Anuna : Gaudete

Anúna perform the Christmas carol Gaudete as part of the "Anúna : Celtic Origins" show. CD and DVD available from www.anuna.ie. Sheet Music, arranged by Michael McGlynn, is also available from that site. Could I add that this video appears to be a magnet for choral people who seem to think that diphthongs are a dirty word. Please feel free to dislike it, as I am hoping that controversy will result in a massive viral hit.

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[bwayfanatic94]

anuna, you guys are brilliant, and i rather love the irish pronunciation of the piece and prefer it, stylistically. i'm not even irish or catholic, but find this song and rendition fantastic!

[brezairola]

@bwayfanatic94 You'll be glad to hear that many of Anuna aren't Irish or Catholic either.

[greendemeter57]

OOOPS! PAX T'was not an intent to offend, only to say that the sarcasm was directed at previous, 70's bands. It is so lovely to hear Latin, a so called 'dead' language, so beautifully resurrected. ps. keep working on the'bloody dip thongs' !

[brezairola]

@greendemeter57 no. But thank you for apologising for whatever it was you did wrong beyond being rude about Steeleye Span, who probably didn't have the specialist education that is required to pronounce Latin good-like, and foolishly responded purely on a musical basis.

[greendemeter57]

At least the latin pronunciation is slightly better than Maddy's !!!

[brezairola]

@greendemeter57 yaaawn. See below.

[Optronyx]

Can't believe people are honestly getting upset at pronunciation being changed for the sake of aural aesthetics. Join a choir!

Merry Christmas, you dicks.

[brezairola]

@Bruue2011 BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH I am a pompous snob BLAH BLAH etc. Merry Log.

[musicandyceramist]

@bwayfanatic94 Italic pronunciation is just a classical standard--like the A above middle C on a piano is 440 Hz (cycles per second). Local color wrt vowels and consonants depends on the choir director, his training and his singers.

Listen to Latin as sung by a children's choir in the (US) Southern Lowlands region or, say, a Castilian choir. They all start at the same point, but the color just slips in unless the choir director/teacher diligently 'corrects' to the standard.

[bwayfanatic94]

it's ignorant and xenophobic to act as if the latin that is spoken today in the vatican is the only way to pronounce it and it's the only way it's been pronounced for thousands of years. irish catholics can pronounce latin however they want! it's the same language and belongs to multiple cultures, whether you're irish or italian. that would be like ostracizing a recording of a british singer because she doesn't sing with an american accent. same language. different culture, thus different accent

[bwayfanatic94]

if it is being sung in the irish catholic tradition, which it is, why would they sing it with italic latin pronunciation...? latin was (and is) a language of the catholic church, which has its hugest followings in countries like italy (where they sing latin with italian accents), spain (with spanish), france (with french) and ireland (with irish). the fact that people are criticizing cultural expression when they known nothing about it is obnoxious. none of you are cardinals. get over it.

[musicandyceramist]

Ya know, I keep coming back to this as a comforting piece of tuneage after (yet another) frustrating day. It has really become a protective/restorative groove for me.

I take comfort in the words, the arrangement, and--perhaps as a surprise--the space in which it is delivered. Resonance like that is the reason God gave us granite and the engineering science of statics!

[sheildmaidenofrohan6]

Latin isn't dead...it's EVOLVED.