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Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:02 pm Post subject:
That's nice, but what exactly in this song is choir a-cappella? _________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
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Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:08 pm Post subject:
Well, would you agree that it makes more sense here than any of our other video threads? I wanted to share it and I thought I could maaaaaybe squeeze it in here _________________ Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.
-- Felix Mendelssohn
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Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:56 am Post subject:
Well, in that case it was a good squeeze... _________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
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Razy
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Sat Apr 05, 2008 9:33 pm Post subject:
good squeeze, that will teach those dumb a-cappella christians. lol
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Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:58 am Post subject:
*lurks, paying attention to improper comments in a station full of sacred music* _________________ "If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord."
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Sun Apr 06, 2008 6:48 am Post subject:
Razy wrote:
good squeeze, that will teach those dumb a-cappella christians. lol
As you may have noticed, not all choir pieces are for spiritual reasons.
It's just not as easy to find good recordings of them on youtube.
I'm not religious, the only thing I care about is the music. _________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
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Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject:
Razy wrote:
good squeeze, that will teach those dumb a-cappella christians. lol
I like the "dumb" Christian chant! _________________ Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.
-- Felix Mendelssohn
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Wed Jul 02, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1775
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227 - Movement I-III
(Motet No. 3 in E minor)
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Jesu, meine Freude is a motet composed by Johann Sebastian Bach. The full title of the work is Motet No. 3 in E minor, BWV 227.
The Work
There are six authenticated funeral motets (BWV 225-230) written for St Thomas's Church, Leipzig between 1723-1727. A seventh has only recently been subjected to some scholarly doubt as to its authorship. This third is the earliest, longest, most musically complex and justifiably the most popular of the six, and was written in Leipzig in 1723 for the funeral (on 18 July 1723) of Johanna Maria Käsin, the wife of that city's postmaster. The 5th voice of the chorus is a second soprano part of harmonic richness, adding considerably to the tonal palette of the work as a whole.
The chorale melody on which it is based, was by Johann Crüger (1653), and first appeared in his Praxis pietatis melica. The German text is by Johann Franck, and dates from c. 1650. The words of the movement nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 are based on the Epistle to the Romans 8:1-2, 9-11. The scriptures here speak of Jesus Christ freeing man from sin and death. The chorale text is from the believer's point of view and praises the gifts of Jesus Christ as well as longing for his comforting spirit. It also abounds with stark contrasts between images of heaven and hell, often within a single section. Bach's vivid setting of the words heightens these dramatic contrasts resulting in a motet with an uncommonly wide dramatic range.
German Text:
Jesu, meine Freude,
Meines Herzens Weide,
Jesu, meine Zier,
Ach wie lang, ach lange
Ist dem Herzen bange
Und verlangt nach dir!
Gottes Lamm, mein Bräutigam,
Außer dir soll mir auf Erden
Nichts sonst Liebers werden.
Es ist nun nichts
Verdammliches an denen,
die in Christo Jesu sind,
die nicht nach dem Fleische wandeln,
sondern nach dem Geist.
(Romans 8, V. 1)
Unter deinem Schirmen
Bin ich vor den Stürmen
Aller Feinde frei.
Laß den Satan wittern,
Laß den Feind erbittern,
Mir steht Jesus bei.
Ob es itzt gleich kracht und blitzt,
Ob gleich Sünd und Hölle schrecken:
Jesus will mich decken.
English Translation:
Jesus, my joy,
pasture of my heart,
Jesus, my adornment
ah how long, how long
is my heart filled with anxiety
and longing for you!
Lamb of God, my bridegroom,
apart from you on the earth
there is nothing dearer to me.
There is therefore now no
condemnation to them
who are in Christ Jesus,
who wander not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.
(Romans 8, V. 1)
Beneath your protection
I am free from the attacks
of all my enemies.
Let Satan track me down,
let my enemy be exasperated --
Jesus stands by me.
Even if there is thunder and lightning,
even if sin and hell spread terror
Jesus will protect me .
__________________________________________________________
Regrettably this isn't the complete motet, but I hope to find the other movements soon to add them here...
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Messiaen had written only 2 pieces for a-cappella choir.
This particular motet and the "Cinq Rechants" (1948) for 12 mixed singers - by the way one of the hardest and most complex a-cappella pieces for choir of the 20th century.
"O Sacrum Convivium" was composed 1937 for and marks the early stage of the progressive Messiaen.
Original Latin Text:
O sacrum convivium,
in quo Christus sumitur recolitur
memoria pasionis ejus.
Mens impletur gratia
et futurae gloriae nobis pignus datur.
English Translation:
O sacred banquet
at which Christ is received
the memory of his passion is renewed,
our souls are filled with grace,
and a pledge of future is given to us.
Performed by the Cantillation Ensemble, led by Anthony Walker:
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Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject:
'Otche Nash' (Our Father)
Music by Nikolai Kedrov
Bulgarian National Choir
Georgi Robev, conductor
From Sveta Nedelya Church (Sophia, Bulgaria)
_________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), composer
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Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject:
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Abendlied
As a little christmas farewell (I'll be gone for some days - Christmas celebration outside of Vienna), I found 2 wonderful versions of this especially in the german speaking area very popular choral composition by the Liechtensteinian composer Josef Rheinberger.
The first one is the original version for mixed a-cappella choir, performed by The Cambridge Singers:
Here's the 2nd video with the Kings Singers performing a men choir version of the composition:
Merry christmas to you all! _________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), composer
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Fri Mar 13, 2009 3:47 pm Post subject:
Sergej Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Hail Mary from Vespers, op.37
Many don't know that Rachmaninov wrote choir music as well as he did compose symphonies and of course his famous piano concertos.
I personally must say I'm not completely happy with this recording, since it seems a bit out of tune (for me), but it's still a nice listening and reading (hence the video).
USSR Ministry of Culture Chamber Choir
Conductor: Valeri Polyansky
Recording 1986 Smolensk, Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral
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Thu May 28, 2009 1:00 am Post subject:
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Nachtlied
arranged version for male choir a cappella, performed by the wonderful King Singers
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Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), composer
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Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:55 pm Post subject:
Though it may not be "classical repertoire", the two a-cappella choir tracks from the Soundtrack of "Perfume-The Story Of A Murderer" by Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil & Tom Tykwer fit very well in this thread.
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Sat Aug 15, 2009 1:06 pm Post subject:
Continuing Rachmaninoff’s theme I recommend listening to some Russian Orthodox music. For instance Tchesnokov considered by many the best Russian composer of church music.
Tchesnokov – Vesper Mass – Praised be o Lord.
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I wanted to share it and I thought I could maaaaaybe squeeze it in here 
Razy 
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