Dear Friends! This is a new performance of our beloved Sure on this Shining Night by Morten Lauridsen: ua-cam.com/video/Z1RD5SQ3wEc/v-deo.html. This time we performed the piece with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra. Enjoy!
I just wish that the many many youtube versions would acknowledge the work of James Agee. Some people might comfort from his sort of autobiography A Death In The Family.
No, our choir - Bel Canto Choir Vilnius - is an amateur choir. However, its singers have an extensive singing experience. To find our more about the Choir, please visit us at chorasbelcanto.lt
Yes .this is definitely a different cast of people added ...and a different performance...than the one shown before from this creator...just saying...it's still Devine .. and it is still. straight from God.!!
very nice sound. I love your overall blend,musicality and interpretation. I wondered where your choir hailed from. Certain vowels sounded like you were not "english" speaking. Not bad ,just enough for a choral nerd to hear.
please rejoice at the fact that this country gained its self-declared independence in 1990. Until then the population spoke only Russian and very rarely Lithuanian.( edit: ..and very rarely English !!) So what you see here are the children of independence. I think they are doing absolutelty phantastic, the transparency of the sound in the enormous room is well recorded !!
6 years late, but I had the same thought. It’s really interesting as an English speaker to hear people for whole English is not their first language singing in English. Gives me a good perspective on how I might sound singing in another language to a native speaker of that language.
Sure on this shining night Of star made shadows round, Kindness must watch for me This side the ground. The late year lies down the north. All is healed, all is health. High summer holds the earth. Hearts all whole. Sure on this shining night I weep for wonder wand'ring far alone Of shadows on the stars. James Agee
What a truly splendid choir this is. I am ashamed to say I never knew the piece until tonight and to hear it for the first time performed so professionally and sensitively is a revelation. Thank you.
Have been listening to your work for a year or so, and there is no doubt, you are the best sounding choir I have heard in person or electronically. It is easy for some to be critics, but the intricate vocal blends says to me "talent, genius, and hard, hard work". Please find a way to the USA some day. You will be a great success.
The best interpretation of this music. I can't have enough. It's inspiring. I always pay attention to the face of the singers while singing and in this choir, they sing through their hearts.
This choir could improve tenfold by memorizing their music and kicking out any member who sings vabrato or flat. Vabrato is NOT meant in a choir. EVER. Other than that it was pretty good. Keep up the good work.
Beautiful!
Dear Friends! This is a new performance of our beloved Sure on this Shining Night by Morten Lauridsen: ua-cam.com/video/Z1RD5SQ3wEc/v-deo.html. This time we performed the piece with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra. Enjoy!
I just wish that the many many youtube versions would acknowledge the work of James Agee. Some people might comfort from his sort of autobiography A Death In The Family.
This choir does great credit to James Agee, the poet, and Morten Lauridsen composer. They sing everything with such emotional intensity. I love it.
No, our choir - Bel Canto Choir Vilnius - is an amateur choir. However, its singers have an extensive singing experience. To find our more about the Choir, please visit us at chorasbelcanto.lt
OMG SO beautiful !!! Christmas greetings from a 2nd generation Landsman here in the U.S. Thank you !!
Yes .this is definitely a different cast of people added ...and a different performance...than the one shown before from this creator...just saying...it's still Devine .. and it is still. straight from God.!!
very nice sound. I love your overall blend,musicality and interpretation. I wondered where your choir hailed from. Certain vowels sounded like you were not "english" speaking. Not bad ,just enough for a choral nerd to hear.
+BassoReichert We are Bel Canto Choir Vilnius from Vilnius, Lithuania. You can learn about us on our web site at www.chorasbelcanto.lt
please rejoice at the fact that this country gained its self-declared independence in 1990. Until then the population spoke only Russian and very rarely Lithuanian.( edit: ..and very rarely English !!) So what you see here are the children of independence. I think they are doing absolutelty phantastic, the transparency of the sound in the enormous room is well recorded !!
6 years late, but I had the same thought. It’s really interesting as an English speaker to hear people for whole English is not their first language singing in English. Gives me a good perspective on how I might sound singing in another language to a native speaker of that language.
Хочу снова быть в составе Великого княжества Литовского вместе с этими людьми, которые всегда мне были симпатичны. Хор - брависсимо!
Not the same video..huh...portal different time line
Sure on this shining night
Of star made shadows round,
Kindness must watch for me
This side the ground.
The late year lies down the north.
All is healed, all is health.
High summer holds the earth.
Hearts all whole.
Sure on this shining night I weep for wonder wand'ring far
alone
Of shadows on the stars.
James Agee
I have played this over and over. So soothing.
Thank you for your kind words! We will find our way to the US one day:).
The heavens will be ringing listening to this glorious song.Congratulations everybody including the pianist.
Halo - Perfection! Sounds like PURE LEGIONS OF ANGELS ON EARTH!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Divine Love & HOly Kisses!
Sandra,
AngelsAtGodCentralStation, Inc.
Thank you, dear Sandra! We are happy you liked it!
What a truly splendid choir this is. I am ashamed to say I never knew the piece until tonight and to hear it for the first time performed so professionally and sensitively is a revelation. Thank you.
sweetly and subtly overwhelmed,
This 3rd gen Landsman applauds you for your musicianship & polished delivery !!! LOVE IT !
how beautiful great pianist
Excellent!
Coro amador? Meus deus! Que belo trabalho!
Muy bueno Bello desde TRENQUE LAUQUEN hermosos coros
Cool!!!!
Silky feel - Bravo
I'm not afraid anymore because, now I know what heaven sounds like.
Thank you very much for your comments and advice!
A fine, moving performance. Well done. Thank you for making it available.
Adembenemend ontroerend. Knappe stap naar vergeestelijking van gevoelens.
Beautifully sung !!
Beautifully sung. Thank you.
Have been listening to your work for a year or so, and there is no doubt, you are the best sounding choir I have heard in person or electronically. It is easy for some to be critics, but the intricate vocal blends says to me "talent, genius, and hard, hard work". Please find a way to the USA some day. You will be a great success.
You have 100 to me!!!
a bit too slow. you can tell cuz the piano sounds more plodding than flowing. i know. i accompanied it.
That's really sweet, super nice, doesn't feel plodding to me at all! Where was it recorded? Best thing I've heard in a LONG time! Thank you!
It's a little slow. Not supposed to be a fast tempo, but trust me, I'm sure of this. It needs to flow. Too slow, no flow.
Tom McGee Dear Tom, it was recorded live at St. Catherine Church in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Dear Deborah, thank you very much for your remarks!
Wonderful.
Hermosooo!!!
Is it a Mortem Lauridsen song?
yes
Yes, it is Morten Lauridsen based on one of my favorite poems
The best interpretation of this music. I can't have enough. It's inspiring. I always pay attention to the face of the singers while singing and in this choir, they sing through their hearts.
Is this a professional choir where the members are paid?
This choir could improve tenfold by memorizing their music and kicking out any member who sings vabrato or flat. Vabrato is NOT meant in a choir. EVER. Other than that it was pretty good. Keep up the good work.
Elsa Mead that's a pretty ignorant comment..... Also its spelled "Vibrato". You should look up a Verdi chorus.
I think she was thinking of her vibrator. In any case it is the comment made by a non-musician "singer"
Elsa, get a grip darlin'
The choir is a good one, but the performance is too mechanical, without the ritardandi indicated by the composer in the fist two thirds of the piece.