GAUDETE

[SiggyStern]

Very nice!

[alonelychild]

I loved the voices, but I think that to be perfect those percussion instrumentals should not be used, after all, wasn´t in a Holy Mass?

[AndrosRex]

The percussion on this hymn, I am sad to say, is not totally appropriate.

The Point of Music is not to sound like other music.

Did you all listen to this for historical knowledge, or for the music itself ? Historically accurate or not, I cannot hear over the noise, and can barely help from cracking up. As they say, if historical singers ran off a cliff, would you ?

This is one of my favorite non liturgical hymns, and I am glad to see it getting around. Merry Christmas ! ( gaudeetee ? )

[origen01]

This is pretty good for high school girls. I wanna this track

[issueagent]

Gr8!

[synballein70]

Beautiful performance!

[Annomalie]

Very nice, even the tambourine, but what on earth happend to the Organ at 2:10 thats awful...

[Quader4x4]

very good version ... very clear ^^ so cool

[iloveyu4eva]

I love their version but their pronunciation on the Solo's is a bit off. But one of the best version on here.

[amoxicillina82]

magnificooooooo!!!

[diddydiddycool]

What a shame someone said "lets get some bongos and tambourines". This carol, done as beautifully as this, needs to be a capella.

[shamraig]

Yeah, other than that it's pretty darn good.

[FireRupee]

I didn't think it was too bad, I actually liked it, really. I just wish I could hear it better, but it's still really nice.

[roberwael05]

it seems to be choir directors in general that want very nice pices of music to be spoiled by the introduction of african drums tambourines, triangle etc.

[lichtbroeder]

@roberwael05

It's totally appropriate to use drums, etc. while singing this Medieval/Renaissance Christmas song. Drums and other instruments were used in some parish church festival music, and also at non-church festivals where music like this still would have been sung. The carol comes from a Benedictine hymnal, and monks would have sung is more like chant.

[Loiginer]

@diddydiddycool

It is not a-liturgical, drums were used in Medieval times to happy festivities, that kind of drums, of course!

[chocchipcookiegirl]

@diddydiddycool watch Libera's version- it has a drum and recorder but it sounds brilliant (the 2008 version)

[SurreyViolinHero]

I recently performed it. I got to solo verse 3! yay!

[hotladie09]

omg performed this song last year with my choir..they did and excellent job!!

[mega777]

I have sung here.

Almost positive.

Choir trip last spring break.

[Arabesque173846]

beautiful!! love the soloists

[moskva40]

I like the percussion, but they could have done more with the song's characteristic of simple meter. To see what I mean, listen to the Sixteen perform it. Their performance, I think, is the best I've ever heard.

[handelfan610]

i did this song for county chorus my junior year... i love it... i wish there where men here...but the instruments make up for it lol... wonderful and beautifully done... love the organ but isn't this usually done a capella just curious.

[wiesje666]

I love this it is beautiful and i love the use of the original insterments that would of been used when this song was first sung

[dxrules120]

We have to sing this, its not a bad song: Gaudete, gaudete christus est natus ex maria virgine gaudete x2 great song 4star rating.

[ecofriendlypanda]

we have to sing this for our school xmas concert in choir

[sillyxchimp]

we have to sing this for school on xmas too...

[BandNazi]

Sorry, but I hate repertoiry choir....where's the men!! lol But very nice! ^^

[zippyninny]

it's strange for the choir to sound better than the solos themselves...and anxiety isn't a good excuse...

[micimacko69]

Yeah, I have to sing it too, but I sing the solo too.

[mtanneruk]

ive got two sing this on my christmas concert

[FoxFireFae]

great but I wish it had been not so rushed

[Sora4Deoxys]

I Like It And I'm Only 12

[distancetrucker]

they pay and sing it as if they were hunted by 1000 devils......

[welshdevondragon]

This is my old school and if you knew the teacher conducting them- well you would not be far wrong.

[davidnettleton]

Which school and when?

[kuro1546]

what school? is this a school in arizona cause the choir and teacher look so darn familier im unsure of it tho

[lleettyy13]

South Hampstead High school in London! England

[ChelseatheHolmesian]

sounds weird with music. . .

[Senaphina]

its realy great!!!! i love it!

[Himmelgrau1983]

wow! gives a better quali. version? very very nice

[isyw12]

oh its just a school choir concert thing from a while back. thanks for the comment

[steiketa]

lovely

[ow200]

Yay! It's Gaudete!

[cutedogprincess]

I agree! Yay!