Web's Best Choral Performances

King College Cambridge Faure Sanctus

2009-07-24T20:12:00.001-05:00

Kings College Chapel Choir, 1987, performed the Faure Requiem. Here's the Sanctus.

Source: notyobs

SWACDA Collegiate Choir Worthy is the Lamb Amen Chorus

2009-04-12T17:22:00.001-05:00

he Southwest American Choral Director's Association Collegiate Choir singing Worthy is the Lamb/Amen Chorus by Handel

Robert Shaw -- "Messiah" Hallelujah Chorus

2009-04-12T12:34:00.001-05:00

Hallelujah Chorus, From Handel's "Messiah," Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus 1987.

Only Men Aloud! All By Myself - Last Choir Standing Final - BBC One

2009-03-05T21:01:00.002-06:00

Find out more: Last Choir Standing . Final: Only Men Aloud! "All By Myself" by Celine Dion.

Mozart's Great Mass - Alice Millar Chapel Choir and NUSO

2009-02-22T18:12:00.001-06:00

The Alice Millar Chapel Choir and members of the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor.

This program was produced by Northwestern University in conjunction with HMS Media of Des Plaines, IL.

Spooky Men's Chorale

2009-02-22T17:37:00.002-06:00

From their website: Genial buffoonery and immaculate, testosterone drenched vocals define the Spooky Men's Chorale, a ruthless bunch of larrikins based in the Blue Mountains of Australia. Their stated ambition is to make women weep, small children quail, and insurance salesmen vaguely aware that somewhere, there is a whole world they've never experienced.
With a sound as warm and grainy as a slab of teak, the Spooky Men give equally loving attention to ancient Georgian table songs, tawdry anthems like Don't Stand Between a Man and his Tool, and the odd ballad of terrifying beauty.

About the clip: I caught them at the National Folk Festival in Canberra at Easter 2006 and shot this clip after a gig at bout 11pm at underneath a street lamp. The temperature was about 0C so we didn't have much time to do it. We borrowed a few torches and got a couple of people to hold them under the camera shining upwards to give a spooky look. I then shot 2 takes - they were singing along to a CD - one of them in a semicircle with the camera moving around backwards and forwards, and another take with the choir divided into 2 revolving circles wheeling towards the camera. In final cut pro, I then colourised one take red and one take blue, and merged them so they were superimposed. This gives a great spooky effect, and also when viewed with Chromadepth 3D glasses, gives a superb simulated 3D effect. Trouble is you have to order the glasses from the states and I only have one pair. Bugger.

More info on the Spooky's on http://www.spookymen.com.au

Source: johngeopix

A Thanksgiving Concert

2008-11-27T07:05:00.006-06:00

For the Beauty of the Earth
- by John Rutter
- performed by Saint Paul Cathedral Choir, London

Laudate Dominum - Vesperae Solemmes de Confessore (KV 339)
- by W.A. Mozart
- performed by the Swedish Radio Choir, Rachel Harnish, soprano
and the Berlin Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado, conductor

A Thanksgiving Song - Psalm 100
- arranger unknown
- performed by The Martins

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- arranged Mack Wilberg
- performed by the choir and orchestra of Brigham Young University

If Ye Love Me - Thomas Tallis

2008-05-25T21:35:00.002-05:00

Taipei Chamber Singers
Guest Conductor: Bob Chilcott

Source Channel: Kuangchien

Anuna - Home And The Heartland

2008-01-28T19:12:00.001-06:00

From the Anuna web site:
Michael McGlynn founded An Uaithne in 1987.
"My original idea was to create something that would make people aware of the beauty of choral music by introducing it to them in a way that they could understand. I started singing in choirs at the age of 19, and I couldn't believe that something so beautiful existed that I had never heard of before. I think that I got the sound of Anúna into my head right back on the first day I started singing with other voices for the first time. I had just begun composing at that time and I found that An Uaithne offered me a chance to have my own original music performed. I knew then that this was something I wanted to do for the rest of my life."

The development of An Uaithne into Anúna was slow but sure. By 1991 the choir had gone from singing standard choral music, with an emphasis on contemporary and ancient music, to performing Michael's arrangements of medieval and traditional Irish works combined with his original choral pieces almost exclusively.

"John McGlynn joined Anúna in 1991, and at that stage the group began to transform from a rather stiff and formal group to a much more relaxed ethos that remains with us today. Performances were experimental and sometimes a bit outrageous. We tried acting on stage, combined with music and various stage effects to see how far the form could be pushed. We started moving, and we still move today in performance. However the one important factor about this movement was that it must have a reason for being. I really didn't want singers wandering aimlessly around as if they were looking for an exit.

The most experimental thing I did was to give choral singing back to the singers by eliminating the use of sheet music and the conductor. Singers were now responsible for their performances, and as a result John and I started looking at various ways we could present the choir to make choral music more accessible to our audience."

Source Channel: RicBNH

In the Bleak Midwinter

2008-01-17T21:13:00.001-06:00

In The Bleak Mid-Winter" Christ Church Choir, Oxford. Stephen Darlington took his choir from Christ Church , Oxford, out into the Czech countryside to get the feeling what might be meant by a "bleak midwinter.

Source Channel: wem3

Ding Dong Merrily On High!

2007-12-20T20:59:00.001-06:00

Celtic Woman live from the Helix Center in Dublin, Ireland performing A Christmas Celebration.

Source Channel: Palmie01

A Thanksgiving Song Psalm 100

2007-11-22T13:15:00.001-06:00

This is not a choral performance, but rather a vocal trio. Nevertheless, it is a timeless expression of thanksgiving lifted in the voice of singing. Also in the spirit of Thanksgiving, you will find St. Paul's Cathedral Choir singing John Rutter's For the Beauty of the Earth in this blog's archives.

Happy Thanksgiving! Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow!!

Source channel: johnmreimer

W.A.Mozart - Laudate Dominum (KV 339)

2007-11-19T19:47:00.001-06:00

Laudate Dominum - Vesperae Solemmes de Confessore for Soprano, Strings and Basso Continuo(KV 339)

Berlin Philharmoniker

Soprano - Rachel harnisch
Choir - Swedish Radio Choir
Choir Master - Maria Weislander
Conductor - Claudio Abbado

Recorded 1999 in Salzburg

Source Channel: Edu114

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

2007-11-12T17:59:00.001-06:00

Performed by musicians from Brigham Young University. The choir and orchestra is conducted by the aranger of the hymn: Mack Wilberg.

Source Channel: GreatMusicFromBYU

Land of Hope and Glory - Last Night of the Proms 06

2007-10-19T20:56:00.001-05:00

Land of Hope and Glory,
Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee,
Who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider
Shall thy bounds be set;
God, who made thee mighty,
Make thee mightier yet.

Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance Marches - Land of Hope and Glory, conducted by Mark Elder with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus - backed up by the enthusiastic & lively audience at the Royal Albert Hall, and nationwide at the Proms in the Park events

Source Channel: RuppertJones

Westminster- The Way You Look Tonight

2007-08-30T18:13:00.001-05:00

The Westminster Chorus 2006 Barbershop Silver Medalists. The Way You Look Tonight.

www.westminsterchorus.org

Source Channel: Inlettecluat

John Rutter: For the Beauty of the Earth

2007-08-19T19:08:00.001-05:00

Performed by a Saint Paul Cathedral Choir, London

Source Channel: RyanGolddRedux

J.S. Bach Cantat BWV 63; John Eliot Gardiner Discussion

2007-08-13T22:12:00.001-05:00

Conductor John Eliot Gardiner in discussion & rehearsal of J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 63'
The English Baroque Soloist Monteverdi Choir (1999).

Source Channel: ClassicArtsShowplace

musica intima & Pacific Baroque Orchestra - Vivaldi's Gloria

2007-08-07T20:57:00.000-05:00

musica intima & Pacific Baroque Orchestra perform first two movements from Vivaldi's Gloria.

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source channel: laneprice

SWACDA Collegiate Choir Worthy is the Lamb Amen Chorus

2007-08-07T20:47:00.001-05:00

The Southwest American Choral Director's Association Collegiate Choir singing Worthy is the Lamb/Amen Chorus from Messiah by Handel
Source channel: aaa272000

Tomas Luis de Victoria - O Magnum Mysterium

2007-08-04T22:33:00.001-05:00

Cambridge Singers. Directed by John Rutter.
For scores, pictures of early editions, discography and much more:
tomasluisdevictoria.org

Source Channel: margotlorena

W.A. Mozart - Requiem (KV 626) - Dies irae

2007-08-04T20:31:00.001-05:00

W.A. Mozart - Requiem - Dies irae
Conductor by Leonard Bernstein with Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Source channel: http://www.youtube.com/balletic

The Tallis Scholars sings Palestrina

2007-08-04T20:09:00.001-05:00

The Tallis Scholars in a live performance of Nunc Dimittis by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina(1524?-1594).

Source Channel: http://www.youtube.com/erialm

Brahms' Requiem - Denn alles fleisch es ist wie gras

2007-08-04T13:12:00.001-05:00

Daniele Gatti conducts Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem, Bologna, 2003.

Source Channel: http://www.youtube.com/gabba02

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Bound For The Promised Land

2007-08-03T23:37:00.001-05:00

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings Mack Wilberg's arrangment of the traditional folk hymn "Bound for the Promised Land."
Source Channel: http://www.youtube.com/beachboyscom

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possesions lie.

Chorus
I am bound for the promised land,
I am bound for the promised land
O who will come and go with me
I am bound for the promised land.

O the transporting rapt'rous scene
That rises to my sight;
Sweet fields arrayed in living green
And rivers of Delight.

Chorus
I am bound for the promised land,
I am bound for the promised land
O who will come and go with me
I am bound for the promised land.

There generous fruits that never fail
On trees immortal grow;
There rocks and hills and brooks and vales
With milk and honey flow.

Chorus
I am bound for the promised land,
I am bound for the promised land
O who will come and go with me
I am bound for the promised land.

Web's Best Choral Performances

King College Cambridge Faure Sanctus

SWACDA Collegiate Choir Worthy is the Lamb Amen Chorus

Robert Shaw -- "Messiah" Hallelujah Chorus

Only Men Aloud! All By Myself - Last Choir Standing Final - BBC One

Mozart's Great Mass - Alice Millar Chapel Choir and NUSO

Spooky Men's Chorale

A Thanksgiving Concert

For the Beauty of the Earth - by John Rutter - performed by Saint Paul Cathedral Choir, London

If Ye Love Me - Thomas Tallis

Anuna - Home And The Heartland

In the Bleak Midwinter

Ding Dong Merrily On High!

A Thanksgiving Song Psalm 100

W.A.Mozart - Laudate Dominum (KV 339)

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Land of Hope and Glory - Last Night of the Proms 06

Westminster- The Way You Look Tonight

John Rutter: For the Beauty of the Earth

J.S. Bach Cantat BWV 63; John Eliot Gardiner Discussion

musica intima & Pacific Baroque Orchestra - Vivaldi's Gloria

SWACDA Collegiate Choir Worthy is the Lamb Amen Chorus

Tomas Luis de Victoria - O Magnum Mysterium

W.A. Mozart - Requiem (KV 626) - Dies irae

The Tallis Scholars sings Palestrina

Brahms' Requiem - Denn alles fleisch es ist wie gras

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Bound For The Promised Land

For the Beauty of the Earth
- by John Rutter
- performed by Saint Paul Cathedral Choir, London