Looking for help with a song

[Thomas C.]

Hey, folks, I've got this beautiful song stuck in my head:

http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/threeholies-hymns/hifi.m3u

it's the 6th track, entitled Who Is The Great Lord, and I think the language is liturgical Greek, but I may be wrong. I was wondering if anyone who understands the words would be so kind as to give me a translation of the lyrics because I keep returning to this song alot and want to appreciate it more deeply.

 

[choirfiend]

I cant tell you for certain because the chant is so elaborate and I don't speak Greek, but the melody and title you give make it sound like The Great Prokeimemon for Pascha, Pentecost, Nativity, and Sunday of Orthodoxy (1st Sunday of Lent).

Chantor: Who is so great a God as our God?
Thou are the God who does wonders!

Choir: repeats Who is so great...

Chantor: Thou has made Thy power know among the peoples; with Thine arm has Thou redeemed the people!

Choir repeats Who is so great...

Chantor: And I said: Now have I made a beginning; this change has been wrought by the right hand of the Most High

Choir: repeats Who is so great...

Chantor: I remembered the works of the Lord; for I will remember Thy wonders from the beginning

Choir repeats Who is so great...

Chantor: Who is so great a God as our God?

Choir: Thou are the God who does wonders!

The prokeimenon is a short antiphonal style segment of a Psalm which is executed in the above format before the Epistle reading in every Orthodox service.

 

[Dewi Sant]

Woah!
That is really hypnotic on my Windows Media player with the multicoloured visualisation.

Lovely, thanks for sharing with us

 

[Dewi Sant]

Turns out I wasn't listening to it.....for some reason, it opened WMP and carried on playing Ancient Faith Radio...which is playing beautiful chants at the moment....in greek.

 

[Unified in Christ]

If you're interested:

Christ is Risen
http://www.mytempdir.com/678423
Christ is Risen (Longer Version)
http://www.mytempdir.com/678433
The Angel Cried
http://www.mytempdir.com/678449
Stichera & Doxastikon of Pascha
http://www.mytempdir.com/678482
Those who are baptised in Christ
http://www.mytempdir.com/678504
Those who are baptised in Christ (chanted according to the Patriarchal ethos of Constantinople)
http://www.mytempdir.com/678553

 

[Thomas C.]

Thanks Choirfriend, Ramesses, and United in Christ, turns out the track is actually #7, my mistake, mystery of mysteries, Who is so great a God as our God?

 

[Shubunkin]

I found those to be very nice to listen to. Thank you for the link.