Langlais Messe Solemnelle - Sanctus and Benedictus

[rekording]

I sang this piece under the direction of Theodore Marier with Jean Langlais at the console during the BACS Pueri Cantores tour in the late 1960s. I was surprised at the slow tempo that Langlais used. We had always performed it briskly, although not as briskly as this version. The piece, so restrained, gained power, feeling headlong, but not hurried. Take a tip from the maestro; take it slower.

[nowmeinsk]

I met Monsieur Langlais when I was 13 and heard him improvise on a theme as well as singing boy soprano for a world premiere he composed for the 15th anniversary of his friend,Theodore Marier's Boston Boy Choir . anyone out there have any information on his Canticle of the Sun??? thanks for posting

[MagikGimp]

Wow, that's an impressive tempo. Get that C out of the way quickly perhaps.

[eoghdes18]

That C has an interesting story to it.

Apparently, it usen't be in the mass at all, but Langlais was conducting it in a rehearsal once, and a boy cheekily popped it in.

Langlais loved it and left it in.

[muzicmanj]

oh and this one mad at the end tho for the organ haha

[crinoid56]

'Twas amazing!

[keyboardmum]

that benedictus is one of my favorite pieces EVER. But the choir was singing it too loud! You need more organ,otherwise it misses that amazing sensation that you should get.

[eoghdes18]

The problem is not the choir, but that the organ is simply not raw enough!

[organmus1982]

This has to be by far my favouorite of the french solemn mass settings. sung it many times.

[PerrrfictKats]

I can imagine Jesus saying to Langlais, You were feeling abit STRANGE composing today apon HEARING this

[V1d301nsp3ct0r]

Watch out... Langlais' is the greatest Missa Brevis (short mass) of the 20th century.

If your ears can't handle it, don't assume others also fail to appreciate its beauty.

[JJHFram]

@V1d301nsp3ct0r It's a Messe Solennelle, not Missa Brevis.

[edders05]

Langlais' Messe Solennelle is a VERY good setting!