Personally, I think it suits the piece to be taken a little slower, but that is just me! You know, Britten wrote this at sixteen, when he was sitting out of a sports lesson! Incredible... I'm barely sixteen and I can only sing it.
From The Bone Clocks a novel by David Mitchell: "In my idler moments, I do wonder what music I’ll hear as I lie dying, surrounded by a bevy of hot nurses. Nothing more exultant than “Hymn to the Virgin” occurs to me, but I worry that when the big moment arrives DJ Unconscious will launch me off on the back of that “Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)” and for once in my life I’ll have no redress. World, shut yer mouth, for one of the canon’s most glorious musical orgasms, on the “Cry”: I cry to thee, thou see to me, Lady pray thy Son for me …"
Britton, a super talent! This is an excellent example of his choral style. Always to the point and expectant or precise choral execution.
So amazingly beautiful performance, thx uploader!
Personally, I think it suits the piece to be taken a little slower, but that is just me! You know, Britten wrote this at sixteen, when he was sitting out of a sports lesson! Incredible... I'm barely sixteen and I can only sing it.
I guess you're about 21 now - do you still like Britten? 😊👍
Inspiring as we're singing it on Saturday with Teddington Choral Society
From The Bone Clocks a novel by David Mitchell: "In my idler moments, I do wonder what music I’ll hear as I lie dying, surrounded by a bevy of hot nurses. Nothing more exultant than “Hymn to the Virgin” occurs to me, but I worry that when the big moment arrives DJ Unconscious will launch me off on the back of that “Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)” and for once in my life I’ll have no redress. World, shut yer mouth, for one of the canon’s most glorious musical orgasms, on the “Cry”:
I cry to thee, thou see to me,
Lady pray thy Son for me …"
I come to this page after just reading that!
RIP Stephen Cleobury
amazing
I'm not too thrilled with the dynamics here, the crescendi sound forced.
I know someone in this :)
Is that the kid with glasses?
@@shepi_go god knows, I commented 6 years ago!
@@Thundernerd2aBird lmao I found his Facebook n insta. Grown become a handsome man 😉
at 2:00 whoever has the third sounds a quarter tone sharp to me. Intentional?
BrownBeast77 no, but you're rifht
Natural scale tuning?
I sang like Julie Andrews at this age.