Rutter: Requiem (Conducted by John Rutter - Florence Debut)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มิ.ย. 2018
- John Rutter conducts his own Requiem in his Florence conducting debut in the Basilica di Santa Croce
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Orchestra da Camera di Fiorentina
GIUSEPPE LANZETTA, Founder and Artistic Director
PETER TIBORIS, Principal Guest Conductor
JOHN RUTTER: Requiem
CAMILLE ORTIZ, Soprano (United States)
JOHN RUTTER, Conductor (Florence Debut - England)
Participating Choruses
São Paulo Ensemble, São Paulo, Brazil (Sérgio Eduardo Martineli de Assumpção, Director)
Coro Lux, Albuquerque, NM (Bradley Ellingboe, Director)
North Stuart Baptist Church and Treasure Coast Community Singers , Stuart, FL (Doug Jewett, Director)
Junior League of Birmingham Choral Group, Birmingham, AL (Amy Murphy, Director)
Laguna Beach Chorale, Laguna Beach, CA (Daniel Resch, Director)
Great Falls College Community Choir, Great Falls, MT (Cynthia Claborn Stevens, Director)
The Master Singers, Phoenix, AZ; Sun Valley Community Church Choir, Tempe, AZ
(David R. Thye and Marlynn Rey, Directors)
Oswego Festival Chorus, Oswego, NY (Mihoko Tsutsumi, Director)
The Chancel Choir and Masterwork Chorale of First United Methodist Church of San Diego, CA (Stanley Wicks, Director) - เพลง
When the oboe soloist begins "The Lord is my Shepherd" my knees go weak. It is so utterly sublime.
Singing this at Carnegie Hall May 29, 2023 with John Rutter conducting. Can't wait.
I am too!! Getting more excited every day!
I adore this work, but I think it is more effective sung by a smaller choir. This results in sound that is more ethereal and has a purer quality. The original CD recording of this great work is my favorite. It can be heard on TH-cam.
What a privilege those performers had, being conducted by the composer himself! He's such a kind, gentle and encouraging man. A very moving performance indeed, of such a beautiful work!
I will be singing this along with Rutter's Te Deum at Carnegie Hall conducted by John Rutter on Memorial Day this year (2023). Looking forward to the experience!
@@francisschultz2217 I had a similar experience memorial day 2013 with my highschool. We preformed the rutter requiem with other groups. A second group preformed brom's requiem.
Sang this with performance ensemble and orchestra in high school - I can still sing my Alto 2 part (and sometimes tenor) for most songs. One of the most pivotal pieces of music in my life. Stunning to listen like this.
Movements' time stamps:
00:40 - Requiem aeternam
06:11 - Out of the deep
11:36 - Pie Jesu
15:12 - Sanctus
17:32 - Agnus Dei
22:42 - The Lord is my shepherd
27:36 - Lux aeterna
I LOVE to see the composer conduct here!!!! My dad was a conductor, I sung this in the 90ths, still know my part (and the others) Not the best choir, I'ld prefer smaller.
Preparing to sing this next weekend 30th and 31st March 2019 as an opportunity for people living in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand to mourn the tragic killing of 50 innocent Muslim people at prayer on Friday 15th March. Such an awful thing to have happened in a peace loving country like New Zealand. John Rutter's Requiem is such beautiful music that we hope that it will give people who come to listen a measure of comfort in their grief. Pray for us as we endeavour to give our all to this music.
Thank you so very much for allowing me to participate. I was there in the Bass section of the choir.
Well done, sir. Everyone sounded lovely. I'm feeling quite jealous that you were blessed to be in the company of the genius Mr. Rutter. Wow!! I love every note of this. Btw I sang it in my college choir in 1997. I'm an alto but I know every soprano and alto parts bc the music is so divine, sublime, I fell in love and devoured every nuance of this entire piece. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🕊️🎶
@@lisamj Thank you so very much.
@@lisamj I have Mr. Rutters autograph in my score.
Je me suis trouvé, visitant la Basilique de Santa Croce, à assister par hasard à la répétition de ce concert. Moment intense de découverte musicale, dans un décor exceptionnel!
Gorgeous ❤
We’re singing this on 17th November to commemorate the month of the Holy Souls. Looking forward to it. This is a huge amount of singers and considering from different musical groups, is very well blended.
Bravo to the flutist!
Such a wonderful piece of music. I've had the pleasure of performing it as accompanist numerous times. My wife had the privilege of performing under Mr. Rutter at Carnegie Hall on Easter Sunday back in 2000. She said it was the best musical experience of her life.
I ADORE this Requiem. However, the choir is not the best sounding..... Though this building certainly wasn't made for such concerts... (acoustics). Still thank you so much for posting and it is a joy to be able to see the composer himself conducting his work.
Naw this building would have made the sound lovely if it were a little more polished to begin with. There is a pretty hefty mix of tonalities with this group - they aren't matching each other very much. With that being said I enjoyed this recording anyway :)
@@glibbergloop I agree! It was a splendid rendition, regardless, with the composer himself directing! :-) Your comment on tonalities makes me think of how Robert Shaw was with his choirs... :-)
What a joy and an honor it was to share this experience in Florence with my mother, Nancy! Marvelous orchestra and great composer/conductor, John Rutter. Thank you, MidAm Productions!
Absolutely!
I am trying to stay "on point" with the LORD at every crossroad, every corner, uturn, mountain, obstacle, hindrance, etc. Oh. yes...and then there is "free will"...but I know in all of that, John Rutter is just ahead of me...
Bravo just bravo.
Billy Babu The Storyteller
Thank you so very much, MidAmerica Productions, and John Rutter; for allowing me to participate in this glorious concert.
Beautiful!
Obra Magnifica del Metro. Rutter. SUPERVO™!!¡!!!!!"!!!!!!!
Brilliant composer and conductor and I had the pleasure of performing this many years ago. It is still a favorite.
Stunning! Preparing to perform this with the Cherry Creek Chorale in Denver, Colorado on March 8 and 9, 2019.
Well done Marty!! I'm so happy for you
Thank you.
This was one of the best experiences I've ever had. So glad for this video. I'm missing choir this season...a lot!
🕊️🙏❤️🌹
What a lukewarm applause for a wonderful rendition.
Well they are in a church singing a requiem... you can see that as Maestro Rutter turned around, the assembled leapt to their feet. it wasn't golf claps, it was cathedral claps! Even the wonderful soprano soloist gave an almost self-deprecating bow.
Some churches don't allow clapping at all - or any other noise. I once sang a funeral mass in a very conservative parish, during the papal administration of St. John Paul II. When the organist and I entered, our youngish priest was prostrated face down at the altar. My colleague and I proceeded to the organ, where we quietly discussed the order of the service, as there were no programs and i would have to announce all the hymns, etc. From his position on the altar, our presider hurried over to us, then announced in a loud whisper, a hint of exasperation in his voice,"The Lord is in His tabernacle!"
Anyway, I love this work. Was the soloist singing along during the 23rd Psalm?
That music & singing have bought heaven Tony surroundings thank you Mr Tutter & choir, musicians. The oboe carries the music very well. Bravo 🙌
I placed, a long time ago, John Rutter on my "Innermost Concentric Circle" of most favorite Composers. This happened in 1985, when we were present for the South Florida debut of the Requiem at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Ft. Laudedale, Florida.
Instantly, I wrote on the program notes comment to my parents:
"The Composer just wrote himself a
HIT !!!!".
We shook his hand and he graciously
gave us his autograph.
We expressed to him that we had just been "SWEPT AWAY" by his Creation!!
I must mention that the, lofty, breath-
taking, "Pie Jesu" was, HEAVENLY sung by Soprano Sung-Sook-Lee(sic),
who had just given up a career in Opera, as a Spinto "Super Star", in order to thank God for the Miracle of curing her Mother of advanced Cancer !!!!
However, in this specific video of the Requiem's debut in Florence, Italy, the
Composer seems to be having an "off
day" as the Conductor.
The Tempi were too fast, the singing was bold and healthy, but not ethereal
This a Work, WHICH--DOES-- EVOKE---
--- MAGIC !!!!
The Chorus was "off the frequency" of such "upwards-wafting" Magic,
although, to be accurare, not egre-
giously so.
I had to get this criticism "off my chest", as I am an intense Lover of all types of Music!
Nonetheless, I enjoyed John Rutter's Requiem, so much--- as I always do!!!!
Magnifique ! Merveilleux !
Beautiful! Been lucky, and have been singing this work once.
Piece of finest contemponary church music.
Thank you, John..that was beautiful...
Yes the choir did well under the circumstances and diction very good
Please just practice to turn your pages 2 bars before the end and gently. We always had to practice this otherwise very sloppy pages everwhere. I have enjoyed your singing and how lucky to have John Rutter conducting. Wow!
Good advice for amateur singers.
That is a wonderful point. I have taken to writing specific cues into the music so I and the rest of the singers know where to turn the pages.
Did you actually hear the pages being turned? If you are more concerned with background noise maybe you are missing the point of what the composer was trying to to convey. I doubt that Mozart or Bach were concerned with their orchestra turning pages
Some movements were better than others
You're very good and Rutter is really brilliant. My choir sang Candlelight Carol during one of our last performances using a new arrangement. Write this in the search: you will surely like it.
Corale Novarmonia - Candlelight Carol (J. Rutter)
Would like to know the name of the soloist.......
CAMILLE ORTIZ, Soprano (United States)
Baruch ya'll need to come as well...I know where it is. I need you to help me with it...TRUST me....
Isaiah 40:31 in JESUS name! Thank YOU! LORD. It is good for those who wait upon the LORD...
LORD, WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA quickly fall down before you and RETURN to YOUR ORIGINAL PLAN FOR OUR COUNTRY...NOT BY POWER, NOT BY MIGHT BUT BY YOUR SPIRIT! SAYS THE LORD! WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES of AMERICA WILL BE THAT LIGHT SET ON A HILL THAT BEACON FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD. GRACE AND MERCY employed...Though we do not deserve it we ask YOU to take care of our enemies so that we may RECOVER ALL 1 Samuel 30...in JESUS name! Thank YOU! LORD! Ephesians 3:20-21! In that name above all names...FAIREST LORD, JESUS...
We OVERCOME by the BLOOD of the LAMB and the 5:38 word of our testimony, not loving our lives unto death. Oh death, where is thy sting? DO NOT FEAR..fear draws what you fear..CLOSE ALL DOORS TO ENEMY..NOW....DO NOT FORSAKE THE ASSEMBLING..GET HERE..
Complete THOROUGH REFORMATION...PEACEFUL REVOLUTION IN OUR COUNTRY in JESUS name! Thank YOU! LORD! We also SPEAK PEACE and ORDER IN RUSSIA/UKRAINE WAR..YOUR WILL BE DONE FATHER..THANK YOU.
We (Choir of Petri-Nikodemus Church Hannover Germany) will do this concert on Nov. 17, 6 pm, see www.petri-nikodemus.de/musik/konzerte
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That oboe....
For those of you who are so highly critical of this, there are a number of things to consider in your arrogance; acoustics - the building was never intended for a performance like this; the choir is obviouusly a choir of amateurs, not your usual trained musicians; the women far out number the men; the "flapping" of Rutter's arms as he conducts - there is no doubt what he wants out of the work/choir of amateurs. Additionally, he/they probably had only one rehearsal together.
And for those of you who feel put down by the work, you're the one with the problem, not John Rutter.
Very well said, Dennis. I sang in this in the early 90's in Virginia, and I can attest that it's not an easy piece. I dare say these naysayers could do no better...unless they're professionals-which I doubt.
I agree with everything you say here. I personally cringed at hearing this, bur that's because I only listen to the best recording out there: the Cambridge Singers. Rutter's piece has such exquisite purity that it's especially hard to hear it with less-than-ideal intonation. The lucid transparency of the music leaves the choir's flaws with less room to hide behind, as it were. In this sense, it is a difficult work to perform. Most choirs don't reach the heights of perfection that certain choice recordings do. To hold them to that standard is foolish. I appreciate the sincerity of the performance, and the participant's comments here. Bravo!
I love this one, but it is only because this is the one our director wants us to use for practice at home before our Concert in November. And we are all amateurs except for the director and my friend.
I don't think amateur has anything to do with it. Robert Shaw's Atlanta Symphony Chorus was a chorus of amateurs and under his direction, it was the best chorus in the country and regarded as one of the greatest in the world.
@@jacobbump1282 All 60 of us auditioned and almost everyone made his or her professional living in music. Hardly a bunch of amateurs. You must have a bad ear for music.
Mr. John Rutter... I did not enjoy learning this piece
S. Antonopoulos this piece spat on me and called me a heretic
Considering that none other than Rutter himself is conducting, this performance is shocking, and not in a good way.
I think it is such a shame
Rutter’s jerky-arm conducting is very distracting.
I’m inclined to agree. I’d prefer a much more legato motion.
I figured it was the choir's vowels,
But do you think it's a condition?
Rutter leads this large ensemble of greatly various volunteering amateur and professional choristers very intelligently and effectively; one cannot be subtle in conducting such groups, especially in a space like that. Successful performance here is all about decisive timing -- vital, simple, agreeable rhythm, declamation, and flow. And it's quite a wonderful performance! These singers beautifully agree with each other and the orchestra and Mr. Rutter. The orchestra is absolutely lovely, and no doubt the singers must have really enjoyed the occasion to ride and soar along all together. Best to them all in their local communities!
Michael Miller cry about it
WOW sir. Try a bite of a humility biscuit. This is John Rutter!! Moreover, him conducting his own work....where's your respect? What have you written that gives you such grounds to criticize? It's Rutter himself!! I humbly now to the music of this genius Mr Rutter. I'm an alto and I adore this piece so much I know every soprano part too. 🙏🏻
Slighty too much spaghetti Latin...
very disappointed
What John Rutter lacks in compositional skills he more than makes up in conductorial incompetence. Observe him waving his hands like a penguin about to regurgitate half-digested fish to his chick. The music is similarly half-digested derivative, sentimental, mawkish gloop. It desacralizes the basilica.
You are definitely in the minority with your harsh comments. His works are greatly admired and enjoyed all over the world. No one forced you to watch this- very cruel.
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