UMMGC - Lux Aurumque

Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre,
The University of Michigan Men's Glee Club
November 2006 - Hill Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI
(Sorry I didn't zoom in more, I turned off my screen on my camera so I wouldn't distract the people around me but I didn't realize that you can't really make out any faces.)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• lux
• aurumque
• eric
• whitacre
• ummgc
• michigan
• glee
• club

[i4GotPants]

at 1:47... WTF was that

[kelclay724]

a cough... what's so weird about that?

[lilman4u]

the "gra" is too wide..it should have a "grah" sound not "graau"...and creshandos and cut offs need improvement...i liked singing this song even though it was quite difficult...but overall great sound

[kelclay724]

dude, you can't even spell crescendo, I don't think you have any place commenting on the quality of this song.

[professorfingers]

I sing in the World Famous and Renowned Morehouse College Glee Club. Our Director Dr. Morrow got his Doctorate from Michigan University. As a Ph.D candidate myself in Music Physics, I THINK MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY SOUNDS AWESOME.

[kelclay724]

It's the University of Michigan performing in this clip, not Michigan State, there's a big difference...

[ayanaday213]

i hate it when ppl cough.. makes me wana throw a machete at them!!

[oplatre]

Who doesn't love Eric Whitacre's music,...i mean,...the guy is a freakin genius! It does seem a lil odd hearing this piece in TTBB,..but they performed it very well!

[hardporecorn]

Performed well, yes! I'm not one to give critiques, especially on a beautiful performance. I had the pleasure of performing in this piece as well. However, it's a bit too powerful at 0:53 for my taste. Perhaps it's the strength of the TTBB sound, but it took the heavenly, shimmery feel away. Besides that, I only have great things to say about this rendition! If I end up at UM for grad school, perhaps I will look into joining the group!

[sxehayndude]

Wow, great job guys. just two things i wanna say is that a little more consonant sound and it will go a long way. haha. and second is that at times, some of the vowels were really bright. just think tall and vertical vowels, and that should fix it. haha. besides that great job!!!

[nwmusic06]

lol yeah this song would sound pretty bad if they tried to sing the SATB arrangement.

[nwmusic06]

because the song is re-voiced so it can be sung with just men. The tenor 1 part is down an octave from the original soprano part. any whitacre piece where there are f's and g's (or even higher) in tight chords that need to ring and at a soft dynamic should use falsetto simply because it's easier and places much less strain on the voice, resulting in a pure rich straight tone that probably couldn't be achieved by average male singers using full voice or head voice.

[nwmusic06]

well I agree, but women don't have falsetto, and this is a men's arrangement so it's perfect for falsetto.

[nwmusic06]

not true. falsetto is very natural and is so much easier to sing than normal voice.

[rajidae]

yeah i agree, i dont know why you got two thumbs down on this comment. i was actually expecting more falsetto for the amount of men there are.

[makemehappyish]

we played this last year for band...i know exactly what you mean about the chills!!

[StevyRich]

Fine. It's a male choir, but i think the could've done the sopranos and altos in a falsetto like voice. It's not so high anyways