lovely performance. it would be much easier to sing in a live acoustic.

Try the Gloria of the Nunc as put on KZbin - the performance from Trinity Cambridge. No wobblers - pure magic...

Beautiful! The 68th Choir Festival Chorus will be performing this in The Great Auditorium In Ocean Grove NJ tomorrow evening!

The Virgin of Guadalupe by Ana Maria Mendoza (tr. Gilbert Markus) Sweet Virgin of Guadalupe, oh virgin of the gentle eyes dark-eyed virgin good Lady, my love, painted by God's own hand on the cloak of the Indian Juan Diego, Sweet virgin, my love, who commanded the bishop to build you a shrine, where my brothers the Indians lived in Tapeyepac in Mexico, outside the city. Flogged and burned were these poor little ones, despised, deceived and mocked, my brothers the Indians. A thousand times mistreated, a thousand thousand killed. What did you say to the bishop? "You will build me a house outside the city, where I will wait, where I can hear the cries, the pleas of my Indian children." Sweet Virgin of Guadalupe oh virgin of the gentle eyes, dark-eyed virgin, my girl, my love, I want to ask you this question, dear mother: Why is it that in Spain, on the far side of our hills and valley, across the sea, why is there another Virgin of Guadalupe, Patron Saint of the Conquerors? men with great beards, men on horses, men with swords and fire, who crush and burn our homes, and the Indians, your children, still inside? Why is it, Sweet Virgin, sweet mother, why is there another Virgin of Guadalupe, "Patroness of the Conquerors"?

Try Kings Cambridge and Cleobury. You can;t beat a boys choir

Gorgeous.

Good. from India

Well I really liked it, in fact thought it wonderful to hear these really young singers who have devoted a lot of time to get to this standard. Couldn't get over their english diction, which of course is the pronunciation of the composer. 10/10 to them all!

This rendition is one of the finest I’ve ever heard. And the organ, what can I say, simply perfect ! The build, the expanse, the climax and then the solemn solo to close it out. Well done!

Wonderful

Well directed. Excellent registration on the organ. The tempo at the end was reverent and effective. Fine soloist.

This is just AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best rendition: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmG2nn2gl5xngKc

I love this piece I sung it in my choir it fun!:)

With several parts of this work being in obscure meters like 12/16 this work still remains to be the hardest Choral work I have ever heard

The beautiful chord progression starting at 6:11 with the chorus "... ha-aa-ave seen" is still one of the most beautiful moments in any piece of music I've heard or performed. This is the Mag and Nunc I'd want played at my memorial.

They sing it as if it's Verdi, which is a shame.

Astonishingly wonderful!!

Never, ever, ever do a sub p cresc on "amen". Howells is turning in his grave!

It's much better with boys singing the top line (which is what it was written for) - I don't like the wobbly vibrato adult sopranos produce.

In its entirety, "Cantos Sagrados" is one of the most moving, heart-rending cris de cœur in all of music history. The brutality perpetrated upon Argentina, and the anguish these mothers have endured in the aftermath, even until now, make one realize the preciousness of life and the extent to which some people turn that over, into mere disposability. This is a masterpiece.

perfect

Absolutely beautiful !

This is a very beautiful performance of this piece. I remember when I performed this with the Valparaiso University Chorale on tour a few years ago it moved me so much I was brought to tears almost every single time we performed it. Such a powerful work.

AHHHH - too fast!!

Beautiful, thank you!

The University of Michigan's glorious singing of this wonderful setting, moved me deeply. The organist too is outstanding: sensitive and expressive. I've been fortunate enough to have had the opportunity of singing this setting in Canterbury cathedral, which has a wonderful acoustic and makes the most of Howells' long, arching phrases and superb crescendos. This choir is really something special: a top line of matchless purity with lower parts of great warmth and power. I cannot recall having been so moved by any other recording of this work. Although this recording is two years old, it remains my favourite. Thank you.

wow, I'm from Argentina, and this is crazy, I didn't know MAc Millan had written a work about the dictatorship and the many people who disappeared here. It certainly is a very anguishing piece.

A very good rendition of a difficult piece. I raise my hat.

Beautifully conducted and sung!

I just heard this last night when the Mid-Columbia Master Singers sang in the Walla Walla University Church. The first part of the song actually scared me and I cried when they transitioned to the slow beautiful part at the end. I love it when I find a piece of music that moves me that much. I wish there were more recordings of this song on KZbin. All of the Cantos in this piece were stunning.

So many things about this performance aren't 'right' (not at all the kind of choir Howells was writing for, Hill Auditorium's acoustics vs Kings College Chapel, etc.), that it's just so cool that so much is RIGHT about this performance. The phrasing and pacing are perfect, and the organ is used really well. It's just really fun to listen to. The pp to ff thing at the end of the Glorias is jarring and a bit overdone (there's no sub. piano in the score at that point), although lots of people do a big crescendo on that last chord. Am I going crazy or does one of the sopranos improvise a note or two in the Nunc - at 'to be a light . . .'? I've never heard that before. But this is nitpicking. A really nice performance.

Nicely done. But, seriously - the "Amen" pp to ff??

Wow! So the "Libera Me" section was so moving and very precise. Wow I love this. Thanks for sharing. Good Reference for my group to listen to when we do this.