Maurice Durufle, Ubi caritas et amor

[bkrouzek25]

Wish I saw this live. I love this piece. Having the resonation of the space is so great for performance. Good balance, too - I love hearing the fullness of each chord.

[77caracara]

Pierces through the dogma of organized religion to express profoundly the uncontaminated spirit of life. Absolutely gorgeous. Brings tears.

[ltyr2001]

A Very good men's version!

I still like the SATB, however.

[Zomrem]

Have sung this many times SATB with boys rather than women SA. Choral music does not get much better than this.

[antoniosepalone]

Straordinari. Ma si tratta del primo inno latino del canto cristiano?

[youngergermanpope]

get a treble in this biatch

[mgoerens]

klasse

[operadawg]

This piece happens to be one of my all-time favorites. However, the performance here was a bit bland: no interesting shadings or passion.

[fgbowen]

OK! I was stunned!!!! For what appears to be a relatively amatuer group - you are surprisingly professional in your sound! WOW! Absolutely superb control and musicality! And GOOD CHOICE there in the middle! Octave down - but it was OK - you made it work. And I would have absolutely AGREED with whoever said you should do this piece! BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for singing it. ( : fgbowen

[matthewnsea]

WOW, beautiful, first time I've heard without female voices. Absolutely beautiful, and I love how the tenor just dropped the soprano part an octive in the other movement.

[cscott36]

It's probably something they just figured out themselves. From what I can tell, it's just the tenor singing the soprano part in the B section down an octave for a few measures, then the alto voices take over in the normal alto range after that. I was just trying to razz ya ;)

[01jocooper]

Very nice! is this in the episcopalian cathedral or the catholic cathedral?

[pagerbear]

Is this arrangement by Durufle?  I know he did do multiple versions of some of his works, but I don't know of this arrangement. Nonetheless, very good performance!

[cscott36]

Of course, it's Durufle :) originally scored for SATB

[pagerbear]

Um, not the piece, the arrangement. Who did the arrangement?

[michaels7]

The basic melody is a gregorian chant. Durufle wrote the arrangement here. This choir is amazing. Do they record? As good as Chanticleer.

[pagerbear]

The do record. Google them or search for them on iTunes.

[pagerbear]

Just how poorly did I state the question? I have sung this piece many, many times. I KNOW it's Durufle! I KNOW it's an adaptation of an ancient chant! I want to know who adapted the familiar SATB version for this male ensemble. Geez!!