Beati Quorum Via - Stanford

The second of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford's three motets, Beati Quorum Via.
1st - • Justorum Animae - Stan...
3rd - • Coelos Ascendit Hodie ...
Sung by the Sixteen.
"Beati quorum via integra est, Qui ambulant in lege Domini. / Blessed are those who go the way of integrity, Who walk in the law of God."

[@SarumChoirmaster]

Can you imagine yourself in a great cathedral, flooded with golden evening light, just before the sun sets, singing music like this every Sunday, year after year, in an excellent choir? The incense up in the vaults making visible the streaming shafts of light, stained glass growing darker in colors and a sense of peacefulness coming over you and nature around you. This is what it is like singing in a great cathedral with a great men and boys choir that offers this kind of sacred music to GOD.

[@dsremingto]

Brings a longing to my heart!

[@farmstead8192]

I was blest once a month for 30 years!

[@DivetteDoryKamen]

The Sixteen (this ensemble) is adult women and men.

[@annecosgrove2133]

I want this in the choral packet they pass out when I get to heaven. So glad to see so many people in the comments have had the opportunity to sing this masterpiece. I too treasure the times I got to sing this. Thank goodness for youtube.

[@campbellsmith136]

The B1 part of this piece will forever be my favorite choral line to sing. What a masterpiece

[@RoeBonebrake]

I'm learning this as an alto and I feel the same way it's not typical I get a piece that uses a decent portion of my range considering my lowest is a D3 and my highest is a C5

[@RoeBonebrake]

I'm learning this as an alto and I feel the same way it's not typical I get a piece that uses a decent portion of my range considering my lowest is a D3 and my highest is a C5

[@angelabasse7597]

One of my ABSOLUTE favorite polyphony pieces.

[@dragoncantor]

This is what the angels sing in Heaven. And one of my own favorites to sing.

[@FlyingPiper13]

We're singing this in my school choir! It's a lovely, delicate, sweeping piece, and it's especially lovely for me to sing as a tenor! It's a challenging yet manageable part of my voice, a part which really rings out beautifully when I sing there correctly. This is a superb recording of this piece. Its dynamics are magnificent, the voices are pure, the chorus is together, and the tempo is wonderful. I'm glad I'm listening!

[@ispaul69]

One of the very best Church Music, Fantastic composition by Stanford

[@amelia2381]

im singing this in my highschool choir and i can confidently say that it is the most difficult song ive ever had to sing in my entire life

[@lem0nteeth]

i remember singing this in high school choir, we’d go into the restroom or locker room and to practice this piece because it lends itself so beautifully to an echoey space. i got chills every time.

[@nilocdlo]

Every time I sing this, I cry! Its harmonies are so heart-wrenching! Bass 1 picks up some lovely sections. Along with Justorum Animae, these are absolute gems of early 20th century pieces - proof that Anglicanism can also promote spiritual highs!

[@lyricalaska]

Loved singing this piece and so many others when with the 8-voice Choir at Mariner's in Detroit, Michigan. What a joy it was to sing there! Wish we had a group up here that sings this type of music!!

[@logantipaza1454]

i haven't performed this in six years and it's still haunting my heart... such a beautiful work. the opening, the area around -- heck, I can't even say my favorite parts!! It's just amazing... and the ending....so haunting. Thank you for sharing.

[@anniewall7643]

Another glorious piece beautifully sung!

[@venusmars1993]

We did this at Glenville Honor Choir and let me tell you, it is one of the most beautiful pieces I have ever heard and had the privilege to sing.

[@benjammin6692]

One of my favorites! Simply stunning.

[@jennifermcconochie2568]

A lovely performance of this delicate and moving piece. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@stecklein7]

My favorite song we sang in high school. 26 years later. What an impact, right?

[@multitrackjake8698]

It's not a song

[@tmcowley]

Fantastic, thank you. Seeing the music like this has really helped me to learn this piece.

[@OrbiliusMagister]

Oh, bliss! This motet challenges Palestrina's perfection in smoothness and purity, and yet Stanford doesn't imitate Bruckner or Brahms. A peak in harmony and couterpoint.

[@martinwillfor1416]

This motet is a true joy to sing as well as listen to.

[@adamnewton3994]

Thanks so much for posting this. The choir I was in, the University of Southern Maine Chamber Singers, sang this on the afternoon of September 11th, 2001. It was a musical moment that to date has never been duplicated for me, and likely never will be.

[@stecklein7]

So beautiful. Thanks for posting :)

[@stargirlemily1]

Love this so much 😍

[@princessleai]

I love this song

[@gazapc]

Glorious! 'in lege...' from 1:11 to 1:26 is amazing

[@MsAngelicdemoness]

Coming out in goosebumps from head to toe. Muscles relaxing too

[@sameash3153]

Director gave us so much shit about pronouncing lege like in legion. Dude wanted us to pronounce it as in lesion. I'm gonna send him this video.

[@timpiana1]

Ah, i see thanks anyhow. I will just have to go to my computer to watch!

[@giselerascoe3446]

Beautiful song.................My School Choir is singing this........Wakefield High School Wolverine Concert Choir in Raleigh, NC

[@multitrackjake8698]

It's not a song

[@TheJackasskids11]

Interesting that the second bass drops down to a bottom E flat, not as shown in the score. I find the 10 bars from bar 76, singing the constant A flat without a breath, really hard.

[@kentondickerson]

Especially with no vibrato.

[@4duckys]

But so worth it in the end especially with the right director I sang this with a church choir and I'm not a professional singer had to practice a lot on my own, yes hard but doable.

[@leighfiorito9607]

Love this!! Thank you!

[@martyrrt]

Incredibly beautiful.....what a treasure. #Magnificence

[@joshgirndt4896]

This piece is amazing! This year I may be singing this piece in the Tennessee All-State mixed choir, but I'm still the first alternate on the list, so I'm hoping for the best!

[@meganquillen8011]

+Josh G. Hey! I hope you made it! I was in the mixed choir (alto 1) and it sounded pretty great! :)

[@ryanbates8548]

I was alternate 4 for TN mixed choir.

[@joshgirndt4896]

+megan quillen sadly, I didn't make it this year, but that just means I'll have to work even harder next year so I can make it! Also, do you know If anyone recorded the performances that I could watch? I would really like to see how they turned out!

[@joshgirndt4896]

+Ryan Bates nice, did you get called up? And what voice part are you?

[@ryanbates8548]

+Josh G. Bass 2, and no I did not, unfortunately. But like you said, I'll just have to work harder!

[@Buggaton]

You are the best video hoster on the INTERNETS!!!

[@brianc7121]

amazing song

[@multitrackjake8698]

It's not a song

[@morphthing1]

@timpiana1 Hi, yes this is because of the 'copyright' claim on some of the videos disabling the option to allow/disallow viewing on mobile devices. Nothing I can do sorry!

[@williamripley3192]

Exquisite singing.

[@morgrugyn]

love a bit of stanford

[@KeithRowley]

Immaculate! Who are "The Sixteen?"

[@Aperegrine90]

One of the most famous professional choirs in the world.

[@KajBob]

divine beauti

[@michaelmosher5168]

Wow.

[@waldenhouse]

@OrbiliusMagister Agreed. Harmonic as you're going to get. Much nicer to listen to than Tchaikowsy's "nightmare" orchestral pieces! Happy Days singing at Leeds Parish Church, where I am often invited to join their 'Alumni' choir. Always a superbly rousing return to proper singing. Bliss indeed.

[@colinold9747]

I think it's the 3rd one of the motets. I can't sing it without crying!

[@lbat5276]

pretty

[@moments44]

this song slaps

[@neonswine]

its not a kick its a petting motion

[@jaffro1325]

I miss choir :(

[@timpiana1]

So love your videos but this one( and a few others) have given me the message that "the author does not give permission for playback on Ipads" Can you fix this Please!!

[@thomastmwc]

Individual phrases are beautiful, but they don't blend well as a whole. It's not a novel, but a medley of god essays.