Crucifixus (Lotti) - King's College, Cambridge

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The choir of King's College, Cambridge sing Antonio Lotti's wonderful setting of Crucifixus.
Crucifixus etiam pro nobis
sub Pontio Pilato,
passus et sepultus est.
He was crucified also for us
under Pontius Pilate.
He suffered and was buried.

[@simplykimify]

It's amazing how a simple 3 lines can be transformed into something magnificent.

[@kennyvdh]

To all the kids singing: You rock!! Your voicemail touches heart and soul like no other can.

[@mr.booker9263]

One more memorial to the genius of the late Sir Stephen Cleobury...conductor and choir trainer beyond compare.

[@CyValkarion]

That low C is great. So great. I can't describe how much I like that.

[@evarianamagdalena8838]

So in love with this song. Perfectly sung by these young gentlemen :) ..and love the lowest bass voice too!! BRAVO!!

[@davidattardmontalto6260]

Extraordinary singing by such young singers .lotti s music is just out of this world.

[@Raichu234]

So haunting and stunning. I cry all the time I listen to them or is that the pure beauty of choral music

[@sirpouncealotiscute]

who disliked this? This was amazing grow up person like you could do better

[@ItsDixo]

i am so glad to have had the honour to sing this. not with kings college but radley college chapel choir and is one of my favourite peices

[@TheHendonKissArmy]

The most stunning piece of music for Good Friday. We always have this as the final part of our Solemn Liturgy at All Saints Margaret St at 2.55pm . It won’t be the same this year but being able to listen to this today as we are in Lockdown has been wonderful

[@MaxBigazzi]

It makes me shiver and cry. Absolutely wonderful! 5 stars!

[@RobLobstuhh]

how could one piece be so life-changing? this is epic.

[@elistewart4934]

they do it so well

[@alanmlkbanda]

Imagine having this in your city and being able to frequently watch them physically while praying.

[@yougetagoldstar]

Man, I've always loved this song. They perform it so well here.

[@hudsonbailey674]

This hymn transforms me.

[@charliegedge5226]

Hudson Bailey not a hymn my friend

[@georgemungai1323]

It is anthem, words from apostle creed.

[@MrPrestoconfuocco]

this work makes me cry....... without words

[@simplykimify]

No wonder they are considered one of the world's best choirs.

[@simongleaden2864]

I can't think of a better one, but Westminster Abbey are pretty good.

[@henderson3040]

We sung this my 9th grade year and now I'm a senior... love this song...

[@pauloconsolini]

Maravilhoso. Parabens.

[@user-bd3om3be3v]

wonderful!!

[@Raichu234]

the suspensions are just perfect. Wow!

[@garyhinkle5736]

Magnificent 🎶

[@Panadros.]

Wonderful !

[@McJasper9999]

Simply tremendous.

[@TheBeta80.]

WONDERFUL!!!!!!

[@jeanluccapri1538]

Magnifico.

[@treblechoir99]

Spiritual moment and with King's College...

[@ogi252]

brilliant performance, great balance and sonority.

[@5musico8]

Bellissimo! Grazie

[@TheShaun1001]

beautiful

[@satriod3899]

oh my god.... they're voice so amazing :')

[@giusepperocco3297]

Splendida esecuzione.

[@georgemungai1323]

Lovely

[@miguelmariahonrubiahonrubi5329]

heaven's sound

[@RocKnMetaL97]

In the church: "Crucifixus est..." In home: "Lord i don't know what i'll doooOOOoOOOOoooooo...."

[@Peripateon]

Crucifixus etiam pro nobis

[@Maestro940304]

Holy moly!!!! LOW C!!!!!!!!

[@carlooro7406]

Thankyou! Toelzer are great too!

[@azharfirdaus4829]

Anglican Choir is awesome

[@mercineff4717]

WOWWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!!!:))))))))))

[@giusepperocco3297]

Eccellente esecuzione.

[@Zilarrezko]

i want those robes!

[@jonahkwok]

very strong bass!

[@63jayking]

200th like :D

[@portgill1]

@oiznas Yip, thats exactly what I did as I'm the only bass in the choir that can hit it, think Lotti would of wanted that anyway but there are so few basses that can hit it reliably, we sung it at the basilique in Trier, Germany which was amazing and I hit the bottom C at the end. suits the piece perfectly ;)

[@carlooro7406]

I'm happy because I'm italian, like Lotti I'm sad because I'm not english, like King's College Choir

[@FirstActuality]

@oiznas They probably tuned lower in his times so it may have been a lot harder to hit the equivalent of a low C then.

[@ItsDixo]

favourite bit 1:50 absolutely gorgeous

[@ElaryM]

i have to audition for district chorus with this song and i sing soprano 1

[@davidtinker2143]

Were you successful?

[@carlooro7406]

I forgot one thing: I love "your" Zurchers too,,,

[@donaldedward4951]

Why do male voices choirs sound so perfect as compared with mixed choirs?

[@donaldedward4951]

My theory, William, is that male voices blend well together. Some female voices do blend well with male voices but some don't. I love Opera but find that some Divas produce excessive vibrato that I, and many others, find annoying. I hear people say , "I hate Opera" and when you ask them why they often talk about the wobbly high pitched female voices and attempt to illustrate them. Occasionally a boy with a nice treble voice will do this too. I will not name names. If he does it as part of a male voice choir he will spoil whatever they are singing. Occasionally you will find a girl with the tone and timbre of a boy's voice and they are sometimes welcome into boys' choir. The above of course is opinion and not scripture.

[@Goodchappy]

I absolutely agree with you on that!

[@avanterdo]

Male vocal chords produce more powerful and yet still gentle tone....and some i.e. soprano voices tend to get irritating because they 'over do it' and when you hear 20 'overdoers ' all female ....it is a noise....it is not sexists it is just human physiology.

[@guidetoanything]

[@pjdonagh]

@lipsbach You are right , it's very subtle but was it necessary??

[@carlooro7406]

I agree with you. I have shame because of our political situation. I'd like to be english or german like you, in particouolar in this moment ! Anyway I'm happy we have the common passion of trebles choirs Greetings!

[@Narriz]

@TheLestat94 What can you sing as a boy if not soprano? You mean alto is something different?

[@jonathandodd732]

It is quite fast! But it's a matter of training, not nature, whether the boys have vibrato (and access to sufficiently musical boys to understand the concept. Of course the top colleges and cathedrals have this. Provincial cathedrals in the main don't as they have to take all comers.) Listen to New College, Oxford for an example of boys with varied and sensitive vibrato.

[@doothless]

Why is the organ playing? To add even more beauty.

[@Wehwalt89]

... basso continuo ...

[@swalearea]

This is a fantastic piece to sing as well as to listen to - always looked forward to this at Easter (along with the Tallis piece which the Vaughan-Williams Fantasia is based on). Sends tingles down the spine - love the unresolved suspensions, the musica ficta - just a shame about the tierce de picardie at the end!

[@elistewart4934]

its i have sung it before its hard

[@mclark480]

Sang it at jc

[@Thikron]

@TheLestat94 It's not because they are in 'their early days' that they have straight tones - just look at the St. John's boys. Straight tones is just another way of singing that some people, including me, prefer.

[@GianlucaCagnaniJSBGLORY]

Is it a noise or someone among them is singing a minor third in the final chord?

[@JLongTom]

Sounds like it to me too. Is that the organ playing the low bass note in that same final chord, or have they signed a Russian octabass at King's?

[@seroooooo]

Amen .Russ2020

[@pjdonagh]

re this performance...Just a little slower please. Given King's generous acoustic and the choir's undoubted ability to sustain the flow of the music a slightly slower tempo would have taken us nearer the heart of the piece. IMHO

[@HHDubz]

@Narriz He probably means he prefers female sopranos.

[@fernandogiongo]

The word madrigal comes from "mother" as in "mother tongue". Madrigals are sung in italian, german, french, etc. not latin.

[@Neekolassify]

vibrato is good for some pieces, but in order to have really nice chords that shimmer and sparkle you're going to have to use a straight tone.

[@simongleaden2864]

I loathe vibrato with a passion!

[@ricioroger]

so... robotic means...

[@sfyc]

Adjective, 1. Of or relating to robots. 2. (of a person) Mechanical, stiff, or unemotional.

[@piconord]

Come si fa a non amare la musica sacra della cristianità che è anche l'unica al mondo. Le altre religioni non hanno prodotto niente di lontanamente paragonabile. Siamo fieri dell'Italia ha dato Pergolesi, Scarlatti, Vivaldi, Cimarosa, Benedetto Marcello, Allegri, Lotti, Palestrina, Perosi, ecc, ecc,

[@EllaGradin]

Why is the organ playing? Or am I hearing things?

[@igok9466]

Yep it is playing.. The choir requires an accompaniment to sound better

[@lizbyu]

It isn't supposed to be sung with an organ.....and I just listened to it closely. You're hearing things. There is no organ.

[@edcassells]

lizbyu There totally is an organ doubling the low bass line.

[@nigeldapain]

There is an optional organ continuo part. It's down to the MD's personal preference.

[@igok9466]

Yeah but this version is recorded With an organ.

[@ds1868]

You won't I'm afraid. You need an English choir for the correct delivery, and in the case of King's, a professional choir backed up by 600 years of continuous history. You can't buy class, and you can't buy time.

[@747ssabuk]

It's a madrigal, I think you mean "measured".

[@Toelzerfanclever]

Greetings by me as a fan of the Toelzers and "owner" of altogether 17 channels at YT - zskfan100 included...:)

[@sfyc]

Robotic.

[@sfyc]

No, I mean robotic.

[@dominionlad8468]

So sad that sacred polyphony such as this was so despised by Cranmer and his henchmen as they destroyed England's religious link to the rest of Europe.

[@ds1868]

It's the English tradition to perform with an all-male set-up. Since we've been doing this for over a thousand years, I suggest you go listen to something else.

[@sudhirchopde3334]

The English plainsong The English long bow The fine English wool cloth. The latter 2 are long gone,only this remains.

[@zskfan100]

Poor Italians with such a "clown" in the Government...:( I myself like to be a German and to be a fan of several boys´choirs as "my" Zurchers.for example....:) The choir from Cambridge in the last years also was in Germany !

[@swalearea]

There's no such thing as a male soprano! The correct term is 'Treble' - and this would have originally been sung by boys.