Live Performance of "Little Match Girl Passion"

[kittylovesprog]

Sang Mr. Lang's "Again" in CLU choir for him a couple of weeks ago. I was intrigued by what this piece sounded like, since it did win The Pulitzer Prize and a Grammy. His pieces are really beautiful, and really well constructed.

[lallnoreen]

A very nice video you have..I like it, thanks for sharing :)

[landuola]

hey! i'm sitting in the front row! that was a good concert...

[DanielMcDrtcomposer]

Yeah, really really nice. Beautiul.

[hsviolinplayer]

Cool! I just saw Hilary Hahn interview Mr. Lang, and wanted to hear one of his pieces. I'm glad I got to hear this! :)

[Nimoniyu]

Great job for winning the grammy :)

[rogerrohrbach]

The Grammy nominees are Paul Hillier's Theatre of Voices, who recorded the work for Harmonia Mundi. The New York Virtuoso Singers gave the premier U.S. performance.

[thefaboloussob]

This performance is Grammy-nomin8d! (Best Small Ensemble) That's how I discovered this video. Good luck on Jan. 31, guys!

[sekhonmusic]

Congrats to David and the NYVS for a great piece and performance!

[jeeumh]

This is an amazing group! I think they all have perfect pitch. I found the full live broadcast of this piece on WNYC which also included Ligeti's 'Lux Aeterna'. Clearly masters at work here-and some cute guys to boot ;-)

[kelley74ny]

Hm. It cuts off before the end of the first movement.

[NYvirtuososingers]

Actually it does not cut off before the end of the movement

Harold Rosenbaum.

[MukundM]

I'm the tenor singing "come, come" and the notes are written out in a repeating pattern, but David Lang said strict rhythm was not necessary. The score says "breathe as needed - sing as long as you can and exaggerate slightly the struggle for air when you run out and reenter."

[HuggumsMcgehee]

The rhythm sounds very complex. Is the person saying "come" repeatedly doing so in a particular rhythm or is that ad libitum?

[NYvirtuososingers]

a particular rhythm with some freedom allowed