Daemon Irrepit Callidus

sung by our choir at MusicFest in Orlando, Florida. we took home first place! I'm on the far left.

arranged by györgy orbán.

thanks to chriszeno for the video.

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[vivosergirl]

our all-state mixed choir did it in 55 seconds too and they did a fantastic job.

It's clearly meant to be sung at insane speed. The ending wouldn't have quite the right effect if it was sung any longer than 1:10.

[TheiPodGuru]

I just got the opportunity to sing it again for southern california honor choir, and we sang it a tad bit slower than this, but not that much slower. we finished it in maybe 1:00.

who was your director for all-state? and what state?

[babylulu48230]

You took it reaaaaally fast.

And you can't understand the words.

[TheiPodGuru]

yeah, we did it that fast from the beginning, when we first did the song, and that speed just kinda grew on us. we liked it like that.

and to be honest, the video camera wasn't a great one, so the recording doesn't do the actual performance any justice. on official recording, and our own recordings, you could definitely understand the words.

thanks for the comment.

[TheiPodGuru]

hahaha.

[geoflo1024]

@vivosergirl I respectfully disagree. While it is certainly fun and amusing to sing it that fast, the music for it I have is marked Allegro which clocks in anywhere between 1:10 and 1:40. To sing it faster is to lose the cantabile sensibilities indicated throughout. The beauty of this song is the rapid juxtaposition of lyrical melodic lines and disjointed harmonies working together with pinpoint accuracy, not seeing who can barrel through it the fastest.

[DamasterBaity]

There is no :54 seconds :O so damn fast

[19eyescream]

@kissesfromjess lol What's with a hungarian choir. tempo is very easy to do :)

[swisscheesepotatochi]

This is pointless...

[johngoforth77]

Man that was fast as shiiiit!!!!

[carolyncarnage]

I sang this at LGPE when I was a sophomore and in rehearsal we'd always see how fast we could do it before it sounded like mush! We'd usually be in the 1:10-1:20 range.

[Twigg1000]

couldnt understand you, and you all look dead you are singing about the devil put some emotion and face into it, and have some diffrent dynamics the whole song except for the last part was just "I SING LOUD AND SUPER FAST"

[doggyERM1]

That was really good, it needed a little bit of diction! But you guys did great!!

[marshmello3455]

@geoflo1024 Thank-you! So many people are in love with trying to get this song out as quickly as possible and it gets sucked of a good deal of it's color that way. Yes, This song should be fast, but making it too fast boils it down to just that. Taking it just a tad slower alows the listener to catch all the great cromatic scales and dissonant chords.

[CrimsonRain169]

WHOA, my high school choir is singing this piece this year (also for a competition/festival), AND we have the exact same dresses! O.O Nice job, by the way. :)