There are too many dark nights Too many troublesome days, Too many wearisome miles, There has to be a song. There has to be a song, To make our burdens bearable. There has to be a song, To make our hopes believable. To transform our triumphs into praise, There has to be a song. Somewhere down deep in a forgotten corner of each man’s heart, To release the chains of past defeat, There has to be a song. Like a cool, clear drink of water, Like the gentle warmth of sunshine, Like the tender love of a child, There has to be a song.
This is a happy song, butterflies hovering in the fields. So donot wear black when singing it, dont emote seriousness, must sway bodies a bit to show flying butterfly. Show happiness !
Very beautiful. The tenors are superb, singing high notes with precision and pure tone, even pianissimo. But the whole ensemble gives vivid life to this difficult but gorgeous music. Bravo!
This beautiful performance brings me back to my days in the Boston College Glee Club when it was TTBB. We sang our songs all over: in the tower of Gasson Hall (transporting) and in bars in Harvard Square, where upon hearing us they would buy us beer to keep singing. And sing we did-in Symphony Hall and Jordan Hall and in the beautiful then new hall at MIT. Thanks so much for providing me happy memories. Blessings!
Eine wunderbare Darbietung eines der, meiner Meinung nach, mit am schönsten chorisch interpretierten deutschen Gedichte. Wunderbar gesungen! Vielen Dank dafür 🙂
A wonderful performance (modern premiere?) of Graupner's cantata for Good Friday 1719 (GWV 1127/19) - congratulations to all players and singers! By the way, the 1st, 5th and 9th movements are chorales, not choruses. In fact, as far as I know, this is one of only 5 cantatas in Graupner's huge output of nearly 1400 cantatas to include 3 different chorale settings (the texts he set often called for two playings of the same chorale on different verses). The others are GWV 1163/16, GWV 1121/21, GWV 1118/29 and GWV 1162/42b.
Thank you for this beautiful angelic sound! I graduated from UL in 1989 in Vocal Music Education. I am so thankful for that experience and all the wonderful teachers and programs there.
