This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. Such talented voices. I had the fortune of walking down the aisle to it at my wedding. I will remember this song until the day I die. ❤
Go to a catholic adoration chapel its silent. Go one hour a week close your eyes try not to think. Do that 4 weeks in a row. There have been atheists since the time of Christ. Fyi the strongest and most powerful conversion have been from avowed atheists.
What a joy to find this recording, free from the ground hum and photographers flashes that plagued the royal wedding broadcast. Simply the most moving piece of music I have, or am ever likely to, heard.
Thursday, the Christian church celebrates two great symbols from the Maundy Thursday service, which are pillars of Christianity -- the Washing of the Feet and the Last Supper. During the Washing of the Feet, the music is often set to the beautiful text of Ubi Caritas et Amor: Where charity and love are, God is there. Featured are three a capella settings.
that is exactly how an audience should respond to any music but definitely to something so beautiful. I hate it when an audience starts clapping the second the piece has finished!
(If you like this - try Vytautus Miskinis's "Time is endless") Beautiful. Proud to be British too. Imagine kneeling at the altar with this behind you...it would have sent chills down the spine. On an unrelated point - even atheists get transcendant sometimes...and modern choral music does it for me. Wonderful. Truly inspiring and interesting to contrast with the version "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal".
it is impossible for me to listen to this without closing my eyes and breathing a deep sigh. Truly, this piece is the definition of "sublime". I look forward to your future compositions. :) And I'm so excited to be attending a performance of this piece for my birthday (performed by the Los Angeles Master Chorale).
He was my composition tutor in my last year of uni. Ace guy, he once described a work I made with another guy as "harry potter on acid". Glad he's recognized now. :)
I love finding new settings for this text. Beautiful composition, beautiful singing. Thank you! Will be mentioning this on an upcoming episode of my podcast, Take A Chants on Me.
How can anyone down arrow this? They must have lost their soul somewhere along the way...they better figure out where it went and fast. This is an amazing performance and a wonderful piece of music.
I love Whitacre "signature" but these are beautiful composition... and how could I not like a composer who loves bass voices so much ! just a little thing: I hear a lot of magnificent compositions, but it would be nice to have more dynamic and happy compositions too. Thank to the composer and to the choir for this wonderfull work.
It's not a phone backlight. There was at least one photographer taking pictures presumably for press/publicity. As the concert was almost completely lit by candle light, the photographers were using the focus assist lights on their cameras. It's a brief burst from one of those that appears at 2:20. There are a few other points in the the concert where they appear too. For some reason the video cameras resolve them as blue/violet rather than the red that they appear to the naked eye.
I first heard this piece at the royal wedding in April 2011! It is one of the most beautiful "Ubi Caritas" I `ve heard so far! But I am a little disappointed by the solo! Although it is a kid and all the live atmosphere is making him nervous! Compared to the stage and the audience at the royal wedding....
c#, a bit sharp tho. Last two "a-men"s got that (optional) note for second basses in score. We just started to learn this song in our choir, we're 4 second basses (no profondo). It must be quite a funny sight watching us concentrating to keep that note "ringing", luckily is pianissimo :)
So you would sing "Aw Magnum Mysterium"? No, I don't think so. I think it's a case that it's more difficult to properly eunciate the O. Some in my choir also have difficutly with enunciating a good Latin "I". It comes across as "ih" rather than "ee".
Yes, it is. His name is Thomas Featherstonhaugh...or Fetherstonhaugh. (I've seen both spellings.) His appearance has matured a bit here; this was about 6 months after the Royal Wedding. He seems like a great kid!
"Ubi" is another of those lyrics (like O Magnum Mysterium, or O Sacrum Convivium), that, having been made famous by a very special treatment (in this case, by Durufle), has suddenly come to enjoy a vogue among composers, none of whom begin to approach the wonder of the motet that inspired them. Beautifully performed here, but the piece is nondescript, except for the chant quotation at the end. Composers seem to strive for all the lush benefits of linear tonal and modal harmony, without giving us anything interesting to compel us to follow the musical train of thought. That is because the linear trajectory of the piece depends entirely on the text, for which the music is a mere accessory. Perhaps it should be the other way around. Why can't the text be a vehicle for something musically memorable, and compelling? I guess that means a certain tunefulness which is not really in vogue right now. This current trend of shapeless, hyper-consonance is yielding only mood music that might be suitable for documentary films about the far North. Maybe, in our frenetic world, this appeals for its soothing character.
+scmager I entirely agree. Very few musical works I've come across have both the tonal and modal harmony you describe, as well as "tunefulness" and directionality. For instance, I would love Whitacre's music - the harmony is so interesting - if it didn't have a frustrating lack of direction so much of the time (with a few exceptions). So much new music is interesting or even moving at a particular time-slice but rarely does it hold that interest or wonder for longer than a few seconds as it loses focus while holding a texture or harmony for too long without much corresponding melody. For this reason I tend to like a lot of Ola Gjeilo's music, which seems to me to have both soothing dissonances and a clear direction.
exactly! I can't stand the current fasion for the likes of Whittacre, Lauridsen, Mealor and even worse imitators. It's almost embarrasing to think that this man is now Prof. of Music where I once studied although, to be fair, some pieces like the Locus Iste are somewhat better than this.
I honestly find Ola Gjeilo's music to be highly overrated. It's gotten so overly sweet and there's just nothing that I find particularly interesting about it. There's plenty of lyrical, gushy choral music to go around with composers like David Childs, Elaine Hagenberg, Susan LaBarr, et cetera. Although I greatly enjoy listening to their music, I find contemporary compositions like this to be quite refreshing as well.
It's velvet and silk. Just lose myself somewhere quite profound listening to this.
This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. Such talented voices. I had the fortune of walking down the aisle to it at my wedding. I will remember this song until the day I die. ❤
I’m an atheist but this piece of music, well perhaps there’s something within us, illuminated by something higher.
Jesus is real and He loves you very much. Imagine what music will sound like in Heaven. 😢
That something higher, we call God
Go to a catholic adoration chapel its silent. Go one hour a week close your eyes try not to think. Do that 4 weeks in a row.
There have been atheists since the time of Christ. Fyi the strongest and most powerful conversion have been from avowed atheists.
Atheists are just self-absorbed agnostics
What a joy to find this recording, free from the ground hum and photographers flashes that plagued the royal wedding broadcast. Simply the most moving piece of music I have, or am ever likely to, heard.
1:20 "Timeamus, et amemus Deum vivum"
Such a GORGEOUS line by the women.
Greatest arrangement of Ubi Caritas ever. Well done Paul.
I like this version even better than the wedding-version.
This one is so soft, like flowing water. Incredibly beautiful.
Completely glorious. So grateful in these turbulent times to be hearing this.
This is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard.
A piece of music I adore listening to on christmas eve, lights low, candles burning, being still in sanctuary
ahaha im doing the same, four years later
love the bass baritone split at 1:40 really compliments the melody
OMG the chords in this song 😍
The sound and the meaning is divine
Such perfection and feeling bring me to tears every time I hear this angelic piece.
This work has so much going on for it. I hope people perform it for a very long time.
One of the best arrangements of all time
What is the name of this INCREDIBLE ensemble?! Holy moly!!
Julian Morris tenebrae!
Thursday, the Christian church celebrates two great symbols from the Maundy Thursday service, which are pillars of Christianity -- the Washing of the Feet and the Last Supper. During the Washing of the Feet, the music is often set to the beautiful text of Ubi Caritas et Amor: Where charity and love are, God is there. Featured are three a capella settings.
Heaven might be sounding like this.... beautiful .....
Sarah Reiss
I think Heaven is jealous of something as beautiful as this existing on earth.
I personally account for like 100 of the views on this performance...and the number will only rise every day. :)
that is exactly how an audience should respond to any music but definitely to something so beautiful. I hate it when an audience starts clapping the second the piece has finished!
(If you like this - try Vytautus Miskinis's "Time is endless") Beautiful. Proud to be British too. Imagine kneeling at the altar with this behind you...it would have sent chills down the spine. On an unrelated point - even atheists get transcendant sometimes...and modern choral music does it for me. Wonderful. Truly inspiring and interesting to contrast with the version "Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal".
it is impossible for me to listen to this without closing my eyes and breathing a deep sigh. Truly, this piece is the definition of "sublime". I look forward to your future compositions. :) And I'm so excited to be attending a performance of this piece for my birthday (performed by the Los Angeles Master Chorale).
I listen to this song over and over again. Your voices and intensity bring me to my knees. Thank you for your beautiful voices!
My all time favourite song. This version is the best. Love to play this over the back yard late at night as it can only aid good rest
0:43 is absolutely beautiful
First heard this at the wedding of Prince William & Kate. That version is wonderful. Worth finding it.
Wowwwww.... JUST AMAZING! Love this! Marvellous! Bravo!
Masterpiece! And the performance!
Their pitch and tone are everything! Ending constants perfect.. str8 tone omg! Absolutely amazing!
amazing. i sang this fine piece with my choir not long ago. it was an amazing experience. but this is abs fantastic!
Paul I tracked you down at the time, told you I was a cure fan and thought it was awsome
Beyond beautiful- remember singing this in bath abbey years ago 🖤🖤😍😍🙏
Beautiful..
nice reworking of Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal. Loved that one and am enjoying this arrangement of it with the lyrics to Ubi caritas
He was my composition tutor in my last year of uni. Ace guy, he once described a work I made with another guy as "harry potter on acid". Glad he's recognized now. :)
Welcome to Heaven.
thank you for this
I love finding new settings for this text. Beautiful composition, beautiful singing. Thank you! Will be mentioning this on an upcoming episode of my podcast, Take A Chants on Me.
Up-lifting and amazing stuff. Makes me proud of my country, as did the royal wedding.
absolutely brings tears to my eyes
This is how altos should sound. Bravo. Perfect balance, especially cluster chords.
they sang it exactly the way westminster abbey chior did. beautiful
Extraordinary piece of music.
How can anyone down arrow this? They must have lost their soul somewhere along the way...they better figure out where it went and fast. This is an amazing performance and a wonderful piece of music.
This is simply divine!!!
Whhooowww thats the sound of the univers!
Magical!
Awesome, beautiful,wonderful...
Beyond beautiful
This piece is AWESOME ...
Who is the choir singing this magical piece? So wonderful. Thank you
Not at all religious, but this is amazing.
"There He is..."
I love Whitacre "signature" but these are beautiful composition... and how could I not like a composer who loves bass voices so much ! just a little thing: I hear a lot of magnificent compositions, but it would be nice to have more dynamic and happy compositions too. Thank to the composer and to the choir for this wonderfull work.
Wow!
Goosebumps ❤
Spectacular recording!
Oh lovely ❤️
Oh what a pity pity pity im not this good. brought a tear to my eye
Paradise from all choir music.
It's not a phone backlight. There was at least one photographer taking pictures presumably for press/publicity. As the concert was almost completely lit by candle light, the photographers were using the focus assist lights on their cameras. It's a brief burst from one of those that appears at 2:20. There are a few other points in the the concert where they appear too. For some reason the video cameras resolve them as blue/violet rather than the red that they appear to the naked eye.
Such beautiful music yoh I love it
wonderful music!!!
there is God, this music is proof
That 2:30 mark has me choked up every damn time
Muito lindo! ♥️♥️
This piece is trick. Really cool.
Sang this at PMEA 2019
Exquisite !!
Tenebræ ♡
великолепно!!!
Was there even a royal wedding? Or was there just this piece
It is a good setting of the text however I prefer Durufle's and even more so Lauridsen's. The exsultemus by Lauridsen is just exquisite
He is.
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Where I can find the partiture of this songs?
Novello do a score for SATB
Same soloist from the wedding!
Nigel Short conducting Tenebrae.
who needs reverb settings when u have a massive church to do it for u
I have sun this song before
is the conductor an old King's Singers member?
I first heard this piece at the royal wedding in April 2011! It is one of the most beautiful "Ubi Caritas" I `ve heard so far! But I am a little disappointed by the solo! Although it is a kid and all the live atmosphere is making him nervous! Compared to the stage and the audience at the royal wedding....
+SEVENROCK100 just found out its the same boy! But he is much more nervous than at the royal wedding!
yeah it is, he goes to my school and sits next to me in orchestra so when i found out about the royal wedding i kind of interrogted him about it!
Your high school choir director is either nuts, or on a mission from God.
My high school choir is singing this. You think I'm kidding.
Beautiful, just like Prince William and Kathryn's wedding...
This is the only version that sounds like William and Catherine's version which I LOVE!!! JUST BEAUTIFUL...STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Carmines lucis !
This is pretty much the same "now sleeps the crimson petal." No complaints though.
It is indeed, since the rearrangment of the motet as Ubi Caritas was commissioned by Prince William for the royal wedding.
Not really. Many think the "o" vowel in latin is sung as "aw".
was there a low c?
c#, a bit sharp tho. Last two "a-men"s got that (optional) note for second basses in score. We just started to learn this song in our choir, we're 4 second basses (no profondo). It must be quite a funny sight watching us concentrating to keep that note "ringing", luckily is pianissimo :)
ohh thank you
and good luck on that piece, may you reach the lowest notes
So you would sing "Aw Magnum Mysterium"? No, I don't think so. I think it's a case that it's more difficult to properly eunciate the O. Some in my choir also have difficutly with enunciating a good Latin "I". It comes across as "ih" rather than "ee".
its ok :(
2:20 The alto checks her phone. You can see the backlight on her face. Just sayin'.
YES - I love it
Looks like the same kid that did it at the abbey.
Yes, it is. His name is Thomas Featherstonhaugh...or Fetherstonhaugh. (I've seen both spellings.) His appearance has matured a bit here; this was about 6 months after the Royal Wedding. He seems like a great kid!
thanks!
Came here from those defining images
"Ubi" is another of those lyrics (like O Magnum Mysterium, or O Sacrum Convivium), that, having been made famous by a very special treatment (in this case, by Durufle), has suddenly come to enjoy a vogue among composers, none of whom begin to approach the wonder of the motet that inspired them. Beautifully performed here, but the piece is nondescript, except for the chant quotation at the end. Composers seem to strive for all the lush benefits of linear tonal and modal harmony, without giving us anything interesting to compel us to follow the musical train of thought. That is because the linear trajectory of the piece depends entirely on the text, for which the music is a mere accessory. Perhaps it should be the other way around. Why can't the text be a vehicle for something musically memorable, and compelling? I guess that means a certain tunefulness which is not really in vogue right now. This current trend of shapeless, hyper-consonance is yielding only mood music that might be suitable for documentary films about the far North. Maybe, in our frenetic world, this appeals for its soothing character.
+scmager I entirely agree. Very few musical works I've come across have both the tonal and modal harmony you describe, as well as "tunefulness" and directionality. For instance, I would love Whitacre's music - the harmony is so interesting - if it didn't have a frustrating lack of direction so much of the time (with a few exceptions). So much new music is interesting or even moving at a particular time-slice but rarely does it hold that interest or wonder for longer than a few seconds as it loses focus while holding a texture or harmony for too long without much corresponding melody. For this reason I tend to like a lot of Ola Gjeilo's music, which seems to me to have both soothing dissonances and a clear direction.
I found the piece refreshing. I love dissonances - so airy.
k
exactly! I can't stand the current fasion for the likes of Whittacre, Lauridsen, Mealor and even worse imitators. It's almost embarrasing to think that this man is now Prof. of Music where I once studied although, to be fair, some pieces like the Locus Iste are somewhat better than this.
I honestly find Ola Gjeilo's music to be highly overrated. It's gotten so overly sweet and there's just nothing that I find particularly interesting about it. There's plenty of lyrical, gushy choral music to go around with composers like David Childs, Elaine Hagenberg, Susan LaBarr, et cetera. Although I greatly enjoy listening to their music, I find contemporary compositions like this to be quite refreshing as well.
24 dislikes...seriously????
Eric Whitacre Vibes
How not to love life?
Godly chromatic mediant 1m48s