Ave Maria (Franz Biebl) - Cornell University Glee Club

Franz Biebl's "Ave Maria" was brought to the USA from Germany by the Cornell University Glee Club after its Eastern European Tour, after Biebl requested the Cornell University Glee Club to perform his "Ave Maria." The piece is a combination of Gregorian chants and portions of the Angelus and the Ave Maria
47 years later, the 2007-2008 incarnation of the CUGC performed the "Ave Maria" in the Shanghai Arts Center during their tour of China with the Cornell University Chorus. The performance was spontaneous and was performed prior to the start of the actual production, which was to be a performance of another German piece: Brahms' Eines Deutsches Requiem.
The piece was conducted by Professor Scott Tucker and performed by the Cornell University Glee Club.

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[chilidan]

This is a beautiful song and a gorgeous performance. They do go up a half step, but that happens sometimes in a live performance. Makes it a little tough on the 1st tenors, but they handled it well. Congratulations and bravo.

[ahkstuff]

@chilidan We actually sing this song in C#, rather than C

[charlesjwalter]

Great acoustics at the Shanghai Arts Center. Wish I could see the Brahms. The Cornell Glee Club should upload more videos :).

[ahkstuff]

I just uploaded three videos from the return from tour concert from last week.

[garsmoke]

Impromptu concerts are part of CUGC history, I was on the Eastern European tour in 1971 and in Budapest we were forbidden to do a cathedral concert, so we did this piece in the "forbidden " cathedral while sightseeing, Old women cried and wanted to touch us as formal religious services are frowned upon, CUGC was the first American group to play in Hungary in over two years at that point in the Cold War. We packed the small concert hall we were given thanks to the local college student hosts

[BrianFristensky]

It just figures. I'm on sabbatical in Australia, and to audition for a chorus I need to prepare a very short snippet of music, unaccompanied. I thought, the melodic line from Biebl's Ave Maria would stand on its own, and it has been burned into my brain since I sang with the Cornell Glee Glee Club in 1979.

But I'm away from home and don't have my CD collection. But here's the CU Glee Club, in China for gossakes, doing an impromptu performance. So typical. Well done fellows!

[jazzman5750]

@ahkstuff We did start in C#; we also end almost perfectly in D. And this is an excellent impromptu performance of one of our best songs. It's not a huge deal if it sharps a half step.

[ThyHoneyNut]

wow. tell everyone to sit down. how disrespectful.

[unissonus]

@ahkstuff legal mas gostaria de comunicar ao maestro para não correr tanto com o andamento desta obra, visto que perde o caráter e a emoção de Franz Biebl. Bravo Coro!!

[unissonus]

@charlesjwalter

legal mas gostaria de pedir ao maestro que não corra com a obra, pois sendo mais rápida perde um pouco do cacater e amoção. Bravo coro!

[unissonus]

@charlesjwalter 

[rayallensax]

we had to sing this in band (not joking) very beautiful. WAY better than my bands version

[serjudan1]

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[emoClarinetist]

Beautiful!!!

[asadogg22]

@asadogg22 or, it looks like they weren't even really performing it, but practicing? either way, bravo!