Pie Jesu (Andrew Lloyd Webber)

Performed in concert by soprano Teressa Byrne & tenor Peter Girardot, with the Ensemble di Teatro Massimo di Palermo. St.Peter & Paul's Church, San Francisco, October 2006.

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Music

Tags:

• pie
• jesu
• webber
• soprano
• teressa
• byrne

[Yunginspirit]

Very nice, but why are they reading such a simple song. I bet they know all the words.

[TeressaByrne]

Hi there! We were using sheet music because Pie Jesu is an oratorio piece, and it's often standard practice with religious music. We could have done it from memory, but we wanted to make a visual and performative distinction between the sacred music, and our other opera arias and songs.

[ewreid3333]

All you critics sound like a bunch of Freshman music majors, unable to experience the beauty of a performance that has a different technical or musical interpretation than what your vast experience indicates. Shut your complaining mouths and celebrate the sublime when you are lucky enough to find it.

[Marchinoft]

Bad soprano...open your throat during high notes!!!

[lawrenceprecision]

of course the song is simple to memorise , they are reading the menu for the meal after the show . asparagus tipps , broccolie , fargrau , pheasant al a orange .

[ekmrlib]

I'm a soprano but, I'm trying to learn the second part to this for Church and this helped. Thanks it was lovely.

[Yunginspirit]

@Champlac: This song has been sung to death by umpteen singers (pretty as it is) and I've rarely seen it done with sheet music, that's all.

The Tenor needs to pronounce the words more clearly and distinctly. For instance, t sounds like he is singing, "Pee yay yay zoo...." He is way off.

[Yunginspirit]

@Champlac - Of course they can read.

I think the Tenor needs to pronounce the words clearly and distinctly, like the Soprano does. I.E. one cannot understand what he is actually singing, in the first 4 lines especially..it sounds like, " Pee yay yay zoo!".

This song has been sung to death by umpteen singers, and I have rarely seen it sung with sheet music, that's all.

Have a good day.

[Champlac]

@goldenecho

In first place, the tenor shouild learn to count to four. He is totally out of rhythm, hence destroying the fine interpretation of the Soprano.

[Champlac]

@Yunginspirit

Maybe, because they CAN read?

[09Elegance]

Why do they need words??????? They'd look a lot more relaxed if they didn't have the folders in their hands..... it would look more professional. Very nice sound, pity about the microphone

[acitipo]

las voces son bonitas, lamentablemente el audio es pesimo, y por alli un violinista medio desafinado.