Vienna Boy Choir : Adeste Fideles.

[forsythbill1]

it was written at the time of the Jacobite rebellions and has many hidden references to the Jacobite cause namely Regum Angelorum king of the angels but also king of the English referring to bonnie prince Charlie .

[TheFrankilop]

MUY LINDO ME ENCANTO

[xylantrope]

you can have all the opera singers and other singers you want, nothing beats a boy choir.

[SimplyDavid42]

Tremendous

[genesisworld2000]

well performed....good song,song people, good place,excellent

[anzdf]

Maravilloso, El cantico Adeste Fidelis cantado por el Coro de los niños de Viena siempre es muy apreciado.

Gracias.

[sssnowday]

Smoke out of the mouth, it must be near 0c  where was that concert? Outside?

[orion8352]

@sssnowday This was in a church in a cathedral in december 1998,

in the Netherlands.

[tmaxon8]

amazing music, but all the(guessing here) Europeans are so SERIOUS! I only saw one person who seemed like she was enjoying what was happening. This is coming from an American.

[KeepCalm1702]

@tmaxon8 They are enjoying the performance. This is European music, after all. I'm half European and half American, so let me say that your American perspective is skewed. You can be serious and enjoy something at the same time. Europeans are more reserved, that's all. We just exercise more decorum in Europe than we do here in America.

[tmaxon8]

@KeepCalm1702 So you are European, huh? That means you must be Italian, Spanish, Irish, Scandinavian, Polish, German, Hungarian, French, English, Slavic, Greek, Scottish all in one body? Amazing. I guess all of the above act with more decorum than Americans, especially the Irish and Italians. They're just so conservative about expressions themselves, yes? But you have a point that you can be serious and enjoy yourself at the same time; I do it all the time. Especially listening to classical.

[KeepCalm1702]

@tmaxon8 With your logic then, when I say that I'm an American what I am really saying is that I'm a New Yorker, a Texan, a Californian, a Floridian, a Virginian, etc. all at the same time? How ridiculous! Don't be daft...you understand what I was saying.

[tmaxon8]

@KeepCalm1702 are you really American? You must have been very sheltered, as you would know, an American from Texas has more in common with an American from California than a German would with an Austrian, English and Irish, Spanish and Italian. And if you know american society whatsoever, you would also know that in modern times Americans are not culturally tied to their home states as they used to be. There is alot of interstate movement, and FAR more culturally homogeneous than Europe. 反正好聽!

[KeepCalm1702]

@tmaxon8 Like I said...only half-American. Ok, first of all, even in "modern times" Americans are deeply influenced and proud of their distinct regional heritages. If you think that a Texan has more in common with a Californian than a German with an Austrian, your out of your mind! I currently live in CA and if I even suggested to a native Californian that they had a lot in common with a Texan, they would undoubtedly pay one-way fare for my ticket out of here!

[BathorySigismund]

@tmaxon8 Idiots, you are not americans, we all are, people from alaska to chile are americans, you only are United states of America citizens, north america, part of the continent, you both are ignorants !

[noken1989]

bagus sekali,..very good..amazing..GBU. I like this very much. I'm Indonesian.

[romerito917]

muito bom, very goooooooooooooood,I like, I´m BRAZIL.  :)

[montabob]

can't hear the choir- the orchestra is very good -the conductor has no feel for the music

[terramagnum]

I´m very sorry, the composer whose not the King of Portugal John the V but The King of Portugal John the IV (1603–1656).

[80216ify]

Eccellente interpretazione.

[terramagnum]

COMPOSED BY THE KING OF PORTUGAL JOHN THE V.

[felixrex20021]

@terramagnum I am sorry to tell you that you are wrong. The song was actually composed by John Francis Wade. It's first version with the latin lyrics was published in 1760.

[outsider950]

bellissimo!! 

[SamuelChung94]

dude this is amazing quality ;P

[paulmorris67]

Just beautiful

[jacque7304]

Thank you! It's beautiful :)

[clelia1952]

In sardo angelo si pronuncia ànghelu, tenuto conto che la lingua sarda è tra le lingue neolatine la più fedele al latino è probabile che la pronuncia fosse anghelorum. Saludos dae Sardigna

[masonbarge]

That orchestral introduction is jarring and tasteless, completely imcompatible with the delicacy and style of the song. It sounds like a processional for the Queen of Sheba or something.

[lichtbroeder]

@masonbarge "Jarring and tasteless". You sound like you should know.

[caviccun]

Come diceva mia nonna, gli ottoni "ci crescono come l'acqua nel vino".Quella dovrebbe essere musica mistica?A me sembrava l'entrata delle truppe in città.

[MegaFarita]

Muy lindo este video me encanta como cantan ellos, yo perteneci a un coro cuando era niña y llegamos a cantar en el TEATRO MUNICIPAL DE CHILE . CONGRATULATION

[Masche94]

Aghelorum..... pronuncia restituta?!!!dovrebbe essere angelorum...qlkuno mi spiega ???

[7Saturno]

Non è una questione di pronuncia restituita. Ogni paese tende a pronunciare il Latino secondo propri suoi principi: nei paesi germanici, avendo già le lingue di queste aeree suoni unicamente gutturali per c e g nell'ambito di certi nessi, ne lasciano invariata la pronunzia trascorrendo al latino.

[Masche94]

Grazie 1000000 XD

[mittelmeer71]

Guardate che é esattamente il contrario, la pronuncia classica del latino é quella con tutte le "g" e "c" gutturali. L'abitudine di leggere "g" e "c" palatali di fronte a "e" ed "i" era del latino volgare, quello del popolino, che é poi diventato la base delle lingue romanze. In Italia si legge il latino con le regole fonetiche dell'Italiano, non con la corretta pronuncia classica.

[gloved333]

scusate , ma questo non è latino.........

[Gerry319]

Allora, che cos'è?

[XUANA88]

@gloved333

è latino ma la loro pronuncia lascia veramente a desiderare!! se cantano in latino devono avere una pronuncia latina corretta altrimenti lascino stare completamente!!

[ilbarbi]

@XUANA88 - e' latino pronunciato alla tedesca e non e' detto che il latino pronunciato all'italiana sia piu' aderente alla vera pronuncia latina di 2000 anni fa, ad es. e' molto probabile che a Roma dicessero veramente "anghelorum" piuttosto che "angelorum", come pure "Kaesar" invece di "Cesar" e cosi' via

[judithsteinhoff]

I love Christmas!

[organpipe8]

LAUS DEO

Thank you, that was beautiful †

[80216ify]

Canto tradizionale natalizio in una egregia esecuzione!. Bravi!

[tacorontian]

Ist en pulcher compositio natalitzje carmeni um kristianije mon omni sed meior recepta e meloije per en choir quem le sat ist prestat am meste vocala never hore le piu Carmeni ab Wienne.

Buon Natalitzje omni jeden.....

[loupblanc26]

Magnifique pretation du WSK! Merci

[mokalo19]

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[nunocbf]

The tradition says that Adeste Fidelis was composed by John IV, king of Portugal (1640)

[absurdibus]

The most likely composer is John Francis Wade back in 1743. Regardless of exactly who composed Adeste Fideles, it's known that it's origins are in 18th century England, roughly a century after the date you gave. The lyrics are probably also Wade's, although some traditions give an older origin. One of these traditions claim John IV as the author, but I have never heard it said he also set it to music.

[nunocbf]

Of course, probablyyou are right. I said that it is a simple tradition, maybe John IV composed another Adeste Fidelis. He was a very good composer and his collection of partitures was extremely important, buying everywhere in Europe. Unfortunately was lost in the Lisbon's earthquake in 1755. Anyway, John IV was also a high quality composer , actually a tradition in the Braganza House.

[MelvinEU]

orion352, It is so good, the audio and video are excellent. Thanks for sharing this wonderful video.

Melvin

[orion8352]

Thank you Melvin for your comment.

[xman4un]

Heyy....I see some grown men up there!!!!

[stevenstreets3]

So thats where that fanfare comes from! Been hearing it for years at Xmas time Holiday Pops concerts.I'm putting that as a gift under my depression Xmas tree. Without any money it's decorations like this that look best.

[beethomozart]

for something these boys are the best in the world that tells everything

[gzztal]

Note the freeze on conductor´s exhalation, in 0:32 seconds, it was very cold outside and...inside chapel.

[volkoba27]

woooooooooooooow, this guys are amazing...I want a child like them

[orion8352]

The year was 1998.A Christmasconcert in St. Jan kathedraal Den Bosch (the Netherlands).