Drömmarna - Sibelius | Utrecht Student Choir and Orchestra

Drömmarna by Jean Sibelius as performed by the Utrechts Student Choir and Orchestra (USKO) conducted by Gilles Michels.
14th December 2019, Jacobikerk in Utrecht
www.usko.nl/english/general-information/
Video and editing: Elbert Besaris
Audio: Wouter Boasson

[@perttirasilainen1142]

Sorry, but that seventh tone in soprano should be flat, like Ab, not A. In the first time the melody goes in minor, the second in major. And: when tenor-part is high & moving, that should be heard. Here - i don't here any tenor.

[@ElbertBesaris]

Thanks for listening and commenting. There seem to be different versions of this song, in which there is either an A or an Ab. I can't tell you what the definitive note should be, but take a listen to different performances here on TH-cam - you'll find both. Regarding your second point: you may be right, but then again, this is a live recording of an amateur student choir, not a polished studio recording by The Sixteen :)

[@perttirasilainen1142]

@@ElbertBesaris
Dearest Elbert Besaris, I am not really a youtube-listener, but I am a musician & choir-conductor. Different 'versions' are everywhere, but original manuscripts exists also - like musical common knowledge.
Sibelius was a composer who seldom wrote something twice in a very same way; so also by that is possible to understand pretty much.
I have been conducting student-choirs & amateur choirs now 35-years, and never have had problems to teach tenor-part to sing that melody so that it can be heard.

[@SebastianHeuckmann]

Nowadays most scores show Ab in Soprano, E natural in Alto, creating a FmMaj7. I hear recordings with A and Eb, Ab and E and even some with Ab and Eb (Markus Utz). Do you have the manuscript? I tried to go down the rabbit hole but could not come up with any original material. As to your claim that Sibelius did not write much the same way twice - he actually repeats a lot in this very piece, so this argument is not really working here. However, I am very interested to perform the piece as Sibelius intended, so if you have any original transcript, I would be very happy!