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+Mark Austin : the gau daytay is ok the v in latin is like w and the g is hard so it is : were gi nay dey wo tay renowahtus in when e tur (virgine,devote,renovatus,invenitur) In anatomy , we had end of term(Michaelmas, Lent and Trinity) oral exam s and we would call it a viva as in Elvis Presley viva las vegas. A smart alec came up to me one time and said you mean a vyva vow chay. He was wrong. It is a whywa woekay in latin no chay sound- that is Italian . jk
+Mark Austin Perfect for what Mark? An Italian? This group aren't Italian, so if they use diphthongs then can you say that in 16th Century Ireland Latin didn't use those? What dialect of Latin would be appropriate at this period? It is possible that he is the only one actually singing incorrectly you know...looking forward to your response.
They are using medieval ecclesiastical pronunciation which reflected the people's every day speech , rather than the classical pronunciation that was obsolete at the time this song was written.
perfect by modern received latin pronunciation yes of course, except of course the romans morally objected to the mp3 player so we don't know how they actually spoke
Rejoice, rejoice! Christ is born Of the Virgin Mary - Rejoice! The time of grace has come- What we have wished for; Songs of joy Let us give back faithfully. God has become man, With nature marvelling, The world has been renewed By the reigning Christ. The closed gate of Ezekiel Is passed through, Whence the light is risen; Salvation has been found. Therefore, let our assembly Now sing in brightness Let it bless the Lord: Greetings to our King.
I for one, loved it. I feel that you all did a terrific job. I attend a Traditional Latin Mass and our choir sang it at the end of Mass last Sunday. Merry Oops, Happy Christmas Dominus Vobiscum
I'm an experienced choral singer with a tonne of classical voice training but also deep roots in the folk tradition. Those individuals complaining about the accent on the Latin are overly concerned with a fossilized and (at times) rather precious tradition of "pure" vowels sung according to a contrived church Latin pronunciation. In context, this tradition works. But this is an earthy hymn and would've been sung by earthy people, likely imitating what they had heard from others without even necessarily knowing what the words meant. Besides which, as I remember it, it's from a song collection compiled by Medieval Finns, so God knows how they pronounced Latin. Anyway, see Steeleye Span's highly influential rendition sung in an intentionally visceral (and I believe) "authentic" way..
In WHATEVER foreign language you sing, the listener is NOT supposed to know what your own mother tongue is. Always leave out your own accent. That goes for latin just as much as for german or spanish or french.
@@carolineleiden When it comes to Latin, however, the lines are far blurrier. Classical Latin was used by Cicero and the Senator-not the average Roman. You can examine texts from the Roman Empire, even texts by famous Romans such as Augustine of Hippo, saying that there was a large difference between each region of the Empire and how they spoke Latin. And so it was, for the peoples of Europe that came after. Even when the Catholic Church kept Latin alive, there was no universal pronunciation until 1910, when Pope Pius X established an Italianate pronunciation as the one to follow, so before that, people just kept their Latin according to their own dialects and pronunciations. Undoubtedly, an Flemish Latin priest would say Mass different that an Italian Latin priest, and the same went for the British Isles and Ireland. Add this to the fact that Latin is a language with no native speakers, and the argument you present becomes brittle.
I listen to this performance every year, even though I'm not a Christian - this music is so joyful that I can't simply resist. And the pronunciation is lovely. I admire it even more as a Latinist. :) My teacher showed our class this song a few years ago, and we all appreciated it for its uniqueness and charm. There's nothing odd in it. Some people are just so used to their beliefs on the correct way of speaking that they don't understand it varied and still varies in every time our country, and there's beauty in this.
I get why people normally don't like diphthongs, but just listen. They are all in time! It is obviously a style choice. They sounds VERY together. As a Latin student, also, I can say the pronunciation of some words are a little spine tingling. But again, they are doing it together and sound great. I love this group and enjoy listening to their pieces and watching them have some fun with the general masses' opinions on something as minuscule as diphthongs.
I honestly am 100% in love with this song. Flawless in my opinion. I can not get enough of this and your other songs. They have become a blessing in my life
Gosh, why not just enjoy the fabulous chorale work. Great unisons within voice parts, strong and full tone through all parts, 'fun' solo voice, well balanced voice parts, warm voices. The only thing I would have liked to make this an outstanding rendition would be a little more contrast in their dynamic plan, it was all pretty much the same volume. Great work. Thank you
Fantastic rendition! Thanks for posting. I am a huge fan of Anuna for several reasons. Firstly, the wonderful quality of the singing. The members really do excellent ensemble work. Secondly, they succeed at bringing to popular consciousness truly great, historic works that are worth listening to. The latter is particularly important in this day and age where so much is forgotten. Peace.
Beautiful music and I think the pronunciation is full of feeling and vigour- just as it should be. My brilliant Latin A Level teacher always spoke Latin with a gutsy Italian accent to enhance the meaning. He said it was probably originally spoken with a similar accent - it certainly wasn't pronounced in the high-church manner affected today.
I first heard this performance on MPT's PBS station, they produced the program for PBS. I hoped they would air repeats, but they haven't. I finally broke down and bought the DVD. It arrived in the mail today, a Christmas Present to myself. Now I don't have to wait for PBS, I can just pop the DVD in and enjoy the experience.
Wow. This is such a great version of a great song! It's really fresh and compelling. And I love how the singers have these subtle smiles on their faces. Really, this is an amazing performance.
J'aime beaucoup! C'est un très beau chant, très harmonieux, avec un parfait équilibre concernant la répartition entre les hommes et les femmes, puisqu'on a autant de femmes que d'hommes, huit. Et les chanteuses sont d'une beauté divine!^^
[Portuguese] Gostei muito desse coral. A música é empolgante e foi bem cantada. Gostei muito do GRUPO como um todo e dos timbres. Além disso, essa mulher loira (a 4ª da esquerda para a direita) é linda demais! Estou ansioso por mais vídeos, Abraços Rafael
Time to dig up my old collection and rip them into my tablet. I have this song in one of my Anuna CDs which I purchased in 2k. Back then my friends think I'm weird listening to Celtic music. They are no longer my friends. lol.
+1daughterific Well - we have loads of Private videos - while it was nice for Hozier fans to see him sing with us, it doesn't really reflect what we do or what we stand for so can be confusing for people coming across us for the first time. Its already caused some issues with venues that we are performing in.
Latin is a language only written. Pronunciation does not matter anymore, and just appreciate the sheer epicness of that guys voice and everyones voice for that matter.
Saw a lot of comments about the pronounciation, so I checked out a lot of the other groups singing this song to see what its all about. In the end I find that this group makes the best version to listen to, very pleasing to the ears.
+stijn louis A medieval music group called Istanpitta does a spectacular version of this -- their Latin sounds impeccable. It is on their CD entitled 'Exiled'. It should still be on RUclips under Gaudete/Dunje Rajke.
+R Weikert Yes - I had a look at it. I'm glad you say sounds impeccable. It doesn't sound that different to this. I love the fact that they use their native language to colour the vowels. Its fine though - well done to them.
Ive been watching this since I was 10 in 2011. It was my favorite song, I played it on repeat. Thank you ANUNA for this masterpiece! this version of Gaudete make all others seem bland!
Great version and their pronunciation of Latin is excellant. In the 1950s and 60s we all had to learn Latin in primary school and a lot of us boys would serve Mass every Sunday and a couple times during the week so our Latin had to be good.
I found this video a couple years ago from The King's Singers' version of the song and have been hooked on Anúna in particular and Celtic music in general ever since! Thank you so much for putting your beautiful pieces on RUclips for us to enjoy.
+ANÚNA, interesting. As I've heard it, "Celtic" is typically used as a genre-like description to charictarize music that originated from locations where the Celts were prominent. I just had a discussion with some friends about how it doesn't feel like the proper word to describe the genre (it would be as silly as lumping the Beatles and Vaughan Williams together under the "English" genre.) What genre would you consider your style of music? (That is, if it even falls under a single genre.)
+James W. Ware we don't fall in to any category James. That simple fact has both stopped us becoming more successful and sustained us for three decades. Celtic would be completely wrong. Classical, choral, world - new age, all wrong. Just Anúna is grand.
I love Anuna's music...I am from India...don't understand a word of the lyrics..but I love the melody ... someday I'd want to learn gaelic...or latin..whichever this is..
Gaudete, gaudete! Christus est natus Ex Maria virgine, gaudete! (Rejoice, rejoice! Christ has born (Out) Of the Virgin Mary - rejoice!) Tempus adest gratiæ Hoc quod optabamus, Carmina lætitiæ Devote reddamus. (The time of grace has come- what we have wished for, songs of joy Let us give back faithfully.) Deus homo factus est Natura mirante, Mundus renovatus est A Christo regnante. (God has become man, (With) nature marvelling, The world has been renewed By Christ (who is) reigning.) Ezechielis porta Clausa pertransitur, Unde lux est orta Salus invenitur. (The closed gate of Ezekiel Is passed through, Whence the light is raised, Salvation is found.) Ergo nostra concio Psallat iam in lustro; Benedicat Domino: Salus Regi nostro. (Therefore, let our preaching Now sing in brightness Let it give praise to the Lord: Greeting to our King.)
@@juancarlosfontanafontana909 IF YOU CAN DO BETTER -WELL WHERE IS YOUR BEAUTIFUL RECITAL ? i ASSUME YOU ARE A LATIN SCHOLAR WITH A LEAST A DOCTRINE IN MUSIC .-THEREFORE WHY EVEN BOTHER IN THIS CASE ,TO EVEN GIVE IT A BAD REVIEW .
People are on about their Latin pronunciation being weird. It is, gotta admit that, but is that not the way people would have sang it back in medieval times? I actually like this anglicized (Irishized?) pronunciation. It has a kind of warm feeling to it.
The problem is, vowels are one of the most important parts of singing in a choir. Pretty much everyone involved in choir knows that there are certain vowel sounds that you must use (no matter what language you're singing in) and the vowels that we speak with are simply not appropriate for choral music. That's just how it is, and if you don't follow that rule it sounds terrible to virtually any director or experienced singer in general.
Skreech Wolf I am sorry to say that I disagree with your argument, and I mean that. Vowels should be unified not "correct" - singing should sound like spoken language. That is its only real purpose. Transmit the word. Transmit the story. Bring the writer into the space with the singers. Sometimes I feel sad reading these comments because I feel that choral music has become so disengaged from its original purpose.
Yeah, okay, I know nothing about what choral music should sound like and y'all lost me there a bit, but if I, a very picky person, can enjoy it and have had this on replay for far too long, that means it's good, right? :'D
Again - correct. At what stage did choral music become more about how to do it than the effect it had on a very, informed, few? When was it taken away from the audience so that things that are unacceptable in the general music world became acceptable to choral professionals? Thankfully there are loads more people who actually agree with Anúna on this topic. There is right and then there is elitism.
***** It has nothing to do with elitism. Some people enjoy spread vowels and that's fine, but it's a very small amount of people. The only purpose of song is not to transmit a message, it's to be beautiful as well, and I can say for a fact that to someone who has been singing, directing, judging, or simply experiencing choir for a long time... spread vowels that "sound more like speaking" sound undeniably childish. When you use spread vowels as opposed to tall ones, it sounds more like a children's choir than a mature adult's choir. It is also very difficult to match vowels when everyone is singing based on their own way of speaking. There's a reason why choral directors use tall vowels and not spread ones. I'm not criticizing anyone who enjoys this -- I'm just pointing out that it would be problematic if all, or even most, groups sang this way.
I've sung in French Latin, German Latin, English Latin, even Flemish Latin... why can't the Irish have their own Latin pronunciation? I see no problem with this.
This rendition of this song is a masterpiece and very beautiful. Outstanding job with the solo and the choir. Thank you for sharing your musical talents with us.
As, a follow up if i ever win a big lotto win, then I will book you all for a big Christmas party. Your voices just lift the soul and raise one`s spirits, joyous beyond words. God bless you all, wonderful - thank you!
+ANÚNA Every country has it's own version of Latin pronunciation so there's no need to get offended. RUclips is full of people singing this song with their language "version" of Latin. I am used to traditional pronunciation and that's why I find saying g as [ʤ] instead of [g] amusing. Among other things.
+Jean-Michael Collins Why is that funny? [lol]. Neither comment is even slightly amusing, but hey, it must be cultural... Anyway - no one in Anúna is offended at all by any comment that you have made. We are mildly bored discussing this topic. May I suggest that you read down the vast quantity of comments not meant to offend us (that didn't) below. Merry Yule Log.
Lmaooo the person who runs this youtube account is not having shit from anyone. Real talk though no need to be so defensive all the time. When you post something to youtube, you are opening up a discussion to both positive and negative feedback, and also a lot of very trolly comments. The music speaks for itself l think (:
Bahar Omar well, our aim is to stimulate debate and we have done that. No - we aren't a bit defensive. Just bored with placid acceptance of so-called norms and hierarchical structures that just paint flowers in one colour.
In your opinion. And today your opinion is fact, and facts are an inconvenience that can be ignored if you don't like them. This used to be called informed debate. I'm very secure in my intent, as is a child when it seeks knowledge. And we are all insecure. So thanks.
+Wilhuff Tarkin I'm not sure I full agree with that. Latin is a dead language and thus there is nothing to stop any nationality pronouncing it in a manner that is sympathetic with their own language. If it is intelligible it isn't wrong unless you are a wee bit of a snob. Bit I still don't know why you make this comment on this video. Ireland isn't in America.
+ANÚNA +Pieishman Ok, ok, I understand, they're Irish. English isn't my first language and to me this sounded like American English because of the R-sound. I think I should also mention that I was drunk when I wrote that comment, so don't take it too seriously.^^
I'm Welsh/Italian, and i know Latin, and I absolutely ove their pronunciation, but most importantly, the harmonics are fantastic, the soloist has a great, clear voice and the over all performance gets a 10 from me 👍🏼.
Latin is eternally beautiful. In a chorus, it is indescribable.
Beautiful celebrations of the birth of our lord Jesus Christ.
how old is it. The hippy on Doctor Who's last xmas show wanted the band to sing it.
@badfairy9554 It's old.
nice version God bless - Christ is Risen !!!!!!!!!!!!
What an awesome vocal group. The performance is flawless.
Thank You again for this Magnificent hymn, A Great Carol at this Christmas.
Wishing Everyone around the World & All Freinds & Followers of Annuna a Very “Happy Christmas” & a “Peacefull, Heathly & Prosperous” 2024.
All Our Love from Scotland !!
I've listened so often to 'Gaudete' sung by Anùna . It‘s brilliant. I'm going to listen to it again - right now
Thanks a million. My first heart☘
addendum - if you listen the the soloist, his Latin is virtually perfect - no diphthongs, precise open vowels, and nice dry dental consonants.
+Mark Austin : the gau daytay is ok the v in latin is like w and the g is hard so it is : were gi nay dey wo tay renowahtus in when e tur (virgine,devote,renovatus,invenitur) In anatomy , we had end of term(Michaelmas, Lent and Trinity) oral exam s and we would call it a viva as in Elvis Presley viva las vegas. A smart alec came up to me one time and said you mean a vyva vow chay. He was wrong. It is a whywa woekay in latin no chay sound- that is Italian . jk
+Mark Austin Perfect for what Mark? An Italian? This group aren't Italian, so if they use diphthongs then can you say that in 16th Century Ireland Latin didn't use those? What dialect of Latin would be appropriate at this period? It is possible that he is the only one actually singing incorrectly you know...looking forward to your response.
@@anunachoir And two years on, not a word from Mark....!!
They are using medieval ecclesiastical pronunciation which reflected the people's every day speech , rather than the classical pronunciation that was obsolete at the time this song was written.
perfect by modern received latin pronunciation yes of course, except of course the romans morally objected to the mp3 player so we don't know how they actually spoke
This one is one the hit list for top songs in the past one thousand years.
Rejoice, rejoice!
Christ is born
Of the Virgin Mary -
Rejoice!
The time of grace has come-
What we have wished for;
Songs of joy
Let us give back faithfully.
God has become man,
With nature marvelling,
The world has been renewed
By the reigning Christ.
The closed gate of Ezekiel
Is passed through,
Whence the light is risen;
Salvation has been found.
Therefore, let our assembly
Now sing in brightness
Let it bless the Lord:
Greetings to our King.
I love this version. Thank you so much for bringing this rendition to us on RUclips!
Massively enjoyable. The only other version I heard long ago by Steeleye Span (qv) Maddy sings striking solo
Gaudete is one of my favourite pieces of music this is wonderful.
I for one, loved it. I feel that you all did a terrific job. I attend a Traditional Latin Mass and our choir sang it at the end of Mass last Sunday.
Merry Oops, Happy Christmas
Dominus Vobiscum
wow, goosebumps😮👌👍👍👍.
I'm an experienced choral singer with a tonne of classical voice training but also deep roots in the folk tradition. Those individuals complaining about the accent on the Latin are overly concerned with a fossilized and (at times) rather precious tradition of "pure" vowels sung according to a contrived church Latin pronunciation. In context, this tradition works. But this is an earthy hymn and would've been sung by earthy people, likely imitating what they had heard from others without even necessarily knowing what the words meant. Besides which, as I remember it, it's from a song collection compiled by Medieval Finns, so God knows how they pronounced Latin. Anyway, see Steeleye Span's highly influential rendition sung in an intentionally visceral (and I believe) "authentic" way..
In WHATEVER foreign language you sing, the listener is NOT supposed to know what your own mother tongue is. Always leave out your own accent. That goes for latin just as much as for german or spanish or french.
@@carolineleiden
Is it a must to leave out your accent? I don't understand the point.
@@carolineleiden but classical Latin was not the kind spoken by the people who wrote this hymn
@@carolineleiden When it comes to Latin, however, the lines are far blurrier. Classical Latin was used by Cicero and the Senator-not the average Roman. You can examine texts from the Roman Empire, even texts by famous Romans such as Augustine of Hippo, saying that there was a large difference between each region of the Empire and how they spoke Latin. And so it was, for the peoples of Europe that came after. Even when the Catholic Church kept Latin alive, there was no universal pronunciation until 1910, when Pope Pius X established an Italianate pronunciation as the one to follow, so before that, people just kept their Latin according to their own dialects and pronunciations. Undoubtedly, an Flemish Latin priest would say Mass different that an Italian Latin priest, and the same went for the British Isles and Ireland.
Add this to the fact that Latin is a language with no native speakers, and the argument you present becomes brittle.
Xmas 2024 and i still love it :)
I listen to this performance every year, even though I'm not a Christian - this music is so joyful that I can't simply resist. And the pronunciation is lovely. I admire it even more as a Latinist. :) My teacher showed our class this song a few years ago, and we all appreciated it for its uniqueness and charm. There's nothing odd in it. Some people are just so used to their beliefs on the correct way of speaking that they don't understand it varied and still varies in every time our country, and there's beauty in this.
Incredible voices and beautiful people
I get why people normally don't like diphthongs, but just listen. They are all in time! It is obviously a style choice. They sounds VERY together. As a Latin student, also, I can say the pronunciation of some words are a little spine tingling. But again, they are doing it together and sound great. I love this group and enjoy listening to their pieces and watching them have some fun with the general masses' opinions on something as minuscule as diphthongs.
Coming back to this marvelous piece.
Wonderful arrangement.
I honestly am 100% in love with this song. Flawless in my opinion. I can not get enough of this and your other songs. They have become a blessing in my life
I feel the same way.. Very uplifting..
Is it me or is it slightly faster than steel eye span !?🤔
@@davidtomlinson6138 It's slightly faster. It's actually as close as they got to rock and roll in the middle ages.
'Gaudete' is a beautiful carol and brings back fond memories of the Advent Carol Service at Christ Church St Laurence.
Gosh, why not just enjoy the fabulous chorale work. Great unisons within voice parts, strong and full tone through all parts, 'fun' solo voice, well balanced voice parts, warm voices. The only thing I would have liked to make this an outstanding rendition would be a little more contrast in their dynamic plan, it was all pretty much the same volume. Great work. Thank you
Fantastic rendition! Thanks for posting.
I am a huge fan of Anuna for several reasons. Firstly, the wonderful quality of the singing. The members really do excellent ensemble work. Secondly, they succeed at bringing to popular consciousness truly great, historic works that are worth listening to. The latter is particularly important in this day and age where so much is forgotten.
Peace.
You are a wonderful ensemble singing the most uplifting and engaging music.
just.... beautiful
Beautiful music and I think the pronunciation is full of feeling and vigour- just as it should be. My brilliant Latin A Level teacher always spoke Latin with a gutsy Italian accent to enhance the meaning. He said it was probably originally spoken with a similar accent - it certainly wasn't pronounced in the high-church manner affected today.
That version is my favorite song. So timeless. 😊
I'm watching it over and over again and I'm being amazed every time a bit more, it's wonderful!
I first heard this performance on MPT's PBS station, they produced the program for PBS. I hoped they would air repeats, but they haven't. I finally broke down and bought the DVD. It arrived in the mail today, a Christmas Present to myself. Now I don't have to wait for PBS, I can just pop the DVD in and enjoy the experience.
they are an AMAZING choir, they have a lot of spirit and love the song
beautiful harmony
Wow. This is such a great version of a great song! It's really fresh and compelling. And I love how the singers have these subtle smiles on their faces. Really, this is an amazing performance.
J'aime beaucoup! C'est un très beau chant, très harmonieux, avec un parfait équilibre concernant la répartition entre les hommes et les femmes, puisqu'on a autant de femmes que d'hommes, huit. Et les chanteuses sont d'une beauté divine!^^
Really beautiful! Anuna is a great vocal group not to be forgotten.
[Portuguese]
Gostei muito desse coral. A música é empolgante e foi bem cantada. Gostei muito do GRUPO como um todo e dos timbres.
Além disso, essa mulher loira (a 4ª da esquerda para a direita) é linda demais!
Estou ansioso por mais vídeos,
Abraços
Rafael
A gorgeous arrangement and beautiful execution. Impressive on so many levels. Every word jumps from the arrangement with crystalline clarity!
We have performed this song many ways. I have never heard the words this way. I enjoy the blending of voices so much.
Not tense or angry, sheesh. Fiercely passionate. Joyfully intelligent. In short, ANUNA!
Time to dig up my old collection and rip them into my tablet. I have this song in one of my Anuna CDs which I purchased in 2k. Back then my friends think I'm weird listening to Celtic music. They are no longer my friends. lol.
I go to a performing arts school and I sing this for choir. I am in love with this song! I can't get enough! This cover is amazing!
+katie wright Thanks Katie!
+katie wright It's absolutely fantastic.
+1daughterific Well - we have loads of Private videos - while it was nice for Hozier fans to see him sing with us, it doesn't really reflect what we do or what we stand for so can be confusing for people coming across us for the first time. Its already caused some issues with venues that we are performing in.
Still Listening & Loving This, Will listen to this Till My Dying Day, Magnifico !!
ALWAYS COMMING TO THIS SONG FOR GAUDETE
Latin is a language only written. Pronunciation does not matter anymore, and just appreciate the sheer epicness of that guys voice and everyones voice for that matter.
Still listening in 2017.
Still listening in 2024 ❤
I am absolutely hooked. The counter-tenor has a wonderfully clean voice.
My Choir (Patrick Henry Collage Youth Music Academy) will be singing this song soon and i am so excited!
It is now official that I adore your for your music AND your wit.
Saw a lot of comments about the pronounciation, so I checked out a lot of the other groups singing this song to see what its all about. In the end I find that this group makes the best version to listen to, very pleasing to the ears.
+stijn louis A medieval music group called Istanpitta does a spectacular version of this -- their Latin sounds impeccable. It is on their CD entitled 'Exiled'. It should still be on RUclips under Gaudete/Dunje Rajke.
+R Weikert Yes - I had a look at it. I'm glad you say sounds impeccable. It doesn't sound that different to this. I love the fact that they use their native language to colour the vowels. Its fine though - well done to them.
stijn louis the King's Singers also do a great rendition, the best one in my opinion.
Personally I don't like it. It is rather too mannered, but their virtuosity as singers is very fine.
I keep coming back to this every year. I love it!
This is one of my favorite renditions of this.
I would love to see them,i wish they would come to the US
man, i would love to hear that live.
Wonderful harmony ! The lovely sound of their voices warms the heart.
So, beautifull :) We sang this on Mass :)
Noice
thats amazing. 9 years ago, i hope your family is doing well.
Very beautiful. God bless 💝💝💝
the best rendition!!!
Катя Фильманович by far the best rendition is done by The King's Singers, I suggest you give them a listen.
So much sass from such a good group, don't let these uncultured folk get you down, this is/was incredible.
+mountplusBladeequals It was grand. It sounds completely different now, but it was for a glossy telly production.
Ive been watching this since I was 10 in 2011. It was my favorite song, I played it on repeat. Thank you ANUNA for this masterpiece! this version of Gaudete make all others seem bland!
+Jag_Meister lovely comment - thank you. Best compliment any artist can get.
Great version and their pronunciation of Latin is excellant. In the 1950s and 60s we all had to learn Latin in primary school and a lot of us boys would serve Mass every Sunday and a couple times during the week so our Latin had to be good.
Their pronounciation is in fact wholly erroneous.
Always great to have experts in 14th century French infected Hiberno Latin comment. A thrill!!! So tell us why. This is exciting.
so bloody good
I found this video a couple years ago from The King's Singers' version of the song and have been hooked on Anúna in particular and Celtic music in general ever since! Thank you so much for putting your beautiful pieces on RUclips for us to enjoy.
+James W. Ware thanks James. I'm not exactly sure what Celtic music actually is. But you can't have too much of a good thing 😊
+ANÚNA, interesting. As I've heard it, "Celtic" is typically used as a genre-like description to charictarize music that originated from locations where the Celts were prominent. I just had a discussion with some friends about how it doesn't feel like the proper word to describe the genre (it would be as silly as lumping the Beatles and Vaughan Williams together under the "English" genre.) What genre would you consider your style of music? (That is, if it even falls under a single genre.)
+James W. Ware we don't fall in to any category James. That simple fact has both stopped us becoming more successful and sustained us for three decades. Celtic would be completely wrong. Classical, choral, world - new age, all wrong. Just Anúna is grand.
Rejoice for this day Christ has been born to a virgin.
I love Anuna's music...I am from India...don't understand a word of the lyrics..but I love the melody ... someday I'd want to learn gaelic...or latin..whichever this is..
Superbe interprétation !
Wonderful :) thank you
My favourite version of this ancient carol. Happy Christmas from Ireland!
Gaudete, gaudete! Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine, gaudete! (Rejoice, rejoice! Christ has born
(Out) Of the Virgin Mary - rejoice!)
Tempus adest gratiæ
Hoc quod optabamus,
Carmina lætitiæ
Devote reddamus. (The time of grace has come-
what we have wished for,
songs of joy
Let us give back faithfully.)
Deus homo factus est
Natura mirante,
Mundus renovatus est
A Christo regnante. (God has become man,
(With) nature marvelling,
The world has been renewed
By Christ (who is) reigning.)
Ezechielis porta
Clausa pertransitur,
Unde lux est orta
Salus invenitur. (The closed gate of Ezekiel
Is passed through,
Whence the light is raised,
Salvation is found.)
Ergo nostra concio
Psallat iam in lustro;
Benedicat Domino:
Salus Regi nostro. (Therefore, let our preaching
Now sing in brightness
Let it give praise to the Lord:
Greeting to our King.)
Your latin pronunciation, sucks.
Juan Gomez Lopez - Thank you for providing the words and translation. I love the singers & arrangement. Following along can only make it better.
Thank You
@@juancarlosfontanafontana909 IF YOU CAN DO BETTER -WELL WHERE IS YOUR BEAUTIFUL RECITAL ? i ASSUME YOU ARE A LATIN SCHOLAR WITH A LEAST A DOCTRINE IN MUSIC .-THEREFORE WHY EVEN BOTHER IN THIS CASE ,TO EVEN GIVE IT A BAD REVIEW .
Magnifique
Merci beaucoup
People are on about their Latin pronunciation being weird. It is, gotta admit that, but is that not the way people would have sang it back in medieval times? I actually like this anglicized (Irishized?) pronunciation. It has a kind of warm feeling to it.
The problem is, vowels are one of the most important parts of singing in a choir. Pretty much everyone involved in choir knows that there are certain vowel sounds that you must use (no matter what language you're singing in) and the vowels that we speak with are simply not appropriate for choral music. That's just how it is, and if you don't follow that rule it sounds terrible to virtually any director or experienced singer in general.
Skreech Wolf I am sorry to say that I disagree with your argument, and I mean that. Vowels should be unified not "correct" - singing should sound like spoken language. That is its only real purpose. Transmit the word. Transmit the story. Bring the writer into the space with the singers. Sometimes I feel sad reading these comments because I feel that choral music has become so disengaged from its original purpose.
Yeah, okay, I know nothing about what choral music should sound like and y'all lost me there a bit, but if I, a very picky person, can enjoy it and have had this on replay for far too long, that means it's good, right? :'D
Again - correct. At what stage did choral music become more about how to do it than the effect it had on a very, informed, few? When was it taken away from the audience so that things that are unacceptable in the general music world became acceptable to choral professionals? Thankfully there are loads more people who actually agree with Anúna on this topic. There is right and then there is elitism.
***** It has nothing to do with elitism. Some people enjoy spread vowels and that's fine, but it's a very small amount of people. The only purpose of song is not to transmit a message, it's to be beautiful as well, and I can say for a fact that to someone who has been singing, directing, judging, or simply experiencing choir for a long time... spread vowels that "sound more like speaking" sound undeniably childish. When you use spread vowels as opposed to tall ones, it sounds more like a children's choir than a mature adult's choir. It is also very difficult to match vowels when everyone is singing based on their own way of speaking. There's a reason why choral directors use tall vowels and not spread ones. I'm not criticizing anyone who enjoys this -- I'm just pointing out that it would be problematic if all, or even most, groups sang this way.
Fabulous! That tenor!!!
I've sung in French Latin, German Latin, English Latin, even Flemish Latin... why can't the Irish have their own Latin pronunciation? I see no problem with this.
Sing in Polish Latin :)
If u want sing in irish latin you do so...i sing in clanger english...ooooo..oooooo..oooooo.
This rendition of this song is a masterpiece and very beautiful. Outstanding job with the solo and the choir. Thank you for sharing your musical talents with us.
I don't just like it, I LOVE IT!!!! Who's the soloist? Love him, can't stop repeating the song just to hear him again and again.
Aengus O'Maoláin
As, a follow up if i ever win a big lotto win, then I will book you all for a big Christmas party. Your voices just lift the soul and raise one`s spirits, joyous beyond words. God bless you all, wonderful - thank you!
Love it.
BEAUTIFUL!,,, IT DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS!!....
Beautiful. I've never heard this until Erasure covered it
I only heard the Erasure version yesterday, I was looking for the Steeleye Span version from 1972.
Me too ***** - saw it on TOTP2 the other day
Pity you didn't see this on TOTP2 :-)
We are looking forward to seeing you in Veenendaal / The Netherlands on 10 December.
Got the tickets today!!!! I'm so happy!!!
Yes, I agree. All he diphthongs in he Latin are unusual. Gau Day tay??? Otherwise good singing and fun.
+Mark Austin Or completely usual. Unless your knowledge of Hiberno Latin in the 17th century is more up to date than ours.
@@anunachoir to be fair it sounds better and softer in Anglo/Irish Latin :) i tried to sing in Greek and Turkish accent, nah, just awful... :)
My choir in high school performed much of Anuna's music and it was a huge hit. The guys did Gaudete and everyone loved it.
The sing wonderfully, but their Latin is so funny :D
+irish dancing girl Whats funny about it?
It so, I'm not sure how to say it... englishy. Especially "gaudete" and "virgine"
+ANÚNA Every country has it's own version of Latin pronunciation so there's no need to get offended.
RUclips is full of people singing this song with their language "version" of Latin.
I am used to traditional pronunciation and that's why I find saying g as [ʤ] instead of [g] amusing. Among other things.
+irish dancing girl I know exactly what you mean lol
+Jean-Michael Collins Why is that funny? [lol]. Neither comment is even slightly amusing, but hey, it must be cultural...
Anyway - no one in Anúna is offended at all by any comment that you have made. We are mildly bored discussing this topic. May I suggest that you read down the vast quantity of comments not meant to offend us (that didn't) below. Merry Yule Log.
It really is a time capsule.....to a particular time......Peace Be Upon You
is the guy at 0:19 the guy who presents Pointless?
unfortunately not. it's not Alexander Armstrong. But it does look quite a bit like him
😂😂😂
I’m learning this is music at school and his Latin is perfect
Theirs is not. And his is only ok :-)
What's the name of the fourth woman from the left ? she is mesmerizing..
Thanks
Scroffula O Loinsigh.
*****
Nice Gaelic name. Really unique, at least here in the states.
MrAlcazar Scrofula is a lymph node infection, man. He's pulling your leg.
Yes but the names are still Gaelic.
Its not that unusual a name in Ireland. I have a friend called Ogbert Ní Polli'mthóin. He's a pharmacist in Rathlooney.
Great stuff! Nicely balanced sound, crisp diction, and lovely warm joyous tone. Love it!
I'm here because Diana Gabaldan shared this on her Facebook page. 🙂
Always a treat, no matter how many times I come back.
Gao DAY tay? I was taught Gao deh teh
Great! Thanks for your comment.
That final chord sent chills down my spine..
Very well done!
Lmaooo the person who runs this youtube account is not having shit from anyone. Real talk though no need to be so defensive all the time. When you post something to youtube, you are opening up a discussion to both positive and negative feedback, and also a lot of very trolly comments. The music speaks for itself l think (:
Bahar Omar well, our aim is to stimulate debate and we have done that. No - we aren't a bit defensive. Just bored with placid acceptance of so-called norms and hierarchical structures that just paint flowers in one colour.
Fair enough! I respect that.
We'll you've certainly accomplished your goals, and by the way, this piece is great fun. Thanks.
ANÚNA Who runs this account?
@@dmac8100 maybe the male soloist.
Easily my favorite version of my favorite carol. ANUNA rocks! :)
Came for the music, stayed for the butthurt comments of the person running the group's youtube channel.
Thank you Lyssa. Admittedly it is a difficult job, but it has to be done.
ANÚNA - M'ANAM Prime response. Great video!!
lmao nailed it
literally every anuna vid
@@anunachoir It's pathetic is what it is, you come off like an insecure child.
In your opinion. And today your opinion is fact, and facts are an inconvenience that can be ignored if you don't like them. This used to be called informed debate. I'm very secure in my intent, as is a child when it seeks knowledge. And we are all insecure. So thanks.
This is absolutely beautiful.
THE GUY THIRD FROM THE RIGHT THOUGH
***** 😂😂 he's my favourite.
He’s my spirit animal
what a overwhelming song and prayer in a so amazing northern latin
That American accent...
+Wilhuff Tarkin ...is...?
+ANÚNA I don't know, Latin just sounds so wrong with an American accent.^^
+Wilhuff Tarkin I'm not sure I full agree with that. Latin is a dead language and thus there is nothing to stop any nationality pronouncing it in a manner that is sympathetic with their own language. If it is intelligible it isn't wrong unless you are a wee bit of a snob.
Bit I still don't know why you make this comment on this video. Ireland isn't in America.
+Wilhuff Tarkin These guys are Irish
+ANÚNA +Pieishman
Ok, ok, I understand, they're Irish. English isn't my first language and to me this sounded like American English because of the R-sound.
I think I should also mention that I was drunk when I wrote that comment, so don't take it too seriously.^^
I'm Welsh/Italian, and i know Latin, and I absolutely ove their pronunciation, but most importantly, the harmonics are fantastic, the soloist has a great, clear voice and the over all performance gets a 10 from me 👍🏼.
I lost it when the women started singing.