LEONARD BERNSTEIN - Chichester Psalms // CONDUCT - L.Bernstein

Boys and Men's Choir of the Poznan Philharmonic
"The Poznan Nightingales"
Join us at Facebook / poznanskieslowiki

[@mark19441944]

The boy's solo is heartbreakingly beautiful. He does a wonderful job.

[@peanutsfansontario4]

He was picked by Mr. Bernstein after a long, difficult search for just the right boy soloist to bring his vision to life. I’m sure that’s why Mr. Bernstein looks so pleased and moved by the performance. All of the pieces came together perfectly to bring the world this gift.

[@mark19441944]

King Snoopy Thank you for this information. Just extraordinary!

[@antonioluisresma1311]

I was blessed to have sung the solo once at the University of Toronto in 2023. I quickly fell in love with this piece of art! I wasn't of a high caliber as this boy however.😅 I remember after my solo, hearing the third movement gave me a feeling I cannot express with words alone. Thank you Mr Bernstein, it was and always will be a pleasure to have been a part of this masterpiece.

[@peanutsfansontario4]

Look how happy/pleased Mr. Bernstein looks after Markus sings. The look of an artist that has found the perfect performer after a long search to find the one that would bring his masterpiece to life.

[@daisyrushton1574]

I noticed a little hand on his shoulder as Markus finishes his first bit.

[@CCRmusicfan]

If you had any idea of what you insinuate you would realise the lack of integrity with which you speak.

[@normanj4007]

@@CCRmusicfan bro what????

[@janemazzola4454]

I had the most blessed experience of seeing Maestro Bernstein conduct the Chichester Psalms @ the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. What a sublime moment!

[@ryangreen989]

I had the privilege of singing this piece inside Carnegie Hall. New York City May 26 ,2018. Best experience ever.

[@rosemaryhall6420]

Bob chilcott songs and cries of London Town

[@ethanpurrington]

Did you see Eric Whitacre there?

[@valeriehoward7847]

The same! Sang this in 1976 also at Carnegie Hall. When I was attending LaGuardia. At the time it was just Music & Art High School. I still love it and I’m here today because my soul needed it. Love Bernstein, he also attended this high school a generation before me. Just wonderful!

[@ryangreen989]

Valerie Howard sorry I’m not seeing this until now but that’s great! I was in high school in Nebraska at the time and for some odd reason our small little school was asked to sing! I like to listen to this periodically just for the memories

[@valeriehoward7847]

It’s fabulous! In fact, what did Bernstein compose that wasn’t GREAT????

[@stevieb6368]

I remember this moving performance being broadcast on BBC TV and it is perfect. The choir and orchestra are in impressive top form under Maestro Lennie's direction. The boy soloist is just beautiful and on seeing Lennie hug him, it brought tears to my eyes all those years ago. He was so clearly moved. I'm so pleased to find this on KZbin. Why there was never a commercial Video/DVD recording made of this concert is a mystery.

[@dybb234]

Lenny, excuse me, Mr. Bernstein is saying to himself---YYEEESSSSSSS---I WROTE this!!!!

[@mschoirtchr]

This piece always has, and always will make me weep. I scrolled down quite a ways and don't see that anyone has posted the translation. For me, listening with the words of the Psalms quoted in the piece in mind makes it ever so more impactful, and this prayer really rings true in today's world. I. Awake, psaltery and harp: I will rouse the dawn! Make a joyful noise unto the Lord all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before His presence with singing. Know ye that the Lord, He is God. It is He that hath made us, and not we ourselves. We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful unto Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good, His mercy is everlasting, And His truth endureth to all generations. II. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, He leadeth me beside the still waters, He restoreth my soul, He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness, For His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk Through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, For Thou art with me. Thy rod and Thy staff They comfort me. Why do the nations rage, And the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together Against the Lord and against His anointed. Saying, let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us. He that sitteth in the heavens Shall laugh, and the Lord Shall have them in derision! Thou preparest a table before me In the presence of mine enemies, Thou anointest my head with oil, My cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy Shall follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever. III. Lord, Lord, My heart is not haughty, Nor mine eyes lofty, Neither do I exercise myself In great matters or in things Too wonderful for me. Surely I have calmed And quieted myself, As a child that is weaned of his mother, My soul is even as a weaned child. Let Israel hope in the Lord From henceforth and forever. Behold how good, And how pleasant it is, For brethren to dwell Together in unity. Amen.

[@pob-4810]

What a genius! How can a human mind imagine such a thing like this.

[@52sport6469]

This is music history. How maestro Leonard Bernstein in his late days finally found a boy who could do justice to his own "Adonai ro-i", 2nd movement of 3, in his "Chichester Psalms". He originally wrote it for a boy to sing, but during the years it was found too difficult and voice-demanding for boys and was mostly performed by women, counter tenors and groups. - That is until Bernstein discovered this Tölzer Knabenchor boy Markus Baur and took him to the great World Piece Gala in Warszawa in 1989. - A tremendous success!

[@caseyfranco3959]

check out The Chicago Childrens Choir Version, the boy solo is AMAZING!

[@AffordBindEquipment]

I have a record (vinyl) of this with John Bogart as the soloist and he is flawless, way better than this lad.

[@rmlectronicsuk2410]

52sport6469 I sung this Adonai Roi in 1968 with the Leeds Philharmonic Chorus and the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. It was a very proud moment in my musical career. A “Good Luck” message from Leonard Bernstein was the icing on the cake, announced after the performance!

[@peanutsfansontario4]

Markus Baur was a rare talent among talents. Tolzer has had many excellent soloists, but Markus was one of the exceptional standouts. I do wonder if he still sings today.

[@amazingmaestro]

That's a sweeping and faintly ridiculous statement. There is nothing about this that is "too difficult" for a boy. Markus Baur was a very good singer but I have heard the Chichester Psalms done many, many times with a boy singing this equally as well. English Cathedrals and Collegiate Choirs do it well all the time. I have heard counter-tenors trying it with far less success, often straining at the top.

[@janetkenny1974]

We are lucky to have known the work and mind of Bernstein.

[@nancybennett255]

I had a wonderful high school choir teacher who had us sing this (along with the local university symphony and soloists) in the early 70s. Still in love with it.

[@jeanneamato8278]

Still cry every time I hear it. We this was actually sung by our high school chorus. We had to get a boy soprano. This was 50 years ago and I’ve loved it ever since. It’s hard to sing when your crying. Our chorus director was Jewish.

[@Mom2MrBabyHaikin]

If only current schools had enough music education& quality curriculum or educators...

[@mschoirtchr]

I, too, cry every time I listen to this. I was blessed to have sung it in college choir. It is, "hands down," the most moving piece I have ever sung.

[@mimitesten5555]

If Lenny is conducting anything in HEAVEN, I can bet you that this is one of the creations he made being heard upon HIGH! God gave him an incredible gift. To call his talent a "gift" seems too little praise. Leonard Bernstein, although mortal at the time, was an Angel to all of us with whom he shared his creations. We are all blessed for eternity as long as his music is performed.

[@yaelfabian9991]

You couldn’t have put that better …. A legend of our time , this piece is out of this world to be played in front of the heavenly world.

[@noegoldhaber693]

I dont think you get it #jew

[@philipkuttner7945]

My grandmother, a German Jew, was born in Poznan, then part of Germany and called Posen. It is very moving for me to hear this performance, in Hebrew, by a Polish orchestra and chorus.

[@josephusflavius8127]

Aha are you still Jewish? Ya a yek? You frum?

[@nomeansno70]

I used to be in Chorus of the University of Bologna as a tenor, and we spent a full year to perform this masterpiece of Bernstein with an orchestra from Utrecht. This gives me goosebumps!

[@erpollock]

Well, Bernstein was a musical genius as they said - listening to Bernstein conduct Chichester Psalms now and learning it when I was 18 - it is so enlarged and magnified. No wonder Bernstein was considered the greatest conductor. But Stanley Sperber did well by this piece and teaching it to inexperienced singers with "strange" melody and rhythm. Now I love it.

[@BytomGirl]

Now, this hits home. I lived in Poznan for some time and have seen The Poznan Nightingales sing there in a Cathedral. Incredible Choir. And I love the Chichester Psalms. I had no Idea Bernstein conducted in Poznan. Bravo

[@x8xx9871q]

The last few minutes of this piece comes from heaven.

[@jeanneamato8278]

I think it all comes from heaven

[@philrabe910]

This piece has followed me since 1977. I learned in in senior choir the hard way, did it regionally then took it to state and finally sang it in the all state choir. Directed by the composer himself and backed by the Chicago Symphony. Probably one of the grandest musical experiences of my life. Then the first year at college they did it as a fall dance [modern] on one of the anniversaries of Hiroshima. Then it found me again woking in a children's museum in Spokane of all places, where they were not only amazed that I can sing, but I sing well and in Hebrew. Now with covid and over 225,000 dead Americans, I thought it was time to revisit.

[@gordanamajor9109]

It was privilege to sing that precious masterpiece...🥰

[@FrankADarby]

I remember singing this piece in high school choir with a piano accompaniment. I fell in love with this piece, and still love it today, for than forty years later.

[@FrankADarby]

I am so moved especially by the second movement that starts out with "The lord is my shepherd", only to be interrupted by "why do the nations rage"( Psalm 2) then to return back to the teacupful assurance of Psalm 23. This is genius writing at its best

[@gospelpopmusic]

I sang this piece at Grant High School Choir! Van NuysCa.

[@ralph0149]

Wow, that kid's got a hell of a voice! To be singing like that at his age I wonder where he wound up.

[@Nooticus]

unfortunately there is little to no info on him anywhere

[@markemanuele1929]

One of my favorite Choral works by my favorite teacher and conductor.

[@ingridhemphill308]

shortly after 1965 I was in the Maryville College Choir singing this with the Knoxville Symphony. The boy soprano melody has always stayed in my mind.

[@esquala1]

Happy 100th birthday, Maestro. Seeing your emotional reaction to your Chichester Psalms performed so beautifully took my breath away. Third movement has always been one of my favorite pieces of music ever.

[@MikeInPlano]

I miss Leonard Bernstein. Great conductor, great composer, great piano soloist. The first recording I ever owned was a vinyl record of Peter and The Wolf narrated and conducted by Bernstein. I've been a Bernstein fan ever since.The boy soloists in this performance are quite talented. Impressed at how well they held the last notes in the third movement.

[@musicdirector8661]

A great American musician/pianist and Composer.

[@monitzvocalstudio]

I can't listen to this without weeping, It is so beautiful.

[@ohmy5650]

Definitely my preferred version of this awesome work I've found yet, after coming across almost accidentally with 2 days ago. It features a mature Bernstein conducting it, my favourite for about any work by any composer he did conduct. Just exquisite.

[@yaelfabian9991]

This is heaven and earth and all their forces joining together , fusing harmonic sound that is so much to take in that the heart overflows and the heavens cry.

[@AffordBindEquipment]

It's just a pleasure to watch his face during this performance. after all the decades he has directed this, he still feels it deeply.

[@janesmith3287]

Wonderful. I sung this in the 1980s and we had a boy treble with a very different English Cathrdral sound voice (rather than the continental of here) . Both here and there absolutely gorgeous to hear. Thank you.

[@deannaclohessy71]

2:15 that harpist rocking out is everything.

[@myrahillen862]

Thanks for taking me back to high school. I LOVE this song 😍

[@TheNacchiu]

La grazia,la forza,la passione sul viso e nei gesti di Bernstein nel dirigere questa musica sono stati un'esperienza emozionante, grazie!

[@thilovonwatzdorf8112]

Maestro Bernstein , the Poznan Choir and orchestra are all magnificent. The Toelzer Knaben trebles are wonderful ...and Bernstein knew where to find Marcus Bauer in Toelz, bravo to sing extraordinarily the solos. Bravissimo,,!

[@SOGT610]

This makes me musically proud of my ancestral home. Grandmother's cousin, Sister Euzebia is honored in Yed Vashim as a righteous gentile in Jerusalem

[@J9black]

Thank G-d for your family and the rest of the righteous ones!

[@rmlectronicsuk2410]

Absolutely Wonderful. I hope this is going to be performed somewhere in the World this weekend, or on Monday! We must NEVER forget. Shalom.

[@RhondaBranneky]

How about now, on Christmas Day 2023 with what is going on in Israel and what was going on when it was written there and then, too?

[@musiclady49]

I had the SUPREME privilege of performing this with the Saratoga-Potsdam Chorus in Saratoga Springs, NY. It was in August of 1972 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conducting! It was difficult not to tear up during the last section, especially during the boy soprano's parts. It was transcendent to say the least!

[@fransgeijlvoet5946]

Colleen Stadnick

[@tortetorstenson2336]

I sang the boy soprano part with the Minnesota orchestra under Mr. Litton. I absolutely loved the experience.

[@tortetorstenson2336]

My parents saw many people tearing up at the end. You are not the only one.

[@peanutsfansontario4]

Mr. Bernstein was a genius with a vision. Art flowed through his veins as easily as blood. It is so fortunate that he was able to leave our world with such untold treasures as this.

[@markrubin9449]

I've performed this many times and it doesn't get easier. Nice job here.

[@marksammons4170]

I was privileged to hear this live at Tanglewood when it was still a new work. One of the wunderkind of the day was conducting, either Ozawa or Michael Tilson Thomas - I can't remember now. I was startled and delighted at curtain call when the conductor signaled to the box seats and Leonard Bernstein stood up, trotted up to the stage, and was still lithe enough to leap up on the unusually high stage and take a bow. Fifteen years later I was further privileged to meet the dean of Chichester Cathedral, Walter Hussey, over lunch and hear from him the story of how he first met Bernstein (at a party in NYC) and came to commission the work. I've been to several performances since, but none like that very first electrifying one.

[@pattir.7747]

I am looking forward to the performance!

[@ewalton47]

Thank-you for the interesting history. I remember, as a 22 year old, attending concerts conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas with the Buffalo Philharmonic. He was a wonderful, energetic, inclusive promoter of the classics, like Bernstein. We could attend his performances at Buffalo’s Kleinhans Music Hall in blue jeans, no less, quite unusual for the early 70’s. We were all very moved by his influence, and your depiction of your personal experiences with both of these conductors was fun to read.

[@karenlorentz5048]

My high school choir was the first HS to sing this. Bellmore Kennedy 1972.

[@maryrotman4034]

thank you so much for this wonderful gift!

[@yooperlooper]

Bernstein always 'lived' in his music no matter what he was conducting, he became part of it - so intense.

[@BBayMys]

Sung this many years ago with the Vancouver Bach Choir. Reprising it with Malaspina Choir in May of 2020. The last phrases still bring tears to my eyes and I find it difficult to sing the last passages.

[@LB-zz7yn]

When I was a student, I always listened to Bernstein. I especially liked Chichester Psalms.

[@thilovonwatzdorf8112]

Marcus, you move me to tears in this solo performance, and I will miss you r singing in the future, since you have chosen a different direction in your professional life( in which I understand you are successful and are very respected. I hope that you are happy in your life... but I will always miss you in the world of music. Thank you Maestro Leonard Bernstein to have brought Marcus in my life......

[@ru99414]

I freakin love the third movement! It is seriously the same melody in every part in both the orchestra and choir, troughout the whole movement! Except from the start and finish being different 😯😮

[@StuartinGN]

We (The Charleston Symphony and Chorus) will be performing it this weekend at the Gaillard Concert Hall in Charleston. It is difficult and it is magnificent.

[@szymonmaraszewski1514]

and how was it?

[@danwilliams1379]

Beautiful moment when Bernstein puts his hand on the treble's shoulder.

[@SingerGuy59]

I will be performing this with the Temple Square Chorale and Orchestra at Temple Square on March 29-30, 2019 in Salt Lake City, UT, USA under the direction of Ryan Murphy and am excited to finally get to perform this great work. I'm told we have a fantastic boy soprano, but he has not yet joined our rehearsals.

[@edyuentt]

How was the performance? Did the boy sing well?

[@thomasthompson6378]

Well, darn it. I live right here in Salt Lake City and somehow missed that performance. I'm sure it was a fine one.

[@SingerGuy59]

@@edyuentt He did a wonderful job! I wish we had recorded it. That was right before I retired from the choir and it was one of my last performances.

[@KaitlinWonders]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I HAVE BEEN DYING TO SEE THIS FOR YEARS

[@sarahrainwater9806]

17:35-17:55. CHILLS. I Love that note progression.

[@worldnotworld]

It's incredible, I agree.

[@thilovonwatzdorf8112]

Spectacular. Markus Bauer from the Toelzer Knabenchor is amazing. Bravo to all

[@howyoodoon]

For this listener, some of the most moving, beautiful music ever written. Absolutely compelling...thanks so much for posting this!

[@Twentythousandlps]

"For my taste the tempo could be..." A very good way of putting it. Everyone has their own taste - he's not saying he's right.

[@jeffy5482]

Simply stunning.

[@windstorm1000]

Lenny had just a year left to live and looks somewhat cadaverous--but that inner fire is always there--

[@thilovonwatzdorf8112]

Marcus , your singing is so moving that you bring tears to my eyes, bravissimo. Am sad that , from what I read, you gave up your singing career and became a medical researcher in Munich. So schade ! I hope that you are happy in your new life.

[@rijn1855]

This makes me so happy

[@spence147]

Beautiful

[@MrRuplenas]

I love Lenny, and I love the piece, and I've sung it. But even geniuses can make mistakes. He gives a false cue to the trumpet at 11:16, and it's clear that he knows immediately that he's done it. I've tried to do a harmonic analysis of those incredible string chords that open the last movement, but I gave up. They are inexplicably gorgeous.

[@vocalkalos]

Quelle merveille !!! Le plus grand chef et un compositeur majeur du XX°. Avoir chanté cette oeuvre est un des meilleurs souvenirs musicaux de ma vie.

[@RosalitoUdtohan_01]

Were rehearsing this for a recital next year on February 2019, Philippines.

[@prestuvius]

What is Markus Baur doing now? I really hope he's still singing! Gorgeous.

[@SusanCantey]

Shoot...I thought the May Festival in Cincinnati in 1967 was the premier performance. (I was privileged to be a member of that choir.)

[@PatriceFitzgerald]

According to Wiki: ...the world premiere took place in the Philharmonic Hall, New York on July 15, 1965 with the composer conducting, followed by the performance in the Chichester Festival on July 31, conducted by John Birch. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester_Psalms

[@SusanCantey]

Patrice Fitzgerald yup...my memory was reconfigured over time evidently...everything happens in Cincinnati years after everywhere else.

[@MrDorian61]

That's Penderecki I believe.

[@tortetorstenson2336]

Susan Cantey I sang the boy soprano part on June 1st with the Minnesota Orchestra at orchestra hall. I was very privileged as well.

[@samudrummer27]

We are going to do this in the Conservatory Choir. I sing Tenor. Help. EDIT: One year later. I had to clarify I sang Tenor ONE. A huge pain in the ass and in the throat.

[@Elmaestrodemusica]

I sang this my freshman year in college - many years ago, loved it!

[@timothyalvaradozzz]

I sing Tenor too!! I can't focus in the Beginning with the Soprano a half step higher than us, I just can't hahahahahha

[@marytolhurst5165]

Us too, (Kington Choral society. I sing Alto...lawd it's high in some places)

[@zaggojhon]

LAMARAGSHU

[@trueshields5689]

@@zaggojhon Second act is a best to learn but man is it fun to sing. I was a baritone in high school forced to bolster the tenor section... 99% falsetto lmao

[@ghat724]

I sang this with the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh as a tenor. It remains one of my most enjoyable concerts!

[@elisabetta742]

Absolute masterpiece.

[@argon805]

That boy has one beautiful voice!

[@peanutsfansontario4]

Cat Knight That is Markus Baur of the Tolzer Knabenchor, and you can tell Mr. Bernstein agreed with you. History tells that Mr. Bernstein searched long and hard for a boy that could do that solo justice, but it’s a difficult piece. He found that perfect soloist in Markus Baur, and you can see the delight on his face every time the camera pans from Markus to him.

[@prestuvius]

@@peanutsfansontario4 Would love to know what Markus is doing now and if he's still singing.

[@erpollock]

He has such a gentleness conducting the last movement - and so wild an outburst in the first.

[@willemvantwillertorganist]

Leonard Bernstein is a great composer and also a great conductor. During his life not all his classical work was popular with the Orchestra bosses. Is that not strange ?

[@catherinedakin2451]

Performed this in the 90s. Love it even more than I did then (which I didn't think possible!)

[@Toelzerfanclever]

Boy soloist Markus Baur - former member of the Tölzer Knabenchor - with "Adonai Roi" beginning at 04:00...:)

[@peanutsfansontario4]

Toelzerfanclever Markus, appointed by Mr. Bernstein himself, knocks it out of the park and helps bring this heavenly, otherworldly piece to life.

[@mc39785]

If you sang this then you know. Sopranos/Altos: "This is a beautiful fun song to sing." Basses: "Bernstein hates tenors and basses and the 2nd movement was designed to send us into the void of oblivion!" Tenors: (same thing and almost at the same time, but one word behind the what the bases just said) "Bernstein hates tenors and basses and the 2nd movement was designed to send us into the void of oblivion!"

[@JP-lu9ed]

Unless you’re a woman in which case you get to know the composer thought you shouldn’t be singing it at all. That said -- it’s fun to be an alto even if one is not the approved of gender singer for the piece.

[@hrmpug1092]

@@JP-lu9edit’s not sexism love - boy soprano/altos have a different voice quality. With that said I would not agree that boys actually serve the piece better

[@musicalintentions]

All the performers in this recording are excellent!

[@BytomGirl]

This is a very old choir, have in Poznan for many years. I lived there and have seen them in a Cathedral, they were always incredible. Listening to them there was like being in heaven

[@thilovonwatzdorf8112]

Wonderful! Beyond words !!!!!

[@RebeccaGillan-wm1si]

Amazing!

[@TheAngloChannel]

Extremely helpful - thank you very much!

[@felixbowden1638]

BEST. MUSIC. EVAHHH

[@erpollock]

I sang this with Zamir Chorale when I was 18 in college. It took some practicing to get the irregular rhythm of the first movement. Stanley Sperber was in his last year conducting Zamir in New York before making aliyah to Israel where he had a successful career as a choral conductor. He was a charismatic conductor. An ambitious piece. In Israel, an Israeli flatmate asked me, "What language is that?"

[@Nooticus]

hahaha great story :)

[@thilovonwatzdorf8112]

Marcus Bauer is an exceptional alto. So sad that he gave up his amazing. Career, but I hear that he is now a respected medical researcher in Munich. Good luck , dear Marcus.

[@Twentythousandlps]

Bernstein's score said he wrote the soprano and alto parts preferably for boys though women could sing it as well. Most performances are done by the usual female/male choirs, including most conducted by the composer.

[@johnhawkins191]

That was beautiful.

[@janinacebertowicz6406]

A very moving performance.

[@gaelleflores4909]

Splendeur!

[@marcelouz1]

This is beautifull masterpiece written for treble boy or countertenor (never sung by a Soprano because it makes reference to "Psalm of David" from the Hebrew Bible sung by the boy David himself) , and solo quartet, choir ,percussion and orchestra. .The first part is very complicated for the Chorus with 7 th intervals and the high pitch for tenors, very syncopated changing the time signatute every time with 6/4,3/4 5/4 and tempo changes , with beautifull dissonances. What a pity that the Chorus, soloist and orchestra is not to the hight to the Composer and the Conductor.

[@Silverpiano]

marcelouz1 I think it sounds just wonderful. Try the CD - I have the CD from gramophone - for better quality of recording and cleanliness of editing

[@edyuentt]

I m listening to this sung by Eton College Chapel Choir tonight.

[@albertomorolopez3379]

5:41 THE MOMENT when the boy finishes his mesmerising solo and Bernstein touches his shoulder 🥲

[@thilovonwatzdorf8112]

Magnificent ... And the Toelzer soloist Marcus Bauer is a gift from the Gods....

[@duneece]

Beautiful

[@isaBeast143]

So I was a non major trumpet player at my college and my director made me principal and the best trumpet player I know second chair?? I almost died a few times but it was the most fun I had musically in years

[@AthSamaras]

The world premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, under the direction of the Master himself. The concert took place on September 1, 1989 in Warsaw, on the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II.

[@porkyfry]

Ath Samaras en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chichester_Psalms Not sure where you got that information, but none of it is accurate.

[@52sport6469]

Jeff F - Yes and no! The real premiere was already in 1965 in new York. - But as concerns this recording, it is completely correct, that it was made on the World Piece Gala in the Warshawa Opera on Sept. 1st 1989 - exactly on the day 50 years after the outbreak of World War II. Maestro Bernstein here conducting his own "Chichester Psalms" was the final and the highlight of a 2-hour concert with several world famous stars - organized together by British, German and Polish television companies to be televised in numerous of countries.

[@kamchonfai]

Do you have the first performance on 15 July 1965, with the composer conducting the New York Philharmonic?

[@mountainmama3076]

Hauntingly beautiful. Both for Israel and for the true church, this music echoes today's headlines.

[@auspicious93]

I played the cello solo on this, and it's beautiful but probably one of the most terrifying things I've ever had to do. F# major, if I recall correctly.

[@gabriellemaes4078]

Heavenly.🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@theycallmebeautiful3041]

Nice. You should find and listen to the recording of the Chicago Sinfonietta under the direction of Paul Freeman featuring the Howard University Choir singing the Chichester Psalms. They performed the work at Orchestra Hall (Chicago, Illinois) on April 19, 1999. They gave a stellar performance. Then went on to tour Switzerland's and Germany's largest concert halls.

[@RhondaBranneky]

As a cellist, I loved Paul Freeman's conducting!

[@1595FC]

If you go to google images and search > "Markus Baur" singer < you'll find a picture of him as an adult -- he's the young fellow with the beard and floppy hair. (He's not the German professional handball player of the same name.) Apparently Markus is still singing in Germany.

[@musiclady49]

I can't find a photo of him anywhere. How did you?