"Herrscher des Himmels" Tölzer Knabenchor

Very old clip:
Bach Weihnachtsoratorium (Chor/Choir):

Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen,
Laß dir die matten Gesänge gefallen,
Wenn dich dein Zion mit Psalmen erhöht!
Höre der Herzen frohlockendes Preisen,
Wenn wir dir itzo die Ehrfurcht erweisen,
Weil unsre Wohlfahrt befestiget steht!

english translation:

Ruler of Heaven, hear the murmur,
let the dull songs be pleasing to You,
when Your Zion exalts You with psalms!
Hear the delightful praises of our hearts, when we acknowledge our present awe of You, our pilgrimage has been confirmed!

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Music

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• Toelzer
• Tolzer
• Tölzer
• Knabenchor
• Bach
• Weihnachtsoratorium

[maestrovoci]

For Baroque geeks like myself, listen at exactly 1:31 and you will hear Bach committing a "sin" because he writes a covered parallel fifth! The publisher seems to have wanted us not to notice it because it is published with the first interval as the last note on one page and the second the first note on the top of the next page (so it is hidden). I had a choirboy jump out of his seat and shout "Bach can't do that!" when he first encountered the covered fifth!

[lga4all]

Fantastico. (I agree on the video cutting. A mess.) ...George...

[GloriaJo]

@mauriciovaler hahahaha XD good eye

[tervito]

Schmidt-Gaden's 1972 recording of the Weihnachtsoratorium with the Tölzer forces remains my favorite ... He shows the same marvelous touch here. If this is part of a complete recording I would love to see the whole thing!

[mauriciovaler]

This is the Hogwarts Choir. Potter shows his talent at 1:15.

[Marsyke]

The 'mit Psalmen erhöht in 0:54, is heavenly. My fav rendition by far.

[josefk64]

This needs to swing

[jpstenino]

@maestrovoci Thank you for your reply. " Mozart parallel fifth" is a term I picked up from Dr. Norman Del Mar in his work ANATOMY OF THE ORCHESTRA

to describe Mozart moving consecutive fifths by a semitone

(he often included the GERMAN AUGMENTED SIXTH CHORD) .

That set me off on a search for examples which is proving to be much fun.

Thanks again.

[maestrovoci]

@jpstenino - the most exact term would be "covered parallel fifths". I thank you for mentioning "Mozart parallel fifth" as I have never heard that term used before. You learn something new every day! But I will stick with "covered" because Bach was clever enough to disguise the parallelism by switching parts, and the editor was also helpful, inserting a page turn between the two "offending" intervals! I think the edition was Edition Peters, but I am not sure.

[jpstenino]

@maestrovoci is it a Mozart parallel fifth? I am preparing some demonstrations and either way this would be a lovely example. ( I do not have the score with me at this time)

I am thrilled and amazed when encountering students like your choirboy who can hear inner voicing to that extent. Those are wonderful moments.

thank you