I performed this with the 2003 TMEA All-State Mixed Choir...probably one of the prettiest pieces I ever sung....and the text meant a lot to me as I was really going through something rough in my life that time
@saintsaens21 There are plenty of fantastic professional baritones that do not comfortably sing As and higher. It's a great added bonus but it doesn't make the singer. Tenors need to be able to sing that high, however!
HappyWandy457, I could consider myself a musician if I really ever be able to conduct this unique piece of art from Brahms . . . Following up each voice, menwhile listening what others do, gives you full insight of what is at our disposal on this marvelous composition . . . That Amen, at the end, simply does not end: It still will sound in our ears for long . . .
He wrote this in his early 20's? Now I feel unaccomplished hahaha. This is an amazing piece and I loved performing it in the national cathedral a year or two ago. Beautiful.
HappyWandy457, How could a Master, considered an atheist by his great friend (Antonin Dvorak), be able to write such a piece in heaven, as this? Watching the score and listening how he worked out meaning into melisms, there is no doubt: Brahms is unique. All lyrics left in the amen, seems with no end. Congratulations to the Choir and Master of the batoon.
so beautiful....thank you for your uploading. i want to sing this piece at my university's choir, but do you think it is possible to sing it without piano or organ?
I will suggest that everyone who's interested purchase the James Jordan edited edition from GIA Publications. He has put in a fantastic forward that helps to understand why the piece sounds how it does.
The best clip of this piece I've found yet on Youtube, and I think the one that comes closest to Brahms's intentions. We sing it ourselves in exactly the same way, but in Engish, i.e., Let not your heart be trobled with sorrow, etc.
He was deeply conflicted vis a vis Clara. Read Jan Swafford's wonderful book on Brahms.
This is just incredible music, as is all Brahms' music, imho.
harryslide 6 months ago
I performed this with the 2003 TMEA All-State Mixed Choir...probably one of the prettiest pieces I ever sung....and the text meant a lot to me as I was really going through something rough in my life that time
bkmustang07 7 months ago
I think this is done down a semi-tone. I just hit that Ab in the tenor part which shocked my until I realised it was a G. Still just a baritone -_-
Buggaton 7 months ago
@Buggaton good baritones hit Abs and beyond...keep on working
saintsaens21 6 months ago
@saintsaens21 There are plenty of fantastic professional baritones that do not comfortably sing As and higher. It's a great added bonus but it doesn't make the singer. Tenors need to be able to sing that high, however!
Buggaton 6 months ago
Eeeeek...sopranos are a bit iffy! They need to brighten - they're going flat!
thecurledfreckle 7 months ago
HappyWandy457, I could consider myself a musician if I really ever be able to conduct this unique piece of art from Brahms . . . Following up each voice, menwhile listening what others do, gives you full insight of what is at our disposal on this marvelous composition . . . That Amen, at the end, simply does not end: It still will sound in our ears for long . . .
froehlicherelter 7 months ago
I must say I have heard better. /watch?v=6wKrLDJjCdA to name one... The singers here are too old and are singing quite flat.
z0tx 10 months ago
He wrote this in his early 20's? Now I feel unaccomplished hahaha. This is an amazing piece and I loved performing it in the national cathedral a year or two ago. Beautiful.
Eternityshield 10 months ago
: )
adda441712 11 months ago
2 said don't like....and u wonder why there is suffering in the world ;)
dagadbm 1 year ago
@dagadbm adding to your comment, this song was arranged by jerry brubaker for the survivors of katrina, wonderful peice
lolmanlolify 1 year ago
Doing this for an Honor Choir. Wow.
ouchie13 1 year ago
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Sousaphonics 1 year ago
GREAT
nonnopirro52 1 year ago
HappyWandy457, How could a Master, considered an atheist by his great friend (Antonin Dvorak), be able to write such a piece in heaven, as this? Watching the score and listening how he worked out meaning into melisms, there is no doubt: Brahms is unique. All lyrics left in the amen, seems with no end. Congratulations to the Choir and Master of the batoon.
Hans Fröhlich - Germany
froehlicherelter 1 year ago 2
sang this at cathedral with the choir last sunday. absolutely love it. especially the amen's.
CaraKawaii 1 year ago
so beautiful....thank you for your uploading. i want to sing this piece at my university's choir, but do you think it is possible to sing it without piano or organ?
yoko564 1 year ago
Brahms, my avuncular grandpa. I adore everything he wrote.
TheGilbertjohn 1 year ago
what was brahms' age at the time of this composition? to me, it sounds like something he would've written at an early age.
8472238 1 year ago
@8472238 correct, written in 1856, so he would have been in his early 20's
morphthing1 1 year ago
I will suggest that everyone who's interested purchase the James Jordan edited edition from GIA Publications. He has put in a fantastic forward that helps to understand why the piece sounds how it does.
RutgersPro 1 year ago
If you look at the meaning of this text, it really does give the song more meaning, I love this piece
bkmustang07 1 year ago
Amazing piece. The sopranos/tenors and alto/basses are in canon with each other on a major ninth interval.
wftjet 1 year ago
ah i love this piece :)
the amens at the end are the best part, so beautiful
mvy109 1 year ago
Great and so useful!
ratisbon 1 year ago
Gracias por subir esto, de corazón gracias. No hay mayor consuelo para el alma que esta canción maravillosa.
lorg11 1 year ago
I love this. Great piece.
MrTasteMan 1 year ago
I can only agree with the comment below. This is great!!! I have been trying to learn this piece and this fantastic, Thank you!
Lindylou2008 2 years ago
The best clip of this piece I've found yet on Youtube, and I think the one that comes closest to Brahms's intentions. We sing it ourselves in exactly the same way, but in Engish, i.e., Let not your heart be trobled with sorrow, etc.
kapariz44 2 years ago
one of the best and most passionate choral pieces!
erpy83 2 years ago
Amen
Xenostrobe 2 years ago