Royal Choral Society: The Shepherds' Farewell, Hector Berlioz
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- čas přidán 21. 04. 2012
- Hector Berlioz's moving chorus from l'Enfance du Christ sung by the RCS at the Royal Albert Hall in December 2011. The oratorio is based on the Holy Family's flight into Egypt.
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My absolute favourite Christmas song to sing. The harmonies are just beautiful, and that bass note at the end………
Brought tears. Truly God's plan...saving the baby the world so desperately needed.
This is the pure expression of Christmas. I’ve sung it often and it always is an expression of love.
Beautiful, gives me shivers..
It is one of THE most beautiful Carols...and on top oif that it is Hector at his best. Those discordant oboes are just genius
it's not a carol. It's a chorus from an oratorio.
Discordant oboes? Sweet duet in 3rds.
Oh, maybe you think the lower neighbors are discordant?
This is lovely. Orchestras will usually tune to the oboe, which follows the piano. The key is A at concert pitch, or 440 hertz/per second. Rgds Frank in Bristol.
I listen to this every Christmas. Have a safe and loving Christmas to all of you. ❤
A dane express feelings in english for this magnificent choirmusic from Berlioz. Sang it with my choir Søborg Motetkor 10 years ago in a Christmas Concert. A great coral with a Wonderful tonelanguage.
How absolutely beautiful!
My favorite Carol. Beautiful 😍
Sublime thanks very much for posting this
My favorite Christmas carol. Sang it many times (in English) in my younger days. Thanks for sharing. Rich, vibrant voices. Beautiful. I do prefer a smaller setting however. Thanks for sharing. Tempo is perfect IMO.
I didn’t know there’s an English version. I have to look for it now
my favourite carol, expertly sung
It's not a carol. It's a chorus from the oratorio.
A beautiful rendition. I well remember singing this in the choir, in Singapore in the late 70s. Brings back memories.
Just love this...always makes me feel spiritual.
Relax everyone. Berlioz' great gift for Christmas. This song is not easy to sing for any choir. Merci, merci beaucoup, Hector.
🎉🎉 My Favorite Christmas hymn
So beautiful
Enfin ! Quelque chose d' apaisant (pour moi).
We sang this in The Salvation Army Songsters in Omaha with band accompaniment. It was a moving and exciting experience.
That HAD to be wonderful!
I stood next to an increadible choir last night, they sung this song perfect. Much better than any other version I've heard on youtube (so far). The entire consert will be on television on christmas eve, exept for this masterpiece. They will not even play it on the radio because of that, Im so increadible angry because of this!
Beautiful.
Beautiful
Divino!!
I am not religious, but this gives me goosebumps. It's interesting when you remember that Berlioz was an atheist.
+Honestman400 atheism needs to be proven. You can say with your wife over tea and cakes that you don't believe in God but it means nothing, if it hasn't been put to the test (difficult circumstances that occur called "life". God bless x
Jane Searle Atheism does not need to be proven, because it is not a claim, nor is it a belief in anything. It is simply the refuting of someone else's claim that a god exists, nothing more, nothing less.
I take it you don't believe in the Tooth Fairy?
If so, then what you are suggesting is the same as me saying to you that you have to prove that the Tooth Fairy doesn't exist.
As for being tested by life. I am 71 yrs old and have been an atheist for nearly 50 of those years, During those 50 yrs, I have had many trials in my life, including 6 yrs in the armed services, but at no time have I ever had felt the need to call on some higher power for help. In fact it never even crossed my mind.
To me, it would have made no more sense than to ask Santa Claus for help.
good, just tapping
+Honestman400 I'm not the least bit surprised. Berlioz isn't the first person to serve Almighty God's purposes while not acknowledging His existence. The Divine Muse's words do not return to Him empty, thus when He commands mortal man to perform (be it composing, singing, dancing, financing the rebuilding of His temple in Jerusalem or whatever), man performs!
Deborah Dessaso Berlioz, like most atheist composers, took on commissions. In other words, he did it for the money.
I must say, I love it in English more than in French!
D'accord! Je cherche la version francaise par Collegium Vocale/Orchestre des Champs Elysees/ Philippe Herreweghe.
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo amazbols
mooi
This is best sung after the Epiphany, of course...
Who’s here after watching Eastenders? As I thought no one.
@RoyalChoralSoc please can I include this recording in our virtual carol service next week?
Hi Rose, yes that's fine and thanks for asking. If you can credit the Royal Choral Society that would be great. Hope your virtual concert goes well.
@@RoyalChoral Bless you - certainly will do. Happy Christmas to you and stay safe.
What is the rush? Too fast.
I actually think it is too slow. I saw a performance of this tonight in Bremen-- it was conducted in one--perfect, a bit faster than this version. Think of what the words mean-- they express comfort, its a lullaby, and the back and forth motion of rocking a baby suggests a gesture of "one" for every "rock."
That poor organist. Nothing to do but let people stare at his back. I thought he was dead for a minute.
Too fast!
William Waynflete It's not a dirge. Point taken though.
They’re British. It’s the Gardiner effect