The Concordia Choir - Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied

[Philm54]

What an insanely quirky performance. What you do to the word "Singet" throughout the piece is just goofy. Either sing on the vowel, or don't. As I listen to this performance, I find myself waiting for the train to hit the wall, rather than enjoying a well thought out interpretation, good singing or the genius of Bach.

[RainerPoppe]

"This one, looks like Sven Morlock, an working-kollege..."

Greetings,...

[profitworld]

Interesting to see the observation extremes. I would wager the critical extremes are from people who've never stepped up to conduct a choir in this classic work and are of a mind there is only one way to interpret it, the way their choir did. It's much the same for the other extreme of support. For one who has done both, this is a performance of which the singers should be proud. While It may not be perfect in every way, it is an excellent, well-interpreted, performance by Dr. Clausen and choir.

[elijahj91]

The Concordia Choir still never ceases to amaze me, and contiues, in my opinion, to be the Best Collegiate Choir there is! Even after all these years, they are just as amazing.

[mafiosogiacomo]

@elijahj91 amen

[gabilof]

Careful with the spelling of the word "ridiculous". Thank you.

[IUFTR]

Thie immature vocal technique --shouting--engendered by the conducting is partly due to the rediculously fast tempo. Analysis of the score is lacking. SAD.

[Trebleguy123]

@IUFTR Your comment on the tempo is completely false. Look up any respectable early music choir and you will find they take it significantly faster. I performed all 6 of the Bach motets and we took this quite a bit faster. And this "shouting" you point out is called bringing out parts and important parts of the music. Although they may not have the most professional sound. Their sound is clear and blended and the coloratura is very clean.

[COALLSTATE07]

eh. not the greatest i've heard. nordic choir once again wins that one :)

[ltyr2001]

Memorization issues, I have no doubt!

[MusicLabTenor]

@ltyr2001 Have you ever memorized a Bach motet? I feel like you should try it, then let me know where they have a lack of memory.

[tkdemusic]

I hold everybody in high esteem who performs this motet - and its sung by heart! In fact, it would be better to prolong more the "i" but not the "ng" in "Singet", it sounds a little bit ridicoulous in german ears the manner they do at the beginning, especially in the bars 12ff.

[Shabers128]

I don't recognize that form of Singen... Maybe you spelled it wrong... Singt, maybe? Maybe I'm wrong... I don't know I'm only in German II.

[Dikbala]

Singet is a more traditional form of singt, which is 2nd person plural imperative of singen. Basically, "Sing (you all) to the Lord a new song!"

[NationalACDA]

We are aware of this issue. The free program we have been using to rip our DVD's has developed a tendency to add these little blips at regular intervals. As soon as National Convention is completed, we will be looking into purchasing a better program and re-compiling our videos.

[hypercreations]

There are some technical issues with this video that detract from the quality of the performance. For example, there are odd little glitches (slight jumps) at 0'41", 1'41", 2"41', etc. Is that intentional...some sort of video copyright protection? Also, for the first few seconds, the audio is clear, but then something happens and it gets muffled for the rest of the video.

[paulinstpaul]

Great moments - 2nd sopranos especially. Overall, a bit uninspired, however. The interpretation was inconsistent and the tempos were all over the map. Who knew Bach had so many accelerandos? Last chord: need to stick the landing!