Tölzer Knabenchor - 中田喜直 - ちいさい秋 みつけた

Tölzer Knabenchor performs Japanese folk song Chiisai Aki Mitsuketa "I've Found a Little Autumn" composed by Yoshinao Nakada.

pianist: Christian Brembeck
conductor: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden

studio concert in Japan, 2000

誰かさんが　誰かさんが　誰かさんが　見つけた
ちいさい秋　ちいさい秋　ちいさい秋　見つけた
目かくし鬼さん　手のなる方へ
すましたお耳に　かすかにしみた
よんでる口笛　もずの声
ちいさい秋　ちいさい秋　ちいさい秋　見つけた

誰かさんが　誰かさんが　誰かさんが　見つけた
ちいさい秋　ちいさい秋　ちいさい秋　見つけた
お部屋は　北向き　くもりのガラス
うつろな目の色　とかしたミルク
わずかなすきから　秋の風
ちいさい秋　ちいさい秋　ちいさい秋　見つけた

誰かさんが　誰かさんが　誰かさんが　見つけた
ちいさい秋　ちいさい秋　ちいさい秋　見つけた
むかしのむかしの 　風見（かざみ）の鳥の
ぼやけたとさかに　はぜの葉ひとつ
はぜの葉あかくて　入日色（いりひいろ）
ちいさい秋　ちいさい秋　ちいさい秋　見つけた

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Tölzer
• Knabenchor
• Japanese
• folk
• song
• boychoir
• treble
• soprano
• chorus
• Toelzer
• Tolzer
• autumn
• テルツ
• 少年
• 合唱団
• 童謡

[bestpi]

This is one of the better tolz. They certainly aren't libera but this one is the least angy sounding from Germany. Most everything sounds like they are yelling at each other. This is at least mellow.

[bran4805]

Well, it's one thing to have a preference for ethereal voices. It's another to be comparing apples and oranges. Libera does very well with what it sings, but Toelzer Knabenchor is excellent in its own arena. I can't imagine a Libera soloist singing opera, say, a part in Mozart's Apollo et Hyacinthus with an orchestra behind him, just as it might be odd hearing TKC sing Voca Me. There's a different vocal production that's best suited to the kind of music that is sung.

[bestpi]

Thank you for clearing that up. Does Germany have Libera type choir program?

[bran4805]

I don't know that Germany has something akin to Libera, but there are German boychoirs that emphasize more on producing a blended, smooth sound. One fine example is the Windsbacher Knabenchor.

[bestpi]

You may want to check this one out before claiming apples and oranges however. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v­=MRZ0gx-oQGc shows clearly that classical does not need to sound angry.

[bran4805]

When a song is sung about the wrath of God on judgment day, which is what Dies Irae is about, the ability to add passion and sing fortissimo are an asset. By your terminology, possibly you could even call the desired effect "angry", if only in the context of Mozart's Requiem.

[S36KM80XYZGH]

日本人以上に日本の心を歌いあげている。

[master1999ex]

素晴らしい　心が洗われる

無垢ってこう言うことかな

[Hahnimkorb100]

There are many comments on the difference between the vocal style of Libera and other boys´choirs. My opinion: The boys of Libera primarily are singing according to the American taste.

[FrPhen]

history and tradition of each area seems to be the biggest influential factor. The Vienna Boys from the 60's through 80's have the sound that most Germanic and Austrian boy choirs are trying to emulate, and for good reason, whereas St. Pauls, Westminster, Kings and a few others from England have been so solid in their tradition of consistent use of headvoice throughout the entire range, that they have perfected their own style, and continue with what they do best.

[FrPhen]

With England being much more heavily focused(although not exclusive) on a straighter tone with a more floating use of the head voice mechanism, whereas the boys of many German and Austrian boy choirs are taught to sing with a bit more weight to their sound throughout their whole range, ESPECIALLY in their mid and lower ranges(you will notice a distinct chest/head voice mix in the altos voices, and most of the sopranoes). The two different styles are based on preference of the director, though

[FrPhen]

As to the comment by bestpi, Libera sounds very good on recordings, but what you must realize is that they have a LOT of artificial effects thrown into the mix with them. I heard them live this past summer, and was pretty disappointed. Not that they weren't singing well, there was just nothing behind the sound. As far as actual vocal training goes for boys with unchanged voices, it seems that there are two main schools of thought that we can base on geographical locations(England and Germany

[silkandpaper]

ich kann nicht verstehen, warum man bei der aussprache der japanischen sprache in diesem lied niemanden zu rate gezogen hat . ein so liebliches lied gesungen, als würde man schwerstarbeit hinter sich herziehen. "ein kleiner herbst" ist DAS nicht.

[nezerserenie]

Beautiful!

とても素敵でした！

心に沁み渡る。

[youmikkitube1]

Tölzer Knabenchorーテルツ少年合唱団はこの天才ボーイソプラ­ノのLudwig 君がまだ11才の頃の時代がベスト！

I think they were the best Boys Choir!

[forte93]

感動した

[k0k0r0n0hit0mi]

日本語が素敵ですね！

[maegamikirisugi]

なんと！こんなに美しい歌だとは知らなかった！なんとなんと美し­い！！「ちいさい秋」って多分凄い深い意味があるんだなと思う。­この詩心はどうやって教えてるんだろう。ハーモニーが美しいのは­もちろんそれ以上の何かがあるね。感動！