Te Deum [Alternatim] Martin Baker / Westminster Cathedral Choir plus Tournemire - Victimae Paschali

[@leorenier1]

Who would not understand what the role of a pipe organ is in the liturgy? Organists and organs have to be protected for future generations.

[@djmotise]

Sadly, they are prohibitively expensive now. One million at least, for anything somewhat sizeable. 5 million and up for a cathedral size space, matching what we hear in this video.

[@TheJakeman789]

@@djmotise there is nothing wrong with a new digital organ, and yes they can sound great in a cathedral

[@silverphoenix3974]

Viva Cristo Rey!!! ✝️🇲🇽✝️

[@organo3112]

I visited Westminster Cathedral in January. It is a marvellous building and what perhaps impressed me most was the atmosphere of worship. I caught the start of an evening Mass too. Tremendous.

[@miguelcardoso5903]

Essa é definitivamente minha versão favorita do Te Deum.

[@ewennlesergent3625]

Superbe... La réponse de l'orgue est directe, précise, puissante... Un te deum "d'enfer"... Le victimae est très beau aussi et poétique et dramatique

[@geoffbell100]

The acoustics in this cathedral are wonderful. Evening mass with the school choristers singing is a magnificent and very uplifting experience. I recommend to anyone visiting London.

[@franciscojaviergonzalezmar8818]

What days of the week? At What time mass is celebrated?

[@geoffbell100]

Mass Times are listed on their website. Because of Covid the cathedral is closed to the public. I would normally try and attend the 5.30 pm Mass when the cathedral school choir are there. www.westminstercathedral.org.uk/masses.php

[@mattbod]

Fabulous organ (my favourite in the UK) and choir now in a desperate situation due to bad management. Sadly Martin Baker has left because of this.

[@joshuag.4873]

What horrible news. "Pandemic" related struggles?

[@jasonpetch]

This is quite simply glorious

[@thoma57]

What a very magnificent pipe organ!

[@DavidMiller.93]

meku tochi it is even more amazing in real life :)

[@awesomealmighty9453]

Magnificent⭐. Glorious⭐. Wonderful⭐ The organist did a great job. The choir, excellent singing. Thanks for sharing 👍.

[@TheRoyspears]

What a wonderful sound . Heaven on earth.

[@StevanBarry]

Martin Baker is indeed a special talent with the keyboards and I was very lucky to hear his great work for a short period I lived in London and attended Westminster Cathedral. The Abbeys loss is our gain!

[@hidebop0929jazz]

This is not a movie. and Simply, Music is just valuable! Beautiful! And at very last of ending, I was realized the power of "tonic" function!

[@troyposey118]

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[@Mark_Dyer1]

Well done Westminster Cathedral: absolutely wonderful!!!!

[@tonybeamish3765]

Mark Dyer

[@ВладимирОкоренко]

Супер ангел музыка органа 🍒 🍓 🍎 🍇 🍍

[@36ADT]

That 32' reed!

[@MrEvanston]

Thank you for this stellar recording!!

[@jmdujardin]

I 'm unconditional of Pierre Cochereau as Master of contemporary Organ and of his Te Deum record in ND de Paris, where I sang as chorus-singer. BUT I'm really fascinated by this fabulous alernatim Te Deum of Martin Baker, with these always surprising and still more modern changes of tonality. I'd liked really much ! thank a lot Martin Baker, and glory with Pierre Cochereau.

[@StevanBarry]

+jean-marie Dujardin I love the change from full rank to solo.... beautiful.... I can only imagine what Cochereau would have sounded like with today's recording equipment - a very lucky person you to have been in ND chorus. Thank you for sharing.

[@Sathrandur]

+Stevan Barry I know. I wish they had today's equipment when recording that at ND. Still, I think it is the definitive recording of how to do the alternatim approach. I remember first hearing that recording and being overwhelmed - it was so unbelievably majestic.

[@edulima1508]

I think I fell in love with this song 😍

[@nemesiolanderostorres1797]

Que bellísimo canto,y más solemne en latín, Tedeum.

[@joysmith4620]

absolutely thankful

[@jmeister321684]

Just wonderfull, all ! Thank you for uploading !

[@jacinto19571]

Parabéns ao Grupo Coral da "Westminster Cathedral", adorei.

[@georgeantony9339]

Westminster Cathedral really is the mist beautiful place in England you can visit. Christus Vincit! Christus Regnat! Christus Imperat!

[@samschaeffer8236]

Magnificent! I am not Catholic. My wife and I are Evangelical Christians. However, I do have a background in traditional and classical music. Theological differences aside, I can certainly appreciate the uplifting quality of this music. The mighty Willis III organ could use more upperwork, in the form of brighter mixtures, for it has only two mixtures in the manuals. This is not so much a complaint as it is a wish.

[@andrewbennett2582]

I’ve no idea how you can be an evangelical after listening to this. Truly the thin veil between heaven and earth has been rent during this music, and Our Lord Jesus Christ has returned from the heaven of heavens, in like manner as in his first perfect incarnation, to dwell among us men and give the highest praise to his and our Father who reigns above us in glory everlasting. Te deum laudamus

[@samschaeffer8236]

@@andrewbennett2582 I had not intended to get into a theological debate, but because of the truth of God's word and through the evidence of the Holy Spirit in my soul, and in all the glory of God I see in this broken world, I cannot let myself be drawn in to religious denominations of man's invention, with all of the excesses of doctrine and practices that are the identity of Roman Catholicism and other religions. I grew up Lutheran, later married a Catholic woman, who was my first wife, and am now married to a Pentecostal woman. I know a fair amount of various denominations, and I can appreciate the traditional arts. But, I know the true glory of Jesus Christ. As glorious as the music may be, It is only a shadow of Christ's glory. Neither the music or the pageantry and pomp of man's religions will determine my faith. Peace to you.

[@MS-ex2wf]

@@samschaeffer8236 The Willis III is a masterpiece voiced to perfection - the culmination of a life’s work spanning 3 generations, and arguably the finest organ in England. The dark sound of the tutti in this vast, cavernous space is like no other - adding bright mixtures would ruin it, frankly. After all, it’s an English Romantic organ, not a spiky neo-classical box of whistles.

[@deresendiz_g]

⚜️¡Viva Cristo Rey!⚜️ 🇻🇦¡Viva la Santa Tradición!🇯🇪

[@shanehall98]

That 32ft sounds like a plane taking off!.

[@sixtiesfan11]

Great isn't it. Heard similar at Liverpool Cathedral :)

[@abysmal111]

Can you give a time code? I'm new to organs. =')

[@shanehall98]

It’s at about 14.58

[@abysmal111]

@@shanehall98 Thank you very much. ^^ And it is great.

[@shanehall98]

@Abysmal111 your very welcome

[@angelos030191]

Te Deum laudámus: te Dominum confitémur. Te ætérnum Patrem omnis terra venerátur. Tibi omnes Angeli; tibi cæli et univérsae potestátes. Tibi Chérubim et Séraphim incessábili voce proclámant: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dóminus Deus Sábaoth. Pleni sunt cæli et terra majestátis glóriæ tuæ. Te gloriósus Apostolórum chorus; Te Prophetárum laudábilis númerus; Te Mártyrum candidátus laudat exércitus. Te per orbem terrárum sancta confitétur Ecclésia: Patrem imménsæ majestátis; Venerándum tuum verum et únicum Fílium; Sanctum quoque Paráclitum Spíritum. Tu Rex glóriæ, Christe. Tu Patris sempitérnus es Fílius. Tu ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem, non horruísti Vírginis úterum. Tu, devícto mortis acúleo, aperuísti credéntibus regna cælórum. Tu ad déxteram Dei sedes, in glória Patris. Judex créderis esse ventúrus. Te ergo quǽsumus, tuis fámulis súbveni, quos pretióso sánguine redemísti. Ætérna fac cum sanctis tuis in glória numerári. Salvum fac pópulum tuum, Dómine, et bénedic hæreditáti tuæ. Et rege eos, et extólle illos usque in ætérnum. Per síngulos dies benedícimus te. Et laudámus nomen tuum in sǽculum, et in sǽculum sǽculi. Dignáre, Dómine, die isto sine peccáto nos custodíre. Miserére nostri, Dómine, miserére nostri. Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos, quemádmodum sperávimus in te. In te, Dómine, sperávi: non confúndar in ætérnum.

[@lasacrachiesacattolicadels3534]

Genial 😁

[@Jasejosiah]

This piece of music makes me think of The Resurrection of Christ and the Glory of His Triumph over the Grave and the World

[@amarildaoliveiraleitegazza1636]

Maravilhoso!!

[@bordone32]

Wonderfull!

[@OldPost661]

The comparison with the Pierre Cocherau Te Deum is fascinating. Obviously this recording is much newer. This one sounds really English (and great); the other, very French (and great). It's nice being able to hear the choir clearly in this one (they're a little distant in the recording from Notre Dame). Since this is basically a French form that's being rendered in an English (RC) cathedral, I guess you might be able to suggest that the Cocherau Te Deum is 'better,' in the sense of being the real deal, but this Te Deum is fabulous and, possibly a little easier to listen to. Those Cavaille-Coll reeds at Notre Dame are absolutely awesome, but I quickly find them overwhelming; for me, a brief listen is plenty. I prefer the somewhat darker sound of the Willis organ here.

[@johnellis3244]

Thanks for posting this

[@petermiddeke8271]

Merci maître pierre

[@wkruit]

Impressive!!

[@Eliminator1515]

I would like to offer my sincere condolences for those chairs in your Cathedral.

[@npal379]

back to back!

[@TheToomasable]

Ciebie Boga wysławiamy

[@lasacrachiesacattolicadels3534]

Quiero visitar en una catedral

[@amphimrca]

I like commercials in sacred music...😱

[@TDHChoir]

Has anyone put pen to paper of the versets? I wish could improvise like this

[@williamcampbell8644]

Funnily enough I got bored during the quarantine period and wrote a transcription of this!

[@andrewbennett2582]

William Campbell how willing would you be to forward this. I would simply die to play this.

[@graciafani8213]

Try south african version as well...umbhedesho by joyous celebration...it's the same thing buy in Xhosa

[@JayJay-lu4et]

Where is the organ situated in this church? I've watched many videos but haven't spotted the pipes yet.

[@27asman]

Above the west entrance. It's hidden behind a screen.

[@JayJay-lu4et]

@@27asman : oh I see, thank you for your reply.

[@romeo9017]

Where is Martin now please?

[@cassillayen-pon1504]

Do you have the organ score of this music please ?

[@michaelrex6948]

It's improvised - there is no score beyond the plainchant.

[@cassillayen-pon1504]

@@michaelrex6948 Ok thank you for your answer

[@janettedavis6627]

Choir singing Wonderful but organ to loud for me.

[@TDHChoir]

Who is the composer please and is it possible to get the score?

[@larikipe940]

Not composed, but rather improvised by Martin Baker.