Victoria's "O Magnum Mysterium," on May 15, 2008

[MadameBorgi]

Demasiado marcado y poco ligado, la polifonia renacentista y no barroca debe de ser más empastada y con las entrada y salidas de las voces bien claras, solo se escuchan a los tenores y sopranos en cuanto a la velocidad es correcta!!!!

[braumoeller73]

brutto il video, peccato per cantano bene

:-(

[schubert06]

There are no places to hide in this work. you guys pulled it off. nice

[margotlorena]

actually now that I listen to it and check it, this performance IS in the original key, in modern pitch of course.... sopranos start with an A....

[christylynn81]

this key they performed in is a third lower than the actual key, so this is really low.

[christylynn81]

it just loses something for me not doing the piece in the original key, but it is good for high school. this type of music isn't easy for anyone to sing.

[margotlorena]

who does it in the original key? it is too low

[TheFourNorsemen]

Actually, in Renaissance times, this piece would've likely been performed in this key. This is just based off of speculation and a little bit of research into the background of this piece. But I prefer it in the key of F minor (or A flat major, whatever you prefer). It's just that tenor part gets very high in that key that rarely can a choir of young people perform it in that key. Our choir is performing it tonight. We're taking it down to E minor, so it helps a little bit.

[margotlorena]

the original key is either Fmajor of Dminor, it has one just one b flat and the sopranos start with an A

[AlainNaigeon]

@margotlorena It indeed has just one b, and the soprano does start with an A.

The key seems to be G minor on the facsimile, but a transposition was perhaps meant because the piece is called "...primi toni", which we know to have been D, as you mention.