Rutter Magnificat

[Linz031487]

From the 3:45 mark till the end, the song keeps getting better. It sounds a bit like a Disney movie to me, but I don't care; that part at 4:05 gets me every time. :)

[680stp]

A stunning, exciting, fantastic performance thanks to professional conductor,

orchestra, musicians, choristers. Congratulation BVC et al.

[Phiahall]

My choir are singing this at the min

[bachfreaky]

Great! I think Fredrik Sixtens Magnificat is another great piece.

Check him out as well!

[flyingbird1311]

just discovered Rutter´s music recently and I just love it!!! This one is one of my favourites.

[DiegoContu]

Très belle oeuvre, je n'en garde que de bons souvenirs de l'avoir chantée au Conservatoire royal de musique de Mons en 97...

[GDOBSSOR]

Beautiful!

[peterbiehl1]

was für eine geniale musik

[King666Slayer]

J'adore John Rutter, surtout l'utilisation de thèmes grégoriens. C'est assurément une oeuvre riche et intense pour les choeurs, dommage qu'on ne l'entende pas plus souvent!!! Huguette Tremblay, Québec.

[ewokmusic]

solid intro and UPLIFTING rhythmic beat...PRAISE THE LORD!!!

[gleitma]

Powerful music! Inspiring!

[happygirl4527]

i love this song!!! my high school choir sang this last year and we recorded it at sky walker studios! it was sooooo amazing!

[MegaAlexMD]

Master Excellent interpretation of this work. John Rutter's Magnificat is a beautiful work, you need to find the sentimental that Master John was able to give to this work. Wonder where I can find the Full Score? Or if possible if I can provide. Greetings from El Salvador.

[ThaNudels]

Das Intro davon wäre'n geiles Intro für Super Mari Galaxy 3. :)

[choirman57]

Absolutely amazing Chorus and Orchestra - beautiful balance as well. Great direction - It makes me want to hear more from this great choir and just think - YES, YOU ARE CANADIAN!!! Hmmm, I might just have to travel to your great province to hear you or better still - please come to Ontario on tour. Cheers.

[steelersfanhawaii]

Wow, Awesome, beautiful voices, great orchestal accompaniment, great conducting. John Rutter is NOT an easy composer to sing, especially with the huge volume of syncopation. BRAVO!!!!

[65renaissanceman]

@steelersfanhawaii That's an "is the pope catholic?" type of comment! In my choral society we are deeply divided as to whether we love or hate Rutter because of that.  Especially with the orchestra and the choir not even being on the same time signature on the opening "Magnificat"! It annoyed some but I loved the challenge when our choral society did it. Maybe it's because I can read music and many of the other members can't :) Actually I find some of his xmas carols a lot harder to do.

[brotherwilliamngofm]

Rutter is BRITISH: (Dr John Milford Rutter CBE (born 24 September 1945(1945-09-24)) is a British composer, conductor, editor, arranger and record producer... )

[Vitao7l]

I like this is song =D

[RayOtani]

I;ve never sung this wonderful piece but HAVE perfromed the Rutter Gloria twice. Very similar compositional devices and motifs to my ear! :)

[gfunk449]

Leave it to Canadians to do American music right.

[Sewermonger]

@gfunk449 John Rutter is British., therefore he does British music.

[65renaissanceman]

@gfunk449 There is nothing American or Canadian about this. John Rutter is an Englishman.

[RosyAfterglow]

Thank you!!!! I needed to hear this today...my birthday...and BEATAM!!!!!!!!! BEATAM ME DICENT!!!! IN DEO SALUTARI MEO!!!!!

[LordAroyeum]

My choir has a tendency to do songs that Bow valley does amazingly. first Faure's requiem, now this. strange, but cool

[faxflagrans]

zajebiste :D

[nanobot265]

Love this! were performing this in five days. Although I never was much of a fan of vibrato in a large choir....

[nanobot265]

Love this! were performing this in five days. Although I never was much of a fan of vibrato in a large choir....

[yukikoforevernoise]

fuckin' love this piece

[yinsama123]

it was fun singing this song in an america choir ^^

[youlims]

Great Performance! Great song! :)

[Jtotheuliuzz]

da war das christianeum aber schlechter...

[DONnaYR]

wow! john rutter!!!

[koreanboy92]

christianeum!

[Schoschoschoschonen]

:) jipiiie

der a chor war besser!

[athdDivision]

wir sind deutschlands größter schulchor und singen das:D

[peterbiehl1]

@athdDivision kann gar nicht sein, weil wir deutschlands größter schulchor sind

[LOVEFOREVERBLUE]

Love it.

[luv2sing323]

I performed this with my choir at Nashua High School South in NH. Loved it even though it almost destroyed us a few times!

[owenscool112411]

i also performed this song in high school at the all state choir event in new england.

[walkedtheviadolorosa]

He's not only a brilliant composer but a fabulous conductor as well

[Glanllyn]

Yes, John Rutter is a great conductor but the person in this video isn't him. Presumably the orchestra's resident conductor - He certainly knows the piece well though

[jamenforce]

héhé ! vraiment très beau, impressionnant !!

[CODlova]

were performing it sometime within the next 40 years!!

[VictorCarmonaG]

Está preciosa la música. Excelente interpretación. ¡Felicidades!

[espanacan]

es un buen video, la musica, el estilo, esa si que es la buena musica, el director de la orquesta, las voces, los vestuarios, no si que es un buen video

[themusicmaker32194]

i performed this with the saint louis archdiocesan choir

[djokdekok]

Jongens, ik ween niet hoe jullie het ervaren, maar ...ik word dood nerveuz van de dirigent ! hij maakt mij knetter gek , heel erg druk directie...hij stoort de musicie alleem maar,,,,

[niftynili]

Zeg dat wel ja... gewoon in 1en doen dit!

[elfidiuxmusic]

Está buenísimo la orquesta y el coro suenan muy bien me gustó mucho espero ver pronto la interpretación del coro de la USAC q lo presentó en Guatemala y fue impresionante su interpretación.

[Linz031487]

Just thought I'd let you know: I'm pretty sure this is the video my choir director had us listen to in class before we started learning the Magnificat. Definitely a great performance, and I love this piece!

[smiley001304]

we´ll perform it this evening!!!

[Seeedislife]

we did this magnificat today, and i really love it. the only thing i have to add: it would sound better if they had accented more the "gni" of "magnificat". we tried that, and it was great! (sorry for eventually english mistakes, i'm a german pupil^.^)

[moss1873]

my choir is singing this at our christmas concert. i really hope we do half as good as the people do in this video

[goodquestion93]

we are playing / singing this at commemoration on friday! a choir of about 250 people and the orchestra - hopefully it will sound good

[alkqn360amorderey]

me and the menomonee falls choir sang all the movements at carnegie hall we practiced all year then went to new york and prepared with john rutter for a week it was amazing

[SirrPurr1994]

Our church choir, a large one, sang this with a small professional orchestra...it was quite an undertaking, but it was beautiful... we didn't have Rutter to direct us, but our choir director had studied under him... we sang it for the public a few weeks before Christmas.

[aactionarray]

We will be performing the entire Rutter Magnificat and I can't give you enough praise for your chorale and orchestral performance. Well done Bow Valley!!!

[DemonChild409]

Hey Wow these people are amazing!!! Wow i wanted to see how a profesional sings this somg and they are amazing! They are so much better than what we are going to do! Yeah that's right this is soposidly a collage or higher ranked song? Well My choir teacher is as crazy as her collage proffessers and coliugs said that she was....We are doing it for our Highschool consert! Yes! Sounds of the season. (During Christmas!) So Yeah i will try and put us on youtube so you can see us ok? Cool!

[rmstheman]

my sister is  singing this song in her high school choir it sounds just as good they are amazing

[94martussia94]

ja to spiewalam kocham Magnificat <3<3<3<3 I love it i love it love it love it love it

[nivekclarinet]

i love this piece

[phoebem]

bravo :D

my choir is going to perform this as well this video inspired me to sing my best!!!

love the orchestra

[Szmeterlog]

This is so beautiful!

I was so looking forward to perform this with our choir. But I guess after Carmina Burana we had to do something....quiter.. so we'll do Vivaldi's Magnificat next year... hmm...

[boynextdoor108]

Wow...I sang this at Christmas with my university choir. We only performed it with an organist; it sounds cool with the full chamber orchestra

[TimeSignatureManiaq]

I saw the Fort Worth Symphony do Magnificat at Tarleton State...it was amazing.

[Solecit00]

:) !!!

[sarahemily20]

I preformed this at Carnegie Hall in 2002. John Rutter is an amazing conductor. Not only did he show great intensity and love for this piece, he also knew how to make it fun. I feel so blessed to have worked with him.

[malloryanne1221]

My choir is going this summer to New York to perform this (in Carnegie Hall with John Rutter)! We had our first rehearsal yersterday and I already love it!!!!!

[mariuszny]

June 29 and I am going to be there. :)

How about the rehersals right now?

[WebRider16]

I just performed this at Carnegie Hall, Nov. 25, 2007. John Rutter was the conductor. It was awesome.

[yazzy420]

so did i! who is this??

[WebRider16]

My name is IanNoel and was part of the Vandercook College of Music group from Chicago. How about u?

[margotlorena]

my god! what an awsome experience that may have been!! john rutter is my favourite composer and director!

[WebRider16]

He's an interesting guy. Very smart. Only thing that was problematic was his cues. Other than that, it was a great experience and one I'll never forget.

[orr333]

Great experience wasn't it? I did the same in 1991 with Univ-Minn-Duluth. Rutter is a riot when explaining things. We also were the only group of the mass choir to get a solo concert. A once in a lifetime experience.

[WebRider16]

Nice.

I'm heading back to Carnegie Hall to perform Mozart's Requiem with my director at University of Illinois at Chicago as the conductor for that performance. I've already begun learning it. I prefer Rutter's Requiem than Mozart's though. They're both great, but I like Rutter's better.

[bassrob2]

Trust me man, with the right ammount of money, anyone can be invited...We got invited to do the same thing, but there wasn't enough participation from the other schools, so they canceled the whole event. Mozart's Solemn Vespers...

[reallyharried]

Wonderful ensemble... excellent singing and playing! Yes, a very good composition, too. Kudos to John Rutter and the folks of Bow Valley. Where is Bow Valley, please tell me!

[jstumple]

Banff and Canmore Alberta, Canada.

[eureeka8]

Wow that brings back memories of college. Awesome job!

[marcmisaelpianist]

what choir is this?thnks...BTW,hu is rutter?ahehehe...is he from julliard or frm odr high class centers for performing arts?

God bless!

[NAPAnick]

It was great! the only slight problemo i had was that they went 2 fast... and ya... that kind of annoyed me >( ... oh well, It was still awesome! =D

[reallyharried]

I sang that with a conductor who took it even faster.

[YKW2]

Wish I could write for orchestra like that

[SHines01]

Maybe the next time they do it they can do it with an orchestra that is sensitive to the singers needs

[mogemoets]

sweetie----you can't truly judge the balance of the orchsetra and the singers----over a performance rendered on the computer...

The vibrato needs to go out the back door----in both the instruments and the voices---but otherwise----darling---this is invariably a typical community chorus here in the USA------give 'em a beak for heavens' sake!

[SHines01]

Sorry if you thought I was criticizing the singers. I think they do a wonderful job. Its just that the conductors attention to blend and sensitivity are not able to be observed.

[mogemoets]

Oh NO darling-----I didn't think you were criticizing the singers-----I thought you were coming down -----on the BALANCE between the instrumentalists and the chorus...

and that's ALWAYS nigh impossible to do----at least over our computer's speakers here in Irving, Texas!

The Bow Valley group IS good------I'm delighted to agree with you...!

Martin

[Abstract310]

Our choir went to new york and performed in Carnegie under his direction, it was amazing, he's the funniest ever!

[PijoGenjo]

I like my Altos firey. >D

[Abstract310]

lol I was a second soprano for it, he does seem to favor his altos.

[doodlekid345]

Mine too!!!! What year? We were in Carnegie hall with the Queensbury Madrigal Singers in about 1992.

[Abstract310]

just recently may of '07

[Sternenzaehlerin]

It is wonderful! Just Rutter

[lty2k84]

I loved it.  Studied this for 2 years

[janeym]

I have sung Rutter's Mass of the Children three times with my church choir (I've sung in the youth choir) The Kyrie (especially the end) is so moving and actually inspired my own setting of the kyrie (with no accompaniment for three treble voices)...I wrote it when I was fourteen (now I am 15) so it is easy to say Rutter's music is an inspiration! =]

[Principaal]

Wow!! What style did you write it.. I read that you like Tallis to Howells:P Quite a difference:)

But also I love Tallis and Howells and Rutter and Pachelbel and go on:P

Anyway, I'd like to see your Kyrie. Did you write any other music. I'm still looking for some stuff to perform next year with our school choir...

Yours,

LSA (16)

[janeym]

well its written for 3 treble voices, no accompaniment(sorry haha)...it doesn't follow any sort of A B A format and it doesn't have a true melody (except for the end) in the sense that a lot of it is chords moving together to create certain emotions. I sang it with two other friends at my church and now my choirmaster wants it to be done on Good Friday, which is very exciting =]

[janeym]

oh sorry i forgot to answer your other questions...ummm well I have written other pieces (three or four parts in the treble range); an Alleluia that is actually very "sad" sounding, arrangements of a couple hymns, an arrangement of Picardy (let all mortal flesh keep silence) and a very ceremony of carols-esque piece for treble voices and harp (original text by me) and other miscellaneous things. We have also sung the Alleluia.

[Lilamouse]

we sang it last year... it was sooooooo wonderful... wow i miss those times

[margotlorena]

this was a decent performance... but a lots of vibrato in the women... i guess i am used to listening to the cambridge singers' version.

[inrharmony]

This work is one of Rutter's best...Kudos to this ensemble....good work!!!

[301250]

Rutter is a genius, such joyous music that captures the spirit of the Annunciation, equal to Bach's sublime version!

SD Goh

[salsawood]

beautiful piece from rutter!

[FallenFromGraceWT]

I did this song in schoolchore, I was with the highest female voices.. went guite well

[fivesecondsonly]

Good Job, this is a fantastic tune. Go John Rutter, I would love to get his autograph someday.