Kenneth LEIGHTON - Drop, drop slow tears (from 'Crucifixus pro nobis')

[theblenheimsingers]

Thank you! This is a *live* performance at the end of a concert for passiontide.

[emccandl]

What a tempo! An amazing feat of stamina to sing it that slow and be able to sustain it. Nicely done controlling the vibrato too ... ;-)

[dragoncaviar]

Thank you SO MUCH. You don't know how long I've been looking for a recording of this. Nothing on Spotify, nothing on the Naxos Music library ... seemingly nothing ANYWHERE.

Oh the good fortune to find such a good version on Youtube of all places! Thank you again.

[SempreGumby]

Simply beautiful. Hard to sing without crying.

Hard on the Sopranos -- Top of their range and exposed. But when they hit it right -ah- well - glory!

Thank you K. Leighton

[IA2329]

I did this with my choir and know how hard it is! A valiant performance - thankyou

[Enturbanon]

This is piece is sung every Good Friday at Vespers at St. Gregory of Nyssa in San Francisco at the veneration of the icon of the burial of Christ which concludes the service..

[bluefunkybassman]

Fantastic! Thanks for posting. This is, I think, one of the most beautiful anthems there ever has been (well, along with Howells' Like As The Hart :-)

[theblenheimsingers]

Thank you - I agree with you on Howells: the bluesy harmonies in 'Like as the hart' are very sexy indeed! Tom

[sherbetstraw]

this is so hard to get in tune, i think they did pretty well.

[theblenheimsingers]

Thank you very much! This recording is live at the end of an hour-long concert - they did themselves very proud with it, so I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[sherbetstraw]

Wow.. well considering that its very good! are you their conductor/ fan/ family?!

[theblenheimsingers]

This was written by Kenneth Leighton. Glad you like it!

[gabers99]

Who wrote this?