Thats close to how my school sings it. But they do it better because they have sped it up and dropped the jaw alot more. But amazing singing. Being in a echoy church makes it just that much more amazing. Props to them because I know the dedication that goes into that
So being an evil little heathen and believing in Jesus will get ya to heaven. However if you are a good person and don't believe in Jesus you go to Hell.
In my opinion, while this sounds very, very nice, I wish they had more variation in the tempo (not faster or slower). Parts of this sounded somewhat mechanical rather than organic. Had the music been subordinate to the words, and the natural rhythm of the Latin been allowed to play out a little more (as I suspect the chant was performed in its day), this performance would be second to none in my book.
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I sing this song for Madrigals at my school, and we go much slower. It's so much easier to feel and get into it. You get the emotions much better. Dynamics make it sound really good. I think they go waaayy too fast for such a beautiful song.
Excellent piece, perfect performance! Wow! This text seems to have been set to music by many composers, I have recently discovered Francis Potts' on Youtube and it is equally stunning!
Absolutely beautiful! We're going to learn this piece for our gospel music choir for this coming Maundy Thursday & I doubt if we'll ever be able to come to the level of these young singers. What excellence!
I agree-musically, at least. For example, Einstein was both popular and a genius, but he was outside of music. Rare is the composer who is both incredibly talented and popular, unfortunately.
This is absolutly beautiful. i was just handed this piece yesterday and its absolutly fantastic. I agree with eurofrank1, the Counter Tenors shine fabulously. now seeing this video, i love having the Counter Tenors instead of the girls =]
I would also like to congratulate these young basses for hitting the bottom E flats time and time again with apparent ease - not easy during a performance!
Actually, in my high school's select choir, I'm really the only bass that can be heard singing the Eb2, so to me, it isn't that hard. But I do love this piece, though-it's absolutely beautiful.
Well, excuse me for being able to provide some clarification with this piece. Even my choir teacher (who used to a tenor in the Dale Warland singers) agrees with my claim, so if you've got some issue with this, take it up with him, not me. Besides, for a piece that celebrates love and warmth, this is not a piece for a battle of words over one note.
that was fantastic! especially with an ensemble of all men. i think it would have been a little more intimate if it were a little slower though. i dunno, when i hear such beautiful pieces of music i love to take it slowly
Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor. Exultemus, et in ipso iucundemur. Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum. Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero. Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Simul ergo cum in unum congregamur: Ne nos mente dividamur, caveamus. Cessent iurgia maligna, cessent lites. Et in medio nostri sit Christus Deus. Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Simul quoque cum beatis videamus, Glorianter vultum tuum, Christe Deus: Gaudium E
Where charity and love are, God is there. Christ's love has gathered us into one. Let us rejoice and be pleased in Him. Let us fear, and let us love the living God. And may we love each other with a sincere heart. Where charity and love are, God is there. As we are gathered into one body, Beware, lest we be divided in mind. Let evil impulses stop, let controversy cease, And may Christ our God be in our midst. Where charity and love are, God is there. And may we with the saints also,
See how they are all watching at 1.43 ... that's how to get those time signature changes right at the end. I wish all choirs (basses) would watch this before attempting the piece.
Or perhaps the conductor could mention it to his/her basses when first reading through the piece... Something like "Watch here, men, the pulse changes a bit."
so, my mom has this absolutely HILARIOUS fear of countertenors, it apparently "creeps her out." now, if I played this for her, I'm pretty she would change her mind...
I don't agree. A bit slower is better-check out the Cambridge Singers. Most importantly it needs to flow. But the beautiful individual lines would get lost in a faster version. If you're doing it for a choir anthem it won't last for the offering-hah, a practical issue LOL.
amazing piece. not easy. sounds amazing. especially the low Eflat in the basses at the end of most phrases. But i cant hear it through my tiny computer speakers :(
I had the privilege to sing this in high school at an international choir contest in Vienna. It was amazing to sing this song in the cathedral- it floated and was etheral. We sang it slower and it had an almost haunting and yearning feel to it. I fell in love with this style of music because of Durafle
I agree that the phrasing is questionable. However, this is fairly easy to sing, but extremely difficult to sing well, and goodness knows there are a lot of poor recordings out there- this is one of the best overall. Among the few choirs who get the dynamics right and really bring out the altos nicely, who carry the piece.
Well, it depends for whom. It's very easy for sopranos, but not that easy for altos and for the other voices. I sang it with a choir I was in some years ago and I remember there was a very difficult part for altos where they split into two voices and they had to sing (sorry I don't know how to say it in English) "un intervalo de segunda" maintained for several notes. That was very difficult for them and they could only master it after several rehearsals.
Yes, I agree. Although it's something a bit different than just fast. The rythm is not that fast, the problem for me is that they rush the ending of each phrase. It's like "ok, end of phrase, What's next? That's the feeling I got from listening to it, but otherwise it's a fantastic interpretation.
I only wish that this was longer... 1:58 is too short! want more! :)
Kings as usual does an amazing, ethereal rendition. Makes me wish I could sing decent treble... alas I'm a 17 year old girl... I refuse to get vibrato! I refuse!
Beautiful indeed! It is actually a Motet, as you know a Renaissance form, and has modal elements combined with more modern "20th century" harmonies. A lovely combination. Very consolatory.
The Choir of King's College and Durufle's Ubi Caritas. This, my friends, is transcendent. When man sings such anthems, The Lord must be well pleased.
I've had the good fortune of singing II bass on this many times. It is probably one of the better things I've done in my life. Not in the sense that it is one of the better pieces I've sung (which it certainly is) but in the sense of bringing to others a small portion of God's infinite beneficence. Thank you Lord for Messr. Durufle.
this song absolutly takes my breath away. i am learnig it i girls choir and i can only pray that it sounds half as good as this but our choir is made up of mostly 1st and 2nd sopranos and the lowest section we have is alto like i said girls choir:(
so amazing...just takes my breath away. my choir is singing this right now (well learning it) and i can't wait to really preform it like this (i hope we sound as good at least) ^^ so amazing.
I found this wiki translation, which helped me appreciate this piece even more (latin below): Where charity and love are, God is there. Christ's love has gathered us into one. Let us rejoice and be pleased in Him. Let us fear, and let us love the living God. And may we love each other with a sincere heart. Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est. Congregavit nos in unum Christi amor. Exultemus, et in ipso iucundemur. Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum. Et ex corde diligamus nos sincero.
Exquisite! One of my most favorites in college and still today. It was also sung at my wedding many years ago.... oh, the memories. Thank you for posting this - just what I needed to hear. :)
Growing up, this was one of my favorite hymns to sing in my Church choir (Which was one of the last few all male choirs in Canada). I started singing there when I was 6 and sang there even after my voice changed. This song brings back many memories.
Is there anything wrong with that? These 'little children' as you so patronisingly put it, are extremely talented boys, many of whom will go on to become talented organists or choral directors/scholars in their own right.
Most recordings of this piece use 'old women' to sing the top line. This uses trebles instead of sopranos, there is a difference. They are not just 'little children' warbling away, out of tune and out of time, but highly trained and talented singers.
I didnt say anything bad i just said they used little children i mean they arent adults or teenagers are they? would you like me to call them Highly Skilled children Protgists?
The choir was created 600 years ago and is continuing the fine British choral tradition to this day. Women are not permitted in the choir, as is the case in most of the elite British liturgical choirs. That is why you sound ignorant when you say children.
I don't think that aerialaces21 said anything wrong. He/she didn't mean to cricticise anybody. He/she just meant that this video is special because it uses trbles or boys soprano) instead of girls and women. Yea, so I don't think he/she deserve such a big fire back.
They need music because they perform vastly different repertoire of this calibre every day of the year at Evensong. They aren't concert entertainers...
My Goodness! A piece composed by a Frenchman...in the Anglican tradition...sung in Latin...performed by those most brilliant masters of the King's College Cambridge Choir...Perfection!!!
Did you guys know that Dudley Moore was offered the position of organist at King's back when he was just getting started, but that he said no, in that he wanted to pursue his acting career....?
Moore was organ scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford - I don't believe that he ever had any connection with King's College, Cambridge where David Willcocks succeeded Boris Ord as Director of Music in 1957.
As we left our Maundy Thursday meal of vegetarian soup, cheese, olives, bread and wine and grapes, we went into the church singing this anthem. Maundy Thursday is one of the most beautiful services in the Episcopal/Anglican tradition. Nothing is more powerful and emotional than the altar being stripped as the choir chants the lamentation of
Mu music teach is teaching u this song but a different melody
VincentmartellaLover 4 hours ago
Durufle wrote each of these notes to perfection.
Best piece of Choral music Ever.
killazofjo 7 months ago
Listening to this beautiful piece bring peace to one's soul!
DrWhy99 7 months ago
I just love that final bass note
TheSuperonion 8 months ago
wow how can you not like it thanks
bombsmacked 8 months ago
BEAUTIFUL.
irwinxcheer 9 months ago
Cannot wait for the Royal Wedding setting by Paul Mealor.
Pyanistman 9 months ago
@Pyanistman ITUNES! :D
WestVibezTv 9 months ago
Thats close to how my school sings it. But they do it better because they have sped it up and dropped the jaw alot more. But amazing singing. Being in a echoy church makes it just that much more amazing. Props to them because I know the dedication that goes into that
bubblees04 9 months ago
Absolutely GORGEOUS!!!! Doesn't get much better than this.
Means "Just as I have loved you you will love one another".
zenophobiczebra 9 months ago
This is the best interpretation of this setting. The Choir of King's College, Cambridge does it again!
PrestigiousSail 10 months ago
Cause Jesus forgives.
There's no reason to practice Morality.
So being an evil little heathen and believing in Jesus will get ya to heaven. However if you are a good person and don't believe in Jesus you go to Hell.
Only a demon would suggest that,
only an ignorant would believe it.
Vajrasiddha 10 months ago
You're a true Christian up until you are caught sinning.
Christianity lacks a practice.
Dependence on others accomplishes nothing.
If ya want something done ya got to do it yourself.
Meditation is a practice that increases awareness,
that helps identify sin before it has a chance to influence.
Vajrasiddha 10 months ago
Durufle takes us to another dimension with this.
Canada1980ful 1 year ago 8
In my opinion, while this sounds very, very nice, I wish they had more variation in the tempo (not faster or slower). Parts of this sounded somewhat mechanical rather than organic. Had the music been subordinate to the words, and the natural rhythm of the Latin been allowed to play out a little more (as I suspect the chant was performed in its day), this performance would be second to none in my book.
fleebness 1 year ago
i LOVE this song! every time i hear it it touches my heart!
missgigi123 1 year ago
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A colourless performance, so fast one can't even recognise the tune.
AulicExclusiva 1 year ago
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I sing this song for Madrigals at my school, and we go much slower. It's so much easier to feel and get into it. You get the emotions much better. Dynamics make it sound really good. I think they go waaayy too fast for such a beautiful song.
clsbasketball7 1 year ago
we're doing this song in choir. but we are no where near as awesome at doing at as these guys are.
StephFish1004 1 year ago
mmmm bottom Eb
johnlalala23 1 year ago 2
This is our Highschool Chorus Song :D they sound WAYY better than us though xD
reslina42 1 year ago
Great work!
Jonicoable 1 year ago
AMAZING! I LOVE THIS!
PrestigiousSail 1 year ago
this is one of the most beautiful songs i have ever heard.
it brings me to tears every time i listen to it.
Swartsanigga 1 year ago
That's how the song really is!
Jonicoable 1 year ago
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL
I want to cry
iwillbuyyouanewlife 1 year ago 3
1:28
i've sung with the guy right at the far end ;)
titchinjp 1 year ago
Wunderschön!
tritonusgesang 1 year ago 2
chills
xbcg9489x 1 year ago
Best performance of this piece on Youtube. Great!
tuberwupp 1 year ago 3
Excellent piece, perfect performance! Wow! This text seems to have been set to music by many composers, I have recently discovered Francis Potts' on Youtube and it is equally stunning!
z0tx 1 year ago
Deus Ibi est
May it be so
uncatila 1 year ago
There is nothing more enchanting than the human voice singing God's praises. Nothing can be compared to this.
MarkHessler1 1 year ago
well i love kings but i do think its too fast. this piece should bring stillness to the heart and mind.
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405232SING 1 year ago
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XsimplycomplicatedXx 1 year ago
this is the best choir in my opinion for this song
megacoolkid94 1 year ago
Yet another perfect performance by the King's Choir. These guys get it perfect every time.
BaroqueLover72 1 year ago
these men are beautiful.
ryanrbrown 1 year ago
that's what i'm talkin about
DamienFarrer 1 year ago
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To bad there all gay
URjaggerjr 1 year ago
@URjaggerjr Why do you think they're all gay?
MsChoralmusic 1 year ago
Inspiring music, inspirational choir !
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its like the priest is actually raping me
fantastic
FailMate 1 year ago
The most perfect piece of music!
HenryMuldrow 1 year ago 2
My School sang it at the begginning of the year its a pretty good song
JacobsBeast77 1 year ago
Wow....
LilDumar 1 year ago
we r singin this song at skool :P_
soccerchick13ful 1 year ago
My skool is too
LilDumar 1 year ago
Absolutely beautiful! We're going to learn this piece for our gospel music choir for this coming Maundy Thursday & I doubt if we'll ever be able to come to the level of these young singers. What excellence!
yamimamimay 1 year ago 2
Beautiful.
:)
Baileyy734 1 year ago
Durufle was a genius when it came to choral music-hopefully more people will discover him so his works are more famous.
Jpmadore1 1 year ago
u can either b popular or genius it seems :P
Lairdesangfroid 1 year ago
I agree-musically, at least. For example, Einstein was both popular and a genius, but he was outside of music. Rare is the composer who is both incredibly talented and popular, unfortunately.
Jpmadore1 1 year ago
case in point: Ke$ha
autotune is the antichrist xP
Lairdesangfroid 1 year ago
Here we go, a real choral sound.
none of that zero vibrato.
Operaandchant90 2 years ago 3
This is absolutly beautiful. i was just handed this piece yesterday and its absolutly fantastic. I agree with eurofrank1, the Counter Tenors shine fabulously. now seeing this video, i love having the Counter Tenors instead of the girls =]
Perfect5Recurve 2 years ago
Wao Young boys with the techniques. WELL DONE ! Such "tall" sound. I like !
bengan35 2 years ago
I would also like to congratulate these young basses for hitting the bottom E flats time and time again with apparent ease - not easy during a performance!
Eurofrank1 2 years ago 2
Actually, in my high school's select choir, I'm really the only bass that can be heard singing the Eb2, so to me, it isn't that hard. But I do love this piece, though-it's absolutely beautiful.
Jpmadore1 1 year ago
Well, excuse me for being able to provide some clarification with this piece. Even my choir teacher (who used to a tenor in the Dale Warland singers) agrees with my claim, so if you've got some issue with this, take it up with him, not me. Besides, for a piece that celebrates love and warmth, this is not a piece for a battle of words over one note.
Jpmadore1 1 year ago
very pretty song. A haunting yet very hopeful song
77mazinger 2 years ago
I sang this in a mixed choir but it sounds soo much better all guys
brintonberg 2 years ago 3
The counter tenors really do shine beautifully - sorry girls/ladies!
Eurofrank1 2 years ago 4
@Eurofrank1
I agree, I'm also a lady but it sound so mutch nicer when the alto part is sung by counter tenors!
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i liked every part except for the soprano, it felt... out of place.
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Eurofrank1 2 years ago
Don't know...but English choirs like KIng's College, Cambridge SInges or BBC Singers are just impeccable!!!!
yellowlynx 2 years ago 11
that was fantastic! especially with an ensemble of all men. i think it would have been a little more intimate if it were a little slower though. i dunno, when i hear such beautiful pieces of music i love to take it slowly
xXblueXrainsXx 2 years ago 3
incredible! thanks for posting
orannisthedestroyer 2 years ago 3
Very nice. Great sound and articulation.
TrinityChurchChoir 2 years ago 5
This is what I call professionalism. Period.
susantash 2 years ago 50
lawa amat suara kita dia.....
ngarap ke Tuhan merekat kitak...
Amen...
mamaroyuo 2 years ago
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ruuuubi 2 years ago
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joepurt 2 years ago
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Nein, diese isch nicht schwul. Du hast keinen Kultur
joepurt 2 years ago
See how they are all watching at 1.43 ... that's how to get those time signature changes right at the end. I wish all choirs (basses) would watch this before attempting the piece.
LostArtOfMe 2 years ago 6
Or perhaps the conductor could mention it to his/her basses when first reading through the piece... Something like "Watch here, men, the pulse changes a bit."
bassrob2 2 years ago
beautiful!
sploopidy 2 years ago
stupendo, commovente!
ippos2003 2 years ago
superbo!
Massi88Quarto 2 years ago
i really like Duruflè compositions
paula975 2 years ago
I just got chills. Nice job, gentlemen!
UnicornCatcher 2 years ago
so, my mom has this absolutely HILARIOUS fear of countertenors, it apparently "creeps her out." now, if I played this for her, I'm pretty she would change her mind...
janeym 2 years ago
brings back so many memories - beyond beautiful.
swerveon 2 years ago 2
Very sweet voices. Like angels! Very lovely. Good to see all these young people.
Bebekoualy 2 years ago 2
It's so beautiful...This music-text is able to give me peace of heart! Mary
tritus67 2 years ago 5
Wow! nothing beats this. It's like having a master piece (art) sung to you :)
weiblich1992 2 years ago 6
The countertenors sound gorgeous.
Dacookstar 2 years ago 7
simon lole's version is a million times nicer
ellanerd 2 years ago
Prove it. =)
scrye493 2 years ago 3
this is absolutely beautiful.
narutorocks816 2 years ago 3
this is very cool
hardstyleisbad 2 years ago
It's really well done, but I think its way too fast. I like it sung more slowly, with more conviction.
musicqueenyana 2 years ago
I disagree. Any slower than this & it risks sounding self-indulgent. At this pace you get such a fantastic sense of each individual melodic shape...
magdluke 2 years ago 33
@magdluke
Great point, I will say that if it where any faster, it would sacrifice the impressionistic texture.
3dover3 10 months ago
@magdluke Agreed
penguinzonline 4 months ago
I don't agree. A bit slower is better-check out the Cambridge Singers. Most importantly it needs to flow. But the beautiful individual lines would get lost in a faster version. If you're doing it for a choir anthem it won't last for the offering-hah, a practical issue LOL.
MsJmckenney 4 months ago
@MsJmckenney You mean King's College, Cambridge? Because that's this group....
jpow890 3 months ago
My high school concert choir is singing this for our gala concert. It's such a pretty song!!! :)
Digilady99 2 years ago
This such a beautiful piece, our highschool choir is taking this to state in six weeks ~! time to practice our butts off Go Kathleen*
malchikgej 2 years ago
amazing piece. not easy. sounds amazing. especially the low Eflat in the basses at the end of most phrases. But i cant hear it through my tiny computer speakers :(
robbobby3 2 years ago 3
I had the privilege to sing this in high school at an international choir contest in Vienna. It was amazing to sing this song in the cathedral- it floated and was etheral. We sang it slower and it had an almost haunting and yearning feel to it. I fell in love with this style of music because of Durafle
kyssed1 2 years ago
I agree that the phrasing is questionable. However, this is fairly easy to sing, but extremely difficult to sing well, and goodness knows there are a lot of poor recordings out there- this is one of the best overall. Among the few choirs who get the dynamics right and really bring out the altos nicely, who carry the piece.
jonathanpnichols 2 years ago
This is one of the easiest Anthems in the Anglican Tradition
choirtreble007 2 years ago
Not easy...not Anglican...
pointmastae 2 years ago 2
Well it is not originally anglican but the anglican church has used it for three hundred years now and it is easy
choirtreble007 2 years ago
Well, it depends for whom. It's very easy for sopranos, but not that easy for altos and for the other voices. I sang it with a choir I was in some years ago and I remember there was a very difficult part for altos where they split into two voices and they had to sing (sorry I don't know how to say it in English) "un intervalo de segunda" maintained for several notes. That was very difficult for them and they could only master it after several rehearsals.
susantash 2 years ago 2
Did you grow in an Anglican Music tradition
choirtreble007 2 years ago
300 years, you say! I don't think Durufle was born even before 1900!
pointmastae 2 years ago 5
@pointmastae He's reminding us that theDurufle is just an arrangement - a very fine one - of a Gregorian chant that had a centuries-old history.
paulbrd 1 year ago
very easy
choirboy526 2 years ago
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WillRoberts2 2 years ago
We are singing this in our Homeschool acdemy... I love it, even though some of it is hard to pronounce lol.
ckrisandnik 2 years ago
does anybody else think they take it a shade too fast?
conall1234 3 years ago
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susantash 2 years ago
Yes, I agree. Although it's something a bit different than just fast. The rythm is not that fast, the problem for me is that they rush the ending of each phrase. It's like "ok, end of phrase, What's next? That's the feeling I got from listening to it, but otherwise it's a fantastic interpretation.
susantash 2 years ago
we're singing this at my school
scribe63 3 years ago
this song reminds me of ma bfff ming
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SouthafricanPride 3 years ago
I only wish that this was longer... 1:58 is too short! want more! :)
Kings as usual does an amazing, ethereal rendition. Makes me wish I could sing decent treble... alas I'm a 17 year old girl... I refuse to get vibrato! I refuse!
jennywren413 3 years ago
that sounds so gorgeous. like how it was meant to be sung.
plinkoXD 3 years ago
Perfect! It's beautiful. Wspaniałe wykonanie.
danielld75 3 years ago
Amazing! I think this sounds much better in an all male group. The countertenors sound awesome and the kids on the soprano sound great!
merryohg 3 years ago
Wonderful Job, we're singing this on my school choir
breezyandlalaF4L 3 years ago
BRAVO!
preetigirl101 3 years ago
hey :) Senior District person right here!
jumborafiki 3 years ago
hello S.E. senior district people!!
...am i the only one?
bigpuffyfluff 3 years ago
Beautiful indeed! It is actually a Motet, as you know a Renaissance form, and has modal elements combined with more modern "20th century" harmonies. A lovely combination. Very consolatory.
acbulgin2 3 years ago
Beautiful hymn!
graeme35 3 years ago
It's really touching my heart!! So divine!!
deta15 3 years ago
i am singing this song in choir
djzepink 3 years ago
The Choir of King's College and Durufle's Ubi Caritas. This, my friends, is transcendent. When man sings such anthems, The Lord must be well pleased.
I've had the good fortune of singing II bass on this many times. It is probably one of the better things I've done in my life. Not in the sense that it is one of the better pieces I've sung (which it certainly is) but in the sense of bringing to others a small portion of God's infinite beneficence. Thank you Lord for Messr. Durufle.
P38Jim 3 years ago 5
i like that!
chinwo 3 years ago
beautiful.
jicky25 3 years ago 2
This song is so absolutely beautiful. I love it
achinghunger15 3 years ago
this song absolutly takes my breath away. i am learnig it i girls choir and i can only pray that it sounds half as good as this but our choir is made up of mostly 1st and 2nd sopranos and the lowest section we have is alto like i said girls choir:(
monkeydemonanime 3 years ago
so amazing...just takes my breath away. my choir is singing this right now (well learning it) and i can't wait to really preform it like this (i hope we sound as good at least) ^^ so amazing.
mitsuki21012 3 years ago
this is so beautiful.
narutorocks816 3 years ago
cartearse 3 years ago
I agree!
childrenoftheauroras 3 years ago
beautiful countertenor sound - great interpretation of a wonderful piece
bcrowe60 3 years ago 4
One of the best performances of this piece ever...
It brings my soul peace...
pianoandpipes 3 years ago 3
beautiful counter tenors,rich deep bassos.....heaven to my hears
vipervenomII 3 years ago 4
Ubi Caritas I go on choir and we sing this song :)
Misiek199107 3 years ago
Awesome video. I love just about anything by Durufle, ESPECIALLY this piece. It's the perfect depiction of deep emotions like sadness and joy.
pianomanfishman 3 years ago 3
i loooove this arrangement. and i love the sound of all boy choirs. amazing. :)
blahblahblah9807 3 years ago 2
does anybody know the name of the choir singing?
01SwantonJ 3 years ago
Look in the video description.
edders05 3 years ago
Exquisite! One of my most favorites in college and still today. It was also sung at my wedding many years ago.... oh, the memories. Thank you for posting this - just what I needed to hear. :)
freeteddys 3 years ago 2
gah I love the countertenors! they have stunning voices! beautiful piece, too
janeym 3 years ago 5
Growing up, this was one of my favorite hymns to sing in my Church choir (Which was one of the last few all male choirs in Canada). I started singing there when I was 6 and sang there even after my voice changed. This song brings back many memories.
EPRock 3 years ago 2
Oh they just used little children for the higher parts
aerialaces21 3 years ago
Is there anything wrong with that? These 'little children' as you so patronisingly put it, are extremely talented boys, many of whom will go on to become talented organists or choral directors/scholars in their own right.
Most recordings of this piece use 'old women' to sing the top line. This uses trebles instead of sopranos, there is a difference. They are not just 'little children' warbling away, out of tune and out of time, but highly trained and talented singers.
edders05 3 years ago
I didnt say anything bad i just said they used little children i mean they arent adults or teenagers are they? would you like me to call them Highly Skilled children Protgists?
aerialaces21 3 years ago
I am willing to bet a great deal that you can't sing half as well as these "little children".
jennywren413 3 years ago
I probaly cant but what does that have to do with me calling them children? it is what they are isnt it?
aerialaces21 3 years ago
I still personally like when they used woman parts for the higher parts but thats just me
aerialaces21 3 years ago
The choir was created 600 years ago and is continuing the fine British choral tradition to this day. Women are not permitted in the choir, as is the case in most of the elite British liturgical choirs. That is why you sound ignorant when you say children.
pointmastae 3 years ago 2
But still they are children and does not change that fact at all, yes they are highly skilled thats easy to recognize.
aerialaces21 3 years ago
I don't think that aerialaces21 said anything wrong. He/she didn't mean to cricticise anybody. He/she just meant that this video is special because it uses trbles or boys soprano) instead of girls and women. Yea, so I don't think he/she deserve such a big fire back.
xuanjie5489 3 years ago
is this an all men music and why do they need music this is a rather short song?
aerialaces21 3 years ago
They need music because they perform vastly different repertoire of this calibre every day of the year at Evensong. They aren't concert entertainers...
pointmastae 3 years ago
The piece is written SATB- it's meant to be sung by both men and high voices (in most cases women, here treble boys). And I agree with pointmastae.
jennywren413 3 years ago
this song is amazing
braders01234 3 years ago
My Goodness! A piece composed by a Frenchman...in the Anglican tradition...sung in Latin...performed by those most brilliant masters of the King's College Cambridge Choir...Perfection!!!
orchme 3 years ago 4
Did you guys know that Dudley Moore was offered the position of organist at King's back when he was just getting started, but that he said no, in that he wanted to pursue his acting career....?
mogemoets 3 years ago
Moore was organ scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford - I don't believe that he ever had any connection with King's College, Cambridge where David Willcocks succeeded Boris Ord as Director of Music in 1957.
md95065 3 years ago
well HUMPH!!!
Fine!
Rain on my parade!
I'd always heard that Moore was intended for King's----but i DID know that he was at Magdalen College----watch the movie "Arthur"
He plays the piano fabulously for a spell!
Martin
mogemoets 3 years ago
Pure Music! As if the angels were singing it themselves. Beautiful.
riomurphy1 3 years ago 2
so amazing
ciaobellaxo111 3 years ago
No creo que se pueda encontrar mejor interpretación de esta obra.
maestrillo1111 3 years ago 2
As we left our Maundy Thursday meal of vegetarian soup, cheese, olives, bread and wine and grapes, we went into the church singing this anthem. Maundy Thursday is one of the most beautiful services in the Episcopal/Anglican tradition. Nothing is more powerful and emotional than the altar being stripped as the choir chants the lamentation of
Psalm 22.
901cleo 3 years ago 2
psalm 22 is an amazing psalm i love singing it!!! i pressume u use the s.s wesley chant??
Tommy211hick 3 years ago
i just sang this piece in a church today... this is a very powerfull song ... i like it a lot
aiden1603 3 years ago
Matchless,transcendent,sublime!
lauwai4life 3 years ago 2
Only after this world has past and we are among the Angels in heaven will we ever hear anything better.
Ron Coles
Organist / Choir Master
Saint Martin of Tours - Philadelphia
CathedralMusicMan 3 years ago
a wonderful example of one of the best choirs around
mak1685 4 years ago