Hi people, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ the following: I wrote a song from a phrase that my best friend, who was dying from cancer would say to me--”Mark, even if I don’t feel good, God is good”. He told me that even though he was dying, he was never happier in his life. Only God can do that. His name was Ron Williams. The song is titled--GOD IS GOOD EVEN IF; Just type: mark behrens even if (for the search)
I want to walk down the aisle to this.... except I don't think my aisle will be quite as long as Westminster Abbey's, so I might have to walk up and down a few times.
@matellamofo, no this isn't the same choir as the Royal Wedding. This is the choir of King's College, Cambridge, whereas the other was the choir of Westminster Abbey. Both amazing choirs though! Look up 'Carols from King's' for more stuff from these guys.
I also sang this last year. Here are the words. They sang it this morning during the royal wedding.
I was glad when they said unto me: We will go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand in thy gates: O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city: that is at unity in itself. O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Peace be within thy walls: and plenteousness within thy palaces.
Big glorious work- wonderful acoustic space- excellent performance .There I have had my Parry fix for the day! I'll be back. (A tenor from St Peter's Albany NY)
My church choir sings this with real women sopranos and altos. We do have a "big" organ and high vaulted ceilings so it sounds great. I must say, the tempo of this arrangement is a bit slower than how I know it. I think it should sound glad! Great singers though!
That's the way to do it. Tenors? Well maybe, but suspect that's more likely down tot he recording than reality. As for brass.. I can say only one thing to that... my ARSE! Honestly, where do you folks come from? If you've never heard this in a proper Cathedral, played on a proper BIG organ, then you haven't heard anything. Brass! Good grief Charlie Brown.
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@maxjamesorgans Dear Maximusorgan, He may not be all that tall, it looks as though he has a long body (torso) he could have, at the same time, short legs rendering him, no taller than the average organist. . Well played, Daniel. . . Cheers. from, del-boy.
This a coronation anthem, which is why Parry chose a Psalm that mentions palaces etc. for those who do not think before they write. Coronation -- King/Queen, etc. get it? I have sung many of Parrys anthems and like all but Blest Pair of Sirens which I think is silly.
Great Music form Parry... not too happy with the words-: "Plenteousness within thy palaces!!!!!!!" I Thought Christianity was to do with "blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth?" Could somebody please explain to me that closing statement from psalm 122...quite a contradiction from the Magnificat..."and the rich he hath sent empty away!!!!" I genuinely would like to know how peace can be achieved in the walls if the palace has plenty and the walls do not? Sorry to moan!!!!!
i'm no theologian, but it would stand to reason that those who are welcomed into jerusalem, i.e. the meek and humble and what not, are those who are then invited to have all the plenteousness within the walls of jerusalem. the rich are sent away because they've already had their fair share of delights.
well yeah, the people with earthly riches have already had their share of wealth, and therefore are sent empty away, but the poor/humble/meek will then go to heaven and partake of the 'plenteousness' within God's palaces..make sense?
@apidgen Simple answer, the words are from the Old Testament and "Blessed are the meek" and the Magnificat are from the New Testament. For Christians, the difference is significant.
This is really a song of hope written by a people in exile. It was written by the Jews during their time in exile. They are longing for the time when they could go to their temple and when the temple stood as a sign of unity for the twelve tribes of isreal. Today it's used to mean the shear joy of being in God's house, both the heavenly Jerusalem and the Church
The serious lack of tenor at 1:50 onwards for that section is irritating. Lack of tenor throughout really. Although St. Paul's is much superior to this, it's still a good rendition.
@CrystalPalace1990 No. you're irritating. Surely you have something better to do than offer criticism for a sound that you're most assuredly not able to create. Oh, you mean they didn't hire you to be the new choirmaster at King's???? Shocking.
Sorry, the tenor scholars ARE too soft. And, yes, there are many singers not employed in singing who could create a better noise than that, including me. And Cleobury is universally reviled in the London singing circuit for being the useless choirtrainer/conductor that he is.
Sorry, the tenor scholars ARE too soft. And, yes, there are many singers not employed in singing who could create a better noise than that, including me. And Cleobury is universally reviled in the London singing circuit for being the useless choirtrainer/conductor that he is.
Because of the wide expressiveness of this piece, for it to be effective the organ must have good swell boxes that seal tight so can use full sw reeds yet still very soft when box is completely closed and come roaring out when open full. I believe Parry wrote his music contingent upon existence and effective use of 'English Swell'.
Much, much more sublime and dignified than when a choir I was in did it, oh, about 20 years ago. It was delightfully bombastic in our version, mixed-voice college chapel choir, sung for the re-dedication of our chapel after major renovations, but this performance has a more rarefied appeal...
I found this video for my 7-year-old to sing along with. He's singing it tomorrow with a boychoir. Watching him read along and sing along- sent shivers down my spine!
As a Cathedral Chorister back in the early 80's at Southwell Minster, this was my favourite piece. Wish I could sing like that now, took it for granted back then, haven't sung a note since my balls dropped!
I know the feeling. I sung treble for 5 years, and was head chorister for 3 of those years in Wimborne Minster. It took a long time for my voice to go but since it did I also haven't sung a note since.
sorry, i apologise if i may sound rude, but - do you mean to say "from Perth WA to Cambridge" that perth is poorer than Cambridge? That Cam is this great place and WA is just secondary? sorry, english has many expressions really, i just asked to make sure i wont get this wrong.. sorry, do clarify (thank you)
By 'contrast' nothing was inferred except the obvious: Cambridge is an ancient City founded 2,000 years ago by the Romans, King's College Chapel you see here was founded 650 years ago by King Henry VI (King of England 1422-1461), has perhaps the greatest University on the planet, and has a damp mild climate: whilst Perth WA is a very modern City on the edge of both an enormous desert on the one side and the Indian Ocean on the other, has a very warm dry climate and has a great cricket stadium!
One of the grandest compositions ever written. Parry an absolute genius. Performed to perfection by this wonderful choir, whom I have had the privilege of hearing firsthand. Organist performance absolutely 1st class
Quelle perfection et quel travail!! Le travail de l'organiste est des plus impressionnant dans le parfait dosage de la couleur, la conduite des phrases et la maîtrise des creschendi et decreschendi.
I'm ashamed that i don't know, but is that John Rutter directing them?? What a beautiful sound. I have been in that beautiful house of worship..listening to evensong in 1994.. what an experience!! God Bless
Nice to hear what it's supposed to sound like. We sang this a few years ago and being a bass my back was right on the organ chamber. It was like singing next to a bulldozer :-)
We have checked our facts - and found that we were partially correct:
The firm (Henry Wills & Sons Ltd. est 1845)actually still exists, but the last family members who were active (Henry Vincent Willis IV) retired 10 years ago, and the stock held by all other Willis family members was acquired. So - not in Willis hands anymore.
Henry Willis was an organist turned organbuilder - a rarity!
This is not a Willis Organ. Originally a Hill Organ, it was rebuilt by Harrisons of Durham in the 1930s, with further alterations done in 1968 and then 1992. The 32' Open Wood and 32' Double Ophecleide are laid horizontally across the top of the Quire Screen, and are full length! I have been in the Organ loft at King's, and to see these is quite amazing. A truly marvellous instrument!
None of you lot actually attended the choir school or are/were undergraduate choral scholars are/were you? "The INTOIT..." lol. Oh well, if one is crowning a Queen, maybe that is proper. Really, such appalling spelling. Cheers!!!
I was a chorister until my voice broke last year, im 15 and learning the tenor line in music. i would like to go on to be a choral scholar at kings but im as thick as pig shit!!!!
I think he means you need to be at or near the top as far as intellectual abilities are concerned to get into this choir. You receive a 'private education' as good as any of the top Preparatory Schools in England, and from there you're favoured to get a scholarship to one of the top Public Schools. When it comes to selection and privileged educationanal standards in the upper echelons, the English are without parallel. And I don't say that with any special pride: PRIVILEGE EQUALS DIVISION.
Yes, St Johns college choir is good, i was thinking about going to King's tonight but its sung eucharist instead of evensong, i dont feel in the ood to sit through a whole eucharist
Excellent choral singing. Our choir sang "I Was Glad" during two concert offerings. We sang it with the "Vivat Rex" or "Vivat Regina" part included, although that component is normally reserved for coronations. It has a VERY DIFFICULT organ introduction. I wonder whether the organ scholar in this offering would be up to the task. This hymn has been played at the coronation of every English Monarch since George V. Great hymn...fun to sing!
My choir just sang this the other day. When our sanctuary was renovated they placed the pipes of the organ all around the sanctuary so when the organist cranks it up at the climax of the song you feel literally surrounded by music. Awesome.
i really want this when i walk down the aisle when i get married. but thats sort of a cliche because a lot of people have it. i just dont want that boring 'here comes the bride'. something like this or 'thou o god art praised in sion'
often think of a school English singing ... I love the "English school"! and often I wonder why the chapel sistina not sing like that! there is really a school English and a school? or we can talk about something inherent to study voice seriously, and persevering? rispondetemi! write me. John
Wow! I wonderful piece of music. I sang this when I was at a boarding school in Nottinghamshire! I always enjoyed singing those top A or A flat notes as a tenor.
You can see that my knowledge isn't that great. Yes, I'm sure it was Howells. We didn't sing Evensong. We weren't that high. They fed the boys and men, however, in a low, dark hall with benches that did make one feel rather British especially in the winter when the sun sets early.
Yes. And coming from the northern reaches of the United States, I had no familiarity with this music. The music is luxurious, and just right. We sang quite a few, but I remember "Like As the Hart" especially. Will someone post that one do you think?
There are a lot of settings of this! Do you mean the one by Howells? I dont have a recording (well, I have an audio one).
So did you sing Evensong etc regularly at Princeton? As a chorister at a cathedral where we sang Evensong 6 days a week, with another two services on Sundays, I learnt an awful lot of canticles etc!
Yes. A dream to live there if only for a few years. Trinity Episcopal Church, Princeton, had a wonderful boy choir. I sat next to Tim Brown, a funny, cheerful friend, and very clever. So many years ago, my friend.
We never heard them...however we did get an awful lot of people coming to hear us 'a genuine English boychoir' (although I must say I can't stand that word!)
OK - I was just wondering as several boys from my school in the UK have been choral scholars there over the past few years after leaving school. We went on a two week choir tour to the US over Easter and one of the places we stopped at was Princeton to sing in the University chapel - a lovely town!
best choir in the worlh
fontainbleau1 4 weeks ago
Apologies it was written for the Coronation of King Edward VII in 1902
MrSwifts31 2 months ago
This is how to sing this wonderful work by Parry.
But then who could sing better most choral works than the King's College Choir?
MrSwifts31 2 months ago
@MrSwifts31 my choir st wulframs church choir
pourtugueseguy369 2 months ago
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Hi people, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ the following: I wrote a song from a phrase that my best friend, who was dying from cancer would say to me--”Mark, even if I don’t feel good, God is good”. He told me that even though he was dying, he was never happier in his life. Only God can do that. His name was Ron Williams. The song is titled--GOD IS GOOD EVEN IF; Just type: mark behrens even if (for the search)
Thank you.
MarkB1812 5 months ago
really good performance by notably the best boys choir!!!!!!!!
jacko99ization 6 months ago
Was written for coronation of George V.
Tombill1234 6 months ago
I think this was played at James II's coronation in 1685.
mango2005 7 months ago
@mango2005
Hello there,whilst there are several settings of "I was Glad" (going back a long way) This setting was written for Coronation of George V in 1911.
MrSwifts31 2 months ago
GLaD you made this
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Someone said - 'the Church of England in full ceremonial fig makes the Vatican's best efforts look like a football riot'
Dont' necessarily agree but does anyone else know who said this?!
ex-baptist Joe
maxboii1 8 months ago
Someone said - 'the Church of England in full ceremonial fig makes the Vatican's best efforts look like a football riot'
Dont' necessarily agree but does anyone else know who said this?!
ex-baptisy Joe
maxboii1 8 months ago
hahahaha
conmanowned 8 months ago
This version omits the Vivat section. When included they would start at 3:24.
ArxVirtus 8 months ago
I want to walk down the aisle to this.... except I don't think my aisle will be quite as long as Westminster Abbey's, so I might have to walk up and down a few times.
wl03bu 8 months ago 11
@matellamofo, no this isn't the same choir as the Royal Wedding. This is the choir of King's College, Cambridge, whereas the other was the choir of Westminster Abbey. Both amazing choirs though! Look up 'Carols from King's' for more stuff from these guys.
sanmiggers 8 months ago
Wow! Is this the same choir that was at the wedding? If not they did an awesome job. Sound exactly the same to me.
marellamofo 8 months ago
Oh my Dear God...How beautiful !
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DBGOGIRL 9 months ago 2
hi , this is nice , thanks for uploading :) btw, what event was this taken ?
lydiautami 9 months ago
beautiful!
4FabBEATLES 9 months ago
I knew I recognized this! We sang it during my undergraduate years at Westminster Choir College!!! LOVELY PIECE!!!
Merrydothe 9 months ago
Its playing right now!
lazer1235 9 months ago 4
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Gregorian Chants rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pacho916 9 months ago
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pacho916 9 months ago
Princess-to-be Kate Middleton is walking down the aisle to this song!!!
homesweethomepy 9 months ago 28
I had the absolute pleasure of singing this anthem last year, but unfortunately cannot find a copy of the words anywhere, any suggestions?
alibarbedwire 9 months ago
@alibarbedwire The text is on the Wikpedia page for "I was glad" It's Psalm 122 vs 1-9, although Parry only used 1-3, 6 and 7.
calmeilles 9 months ago 2
@alibarbedwire
I also sang this last year. Here are the words. They sang it this morning during the royal wedding.
I was glad when they said unto me: We will go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand in thy gates: O Jerusalem. Jerusalem is builded as a city: that is at unity in itself. O pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Peace be within thy walls: and plenteousness within thy palaces.
XOLINDZXO14 9 months ago 2
Royal Wedding Song!
LadySakuraHime 9 months ago 2
The organist is a hunchback!
aptsys 9 months ago
2:23 is unreal. Just unreal.
matthewhynd 9 months ago
I would ask that we do not forget the title, "I Was Glad"
organmusicfan 9 months ago
i loved singing this!
A bass from SMC choir :)
gnerfpoo5 9 months ago
i LOVE it
iloveamerica007 9 months ago
Big glorious work- wonderful acoustic space- excellent performance .There I have had my Parry fix for the day! I'll be back. (A tenor from St Peter's Albany NY)
MrArliam 10 months ago
Tenors??????????? You there? This anthem is A GIFT to you. Where were you?
longeaton34 10 months ago
I cant believe you lot are all so small minded - get a life
yereverluvinsis 10 months ago
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So we'll all stick together
the chaps from the public schools
Vote Tory together
the chaps that were born to rule
lols ^_^ It takes me back to the old school
corflammigerum 1 year ago
So we'll all stick together
the chaps from the public schools
Vote Tory together
the chaps that were born to rule
lols ^_^ It takes me back to the old school
corflammigerum 1 year ago
My last comment sounded like I didn't appreciate this rendition. It's one of the best on youtube and I really admire the singers and organist.
Morticiaandfriends 1 year ago
My church choir sings this with real women sopranos and altos. We do have a "big" organ and high vaulted ceilings so it sounds great. I must say, the tempo of this arrangement is a bit slower than how I know it. I think it should sound glad! Great singers though!
Morticiaandfriends 1 year ago
That's the way to do it. Tenors? Well maybe, but suspect that's more likely down tot he recording than reality. As for brass.. I can say only one thing to that... my ARSE! Honestly, where do you folks come from? If you've never heard this in a proper Cathedral, played on a proper BIG organ, then you haven't heard anything. Brass! Good grief Charlie Brown.
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BritishSnail 1 year ago
This would be much better with brass instead of organ.
co4golfer 1 year ago
may you have a trinitarian--- CRIISE we can't spell voage around the hebrides
TEYLU for youre family (one's eldest) -----WE COME FAE AULD ABERDERDIEN--
And wish MY Majesty a "fair hurl roon the hebrediens" ABERDEEN CITY
PPS VEXITNNREGINA ladyn bows- Lyon and YOUR-SELF!!!
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VEXITN REGINA PARRY AMEN!!!!!!!! MEN INDEED 4 or your jubilees !!!!!!!!!!!
colkev777 1 year ago
Ah, I see the organ scholar is cheating and using the super-octave coupler on that tuba!
64ftContraBombarde 1 year ago
@64ftContraBombarde
lol
danball7777777 1 year ago
Splendid! This is beautiful!
hiroshi2020 1 year ago
Really tall organist! Lovely round Tuba sound at the beginning.
maxjamesorgans 1 year ago 6
@maxjamesorgans That's Daniel Hyde. He's now Informator Choristarum at Magdalen College, Oxford.
edders05 1 year ago 6
@edders05 : Of the English Inquisition ???? Do they still use fire as an instrument of torture ????
3NUNS 10 months ago
@edders05 He went to school with my kids
hantom17 6 months ago
MoilAndToil 7 months ago
"jerusalem is builded, is builded as a city!"
beboos1 1 year ago
increadible peace. amazing. truely...
Florence1701 1 year ago
Always an inspiring anthem
MrStan1941 1 year ago
King's College proves that they're one of the best choirs in the world.
MrSbunk 1 year ago
This a coronation anthem, which is why Parry chose a Psalm that mentions palaces etc. for those who do not think before they write. Coronation -- King/Queen, etc. get it? I have sung many of Parrys anthems and like all but Blest Pair of Sirens which I think is silly.
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gurney134 1 year ago
Thanks so much for posting - and showing the organist - very ejoyable performance
mrsbananaface 1 year ago
Great Music form Parry... not too happy with the words-: "Plenteousness within thy palaces!!!!!!!" I Thought Christianity was to do with "blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth?" Could somebody please explain to me that closing statement from psalm 122...quite a contradiction from the Magnificat..."and the rich he hath sent empty away!!!!" I genuinely would like to know how peace can be achieved in the walls if the palace has plenty and the walls do not? Sorry to moan!!!!!
apidgen 1 year ago
i'm no theologian, but it would stand to reason that those who are welcomed into jerusalem, i.e. the meek and humble and what not, are those who are then invited to have all the plenteousness within the walls of jerusalem. the rich are sent away because they've already had their fair share of delights.
sirinferno 1 year ago
well yeah, the people with earthly riches have already had their share of wealth, and therefore are sent empty away, but the poor/humble/meek will then go to heaven and partake of the 'plenteousness' within God's palaces..make sense?
lilmissdancer24 1 year ago
@apidgen Simple answer, the words are from the Old Testament and "Blessed are the meek" and the Magnificat are from the New Testament. For Christians, the difference is significant.
gurney134 1 year ago 2
@apidgen
This is really a song of hope written by a people in exile. It was written by the Jews during their time in exile. They are longing for the time when they could go to their temple and when the temple stood as a sign of unity for the twelve tribes of isreal. Today it's used to mean the shear joy of being in God's house, both the heavenly Jerusalem and the Church
gsmdnick 1 year ago
@apidgen
this is quite unfounded criticism. its a coronation anthem dude....
mattclarida 1 year ago
I am singing this at the barbican and if this is how it sounds im charmed.
fsklrk 2 years ago
You should be charmed - it is an awesome piece. I'm singing the Purcell this weekend, I wish I was singing the Parry.
bilanovitch 1 year ago
We sung this in carlistle cathedral with morland choir camp
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sirinferno 2 years ago
The serious lack of tenor at 1:50 onwards for that section is irritating. Lack of tenor throughout really. Although St. Paul's is much superior to this, it's still a good rendition.
CrystalPalace1990 2 years ago 14
@CrystalPalace1990 I totally agree.
XxXdeathXpenguinXxX 1 year ago
@CrystalPalace1990 Yeah, that should be fff at that point from the tenors.
Buggaton 1 year ago
@CrystalPalace1990 No. you're irritating. Surely you have something better to do than offer criticism for a sound that you're most assuredly not able to create. Oh, you mean they didn't hire you to be the new choirmaster at King's???? Shocking.
henrymoses2 1 year ago
@henrymoses2
Sorry, the tenor scholars ARE too soft. And, yes, there are many singers not employed in singing who could create a better noise than that, including me. And Cleobury is universally reviled in the London singing circuit for being the useless choirtrainer/conductor that he is.
FrBorrom 1 year ago
@FrBorrom he is also the most boreing player of the organ not to mention impassive. no fire in the belly.
lucymable 1 year ago
@lucymable
You guys are not in any way bitchy, are you?! :)
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@henrymoses2
Sorry, the tenor scholars ARE too soft. And, yes, there are many singers not employed in singing who could create a better noise than that, including me. And Cleobury is universally reviled in the London singing circuit for being the useless choirtrainer/conductor that he is.
FrBorrom 1 year ago
@CrystalPalace1990 kings has always been and will always be far better
Woody123890 9 months ago
@CrystalPalace1990 : It is doubtful that Paul would be allowed in, so why St Paul's ?
MusicPredominates 6 months ago
@CrystalPalace1990 I sang with St Paul's for I was glad! Just thought I'd put it out there!
JusticeRW 4 months ago
I'm walking down the aisle to this :-)
TheNextGlinda 2 years ago 2
you'd have to walk really slow ...lol
choirboy526 2 years ago
All I can say is "WOW".
I've always thought that the Gt. Reeds on this instrument were stunning.
With an opening as rich as in this piece, it really makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
I've long believed that Kings has the best choir in the world. This video stands as evidence to prove that thought.
OPHYCLIDE 2 years ago 2
The organ seems in very good tune.
gondolacrescent5 2 years ago
He's not using the Great reeds in the opening sequence - it's the 8' Tuba on the Solo division.
ds1868 2 years ago
Well their next door neighbours are better...so I doubt they can be best in the world in that case.
CrystalPalace1990 2 years ago
Hope you're not talking about Clare.......
ds1868 2 years ago
Because of the wide expressiveness of this piece, for it to be effective the organ must have good swell boxes that seal tight so can use full sw reeds yet still very soft when box is completely closed and come roaring out when open full. I believe Parry wrote his music contingent upon existence and effective use of 'English Swell'.
steelersfanhawaii 2 years ago
Much, much more sublime and dignified than when a choir I was in did it, oh, about 20 years ago. It was delightfully bombastic in our version, mixed-voice college chapel choir, sung for the re-dedication of our chapel after major renovations, but this performance has a more rarefied appeal...
dis0guise 2 years ago
I found this video for my 7-year-old to sing along with. He's singing it tomorrow with a boychoir. Watching him read along and sing along- sent shivers down my spine!
Nathan1097 2 years ago
3:20 beautiful!
trezr40 2 years ago
the chord :55 sounds like the sky is opening up lol!
janeym 2 years ago
i can never sing the end of that hymn right!
LilJam81 2 years ago
As a Cathedral Chorister back in the early 80's at Southwell Minster, this was my favourite piece. Wish I could sing like that now, took it for granted back then, haven't sung a note since my balls dropped!
zicorice 2 years ago
I know the feeling. I sung treble for 5 years, and was head chorister for 3 of those years in Wimborne Minster. It took a long time for my voice to go but since it did I also haven't sung a note since.
HileTroy 2 years ago
That is Daniel Hyde, he was an organist at St Georges Cathedral , in Perth Australia, where i was a senior chorister!! what a champion!!
samcarlisle 2 years ago
That's quite a contrast, to go from Perth WA to Cambridge!
ds1868 2 years ago
sorry, i apologise if i may sound rude, but - do you mean to say "from Perth WA to Cambridge" that perth is poorer than Cambridge? That Cam is this great place and WA is just secondary? sorry, english has many expressions really, i just asked to make sure i wont get this wrong.. sorry, do clarify (thank you)
juliannejules 2 years ago
By 'contrast' nothing was inferred except the obvious: Cambridge is an ancient City founded 2,000 years ago by the Romans, King's College Chapel you see here was founded 650 years ago by King Henry VI (King of England 1422-1461), has perhaps the greatest University on the planet, and has a damp mild climate: whilst Perth WA is a very modern City on the edge of both an enormous desert on the one side and the Indian Ocean on the other, has a very warm dry climate and has a great cricket stadium!
ds1868 2 years ago
mind you St georges cathederal perth is very nice!
samcarlisle 2 years ago
I had a voice trial there, but ended up at Ely. Lovely song and great memories.
eurotrancemixes 2 years ago
What a gem -- thank you for sharing...
kyokotag 2 years ago
One of the grandest compositions ever written. Parry an absolute genius. Performed to perfection by this wonderful choir, whom I have had the privilege of hearing firsthand. Organist performance absolutely 1st class
487888 3 years ago
Quelle perfection et quel travail!! Le travail de l'organiste est des plus impressionnant dans le parfait dosage de la couleur, la conduite des phrases et la maîtrise des creschendi et decreschendi.
Du grand art !!!
thomasdeserranno 3 years ago
i was in the st georges cathederal choir in perth, australia , and this was my favourite
samcarlisle 3 years ago
I'm ashamed that i don't know, but is that John Rutter directing them?? What a beautiful sound. I have been in that beautiful house of worship..listening to evensong in 1994.. what an experience!! God Bless
bigtube1975 3 years ago
That's actually Stephen Cloebury I believe. Rutter was more associated with the choir of Clare College.
pritsch2 3 years ago
Thats correct, it's Stephen Cleobury.
davidmiler12 3 years ago
Nice to hear what it's supposed to sound like. We sang this a few years ago and being a bass my back was right on the organ chamber. It was like singing next to a bulldozer :-)
wsanders1 3 years ago
That Tuba is beautiful!!!!!!!
That entire instrument is!!!
Does anyone know if the Father Henry Willis company is still around?
octavebasse8 3 years ago 2
They built wonderful instruments!
No - I do not believe the firm is still around (as such), although Willis' descendants are still in organbuilding as voicers.
19lfm12 3 years ago 2
Do we know why they no longer build their wonderful instruments?
octavebasse8 3 years ago 2
We have checked our facts - and found that we were partially correct:
The firm (Henry Wills & Sons Ltd. est 1845)actually still exists, but the last family members who were active (Henry Vincent Willis IV) retired 10 years ago, and the stock held by all other Willis family members was acquired. So - not in Willis hands anymore.
Henry Willis was an organist turned organbuilder - a rarity!
We are sorry that we misspoke
:)
19lfm12 3 years ago
I agree. I love the Pedal Organ particularly, so potent, yet warm and rich at the same time.
Knappa22 3 years ago
This is not a Willis Organ. Originally a Hill Organ, it was rebuilt by Harrisons of Durham in the 1930s, with further alterations done in 1968 and then 1992. The 32' Open Wood and 32' Double Ophecleide are laid horizontally across the top of the Quire Screen, and are full length! I have been in the Organ loft at King's, and to see these is quite amazing. A truly marvellous instrument!
ds1868 2 years ago
Well Thankyou for that information! Is an "Ophecleide" a reed stop?
octavebasse8 2 years ago
Yes a fairly strong reed stop, but not as beligerent as the French Bombarde (spelt Ophiceide by the way, got in wrong before!)
ds1868 2 years ago
I love that console!!! It looks very comfortable.
octavebasse8 3 years ago 2
Very inspirational.
shadhom 3 years ago 6
Simply magnificent .Spine tingling.
takharov 3 years ago 3
this was sung at QEII's coronation, no?
brightonjonny81 3 years ago
Yes it was, it was the intoit into the Church. The whole procession entered Westminster Abbey to this on 2nd June 1953
Widor5 3 years ago 2
None of you lot actually attended the choir school or are/were undergraduate choral scholars are/were you? "The INTOIT..." lol. Oh well, if one is crowning a Queen, maybe that is proper. Really, such appalling spelling. Cheers!!!
acbulgin2 3 years ago
What a bizarre post about a typo.
"Intoit" / "Introit" - easy slip to make.
I knew several guys at uni who'd been choristers and who were choral scholars. Some of them were as thick as pig shit.
Knappa22 3 years ago 3
I was a chorister until my voice broke last year, im 15 and learning the tenor line in music. i would like to go on to be a choral scholar at kings but im as thick as pig shit!!!!
davidmiler12 3 years ago
I'm sure you're not! Could you try to get in as a choral scholar?
Knappa22 3 years ago 2
Thanks.
davidmiler12 3 years ago
what do you mean by "as thick as pig shit"? please explain?
renaissance27 2 years ago
I think he means you need to be at or near the top as far as intellectual abilities are concerned to get into this choir. You receive a 'private education' as good as any of the top Preparatory Schools in England, and from there you're favoured to get a scholarship to one of the top Public Schools. When it comes to selection and privileged educationanal standards in the upper echelons, the English are without parallel. And I don't say that with any special pride: PRIVILEGE EQUALS DIVISION.
ds1868 2 years ago
Got it thank you. I agree completely.
renaissance27 2 years ago
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timfergie 2 years ago
t'was sung at Our wedding
4521556 3 years ago 2
Magnificent Processional Anthem composed for the ( ultimately postponed ) Coronation of His Majesty Edward VII in 1902.
( It's better with the "Vivats" )
anglicansag 3 years ago 2
yeah... too bad you are only supposed to use the vivats at coronations.
k8ibob8i315 3 years ago
The vivats can be used at "normal" services, the church i go to have sung i was glad with the vivats, the queen wont no!!
davidmiler12 3 years ago
i live in cambridge, i think this is the best choir in cambridg :)
davidmiler12 3 years ago
What about Clare College Choir?
TheCrazyCello 3 years ago
Ive never heard that choir actually! So i wont comment on that.
davidmiler12 3 years ago
or Johns
organboy2 3 years ago
Clare College is really underated... I think its probably the best.
k8ibob8i315 3 years ago
Yes, St Johns college choir is good, i was thinking about going to King's tonight but its sung eucharist instead of evensong, i dont feel in the ood to sit through a whole eucharist
davidmiler12 3 years ago
Disagree. It is the finest in the world.
487888 3 years ago
Which choir? as im touring with a choir of boys, girls, choral scholars and men to new york and Toronto as well...
gazapc 3 years ago
Excellent choral singing. Our choir sang "I Was Glad" during two concert offerings. We sang it with the "Vivat Rex" or "Vivat Regina" part included, although that component is normally reserved for coronations. It has a VERY DIFFICULT organ introduction. I wonder whether the organ scholar in this offering would be up to the task. This hymn has been played at the coronation of every English Monarch since George V. Great hymn...fun to sing!
brihath 3 years ago 3
ermmmmmmm. playing the organ? lol
adamswampy 3 years ago 2
choir excellant as usual, but what on earth is the organ scholar doing?!?!
tommyberlioz 3 years ago
My choir just sang this the other day. When our sanctuary was renovated they placed the pipes of the organ all around the sanctuary so when the organist cranks it up at the climax of the song you feel literally surrounded by music. Awesome.
soulcornflake 3 years ago 2
i really want this when i walk down the aisle when i get married. but thats sort of a cliche because a lot of people have it. i just dont want that boring 'here comes the bride'. something like this or 'thou o god art praised in sion'
TheNextGlinda 3 years ago
Eternal Source Of Light Divine...Handel...for the entry...Behold The Briht Seraphim for the leaving...those would be my choices for my wedding...
dorisboy52 3 years ago
MAGNIFICENT!
sherbetstraw 3 years ago
often think of a school English singing ... I love the "English school"! and often I wonder why the chapel sistina not sing like that! there is really a school English and a school? or we can talk about something inherent to study voice seriously, and persevering? rispondetemi! write me. John
iubanne 3 years ago
Where have I been? I have never heard this beautiful "Coronation Anthem"!
But then, I don't live in Great Britain.
Nor have I ever been coronated.
Branchporter 3 years ago 3
This is awesome. It is the best piece in the world!
Langagirl1 3 years ago
a lovely organ to play aswell
joeyboi87 3 years ago
hey ive been there awsome pipe organ
tyuru2 4 years ago
I remember singing this as a chorister in St. Pauls in Buffalo NY. I love this music and only retired from singing last year after 51 years singing.
massey14150 4 years ago 2
Then you probably remember Bruce Neswick and Dale Adelmann......???
Mackaronni 2 years ago
Wow! I wonderful piece of music. I sang this when I was at a boarding school in Nottinghamshire! I always enjoyed singing those top A or A flat notes as a tenor.
benedictlee 4 years ago
I sang them last night for Evensong (along with Howells Coll Reg - written for King's incidentally - and Stainer I saw the Lord) still recovering!
edders05 3 years ago
This reminds me of being a chorister! Sometimes I really miss singing regularly... Thanks for posting!
jimmyfowler 4 years ago
Reminds me of my treble days too. This and "Remember Thou thy creator" (in the days of my youth) were my favourites.
HileTroy 4 years ago
I love this song...brings me back to the days when I myself was a young treble..soarig on those beautiful high notes....so beautiful and harmonious
kobynb 4 years ago 2
You can see that my knowledge isn't that great. Yes, I'm sure it was Howells. We didn't sing Evensong. We weren't that high. They fed the boys and men, however, in a low, dark hall with benches that did make one feel rather British especially in the winter when the sun sets early.
jasonc001 4 years ago
Yes. And coming from the northern reaches of the United States, I had no familiarity with this music. The music is luxurious, and just right. We sang quite a few, but I remember "Like As the Hart" especially. Will someone post that one do you think?
jasonc001 4 years ago
There are a lot of settings of this! Do you mean the one by Howells? I dont have a recording (well, I have an audio one).
So did you sing Evensong etc regularly at Princeton? As a chorister at a cathedral where we sang Evensong 6 days a week, with another two services on Sundays, I learnt an awful lot of canticles etc!
edders05 4 years ago
Yes. A dream to live there if only for a few years. Trinity Episcopal Church, Princeton, had a wonderful boy choir. I sat next to Tim Brown, a funny, cheerful friend, and very clever. So many years ago, my friend.
jasonc001 4 years ago
We never heard them...however we did get an awful lot of people coming to hear us 'a genuine English boychoir' (although I must say I can't stand that word!)
edders05 4 years ago
I left in 1976.
jasonc001 4 years ago
OK - I was just wondering as several boys from my school in the UK have been choral scholars there over the past few years after leaving school. We went on a two week choir tour to the US over Easter and one of the places we stopped at was Princeton to sing in the University chapel - a lovely town!
edders05 4 years ago
Tim Brown, you and I sang alto together at Princeton. I took you to Westminster Choir College. Are you out there?
jasonc001 4 years ago
When did you sing there?
edders05 4 years ago
wow powerful king's college choir. very nice music indeed
kennethwan 4 years ago
I'm not sure if i like this or God is Gone Up by Gerald Finzi better shame there isn't a video of it
dannypurtell 4 years ago
Ah yes, I really love God is Gone up - fantastic piece! Not really seasonally appropriate at the moment though...
edders05 4 years ago
there is just no music to compare to the old English Anthems, so majestic and clear and powerful.
shawilli
azapachekid 4 years ago
I sing this in Canterbury Cathedral at every graduation ceremony Christchurch university had and, it always makes me have shivers everytime! :-D xxx
raquelle1986 4 years ago
I sung this song in St. Leonard's church last sunday (1st tenor). My favorite anthem.