Vivaldi - Gloria (RV 589): "Gloria in excelsis Deo"

[EfEmDee]

@ Nukethelotofthem: Pert sure I'd have gotten along with your old Sunday School teacher just fine.

[kitcat2011able]

This music is for everyone who loves classical music. NO MATTER WHAT RELIGION OR DENOMINATION!!!!!!!!!!!! this is beautiful music and just insprinring. every time I hear this i want to get up and have a great day. I want to sing and dance. I want to LIVE!!!! Thank you Mr. Vivaldi for makeing such beuatiful music and Thank you Lord for letting this music excist!

[smartspick]

Why are protestant's peforming this Catholic masterpiece, what is wrong with them? Get your own musical geniuses.

[dwayne515]

@smartspick Sorry, but i must ask, are you 12 years old?

[cirosuperiore]

@smartspick vivaldi is like st. francis, both protestants and catholic can agree on make them their own.

[Nukethelotofthem1]

@smartspick As my old Sunday School teacher used to say, God is neither catholic nor protestant, He likes a pint of beer a good cigar and has an old black dog. He likes Vivaldi and Handle and Mozart and dislikes anyone who takes their religion too seriously. This is great stuff performed well by people who obviously enjoy what they are doing. I keep coming back and listening to this and I think it is great.

[nasekiller]

@smartspick so, i suppose, you are from italy? :p

[misscherrilopez]

These peeps are da bomb dot com i go to jackson middle school in grand prairie texas and i am in choir (soprano 1 ) anyways and we are currently practicing dis song......

[Nukethelotofthem1]

@misscherrilopez Could we have your comment again in English please.

[athraxious]

@Nukethelotofthem1 Please, allow me to translate:

These people are very good. I attend Jackson Middle School, which is located in Grand Prairie Texas. I am in the choir with the position of First Soprano. In any case we are currently practicing this song...

[Nukethelotofthem1]

@athraxious Many thanks for the translation, I must really be getting old ! Anyway keep up the good work and enjoy your singing.

[richardsonbrothers]

Excellent!!

~Cats and the Fiddler

[5507156693]

Great performance done with soul and heart. That's what music is all about

[BobbyFischer0000]

Too slow...

[kokomo3535]

Truly awesome !!!!!

[mm00046]

grandi !!! bellissimo complimenti

[myheartbeatsforyou08]

im in high school choir and were singing this song for this holiday pagent coming up but i like our verison better(:

[JDalltonX]

If Vivaldi were a regular part of the American church-going experience, it just might inspire me to attend more often. What a lovely sound to listen to on Sunday morning.

[vanmoody]

I did this whole work when I was in high school. We had the chance to be part of a 500 member high school choir at Murray State in Kentucky. I'm not sure if they still do this or not. It was quite an experience, and I recognize the music every time I hear it.

[TheMsdarkmetal]

@vanmoody I was in my high school choir and we did this also. It was an amazing experience! Listening to this bought back all of the practices and hard work. I miss it.

[gharusa]

They sound beautiful well done!!!!

[scififan90]

I have done this piece with my school choir and orchestra, and I thought these folks did an outstanding job! Bravo!

[allaboutheaven]

I like Vivaldi... Bach, Pachelbel, Mendelssohn

[Oldfaithful61]

Wish we had a choir like this one in our small church. Well done !

[TheWimblefops]

I just loved it. Reminds me of the time when I sang it in my school choir.....32 years ago....:o)

[MilDarkAngel]

Just beautidul..this was made in Heaven!!

[Trinacria1973]

Lutherans like the latin language? I thought all Protestant churches quit with rome and so with the Latin Language....??

[JesusFreakDK]

@Trinacria1973 Lutherans don't spurn a language for its own sake. Depending on your viewpoint (I'm a High-Church Lutheran), the Reformation corrected mistakes and abuses within the Western part of the Church Catholic.

Don't think that "protestant" churches have to be the mom and pop "Let's make our own church in the back of our grocery-store" kind of "church"....

[MilDarkAngel]

@Trinacria1973 I'm protestant (baptist) and I heard about lating language...

but Martin Luther didt appart from catholic church for that..there was much more important reasons..google it..

[rmelofranco]

@Trinacria1973 German grammar is there for proving Luther's love for Latin. That's bizarre since it's not a Latin language.

I love German culture, but we have to admit it resented for centuries not being an offspring from Latius. Leibniz wrote in French for some reason.

Anyway, Iulius Caesar would be astonished by how creative and cultured those "barbarians" are now.

[PashaPetrovich]

In my opinion, not bad.

[tuckett21]

wonderful!

[nebuly100]

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord. And they did.

[Tejuschkaa]

haha, I sang it in choir 2 :D but only with piano :D:)) it's greate song :))

[alexandrra333]

i love it..... just love it!!!

[quetevale]

Gloria a VIVALDI!!! Bravo!!!! gracias por subirlo!!!

[stephanienichols72]

i love this song it was fun to sing with the sunnyslope highschool concert choir

[tjsbigidea]

Why do some people have to be so critical? This is just a little church in Tucson. It's not Broadway. They are not getting paid to do this. They are just trying to "make a joyful noise unto the Lord".

Lighten up and Merry Christmas.

[Hal5423]

@tjsbigidea the choir is probably made up of church members, but I can guarantee you that the orchestra was paid. This sort of thing is what we musicians call a "church gig."

[noleyplatz]

@tjsbigidea Yeah, right! The music is so glorious it would sound great if performed by a hamster choir, as it is the recording is wonderful, inspiring and good for any time of year.

[dubedition1111]

in my eighth grade orchestra were playing this really fast and i have the solo violin part

[velvia74]

poor poor version of Gloria excelsius! ! ! Horrible it was. too slow - to weak horns/trumpets - more power needed. little differense between forte and piano... the gloria gloria gloria rising should give you chills.... gave me nothing

[EmuMaster564]

that is exactly how I felt

[dubedition1111]

there was no brass in this peice when vivaldi wrote it, there were only supposed to be strings and oboes

[velvia74]

I played 1st violin part in 6th grade, but I'm afraid we played it even slower than this. Unfortunatelly I crushed my violin when going through a difficult phase 10 years ago.. dropped the violin from 4th floor. saw the violin floating in the air as in slow motion, an then hit the ground with a surprisingly loud bang a split second after I saw the violin break in thousand pieces. It was as beautiful moment for at that time a self destructive and troubled young man..

Miss playing the violin.

[velvia74]

I got -4 on this comment? shows the lack of knowledge among people. Those who actually haven't played this piece, or do not know music at a higher level wouldn't even know what i'm talking about. Have to quote Forest Gump: stupid does what stupid knows

[narfy]

Sorry they could not accommodate you. However, they were singing to God and not to any of us (which is the purpose of singing in a church).

With that said, Its beautiful to my 'forest gump', untrained and woefully inadequate ears. Judging from the rating, I'm not the only one that could appreciate it.

[jbc6254]

@narfy You are correct. God is the audience. This is why I am against applause after music is performed in church. Music is always (or should be) an act of praise and worship to God.

[lovelyethereal]

@narfy no, if they were only singing to God they would not have put it on youtube. Singing to God is not an excuse to flaunt anything inferior to the world

[TimNable]

aww how cute is that!!! Maybe a little ambitious for this choir, but how many people in that audience were exposed to great baroque music for the first time? It's little concerts like that which keep music like this in our repertoire. Double A+ for effort!

[velvia74]

well that is the ptroblem - there is too m uch crap music in the world and these cerap musicians are able to get rich because of u unmusical listerners. but if this made u happy... I wish it would be that easy for me.

[myskandikandi]

we're singing this in my 7th grade choir

[Chomikmk]

It's good but... Well, I think that this performance is not very emotional...

[basilbunnyboo]

i have to sing this for my choir class!

[rumpwrestler]

Well, they are having fun. What the hell!

[zahaviziv]

exelent!

it is music and sound we have to feel

nothing else matter

enjoy your job !

good work !

keep on !

I am sure

vivaldi would have liked it

[speedrmac]

They would give the professional a run for the there money.

[wendynorena]

Sounded better when I sung it :P

Well, the version my chorus did was different, so, each for our own.

[mauw360]

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[wljmrbill]

I thought it was rather good for a church choir performance and not a professionial choir. I have played as well as sung this many times. Am organist/choirmaster for anumber of years.... Thanks

[jjmanofmusic]

wonderful church performance..

great job conducting the instruments, but maybe if you conducted the choir like singers it would have been a little better

[BernardProfitendieu]

oh, those jolly lutherans!! when will they ever learn?

[barakiji]

ROFL!!!

[dagisa123]

amateurs but jolly :)

[banister7459]

quite an amateur performance if I'm honest. That's only my opinion and I'm not a professional.

[NickXDDX]

its a regular church.. cut them some slack :]

[gabel629]

funny stuff... common...

[MijonococoxD]

great song but youtube loading sucks ¬¬"

[akm5176]

If you are looking for excitement in the piece look to the title. Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Litteraly- Excessive Glory To God Properly-Glory to God

This is a purely religious piece. Also what you see here is only a small section of a much MUCH larger work.

[jacama35]

excelente ...magnifico orden gloria a DIOS...

[zutterung]

It seems that conducter doesn't know the tune, hah

[Chriswren9]

Feels that way....

[seedekim]

Ha. Are you referring to their CHOIR ROBES? Haven't you ever seen a church choir before?

Personally, I think this is really nice. I enjoyed it.

[adrianradiotalent]

And what about the clothes? lol

They look like Harvard studentes :D

But i think is not sooo bad interpretation at all. (but the director is half-sleep lol

[fishhead06]

Seem like standard choir robes to me. I can't stand them, but its a traditional pseudo-academic style.

[lulucheerful]

Well they not professionals are they? Bet they loved just having the opportunity to be part of the choir and band - I know i'd love to be.

[BYUcougar410]

hah the conductor isnt musical at all

[OwizzleSpindles]

Haha, it's a woman :P I couldn't imagine being conducted by her, it must be akin to trying to take the beat off a drainpipe with wooden spoons for arms haha

[OwizzleSpindles]

I've never seen a more wooden and bored looking conductor!

[tiernan87]

lacking in fervor and intensity. holy shoddy is still shoddy.

[ShivaSmiles]

You're entitled to your opinion, but I couldn't disagree more. This song never fails to make my eyes tear up with joy.

[tiernan87]

oh no! this Mass setting is FANTASTIC! a masterpiece. just this interpretation is not very good.

[RockerNShocker]

The orchestra at my school is playing this and the choir is singing with us. I'm excited to play it though its a pretty piece

[ceznight]

no so good :|

[danielmontesmariaca]

el director no es director, es un tipo parado tratando de no perderse, (que hace ahi?) menos mal que estan esos musicos que logran mantener de pie todo,

[mylifeisemo101]

our school board wide choire is singing this. its really good better then this.

[debartzen]

Los violines están inmensos,en ésta contenida interpretación.Entienden bien´,el sentido espiritual de Vivaldi.

[scootahairymandog]

pathetic recording

[lacph]

Um Gottes Willen, woher kommt dieser Dirigent ? Orchester und Chor sind echt gut und hochtolerant, sich von so einem dirigieren zu lassen !!!

[AZURA888]

No vean al director que se equivocan jajaja

[billobach]

Sicuramente questi sono americani.....non ce la fanno,non riescono a suonare la musica classica in maniera decente.

[gspaulsson]

Although this is not the best example, putting down American interpretations of classical music is simply European snobbery (and I'm European). Italians for example might think that La Scala is the world's greatest opera company, but the Metropolitan would get a lot of votes. And what about all the great American orchestras? And singers, like say Kathleen Battle, Leontyne Price, Paul Robeson, Marian Anderson, Marilyn Horne -to name only the black ones?

[ibe8pud]

Der Dirigent hats echr nicht drauf! Aber die Musik ist schön!

[beatle96]

one of my favorites from vivaldi

[laurenbarbiie]

It's sung quite well but it drags. It seems they are only going as fast as the orchestras ability will allow. Well done anyway!

[metallicameron]

crap...I have to learn this for tomorrow morning, i didnt realise it was so fast!

[willbri1]

thats what she said

[armando1027]

El director esta mas perdio que Adan el dia de las madres...

[lapolloxp]

qué onda el director .. xD

[nikolasao]

I whish they had this music at my church

[NessaK94]

OMG one of the violins was badly out of tune...the oboe was lovly tho - in most parts

[chiper00000000007]

superbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[jeffbrak]

Awful. That performance was a slap in the face to Vivaldi...

[JSbeat]

booooooooooooooooooooring

[dan219]

This is bad the tempo is far to slow it needs to be more lively and enjoyable to listen to. Bad performance!

[heyyitsmanda]

my high school choir is singing this in disney world in 5 days! :) this was really good though. it was the exact same tempo we're going, too!

[GaarasGirlKomishi]

My 9th grade chorus is doing this song but it sounds nothing like this version

[digestedsheepstomach]

Holy crap. That's a church choir?

[applebeespie]

Wow, thanks to whoever posted this. It must have taken great skill to play this song! great job!

[Fozzymaple]

It is actually a very easy piece, and can be done without too much effort on the part of the musicians.

[Tehspankerer651]

For being just a run of the mill church choir, this is good. But if it were a professional choir i would have expected more.

[11JULIEN]

HORRIBLE TEMPO TO SLOW!°°°°

[yossipadilla]

Choir at my school is singing this songg.

Only its wayy fasterr.[=

[fongpayman123]

Speed isn't everything.  I think this is actually a pretty good tempo.

[defects1]

ahahahhahah

[monoxidedreamsxxx]

.....

[mara382]

increible!

[Cendiej]

Sometimes it can be restful, like now. And the orchestra is very good.

[woefster]

Maybe it's a bad recording, but the orchestra is off key here and there. Not a very good performance, I'm afraid.

[Cendiej]

Oh, didn't mention that;)

[Gspijkenisse]

wayyyy too slow

[fongpayman123]

How fast do you think it should go then?

[denisebrunette]

Looks like you'd have to practice forever not to stuff this song up. So very good job.

[snootzie78]

Awesome!

[bfuenz]

Majestic!!!!!!!!!!!! Gloria in Excelsis Deo! If it were not for Christianity I fear that Western Civilization would not have been.

[ELFELICIANO]

It's amazing!!! I've been thinking about it for the last days: how the world would be if Jesus Christ weren't born.

[rosamund123]

The quality of the playing & singing is really good, but as soon as the choir entered I thought they dragged the pace a bit... it should be a bit lighter, a little faster maybe?

[aeiouio]

It is amazing

[dreamerangel6669]

you guys got nothing on me i song this song last spring break in carnegie hall so now what.

[Joeysmynewfavdrummer]

Oh yeah I sang it in the Royal Albert Hall Now what?????

[joetoorivers]

That's nuthin man! I sang it at the Sydney Opera House and the Melbourne Stockyards this summer plus at the Home Counties Folk Festival last year

[HatakeSage]

we had to sing this song too in 7th grade.

[IhaveaCstring]

only 1 viola!? lol... but great performance!

[silviafrizzera]

Good!

[manno16]

Gloria in excelsis Deo

[Ktty492]

I agree with you this is awsome and maby it was suppost to sound like this! I loved it

[bassbaritoneguy]

I really don't understand why people feel like they have to come on here and totally tear up someone's video. Who the heck cares that they played it better in elementary school or that the second tenors are flat or blah, blah, blah. I think it's rude and totally uncalled for. You all should go grow up and learn to play nicely with others.

[amsbamberg]

Simply out of tune and out of tempi.

[margaretsch]

Wow, so many negative comments! I find this lovely and inspiring and refreshing! Music like this works on its own in any setting, played by any musicians who can follow Vivaldi's writings!

[woefster]

Are the violins a bit flat or what? And I agree. The conductor doesn't seem to be conducting at all. And a bit slow.

[fongpayman123]

The violin concertmaster is one of the topic violinists in the world.

[fongpayman123]

*top

[cuchulain25]

why do modern churches look so tacky? this would fit more appropriately in a catholic cathedral. don't bother to argue the differences of faith to me, i am an atheist. I was just commenting on the aesthetics.

[Widor5]

its not the conductor its the actual recording and the noise. they are out of sync. Although i do agree that the conductor needs to inspire them more :)

[NaomiNishiimasa]

this was poorly composed O_O wow i think i played this song in umm...6th grade O.o and even without the chorus it was more intresting. but a GREAT piece<3

[darkeelf]

I´ve played this...its fantastic

this one is boring...terrible....the conductor even dont know whtas hes doing indeed hahahaha

and the violins get a bit untune at the beggining!

[h1aa]

Sounds good.

[waeman]

the first time i watched this video i really couldn't stop laughing at those sleepy performers and the more sleepy conductor :D

[FilmMaster3000]

The conductor is causing a real problem!

[7hundred7dy7]

i'm not sure if it;s jsut the recording, but the men seem to be overpower the women by a great deal. other than that and the poor conducting, i thought i was very good. i just did this with the choir i'm in a few weeks ago.

[TonicSolFa]

The conductor isnt doing such a good job, more excitment! The choir sounds very bored and sleepy.

[kateycakeykate]

the conductors not in time with the music lol quite funny

[pirategirl124]

we played this in a middle school for a baroque fair its hard! tahts really good!

[talieluv]

im playing this on my cello in school =]

[margotlorena]

well.. i liked it... i could hear the trumpets... and i am not so sure about the conductor, maybe the real one got sick!! hahah

[professorfingers]

As a Conductor, I see that the chorus and orchestra will perform beautiful music INSPITE of his poor conducting techniques. I assume that he is a full-time organist or pianist.

[moretg]

What is the conductor doing... Too much passive.... just waiting that the music player save him or her? Too much slow!

[JessieDallton]

Beautiful...simply glorious...

[marcoscharles]

Great performance ! LIndo, Maravilhoso ! Magnific !

[spandexchimp]

wow the chorus i'm in just sang this whole piece for a winter concert. weird.

[titansgo2319]

Whoa, so did I!

[shockerbandman]

This weekend I'm playing trumpet for a performance of this piece. I was pleasantly surprised to find this version of it on YouTube. We trumpet players like to think we are so great that you only need one of us. The truth is probably that no one can stand more than one of us!

[DopeStreet]

VIVALDI IS ROTFLOL IN HIS COFFIN.

[alangirvan01]

If they are perfomring the score as written by Vivaldi, there is a part for only one trumpet.

[aisforalibi]

Am I the only one that actually hears the trumpets?

[mllcg]

the best instrument for catholic churches is a PIPE ORGAN!

[crazycorsa19]

i dont know wat the conductor is doing - beating off beat!

[KarrotKun1]

we're learning this in chorus :/

i'm the pianist

sooo that's why I'm here :D

helllllloooo :)

[kagome442]

I like this song I remember singing it when I went to kmea district choir

[Astardis]

Too bad you didn't have trumpets. But I guess it takes Catholics to think so :)I was singing this "Gloria" about 20 years ago for the last time. I have always loved it, especially the "Domine Fili"-fugue.

[leonheart00]

Well they did a good job, but if you do not mind me finding the Catholic comment hilarious... I will laugh hysterically now! BWAAAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHA! Yeah well in my church we would have had guitars and rock singers... kind of gets annoying. At least both Catholics and Lutherans show proper reverence to God in their music.