Amici del Canto - "Ave Verum Corpus" [Byrd]

Amici del Canto perform "Ave Verum Corpus" by English composer, William Byrd (1540-1623). This is an unaccompanied sacred piece presented in four-part harmony (SATB).

It was performed at the Alte Nikolaikirche in Frankfurt on 27th July 2007.

Music Director: Nigel Shaw.

LYRICS:
Ave verum corpus
Natum de Maria Virgine
Vere passum immolatum
In cruce pro homine
Cujus latus perforatum
Unda fluxit sanguine
Esto nobis prægustatum
In mortis examine
O dulcis, O pie, O Jesu Fili Mariæ
Miserere mei, Amen.

LATIN TRANSLATION:
Hail true body
Born of the Virgin Mary
Truly suffered, sacrificed
On the Cross for mankind
Whose pierced side
Flowed with water and blood
Be for us a foretaste
In the trial of death
O tender, O loving, O holy Jesu Son of Mary
Have mercy on me, Amen.

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[gasness1]

doggone, radical dynamics

[ChuckNorrisFan101]

This piece has alot of crescendos and decrescendos. I don't believe this style was meant to be stagnant, I think it was meant to arch kind of like the very church corridors, crescendoing until a high point, and then decreschendoing into the ending of the phrase.

[xxsingstarxx1]

absolutely ffantastic...i think the conductor is my singing teacher...Mr Shaw??

[tomski3]

@ChuckNorrisFan101 'Decrescendo'? That's a new one on me, I've only ever used 'diminuendo'.

[4Loki]

amazing piece, I love it... especially the miserere mei part

[flamdrag333]

like a lot of people commenting i also do not agree with SOME of the dynamic fluctuations and ALL of the rhythmical changes. the style when it was written kept most of the parts near the same dynamic level and only bent ever so gently up and down at the beginnings and endings of LOOONG phrases. i just wish the whole piece could sound like the ending!! superb performance, great choice, just a couple interpretation liberties that didnt quite fit the time periods style :-)

[AlainNaigeon]

Quite cool, though I'd like to hear better the bass line in the final "amen" (probably because I've worked that piece, singing the bass) ;-)

[Clacross28]

This is exquisite.

[GaaraFangirl117]

i guess there's two Ave Verum Corpus, though the words are exactly the same as in Mozarts.

I am very confused. o.o

[Risayogi]

I thought renaissance songs don't have a lot of dynamics change like that.

CMIIW.

Still, it's a great music. My choir's going to sing it in a local choir competition next Tuesday.

[SiththeSmith]

Absolutely sublime!