haha crystal river high school is doing this again :D im doing it for my sophmore year but you missed the best part for basses in the beggining with mournful "Ahs" btw im a bass 2 :D
Your sopranos are nice, but they're terribly overpowering. At least they're not screechy. As an alto myself, I'm disappointed to not hear the altos. And the vowels are a bit spread. This version is lovely, though.
Especially at the "Sie est dolor...' parts. I'm an alto too and in my opinion, the altos and tenors at that part of the song is one of the prettiest parts.
i sang this a few years bac with my old choir. i would have loved to have heard how they did the first part where it sounds like wailing. mine did a bad job since they didn't prenounce the words correctly and only a few of us did. i can't tell if they are saying the words the right way or not but they sound okay.
Are choir is doing this song and I love it. I think it should be slowed down a bit so that you can pay extra attention to where the accents and crescendo's ared. Vowel placement is also key in this piece. We have been working forever but I can truly say we are very good. GOOD JOB!
When we sang this song last year we had 2 problems--the sopranos over powered the altos, and the second problem was that we couldn't stay in tune.
I don't have an ear for how this piece sounds to an audience, so I can't offer tuning stuff. One thing I did notice, however, was that the major portions of some parts seemed to be really chewing their vowels on the main "recodare" theme.
Every time I've ever done Latin, I've had to rid myself of any & all diphthongs, leaving a lot of pure vowels.
I've noticed that this particular song has a lot that can go wrong with it from watching other performances. The sopranos overpowering the altos is one of them. Thanks for your comment! Let us know if you post any videos of that performance, we'd like to see it.
Thanks a bunch for your comment! The director is a wonderful teacher! He is well loved by his students. Thank you again for the compliment! I'll pass it on to Brittany.
you can hear voices sticking out from the tenors and basses, and some sopranos spread their vowels too much and at one point you can hear the first soprano using vibrato which shouldn't be used in a choir. But overall its okay.
Yeah, definitely need to reel that high A back in. I just performed this with my university chorale. There were three high sopranos, we were in an incredibly ringy space, and we managed to balance out the rest of the choir (and our director told us to back off in dress rehearsal too because we were still too loud at a f). It's not hard to hear a high "A" over a choir singing fff, even if that "A" is at a forte or even a mf depending on how supported it is.
its pretty good but you can hardly hear the alto section.they have the nicest part when they sing "si est do lor" its an amazing song and you guys did a great job!we sang this song in Carnegie Hall this February with Mr Stroope! He is wonderful!!!!!!!
It's an intense song...it's supposed to be that fast. The Latin is in the vocative, you're commanding the audience to "LISTEN!!" "Si est dolor" can obviously be taken slower because it's an incredibly mournful section.
pretty good Job. Me and My Choir are gonna sing this song when we perform at the Northern California Golden State Competition as the returning winners from last years competition (Monte Vista High Chamber Singers) Im so excited! We are gonna bring the house down with this piece!
it's well done however, blending would be nice. And fricken kick those other sopranos asses Brittany- they shouldn't have done that. I personally hate it when that happens. Good job overall.
I'm so used to singing it so differently, but I guess every director has their vision.
Did you guys have a visual for this song?
We sung this song, actually today at a national ACDA convention in Miami. I was apart of an auditioned national honor choir. Z. Randall Stroope was there and told our group that we sang it with more emotion and expression than he has ever seen. He absolutely loved it! I will add us sining as soon as i get the dvd.
why'd they slow it down on parts of the song...and some parts are sped up...i dont know much about music but we sang it differentely when i was in choir
very good. i sang this song at state with my choir. the sopranos overbear the alto's a lot (especially first sopranos). we had the same problem tho and it took forever to fix. nicely done though! good diction!
I love this song...I sang it with my All-District Choir last year...Im singing a song this year by the same guy who wrote lamentations this year called "Amor De Mi Alma" you should look at that song. Anyways good job! ^_^
My high school did this too, I love this piece. Nice job soprano, it's cool to hear a different choir sing it. We had a choir of 200 so the sound was massive,but I love your redition of the song.
I would love to see this song performed again so I could catch the beginning. What day/time is the concert?
TiffanyM15 11 months ago
haha crystal river high school is doing this again :D im doing it for my sophmore year but you missed the best part for basses in the beggining with mournful "Ahs" btw im a bass 2 :D
trumpeteer777 11 months ago
hoh! that soprano made me shiver!
cheerios0are0forever 1 year ago
I'll take that as a compliment and pass that on to Brittany! Thanks for the comment!
TiffanyM15 1 year ago
Awesome <3
pinkypoo37 1 year ago
Thank you! I'll pass that on!
TiffanyM15 1 year ago
Your sopranos are nice, but they're terribly overpowering. At least they're not screechy. As an alto myself, I'm disappointed to not hear the altos. And the vowels are a bit spread. This version is lovely, though.
yukiruaiza673 2 years ago
Especially at the "Sie est dolor...' parts. I'm an alto too and in my opinion, the altos and tenors at that part of the song is one of the prettiest parts.
roswells10 2 years ago
i sang this a few years bac with my old choir. i would have loved to have heard how they did the first part where it sounds like wailing. mine did a bad job since they didn't prenounce the words correctly and only a few of us did. i can't tell if they are saying the words the right way or not but they sound okay.
Snowfire113 3 years ago
Thanks for the comment. I wasn't able to start my camera right away and that's why the first part is missing.
TiffanyM15 3 years ago
Are choir is doing this song and I love it. I think it should be slowed down a bit so that you can pay extra attention to where the accents and crescendo's ared. Vowel placement is also key in this piece. We have been working forever but I can truly say we are very good. GOOD JOB!
lover4life27 3 years ago
It is a very powerful piece. And very hard to get perfect, you're right. Thanks for the compliment and Good Luck!
TiffanyM15 3 years ago
I think the tone could be more mature sometimes but nice job! my choir is learning this song.
VinallahFrosting 3 years ago 2
omg... nice song can someone tell me the name of the composer?
walker0762 3 years ago
I believe it is Z. Randall Stroope.
TiffanyM15 3 years ago
thanks alot!!! i want my choir to sing this song...
walker0762 3 years ago
When we sang this song last year we had 2 problems--the sopranos over powered the altos, and the second problem was that we couldn't stay in tune.
I don't have an ear for how this piece sounds to an audience, so I can't offer tuning stuff. One thing I did notice, however, was that the major portions of some parts seemed to be really chewing their vowels on the main "recodare" theme.
Every time I've ever done Latin, I've had to rid myself of any & all diphthongs, leaving a lot of pure vowels.
NmmiNut 3 years ago 2
I've noticed that this particular song has a lot that can go wrong with it from watching other performances. The sopranos overpowering the altos is one of them. Thanks for your comment! Let us know if you post any videos of that performance, we'd like to see it.
TiffanyM15 3 years ago
Good pitch! This is a good choir.
Also the directing seems solid.
It is a pity if, as you say and can be heard, "Brittany" is the only S1 on top. Staggered breathing really helps in a piece like this...
Good job!
ltyr2001 3 years ago 2
Thanks a bunch for your comment! The director is a wonderful teacher! He is well loved by his students. Thank you again for the compliment! I'll pass it on to Brittany.
TiffanyM15 3 years ago
My school choir did this and O Magnum Mysterium by Victoria for the NC large ensemble festival this year and got straight 98s. I love this song
Mctaggart6412 4 years ago
That's great! Let us know if you post any videos of it! It is a great song! Very powerful and moving!
TiffanyM15 4 years ago
i don't believe anybody got a video of it but i will ask around just in case
Mctaggart6412 3 years ago
Great, Let us know!
TiffanyM15 3 years ago
it's a bit too bright, but you have nice voices
also, soprano's need to back down a bit at si est do lor because you can't hear the alto's at all and they have the prettiest part. :]
kelly3kins 4 years ago
Yep, thanks for the comment.
TiffanyM15 4 years ago
you can hear voices sticking out from the tenors and basses, and some sopranos spread their vowels too much and at one point you can hear the first soprano using vibrato which shouldn't be used in a choir. But overall its okay.
notitle147 4 years ago
tenor and bass need to be more dark. everyone overall. nice job tho.
rawker777 4 years ago
Thank you!
TiffanyM15 4 years ago
Yeah, definitely need to reel that high A back in. I just performed this with my university chorale. There were three high sopranos, we were in an incredibly ringy space, and we managed to balance out the rest of the choir (and our director told us to back off in dress rehearsal too because we were still too loud at a f). It's not hard to hear a high "A" over a choir singing fff, even if that "A" is at a forte or even a mf depending on how supported it is.
LtothatBoogie 4 years ago
it might interest you to check out the Philippine Madrigal Singers interpretation of one of Stroope's works - Riveder le Stelle, seach 'madz'
armandorob 4 years ago
its pretty good but you can hardly hear the alto section.they have the nicest part when they sing "si est do lor" its an amazing song and you guys did a great job!we sang this song in Carnegie Hall this February with Mr Stroope! He is wonderful!!!!!!!
miszh21 4 years ago
I was in that choir at Carnegie hall!!
omgstephhhson 4 years ago
Sopranos need to blend more, but nice job over all...thats a really fast tempo, our choir did it so much slower than that. lol
Jimmyjammerz 4 years ago
It's an intense song...it's supposed to be that fast. The Latin is in the vocative, you're commanding the audience to "LISTEN!!" "Si est dolor" can obviously be taken slower because it's an incredibly mournful section.
LtothatBoogie 4 years ago
Wooooooooooooooooow Brittany...8-|
Babygirl899008 4 years ago
pretty good Job. Me and My Choir are gonna sing this song when we perform at the Northern California Golden State Competition as the returning winners from last years competition (Monte Vista High Chamber Singers) Im so excited! We are gonna bring the house down with this piece!
kellyis1 4 years ago
it's well done however, blending would be nice. And fricken kick those other sopranos asses Brittany- they shouldn't have done that. I personally hate it when that happens. Good job overall.
pricolici 4 years ago
yall have a really good soprano in there somewhere!!!
walkerj5 5 years ago
*singing- not sining
broadwaybaby1986 5 years ago
I'm so used to singing it so differently, but I guess every director has their vision.
Did you guys have a visual for this song?
We sung this song, actually today at a national ACDA convention in Miami. I was apart of an auditioned national honor choir. Z. Randall Stroope was there and told our group that we sang it with more emotion and expression than he has ever seen. He absolutely loved it! I will add us sining as soon as i get the dvd.
broadwaybaby1986 5 years ago
Well the reason you can hear the high soprano is because there apparently is only one female on that part!
trevorwaechter 5 years ago
z. randall stroope is the man...
abercrombie9153 5 years ago
Our choir is singing this for festival, and I am SO excited. You guys did pretty well, but you had a soprano sticking out (vibrato).
Iareto 5 years ago
why'd they slow it down on parts of the song...and some parts are sped up...i dont know much about music but we sang it differentely when i was in choir
amarushakur112 5 years ago
great job! our choir is going to do it for festival! i can't wait to get it learned and sung! it is going to be great!
RosenalaBaki 5 years ago
Good job. My choir's doing this for the festival of gold. woooot
illsoul 5 years ago
very good. i sang this song at state with my choir. the sopranos overbear the alto's a lot (especially first sopranos). we had the same problem tho and it took forever to fix. nicely done though! good diction!
xoxobritbri 5 years ago
st pats is doing this piece this year for festivel of gold in chicago...i love this song..
VSsquared 5 years ago
we are doing this for festival and it is so freaking awesome. when i first heard this song and it sent shivers up my spine and still does.
ozzyosbournecrazy 5 years ago
fesitval of Gold?
SoulChyld 5 years ago
freaking awesome song. we did it 2 years ago in concert choir and just got it again this year.
shprdofthenght 5 years ago
I love this song...I sang it with my All-District Choir last year...Im singing a song this year by the same guy who wrote lamentations this year called "Amor De Mi Alma" you should look at that song. Anyways good job! ^_^
Slink12345 5 years ago
We also sang this last year at All-Region and are singing Amor De Mi Alma at All-Region this year also.... What a coincidence!
XxCIzF0CRUNK 5 years ago
My high school did this too, I love this piece. Nice job soprano, it's cool to hear a different choir sing it. We had a choir of 200 so the sound was massive,but I love your redition of the song.
fyeroledezma 5 years ago
WOW...VERY VERY GOOD! Her highest note was a B5,A TRUE SOPRANO!
Hecmm91 5 years ago
I like it tiff!!!
brittskiann 5 years ago
nice sound...great sopranos!!!
kenndogg 5 years ago
Thanks...we had to work Our butts off to figure out how to not overwhelm everyone else in the group and we still wort of did...
brittskiann 5 years ago