How Lovely are Thy Dwellings - Westminster Abbey Choir
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Uploaded by notyobs on May 29, 2007
The choirs of Westminster (and the Chapel Royal) sing Brahms's "How Lovely are Thy Dwellings Fair" at the Queen Mother's funeral. (Strange, because I've never heard it called or sung as anything else in the past other than "How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place")
Anyway... it's utterly sublime!
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@ValkyrieRides1966 True! If music is idolatry, then the choirs of angels in heaven, the heavenly hosts singing God's praises for eternity, are idolators of the highest degree. "Bach gave us God's Word. Mozart gave us God's laughter. Beethoven gave us God's fire. But God gave us music."
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Dwight Shrute at 2:15
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Thanks for posting. I've sung it in English with some variation in the words. Just sublime music!
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She chose the music for her funeral as perfectly as she did everything else. God, I miss her, but thank you for letting her stay with us as long as she did.
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the words in this version are slightly different than mine, and mines in english hmm
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This piece will be forever engraved in my heart. I had the great privilege to join the London Philharmonic Choir in 1984 and one of the first concerts I sang in was the Deutches Requiem, in German, with the LPO under Klaus Tennstedt. We went on to do a recording at Abbey Road. A truly memorable work, an amazing choir and an unforgettable three years
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Beautiful.
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Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen... Strange that in English... But the choir sings very good and it sounds lovely. Brahm's Requiem is a big work, and so peaceful...!
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@ValkyrieRides1966 Bravo - well said!
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This was played at my wedding on the day of Diana's Funeral...It is so beautiful a piece of music. I have very fond memories of this
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Electronictrip, are you saying that God is most honored when people sing out of tune or non-beautiful arrangments? The beauty of our God demands our best--our best hymnody, choicest psalms and arrangements. He deserves no less. All of this beauty points back to the Creator himself because he is author of it all. Any form of music or art can become idolatry, but that comes in the heart of the worshiper, not from the music or art.
ValkyrieRides1966 2 years ago 16
Wow.
Sublime.
Reminder that there is still beauty in the world.
Thank you for the post.
jojijoji88 2 years ago 6