Choir of St George's Chapel, Windsor - Magnificat

[asetsp]

A very challenging piece to sing. England's choirs are undoubtedly the best. I am Australian and have sung with English choirs as a boy treble, and was astounded at their incredible musicality and dedication. The Cathedrals themselves though were built for choirs- with superb acoustics and resonance. Hats off to you poms :)

[treblechoir99]

@asetsp You're a nice connoisseur. Thank you for your comment, very appreciat.

[Isaacdarwin]

The only place in the world for the best choirs has to be ENGLAND - GOD BLESS

[carsophieify]

Magnificent choir. Only England has this choirs. Men and Children is something of Sky.....Very nice and very impressive. A Dream!

[singer1924]

Words are too weak compared to such music. It strikes and heals the heart at the same time. Interpretation is fully human of blood and flesh, and so divine as well. Couldn't say better about the mystery of the Incarnation. Music divine. Thanks.

[Perktube1]

Very beautiful. I wonder if the sing Te Deum Laudanum...

[NuovoPiero]

@Perktube1 Te Deum Laudamus .

[choirboyfromhell1]

And love those clash chords at the end!!! Yeah!!!!

[chorister51]

Stunning. Awe inspiring.

[frattington]

Why do Anglicans insist on using shaded luminaires for choir illumination??? Your chancels look more like the men's department at Herrods. Catholics sing vespers in the evening, but they have tasteful lighting - usually in the form of a sconce.

[choirboyfromhell1]

So we can actually see and sing all the music that Rome threw away.......

And how many of those cathedrals in France sing vespers daily by a trained choir??????

[treblechoir99]

Right. Wonderdful Cathedral in France, but distressing without this Boys Choir or 'angel voices'. Oh same thing here, Québec. 2 Boys choir in Montreal, the best It's Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal singing in St Joseph's Oratory.

[choirboyfromhell1]

They don't even have to be men/boy choirs, they should just be trained singers offering the best to God on a daily basis...there is so much glorious repertoire out there to sing, and such a waste that it's not being done, thanks to idiot clerics.

[choirboyfromhell1]

@treblechoir99  You've got Christ Cathedral (Anglican) on Rue Union, I hear good things going on there......

[1401JSC]

Very few. Why should they?

Since the French Revolution, musical training based on the Church was dissolved and a National Academy (later Conservatoire) of Music established in Paris.

With the separation of the State & Church in 1904, the death knell was sounded for French Cathedral Music (although organs are considered state patrimony and are well maintained).

Initially monks were responsable for the endless round of ceaseless daily prayer & praise. Cathedral services carry on the tradition.

[1401JSC]

You need to light up the scores on winter evenings (and early mornings!).

I suppose someone thought this shape was the nearest you could come to the original canle lighting.

Some cathedrals still have candles in glass cylinders to protect the flame from draughts and to discourage fires from starting in cassocks and surplices.

Sconce?

[tritus67]

Wonderful voices......!

[sfkcbf]

Magnificent choir: excellent & pure trebles, balanced voices, very impressive.

[loupblanc26]

Magnifique vidéo! La fondation du choeur date de 660 ans! Merci

[wis7dom]

Simply gorgeous. There are no words to describe the purity of this music. The harmony is so wonderfully rich and powerful. Thanks for sharing. :)