Promise of Living

[prui106]

Back in1979 I was a member of The Texas All-State Choir and we performed this piece as well as Stomp Your Foot.

[facelessname]

Oh i remember why the piano sounded wonky...there were two pianists playing on the same piano...anyone else remember that XD

[AuditoryEden]

Ah, we're doing this in our high school choir. Possibly the most beautiful thing our teacher has ever chosen.

[supermangdp7]

considering, very weak towards the end, esp. sopranos. the high c lost almost all tone. everything else was pretty good. horrible accompinament though.

[ThaddeusWalters]

A few funky notes in the piano, but MAN, I wish I had sung that! I think "The Promise of Living" would complete my trio of Most Soul-Lifting (Semi-Modern) Choral Works (the first two being, in order, "O Magnum Mysterium" and "Pilgrim's Hymn").

Well done, guys.

[russia687]

woo i was in this!

[mrgoffin]

too fast...but thats the conductor..not the choir.. GJ

[Bellavoce89]

That's the temple its suppose to go I have heard many perform it at that temple including my college choir so yeah its not suppose to be that slow its suppose to be rejocyful it will drag if it was any slower and we did that for the phrasing and breathing properly

[mrman7324]

I was in this choir this year bassII Do you have any more of the music????

[TBucker]

@mrman7324

Me too! I had a freakin blast.

[stevenstreets3]

Let me correct myself. It's the best u2b version. All the rest really suck. Good job kids.

[stevenstreets3]

one of the better u2b renditions.

man i miss jersey

[slyvella]

Thanks for posting. We are doing this later this month and it's nice to hear what it should sound like!

[katiroxursox]

i did this for regional chorus 2008. one heck of a song!

[mercurialish]

Haha. I learned this for All-State choir in 2003 (Soprano II). I'm so glad we didn't have to sing this for the qualifying bit. Yeesh. Magnificat was great, though.

[CeciliaRobin]

I'm actually currently in this opera... not as a lead or anything but this song is still absolutely beautiful.

[tempos84578]

We just got this peice for band and chorus's american composers concert, I have to give up singing my alto/tenor part for ten measure of plyaing! I absoultely love this peice though...

[musicfanfromwyoming]

I just got this peice for a choir in two days and this really helped thanks!

[fordlightning]

we are learning this, and those high notes are kinda hard to hit. you guys did really good at hittin them perfectly

[Armmusic86]

I was in this.. i was wondering if u had any others from this year besides the two

[Armmusic86]

I was also in this... Do u have any thing eles besides the two songs

[lilsammi7]

I was in this choir!!! but I unfortunately didn't get the CD :( is there anyway i can get the CD from you if u have the CD?

[tunaladin]

i don't have it :( i wish i did. there are some neat songs on there.

[xomandi]

like zadok the priest!!! omg i wish i had gotten the cd.. how come you just have these songs?

[everlastingomega]

Lol I had entierly forgotten about Zadok the Priest

[Boy3cool]

my choir sang this piece in Prauge with a czeck choir. I personally am a bass and hitting those high notes were not easy. You gus made it sound so easy and smooth. my chior performed it once and we hit those notes clean but let's just say that after that piece we never wanted to sing it again. Our guys renamed coplands piece the promise of dying we didn't like singing it that much. Good choir, got any other recordings?

[tunaladin]

lol the promise of dying....clever...i have a few more..not that many..i have to dig the CD from some place.

[CMSjules89]

awesome! my school is doing this as a combined piece, this was great!

[dorkfish90]

This is incredible. Copland is amazing. The Tenors make my soul smile. =]]

[darrensphantomlover]

we're singing this in chorus...we sound...so...immature compared to this...I hope my section[soprano] sounds good...these people are amazing &hearts:

[saxamaphone20]

We are playing this for marching band but it sounds nothing like this. I mean it has more moving parts in the piano part which would sound absolutely amazing. Ugh geez I'm so angry now.

[xomandi]

OH MY GOD. I was in this!!! But I never got the CD. is there any way you can send me the audio files??? I will be forever ever grateful. I cant believe I just found this.

[Canante123]

Absolutely gorgeous music! I love the way it builds. Aaron Copland is a genius.

[lasteXit001]

I second that! :)