Excellent tenors magnificent tone. Very well balanced, tempo of the different themes were well considered and articulation was spot on. Well done on quite a difficult song.
i was good the speed seemed to follow the text but you could use more consonance so we can fully understand but let me also say in the choir i am in we always talk about singing from the heart and when you do that the the rest will follow
when the women come in on the text "ye shall have a song" it is WAY too loud. Listen to cantus and the national lutheran choir sing this. that's how it is meant to be sung. it's all about the dynamics.
Another bass II from the all-state chorus, and I agree that they kept it under control amazingly for some crazy parts such as the "goeth with a pipe..." we kinda fell apart a bit there, as did my district.
I love how the choir sounds as a whole, but the director's movement of the song seemed... misguided and not always fit to the music.
As already stated, the gladness of heart section seemed to start out almost dragging and lacking of the gladness they are singing about.
just got back from IMEA All-State '09, I'm another bass 2. those tempo changes are crazy, but SD kept it together better than we did through all the "goeth with a pipe" parts...District IV '08 was beast though.
I agree with the comments about the tempo changes BUT I guess thats what the conductor saw fit to put his stamp on it..First heard this at Longmeadow H.S. in MA in 86..fell in love with it..I sang it in 89 at UMass Amherst as a Bass. I recom to our conductor..Im glad he took my recommendation.
the tempo is supposed to change. there are two sections of this piece and the tempo is different for each. plus, it's the director changing the tempo not the choir anyways
Hey IMEA just did this!!! I am first chair tube for dist 2 so I got a front row seat. Honestly it wasn't as good this. Hence the title of honors I suppose.
I made it into IMEA Bass 1... first time i ever made it and i am the only one from my school who made it...well only 2 of us auditioned cuz we are a small school
We did this song in 1987 in high school (White Bear Lake, MN). It's awesome! I am not fond of the extreme variations in tempo in this recording - to me that gave it a hint of melodrama, almost like a joke. Just my take! You will love singing it regardless, have fun!
Auditioning for IMEA again this year, 2nd alto. The audition is tomorrow omg! I made it last year, hope i do again this year!!! And ive never heard this song put together w/ all parts before and it sounds amazing!
Yet another IMEA person...I love this song! It's so gorgeous. But only about 10 people from our school are auditioning, so it sounds very small right now. (I'm one of two sopranos. That A towards the end is not fun when your friend has skit practice!)
I love it but one note is that altos twos fall off their lower notes. I can hear them and when at like, Ye shall have a song, a song. It dips down to a low note and I can't even hear it. And in the end I couldn't even hear the alto twos best part!
I'm not saying for it too lose its brightness. Of course, it must be bright! Yes! But leave the speaking voice "ae" out. The singing voice "ae" has more color and a little more depth to the "ae". I'm not saying deaden it; I'm saying find a medium you can place the "ae" while half-rounding it so that it doesn't sound "naked". "Pass", "cat", "raspy": all these we can still sing as well as speak with unique phonetic placement. So there should be a medium btwn the horizontal/vertical lip rounding.
Very good choir. The women tend to be a bit wide sounding, while the men have a nicely tall sound. I'm not particularly partial to the director's interpretation of "Have Ye Not Known?" either.
Very well sung. The tone quality and blend is beautiful! For greater intensity, beginning with "and gladness of heart," it needed to grow steadily(poco a poco) and never letting the dynamic dip back to the level of each preceeding measure until you reach the climax of the piece. But that takes days to practice !
My Favorite piece as Randall Thompson is my favorite Choral Composer. I would was the tempo was quite fast for the tennors at rehearsal "B" the as when one goeth with the pipe section as the the tenors are on a G in the high register and the sopranos and altos are in the stratusphere as well...I woull suggest about 125 there instead of 144. Other than that Good!
Outstanding. We just sang this song as part of our tour, so it was very interesting to hear another choir sing it. I think that their Tenor 1's could have been stronger, I couldnt quite hear them all the time, and being a tenor 1 myself, I felt the need to comment. Amazing job though really!
"Have ye not understood from the foundations of [the] earth?" The "the" where every voice sings, the bass is F natural, not F#. But I love the sound of this choir. And the ladies should cover the tone just a little more. I.E. "and gladness of heart", the "ae" of gladness should be more rounded. But enough from me. I just love the timbre altogether.
I disagree. They shouldn't cover their tone at all--the vowels are forward as they should be. It's 'gladness of heart', so it definitely SHOULD sound bright.
I agree, "Have Ye Not Known" is taken too fast in places, I think it sounds better more deliberate. But the choir sounds amazing, and that's about the right size for the song, and the size doesn't hamper them much.
@bassoon2 32 people could be a double choir. This choir may not be too big, but it never quite reaches the ethereal pianos and pianissimos that a smaller choir could have created. In fact, the dynamics have very little contrast. The Cantus and Lutheran National Choir performed Ye Shall Have a Song to perfection; try to listen to that video.
The previous poster has a point about inner voices and other details missing in big choral performances, but this chorus is so disciplined and so together that it doesn't matter. Fabulous unity, intonation and diction! A thing of beauty, truly.
What bizarre tempi in the "Have ye not heard." This is too big of a choir to be singing this piece. You can't hear any of the movement in the parts; it just sounds like a big mess. No offense to the singers.
GOETH WITH A PIPE, DUDE
JackBlair2 11 months ago
the tempo... oh it's fantastic!
mylovelyaria 1 year ago
Excellent tenors magnificent tone. Very well balanced, tempo of the different themes were well considered and articulation was spot on. Well done on quite a difficult song.
electrba 2 years ago
i was good the speed seemed to follow the text but you could use more consonance so we can fully understand but let me also say in the choir i am in we always talk about singing from the heart and when you do that the the rest will follow
hancjod 2 years ago
Wasn't crazy about the drastic tempo changes, and pay more attention to dynamics. AMAZING tenors!! Everyone had good tone.
LovelyReida 2 years ago
Are they saying, "And gladness, a fart?"
cmunce 2 years ago
and Gladness at heart
TheFilfy 1 year ago
In my chorus we are singing dis song "Ye Shall Have a song"
deathab0o 2 years ago
when the women come in on the text "ye shall have a song" it is WAY too loud. Listen to cantus and the national lutheran choir sing this. that's how it is meant to be sung. it's all about the dynamics.
jamison850 2 years ago 2
@jamison850 The Cantus video is the gold standard of performing this piece.
ttlms 1 year ago
Another bass II from the all-state chorus, and I agree that they kept it under control amazingly for some crazy parts such as the "goeth with a pipe..." we kinda fell apart a bit there, as did my district.
I love how the choir sounds as a whole, but the director's movement of the song seemed... misguided and not always fit to the music.
As already stated, the gladness of heart section seemed to start out almost dragging and lacking of the gladness they are singing about.
mychem4eva 2 years ago
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trexler8 2 years ago
i was in illinois district choir...and i have to agree....
vowels are WAY to bright!
and im only a sophomore.
acidreflux08 2 years ago
@acidreflux08
there vowels are really good they just need to produce better consonance then the words can be understood
hancjod 2 years ago
Illinois' regular all-state chorus sung that this year and I honestly think they did better than this group.
IrelandSpud08 3 years ago
holla at IMEA All-State chorus for jammin' out on this song =]
you guys sounded great!!
dapoochiman 3 years ago
just got back from IMEA All-State '09, I'm another bass 2. those tempo changes are crazy, but SD kept it together better than we did through all the "goeth with a pipe" parts...District IV '08 was beast though.
flyer193 3 years ago
Can no one in South Dakota round their vowels?
Rudziewicz 3 years ago
i completely agree with you !
spiderloc92 3 years ago
I agree with the comments about the tempo changes BUT I guess thats what the conductor saw fit to put his stamp on it..First heard this at Longmeadow H.S. in MA in 86..fell in love with it..I sang it in 89 at UMass Amherst as a Bass. I recom to our conductor..Im glad he took my recommendation.
landobnice 3 years ago
IMEA was awesome. Our director was one of the best I've ever worked with.
skb2010 3 years ago
this is what i like to call "extreme tempo changes"
lol!
District IX IMEA tomorrow w00p w00p!!!
yayyy for Bass I-ness =]
dapoochiman 3 years ago
lol. i was there. TENOR 2
JayRdL08 3 years ago
the tempo is supposed to change. there are two sections of this piece and the tempo is different for each. plus, it's the director changing the tempo not the choir anyways
jamison850 3 years ago
I'm totally in IMEA as well, a bass 2....awesome
Ion16 3 years ago
Hey IMEA just did this!!! I am first chair tube for dist 2 so I got a front row seat. Honestly it wasn't as good this. Hence the title of honors I suppose.
g2k25d94 3 years ago
ah!!! totally doing this for IMEA this year! xMarix i'm an alto 1 too!! see you there! :)
that'll be the last time i get to sing that. i made the honors chorus and we have At the Round Earth's Imagined Chorus as our all-state song.
uhmyeah09 3 years ago
Well done, Carolyn
carolynthesongwriter 3 years ago
I made it into IMEA Bass 1... first time i ever made it and i am the only one from my school who made it...well only 2 of us auditioned cuz we are a small school
bigalmd09 3 years ago
tried out for soprano I didn't make it =(
lanicakesmom 3 years ago
Oh my god, I sang this last year with all the choirs at my school! It went really well!
Though ours went slightly different. Tempo-wise, I mean.
UsedNeedles 3 years ago
We did this song in 1987 in high school (White Bear Lake, MN). It's awesome! I am not fond of the extreme variations in tempo in this recording - to me that gave it a hint of melodrama, almost like a joke. Just my take! You will love singing it regardless, have fun!
jillo1987 3 years ago
ya my concert choir is doing this tomm. its gonna be good
ddaygold 3 years ago
Auditioning for IMEA again this year, 2nd alto. The audition is tomorrow omg! I made it last year, hope i do again this year!!! And ive never heard this song put together w/ all parts before and it sounds amazing!
hazeleyedhottie416 3 years ago
Wow, there are a whole bunch of IMEA people looking up this song! Second soprano. This is gonna be so much fun to sing...
lovemywestie 3 years ago
Woooo. I made IMEA as an alto 1.
Can't wait to sing this.
xMarix 3 years ago
im IMEA too...singing alto II. this is really well done!
broadwaybaby7821 3 years ago
yayyy look at all these IMEA people!! I'm in love with this song. I, too, have to sing this song this year!
minhaitran 3 years ago
Sweet. lol
I'm a Tenor II, I'm auditioning, and I have no idea what it even is.
fishfood2020 3 years ago
I'm bass 1 for IMEA, this song really is awesome. I can't wait to perform it, South Dakota did an amazing job in theirs.
caboc13 3 years ago
im going to IMEA too as tenor II its pretty hard
this one sounds really good though
pimp0708 3 years ago
Yet another IMEA person...I love this song! It's so gorgeous. But only about 10 people from our school are auditioning, so it sounds very small right now. (I'm one of two sopranos. That A towards the end is not fun when your friend has skit practice!)
theatricalexpression 3 years ago
I'm another one for IMEA, as a 2nd soprano.
This is hardddd.
dancefreak50 3 years ago
Im doing this for IMEA this year....tough stuff!! But they sound really good!
MizzJPride 3 years ago
Great balance of the voices. This choir is amazing!! Fabulous job!
Singingmyheartout3 3 years ago
wow their blend is amazing.
and the tone just makes you want to cry.
i wish my choir could blend like this, we'd kick butt.
i like their use of dynamics as well
victoriaxbunnies 3 years ago
we have to learn this for IMEA this year. i cant wait.
apostolic770 3 years ago
I love it but one note is that altos twos fall off their lower notes. I can hear them and when at like, Ye shall have a song, a song. It dips down to a low note and I can't even hear it. And in the end I couldn't even hear the alto twos best part!
PsychoSadie91 3 years ago
I'm not saying for it too lose its brightness. Of course, it must be bright! Yes! But leave the speaking voice "ae" out. The singing voice "ae" has more color and a little more depth to the "ae". I'm not saying deaden it; I'm saying find a medium you can place the "ae" while half-rounding it so that it doesn't sound "naked". "Pass", "cat", "raspy": all these we can still sing as well as speak with unique phonetic placement. So there should be a medium btwn the horizontal/vertical lip rounding.
FATEFUL5 3 years ago
Very good choir. The women tend to be a bit wide sounding, while the men have a nicely tall sound. I'm not particularly partial to the director's interpretation of "Have Ye Not Known?" either.
EphraimShay 3 years ago
This choir is so wonderful! All pitches are where they should be and each section does a tremendous job.
1wickedangel 3 years ago
Overall good, but a little shallow in the beginning.
I like it a bit slower in Have Ye Not Heard.
Very good though, very nicely in tune.
rootbeer281 3 years ago
This is one of my favorite choral pieces, and this rendition is top notch! Wonderful!
So great to hear a choir that stays in tune with each other.
fatmaxgoof 3 years ago
Very well sung. The tone quality and blend is beautiful! For greater intensity, beginning with "and gladness of heart," it needed to grow steadily(poco a poco) and never letting the dynamic dip back to the level of each preceeding measure until you reach the climax of the piece. But that takes days to practice !
Oaktownrob 3 years ago
This is beautiful
shutyoudown 3 years ago
My Favorite piece as Randall Thompson is my favorite Choral Composer. I would was the tempo was quite fast for the tennors at rehearsal "B" the as when one goeth with the pipe section as the the tenors are on a G in the high register and the sopranos and altos are in the stratusphere as well...I woull suggest about 125 there instead of 144. Other than that Good!
Organphantomjd 3 years ago
Outstanding. We just sang this song as part of our tour, so it was very interesting to hear another choir sing it. I think that their Tenor 1's could have been stronger, I couldnt quite hear them all the time, and being a tenor 1 myself, I felt the need to comment. Amazing job though really!
Philare8 3 years ago
"Have ye not understood from the foundations of [the] earth?" The "the" where every voice sings, the bass is F natural, not F#. But I love the sound of this choir. And the ladies should cover the tone just a little more. I.E. "and gladness of heart", the "ae" of gladness should be more rounded. But enough from me. I just love the timbre altogether.
FATEFUL5 3 years ago
get a life
superducky2250 3 years ago
I disagree. They shouldn't cover their tone at all--the vowels are forward as they should be. It's 'gladness of heart', so it definitely SHOULD sound bright.
xMarix 3 years ago
I agree, "Have Ye Not Known" is taken too fast in places, I think it sounds better more deliberate. But the choir sounds amazing, and that's about the right size for the song, and the size doesn't hamper them much.
Zilong1008 4 years ago
Too big a choir??? Thompson wrote the thing for a double choir in the first place.
bassoon2 4 years ago
haha, ya good point.
mtd3vv 4 years ago
@bassoon2 32 people could be a double choir. This choir may not be too big, but it never quite reaches the ethereal pianos and pianissimos that a smaller choir could have created. In fact, the dynamics have very little contrast. The Cantus and Lutheran National Choir performed Ye Shall Have a Song to perfection; try to listen to that video.
ttlms 1 year ago
The previous poster has a point about inner voices and other details missing in big choral performances, but this chorus is so disciplined and so together that it doesn't matter. Fabulous unity, intonation and diction! A thing of beauty, truly.
platero55 4 years ago
What bizarre tempi in the "Have ye not heard." This is too big of a choir to be singing this piece. You can't hear any of the movement in the parts; it just sounds like a big mess. No offense to the singers.
Rudziewicz 4 years ago
hey thats bruce becker! atta becker
kepperajk 4 years ago
i freaking love this song!
musicfreak0101 4 years ago 2