Gordon, I was looking for a UA-cam of this piece to send to a friend whose son died earlier this week, and how nice to find this recording on your channel. We just did the Requiem including In Remembrance for our All Saints Tuesday. This is a lovely performance. Thanks for sharing.
Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die.
Beautifully performed. The only comment I have is regarding the spacing of the singers. There's no good reason to space your singers out on the risers. You want them to hear each other for intonation, volume, and plain old security.
There is good research showing that singers and audiences both have a distinct preference for a spread and mixed arrangement of singers over close spaced and sectional arrangements. As a director and chorister, I do too. It is certainly more demanding on the singers, and on the director too, but the payoff is inarguable. See journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/singing/article/viewFile/661/575 for an example of this research. Ms. Chiaravalloti has it precisely right.
This groups does not need to stand close together for security. They are secure! The singers are well balanced and the slow pace is haunting. We sing this piece tomorrow with our small Unitarian Universalist Church Ensemble.
Gordon, I was looking for a UA-cam of this piece to send to a friend whose son died earlier this week, and how nice to find this recording on your channel. We just did the Requiem including In Remembrance for our All Saints Tuesday. This is a lovely performance. Thanks for sharing.
Best recording I've seen. Gorgeous!
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow,
I am the sun on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there; I did not die.
I had no idea that the "Fort" had such a good program. Brovo!
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The poem dates from 1932 and is by Mary Elizabeth Frye
Beautifully performed. The only comment I have is regarding the spacing of the singers. There's no good reason to space your singers out on the risers. You want them to hear each other for intonation, volume, and plain old security.
There is good research showing that singers and audiences both have a distinct preference for a spread and mixed arrangement of singers over close spaced and sectional arrangements. As a director and chorister, I do too. It is certainly more demanding on the singers, and on the director too, but the payoff is inarguable. See journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/singing/article/viewFile/661/575 for an example of this research.
Ms. Chiaravalloti has it precisely right.
This groups does not need to stand close together for security. They are secure! The singers are well balanced and the slow pace is haunting. We sing this piece tomorrow with our small Unitarian Universalist Church Ensemble.