The intonation, the phrasing, the dynamics...my favorite rendition of this simply unreal piece of music. Strikes a special chord in my soul or something...tears are streaming down my face after every single listen. Thank you for sharing
Beautiful rendition of this amazing piece. I found this video several years ago and I never forgot it, and I was really happy to find it again now, I'm saving it this time.
I have performed this piece. Often people are so stunned the clapping is not the next thing in mind. At one performance the audience was weeping silently throughout the performance. At the end they simply stared until someone thought to applaud.
I generally like this sung better by a mens group...but this was STUNNING!! So perfect...it reminded me of a bell choir. The only other choir I have heard match one another like this would have to be the brotherhood of Valaam. There is no other word...stunningly perfect....
Above anything else, the performance captured more emotion I have ever in countered in my musical experience!!!!!! The bled was unbelievable, the tone was unimaginable, and the overall effect was so vivid in my musical mind!!! The absolute best performance I have ever heard from a woman's chorus by far!!! "Outstanding, outstanding"
AH! CHILLS! :) I'm a lyric soprano and I'm very picky about women voices, but this is amazing! When I get chills from listening to music and singing as beautiful as this, I can't help but to enjoy/respect the song and performers forever.
@margotlorena1 it may be that SATB sounds more balanced, but none of the other versions on youtube have anything approaching the phrasing, the musicality, the pitching or purity that this choir has! and that is why this version is far and away my favorite, even though i have listened to many choirs doing this song, both SATB and male choirs. the harmony that this choir creates is just incredible, even on a limited range.
There are many remarkable things about this rendition, most of which have been said by other people already, but one that I haven't seen too many people talk about is the pitch. I believe they started a semitone higher than normal (whether that's intentional or not, I can't know), but from then on, the pitch is bang-on-they end the piece at the same pitch they started at. And that's not easy with an a capella piece that goes (and stays) high like that. I've never sung this piece personaly, but a friend of mine has. They were in a fairly prestigious choir (not pro; it was a group of teenager/young adults and you're rarely really pro yet at that age; but still pretty high-level, enough for the concert to be broadcast at the national classical music radio), and even they ended up messing the pitch at the end. So yeah. Very impressive.
This is the very first recording of this work I heard, so I assumed it was composed originally as a women’s choir piece! I was also lucky to hear these ladies sing this at the Taipei International Choral Festival in 2015. This is one of those works that works well in any of its four arrangements, if pulled off very well.
Thanks again for the warm welcome we had for the Canteus Festival last month- we (the 2 welsh choirs- Cywair and Bois Ceredigion) thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I have some videos of us singing in the festival on my channel- I would be very grateful if you could share the videos around for us to get more views! Thankyou again!
I visited Hungary - Budapest and Salguteria (i can't spell it) April this year. I think you guys sounded lovely in Llangollen, I was also in the competition. You also sound lovely right now :)
I had just recommended this one on Facebook but I also recommended a live performance by Chanticleer, a male chorus at the usual youtube URL + /watch?v=XVyCJlPiHFg ... I think you'll find the phrasing, musicality, pitch and purity pretty well matched. I hope you enjoy that one too.
I'm 12 years late, but if you're still looking for them, here they are. Angelus Dominī nūntiāvit Marīae : et concēpit dē Spīritū Sānctō. [Chorus] : Avē Marīa, grātia plēna, Dominus tēcum. Benedicta tū in mulieribus, et benedictus frūctus ventris tuī, Jēsūs. (Marīa dīxit : ecce ancilla Dominī. Fīat mihi secundum Verbum tuum) [they didn't sing this one in this video] [Chorus (which they skipped as well)] Et Verbum carō factum est. Et habitāvit in nōbīs. [Chorus] Sāncta Marīa, māter Deī, ōrā prō nōbīs peccātōribus. Sāncta Marīa, ōrā prō nōbīs, nunc et in hōrā mortis nostrae. Āmēn.
Still one of my favourite choir videos
The intonation, the phrasing, the dynamics...my favorite rendition of this simply unreal piece of music. Strikes a special chord in my soul or something...tears are streaming down my face after every single listen. Thank you for sharing
Beautiful rendition of this amazing piece. I found this video several years ago and I never forgot it, and I was really happy to find it again now, I'm saving it this time.
This is the only choir I trust to do this piece justice. Absolutely flawless
I have performed this piece. Often people are so stunned the clapping is not the next thing in mind. At one performance the audience was weeping silently throughout the performance. At the end they simply stared until someone thought to applaud.
Perfection. Total perfection. Never heard it sung any better by a women’s choir…and I’ve heard a lot of them.
I closed my eyes listening to this and I think their sound can only be matched to a choir full of angels. This is so beautiful.
Amazing! I remember singing this with my choir, still my favourite after many years of singing.. And this choir performs it beautifully :)
I sang it with my college choir in 1994. One of the best experiences.
So schön, wunderbar! Danke für dieses Geschenk. Und bitte nie vom Netz nehmen, ich höre es jede Weihnachtszeit.
I watched them live tonight in St. Antoine Church, and can say it was... just divine.
Summed up in three words - simply the best. I must remind myself not to drink wine when viewing this, because some of it leaks out from my eyes.
I generally like this sung better by a mens group...but this was STUNNING!! So perfect...it reminded me of a bell choir. The only other choir I have heard match one another like this would have to be the brotherhood of Valaam. There is no other word...stunningly perfect....
Above anything else, the performance captured more emotion I have ever in countered in my musical experience!!!!!! The bled was unbelievable, the tone was unimaginable, and the overall effect was so vivid in my musical mind!!! The absolute best performance I have ever heard from a woman's chorus by far!!! "Outstanding, outstanding"
Wunderschöön. Danke Franz Biebl
AH! CHILLS! :)
I'm a lyric soprano and I'm very picky about women voices, but this is amazing! When I get chills from listening to music and singing as beautiful as this, I can't help but to enjoy/respect the song and performers forever.
so beautiful!! I'm now a fan of this choir!
Angelic. Truly a gift from God.
We are learning this in our choir at the moment. Amazing piece!
This is beautifully sung here :))
same here. I love it!
One of the best choirs I've ever heard! Great performance!
Köszönjük a kórusnak, hogy külföldön is képviselik Magyarországot és megmutatják, hogy azért mi is tudunk valamit.
Amazing! I know its not easy at all to sing this Ave Maria! Pro Musica Choir its one of the best choirs I've ever heard!
"Annunciazione alla Madonna della sua maternità." Ave Maria stupenda!!!!
Buon Natale
wonderfully amazing these girls have angelical voices very beautiful
Amazingly uplifting. Our choir did this piece, and look to this version for reference. Thank you so much!
Sublime singing. Thank you.
If angels sang, this is what they would sound like. Absolutely gorgeous!
wow !! :) what a performance! Absolutely amazing ! :)
I have no words, only drops in my eye...
I wish I could join a choir like this. So incredible
Very nice sound 🥰
@margotlorena1 it may be that SATB sounds more balanced, but none of the other versions on youtube have anything approaching the phrasing, the musicality, the pitching or purity that this choir has! and that is why this version is far and away my favorite, even though i have listened to many choirs doing this song, both SATB and male choirs. the harmony that this choir creates is just incredible, even on a limited range.
Gyönyörű! Gratulálok.
Just beautiful!
Still amazingly beautiful :)
There are many remarkable things about this rendition, most of which have been said by other people already, but one that I haven't seen too many people talk about is the pitch.
I believe they started a semitone higher than normal (whether that's intentional or not, I can't know), but from then on, the pitch is bang-on-they end the piece at the same pitch they started at. And that's not easy with an a capella piece that goes (and stays) high like that.
I've never sung this piece personaly, but a friend of mine has. They were in a fairly prestigious choir (not pro; it was a group of teenager/young adults and you're rarely really pro yet at that age; but still pretty high-level, enough for the concert to be broadcast at the national classical music radio), and even they ended up messing the pitch at the end.
So yeah. Very impressive.
just heavenly . . . sounds like angels
Excellent...Blessings..
Precioso!!! Una gozada auténtica
I adore this song. We do it in my chorus but we could never compare to these women. absolultely gorgeous vocals.
Que lindas vozes destas belas mulheres. Gostaria de conhecer mais sobre trabalho deste harmonioso coral. Parabéns e obrigado.
this is unbelievable. absolutely gorgeous.
This is the very first recording of this work I heard, so I assumed it was composed originally as a women’s choir piece! I was also lucky to hear these ladies sing this at the Taipei International Choral Festival in 2015. This is one of those works that works well in any of its four arrangements, if pulled off very well.
Such beautiful singing, absolutely heart warming!
Beautiful expressive singing. Thanks for posting.
the tuning and musical phrasing in this is amazing.
Аве Мария!!!
Браво!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is breathtakingly lovely!!
incredible performance. the best. excellent
+BiomekanikSok veri biğtiful.
+Hilal Özgür Doğa ay now ay now
+BiomekanikSok Yu ar hendsım.
yes, i am ;)
xD
É maravilhosa! Agradeço muito a oportunidade de conhecer uma Ave Maria tão linda, e um grupo de vozes tão harmonioso.
Absolutely breathtaking..
Wonderful!!!!
great sound
Thanks again for the warm welcome we had for the Canteus Festival last month- we (the 2 welsh choirs- Cywair and Bois Ceredigion) thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I have some videos of us singing in the festival on my channel- I would be very grateful if you could share the videos around for us to get more views! Thankyou again!
*_____* strepitoso.. angelico.. fantasticooooooooooooooooooooo
Incredible
Espléndido!!!
Que maravilla🌿
Da brividi...Complimenti.
Exquisite
Gorgeous ! Thank you for posting :)
I like this Ave Maria!
yes they do especially the sopranos
Perfect
Oh my God. Angels.
my choir is singing this :) can't wait!!!
We'll wait, God its so beautiful!!!
Greetings from Russia!!!
So moving.... this is real art!
fantastic
great job!
I guess there really are angels on earth singing praises!
Also my favourite version!!! very beautiful. Definitively, I prefer this song performed by a girls choir
Is there such a thing as vocal perfection and purity? If not, this rendition comes awfully close to it.
LUARBIASA...!!
Tuhan memberkatimu semuanya.
@mariaksimidis They are available via Google (link too long to put here).
I visited Hungary - Budapest and Salguteria (i can't spell it) April this year.
I think you guys sounded lovely in Llangollen, I was also in the competition.
You also sound lovely right now :)
It's probably Salgótarján, but I love your spelling:) you're always welcome to return!
Heaven !
Angelic chorus in Heaven!
Incredibly Perfect!!!
Hello. Very beautiful... Anyone who have a piece of this song?Please share me one. What a great arranger he/she in designing this piece for girls.
❤️♥️❤️!
Are there words for this ????!!!! WAOUUUUUU !!
My school choir is doing this. My throat hurt for over an hour from that high G.
I had just recommended this one on Facebook but I also recommended a live performance by Chanticleer, a male chorus at the usual youtube URL + /watch?v=XVyCJlPiHFg ... I think you'll find the phrasing, musicality, pitch and purity pretty well matched. I hope you enjoy that one too.
eccellente
Stupende. Brave tutte. Cerco questa versione SSAA/SSA. Dove la trovo?
Potreste mandarmela?
Grazie
Umm to answer your question... rules of the competition.
damn ! that goood:~)
God, it's Beautiful!!!
Gyönyörü
2019?
so, did they win? :p
Does anyone know where I can find the sheet music for this version?
www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp?keywords=ave+maria+franz+biebl+hinshaw+music
can someone write the lyrics please?
I'm 12 years late, but if you're still looking for them, here they are.
Angelus Dominī nūntiāvit Marīae : et concēpit dē Spīritū Sānctō.
[Chorus] :
Avē Marīa, grātia plēna, Dominus tēcum. Benedicta tū in mulieribus, et benedictus frūctus ventris tuī, Jēsūs.
(Marīa dīxit : ecce ancilla Dominī. Fīat mihi secundum Verbum tuum) [they didn't sing this one in this video]
[Chorus (which they skipped as well)]
Et Verbum carō factum est. Et habitāvit in nōbīs.
[Chorus]
Sāncta Marīa, māter Deī, ōrā prō nōbīs peccātōribus. Sāncta Marīa, ōrā prō nōbīs, nunc et in hōrā mortis nostrae. Āmēn.
SSA for the win:)
Gyonyoru...
3 people have a hearing problem.
God this is so bad....
i'm sure that you can sing better.