Chanticleer: Ave Maria by Franz Biebl 

The Biebl is by far my favorite Ave Maria, and this performance is stellar. It always makes me stop whatever I'm doing to listen. Thank you so much.

All for love and glory of the Immaculate Mary!!

It is around 25 or now even 27 years ago, I saw Chanticleer for the first time. Since then the singers changed. But the absolutely high standard never changed. Always fascinating, always extremely touching. What a pleasure to listen and to get chills.

This has been one of my favorite songs from back in the, Our Hearts Joy days. It felt wonderful hearing it sung by this delightful new generation of Chanticleer singers; just lovely. Thank you.

This online-only concert is one of the most memorable by this amazing group. It was a beautiful way to celebrate the holidays during the COVID lockdown that was still in place. I didn't even realize that the daylight slowly became brighter and brighter. "From Darkness to Light" was the perfect title. Thanks so much, Chanticleer.

Hail Mary full of grace...

You guys will never NOT give me chills when you perform this. It was the first song that made me fall in love with this group 30 years ago, and it will forever remain my favorite. I was blessed to see you all perform this live on my birthday in 2017 at St. Ignatius, and I cannot wait for the next time. Thank you, gentlemen. 🙂

its nice still seeing familiar faces in the group from back in 2015 when my high school choir and 9 others had the pleasure of rehearsing and singing a concert along side chanticleer with this being one of the songs in the concert. i vividly remember one rehearsal sitting in the church and have Eric Alatorre come sit beside me and ask if it was fine for him to sit beside me. The sheet music we were given for this piece didnt have the lower bass 2 line in it but i knew it was a thing from a previous time singing it so i asked Eric if it would be fine to sing that line and he said "if you can sing it go for it" that trip for those rehearsals and that concert is definitely my favorite memory from high school

I have seen two Chanticleer performances, and I would be fooling myself if I were to try to convince you that I was there for any other reason than to witness this piece live.

A fitting rendition for Our Lady

I love hearing Chanticleer sing. Your voices are marvelous.

I have no words that can do this justice. This is perfection.

If you are a tenor (I am a tenor) the first tenor parts of this arrangement are what you live for! An incredible composition and singing that simply cannot be bettered on this planet. The Chanticleer first tenors are !

No year is complete for me until I've heard you guys sing this at Stanford. Thanks for another wonderful performance this year.

We, who also sing it, appreciate your performance very much

beautiful performance...

this popped up on Spotify the other day, absolutely gorgeous!!! 😍

WOW. I found you guys by scrolling through my feed. I can't believe how clean you sing the harmonies

Impressed as always. Truly wish they had mixed this properly, but it's still great. Incredibly talented group.

Die Welt braucht gute Musik mehr denn je...erleuchtend

This is just incredible. Wow!

Always put more attention starting minutes 5:00, especially the chord at 5:24. How lovely!

Today was a break in rain storms and the perfect time to mow my neighbor's lawn while he traveled with his sweetheart on his birthday. After dodging poison ivy, a thousand vengeful mosquitos, and a hornets' nest I knelt on his shaded back porch to play the Ave Maria. Seventeen years of being in their audiences in tux tailcoat or formal Scottish kilt and I never wearied of this extraordinary piece. As if carried before them by angels, I wept like many in the audiences over decades. As then the tenor solo, Matthew Oltman, told me, "It is because of those healing tears that we sing this." Renewed, cleansed and grateful I rose from my knees a new soul.

Simply divine

My absolute favorite Ave. This rendition is excellent. I do favor the 4 part SATB most. While not a professional setting the choir at my parish does it beautifully.

Thank you for uploading this! This was my favorite song at your Lancaster concert and my all-time favorite Ave Maria.

Absolutely beautiful

Absolutely splendid. So happy to see you still singing, Adam. Much love from your little ol' home state.

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception 2023 💜🙏💜🎄

Brilliant! Thanks so much for this.

Absolutely beautiful!

thrilling. stunning. what a gift.

Wow. Nick cage is absolutely in everything...

¡Sublime! ¡Gracias!

Sublime

Sublime indeed! Such a joy to hear you in concert last week! Gracias!

Yay! Brian is in this!

Exquisite!

pure and powerful, reaches my soul

Beu Euch würde ich gerne mitsingen!!!

F*cking _finally_

Ave Maria - Franz Xaver Biebl (1964) Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae et concepit de Spiritu sancto. Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, Et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus, Jesus. Maria dixit: Ecce ancilla Domini. Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum. Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, Et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus, Jesus. Et Verbum caro factum est et habitavit in nobis. Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, Et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus, Jesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis, nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen. Amen. Amen. ___________________________________________________________ The angel of God visited Maria and she conceived of the Holy Spirit. Hail Mary, Full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus, Jesus. Maria said: See the servant of the Lord. May it happen to me according to your word. Hail Mary, Full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus, Jesus. And the Word became flesh and lived among us. Hail Mary, Full of grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb, Jesus, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, Holy Mary, pray for us now and in the hour of our death. Amen. Amen. Amen. Note: At one point, Chanticleer ushered in a new director. The word went out that she wanted to drop the Biebl Ave Maria. A great cry went up from all loyal Chanticleer aficionados, declaring "The Biebl" in the Christmas Concert sacrosanct! The Biebl immediately following intermission had always been a sacred tradition for so many. Often during the AIDS crisis, and more recently the years of pandemic, it offered a moment of cathartic contemplation. We thank you for preserving it all these years, and for posting this for us. And I love seeing the San Francisco Bay through the shaded windows.

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A beautiful piece carefully composed. However, have to say this is far from the best version I’ve heard out there.

With all due respect… Without Eric Alatorre… It is not the same

*THIS IS NOT A TROLL QUESTION AND I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY TROLLS NOT GETTING INVOLVED THANKS* I've been wondering, considering the founder of Chanticleer, is Chanticleer officially a "gay men's choir?" Was that the intent?

This is absolutely sublime.