Ola Gjeilo: AVE GENEROSA (SSAA)

[@EllaEllaEh]

I keep coming back to this song and it continues to literally take my breath away.

[@EllaEllaEh]

The harmonies are glorious. Their voices are amazing! Especially those 2nd altos. What a rich sound. And the soloist(s) Are perfection.

[@Aduuu21]

I'm sure, that Angels are singing this in heaven... Incredible masterpiece, Mr. Gjeilo. I'm just amazed.

[@olagjeilo]

Thanks so much!

[@christianheidenreich3673]

Yes, it's heavenly music. The choir is phantastic.

[@gracemaleah9429]

I’m pretty sure it’s impossible not to cry listening to this. I’m sure every time it’s sung angels echo back.

[@ShinyMars7]

Ave Generosa is my favourite Ola Gjeilo’s song. It has something magical, I can’t explain it 🤔

[@igorantony]

He many times makes the tonic accents of the words using unprepared dissonances rather than actual accents.......its so delicate and masterful. The last gloriOsa before the B section, is so painful....what an amazing, glorioso and generoso composer!

[@meowmeowmeow1984]

Sang this with my high school choir. One of the only pieces I’ve seen that lets low altos shine.

[@olagjeilo]

❤

[@oliviasanborn5970]

I remember the day this was released, my friend and I were fangirling over it, in music theory class of course lol, and now we get to sing it for TMEA!! So exciting! Such a stunningly gorgeous piece.

[@frankieway1407]

i'm so happy this piece was chosen for tmea, it's so beautiful

[@enamor3825]

Magnifique !!! vibrante polyphonie... 🌟

[@italianamiei]

Another masterpiece from Ola Gjeilo!

[@cateashton9642]

This is AMAZING!!!!! I LOVE AVE GENEROSA!!!!!! Alto 2s are the best tho lol I am always so sad when I hear this piece because I want to sing it with a choir again 😭😭😭

[@EllaEllaEh]

Cate Ashton Everyone praises sopranos, but altos have to have some range, especially in this piece.

[@odianeji3957]

finally an alto 2

[@benjamintarasewicz5581]

Mr. Ola Gjeilo... this song makes my heart swell every time I hear it!!! And it was SO amazing to meet you in Denver last fall. Ever your fan, Benjamin 😊🎶

[@olagjeilo]

Thanks, Benjamin! :)

[@edstervedster]

So incredibly beautiful, just like all of your music Ola. You'll always be my favourite choral composer :)

[@olagjeilo]

Thank you! :)

[@jean-pierredevent970]

I'm in a strange blocked period where no music seems really to fit with my mood, but somehow the music of Gjeilo resonates with me and perhaps even with our time. It has a certain melancholic fin de siècle feeling but it offers always hope at the same time.

[@viviancassina2818]

good luck tmea all state people!

[@SecretMelody]

Vivian Cassina thanks!! We are gonna need it!

[@mikayladennis4837]

Dreaming Mari True!

[@dannyh_music]

Thanks! You too!

[@simeonwilliams1677]

YOU TOO XD

[@fleursmortes1059]

what state are y'all from

[@biusschmidt]

We started learning this with my choir 😍 in love! What a masterpiece!💞

[@abbyralph9640]

Simply beautiful in every way possible. Creds to the gifted composer and the women that sang this piece.

[@christianheidenreich3673]

Es ist ein Ohrwurm. 💙

[@shayakchaudhuri2710]

Truly a beautiful piece of music. So angelic in its parts with even the ethereal atmosphere present.

[@scarbotheblacksheep9520]

This is a really good choir piece. Love this and also the Kyrie from the Sunrise Mass.

[@martinavancakova]

I'd love to sing this piece with the choir I'm singing in! It's so claming and filling me with love and peace.

[@Ladiva5]

We are 8 ladies performing this piece tonight! Love it!

[@リオン-d8s]

大会で歌わせて頂きました！素敵な曲です✨️

[@alunea3527]

Original lyrics and music written by St. Hildegard von Bingen, but Oja has composed an amazing version! I am in love with it!

[@eveleenescobedo7487]

Made it into the Region Treble Choir, this was my first year.

[@laynielenz2k]

For Texas music educators association? I never made it in jh nor did I ever make it past district in hs but I made it to the two year college all state choir my freshman year of college (for the 100th tmea convention, no less).

[@spencercottle430]

This is Gorgeous!

[@jonathonkiner7415]

This is sublime! Thank you for making music like this. It's starting to reinvigorate my dreams to be a composer.

[@polobede9054]

il doit vraiment y avoir des anges dans le ciel ! ! !

[@neoksiar]

Thanks for this piece of art.Btw thanks to Finland radio,I found this😢🙏

[@vc542]

I just can't get over 0:12 - 0:17 😍

[@MrWatson4859]

V C same

[@jemima2783]

SAME

[@bvuiqwopoandis2657]

Same omg

[@skoz3342]

I know... I will play this once and have that part echoing in my mind for the rest of the day and then I have to go listen to it again lol

[@tkrc1888]

All-State Treble Choir Roll-call!! Can’t wait to sing this with y’all in Feburary!! ❤️❤️ Gorgeous piece!

[@justabasketcasey]

See you tomorrow! I'm so excited

[@tkrc1888]

Taylor Frick A1??

[@justabasketcasey]

No A2. But this is such an alto piece. I loved our clinician

[@tkrc1888]

Taylor Frick I loved her too!! Choir mama was amazing!

[@justabasketcasey]

Sydney Moore I'm sorry I didn't respond in time to meet you this week. Amazing job in the concert yesterday, though. It was such a fantastic and unforgettable experience. We'll all always be Pearl's Texas Girls💕

[@suellensimons-peters1597]

This is beyond fabulous! This makes my spirit soar!

[@PollyPunani]

can't believe it's almost been six years since this pieces has been out 😭 I remember being obsessed with this when this was part of the TMEA selections!! I memorized every single part LMAO

[@Ditlinda]

Thank you for this masterpiece!

[@skoz3342]

So many overtones my eyes are going to pop out of their sockets... in a good way :P

[@Delmonaco1969]

Ave Generosa 1. Ave generosa gloriosa et intacta puella, tu pupilla castitatis, tu materia sanctitatis, que Deo placuit. 2. Nam hec superna infusio in te fuit, quod supernum Verbum in te carnem induit. 3. Tu candidum lilium quod Deus ante omnem creaturam inspexit. 4. O pulcherrima et dulcissima, quam valde Deus in te delectabatur, cum amplexionem caloris sui in te posuit, ita quod Filius eius de te lactatus est. 5. Venter enim tuus gaudium habuit cum omnis celestis symphonia de te sonuit, quia virgo Filium Dei portasti, ubi castitas tua in Deo claruit. 6. Viscera tua gaudium habuerunt sicut gramen super quod ros cadit cum ei viriditatem infundit, ut et in te factum est, O mater omnis gaudii. 7. Nunc omnis ecclesia in gaudio rutilet ac in symphonia sonet propter dulcissimam Virginem et laudabilem Mariam, Dei Genitricem. Amen.

[@yarayugi7506]

It's round one for me!!! I'm so excited!!

[@jeniebobenie1034]

We are doing this in choir and everyone is so hyped

[@wendywisemanfishercomposer59]

I love those audacious, pristine pedal tones.

[@Atmozfears]

goddamn this is so beautiful

[@zodiacqueen1356]

My choir class is performing this later on this month.

[@calycanthusgruppomusicale7693]

E' un brano magnifico!!

[@bertrandevin4764]

Magnifique

[@skatrfad]

i’m a soprano and i’m trying to do the solo and it’s going pretty okay lol

[@ruee3521]

skatrfad Goodluck!!

[@christianheidenreich3673]

Up to a'', that's no piece of cake. 😊

[@laynielenz2k]

What a gorgeous piece. This was done for tmea in 2017. Too bad I never made it past district in hs (but I made it to tmea in community college for the 100th tmea convention)

[@anakenasaavedra1821]

me encanta demasiadoooo

[@mildredoceanbreeze]

Our varsity choirs tried this and we failed lol. Also the vowels are beautiful. ❤️❤️

[@paytendavis2042]

ours did too! we so desperately tried to churn this out before state contest... we dropped it TWO DAYS before contest and sang something from the holiday performance

[@mildredoceanbreeze]

@@paytendavis2042 Omg that sounds so stressful lmao. Luckily the concert we sang this at was just our fall concert so we were able to just power through it.

[@HikarI27_YouTube]

本当に素晴らしいです✨

[@jakeknight9885]

I'm a guy and I wish we had this piece. She walks in beauty is good too though

[@zachbryne6787]

i love hearing the men at my school sing that piece, good luck you this year

[@thierryfontenay3770]

There is a SATB version.

[@franciscolopezus]

BEAUTIFUL COMPOSITION

[@fideliowald8736]

schöner, warmer Sound

[@jacquieviegas7441]

Simply beautiful

[@kk7171]

Can’t wait to do this piece!

[@deniska9313]

Amazing... I want to sing that, I have to convince choir master :O

[@kadencconrad]

i cannot stop watching this video i swear the first alto and second soprano part just scratch my brain

[@lydia0512]

Such BEAUTY!

[@Tamadehenzhan]

Vielen Dank und viel lernen

[@lewcarynntacandong4755]

A l t o 2 ❤️

[@EllaEllaEh]

Lew Carynn Tacandong These alto 2’s are amazing!

[@user-td9fj8vu9e]

Alto two's are one of the best in choir, especially this one

[@lukasartinger]

Not quite, bored Baritone singing the Alto 2 part...

[@BernardoBernalMusic]

Amazing! Bravo!

[@beyoncesolis8881]

I freaking love this!😍😍

[@anapaulamiqueletti]

Maravilhoso!!!👏🏻👏🏻❤️

[@ptheorist4670]

Spectacular! Magical!

[@texomahog]

Lovely!!

[@GingiviticCinemaMaya]

Is this a song to Saint Mary? It's beautiful, especially the Alto line. I'm not a practising Christian, but this is majestic!

[@susannestechow1009]

I am not a Catholic and at our church Mary doesn't play such a great role like at in the Roman Catholic church. I am a protestant and also for our Christians is Mary the mother of Jesus, but more humanly descripted. Another thing: this music is wonderful and wonderfully interpreted by a wonderful choir with angel-like voices. Thank you very much!

[@wimvanherk3374]

Beautiful performed! Please note the pronounciation of generosa: Start with dzj(énéroza)

[@mbalicki]

The ⟨g⟩ was hard on purpose. 😉 In the traditional German pronunciation of Latin (as opposed e.g. to the traditional Italian pronunciation, a.k.a. Church Latin) the letter ⟨g⟩ is hard even before ⟨e⟩. This choice is very much appropriate, since both the choir is German and the lyrics are by saint Hildegard of Bingen, a German Benedictine abbess from the 12th century.

[@paolabattoni2074]

The pronunciation of the hard G is that of classical Latin...the proninciation changed during the Middle Ages and it is the one we are taught at school...

[@wimvanherk3374]

@@mbalicki I'm afraid you are wrong. Here we have to deal with the rules of Church Latin. That the lyrics are from Saint Hildegard von Bingen does not matter. Listen to the original Ave generosa from Hildegard: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpPKZYeJhZlnr7c and you will hear right in the beginning DZJénérosa.

[@desteddyeggroll]

This is soooo pretty!!!!!

[@OMGmynameisLILI]

This is beautiful ❤️

[@BarbaraMarieLouise]

Wow! I now discovered your music Mr Gjeilo! It’s stunningly beautiful like the old masterpieces that saved church music for the world some centuries ago and one is immediately in transferred to heaven! Is it possible to buy the sheets somewhere? I would like to study some of it as I’m a Soprano and sing regularly sing during holy masses.

[@christinepleuss2489]

Please let me know if you find it. I looked on Sheetmusicdirect... NO. I will check Amazon next.

[@rayssamonroy]

Such a genius!

[@sabinefederspieler34]

Beautiful!

[@shaylahill720]

I wanna kms trying to learn this.

[@AnnaZverina]

Alto 1s, anyone?

[@tkrc1888]

Anna Zverina Me! Region 26 🎶

[@kitjoys3388]

Meee

[@gracepippen643]

Me

[@zodiacqueen1356]

Anna Zverina me

[@GingiviticCinemaMaya]

Anna Zverina Me, too.

[@TheHypnag0g222]

Exquisite 🕊

[@bloobnood5275]

so saying Generosa is it like with the “G” sound or with the “J” sound? i’m doing this for All-State and i just want to be sure i get it right because on here i hear the “G” sound but on the track i got they sing the “J” sound for Generosa.

[@olagjeilo]

Hi! That's up to the performers; the particular choir in this video is German and used German Latin pronunciations, but in America it'd almost always be Italian Latin I think :)

[@bloobnood5275]

Ola Gjeilo Thank you so much!! And well done on a beautiful piece!!

[@cc2954637]

With a J

[@Scuretat]

the correct pronunciation is the english "J" sound, not the "G". You can trust me, I'm Italian ;)

[@ScoreAnimation]

Not quite. This is a text of Hildegard von Bingen and she was german. There is not such thing as "correct pronunciation" for latin. Off course, it will sound weird Monteverdi in latin with german accent, but when it comes to contemporary music, not really

[@lillyanneburns8938]

omg its so beautiful, but I can't do this peice. its too much.

[@rebeccahundley3742]

Anyone from Texas All-State reminiscing?

[@Αλέξανδρος-τ2λ]

the only thing that bothers me was the fact they used hard g's

[@A_T216]

Germanic Latin's pretty appropriate, I'd think.

[@mbalicki]

​@@A_T216: Very appropriate, since both the choir is German and the text is by saint Hildegard of Bingen, a German Benedictine abbess from the 12th century. 😊

[@zyaicob]

The correct Latin pronunciation?

[@livelexlove]

2:16

[@joaoviegas9352]

"Ave Generosa", with the "g" like in "greenland" or "galaxy"? No. The "g", in "generosa" is pronounced like the g in "germany"

[@owczyniartemidy2754]

It depends in which system you're reading Latin - in German system it's the "g" like in 'galaxy' while in Franco-Italian it's like like "g" in "Germany". At least that's what I was teached at school.

[@red_foxcz]

Yes, in central European pronunciation, you'd pronounce "g" like in "galaxy", also "c" in coelum like "ts", in Italy it would me "ch" and in Germany it would be "k"... Latin is pronounced differently throughout and there is no one right pronunciation since we don't know how it was pronounced originally.

[@mbalicki]

In the traditional German pronunciation of Latin ⟨g⟩ is always hard, even before ⟨e⟩. This pronunciation is very much appropriate in this recording, since both the choir is German and the lyrics are by saint Hildegard of Bingen, a German Benedictine abbess from the 12th century. 😉

[@hackacc]

Which country are you from?

[@charlesbabian3848]

Isn't this tune used as a theme in a movie or something?

[@luisvazquez9842]

I was gonna audition this,I went to camp and everything but then I got kicked out of choir 😕😔

[@christinepleuss2489]

Dear Mr. Gjeilo, where do I find the sheet music for this song for our small Catholic choir in Alhambra CA. Do we need permission to sing at a Sunday Mass? I am mesmerized by this piece and knowing the story of the nun , Sister Hildegard who wrote the text, it is even more inspiring. I sing Alto and am most anxious to get this to our Choir director. She also teaches High School to some very talented singers.

[@olagjeilo]

Hi, Christine! The sheet music is available here: olagjeilo.com/sheet-music/choral-ssaa/ave-generosa

[@anjazwiefelhofer2584]

❤

[@oscargill423]

I'm sorry what heaven has descended on me at 0:12

[@10THPROPHET]

I wonder what this sound like if guys sing it just like if girls sang O Vos Omnes...

[@colemiller1591]

「The Flashbolter」 there's a version with tenors and basses added, just look it it up. Think this piece like many is better for just women though

[@dylanaruto20]

It feels weird that they don’t take advantage of the rest. My personal opinion, I like the SATB version. (E.g. 4:07)

[@thierryfontenay3770]

This SSAA version is absolutely beautiful and perfectly matches the original version (Hildegard von Bingen wrote originally for women's voices only). But... why singing "generosa" that way... because, if I know some generous people, I am afraid I didn't know many guenerous ones ! Strange ! Perhaps the choirs tries to mimic the way (they expect) german people of the time pronounced latin ??? Anyway... it's beautiful ! That is the most important !

[@A_T216]

They're using Germanic Latin pronunciation; church Latin is just better known to Anglophones, I think.

[@mbalicki]

They don’t “mimic” anything. 😉 It’s the traditional German pronunciation of Latin (as opposed e.g. to the traditional Italian pronunciation, a.k.a. Church Latin), where ⟨g⟩ is hard even before ⟨e⟩. This choice is very much appropriate, since both the choir is German and the lyrics are by saint Hildegard of Bingen, a German Benedictine abbess from the 12th century.

[@dannyh_music]

Beautiful piece and well sung but.... Why isn't this song in D if almost all the F's and C's are sharped??? Sincerely, a frusturated solfege user Update: Oh I see it shifts down later but even still why didn't they at least start it in D

[@briannaestrada6416]

Hahaha I notice a lot of his pieces do that, they're very modulated and I tend to solfage them in a completely different key.

[@briannaestrada6416]

LOL, I think I started off solfege in B minor/D, then A major, C major, D minor/F and finally E minor/G. It's so wild!

[@dannyh_music]

Brianna Estrada Lol I gave up on solfege eventually. This song is definitely wild

[@boyisun]

You can try fixed-do :)

[@ladyviola2685]

@@tex4346 Language, buddy!

[@lillyanneburns8938]

do you think you could upload voice parts?

[@yarayugi7506]

Question for you: why did you choose a hard g for generosa rather than a soft one?

[@olagjeilo]

Yara Yugi That's up to the performers; this particular choir used German Latin pronunciations :)

[@yarayugi7506]

Ola Gjeilo Oh ok. Thank you!

[@janethatcher2556]

Ola Gjeilo, as the composer how do you prefer the "g" to sound? There are literally thousands and thousands of young ladies starting to work on this piece for All State. It would be cool to know how you hear it when it plays in your mind.

[@olagjeilo]

Janet Hatcher Hi! My default is Italian Latin, but I'm fine with both :)

[@janethatcher2556]

Ola Gjeilo, hello! Thanks for the reply! We want the Texas All State Choir to sing your song perfectly. :)

[@leogonzalezmartinez7605]

Esta bien

[@jiong-tyx]

The melody like something many years ago, however it is contemporary.🤣

[@sydneecortes7002]

#roadtostate

[@Keegerator]

reppin LMSWC 17-18, see y'all at contest!

[@malazarlife5623]

continually

[@やーくん222]

0:11

[@mehbuteh]

A bit biased but the full choir does the song more justice plus how they say generosa or some of the latin bothered me

[@lizzy-sp4pk]

Anyone soprano 1/1 ?

[@Delmonaco1969]

hail thee, noble one 1. Hail, nobly born, hail, honored and inviolate, you Maiden are the piercing gaze of chastity, you the material of holiness- the one who pleasèd God. 2. For heaven’s flood poured into you as heaven’s Word was clothed in flesh in you. 3. You are the lily, gleaming white, upon which God has fixed his gaze before all else created. 4. O beautiful, O sweet! How deep is that delight that God received in you, when ‘round you he enwrapped his warm embrace, so that his Son was suckled at your breast. 5. Your womb rejoiced as from you sounded forth the whole celestial symphony. For as a virgin you have borne the Son of God- in God your chastity shone bright. 6. Your flesh rejoiced just as a blade of grass on which the dew has fall’n, viridity within it to infuse-just so it happened unto you, O mother of all joy! 7. So now in joy gleams all the Church like dawn, resounds in symphony because of you, the Virgin sweet and worthy of all praise, Maria, God’s mother. Amen.

[@estherrequena4103]

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