Saint Paul Cathedral Choir: Let all the World

St. Paul's Cathedral.

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[Frank Arnou]

thank you very much,most beautifull, greetings from a christian singing with you the glory of our God. a katholic belgian who reaches out too you all, blessings.

[bnelson44141]

The video is extraordinary and reveals heaven with us here on earth. Praise God!

[petrus asemicorma]

bravi bravi bravissimi

[MsWatching4U]

@Irremotus: Find a place to sing the music you love. You may have to learn a new part, but once a chorister always a chorister.

[Irremotus]

We used to sing this a little bit faster and without the breaks between the words in 'my god and king' ^^

As an ex-chorister, I'm now addicted to the music that I once was able to sing; the woes of a post-pubescent boy.

[umbellus]

My wife and I were privileged to sing this in the choir at St. John the Divine Cathedral in Manhattan for the consecration of the Rt. Rev. Andrew Dietsche as Bishop Co-Adjutor. It was a terrific expericene; and we also sang Mendelssohn's "How Lovely Are the Messengers".

[NihilNominis]

I notice that St. Paul's acoustic demands slower tempi. I typically like it much better than the usual tempo.

[vjelis123]

very Maestoso

[all1rog]

A pity the last chord is cut off prematurely. A wonderful piece of music. Listening to it, I wondered what George Herbert, penning the words in his country vicarage, long ago, would have made of such a splendid musical setting of them, so gloriously performed, in such surroundings!

[MandyJMaddison]

The rests in the phrasing are probably calculated to work around the acoustics which feed back from every angle. It takes about a second for the sound to bounce off the back wall. The dome picks up some notes and reverberates them like a bell, so everything that they do has a persistent drone to it which the choir simply has to work with, rather than against. Some pieces of music sound overwhelmingly majestic and others will never really work. I suspect it is all trial and error.

[Melissa Dow]

I wonder if the rests are for emphasis because of the cathedral's acoustics. You can hear a good deal of ringiness in the sound even on the recording, and I can imagine that line (which is the most important text) could sound pretty muddled to the congregation without the rests. In the recording, though, I agree that it doesn't sound very good.

[Cherylmm9]

heard this yesterday at kings college chapel... it was incredible. I have to say i dont like the rests in the phrase 'my god and king'