Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum via

Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924):
„Beati quorum via“
www.jugendkonzertchor.de
Mitglieder des Jugendkonzertchores der Chorakademie Dortmund
Christien Berger, 16 Jahre
Laura Weber, 15 Jahre
Mary Cialkowsky, 15 Jahre
Leon Lederer, 15 Jahre
Jonas Hübner, 15 Jahre
Sven Wagner, 16 Jahre
Im Bundeswettbewerb „Jugend musiziert“ 2019 (Kategorie Vokal-Ensemble) erhielten die jungen Sängerinnen und Sänger einen 1. Preis mit der Höchstpunktzahl von 25 Punkten und bekamen für ihre herausragende Darbietung überdies den Sonderpreis der „Deutschen Stiftung Musikleben“ und den renommierten Sonderpreis der „Walter-und-Charlotte-Hamel-Stiftung“ zuerkannt.
Bob Chilcott über das Ensemble:
“It is inspiring to see these young singers who are so enabled and skilled. This is ensemble singing of the highest order. It is really great to see this kind of work happening.”
The King's Singers über das Ensemble:
„What’s so impressive about the Jugendkonzertchor is their sense an ensemble. These are six young musicians who are clearly gifted listeners as well as gifted singers. It's something you can immediately see in the unity in their performances: how they shape words and phrases together, and how all the parts balance so well. These singers all have a bright future, and I’m excited to see what they produce next.”
Barnaby Smith (Voces8) über das Ensemble:
“What a pleasure to experience a youthful group committing themselves so fully and with such incredible success to the artform of ensemble singing. Your beautiful voices weave together to achieve amazingly pure ensemble and intonation, and you present with such ease and enjoyment, it makes me so grateful to be one of your colleagues in this art. I wish you every success as you sail on your barge of brilliance into a world which needs to hear the joy you bring with your music.”
Barnaby Smith
Voces8
Anders Edenroth (The Real Group) über das Ensemble:
“I was deeply impressed by the warm and clear sound that effortlessly was delivered by the young and brilliant singers. The musical communication between the six performers builds a natural flow that is further enhanced by the stylistic competence they all seem to have aquired. The music they make today carries a promise of many fantastic concert experiences in the future.”
Gesangspädagogen:
Heike Susanne Daum und Jens Hamann
Musikalische Leitung:
Felix Heitmann
Tonmeister:
Martin Pilger
Filmaufnahmen:
Jannes Grothus und Finn Löw
Besonderer Dank an:
Historische Stadthalle Wuppertal

[@nicoletheys-nollenburg2598]

Meine Güte, seid ihr wundervoll!

[@maximilianenorwood8371]

wunderschön! 🥰 Danke euch allen!!

[@RodericusMartyr]

Beautiful rendition, perfect harmony

[@trumpet0611]

Beeindruckend!

[@catherinejones9902]

One of the most beautiful blended renditions I’ve ever heard. Thank you.

[@richardforshaw8479]

I don’t care that you broke the phrasing- it makes for a refreshing interpretation.
A lovely young sound, and quite captivating. Well sung!

[@craigbloomfield527]

Pretty voices, but it is unfortunate that they systematically broke the phrasing after "Beati" as it is one of the core melodic themes that makes the motet flow and is prevalent through almost half the work. I am not sure who or what led them to do this, but it was ill-advised.

[@ulrichdannenbaum4472]

i agree completely ... in this piece music and words have to flow constantly .... but it is not easy to realize this with just 6 voices .... even Voces8 apply more voices ...

[@musikdanbahasa6175]

Great..but they must have had a reason to execute the phrase. but whose idea is this?