
the darkness of the world!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah forever!
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Final Cathedral Climax
Full Ensemble
GLORY TO GOD IN THE HIGHEST!
AND PEACE TO HIS PEOPLE ON EARTH!
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Choir
Amen!
Amen!
Amen!
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Finale
(Pipe organ, bells, choir, and full orchestra explode into radiant major chords as the soprano rises above the ensemble and the tenor answers beneath her in one final soaring declaration of glory.)