Ave Maria (Franz Biebl) - Cornell University Glee Club

[ThyHoneyNut]

wow. tell everyone to sit down. how disrespectful.

[rayallensax]

we had to sing this in band (not joking) very beautiful. WAY better than my bands version 

[serjudan1]

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[emoClarinetist]

Beautiful!!!

[asadogg22]

wow.. this group is amazing!!! weren't they the original group to sing this before chanticleer??

[asadogg22]

@asadogg22 or, it looks like they weren't even really performing it, but practicing? either way, bravo!

[Maestro2500]

I was blessed enough to sing this song with Chanticleer as part of their first-ever National Youth Festival a few days ago...I was a member of the Honor Choir, so I had the honor of singing the trio part with Chanticleer members. I sang the countertenor alto, standing next to Adam Ward...this is such a beautiful song...and this performance is wonderful. It truly does the song an awe-inspiring amount of justice. Bravo, bravo, bravo. It gave me chills.

[chilidan]

This is a beautiful song and a gorgeous performance. They do go up a half step, but that happens sometimes in a live performance. Makes it a little tough on the 1st tenors, but they handled it well. Congratulations and bravo.

[ahkstuff]

@chilidan We actually sing this song in C#, rather than C

[jazzman5750]

@ahkstuff We did start in C#; we also end almost perfectly in D. And this is an excellent impromptu performance of one of our best songs. It's not a huge deal if it sharps a half step.

[garsmoke]

Impromptu concerts are part of CUGC history, I was on the Eastern European tour in 1971 and in Budapest we were forbidden to do a cathedral concert, so we did this piece in the "forbidden " cathedral while sightseeing, Old women cried and wanted to touch us as formal religious services are frowned upon, CUGC was the first American group to play in Hungary in over two years at that point in the Cold War. We packed the small concert hall we were given thanks to the local college student hosts

[Rupnath]

and last time I sang this was at IMC a couple years ago ... Michigan and Bowling Green and the other groups that were there actually stood up and sang from the third chorus on with us ... one of the most powerful experiences of my life

[Rupnath]

I'm a proud alum of the Rutgers Glee Club so I won't say anything too nice ... But that is a sound to be proud of ... I love hearing you guys sing, and greatly enjoyed your visits.

[roksaan]

This is beautiful...wish I could zoom in and see the action as well as hear the melodic ecstacy.

Aloha

[cugct2]

This epitomizes the Glee Club for me. If only we could've caught the truly spontaneous Danny Boy.

What amazing acoustics, and what a wonderful tour!

[redroxy2010]

one of those songs that you wouldnt mind being your last

[BrianFristensky]

It just figures. I'm on sabbatical in Australia, and to audition for a chorus I need to prepare a very short snippet of music, unaccompanied. I thought, the melodic line from Biebl's Ave Maria would stand on its own, and it has been burned into my brain since I sang with the Cornell Glee Glee Club in 1979.

But I'm away from home and don't have my CD collection. But here's the CU Glee Club, in China for gossakes, doing an impromptu performance. So typical. Well done fellows!

[fcarrano]

Wonderful version. I remember being on tour in Europe with the Yale Glee Club and singing this in random places--it's a phenomenal piece and the audiences would always be rapt.

[charlesjwalter]

Great acoustics at the Shanghai Arts Center. Wish I could see the Brahms. The Cornell Glee Club should upload more videos :).

[ahkstuff]

I just uploaded three videos from the return from tour concert from last week.

[unissonus]

@ahkstuff legal mas gostaria de comunicar ao maestro para não correr tanto com o andamento desta obra, visto que perde o caráter e a emoção de Franz Biebl. Bravo Coro!!

[unissonus]

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@charlesjwalter

legal mas gostaria de pedir ao maestro que não corra com a obra, pois sendo mais rápida perde um pouco do cacater e amoção. Bravo coro!

[Wallace1234567890]

Amar, you're doing a great job as a historian, as I see from the video description. Just wanted to add that we didn't perform this piece that night, which is why we sang it.

I'm usually picky about our own performances, like if I had to be picky, there'd be a couple spots I would comment on. But man, it was really fantastic.

Thanks for uploading!

P.S.: John R., "Can we buy this concert hall, Percy?"