F. Mendelssohn B.: Richte mich, Gott - University of Louisville Cardinal Singers, USA

[@JaredisOutdoors]

man we did this song back in 2013 in highschool! lord do i miss choir!!!!

[@teaanv]

Impressive. I love the fact that this choir has a distinctly un-American sound: vibrato is kept firmly in check and their German is not too shabby either (compared to the usual wild "look-at-me-I've-had-a-bit-of-voice-training" wobbles and bizarre pronunciation). Well done.

[@ryanbearse8831]

Beeindruckend. Ich liebe die Tatsache, dass dieser Chor einen ausgesprochen unamerikanischen Klang hat: Vibrato ist fest in Schach gehalten und ihr Deutsch ist auch nicht zu schäbig (verglichen mit dem üblichen wilden "Blick auf mich, den ich hatte" bit-of-voice-training "wackelt und bizarre aussprache). Gut gemacht.

[@jeremyo6426]

It's amazing how many (bad) choral musicians claim that any vibrato is a wobble. It is a different aesthetic, but honestly many of the best choirs (those that were conducted by Robert Shaw for example), sing with a healthy vibrato while balancing with the other singers in the ensemble. It's too bad that many take the easy way out and tell the singers with more interesting timbres to cut the color out of their sounds to "blend" with mediocre voices.

[@jenniferwhatley2214]

Hmmm. Intersting comments. No mention of time period in which the piece was written, and what genre of singers did the composer have in mind when composing the piece. Most trained singing musicians in the US or elsewhere have the ability to sing senza vibrato,",shimmer" or relaxed vibrato depending on the time period and composer.

[@jurgensch.679]

Fantastic! A perfect perfomance with singers from all around the world and with any skin color. In addition, in perfect german pronunciation! I'm a German, I love this video.

[@ryanbearse8831]

Fantastisch! Ein perfekter Auftritt mit Sängern aus aller Welt und mit jeder Hautfarbe. Außerdem in perfektem Deutsch Aussprache! Ich bin ein Deutscher, ich liebe dieses Video.

[@satBASS]

The tenors in this performance!!!

[@ryanbearse8831]

Die Tenöre in dieser Aufführung !!!

[@garywait3231]

Yes. I was impressed with them, too !

[@ZBGregory]

The half step up gives it such a different feel. Very triumphant. Easily handed by all the men and ladies. Love it

[@garywait3231]

A magnificent anthem -- one of my favorites -- beautifully performed. Thanks.

[@FlamingCockatiel]

I sang this in English, but I think the original German seems more serious. This rendition is excellent. The harmonies at 2:49 and 2:55 get to me. I think teaanv's comments are phrased well and very complimentary.

[@garywait3231]

Yes. I agree. I have sung it in both languages (am reasonably fluent in Hochdeutsch), and conducted it in English. I agree that I prefer the German. But regardless, this performance was inspiring, both musically and linguistically.

[@JaredisOutdoors]

we did this in higschool practiced the song for nearly half a year perfecting the accent and sound! this video made me cry cause of how much i missed choir

[@horstmuller8341]

Ein absoluter grandioser Chor Sound. Wenn man ganz picky sein will, dann ist lediglich der erste Fraueneinsatz etwas unsicher, aber das ist bereits nach einer halben Sekunde vergessen, und was dann kommt ist einfach nur grandios.

[@TheGodlike300]

Stimme absolut zu.

[@なる-o1w]

かっこよすぎる

[@mlowry]

This performance is transposed one half-step higher than the score I have.

[@briannajayeballin]

I get goosebumps every time I listen.

[@kojishinkawa1461]

すげえ………(Thank you, I was impressed!!)

[@joshuareyes7805]

beautiful sound so wonderful :) God Bless

[@kevinchen2107]

best perfomance of my favorite song on youtube :D

[@drkarlthe1]

your german pronounciation is phenomenal, coming from a German native speaker ;)

[@caramellopippop7190]

Song ends. Everyone coughs.

[@stevemathews9535]

This is as good as it gets - thank you.

[@gbronzich]

A lovely sound, and also nice facial expressions with the text of the piece!

[@O-sa-car]

odd that it wasn't at the end of a set - such a good performance followed by silence

[@maximilianraphael9853]

1:00, soo beautiful

[@mommaboy011]

The best performance I've ever heard! Well Done!!

[@karaholmes3404]

tmea anyone??

[@Froggie124]

TMEA 🤝

[@warrenlwolfe]

Incredible rendition, congratulations

[@RemixKing88]

I LOVE YOU . have perfect and beautiful voice

[@Gingerlove713]

performing this for ACDA

[@e.k.2615]

anyone here in 2020?

[@motokar4]

Wonderful

[@jehoshuadelosreyes611]

Love it! What key was this in? Seems quite different from the piece im holding. Thank you! :)

[@Official_TFitz]

I have a copy of the original because our chamber choir is sing this piece. It's the exact same arrangement by the same guy but they raised it a half step.

[@gabili]

Alle Huster bis zum Schluss aufgehoben :D

[@jurgensch.679]

Phantastisch! Unglaublich schön zu sehen, wie ein US-amerikanischer Chor nicht nur Mendelssohn interpretiert, sondern sprachlich perfekt ist. Dass die Darbietung mehr als perfekt ist, muss ich nicht erwähnen, denn ich habe auch über Jahre in einem Chor gesungen, aber so gut waren wir bei diesem Werk nie. Viele Grüße aus Deutschland (Greetings from germany). Many thanks for this impressive performance! That's how Mendelssohn must sound! As a European, I am very pleased that all nationalities are represented in your choir! That's our world...

[@mac15oz]

Fantastic. Btw it's 16th of October 2020. Their is a pandemic right now .. keep safe..

[@phantomlover1467]

I just performed this for honor choir auditions

[@timothysoegijanto]

Wooowwww...😊

[@maximilianraphael9853]

nice

[@Musicmanmurrell]

I would have liked to have gotten more sound out of the basses in this one (yeah I know, I'm being a bit nit-picky) but basses really enrich the already good sound of Mendelssohn pieces, and this rendition seemed to show off the range of their tenors more than anything else. I still enjoyed it, thanks for uploading!

[@ひなひな-r1b]

原キーがいい

[@1miko111]

wonderfully transparent but lacking, in a way, the power inherent in the music.

[@derJessie]

only Germans know what the lyrics mean!

[@jurgensch.679]

It's Psalm 43. In german "Richte mich Gott". In english: "Judge me, O God". Here you will find the german text and the english translation (scroll down, please). www.andrews.edu/~mack/pnotes/psalmen.html Greetings from Germany... from a former chorist...

[@57Konst]

Only my chor sing this more beautiful

[@darcoantian]

cof cof cof cof! WTF

[@danielgrasseschi5609]

this is beautiful. however, romantic music should not be straight tone. but none the less, a wonderful rendition of the piece.

[@Harmonic7th]

Regardless of what it "should" be, it's better this way. Might Mendelssohn have preferred with a more operatic tone? Perhaps. But for my ears, this is perfection. Just because a composer (or a time period of music history) may have wanted it one way, doesn't mean it's the best way. This is supurb.

[@lancetekk]

Actually, straight tone is often terrible for non-solo parts (read: choire), because it is almost impossible to get all singers to synchronize their vibrato. The result would be a mess and totally not in style with Mendelsohn's focus on clear and melodic phrases.

[@ZBGregory]

Although the Bel Canto style of singing is recommended for all singing. This piece doesn't adapt too well. It's a big enough group so I don't think it would be that intrusive. Recording can be challenging with groups and heavy vibrato. I think with a 80 person choir, it would sound nice. In MY opinion this is a polyphonic piece with very little counterpoint, plus its composed by mendelssohn so it's very chordally structured which I think fits straight tone singing. The voice leading us beautiful and the chord progression is more obvious in the straight tone. I like it.

[@jehoshuadelosreyes611]

Love it! What key was this in? Seems quite different from the piece im holding. Thank you! :)

[@gracellamas8255]

start with a key higher and ends up in the right tone. they start the right pitch at the girls unison part. :)

[@carloscamejo391]

+grace llamas No, they're a step higher the whole time.