The Singers - Agnus Dei - Samuel Barber

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  • Опубліковано 18 лис 2024

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  • @janlapczyk
    @janlapczyk 3 роки тому +12

    Go to a quiet room by yourself and lay down, because this sounds like God, trying to reach us, through His music. In this, the year of 2020, may we find a way to forgive others, live in peace and start anew in our lives without bitterness or fears.

    • @scottbernal3924
      @scottbernal3924 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you for your wonderful words of wisdom. May you be in good health and mind.

  • @UkeOne
    @UkeOne 3 місяці тому +1

    Absolutely lovely voices...such beautiful tone, balance and blend. Congratulations on a wonderful presentation. Barber would be pleased with your offering.

  • @StampOutTheStigma
    @StampOutTheStigma 7 років тому +55

    The orchestral version of this is quite a piece, but the choral version touches me in a way the other cannot. So serene and angelic.

    • @psycholinguist1
      @psycholinguist1 7 років тому +2

      Agreed.

    • @GeauxGirz
      @GeauxGirz 3 роки тому +3

      There is no instrument that will ever top the human voice -

    • @commontater24601
      @commontater24601 Рік тому

      The choral version is where the Adagio for Strings became fully realized.

  • @titanium9000
    @titanium9000 7 років тому +26

    Does anyone listen to this and not sit there in tears..? The voicing is so rich and stellar..

    • @ElTiano21
      @ElTiano21 4 роки тому +2

      dude! the goosebumps it gives me are insane! I'm not even a christian, they lyrics could easily be "Mary Had a Little Lamb" but the perfectly synchronized harmonies in this song leave me in tears, it's absolutely glorious.

    • @treyemory9725
      @treyemory9725 Рік тому

      no...lol

  • @tc5028
    @tc5028 3 роки тому +5

    Wow that was beautiful. It’s what I imagine heaven to sound like ☺️

  • @jerryzucchero5087
    @jerryzucchero5087 3 місяці тому +1

    I feel this in my chest and my eyes.

  • @ElTiano21
    @ElTiano21 4 роки тому +6

    I don't know what it is about this song, I'm not even a Christian, so the lyrics could be just about anything, but the way the harmonies work in this song leave me with goosebumps and tears. Samuel Barber's choral arrangements are an absolutely beautiful creation.

  • @robi-wo9mc
    @robi-wo9mc 6 років тому +13

    Until few days ago I didn't realize the beauty of choral music although I'm quite educated in all sorts of music, from ethnic to classical and jazz. But not in this one. So, few days ago my dear father died after long illness and I had to look for the appropriate music for the funeral procession. I knew Mozart's Requiem but that was it. And then I've found this masterpiece that I had known only in the orchestral version. And it has stricken me right in the heart. As well as Allegri's Miserere mei, Deus and Mozart's Ave verum Corpus. But Lacrimosa part from Mozart's Requiem is still my favourite. When I hear it, I'm unable to hold my tears. Even before, when I wasn't mourning. Those violins at the beginning realy hurt.

  • @vijayraj5757
    @vijayraj5757 7 років тому +16

    One of the most sublime pieces of music and a seminal statement of the sacrifice of the Lamb of God for the sins of the world. Kudos to the basso profundos.

  • @miriam8164
    @miriam8164 Рік тому +1

    I always get emotional when I listen to Agnus Dei.

  • @左巴-b8f
    @左巴-b8f Рік тому +1

    我在越南的邦美蜀出差,此时此刻,听巴伯的弦乐柔板羔羊颂,感人至深!

  • @rollsroyce7325
    @rollsroyce7325 2 роки тому +2

    It's beautiful and sad at the same time,,,thank you for the tears of joy 🥺🙏
    I'm listening some hip hop music all times, all days but this one is the exception.
    "A MASTERPIECE",,,"A JEWEL",,,,A SOUND OF ANGELS"
    I think, this is the sound of the Heaven when it's time for you and me to leave this world.

  • @robertramon6410
    @robertramon6410 6 років тому +20

    So much to like/love about this group. I've been watching as many performances as I can find on UA-cam and their consistency and excellence is remarkable. Balance, blend, dynamics and nuance are all there. This Agnus Dei is stunningly beautiful and moving, and they deliver phrase after phrase with precision and passion, hitting every emotional peak without over-singing and distorting the expression. It's a pleasure to see and hear a choral group singing with such fine technique and delivering the music so powerfully, essentially allowing the music and composers to speak/sing through them. You need an exceptional director and conductor to guide and shape this wonderful and expressive singing. Culloton is a standout, and he and his singers are a pleasure to watch and a treat to hear.

    • @commontater24601
      @commontater24601 4 місяці тому

      Dale did it better. Culloton fancies himself as inheriting the legacy of the Warland Singers, even intentionally crafting the choir name as such. He doesn't measure up though. He lacks subtlety and often comes off sterile and passionless. This recording only sounds as profound as it does due to Barber's brilliance.

  • @bonchance9241
    @bonchance9241 5 років тому +3

    Thankyou Choir Master & Choir
    Barber was Divinely Inspired to write such deeply spiritual & profoundly moving worship & adoration of our
    Lord Jesus Christ the Holy Lamb of GOD
    this performance is pure beauty
    tears were running down my face
    Thankyou LORD GOD ALMIGHTY for
    Your Tender Mercy & Loving kindness
    to us Your children.

  • @brandondavidcamp1792
    @brandondavidcamp1792 10 місяців тому +1

    this is outstanding. wow

  • @bonchance9241
    @bonchance9241 6 років тому +12

    its always disappointing to hear
    the noises of the people who
    cannot keep still or wait to tidy
    their possessions until AFTER
    this deeply Spiritual music is
    finished
    just astonishing.

  • @sergioperillo01
    @sergioperillo01 5 років тому +3

    Absolutely beautiful. Kudos from Brazil.

  • @cottylowry
    @cottylowry 7 років тому +8

    The Singers started a performance with this piece last year (2016 season). Truly astonishing.

  • @MarcusLeepapi
    @MarcusLeepapi 8 років тому +4

    Very very nice...Thank you so much for singer this song....I love it so much....

  • @aulavocal5573
    @aulavocal5573 Рік тому

    Que bonito! Que buenas y buenos sois! Un placer.

  • @pagbil
    @pagbil 8 років тому +19

    Bass 2 section rocks. Great job everyone!

  • @mattjohnson9962
    @mattjohnson9962 4 роки тому +1

    Dedicated to my brother, all the times we spent together and the struggle you went through.

  • @francisbroka9471
    @francisbroka9471 6 років тому +3

    Thanks, ladies and gentlemen, brilliant version...

  • @colettedunne9407
    @colettedunne9407 6 років тому +3

    So beautiful, thank you for sharing

  • @gonzalotomckowiack
    @gonzalotomckowiack 7 років тому +4

    I loved! Excellent work, greetings from Chile

  • @Elomere
    @Elomere 7 років тому +4

    oh this is really nice. good quality of individual voices

  • @paulcurnow9686
    @paulcurnow9686 2 роки тому

    Behold the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world.

  • @hysicdp
    @hysicdp 7 років тому +3

    love this

  • @Rocky-be7gy
    @Rocky-be7gy 3 роки тому

    This is so wonderful 😊🤩 I sang I choirs in am life time 2ed Bass and this is an emotional peace I just love it theses singers are just magnificent

  • @whiteschnauzerkayla8311
    @whiteschnauzerkayla8311 3 роки тому

    Thanks for posting this. Beautiful!

  • @dennisconfessor5696
    @dennisconfessor5696 8 років тому +3

    Esplêndido ! Estou estupefacto com essa maravilha de tamanha grandeza !

  • @rolandrodriguez3854
    @rolandrodriguez3854 6 місяців тому

    What beautiful peice. Well done in '24.

  • @valerieperret9350
    @valerieperret9350 3 роки тому

    Beautiful music!!!

  • @SummerSideOfLife
    @SummerSideOfLife 3 місяці тому

    After a minute and some change. Had to try and figure out which one was hitting the high note. had to re-watch it again. Then I seem her. She can hit that note with ease. Good job kids.

  • @stormtrooper3700
    @stormtrooper3700 5 років тому +1

    Brilliant just sheer brilliant

  •  6 років тому +3

    Simply hair-rising!

  • @zacharylavender1568
    @zacharylavender1568 6 років тому +2

    Lovely!

  • @mysticpoet2012
    @mysticpoet2012 5 років тому +1

    pure bliss!

  • @bonchance9241
    @bonchance9241 5 років тому +1

    Our LORD JESUS CHRIST knew what He
    must do......the terrible Suffering & Torture
    He must go through to pay for our Sin
    words cannot describe GOD's Love for
    us & the Love of Our LORD JESUS CHRIST
    for us....Repent Watch Pray

  • @LucienMarine
    @LucienMarine Рік тому

    Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei is a choral arrangement of his timeless work, Adagio for Strings. Barber put the Latin words of the liturgical Agnus Dei to his original 1936 work. The score calling for a mixed choir and optional accompaniment was written in 1967. The composer set religious words to this theme after reflecting for some time on how the Adagio for Strings was taken by the public and critics. After seeing how people associated his music with mourning and passion, Barber wanted to add a spiritual twist to this famous theme. Marked up similarly to the original, the slow introduction of the voices at the beginning prepares the chapter for the rest of the piece. Barber uses the words of Agnus Dei to dictate which intonations should be set to what voicings from the original. Initially it is the voice soprano who take the lead with the melody, but later on some of the other voices take the reigns of the melody. The repetition of the phrase « Agnus Dei » is significant as it shows what Barber was wanting from this arrangement. The haunting atmosphere of Agnus Dei has a similar effect to Adagio for Strings, with both using sustained lines and slow-moving melodies to create the desired effect. Although perhaps not as famous that the instrumental work, Agnus Dei is however popular in the register of choral music, with a number of futuristic vocal recordings of the work. Music is a beautiful refuge against the imperfection of the world. To Marie-Jeanne. *Lucien*

  • @danielgermanflores7693
    @danielgermanflores7693 2 роки тому

    increíble! 🥰

  • @martinwatson4398
    @martinwatson4398 6 років тому +1

    Amazing

  • @thevailchorale
    @thevailchorale 8 років тому +9

    goose bumps!

  • @jeanfrancoisgidon8001
    @jeanfrancoisgidon8001 2 роки тому

    Merveilleux chant chorale que je rêve de chanter.

  • @-LoriAnn
    @-LoriAnn 10 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @lauraderoeck4464
    @lauraderoeck4464 7 років тому

    Gewoon prachtig !! Kippenvel !

  • @heidiinthehollyhocks8995
    @heidiinthehollyhocks8995 5 років тому +1

    👏

  • @leiacassia2835
    @leiacassia2835 8 місяців тому

    Agnus Dei,
    Qui tollis peccata mundi,
    Miserere nobis.

    Agnus Dei,
    Qui tollis peccata mundi,
    Miserere nobis.

    Agnus Dei,
    Qui tollis peccata mundi,
    Dona nobis pacem.

  • @ahmetozbas3879
    @ahmetozbas3879 7 років тому +2

    The Sign...

  • @paulordeb
    @paulordeb 4 роки тому +2

    Basses!

  • @2012rasec
    @2012rasec Рік тому

    5:40 divino!

  • @bonchance9241
    @bonchance9241 6 років тому +2

    the racket coughing snapping shutting
    shuffling turning of pages in boredom ?
    coming from the audience
    spoils this otherwise
    sublimely exquisite performance

  • @josephososkie3029
    @josephososkie3029 Рік тому

    For me, the litmus test has always been how long does the choir hold "Pacem". Grief has most often presented this big bucket of unsorted, raw emotion in the first stage. Which seems to go on forever. When they curb "pacem " too soon they may be neat, but they lose the immense opportunity. I give this rendition a B.

  • @Timebomb787
    @Timebomb787 4 роки тому +1

    Kharak is burning...

    • @Anvilshock
      @Anvilshock 4 роки тому

      There’s nothing left for us here. Let’s go.

  • @thomasdohman7370
    @thomasdohman7370 4 роки тому

    The note or pitch is correct at 1:32 but all voices are not the same as some are lighter in their sound and some more dramatic. Chill-out man.

  • @xshelwynx
    @xshelwynx 4 роки тому

    It's not bad but they just don't have the experience yet. A lot of their members look a bit younger than I'd expect. Maybe in another town or fifteen years.

    • @avadakedavra9500
      @avadakedavra9500 4 роки тому +2

      Are you insane? This is GLORIOUS! Everything about the performance is excellent!

  • @bonchance9241
    @bonchance9241 6 років тому +2

    the racket coughing snapping shutting
    shuffling turning of pages in boredom ?
    coming from the audience
    spoils this otherwise
    sublimely exquisite performance.
    farm animals would have been
    quieter .

  • @RussellChapman99
    @RussellChapman99 7 років тому +1

    In this world the devil has the best music, as demonstrated here. Created for a church that is totally oposite to the bible

    • @subitarionutgard2803
      @subitarionutgard2803 7 років тому +1

      Please, explain.

    • @psycholinguist1
      @psycholinguist1 7 років тому +9

      He means the Roman Catholic Church. He is obviously a Fundamentalist Protestant Christian. I am an Atheist (worse than the RCC), but I am still capable of awe and wonder. This is a truly stupendous piece of music...and very difficult to sing. I end up crying every time!!!

    • @kevintrotter1048
      @kevintrotter1048 6 років тому

      Russell Chapman Esq. well said.. you nailed it

    • @scottbernal3924
      @scottbernal3924 3 роки тому +2

      Unfortunate that you can't enjoy this beautiful music and the power of the voices for what it is. I wish you peace and love from the Lord Jesus Christ.

    • @RussellChapman99
      @RussellChapman99 3 роки тому

      @@scottbernal3924 If only you took the time to really study the bible, and understand how far the Catholic church is away from what the word of God actually says. Best wishes to you.

  • @tjittekamminga5170
    @tjittekamminga5170 2 роки тому +1

    amazing