Bach (Again) Come Sweet Death

[thetalio]

There's something about the conductor walking off that will always chill me to the bone. It's almost as if God were conducting someones life throughout and then at the very end just steps off and lets the person die. It's so symbolic and just feels right. When the harmony finally comes it's such a relief. Beautiful.

[DJPhear]

**look for** stupid new phone

[DJPhear]

Look the version by the Meistersingers... Its really really good

[JuSsTaN13]

yes the hand motion r written in the score

[ttay1122]

This song is absolutely other worldly. I swear at 1:40 you feel your soul start to depart from your body.

[AOConnellHarp]

are the hand motions written into the score?

[DJPhear]

This is my favorite vocal piece. And I had the fortunate pleasure of being able to be in an AMAZING choral group and perform this.

I cry EVERY TIME I hear this piece... There are absolutely no words I can use to describe what it was like the first time we sang this... It was on par with the births of my daughters, if that says anything....

[LazyKsaw]

@DJPhear I'm glad to hear it's not just me. This is the most incredibly moving piece. I tried to tell a friend about it yesterday, and couldn't even finish my description for the uncontrollable bawling.

[emobiart]

Bach created a sound of the journey from life into death.

I get shivers whenever I hear this, and what I wouldn't give to be a part of a performance!

When I watched a performance of this, half of the singers had tears streaming down their faces by the end, and the audience was left crying and awestricken. This is truly a sound that must be heard in person.

If you listen closely, you can hear bells ringing :D Awesome harmonics!

[InvocationXII]

it was a little alto heavy throughout, (which is a total shocker btw) but still- incredible

[ladyT524]

wow

[Bassetenator]

This is a tuba solo for Solo and Ensemble (it also has the bourree attached), and i played this, it was such a great piece to just let loose on

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

Remarkable - unexpected, but effective.

[jerroldtidwell]

This is taken from Edwin London's concept of "Aleatoric" or 'chance' composition. It utilizes a strict set of measures taken out of context from the piece and each individual singer is allowed (if done correctly) to sing at his/her own pace, within the given structure of measures, ending at a selected cadence point. It is my opinion that the hand gestures take away from the overall effect...which is often described as being not dissimilar to an orchestral warm-up.

[imgointoprison]

glacier view junior high did this song they sounded just like this it was phenominal

[ncano06]

the conducter is mark teeters from vintage high school

[JPSaxMan]

This conductor looks familiar...Casey Cook, by chance?

[DarthMaximilian]

Should have been sung in German, but definitly the best version I have heard so far

[MsDreamer101]

creepy...but beautiful

[CantoOrange]

im gonna play this with my instrumental band.. gives me goosebumps whenever we play this

[MsRenHaruno]

Ah, I am to do this song as a solo, but it is a bit different.

[DGALEX1495]

This song is so beautiful...my h.s choir is doing this song!!

[TheAssassin047]

same here!

[direnzin]

great job guys.

[Maestrochimongas]

damage inc!!!!!!!

[xi0wnallx]

yea

[boleroinferno]

They're too young for this piece; the bass part is too advanced for the men's voices.

[alexthomasdude]

I've sang this before, and the bass part is not difficult at all. There are a few skips and even fewer leaps. There are some accidentals, but its not that long of a piece so it gives the choir more time to work out those parts.

[Kuzya3k]

that was scary...

[flashesfan2010]

im in an honors choir and we have to learn the gestures and the song in 5 days to preform on this saturday, , ,we were just handed the music yesterday and we dont meet again until the day of the performance.

[Kuzya3k]

good for your FUCKING ASS I DONT CARE!!!!!!!

[sweetcharlie63]

oh wait, I spoke to soon. but still didn't care for the gestures

[sweetcharlie63]

What's with all the swaying? When you are in performance, you should not sway back and forth, only bend the knees slightly to avoid lockup.

[sweetcharlie63]

Bullshit back to you baby, I have a Master's in Music Ed. I wasn't talking about bobbing up and down at the knees, only to keep them flexed.

[sweetcharlie63]

I'm not a hotshot, I was when I was your age though. We can agree to disagree, ok?

[anneay1995]

I have to do a solo on this on Saturday for a competition!! They sound so good. =3

[minnideath]

my choir is doing this were a junior high choir and we learned harmonies and rythems stuff like liike that in 2 weeks

[raptorshot]

ahh we did this NYSSSA SCS'08, but we did it by the book, and we stopped at death,rest, and homeward. the techniques were similar though. Nice Jobe you guys!!!

[derajrambo]

This deserves some passion. Cut off sometimes.

We did different motions.

People said that when my choir performed it, it was bone-chilling and eerie.

I never knew how eerie it was while singing it.

Thank you for letting me know.

[LIEUSAME]

Pas mal !

[nathanboland1]

my choir performed this piece and i have fallen in love with it. you guys have done an AWESOME job, only a few minor tweaks i should say, but AMAZING nonetheless. my choir, however, did not do the hand movements and the chord building at the end, that truly pulled it together even more than the ending chord did. i was teary-eyed for real.

[MalibuStacey2008]

This is awesome! We just got the music for this in our small ensemble, and I'm so excited. Great job!

[bglover11]

hey stacey I LOVE YOU!!!! now everyone knows!!

[RECproductions]

Hey I see myself in there!

Sounds awesome!

This is that church off of Linda Vista isn't it?

[jayeetee]

these are hand movements representing the emotions the person mustve felt.

:]

its an amazing song i love the vocals :D

[jaycobean88]

snakeinthegrass20, the hand motions are on the inside cover of the sheet music.

i LOVE this song we just performed it at spivey halllll

[hiroman]

This song and arrangement are amazing. We sang this last spring, I love this piece.

[snakeinthegrass20]

What on earth are they doing with their bloody hands ?? Americans....

[KeithB08]

wow. WOW

[karen4282]

We played this song in band last year. it sounds even cooler singing it.

[numberonezero0]

good job. I performed this in Sc All-State Choir. Try to imagine same piece but with 250+ singers! Again, good job.

[jaycobean88]

hahaha we did this but we had wonderful sign-language-choreography...t­his was lovely...

[trackygurl64]

that was amazing. I remember my school did this a couple of years back and it was incredible then as well. I love this music.

[misschica51]

wow my school did this song too. I can never hear the full affect of it but now after hearing it from you guys i appreciate the song even more.

[pepedlux]

Chip T represent! Best director in the world!