Sure On This Shining Night - Lauridsen on piano

Rowan University Concert Choir, Lenape Concert Choir and Cherry Hill East Singers perform Sure On This Shining Night, accompanied by Morten Lauridsen on the piano.

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• stroope
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• shinging
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[MisterHowe]

Regarding all the tempo squabble:

When I compose, I write something that sounds one way in my mind, but that mental interpretation is never the same as the actual performance. That may seem frustrating or inconsistent, but it is not. The composer is only one component of a piece, and there are other artists involved in bringing the music to life. Each has a degree of license.

This tempo is not incorrect. However, I doubt Lauridsen would be unhappy with the same performance 15 clicks slower.

[slouchsock8]

@Misterhowe thanks for your views. Just to let everybody know, when we rehearsed this piece WITH Lauridsen the day before, he sat down at the piano and told us that he likes to take it faster than we were rehearsing it. He said that he likes to play with the tempo (especially at the piano intro)--pulling and taking time and moving ahead with phrases. So for those of you who claim that it should be slower, that's your interpretation. But in this case, the composer and conductor have chosen this.

[johnnygeekiwi]

I have sung this at lots of tempos and I have to agree that this version moves along so fast that some of the beauty is lost.

[slouchsock8]

Lauridsen in rehearsal said to move it along and not drag it too slowly

[jakem1000]

hooray for Mr. Lauridsen and his beautiful playing! i thought the tempo was perfect! the women could be a tad darker for college...but it's still very good.

[slouchsock8]

well keep in mind this was 3 groups- two high school and one college

[slouchsock8]

This was not Stroope. I believe this was Cherry Hill's conductor, if I'm not mistaken. otherwise, it's an associate conductor.

And to reiterate, Lauridsen starts the piece out on the piano, without conductor input, so he did, in fact, set the tempo.

[llelaura]

Great music!!! great voices!!!

[vatorudy]

Actually i think the the tempo is about right! im preparing to sing this song for honors choir and every time i've heard it played its been at this tempo! this is an awesome song and a beautiful one! this is really good!

[Smart1033]

I really lke this piece and i love that morten lauridsen is playing this on the piano but the thing is the singers are too rigid and emotionless; this song needs emotion flowing out of it and im just saying they didnt have it.

[lordofdastrings76]

its lauridsens piece. he can take the tempo however he wants to.

[flatt1942]

I'm almost POSITIVE that Lauridsen would have probably said something if he thought it was too fast.