Might I use this lovely recording for an online service of the United Reformed Church in the UK? We have the requisite licences and would, of course, credit you in the Order of Worship. Many thanks, Andy Braunston.
Magnificent interpretation! I have two questions: 1) What is the organ like? (i.e. how many stops it has and how many keyboards) 2) Did the choir have a director or were they doing it autonomously? Thanks and best wishes!
Lovely performance and excellent voices. I'm assuming the singers had been wearing masks inside and kept them on outside. We also didn't know how easily the virus transmitted then. What a time!
Translation: O vos ómnes qui transítis per víam, atténdite et vidéte: Si est dólor símilis sícut dólor méus. Atténdite, univérsi pópuli, et vidéte dolórem méum. Si est dólor símilis sícut dólor méus. Translation O all you who walk by on the road, pay attention and see: if there be any sorrow like my sorrow. Pay attention, all people, and look at my sorrow: if there be any sorrow like my sorrow.
Beautiful. My favourite version of the Ave Maria. It was featured in a film in 2002 which has my favourite actor in. At that time I didn't know who composed it. In 2016 I found out it was Simon Lindley. Even stranger is that I'm acquainted to Simon and we've never talked about it. 😉
Ich kann mich gar nicht satt hören an diesem wunderschönen Lied.Alle Fasern von mir die englische Wurzeln haben , ja wie sehr ich überhaupt englisch bin.Danke für dieses Lied.
Fantastic Guys. So much God Given Talent. Thanks a million for sharing. God Bless America , Jim.. P.S do you think we will EVER hear this again of radio or TV... ???
Sousa just turned over in his grave. The transcription was the worst I've ever heard, and I lost count of the wrong notes. I have played that march hundreds of times. I know the score like the back of my hand. It's just not something that can be done well on a pipe organ, even one as magnificent as this one.
Indeed - Sousa would surely have loved this organ transcription! Incredible clarity, perfectly in time, strong sense of rhythm, powerful yet not sentimental, all parts clearly audible, very effective bell counterpoint, and trombones and piccolos in tune for a change! He would surely say it's all about being pragmatic and effective and working as an international team, not about being self obsessed, sentimental, nostalgic, egotistical, and printing money (QE) until excessive inflation and corresponding rising interest rates burst the resulting asset bubbles and the people become poor as reality sets in and God doesn't bless America anymore.
Christopher it is lovely to hear from you after all these years - I remember you St Albans Cathedral in England. Great to hear you again. Arthur Cracknell
Very well played, and such a reassuring hymn, that I've sung a thousand times and likely first heard and known ever since from the womb (not just from my mother's arms). Also, the German original lyrics by Martin Rinckart (1586-1649) reads "von Mutterleib", i.e. "from mother's womb".
Our choir at St Paul’s sings any number of familiar Anglican tunes. About once every two years, they sing Parry’s “I Was Glad”. I think there are other things to fret about than what choir is singing what music…
