Thinking about it - this honestly does not sound like the upper voices are being sung by trebles and/or counter-tenors. This sounds like a mixed, men-and-women choir - and if that's true, it can't be St. John's. If I may ask, which album does this come from?
add latin lyrics, divine influence, harmonic choirs, simple rhythms and either baroque or by far earlier rhythms together and you have one of these many songs that are simply tranquill and extremly relaxing, if only it was more common in society today.
@NiclasThobaben Patience is the key! At 15 you are still young and your voice takes quite some time to settle after breaking. If you want to try and utilise your range properly then get a singing teacher to give you some good exercises to do. (At least in my experience most singers around your age tend to be more of a baritone and then gradually drift either way as the voice settles.) Good luck and keep singing!
@morphthing1 thanks for your advice! I really hope, that I become a Bass, it would great, but nobody knows, what the future says, so I just waiting and maybe I get some singing lessons.
This is played on Holy Thursday, at mass (old rite). From one of St. John's epistles. Usually played while the priest washes the feet, or during the procession of the Blessed Sacrament.
Please don't compare this to what was chosen at the royal wedding. There's a lot of history behind this and many thousands of couples chose this piece at their wedding long before it was "popular". Let's not choose a hymn out of a fad.
This is distinctly different than Paul Mealor's new setting of this text, which was in fact heard at William's wedding. Although if anyone actually did hear this at the most recent royal wedding, please let me know...
I too heard this at the royal wedding and cried... its emotionally powerful and beautiful... a great song to listen to when life gets you down. Much love for Paul Mealor.
This wasn't sung at the royal wedding; it was an arrangement by Paul Mealor, with more suspensions than this. Both are gorgeous though, truly beautiful music.
@MrLamontSanford It is probably more appropriate & fitting for that service than any other. By the way, can anyone direct me on a way to find the original plain chant melody?
This is one of my all time favorite choral pieces. But it is very difficult to find a choir with basses that can really hit that low "E" and that is my favorite part. You really have to have some bases with a pair to hit that with room to spare. Way back in the 80's a friend that had a huge selection of classical music played me a recording he found and wow they knocked that"E" out of the ball park. He made me a tape of it, and if I find it I will post.
@71259mark I understand wanting to sing it a half step up. I've performed this one before and the tenors especially have a hard time on some spots, but it definitely can be done and it's so rewarding to see it done the way it was written. Obviously the choice is ultimately up to you. Have a great day! :)
@71259mark True basses should have a resonant Eb, and the baritones can simply sing up the octave with the tenors (who, at the moment when the bass line only has an Eb, also have an Eb, an octave higher). Still, I can see the reasoning behind that - the piece as a whole sits rather low (rarely are sopranos required to sing a Bb).
@Taenyr We've since sung it, and I DID decide to keep it in Eb after all. The basses were able to reach the low notes with surprisingly, very little trouble. I was particularly concerned because I preceded this work with the men singing the plainchant Ubi Caritas, and I was afraid we'd lose pitch. As it turned out, we were dead on pitch from beginning to end. It went well.
@71259mark Wow, really? Even the baritones? I sing bass I and I don't really have anything below the F...maaaybe an E natural on a low day. Good for them!
@Allinfun6789 It definitely is nice to have those basses. I have a friend that can hit like low B's so when we sang this he nailed it and projected it just perfectly and it really does make all the difference in this song.
thanks so much for posting the sheet music and the song, this is done very beautifully. I am performing a concert with my chorale and we are doing this song. I can practice this right from youtube when in between rehearsals. Thanks!!
I got to sing this song in York Minster Cathedral, and hearing it again after these years made me cry. I've been looking for the correct arrangement, and here I finally found it.
@wardlem2 How is York Minster Cathedral these days? I'm half the world away and its been a few decades since I was in that vicinity. I came close two years ago.
I'm trying to find easy sheet music for this on piano or organ. I would like to use this as a soft piece before a mass. I would rather have hear it sung but I don't have a choir at my disposal
Unless St. John's have recorded this more than once (quite possible) this is not them. I sang in the choir 68-71 and we recorded "Twentieth Century French Church Music" for Argo (Decca) including the Durufle', but this is not it. Please let me know, anyone, about this. peteherron@libero.it
@alepete1616 Like you, I was only aware of the '71 recording under George Guest but a check with the choir's web site reveals a 1998 recording under Christopher Robinson on the Nimbus label.....which this probably is.
@steve10005 i think this is really one of the best of its kind in the world, which is why everyone wants to post it on youtube. if you don't already know them you would probably like "View me Lord" I think sung by Trinity Boys Choir and Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei. Also the famous Miserere by Allegri - probably go for Kings College for this one. Happy hunting! jd
What a wondeful piece, sung brilliantly by St. John´s - well done everyone. I thoroughly enjoy listening to it,,,,the score is a welcome bonus. Thank you very much, morphthing1 for posting this.
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ewa7773 2 weeks ago
Here's the artists:
Laurens Collegium Rotterdam
Conductor: Wiecher Mandemaker
Do a search for them on YouTube and you'll find this recording as well as all four of Duruflé's motets.
bradhayashi 2 weeks ago
This is beautifully done. I did this in my middle school choir. great to hear it again.
pakta900 3 weeks ago
St. John's, ELORA, ON, Canada is a mixed voice choir.
Gatltonian 1 month ago
How the hell can anyone dislike this?!!
swirls999 4 months ago
@swirls999 i guess that's why there's only one dislike
pakta900 3 weeks ago
Thinking about it - this honestly does not sound like the upper voices are being sung by trebles and/or counter-tenors. This sounds like a mixed, men-and-women choir - and if that's true, it can't be St. John's. If I may ask, which album does this come from?
Taenyr 4 months ago
@Taenyr First to spot my mistake in 2 years! Amended
morphthing1 4 months ago
1 Person hasn't heard good music.
TheLolJokes 4 months ago
I want this at my wedding...
Marmalade000000 5 months ago
add latin lyrics, divine influence, harmonic choirs, simple rhythms and either baroque or by far earlier rhythms together and you have one of these many songs that are simply tranquill and extremly relaxing, if only it was more common in society today.
admirallordk 5 months ago 2
it is so difficult to sing...and for me as a (young 15 yearold) bass difficult to hold clearly the low E flat ^^
NiclasThobaben 6 months ago 7
@NiclasThobaben Patience is the key! At 15 you are still young and your voice takes quite some time to settle after breaking. If you want to try and utilise your range properly then get a singing teacher to give you some good exercises to do. (At least in my experience most singers around your age tend to be more of a baritone and then gradually drift either way as the voice settles.) Good luck and keep singing!
morphthing1 6 months ago 5
@morphthing1 thanks for your advice! I really hope, that I become a Bass, it would great, but nobody knows, what the future says, so I just waiting and maybe I get some singing lessons.
NiclasThobaben 6 months ago
@morphthing1 thanks for your advice! My big problem is the intonation. I get the notes, but not perfectly. I mean all notes, not the low.
NiclasThobaben 6 months ago
@morphthing1 Agreed!
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Also, I wonder - why is it that, in the beginning, only basses I (baritones) are supposed to be singing the bass-line?
Taenyr 6 months ago
This is played on Holy Thursday, at mass (old rite). From one of St. John's epistles. Usually played while the priest washes the feet, or during the procession of the Blessed Sacrament.
MrLamontSanford 6 months ago
Please don't compare this to what was chosen at the royal wedding. There's a lot of history behind this and many thousands of couples chose this piece at their wedding long before it was "popular". Let's not choose a hymn out of a fad.
mkyker 8 months ago
This is distinctly different than Paul Mealor's new setting of this text, which was in fact heard at William's wedding. Although if anyone actually did hear this at the most recent royal wedding, please let me know...
flentrop2009 8 months ago
This is one of my favorite pieces. However, this one is NOT the version that was sung at the Royal Wedding. Sorry guys.
RapunzelHermioneDaae 10 months ago 18
@RapunzelHermioneDaae Indeed the arrangement was by a Welsh composer named Paul Mealor
morphthing1 10 months ago
This IS a beautiful piece -- but not the version sung at the Royal Wedding.
judyellend 10 months ago
I too heard this at the royal wedding and cried... its emotionally powerful and beautiful... a great song to listen to when life gets you down. Much love for Paul Mealor.
emilyyy2008 10 months ago
heard this at the royal wedding. felt inspired and now want it at my own!
simplyshama 10 months ago 18
This wasn't sung at the royal wedding; it was an arrangement by Paul Mealor, with more suspensions than this. Both are gorgeous though, truly beautiful music.
jellylabradors 10 months ago
@jellylabradors my apologies it is the first time i had heard this
oldskooler1 10 months ago
absolutely stunning piece of music and i too heard it at the royal wedding is it avaiable anywhere superb bass set
oldskooler1 10 months ago
Yes, at the Westminster abbey. that was great!
koyuki1949 10 months ago
enjoyed this at the royal wedding
sutton513 10 months ago 11
Sang it last night at St. Luke's Cathedral in Portland, ME. mmm. mmm. mmm.
cmaurand1 10 months ago
Lovely piece, especially for the tenors! Gonna sing it with my choir on thursday night.
Rainerlienert65 10 months ago
This is the piece often played on Holy Thursday, while the priest washes the feet of twelve 'disciples'
MrLamontSanford 1 year ago
@MrLamontSanford It is probably more appropriate & fitting for that service than any other. By the way, can anyone direct me on a way to find the original plain chant melody?
71259mark 1 year ago
It's nice being able to follow the score while listening to this beautiful music. Thanks for uploading.
brenconno1 1 year ago
During the Exsultemus et in ipso I cried lol.
murderXmary 1 year ago
This is one of my all time favorite choral pieces. But it is very difficult to find a choir with basses that can really hit that low "E" and that is my favorite part. You really have to have some bases with a pair to hit that with room to spare. Way back in the 80's a friend that had a huge selection of classical music played me a recording he found and wow they knocked that"E" out of the ball park. He made me a tape of it, and if I find it I will post.
Allinfun6789 1 year ago
@Allinfun6789 Sorry, but it's an Eb.
I'm conducting this number in June, and am contemplating, however, taking the whole thing up a half step.
Sacrilegious ? Maybe, but let's be practical.
71259mark 1 year ago
@71259mark I understand wanting to sing it a half step up. I've performed this one before and the tenors especially have a hard time on some spots, but it definitely can be done and it's so rewarding to see it done the way it was written. Obviously the choice is ultimately up to you. Have a great day! :)
wardlem2 11 months ago
@71259mark True basses should have a resonant Eb, and the baritones can simply sing up the octave with the tenors (who, at the moment when the bass line only has an Eb, also have an Eb, an octave higher). Still, I can see the reasoning behind that - the piece as a whole sits rather low (rarely are sopranos required to sing a Bb).
Taenyr 6 months ago
@Taenyr We've since sung it, and I DID decide to keep it in Eb after all. The basses were able to reach the low notes with surprisingly, very little trouble. I was particularly concerned because I preceded this work with the men singing the plainchant Ubi Caritas, and I was afraid we'd lose pitch. As it turned out, we were dead on pitch from beginning to end. It went well.
71259mark 6 months ago
@71259mark Wow, really? Even the baritones? I sing bass I and I don't really have anything below the F...maaaybe an E natural on a low day. Good for them!
Taenyr 6 months ago
@Taenyr Neither do I -- I either double the tenor note or drop out on those notes....
ahelmbock 6 months ago
@ahelmbock Haha, the age-old baritone conundrum. First basses, unite! =D
Taenyr 6 months ago
@Allinfun6789 It definitely is nice to have those basses. I have a friend that can hit like low B's so when we sang this he nailed it and projected it just perfectly and it really does make all the difference in this song.
wardlem2 11 months ago
Stunning piece. Amazing harmonies. I also sung this in Newcastle Cathedral years ago when I was a lay clerk there.
amatorynumber 1 year ago
thanks so much for posting the sheet music and the song, this is done very beautifully. I am performing a concert with my chorale and we are doing this song. I can practice this right from youtube when in between rehearsals. Thanks!!
Sefardess 1 year ago
I got to sing this song in York Minster Cathedral, and hearing it again after these years made me cry. I've been looking for the correct arrangement, and here I finally found it.
wardlem2 1 year ago
@wardlem2 How is York Minster Cathedral these days? I'm half the world away and its been a few decades since I was in that vicinity. I came close two years ago.
northb100 1 year ago
I'm trying to find easy sheet music for this on piano or organ. I would like to use this as a soft piece before a mass. I would rather have hear it sung but I don't have a choir at my disposal
helloitsmelol097 1 year ago
Please keep these coming - such a fantastic learning tool!
cpantelias 1 year ago
singing this in my chamber choir :) it's beautiful and hopefully we can do it justice
robotzombiee 1 year ago
Beautiful.Thank you
julie72554 1 year ago
everything you post lifts my spirit. thank you.
jd7x7jd 1 year ago
I have to sing this for my Rosa Parks memorial in Detroit, on October 24th.(:
SunshineBeMine 1 year ago
A response to those who think composing music is mostly about making money.
Composerland 1 year ago
Unless St. John's have recorded this more than once (quite possible) this is not them. I sang in the choir 68-71 and we recorded "Twentieth Century French Church Music" for Argo (Decca) including the Durufle', but this is not it. Please let me know, anyone, about this. peteherron@libero.it
alepete1616 1 year ago
@alepete1616 Like you, I was only aware of the '71 recording under George Guest but a check with the choir's web site reveals a 1998 recording under Christopher Robinson on the Nimbus label.....which this probably is.
pjdonagh 1 year ago
Beautiful. Just so amazing. This music....x
Raichu234 1 year ago
breath taking...thank you for posting.. :)
mgorjian 1 year ago
I really love this sort of choral music, is there other choral music that sound like this?
steve10005 1 year ago
@steve10005 i think this is really one of the best of its kind in the world, which is why everyone wants to post it on youtube. if you don't already know them you would probably like "View me Lord" I think sung by Trinity Boys Choir and Samuel Barber's Agnus Dei. Also the famous Miserere by Allegri - probably go for Kings College for this one. Happy hunting! jd
jd7x7jd 1 year ago
Your contributions to the YouTube library are greatly appreciated - especially by us Anglophile musicians. Well done!
Dave1549 1 year ago
outstanding! Thanks for posting this---enjoyed the score also!
tborn63 1 year ago
Top Notch !
kthe111 1 year ago
Lovely!
GeosterTrow 1 year ago
This is a very beautiful work and a glorious performance. Thanks for posting it, Rick. Best,
Craig Matteson
csmatteson 2 years ago
What a wondeful piece, sung brilliantly by St. John´s - well done everyone. I thoroughly enjoy listening to it,,,,the score is a welcome bonus. Thank you very much, morphthing1 for posting this.
Eurofrank1 2 years ago
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yuehchopin 2 years ago