Salisbury Cathedral Miserere Mei Deus

This really gives a soloist a chance to shine (several chances actually, as if hitting that top C once wasn't heroic enough!) Allegri's incomparable Miserere Mei Deus (Psalm 51) being sung for an actual service in 1995. I also have a short bit of the choir being rehearsed for this if anyone's interested. I've also posted King's College Cambridge doing it just for the camera! It's superb. I think the silences are considerably longer, and that Salisbury truncated them to make the piece more suitable for the service.

For the lyrics, see Psalm 51. Copyright King David.

Virtually anonymous chroristers all over the country perform to this standard week in, week out, with little recognition, all in the course of a day's unpaid work, while untalented pop 'stars' make millions. Funny old world!

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[HAGab666]

The song's Face off - Lazzaro temetése

[notyobs]

Uh?

[grafboiskime2k8]

thank you for all the comments... i was in that. singing the high part. it was recorded for a t.v program called light a candle for somone or somthing. it was a good day.

[notyobs]

You're joking??? If that really is you, that makes you something of a celebrity visitor! People will be asking for your autograph next! :-)

[jigoku66]

I'm not sure what you mean by that, but I think you're wrong. Religious art is aesthetically pleasing as well as spiritually uplifting for the believers. They feel it brings them closer to God precisely because it is so beautiful.

[jeanmi210]

Superbe voix du soliste, merci de ce beau partage.

[Nathan1097]

Do you have the rehearsal clip?

[jmarkha5]

I would love to be paid much greater than I am, especially when you think who does make a lot of money today. But, we're kind of lucky being paid little or not at all. It helps insure that we're doing this only for the glory of God. There is far too much corruption in the world today, let us choir members and choristers remain as pure as we can. 

[tillydog]

The soloist for this was William Ings

[CHRISTMASBASTARD]

I used to live near the cathedral

[TheOneCalledMe]

@notyobs It's in a Movie called Face Off. Funny thing is, I love Classical Music, sang in a choir for 15 years, but in Face Off did I hear that piece of music for the first time. Not famous at all in germany...

[TheAngelsong1]

welldone nicolas whom is the descant soloist for this traditional ash wednesday anthem uplifting thankyou notyobs brings back childhood memories

[devalera90]

This is beautiful, and touches the heart and the soul.

[RevolutionManJP]

I understand what you are coming from with regard to these untalented pop 'stars' making money when real singers like these great choristers aren't paid at all.

I myself am a chorister and laugh sometimes when guys my age become famous by dancing around and making noise on tv. =/

Funny world indeed!