Stephen Paulus: The Road Home (Jugendkonzertchor der CHORAKADEMIE, Felix Heitmann
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- „The Road Home“
Music: Stephen Paulus (1949-2014)
Lyrics: Michael Dennis Browne (*1940)
www.jugendkonzertchor.de
Jugendkonzertchor der Chorakademie Dortmund
Leitung: Felix Heitmann
Gesangspädagogen:
Heike Susanne Daum
Jens Hamann
Felix Starzonek
Michael Dennis Browne über dieses Video:
„I am very moved to see and listen to this video; the piece is beautifully sung, beautifully filmed.
It is extraordinary to me that, through music, words of mine are part of the lives of young people such as young singers. It feels like a privilege , and it greatly enhances my sense of the mystery and the power of being alive.
Thank you so much.“
(Michael Dennis Browne, 2019)
Film und Schnitt: Jannes Grothus und Finn Löw
Ton: Marco Adamczyk
Besonderer Dank an:
Immanuelkirche Dortmund-Marten
Tell me, where is the road
I can call my own,
That I left, that I lost
so long ago?
All these years I have wandered,
Oh when will I know
There‘s a way, there‘s a road
That will lead me home?
After wind, after rain,
When the dark is done,
As I wake from a dream
In the gold of day,
Through the air there‘s a calling
From far away,
There‘s a voice I can hear
That will lead me home.
Rise up, follow me,
Come away, is the call,
With the love in your heart
As the only song;
There is no such beauty
As where you belong;
Rise up, follow me,
I will lead you home
Auf seiner Konzertreise in die USA im Herbst 2017 hatte der Jugendkonzertchor die einmalige Gelegenheit, mit dem in Minnesota lebenden Dichter und Poeten Michael Dennis Browne zusammen zu treffen und von ihm Impulse zur musikalischen Arbeit an „The Road Home“ zu erhalten. Das mittlerweile weltberühmte Chorstück entstand 2001 durch die Zusammenarbeit Brownes mit dem Komponisten Stephen Paulus. Beide verband über viele Jahre hinweg eine enge Freundschaft, bis Paulus im Jahr 2014 sehr plötzlich verstarb. Doch aus der fruchtbaren Zusammenarbeit beider gingen mehrere Kompositionen hervor, die rasch großen Bekanntheitsgrad erlangten und mittlerweile von Chören auf der ganzen Welt gesungen werden. Auch für den Jugendkonzertchor gehört „The Road Home“ schon lange zum festen Bestandteil des A-cappella-Repertoires und erklingt im Konzert meist als Zugabe. Die 2002 entstandene choralhaft angelegte Komposition basiert in ihrer Melodie auf einer Weise aus dem Southern Harmony Songbook von 1835 und diente Michael Dennis Browne als Grundlage für die Dichtung seines Textes. Geprägt durch seine persönlichen Empfindungen angesichts der schweren Krankheit seiner in England lebenden Schwester, die er zum Zeitpunkt der Entstehung mehrfach besuchte, scheint die Komposition durchaus autobiographische Züge zu enthalten. Deutlich wird dies insesondere dadurch, dass Browne selbst in England groß geworden war, ehe er 1965 in die Vereinigten Staaten auswanderte. Überdies fühlte er sich nach eigener Aussage in den ersten Tönen der Melodie an das schottische Volkslied „Loch Lomond“ erinnert, welches er in früher Kindheit häufig gesungen hatte. Dem Titel nach scheint das Stück demnach eine Sehnsucht nach Brownes Heimat zum Ausdruck zu bringen. 
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Okay okay, this is what I've been looking for, The Road Home by a good choir, but more importantly VERY SLOW, I love it, thanks for taking such a nice elegant tempo. Hooray, and Bravo, kids...!!!
Note the singers are not arranged by section. They are capable and confident in holding their own. Bravo
Oh yes, very impressive.
Hauntingly beautiful ❤ the way Christien trails off when she says “heart”, just a beautiful interpretation.
Absolutely stunning. Their voices are heaven itself.
So incomparably beautiful. Stephen, stolen from us so young…he knew the voices of angels.
An amazing version! The degree of grace and technical precision of the group can be proven by how each syllable is approached: soft, crescendoing easy-onsets! I know choral work fairly well, and I've never seen such a focus on softly and thus beautifully building each syllable. Wonderful, just wonderful!
And now that I'm listeninh more: each phrase has a lovely peak and decrescendo!
I've performed many pieces of a capella music over the years in various groups wherever I've lived. I have to say this song by Stephen Paulus is perhaps one of the finest modern examples of madrigal music and so well done by this group. This song is so haunting but at the same time, so hopeful that the road will lead me home. Simply well done.
Sehr, sehr schön. ❤
This song left tears in my eyes❤❤
Man....I remember when I first learned this at USF in 2005/2006! It's such a beautiful song if I remember correctly this song was commissioned by USF a while ago. Brought back some good memeories
Wow.....what a beautiful choir.....
Perfect voices....nice and slow.....rich and full sound....
Excellent. Thank you.
Much love from Georgia, USA 🇺🇸❤️ I love this so much. Thank you.
This is exactly how I love this song sung. ❤️ Tears in my eyes. Thank you so much for sharing.
wow...that top note is great! you could easily leap off into the third Heaven!! Simply super stuff!
Just beautiful.
Genial! Die schönste Version, die ich je gehört habe.
Wow!
Nothing beats harmony. As someone who can never stop thinking, this brings me so much peace. Wonderfully done!!
Your music is getting me through university. So serene!
Choral music at its best. Bravo!
FAntastic!
Stunning!
Чудесная музыка! Великолепный хор! Браво!
So beautiful!
Dude I can't be crying in this coffee shop at 9 in the morning hahaha ❤❤❤❤❤
Great phrasing and dynamics, perfect intonation. Ausgezeichnet! Nice soloist, too!
SEHR schôn!
Incredible!
❤️
The perfect piece for young voices. One does discern that English is not their first language however. Lovely sound.
At which part do you recognize it?
"There is no such beauty as where you belong"
Second chances.
I LOVE!! :D
man man man - ihr müsst euch besser promoten! teilt diesen Link überall hin! Ihr seid der Hammer!!!
Wow!!!
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