Festival Te Deum - Britten

The A Cappella Choir performs Benjamin Britten's Festival Te Deum under the direction of Dr. Brady R. Allred. Heidi Alley, organ.

[@frankalisantoro8935]

May this be the background music in paradise?

[@xEmoxPandax18]

We are doing this piece in our chamber choir here at SOU, and I love it. So much. I really love 2:15 to 2:25 ish. My favorite part.

[@Juliaflo]

From memory-----Yahooooooo!

[@cshargeit]

let me never be confound - cut!

[@Shopvac555]

the term "a cappella" has been skewed in modern day, to mean all vocal music without instruments. However, the actual Italian translation is "in the manner of the church," which almost always included organ. The term you are looking for is "unaccompanied."

[@kreeezle]

@Shopvac555 actually you are wrong. It means without instruments, even though the translation in the manner of the church. That 'manner' was without instruments.

[@Skyttles]

OMGSH we are so pro, it's ridiculous^-^

[@lrufusmusica]

Soprano soloist has nice tone. Sounds like she has a cold because her consonants are not all clear, especially "m" & "n."

[@solpaul5686]

They were flat on the higher notes

[@imrighturwrongdealwithit]

This Te Deum has absolutely zero sense of phrasing and relies on one mildly interesting period in the middle of the piece. Other than that, it is frankly quite terrible. If you want interesting dissonance, there are plenty of better examples by the likes of Kenneth Leighton and - albeit in the orchestral form - Stravinsky