If I were to lose any of my senses, I would easily choose to lose sight first. For without hearing, I could never hear anything in the world as beautiful as this.
@Jeff Weber A wise choice. I once took an education class about disabililties and learned that the loss of hearing is far more isolating than the loss of sight.
this is song pulls literally every single one of my heart strings. i sang this with mine and 5 other choirs at Carnegie Hall two years ago and was on the verge of tears the whole time.
I was driving when I heard this for the first time. I had to pull over when Veni, Sancte Spiritus started because I was crying so hard. A choir that can do that for me...well....I'm in utter awe.
Proud to say Mr. Lauridsen is a Pacific NW composer. His music has been a great comfort. When my mother, a teacher in the Theology Dept at Seattle University, was forced into retirement after developing early onset Alzheimers, I setup a multi-loop music player of Lux Aeterna and other works. She truly loved listening to Lauridsen. I know the music gave her great joy in many stages of her final journey for which I am eternally grateful to the composer and performance artists.
To Mark Early . . . What a devoted and remarkably loving son you were and still are, Mr. Early! May God richly bless you for your kindness to your beloved mother. And as so many speak here of the tears this music brings, the joy that was mine reading of the depth of your kindness as your mom approached the end of her journey, brought tears of JOY trickling down my cheeks. I am also blessed to have two sons who remind me of you and your mother, who was indeed blessed by her loving son. God sees and He never fails to reward such extraordinary kindness. May you live daily with His abundant blessings!
I sang this in choir, and let me tell you I’m very grateful for this video cuz it is one of the only videos that accurately captures the beauty of this piece
This is a good one. However, since it was written for the Los Angeles Master Chorale and for the Conductor Paul Salamunovich, I consider that one to be the definitive performance.
@@donaldmalin1686 as someone just now learning about the piece, and looking on UA-cam specifically for recordings with clear distinguishable lyrics, I found this to be the best so far
I find inner peace every time I listen to Morten's work. As with Eric Whitacre's music everytime I hear this I feel like the doorway to heaven is open and we can hear what paradise will be like.
In 1995 I was walking with him and one of his students at USC. I TOLD HIM THAT I HAD JUST LISTENED TO HIS FRENCH MOTETES AND THEY REMINDED ME OF THE MUSIC OF Maurice Durufle. Morton was pleased and said. "Oh I hoped for that. Thank you so much" he seemed extatic with gladness to hear that.
Brings tears to my eyes. Movies can't do that to me anymore. I never thought modern music (this century) could do that to me either. Thank you.from the bottom of my heart.
I first gave this to my mother. My copy cracked and broke during a move from California too Chicago. My mother died and I didn't think that I would ever hear this again. I can not describe this.
This is my absolute favorite choir piece. Since I've sang it, every time I listen to it I remember being in the middle of the choir singing it. I just love this piece, for me it's the most gorgeous and epic piece I've heard, especially when your singing it. I could listen to it forever and never get bored. For me this piece is so beautiful that I literally can not come up with enough good words to describe it. I get the chills every time i hear it. I absolutely love this piece! this is one of the best performances of it that I have heard.
My lovely wife of 34 years died in 1999. At her request, the choir at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California sang Lux Aeterna at her funeral. There was not a dry eye in the entire congregation! Listening to this wonderful video brings back many precious memories!
Made for the approach of the final judgment. Trumpet at the end....and then the quiet merciful angels conducting us forward with our loving traditions.
I have always considered the Los Angeles Master Chorale to be the Standard for this piece.After all he teaches in LA st USC but this performance leaves me embarrassed and speechless. I cannot believe what I have heard. I didn't that this piece be improved on in performance. I'm so stunned and impressed. I have never been in heaven for three hours before but this performance put me there. Thank you so much.
Once when I was much younger during a camping trip I recall several friends and I lying under the night stars listening to Bruckner's 8th Symphony. I must do this again with Lux Aeterna. What a profound experience! Yes...hypnotizing!
@@edaddis5069 'myself' is probably the most appropriate substitution. And Bruckners 8th a most amazing and inspirational work, I probably have listened 200 times, extraordinary experience every exposure. And we must not leave out Mahler's 8th also, a towering work, the 'symphony of a thousand' I have heard on so many occasions.
I'm sure I'd be getting lumps in my throat and chills up and down my arms if I were to hear it live! Just the absolute best blending of voices and instruments - not enough words to describe the beauty of the piece.
A life in choral music and I did't know this work existed or its composer. I thought it was another of Eric Whitacre's works. Polyphony has done this and so has the Los Angeles Master Chior. It seems Lux Aeternae is its own genre. This is exquisite and yes, its from Antwerp. Has anyone heard Eric Whitacre's "Lux Arumque"? He and his Virtual Choir performed this at Eric's TED. This some of the toughest choral music to sing there is. Thank you all who made it possible.
Heard this (or at least most of it) for the first time on a public classical radio station - somewhat fuzzy due to less than ideal reception - thank God the station has a playlist so I could get the name of the piece and see if it's on UA-cam, and sure enough, it is! LOVE these types if choral pieces - VERY moving and beautiful! Makes the hairs on your arm raise just a little!
I would have said that Lauridsen is the heir apparent to Britten and Vaughan Williams. But after hearing Lux Aeterna I say he has birthed his own magnificent genre for the New Age.
I absolutely agree. The first time I listened to it I remarked to my friend who was with me that I had never heard this music-not this piece-rather, these sonorities, this power, this sound. I sang for the maestro Salamunovich for three years in college and NOTHING we did ever reached this for me.
I must say that this recording far surpasses that by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, because the sound of the latter has a ruinous reverberation that obliterates most of the detail. I knew from a performance by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir that the choral writing was exquisite, and this recording lets us hear everything clearly. What beauty!
The LA Master Chorale had better talent. The recording was done digitally so the original can always be remixed to lower the levels of the hall mics used in the performance space. The other inaugural performance was in Portland Oregon in the Spring of 1997, with (arguably) superb talent-- I recommend tracking that down.
This music is so very very beautiful and comforting but the commercials interrupting the concert are jarring, they would NEVER entice me to buy their product as I try to shut them off asap.
I quite like John Rutter. He's certainly written some pretty pieces and is immensely popular, of course. However, in terms of musical quality and interest, Lauridsen (and other composers like Eric Whiteacre) are just on another planet compared to Rutter.
Samuel Lickiss I agree. Extraordinarily beautiful and sublime. We sang this at Christmas two years ago and I still go back periodically to hear this wonderful performance.
Vocaal ensemble Cantando (choir) , La Passione (orchestra), Luc Anthonis (Conductor). Both choir and orchestra are from Belgium. Thanks for the nice reaction!
I loved it also, but I thought the O Nata Lux was a bit too fast. This is one of the best performances I've seen. I had the privilege of performing this piece in Canterbury Cathedral with my college choir. Needless to say, I had such a hard time trying not to cry...it was so surreal. Plus, the work is so exquisite, I cried during most rehearsals too! This work did (and does) something profound to me. Thanks for posting.
...as a Humanistic Atheist, I know that this work is explicitly Christian -- and specifically Catholic -- Meditation on The Nativity -- per Morton Lauridsen's own account of it's inspiration- & desired purpose. But Thankfully, he Unintentionally "Over-Shot His Target" -- to address directly EVERY Human Being who has Ever LOVED-, Experienced Painful LOSS-, and even so, has Allowed themselves to be Healed by LOVELY MEMORIES -- aided by such Movng Music as his"Lux Aeterna": "[Lauridsen] described his intentions: "I wanted this piece to resonate immediately and deeply into the core of the listener, to illumine through sound." He said that the work is meant as "a quiet song of profound inner joy", with music expressing both the mystery of the Incarnation and Mary's tenderness for her child."
Hi Mathew, I am part of a large civic chorus in Gainesville Florida( audition only) and we are will be singing this most sacred and gorgeous piece at 2 venues. Feburary 16-17 Matthew Gross
ann wood I am assuming that was Feb. 16-17 2014; I sure wish it was 2015, as I am planning to be in the area. Do you know of any other upcoming performances, preferably in the Southeast U.S. or Mid-Atlantic?
Lisa Countiss The Sarasota Ballet is staging Will Tuckett's ballet set to Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna this weekend (Nov. 21st and 22nd, 2014) at the Sarasota Opera House in Sarasota, FL. The music will be live, performed by the Sarasota Orchestra and Key Chorale.
This is a superb performance, but I cannot fathom how those stupid ads can just so thoughtlessly interrupt this beautiful piece with their crap advertising.
Beautiful sound! Can anyone explain why the Latin pronunciation is so different to what I’m accustomed to? Mainly the varying pronunciation of the vowel “e”
Would anyone know why the horns are sitting with Horn 2 on the left of Horn 1? It's usually the other way around. Are they listening to intonation from the lower end up for this piece?
That is where horns sit with a mostly string Orchestra and they as a whole are way in front of the arch. Horns need to have something to bounce the sound back since their bells face the rear. There is a whole altar and singers and a well placed railing which is not solid. (Horn player here)
@@jefferyrowley8873 Thanks for your reply. I play horn and have played with many types of orchestras but have never seen horn 1 to the right of horn 2. I played this piece a year ago and if I remember correctly, the conductor said Lauridsen's note was to have the horns in that non-traditional set up but we didn't like it so we sat with horn 1 to the left of horn 2 in the traditional way. But as we got into the rehearsals I felt like horn 2 probably should have been on the other side as recommended because that part and the trombone part should have been working together. Lots of crunchy chords in this piece! In this video horn 2 is sitting next to the trombone, which I think does make the best sense for this piece.
@@pascoitefics5806 The Made Without Hands icon means so much to me. And the high altar. For some groups, the church or cathedral sings along as an additional voice. Maybe that happened here. It happened when Tenebrae sang the Miserere at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter & Paul in Philadelphia. Nobody in the audience even breathed. We were all stunned into immobility by the beauty.
+William Ford maybe Morten Lauridsen wanted a quality of sound only the cello can provide. Yes the range looks apt for the viola but a cello has a different timbre in very high positions.
Beautiful version. However the bass section needed to be more confident when they started phrases. They seemed unsure then go flat because they're not confident and also makes it sound like a mistake that they're singing. Then the rest of the choir come in and it's fine, but some more work on the bass section's confidence would have made this a 10/10 performance.
Our choir toured this work in Italy, and I also found it a bit disconcerting...but, hey, you do what your director asks for. It is a simply stunning work to perform. I could do this once a month for the rest of my life and be in heaven.
GLORIOUS! The beauty and majesty of this music always "takes my mind into a better place!"
If I were to lose any of my senses, I would easily choose to lose sight first. For without hearing, I could never hear anything in the world as beautiful as this.
Jeff , what a beautiful thought. you have shined all beautiful music for me.
dunno, I'd've chosen smell... but you do you :)
@Jeff Weber A wise choice. I once took an education class about disabililties and learned that the loss of hearing is far more isolating than the loss of sight.
Ridiculous. You know you wouldn't choose to lose sight over hearing. Tell this to a blind person. Or a deaf person.
this is song pulls literally every single one of my heart strings. i sang this with mine and 5 other choirs at Carnegie Hall two years ago and was on the verge of tears the whole time.
An overwhelmingly exciting and beautiful performance in the best audiophile recording quality. Chapeau!
I was driving when I heard this for the first time. I had to pull over when Veni, Sancte Spiritus started because I was crying so hard. A choir that can do that for me...well....I'm in utter awe.
I was in a similar situation. I was working when this came on, and it just took my breath away. I had to put down my tools and listen.....
Écouter Lauridsen ou conduire, il faut choisir...Listen Lauridsen or drive, you have to choose ...
I love the LA Master Choral on this but I'm blown away right now.i don't even know who this is but I've been crying on LA and this is unbelievable
Ah, your comment brought tears to my eyes as well. This is such splendid music. The heavens just open up with these sounds.
Amen
Proud to say Mr. Lauridsen is a Pacific NW composer.
His music has been a great comfort. When my mother, a teacher in the Theology Dept at Seattle University, was forced into retirement after developing early onset Alzheimers, I setup a multi-loop music player of Lux Aeterna and other works. She truly loved listening to Lauridsen. I know the music gave her great joy in many stages of her final journey for which I am eternally grateful to the composer and performance artists.
Simply gorgeous!!!
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To Mark Early . . . What a devoted and remarkably loving son you were and still are, Mr. Early! May God richly bless you for your kindness to your beloved mother. And as so many speak here of the tears this music brings, the joy that was mine reading of the depth of your kindness as your mom approached the end of her journey, brought tears of JOY trickling down my cheeks. I am also blessed to have two sons who remind me of you and your mother, who was indeed blessed by her loving son. God sees and He never fails to reward such extraordinary kindness. May you live daily with His abundant blessings!
I sang this in choir, and let me tell you I’m very grateful for this video cuz it is one of the only videos that accurately captures the beauty of this piece
This is a good one. However, since it was written for the Los Angeles Master Chorale and for the Conductor Paul Salamunovich, I consider that one to be the definitive performance.
It’s a marvel to sing this!
@@donaldmalin1686 as someone just now learning about the piece, and looking on UA-cam specifically for recordings with clear distinguishable lyrics, I found this to be the best so far
Great performance of this wonderful piece of music
It's a complete travesty that this hasn't got more views. Absolutely beautiful rendition.
I find inner peace every time I listen to Morten's work. As with Eric Whitacre's music everytime I hear this I feel like the doorway to heaven is open and we can hear what paradise will be like.
You may not know that Morten Lauridsen was one of Eric's mentors.
In 1995 I was walking with him and one of his students at USC.
I TOLD HIM THAT I HAD JUST LISTENED TO HIS FRENCH MOTETES AND THEY REMINDED ME OF THE MUSIC OF Maurice Durufle. Morton was pleased and said. "Oh I hoped for that. Thank you so much" he seemed extatic with gladness to hear that.
I also believe Morton Lauridsen's music was inspired by the work of the French masters including Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure, and Maurice Durufle.
The only thing closer to heaven than hearing this piece is singing it!
Amen to that!
Brings tears to my eyes. Movies can't do that to me anymore. I never thought modern music (this century) could do that to me either. Thank you.from the bottom of my heart.
Getting back to basics and the heart of gregorian chant theems
as you... very surprised this was composed in our time, blew me away
I first gave this to my mother. My copy cracked and broke during a move from California too Chicago. My mother died and I didn't think that I would ever hear this again.
I can not describe this.
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This is my absolute favorite choir piece. Since I've sang it, every time I listen to it I remember being in the middle of the choir singing it. I just love this piece, for me it's the most gorgeous and epic piece I've heard, especially when your singing it. I could listen to it forever and never get bored. For me this piece is so beautiful that I literally can not come up with enough good words to describe it. I get the chills every time i hear it. I absolutely love this piece! this is one of the best performances of it that I have heard.
My lovely wife of 34 years died in 1999. At her request, the choir at Geneva Presbyterian Church in Laguna Woods, California sang Lux Aeterna at her funeral. There was not a dry eye in the entire congregation! Listening to this wonderful video brings back many precious memories!
The most wonderful, sweet music in the world!
7:07 2nd movt
11:00 3mvt
14:39 4th mvt
17:09 5th mvt
What a beautiful sound of this choir!!!!
We so need this music today.
in 2021 now more than ever
@@keiths1864 But less so than in 2020!
Made for the approach of the final judgment. Trumpet at the end....and then the quiet merciful angels conducting us forward with our loving traditions.
I recently sang this with my high school choir and tonight I needed to relax so I sang along while I painted my nails
Fantastic, Ava! You GO, girl! Brava!!!
I have always considered the Los Angeles Master Chorale to be the Standard for this piece.After all he teaches in LA st USC but this performance leaves me embarrassed and speechless. I cannot believe what I have heard. I didn't that this piece be improved on in performance. I'm so stunned and impressed. I have never been in heaven for three hours before but this performance put me there. Thank you so much.
How lovely -- a truly beautiful piece of Holy music.
Once when I was much younger during a camping trip I recall several friends and I lying under the night stars listening to Bruckner's 8th Symphony. I must do this again with Lux Aeterna. What a profound experience! Yes...hypnotizing!
I recall several friends and ME - not I
@@edaddis5069 'myself' is probably the most appropriate substitution. And Bruckners 8th a most amazing and inspirational work, I probably have listened 200 times, extraordinary experience every exposure. And we must not leave out Mahler's 8th also, a towering work, the 'symphony of a thousand' I have heard on so many occasions.
what a great enjoyment of life of young people in the forest singing choral music looking at the stars. Joyous
...Go Pound Sand... you PEDANT @@edaddis5069...
I'm quite certain that if I were to hear this live I would be a sopping puddle of emotion on the floor.
I had the pleasure of performing this piece in Duke Chapel with my choir, and let me say it was an experience I’ll never forget
I'm sure I'd be getting lumps in my throat and chills up and down my arms if I were to hear it live! Just the absolute best blending of voices and instruments - not enough words to describe the beauty of the piece.
Music such as this leaves me hopeful that Western Civilization isn't quiet dead yet, beautiful...
Lauridsen, you are a wizard. Thank you!
Very beautiful, amazing music!
Beautiful - this piece takes me along with it in a way that is so uplifting, gentle and full of peace. Lovely performance.
Just Wonderful,thank you for this posting. Tony Dial
Terrific performance - congrats to all taking part.
enjoy performing this magnificent piece...........there really are no words
A life in choral music and I did't know this work existed or its composer. I thought it was another of Eric Whitacre's works. Polyphony has done this and so has the Los Angeles Master Chior. It seems Lux Aeternae is its own genre. This is exquisite and yes, its from Antwerp. Has anyone heard Eric Whitacre's "Lux Arumque"? He and his Virtual Choir performed this at Eric's TED. This some of the toughest choral music to sing there is. Thank you all who made it possible.
I believe this type of music is ART!
...there's Absolutely NO QUESTION about that !!
Simplesmente sublime!
¡ felicidades a todos los integrantes de coro, cuerdas, alientos y director por la excelente interpretación ! gracias por compartir a ChoirsFan ! AMGD
Best version of this piece I have heard! Bravo
+Lisa Rothstein Thank you very much!!
Anthonis Luc
Beautiful! The balance of all parts vocal and instrumental are phenomenal in this performance
A beautifully presented piece by a phenomenal artist .
Phenomenal!!
Heard this (or at least most of it) for the first time on a public classical radio station - somewhat fuzzy due to less than ideal reception - thank God the station has a playlist so I could get the name of the piece and see if it's on UA-cam, and sure enough, it is! LOVE these types if choral pieces - VERY moving and beautiful! Makes the hairs on your arm raise just a little!
Me too, just today. The sad part is, I might lose that station due to gentrification...
Beautiful music. THank you for your hard work!
This is my favorite too & that's against stiff competition.
Beuatiful....... Congratulations Guys.... God Bless every body....
Don't forget the gals!
it's magnificent. this is used by last scene of "Angels and Demons".
I would have said that Lauridsen is the heir apparent to Britten and Vaughan Williams. But after hearing Lux Aeterna I say he has birthed his own magnificent genre for the New Age.
Interesting that you put Lauridsen, an American, with two British composers.
why?
You ought to hear the version of Magnum mysterium sung with the Britten Snfonia. It almost hurts to listen to it. So exquisite.
I absolutely agree. The first time I listened to it I remarked to my friend who was with me that I had never heard this music-not this piece-rather, these sonorities, this power, this sound. I sang for the maestro Salamunovich for three years in college and NOTHING we did ever reached this for me.
SO Beautiful , GOD BLESS
4:35 that moment is sublime.
I was expecting the Requiem for a Dream theme song. I was pleasantly surprised. Quite a beautiful song.
Matt Kenney GF Handel Messiah
Beautiful...
I'll be performing this in a couple of weeks. I do not know it. It is beautiful.
This is pretty bloody fantastic, Awesome stuff guys :0)
Don't forget the gals!
I'm just drawn to the conductor.
Beautiful!!!! Everything!!!👏
Morten Lauridsen is Professor of Music Composition at USC & lives in Los Angeles.
I believe Mr. Lauridsen grew up in Beaverton, Oregon, near Portland. He also goes up to Washington in the summers to compose on some island offshore.
I must say that this recording far surpasses that by the Los Angeles Master Chorale, because the sound of the latter has a ruinous reverberation that obliterates most of the detail. I knew from a performance by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir that the choral writing was exquisite, and this recording lets us hear everything clearly. What beauty!
❓I believe this is in Italy ...
@@jamescalifornia2964 This is Belgium - Antwerp
@@Cantilene1978 - Thanks 👌
The LA Master Chorale had better talent. The recording was done digitally so the original can always be remixed to lower the levels of the hall mics used in the performance space.
The other inaugural performance was in Portland Oregon in the Spring of 1997, with (arguably) superb talent-- I recommend tracking that down.
Remarkable performance!
We are performing it tonight in Escondido, CA Performing Arts Center if anyone is interested! (CCAE)
+Renee Damon am interested
I love O Magnum Mysterium and this is nearly as good!
fine singing and writing , the avant garde is as good as finished!!!!!!!!!
This performance is at Carolus Borromeuskerk in Antwerp.
Just heard this on NEPR.net aka WFCR-FM. Very enjoyable! The DJ said she was living in LA at the time and witnessed the premiere of this work.
Yes, with the L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra, It was amazing. Circa 1996, I was jogging Mulholland Drive when I originally heard this.
This music is so very very beautiful and comforting but the commercials interrupting the concert are jarring, they would NEVER entice me to buy their product as I try to shut them off asap.
I would rank Lauridsen with John Rutter as most significant choral composers working today. My personal opinion.
I totally agree with you!!....Both are my fav contemporary composers and I love all their works!!
I could not agree more! I incorporate both of these composers' works into my morning meditations. What a great way to start the day!
I quite like John Rutter. He's certainly written some pretty pieces and is immensely popular, of course. However, in terms of musical quality and interest, Lauridsen (and other composers like Eric Whiteacre) are just on another planet compared to Rutter.
Samuel Lickiss I agree. Extraordinarily beautiful and sublime. We sang this at Christmas two years ago and I still go back periodically to hear this wonderful performance.
Lauridsen, Whiteacre & Rutter.... All so amazingly beautiful, in their own ways. Check out Valentin Silvestrov - amazing stuff as well!
... Schön - einfach MORTEN LAURIDSON
Lauridsen
This is one of the top interpretations I have heard of this work. Who are the groups in this performance?
Vocaal ensemble Cantando (choir) , La Passione (orchestra), Luc Anthonis (Conductor).
Both choir and orchestra are from Belgium.
Thanks for the nice reaction!
You are welcome. My wife is playing violin on this work next weekend and I have sung it before.
I loved it also, but I thought the O Nata Lux was a bit too fast. This is one of the best performances I've seen. I had the privilege of performing this piece in Canterbury Cathedral with my college choir. Needless to say, I had such a hard time trying not to cry...it was so surreal. Plus, the work is so exquisite, I cried during most rehearsals too! This work did (and does) something profound to me. Thanks for posting.
I believe these are mostly musicians from the Royal Flemish Conservatory in Antwerp, Belgium where Luc Anthonis is Director of Choral Conducting.
I disagree about the speed of O Nata Lux: I thought it was just right.@@bellaroja1
...as a Humanistic Atheist, I know that this work is explicitly Christian -- and specifically Catholic -- Meditation on The Nativity -- per Morton Lauridsen's own account of it's inspiration- & desired purpose.
But Thankfully, he Unintentionally "Over-Shot His Target" -- to address directly EVERY Human Being who has Ever LOVED-, Experienced Painful LOSS-, and even so, has Allowed themselves to be Healed by LOVELY MEMORIES -- aided by such Movng Music as his"Lux Aeterna":
"[Lauridsen] described his intentions: "I wanted this piece to resonate immediately and deeply into the core of the listener, to illumine through sound." He said that the work is meant as "a quiet song of profound inner joy", with music expressing both the mystery of the Incarnation and Mary's tenderness for her child."
We are going to be doing this goreous piece of music for Gainesville and Ocala audiences!
Would love to know the details on that!
Hi Mathew, I am part of a large civic chorus in Gainesville Florida( audition only) and we are will be singing this most sacred and gorgeous piece at 2 venues. Feburary 16-17 Matthew Gross
ann wood I am assuming that was Feb. 16-17 2014; I sure wish it was 2015, as I am planning to be in the area. Do you know of any other upcoming performances, preferably in the Southeast U.S. or Mid-Atlantic?
Lisa Countiss The Sarasota Ballet is staging Will Tuckett's ballet set to Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna this weekend (Nov. 21st and 22nd, 2014) at the Sarasota Opera House in Sarasota, FL. The music will be live, performed by the Sarasota Orchestra and Key Chorale.
This holds a marvelous power
🎑🎴🎏🎀
This is a superb performance, but I cannot fathom how those stupid ads can just so thoughtlessly interrupt this beautiful piece with their crap advertising.
The Agnus Dei is a perfect ending to this marvelous piece.(See later note.)
I forgot the Lux, of course. But to me that is something of a postlude, following on the lyrical beauty and simplicity of the Agnus.
Serenity
Beautiful sound! Can anyone explain why the Latin pronunciation is so different to what I’m accustomed to? Mainly the varying pronunciation of the vowel “e”
Where are you from?
Would anyone know why the horns are sitting with Horn 2 on the left of Horn 1? It's usually the other way around. Are they listening to intonation from the lower end up for this piece?
That is where horns sit with a mostly string Orchestra and they as a whole are way in front of the arch. Horns need to have something to bounce the sound back since their bells face the rear. There is a whole altar and singers and a well placed railing which is not solid. (Horn player here)
@@jefferyrowley8873 Thanks for your reply. I play horn and have played with many types of orchestras but have never seen horn 1 to the right of horn 2. I played this piece a year ago and if I remember correctly, the conductor said Lauridsen's note was to have the horns in that non-traditional set up but we didn't like it so we sat with horn 1 to the left of horn 2 in the traditional way. But as we got into the rehearsals I felt like horn 2 probably should have been on the other side as recommended because that part and the trombone part should have been working together. Lots of crunchy chords in this piece! In this video horn 2 is sitting next to the trombone, which I think does make the best sense for this piece.
What is the name of this church please?
Sint Carolus Borromeus church in Antwerp - Belgium
Where is this location they're performing at ?
St. Carolus Borromeus church - Antwerp - Belgium!
Can someone tell me where this was performed?
St. Charles Borromeo Church in Antwerpen, Belguim.
@@pascoitefics5806 The Made Without Hands icon means so much to me. And the high altar. For some groups, the church or cathedral sings along as an additional voice. Maybe that happened here. It happened when Tenebrae sang the Miserere at the Cathedral of Sts. Peter & Paul in Philadelphia. Nobody in the audience even breathed. We were all stunned into immobility by the beauty.
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They couldn't electronically filter it out. It would have degraded the recording.
Today it would be easy to remove the shots with Izotope RX. Progress!
Heaven
Is this filmed in Antwerp?
Yes : Carolus Borromeuskerk
I wanted lux aeterna from requiem for a dream
What church? Thank you
+Dan Colageo Sint Carolus Borromeus - Antwerp - Belgium.
+Anthonis Luc Thank you, sir! Beautiful performance! My mother linked this to me; she recently sang "O Nata Lux" with a choir in Massachusetts, US.
Divine Watercolour.
Now, why wasn't that cello solo given to a viola?
William Ford Is the answer in the question?
+William Ford maybe Morten Lauridsen wanted a quality of sound only the cello can provide. Yes the range looks apt for the viola but a cello has a different timbre in very high positions.
What a piece! It would be performed in Carnegie Hall in 2015! ua-cam.com/video/ox3xFQvndmg/v-deo.html
Time stamps anyone?
They are pronouncing the Latin way different than I am used too... "Ree-qu-eeem" instead of "Reh-quee-ehm" ... interesting.
Agnus Dei
Carolus Borromeus?
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Beautiful version. However the bass section needed to be more confident when they started phrases. They seemed unsure then go flat because they're not confident and also makes it sound like a mistake that they're singing. Then the rest of the choir come in and it's fine, but some more work on the bass section's confidence would have made this a 10/10 performance.
REEEE - quieeeeeeem? [ri kwiiiiii 3m] ??? Who told them to do that pronunciation? Dang.
I did
Well, I'm sure you have your reasons for it but it just ain't my cup of tea. Jarring for the first syllable.
Our choir toured this work in Italy, and I also found it a bit disconcerting...but, hey, you do what your director asks for. It is a simply stunning work to perform. I could do this once a month for the rest of my life and be in heaven.
It's Germanic Latin rather than Vulgate.
Wij Vlamingen zijn toch zoooo bescheiden...nergens voor nodig!
lovely piece, but this kills the 2nd bass singer :(
+meliux I agree. Second bass here and we are rehearsing it now. Those high gs and fs are a killer!
meliux handles Messiah
This is what they made falsetto for...
Movie music. Nothing much more.
Fuck me... this is just too good
No thanks, I don't fancy you!
So eine schlechte Qualität - danke fürs aufhören.