Bogoróditse Djévo (Arvo Pärt )

[ajjosh]

Beautiful!!!!! :)) It was in 2008 when I last heard of this song from a CD. I think it was from the Nordic Chamber Choir's album.

[FromHolbergsTime]

A beautiful performance!

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Glenn

[guibox3]

Everyone is saying this is too slow. I think this is the right speed and on my professional CD(I think Edward Higginbottom but I could be wrong), this is the speed they do it. Not one of my favorites from Part but still a fun tune.

[fgbowen]

@maianess - Yes I agree.

@natelsu - Yes.

To the choir - Great Job! Really well done. Great singing - Great directing.

Beautiful.

[GADAN4537]

top super 

[MrTonyInchpractice]

i think rhianna did it better

[EwanColdicott]

This is definitely Part's.

[maschab91]

@EwanColdicott: This is the one from Part, Rachmaninov´s version is slower.

[toxscreenisclean]

this is rachmaninov's not part's!

[peterwalki58]

good and nice

[AKhomiakov]

Lovely. The director's a lively fellow. Almost takes off and flies.

[pokemon989359]

just performed this like an hour ago...this is slowwwww

[godalmightywtf]

A bit too slow, but still wonderful!

[law528]

This performance is poor on three accounts; Firstly listen to the opening phrase and then listen to the last couple of chords, they go over a semitone sharp!! Number 2, the singers sound bored and it doesn't sound like they know what they are singing about, and the whole performance lacks vitality of meaning; the texture sounds the same. Lastly, there is not nearly enough bass, or supported bass sound, listen to 0.25-0.28 tre-va-to..the semitones are all different pitches! Put feeling in it!

[CristiaanC]

@law528 you are right. They do go sharp. I didn't like this at all.

[Bakurathelimey]

@law528 Thanks, but we weren't bored, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience of creating music together. We tried our best and had a great time, that's all that matters.

[imwithoutwax]

@law528 You are musically deaf.

[faxflagrans]

beautiful

[morenarena]

bravissimi.

[susantash]

Beautifully sung, though I would have liked it just a little bit faster. Just a very little bit and I would have been magnificent, but other than that it's a real pleasure to hear this.

[zlotowlosapoetka]

I have sang it with a choir:) And I like it:)

[MorkaGraven]

Is that Toby Hills?

I love being able to pick out people in my home town.

[bluefire773]

I love this song. Back before I quit choir we used to sing this. (Grace Church Providence RI)

[Marech1984]

orthodox chant in spanish style

[raphael932011]

we just now sang this song for our fall concert at Cane Bay High School. overall we did good.

[nehpestthefirst]

That's incredible sound, especially considering the size of the group. The acoustics were also terrific; I'd love to see what that place sounds like in person.

Beautifully done.

[BartlomiejGlowczyk]

Has anybody music notes of this piece of art ??

[woosa246]

I remember being a part of this group when I was at Waimea, They have come a long way!

Well done Guys!

[alshamir]

i wonder how is the proper conducting here//

[maianess]

first time i've heard this piece, and i've got to say that the tempo seemed perfectly fine to me. tempo is relative, neh? very nice job. (and loving the ninja-esque costumes.)

[Macross100]

que son canantes o karatecas estos? jaajaj

[duboyous10]

They look like Ninjas.

SWEET!

[Capricornboy]

This must be of Part's earlier works.

[marodrey]

it's from 1990. In any catalog

[kudasango]

however, they are absolutely beautiful! their blend is MAGNIFICENT!

[kudasango]

gah! it's far too slow! it's only supposed to be about 45 seconds long

[kavaldzhia]

This is a modern composed piece... it is as long as it has to be.... Rachmaninoff's "Bogoroditsa Devo..." is longer...

B. D. in Greek chant, tone 4 could can be sung in a shorter time frame.... - soborni regent-psalomschik [choir conductor-psalmist] in the Russian Orthodox Church.

[kudasango]

I was referring to this particular arrangement. The tempo was marked to be fast, and only about 45 seconds long. I understand that there are other, much longer, arrangements, but this one is supposed to be fast.

[darik60]

i think its alright.. i did it slightly faster though. =)

[kudasango]

oh yeah, it sounds great, they're blend is astounding, but it does need to go faster. But hey, they make it last longer XD

[kavaldzhia]

Thank you for explanation !

[kudasango]

:) anytime

[novokarpati]

Ah, I believe that this is Rachmaninoff, from his great Vespers. I have seen this done in a concert setting. One thing, this is NOT some wannabe tune, but a Chant of the Holy Orthodox Church, you stand for the whole of the worship. This is NOT to be criticized, but by the choir director, as pertains to the proper tone and cadence. For you of western sensibilities, you must needs be of a new mindset.

[ftbalz]

Arvo Part, actually. I did both Rach. and Part. at the same time, I loved them!

[orao85]

This is good performance

[galopper04]

it´s not good, it´s awesome.

[schrodes89]

faster plz much faster like as it's written! lol good job tho

[natelsu1]

Hey guys I hate to tell you, but tempo is relative. You have to account for accoustics and other such variables like age of the singers. Remember we are here to uplift music and musicians and not be sideline critics

[Skysays]

This is a really great version of this song, but there is one soprano who I can hear over everyone at some points, and it really throws off the entire thing for me.

[zaardele]

This song is grate, but not in this interpretation!

[katrinahater]

that was wonderful

the blend was amazing and the guys where fantastic...they even outshind the girls...they blended so well

[apollomwj]

yeah this song sounds so much cooler like double time.

[flyingpenguin390]

Very good! We just sang this at All-States, and it was about ten times faster haha.

[shadowfaxw]

a russian piece by an estonian composer, and a brilliant estonian composer at that.

[buckleee]

we're singing this song at Massachusetts allstate this year.....

the tenors have no breath support, and the altos in the beginning sound very flat and forced....this song is so much pretty also when the bass 2's are heard.

I was happy to find this though because it's the only version i've found of the Dyevo and not the Sergei of Bogoroditse

[Hannelore17]

Is this a Maori song?

[TCAngel18]

its russian, a tribute to the virgin mary

[choralbliss]

it's written by Arvo Paert in a Russian style, the piece itself is not Russian.

[bartsch18]

nicely done but what's with the sashes?

[jwiener]

yes! It is quite slow. I find this piece more effective a little faster.

[Ministerbush]

Nice song...However, I wonder why it's sung so slow.

[larishiny]

coqui!

[ruggerbruno]

beautiful...thanks.