The Choir of Breda Cathedral- Stanford- Magnificat in B-flat

[titussenlair]

Beautiful performance

Merci

Les Loupiots

[engelbertschoormans]

wie zit hier op deze video in?

[muzieknootjedoremi]

I an going to sing this with my choir and also the Nunc Dimitis. Now I' ve heard it, I'm pleased, because it is beautifull music. And this choir is singing good.

[pjdonagh]

2009 and Stanford is still going strong....like the ravens in the Tower of London.... when choirs stop singing Stanford then will the CofE be truly dead!!

mmmmm just a bit of exageration on my part perhaps but Stanford in all his guises has been a very large part of my Anglican worship over the years!!

[1401JSC]

Really good!

A point to watch is the continuity of sense:

- and my spirit hath rejoiced (breath) in God my saviour.

- for he hath regarded (breath) the lowliness of his handmaiden

- all generation (breath) shall call me blessed

- etc.

The muusic is often in two bar phrases for words that cover four bars.

[DruidTwilight]

Beautiful choir...lovely rendition..I prefer it to to the English sound..better than some versions from Kings College!!! Thanks for posting

[choirboyfromhell1]

They are really good and interesting to hear a choir sing English where it is a second language.

[Gspijkenisse]

Yeah, we pay attention at articulation.

Unlike americans who sing A-LAY-LIU-YAH..

discusting.

[muzieknootjedoremi]

Well I have heard Choirs from Rotterdam singing English and German and French in away it sounded as if the were singing Rotterdam language with an foreign accent. It is not the people or the country how a foreign language is sungen, it is how much attention the choirmaster gives to the pronunciation of it.

[engelbertschoormans]

@Gspijkenisse Hé, zeg dat niet, hier zit IK in!!

[DarthDigger]

I agree, I sung this piece about 2 hours ago in church (tenor because my voice has broken damn!

[lustful2]

less of the Choral bitching please ! Give credit where it is due. What a joy to hear youngsters sing Stanford.

[landinglight]

You have to love the wee boy who can't stop yawning! Especially at 2:30ish

I don't suppose you also have the Nunc Dimitis?

[mohaa909]

yes we do, we sing several magnificats and nunc and especially from stanford (like in Amajor, b-flat and Cmajor)

[3NUNS]

Pardon my ignorance, for where is Breda ?

[DonRaphel]

Breda is a city in the south of The Netherlands, counting 170.000 people. According to Dutch standards it's a big city.

[3NUNS]

Thanks Don. Is that the Scots, or the Spanish, Don, Don?

[hiroshi2020]

@DonRaphel

They are blessed to have such a BEAUTIFUL choir!

[bmcln1]

I think this a very fine, straightforward rendering of what after is a slice of liturgy, not a cantata. I love the fuller "continental" chesty sound of the boys' voices, more enthusiastic than the purer choral sound of English cathedral choirboys. Occasional problems with recorded sound quality.

[chachacha13579]

hmm... not my favourite recording. they're sing off the sound not the conductor, but they have a nice tone. it might improve it they sing from memory.

[emobian]

its a bit slow dnt u think

[DonRaphel]

Yes, you are right. The alto parts in our choir are sung by boy altos and counter-tenors. We have about 8 boy altos and 4 counter tenors.

[EvelynCor]

I like that :) just a question: the boys also sing the alto parts, don't they?

[chachacha13579]

soprano too.

[derford85]

its a little slower than i used to sing it when i was a choirister! I love the Nunc from this setting!!! good performance though!

[gadge1984]

Do you know Stanford in C at all? We used to sing that in college all the time and I got bored of it ;-) I'm doing B flat with my own church choir in September hopefully :-) Excllent performance by the way!!

[gadge1984]

The Nunc is only for TB until the gloria, which is for SATB. The arpeggios are in Stanford in G aren't they?

[DonRaphel]

Stanford in G the Mag is for Treble Solo and choir and has the arpeggios, indeed. The Nunc is for Bariton solo and choir.

[gazapc]

very good, Stanford in Bb is one of my favourites(Stanford In A being my fave). Have you sung the nunc dimittis of this? A few comments, it feels a little slow but their english is very very good.

[DonRaphel]

Thank you for your reaction. We also sing the Nunc Dimittis of this, in services. As I remember it's only for tenor and base, but also very beautiful. When you say we perform it too slow, I agree, but that's a choise from our master of music I think.;-)

[jibberjabber]

we're doing stanford in A right now! im going ot sing the solo tenor part in westminster abbey!!!

woop

[gazapc]

cool, funny enough we also sang Stanford in A at Westminster abbey! If i remember correctly there are 2 versions of Stanford in A? your doing the other in A as i can't remember any tenor solos unless my memorys gone, we do the one that is only 8 part in the gloria and with that massive scale in the organ part at the beginning?

[jibberjabber]

yeah, that one...it has a short solo for SATB...im content enough with ANYTHING at westminster though!

[gazapc]

o right, we must just do them full. Good luck in the solo!

[law7988]

I really like Stanford in Bb. Thanks for posting this. Their singing in English is very good.

[joeyboi87]

is there not arpeggios in the organ part of the stanford b flat magnificat or am i thinking of something else??