STOP NATURE BEING RUINED,stop tory nppf planNing laws..................,a ajudge said in latestcase if l aws are not consented to,it gets scrapped...do not comply,and nationally we can stop j nature being ruined............
so i have been given the opportunity of a lifetime... My school choir is going to London where we will go to a few different venues and sing THIS! We had to go through an audition to get to go and i made it!... I have never been out of the country and i have never heard this piece until now ... and i must say i am ecstatic to have been given such an opportunity! ^^
The music for this aria started out life as a song Bernstein wrote for a production of Thornton Wilder's play "By The Skin of Our Teeth"
The production never came off and Bernstein eventually recycled it as this aria.
The song was originally called "Spring Will Come Again" I should add it's only the song that Zazzo sings that was recyled.If you want to hear the original its(as a filler) on the CD of Bernsteins music for Peter Pan.
I heard Bernstein composed all his great songs in his sleep. He'd wake up, grab a pen, and write them down. You can kind of hear it in the dreamy odd modulations he throws in.
I've played this video so many times. It's so beautiful that I can't stop listening. I mostly listen to the solo though. Doesn't hurt looking at him either ;)
Nearly perfect performance! I think it captures something extremely close to what Bernstein had in mind (despite the reduced orchestration, which I think Bernstein 'signed off' on anyway, right?) Wish I could actually HEAR the men during the fast section - they took the pp a bit too literally. Zazzo's pp entrance at 2:15 is REALLY beautiful.
When I first heard that our University Choir was going to sing this and I had my doubts, but when I heard it sung for the first time I cried. Out of all the choir pieces that I have performed, Chichester Psalms is my favorite.
When I first heard that our University Choir was going to sing this and I had my doubts, but when I heard it sung for the first time I cried. Out of all the choir pieces that I have performed, Chichester Psalms is my favorite.
wow boy soprano im jealous i wish i could hit that high, im a soprano 2, im doing this for my high school concert choir, this music is so beautiful, but its difficult to remember the hebrew >.<
Crosses: This piece was written for the Anglican Choir festival held at Chichester Cathedral in the 1960's, with this setting for organ, harp and percussion. Although in Hebrew it is not a "liturgical" piece, per se. Here it is being performed by a College Choir from Cambridge in their chapel.
@h0meskill3tt It is definitely NOT meant for a tenor. It is meant for a male-alto, either a boy or a countertenor. From the Bernstein's actual written notes, "However, the long male-alto solo in the second movement must not be sung by a woman, but either by a boy or a counter-tenor."
@h0meskill3tt I understand. I can send ya his notes sometime, if you are ever interested. I especially took note to it, because it is one of the very few times a composer definitively states that a woman is NOT to sing the higher-ranged part.
@shortyirish Not just that part, all of the soprano and alto choir parts are meant for boys. Understanding the scarcity of good boy choirs, he was okay with women singing the choral parts. He only explicitly said no women on the alto solo in this movement.
I think it sounds much better with a boy as a soloist, for the reason that little boys has some purity in their voice, something naive that adult will never have....
We listened to this at our school choir's vocal retreat ('cause we're learning to sing it! <3). There were huge speakers in the room... The girl next to me practically fell out of her chair at the ending. xD
Have you guys heard the "Spring Will Come Again" version of this song? Its even more beautiful in my opinion. It was written for some Peter Pan Leonard did or something?
Hmm kate7smith, I'm not sure that you're well informed in your criticism. The Chichester Psalms were commissioned by Chichester Cathedral (as part of the Southern Cathedrals Festival) where I'm sure they would have sung from the score, in a building which you would also deem a "spooky place". The solo was written for counter tenor but Bernstein said it could be sung by either a counter tenor or boy.
This masterful composition lifts up a sacred text which is being performed in a sacred setting, a chapel. The performers are attired in cassocks, not mere robes, befitting the setting, the text, and the nature of this performance. Most people don't consider a college chapel a "spooky place."
the video keeps reloading, and i notice more things about it i dont like. like the HEAVINESS a counter-tenor brings to what i hear as a light, almost angelic-type of voice, not refined by years of training and the natural voice maturity., also girls look weird in robes.... ok, i need to calm down, peace, y'all.
and i am not taking anything away from the counter-tenor, i just dont like this particular performance of this piece. (nor HIM performing it). afterall, it's not ALL about how wide your range is. i would love to hear him do Bach, and some other stuff, and i think can have a brilliant career.
also, i might have appreciated the theatrical aspect of this performance a little more, had they not been looking at the music, and the conductor as well, that's the least he can do is learn the damned score (it's not like it's a 200-page symphony) if he's going to make this spooky church-cathedral setting with eerie lighting. If you can put all the robes on, you should be man enough to memorize the score. SERIOUSLY!
i thought this was supposed to be sung by a boy CHILD, according to Bernstein. and um... this kid, ummm.... maybe a boy, but he ain't a child. Secondly, the setting is SPOOKY, like out of a horror nightmare in a psycho-thriller movie, about crazy killer MONKS. And one can argue that was the effect Bernstein might have been going for, but you should see HIS video performances, and the feel and setting of these Psalms are 180 from this performance.
Holy SHIT, that man has range. I didn't know ANY tenors or baritones/basses in my high school choir who could hit those notes so clearly when we did Chichester Psalms my senior year :-)
No, they're two completely different vocal ranges that really don't have much to do with one another. The Countertenor utilizes his falsetto to reach high notes, a Castro is castrated at birth to intentionaly reach those notes. And honestly, I don't think there are many castratos around anymore. They were more popular in Baroque opera/chamber music.
yes i know this, i just thought that the need for the falsetto tenors, came when there were no more castrated singers to sing the music written for castratos.
The music that is written for castratos is the music you listen to,you fucking jew. Your religion and talmud makes you cut your pinus when you are 1 year old. Because jews are gays(like you),they put their pinus in their ass after rabbi's action. So you are write and listen to jewish subculture like dachau blues,jew brother,leonard cohen and other shit
have you heard of ALESSANDRO MORESCHI known as the ''last castrato'' ?
he made some very primitive recordings in1902 and one can listen to them on YouTube. very low fidelity of course and Moreschi was past his prime at the time...
But i think that the amazing jazz singer
Jimmy Scott who was born with kallmann's syndrome, has, especially in his early recordings, this ''castrato'' tone...
@MrWagnerlover The vocal ranges have everything to do with each other. They are the same names. Even today's women wouldn't deal well with singing them in the style of the castrati -- because they employed heavy, heavy chest mechanism up until at least C5 (C4 being middle C). And an FYI, most operatic countertenors do not use merely falsetto. Most of the range is a falsetto-head mixed voice with the upper ranges (past D5) in full falsetto.
@CountertenorJ I was under the impression that they were two names for two different kinds of voice. The Countertenor being the male with his 'parts' and has a large falsetto range and the Castrati being the one who has been castrated and only can sing soprano range. Castrati and Countertenor are two classifications for the same voice type but are distinct by way of how the voice is achieved... at least that is my understanding. I myself am a countertenor and I certianly am not a castrati.
we're doing this for our holiday spectacular! the whole piece! it's so hard haha the first movement has like 2345867347856 different time signatures haha. but they're fantastic!
ye...i did this in the Barbican Hall last week...in 2 weeks i have to perform in the Opera House for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Hope I do well... :0
We're doing this for our main Spring performance in Murray State's concert choir. We just got it last week. Hopefully we'll find a soloist that sounds like this. It's amazing!
All was good except the men needed better consonants!!The men are supposed to drown out the ladies, you cant mumble and over power without pronuciation. And that high E gets every soloist, I havent heard the perfect soloist. Though he's done better than the rest!
The promise that countertenor (American-Philadelphia) showed in this recording many years ago recording has been fullfilled; he is now one of the world's leading countertenors.
ethereally beautiful solo and very fine work from the tenors and basses in the fiendishly difficult rhythms of the middle section which is "why do the nations rage" set against the soloist and women singing "the lord is my shepherd" which they do so very beautifully. Bravo.
Originally supposed to be sung with a boys choir instead of women, but I think I like it better this way...
minokun555 2 weeks ago
A beautiful sound, but why does the conductor take them through it like it's a race??!?
doctormutts 2 weeks ago
flowers built the earth,the atmosphare i mean...
Apalmeic5 2 weeks ago
STOP NATURE BEING RUINED,stop tory nppf planNing laws..................,a ajudge said in latestcase if l aws are not consented to,it gets scrapped...do not comply,and nationally we can stop j nature being ruined............
Apalmeic5 2 weeks ago
castrato?
Sfrey000 1 month ago
In case anyone wants to follow along to the meaning of the words, they are:
Adonai ro-i, lo ehsar (The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want)
Bin'ot deshe yarbitseini (He maketh me to lie down in green pastures)
Al mei m'nuhot y'nahaleini (He leadeth me beside the still waters)
Naf'shi y'shovev (He restoreth my soul)
Yan'heini bma'aglei tsadek (He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness)
L'ma'an sh'mo (For His name's sake)
(sorry, I can't post them all in one comment-there's a character limit)
SoaringSounds 1 month ago
Vitas who? Zazzo is the best! and he actually sings live
JoseCarlosCristiano 4 months ago
AAA DOOOO NAIIIIIII JOJO BONITO BONITO
helloween854 5 months ago
so i have been given the opportunity of a lifetime... My school choir is going to London where we will go to a few different venues and sing THIS! We had to go through an audition to get to go and i made it!... I have never been out of the country and i have never heard this piece until now ... and i must say i am ecstatic to have been given such an opportunity! ^^
bunnyluv456 8 months ago 4
Now a bit of useless trivia! LOL
The music for this aria started out life as a song Bernstein wrote for a production of Thornton Wilder's play "By The Skin of Our Teeth"
The production never came off and Bernstein eventually recycled it as this aria.
The song was originally called "Spring Will Come Again" I should add it's only the song that Zazzo sings that was recyled.If you want to hear the original its(as a filler) on the CD of Bernsteins music for Peter Pan.
It works both ways I think.
MrSwifts31 9 months ago
I heard Bernstein composed all his great songs in his sleep. He'd wake up, grab a pen, and write them down. You can kind of hear it in the dreamy odd modulations he throws in.
illuminazi 9 months ago
AMAZING!!!!! I'm SO in love with the Chichester Psalms!!!!
kimpeaceable 10 months ago
excited to hear my schools choir perform this
now5230 10 months ago
2:36 - 2:37 totally made me jump.
rachelo93 10 months ago 9
J'adore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kohavcheli 10 months ago
I've played this video so many times. It's so beautiful that I can't stop listening. I mostly listen to the solo though. Doesn't hurt looking at him either ;)
littlelavender14 11 months ago
Nearly perfect performance! I think it captures something extremely close to what Bernstein had in mind (despite the reduced orchestration, which I think Bernstein 'signed off' on anyway, right?) Wish I could actually HEAR the men during the fast section - they took the pp a bit too literally. Zazzo's pp entrance at 2:15 is REALLY beautiful.
Snuggelbubs1 1 year ago
When I first heard that our University Choir was going to sing this and I had my doubts, but when I heard it sung for the first time I cried. Out of all the choir pieces that I have performed, Chichester Psalms is my favorite.
lavalyn1 1 year ago 2
When I first heard that our University Choir was going to sing this and I had my doubts, but when I heard it sung for the first time I cried. Out of all the choir pieces that I have performed, Chichester Psalms is my favorite.
lavalyn1 1 year ago
Countertenor for the win :D
theukefreak 1 year ago 3
Beautiful. I don't understand how 6 people could dislike this performance or music.
shycuteguy35 1 year ago 2
@kivawolfspeaker i know he is a counter tenor, i just said boy soprano cause its sort of an insider
Coolio256Foolio 1 year ago
wow boy soprano im jealous i wish i could hit that high, im a soprano 2, im doing this for my high school concert choir, this music is so beautiful, but its difficult to remember the hebrew >.<
Coolio256Foolio 1 year ago
@Coolio256Foolio I believe he is actually a countertenor.
kivawolfspeaker 1 year ago
La! MAH! La Mah! It is total tongue twister, but I love that part singing with choir!
Sosanec121212 1 year ago
why countertenor singing the beginning?
zemotheon12987 1 year ago
@zemotheon12987 Bernstein specifically wrote in the music that this was to be a countertenor or young boy solo.
michellebellx 1 year ago
i love the switch of music
darrensak 1 year ago
1:00......wow
ataylor2014 1 year ago
Beautiful! Thank you!
djrepasky 1 year ago
The Chichester Psalms should only be sung my boys and young men. Absolutely beautiful!
djrepasky 1 year ago
Easily - easily the finest, most professional recording of this movement. Where are the 1st and 3rd movements from this fine ensemble?
edcassells 1 year ago
Crosses: This piece was written for the Anglican Choir festival held at Chichester Cathedral in the 1960's, with this setting for organ, harp and percussion. Although in Hebrew it is not a "liturgical" piece, per se. Here it is being performed by a College Choir from Cambridge in their chapel.
bshampton117 1 year ago
What's with the crosses? This is a Hebrew piece!
KoPT01 1 year ago
meravigliosa.
totonno111 1 year ago
Has anyone heard his original version of this song (Spring Will Come Again)?
michaelerikson33 1 year ago
I think that solo is meant for a solo treble. Why is an alto singing it?
sarum1surplice 1 year ago
@sarum1surplice it's meant for a tenor, preferably a "young boy"
h0meskill3tt 1 year ago
@h0meskill3tt It is definitely NOT meant for a tenor. It is meant for a male-alto, either a boy or a countertenor. From the Bernstein's actual written notes, "However, the long male-alto solo in the second movement must not be sung by a woman, but either by a boy or a counter-tenor."
CountertenorJ 1 year ago
@CountertenorJ lol idk that's what it says in my score, so w/e
h0meskill3tt 1 year ago
@h0meskill3tt I understand. I can send ya his notes sometime, if you are ever interested. I especially took note to it, because it is one of the very few times a composer definitively states that a woman is NOT to sing the higher-ranged part.
CountertenorJ 1 year ago
the part was originally written for a young boy but he said if not that then a counter tennor
shortyirish 1 year ago
@shortyirish Not just that part, all of the soprano and alto choir parts are meant for boys. Understanding the scarcity of good boy choirs, he was okay with women singing the choral parts. He only explicitly said no women on the alto solo in this movement.
CountertenorJ 1 year ago
omg the opening harp is so amazing
algebra1wiz 1 year ago
BERSTEIN genius...and sopranist voice came from heaven
vengerov26 1 year ago
Ah, memories! Love this stuff! Sang at MENC in Anaheim long ago. Loved it!!!
ghostridder1 2 years ago
I love the very first color introduced in the harp. It really sets the first melody off nicely.
wangdasan 2 years ago
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Good singer, but Bernstein sucked.
bachaphiliac 2 years ago
I think it sounds much better with a boy as a soloist, for the reason that little boys has some purity in their voice, something naive that adult will never have....
But still he is a very good singer.
pila406 2 years ago
We listened to this at our school choir's vocal retreat ('cause we're learning to sing it! <3). There were huge speakers in the room... The girl next to me practically fell out of her chair at the ending. xD
I love this... So beautiful.
Florion 2 years ago
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hhmmmm, i dont like this...it sounds weird to me.
pfft.
xTheJustinBieberFanx 2 years ago
Remarkable! That Lawrence Zazzo sure has some pipes on him!
toksook 2 years ago 19
agreed!
litgoddess1 2 years ago
Goddamnit...2:37 gets me every time. Hard not to jump when singing it at our concerts. :P
TheMagicFruit 2 years ago
i would've liked it if the basses and tenors were a bit quicker during their part, the tempo there was too slow -_-
but otherwise it sounds beautiful.
h0meskill3tt 2 years ago
Have you guys heard the "Spring Will Come Again" version of this song? Its even more beautiful in my opinion. It was written for some Peter Pan Leonard did or something?
michaelerikson33 2 years ago
Hmm kate7smith, I'm not sure that you're well informed in your criticism. The Chichester Psalms were commissioned by Chichester Cathedral (as part of the Southern Cathedrals Festival) where I'm sure they would have sung from the score, in a building which you would also deem a "spooky place". The solo was written for counter tenor but Bernstein said it could be sung by either a counter tenor or boy.
msimes83 2 years ago
This masterful composition lifts up a sacred text which is being performed in a sacred setting, a chapel. The performers are attired in cassocks, not mere robes, befitting the setting, the text, and the nature of this performance. Most people don't consider a college chapel a "spooky place."
WillemOrange 2 years ago
the video keeps reloading, and i notice more things about it i dont like. like the HEAVINESS a counter-tenor brings to what i hear as a light, almost angelic-type of voice, not refined by years of training and the natural voice maturity., also girls look weird in robes.... ok, i need to calm down, peace, y'all.
kate7smith 2 years ago
and i am not taking anything away from the counter-tenor, i just dont like this particular performance of this piece. (nor HIM performing it). afterall, it's not ALL about how wide your range is. i would love to hear him do Bach, and some other stuff, and i think can have a brilliant career.
kate7smith 2 years ago
also, i might have appreciated the theatrical aspect of this performance a little more, had they not been looking at the music, and the conductor as well, that's the least he can do is learn the damned score (it's not like it's a 200-page symphony) if he's going to make this spooky church-cathedral setting with eerie lighting. If you can put all the robes on, you should be man enough to memorize the score. SERIOUSLY!
kate7smith 2 years ago
i thought this was supposed to be sung by a boy CHILD, according to Bernstein. and um... this kid, ummm.... maybe a boy, but he ain't a child. Secondly, the setting is SPOOKY, like out of a horror nightmare in a psycho-thriller movie, about crazy killer MONKS. And one can argue that was the effect Bernstein might have been going for, but you should see HIS video performances, and the feel and setting of these Psalms are 180 from this performance.
kate7smith 2 years ago
Bernstein said either a boy, or a counter-tenor, but NEVER a women.
principalbass 2 years ago
This is used in his Peter Pan production or something, and he uses a woman's voice. But the lyrics change. It's called "Spring Will Come Again".
michaelerikson33 2 years ago
Well, then it's not "Chichester Psalms", is it?
principalbass 2 years ago
Ha-ha, yeah. But you guys should try to find it. I really think it's even more beautiful than this version.
michaelerikson33 2 years ago
Super! Do you have mvt. 1 and 3 from this performance?
RichCaloMusic 2 years ago
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RichCaloMusic 2 years ago
Perfection! Bernstein would be smiling
yooperlooper 2 years ago
So beautiful...
michaelerikson33 2 years ago
Lawrence Zazzo, not only your beautiful voice but your whole countenannce fills me with inspiration and joy.
God has already blessed you, and I add my blessing too.
mrmolinodelahoz 2 years ago
omigish.
so brilliant.
ashllleigh 2 years ago
I love lawrence zazzo
agabusdawatchman 2 years ago
Holy SHIT, that man has range. I didn't know ANY tenors or baritones/basses in my high school choir who could hit those notes so clearly when we did Chichester Psalms my senior year :-)
MiltownPunkette21 2 years ago
Um... that's because he's not a tenor. He's a countertenor. You did know that right.
MrWagnerlover 2 years ago
Yes, MrWagnerlover, I knew that. :P You could also say he has a kick-ass falsetto
MiltownPunkette21 2 years ago
definitely best counter tenor i've heard singing this piece, i think i prefer this to the many versions i've heard with boys voice.
siobhearne 2 years ago
... a boy would have sounded a lot better. the rest is great though.
galliumarsenide 2 years ago
My lord, Lenny was a genius. Stunning.
Opiegrey 2 years ago 2
i performed as part of a marching band performance! it was so amazing to play :D i loved it.
dhwillette 2 years ago
Countertenor =/= Castrato
nycounterpoint 2 years ago
Castrado?
RippinSVT 2 years ago
No, not in the least. Countertenors and Castratos are two completely different vocal types. I should know seeng as how I myself am Countertenor.
MrWagnerlover 2 years ago
@MrWagnerlover
i always thought that countertenors appeared when there were no more castratos...to fill the gap, so to speak...
theo9952 2 years ago
No, they're two completely different vocal ranges that really don't have much to do with one another. The Countertenor utilizes his falsetto to reach high notes, a Castro is castrated at birth to intentionaly reach those notes. And honestly, I don't think there are many castratos around anymore. They were more popular in Baroque opera/chamber music.
MrWagnerlover 2 years ago
@MrWagnerlover
yes i know this, i just thought that the need for the falsetto tenors, came when there were no more castrated singers to sing the music written for castratos.
theo9952 2 years ago
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The music that is written for castratos is the music you listen to,you fucking jew. Your religion and talmud makes you cut your pinus when you are 1 year old. Because jews are gays(like you),they put their pinus in their ass after rabbi's action. So you are write and listen to jewish subculture like dachau blues,jew brother,leonard cohen and other shit
Jimis1821 2 years ago
@MrWagnerlover
have you heard of ALESSANDRO MORESCHI known as the ''last castrato'' ?
he made some very primitive recordings in1902 and one can listen to them on YouTube. very low fidelity of course and Moreschi was past his prime at the time...
But i think that the amazing jazz singer
Jimmy Scott who was born with kallmann's syndrome, has, especially in his early recordings, this ''castrato'' tone...
theo9952 2 years ago
@MrWagnerlover The vocal ranges have everything to do with each other. They are the same names. Even today's women wouldn't deal well with singing them in the style of the castrati -- because they employed heavy, heavy chest mechanism up until at least C5 (C4 being middle C). And an FYI, most operatic countertenors do not use merely falsetto. Most of the range is a falsetto-head mixed voice with the upper ranges (past D5) in full falsetto.
CountertenorJ 1 year ago
@CountertenorJ I was under the impression that they were two names for two different kinds of voice. The Countertenor being the male with his 'parts' and has a large falsetto range and the Castrati being the one who has been castrated and only can sing soprano range. Castrati and Countertenor are two classifications for the same voice type but are distinct by way of how the voice is achieved... at least that is my understanding. I myself am a countertenor and I certianly am not a castrati.
MrWagnerlover 1 year ago
i love this song! i sang this for choir last year! i loved it :D
but if i tried singing the song again, i think it would be epic fail. lol XD
daydreamer108 2 years ago
kudos! my high school choir is singing the entire thing and its pretty awesome!
Rickaly11 3 years ago
Have to agree - not a huge 'counter' fan, but for this guy I'll happily make an exception ! Great clip.
Clivejvaughan 3 years ago 2
wow the best tenor i have heard on this song
sandk10 3 years ago
Um... whose the tenor? The soloist is Countertenor.
MrWagnerlover 2 years ago
that C natural..... every time..... damn
cdbboyce 3 years ago 3
Whoo!! He has to be one of the best countertenors I've ever heard. :D What a hauntingly beautiful melody. It gives me chills every time.
melners 3 years ago
HOW THE HECK IS HE REACHING THOSE, half our sopranos can hardly reach those lol
131314 3 years ago
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sojutofu 3 years ago
Proper training and one hell of a falsetto. FANTISSIMO!!!!!!
mjsinclair 2 years ago
I'm sorry, but if only half your soprano's can barely hit that, they aren't very good soprano's. I'm an alto, and I've got those notes just fine.
BrittanyBodies 2 years ago
i...was....joking?
131314 2 years ago
that guy has a really high voice
crazybeatlesfan33 3 years ago
beautiful
teababe9 3 years ago
one of the better counter tenors I've heard. Personally, I'm not a fan of them, but I actually like Lawrence's singing. Beautiful song.
nothinbetta2do 3 years ago
Grandissimo Lawrence!
WloScielaneve 3 years ago
This is absolutely beautiful. I wish I could have been born British and have gone to Cambridge and be part of this ensemble or ensembles like it.
aresoundingchime 3 years ago
Now this is the voice Lenny wanted at the right tempi... Thanks, John
DaddyofT 3 years ago
Beautiful, Bernstein was a truly great composer.
EstebanChaimSerrano 3 years ago
Really soothing...
jnajy 3 years ago
we're doing this for our holiday spectacular! the whole piece! it's so hard haha the first movement has like 2345867347856 different time signatures haha. but they're fantastic!
sooperdooper77 3 years ago
Absolutely fabulous. No question.
bennyboy088 3 years ago
amazing soloist....i must say. great girls also but the echo needs to be stronger in the beginning.
great entrace BOYS! phenomial.
amazing all together!
DeliaOw 3 years ago
Angel voice by Lawrence. Thks for posting
armycasa 3 years ago
I love this!!!
In my town, there was a concert last tuesday and it was such so great!
11ellon 3 years ago
ye...i did this in the Barbican Hall last week...in 2 weeks i have to perform in the Opera House for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. Hope I do well... :0
lloydino 3 years ago
ye...i did this iin the barbican last week as a solo. now i have to perform in the opera house...hope i don't muck up :0
lloydino 3 years ago
you guys are all doing this because it's the year of what would have been Bernstein's 90th birthday.
nothinbetta2do 3 years ago
We're doing this for our main Spring performance in Murray State's concert choir. We just got it last week. Hopefully we'll find a soloist that sounds like this. It's amazing!
beccahostilo07 3 years ago
we have to do this song for chorus
greencero 3 years ago
our high schools doing this too i go to hh high school and we have to memorize it too i hope i get one of the solos :)
irock715 3 years ago
I know you then because I go to HH too. O_O Who are youuuuu?
bambiluvr312 3 years ago
I have to sing this for my chorus at school. We have to have it memorized though. And I'm only in 9th grade!!
bambiluvr312 3 years ago
yeah i did that in 9th grade too. it's not that big of a deal... great song though.
nothinbetta2do 3 years ago
im doing this song for my ballad in my marching band! xD
OnyxMP312 3 years ago
you wouldnt happen to be in cp band, would you? :)
redhairhotti579 3 years ago
You are right xD and who might u be
OnyxMP312 3 years ago
like this voice, he is old enough to mke the use of vibrato sound manly :-)
StellaDuBois 3 years ago
ROAR!
CliffX 3 years ago
Larry Zazzo is amazing.
smrr5624 3 years ago
All was good except the men needed better consonants!!The men are supposed to drown out the ladies, you cant mumble and over power without pronuciation. And that high E gets every soloist, I havent heard the perfect soloist. Though he's done better than the rest!
hardrock9114 3 years ago
The promise that countertenor (American-Philadelphia) showed in this recording many years ago recording has been fullfilled; he is now one of the world's leading countertenors.
32Styx 3 years ago
Beautifully done.
soprano2k 3 years ago
ethereally beautiful solo and very fine work from the tenors and basses in the fiendishly difficult rhythms of the middle section which is "why do the nations rage" set against the soloist and women singing "the lord is my shepherd" which they do so very beautifully. Bravo.
dollartwenty 3 years ago