Franz Biebl: Ave Maria; at 10th International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf - Round 2 2007 May 27 . www.modfestivals.org DVD and CD available
AH! CHILLS! :) I'm a lyric soprano and I'm very picky about women voices, but this is amazing! When I get chills from listening to music and singing as beautiful as this, I can't help but to enjoy/respect the song and performers forever.
The intonation, the phrasing, the dynamics...my favorite rendition of this simply unreal piece of music. Strikes a special chord in my soul or something...tears are streaming down my face after every single listen. Thank you for sharing
I have performed this piece. Often people are so stunned the clapping is not the next thing in mind. At one performance the audience was weeping silently throughout the performance. At the end they simply stared until someone thought to applaud.
Beautiful rendition of this amazing piece. I found this video several years ago and I never forgot it, and I was really happy to find it again now, I'm saving it this time.
I generally like this sung better by a mens group...but this was STUNNING!! So perfect...it reminded me of a bell choir. The only other choir I have heard match one another like this would have to be the brotherhood of Valaam. There is no other word...stunningly perfect....
Above anything else, the performance captured more emotion I have ever in countered in my musical experience!!!!!! The bled was unbelievable, the tone was unimaginable, and the overall effect was so vivid in my musical mind!!! The absolute best performance I have ever heard from a woman's chorus by far!!! "Outstanding, outstanding"
@margotlorena1 it may be that SATB sounds more balanced, but none of the other versions on youtube have anything approaching the phrasing, the musicality, the pitching or purity that this choir has! and that is why this version is far and away my favorite, even though i have listened to many choirs doing this song, both SATB and male choirs. the harmony that this choir creates is just incredible, even on a limited range.
This is the very first recording of this work I heard, so I assumed it was composed originally as a women’s choir piece! I was also lucky to hear these ladies sing this at the Taipei International Choral Festival in 2015. This is one of those works that works well in any of its four arrangements, if pulled off very well.
Thanks again for the warm welcome we had for the Canteus Festival last month- we (the 2 welsh choirs- Cywair and Bois Ceredigion) thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I have some videos of us singing in the festival on my channel- I would be very grateful if you could share the videos around for us to get more views! Thankyou again!
I visited Hungary - Budapest and Salguteria (i can't spell it) April this year. I think you guys sounded lovely in Llangollen, I was also in the competition. You also sound lovely right now :)
I had just recommended this one on Facebook but I also recommended a live performance by Chanticleer, a male chorus at the usual youtube URL + /watch?v=XVyCJlPiHFg ... I think you'll find the phrasing, musicality, pitch and purity pretty well matched. I hope you enjoy that one too.
I'm 12 years late, but if you're still looking for them, here they are. Angelus Dominī nūntiāvit Marīae : et concēpit dē Spīritū Sānctō. [Chorus] : Avē Marīa, grātia plēna, Dominus tēcum. Benedicta tū in mulieribus, et benedictus frūctus ventris tuī, Jēsūs. (Marīa dīxit : ecce ancilla Dominī. Fīat mihi secundum Verbum tuum) [they didn't sing this one in this video] [Chorus (which they skipped as well)] Et Verbum carō factum est. Et habitāvit in nōbīs. [Chorus] Sāncta Marīa, māter Deī, ōrā prō nōbīs peccātōribus. Sāncta Marīa, ōrā prō nōbīs, nunc et in hōrā mortis nostrae. Āmēn.
