Luther College Nordic Choir - Ave Maria (Pawel Lukaszewski)

[MyMollyBloom]

ave maria

[adamsearle93]

AVEEEE MAAARRRIIIIIEEEEE(nnnnnn)

... grrr swaying

[dekanai]

amazing song...

This bring tears to my eyes.

[AgainstAllOdds09]

Sounds great but the choir moves a lot

[ChoralBrian]

@AgainstAllOdds09 That kind of movement is a choral philosophy which stresses lack of tension in the body and personal expression within the context of the choral group. One of the reasons the choir sounds so great is because of that movement.

[belbibi]

this is really nice

[dasostudent46]

Could someone explain the choir's formation to me? Like which sections are standing where?

[aihoshiduo]

This was a special formation for this particular song. On Dr. Arnold's left are the S1s, S2s, A2s, and T1s. On Dr. Arnold's right are the A1s (my section =3), T2s, B1s, and B2s.

[dasostudent46]

And what is the choir's normal formation?

[aihoshiduo]

On Dr. Arnold's left would normally be S1s, S2s, B1s, and B2s. On Dr. Arnold's right would normally be A1s, A2s, T1s, and T2s.

[automobile01]

Beautiful... Such a start contrast in vowel ideology when compared to Iowa State for example... Oah-ve Mo-ria... An "O" behind everything. A little much - but still beautiful.

[cwcaplinger]

The dissonance used in this piece actually differs quite a lot from the dissonance Whitacre uses. These clusters are made up more of major intervals and whole tones. Where as Whitacre utilizes more minor and augmented intervals, such as a major chord with a sus+4 and a minor or major ninth.

[KrummyBear]

Eric Whotacre?

[tahirek]

No, it's Paweł Łukaszewski

[KrummyBear]

..... lawl.. I know.. that's the joke.

[tahirek]

not funny :)

for me it sounds more like Morten Lauridsen.

Anyway, it sounds fantastic :)

[KrummyBear]

Haha just messin'. I feel like it's unfair that I instantly think of Eric Whitacre when I hear dissonance... a 21st century composer has a patent on a musical device.. what is the world coming to?