UCLA Beethoven, Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op 85 - Hallelujah 

“Hallelujah unto God’s almighty Son. Praise the LORD, ye bright angelic choirs, in holy songs of joy. Man proclaim His grace and glory. Praise the LORD in holy songs of joy!” ~ Ludwig Van Beethoven

I have to make another comment. I have been watching the conductor very carefully. He does a stunning job with the orchestra and chorus. The orchestra is not at all noisy, and he has complete control of the sopranos. Bravo, Maestro. Bravo, orchestra and chorus.

Every time I listen to this performance (often), I am renewed, inspired, and thrilled. It is an outstanding effort, a genuine joy to listen to. Bravo!

And the reason Beethoven’s magnificent score is performed so well? Maestro Neuen! To get that many singers to sing so cleanly...it’s the conductor!

I HADN'T HEARD OR PLAYED OR SUNG THIS IN 50 YEARS -- THIS TOOK MY BREATH AWAY, AND I'M STILL WEEPING FOR HAPPY...THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS -- ALL OF YOU!!!!!

Wonderful performance- the joy on the conductor's face and the choir, the huge scale of the production, the rapturous applause at the end! Handel's chorus has a rival!

Was searching for this for a while and I found - Blessed be the Lord Jesus ,King of Kings

So powerful! I loved singing this many years ago in a choral society. What a great choir and orchestra UCLA has .

It's a special joy to see it's UCLA's performance! There is an army for God ready!!! Glory to JESUS!

Praise the Lord !!! God’s Almighty Son ! Hallelujah

This was a beautiful tribute to God's almighty son.

A minor score by Beethoven, lifted above the norm by the clear and crisp chorus, in a moment they will surely remember all their lives. Glory be to Beethoven and his choral pieces (Fidelio included), which can best be described as hymns to the human spirit

Wow. This is the most wonderful rendition , incredible. Thank you. Danke Herr Beethoven.

this is such a great performance... great conductor of course

I loved the clarity of their performance. The Morman Tabernacle's version is very overproduced. UCLA's rendition is crisp, allowing the nuances of both orchestra and choir to come through.

I like the energy and enthusiasm of the singers!

Instant like because of the conductor

Simply marvelous!

As a UCLA alumnus living in New York City, I was pleased to discover your recordings. I am most proud of what your musical programs have accomplished as witnessed by this performance. It was inspiring, joyful, and moving; it was indeed first-rate. Congratulations to all you Bruins!

Wow..... ! Brrrravo ! 😍😍😍😍😍 Halleluyah. Thank God for this wonderful choir, I am blessed with this song.

What a performance. One of my choirs sang this a few years ago. I recently requested the choral director to do it again. I just love this from the moment i heard it.

❤❤❤ from indonesia

Beethoven forever, the World peace needs him

This was stunning! I truly needed to see and hear this magnificent presentation on this day. Thank you!

This is just the best !!! Awesome!!!

This is the song of my life, when i marry this song played, when i divorced i play this song, when my gran Mother die the chorus sing this song, and when i die i want this song plays, sorry for my bad english, karma no drama.

this brings back such great memories of my time singing with the ucla chorale...don neuen remains one of the most influential professors i ever had.. GO BRUINS!!!

Beethoven ist der Größte von allen!

Great presentation; thank you for sharing. :)

The Dynamic by the Maestro is amazing

Truly excellent. 1:01 Altos start the fugue, excellent mastery of dynamics, Beethoven choral fugues benefit from a moderate pace and light starts, most of the time. The conductor must have worked hard to get that level of suppleness and control from the chorus and orchestra. Was a bit jarred by the english at 2:32, but hey it still sounds great and the sound is super supple and clean. Thanks for posting this! 😊

I thought the Robert Shaw was my favorite but I do believe that this rendition is a better one - clarity, precision and timbre of voices. Wonderful ! Yes, to hear the entire piece with these artists would be simply marvelous.

We sang it at the church today. We sang in this tempo too. So much fun!

The orchestra team was on point no noise at all, the conducting was pretty good 👍

Such a perfect rendition of this great piece. So touching and wondrous to see so many young faces of all ethnicity. Wish they know and believe what they sang so wonderfully.

Wonderful!

How wonderful!!

Wow I love it!!! It’s so awesome

I was there, beautiful voices and beautiful music

Stunning! Thank you for posting!

Thank you.... what a great performance... 🙏👏

Praise God! Great performance 👏

Hermoso 👏👏🤩 saludos desde Bogotá Colombia 👏👏👏

Majestic!

This is perfect!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

My church's choir sang this at tonight's Easter Vigil, they wrote the title on the mass book, and now I just went searching it as I'm home

EXCELLENT!!!

Esplêndido !!! e a face do maestro no inicio !!! o máximo !!!

Excellent performance and recording!

Great performace, best greetings from The Netherlands.

Wonderful

Bravo! Beautiful performance! My chamber choir is performing it next month and I'm using this video for my rehearsals at home.

Well done!

Awww this is so beautiful ❤️ we are actually learning this song here in Zambia right now

Genial ! Poco conocida y con profundo aroma “Beethoven”.

Wow Amazing.I hear this song and i think"Im in high school and im going to have to sing this UIL wow

Simplesmente lindo! Glória a Deus!

Extraordinario!

marvilloso desde Colombia

Bravo!!! Maravilha!! Direto de Recife Brasil

super bien desde Colombia

It's glorious, as always -- but better in the original German. This is from my favorite oratorio in the world.

bellisimo desde Colombia

Go ahead, I defy anyone to leave the concert hall without tears in your eyes and a lump in your throat

Quem diria que o mação e humanista Beethoven tinha composto uma peça tão bela e apoteótica para o "Cristo no Monte das Oliveiras"? Aleluia!

Yo lo tengo en mi recopilador :) muy bonito!

Dies ist die schönste Musik, die je geschrieben wurde: Herzlichen Glückwunsch Ludwig, unser Autor !!!!

As usual, tenors carried the performance. Predictable.

This is amazing! I loved it. Is the rest of this concert on RU-vid. Would love to see the whole thing.

Do you have the instrumental by any chance?

Does anyone know who the woman in the blue dress is -- the woman that Donald Neuen brought from the back to the front stage to take a bow with him?

3:31 Handel quote

+Stupid Genius I'd like to ask another question about the chorus. Do you know who the older folks are? Students. Members of the local or college community? Thank you.

I definitely agree with all the comments below; however, I take issue with the slower tempo of the fugue and the over annunciation of the letter d. "Praise the Lord" sounds more like "Praise the Lort", and unfortunately, I found it distracting and almost unable to forgive. Annunciation is important indeed, but not at the cost of the overall fluidity of the piece. I'm sure that there will be many naysayers, and that's okay...it's a free country and this is just my opinion. Overall, a wonderful performance.

+Stupid Genius. How did your concert go yesterday, December 12?

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I'm curious. Did any members of the football team sing in this performance. It is a good one. Well done, Bruins.

Here's a complete performance of this beautiful oratorio: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x23QWSXiImg.html

*"HALLELUJAH"* *_means "People, praise Jehovah", a phrase from the Hebrew language in the Bible & encourages listeners to worship Jehovah._*

Beethoven wrote this to be performed in German, not in English. Certainly this chorus can sing in German, can't they? German is one of the languages choirs are supposed to be able to sing in, nicht war? After all, it's not Lithuanian or Xhosa, right (just picking a couple of rarer languages)? In no particular order: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian. Disappointing.

Without perfection, music would be a mistake.

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Repent Jesus Christ is coming back very soon.

tempo is too slow and sound so crisp...robert shaw version is the best

Hermosa interpretación, Dios Todopoderoso y Eterno los bendiga, saludos desde Bogotá Colombia 👏👏👏

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