Choral music is currently going through a renaissance with hundreds of professional and amateur Choirs singing all across the world. But what makes the sound, and in particular the sound of a professional group, so appealing? In this essay, I look at the ...  etParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreChoral music is currently going through a renaissance with hundreds of professional and amateur Choirs singing all across the world. But what makes the sound, and in particular the sound of a professional group, so appealing? In this essay, I look at the science behind the notes to find out why Choral music sounds so good. ▶ Support my channel: https://www.patreon.com/listeningin ▶ Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2PlVaMS ____________________ ▶ Website: http://www.barnabymartin.com ▶ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarnabyMartin FURTHER READING Choral Phonetics - when vowels control the intonation [Wolfgang Saus]: https://www.oberton.org/wp-content/uploads/ws-Choral-Phonetics-vh-2.pdf ChoirS FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO Tenebrae Choir: https://www.tenebrae-Choir.com/ Voces8: https://voces8.com/ Illuminare Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnDCENlgvXo The Choir of Westminster Abbey: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/worship-music/music/the-abbey-Choir-and-musicians/the-Choir The Kingdom Choir: https://ki...    etParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

The Youth Choir of The Konakovo Boys and Youth Choral School directed by Vadim Makhnovsky. Solo - Arseniy Krupenin. || Исполняет Юношеский хор ХШМиЮ г. Конаково. Дирижёр - Вадим Махновский. Солист - Арсений Крупенин. http://twitter.com/kbChoir - The Ko...  etParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreThe Youth Choir of The Konakovo Boys and Youth Choral School directed by Vadim Makhnovsky. Solo - Arseniy Krupenin. || Исполняет Юношеский хор ХШМиЮ г. Конаково. Дирижёр - Вадим Махновский. Солист - Арсений Крупенин. http://twitter.com/kbChoir - The Konakovo Boys and Youth Choral School on TWITTER http://goo.gl/HRTEb - The Konakovo Boys and Youth Choral School on FACEBOOK  

"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from the Book of Genesis 1. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer. ...  etParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"evening morning day" by David Lang. Text from the Book of Genesis 1. Recorded live on March 16, 2015, at First Presbyterian Church in fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Radcliffe Choral Society of Harvard University. Director: Beth Willer. The composer writes: "I wanted to make a piece about the creation story but I didn't want to highlight one religion's or culture's narrative over another." "It was important for me to try to find something universal, something present in all stories, or common to all cultures. I hit upon the idea of making a kind of checklist of everything that needed to be created to get the world to this point, without each individual culture's stories or myths or exoticisms. I went back to the first chapter of Genesis, to see what I could get out of my own culture's story, and I stripped away all the descriptions, adjectives, connectors and motivators. All that is left of Genesis in my text are the nouns, leaving a dispassionate list of everything created, in the order in ...    etParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Kantorei Choral Ensemble in rehearsal. Tristis Est Anima Mea by Juan Gutierrez de Padilla. www.kantoreikc.org

Just a a few snippets from the chorister point of view.

Organized under the direction of Dr. Brady Allred in 2010, the Salt Lake Vocal Artists has become the first professional-level touring and recording Choir within the Salt Lake Choral Artists organization. This mixed-voice Choral ensemble varies in size d...  etParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreOrganized under the direction of Dr. Brady Allred in 2010, the Salt Lake Vocal Artists has become the first professional-level touring and recording Choir within the Salt Lake Choral Artists organization. This mixed-voice Choral ensemble varies in size depending on the project from 16 to 40 auditioned singers and performs a diverse repertoire ranging from the Renaissance to the 21st Century. In its premiere season, the SL Vocal Artists were honored with an invitation to participate in the 42nd Tolosa Choral Contest in October 2010. After a successful concert tour of the Basque region of Spain, the SLVA competed against renowned Choirs from all over the world and were awarded First Prize in all four categories they entered, as well as the special Audience Prize. To conclude only its second season, the SL Vocal Artists were one of only 25 Choirs and the only American Choir to perform at the World Choral Symposium in Argentina following a two week concert tour of the country in July and August. They also trave...    etParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Founded in June 2010, Ponte Singers is one the of most preeminent youth Choir in Hong Kong. With members graduated from Hong Kong traditional schools like Diocesan Boys’ School, Belilios Public School, St. Paul’s Coeducation College, Ying Wa Girls’ School...  etParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreFounded in June 2010, Ponte Singers is one the of most preeminent youth Choir in Hong Kong. With members graduated from Hong Kong traditional schools like Diocesan Boys’ School, Belilios Public School, St. Paul’s Coeducation College, Ying Wa Girls’ School, St. Stephen’s Girls’ College, St. Paul’s College, Wah Yan College Kowloon, and also universities like the Hong Kong University and the Chinese University, the group was immediately invited by the HKSAR government to a celebration performance in early July 2010. The group also presented a standard professional program of sacred music in its first concert “Inspiratio” in August 2010, and a themed concert, featuring a range of masterpieces of Chinese Choral music,「聲．華」in August 2011, which won critical acclaim from local music conductors, composers and musicians. In addition to performing traditional Choir masterpiece, Ponte Singers also rearranges Hymns, Pop and folk songs, aiming to share a variety of music style, and to present our own interpretation of mus...    etParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Coronation Anthem by G F Handel

Thomas Rossin conducts Jeffery Van's setting of Silent Night, Jake Rowan, Guitar.

Fragments of the concert "Colors of Choral lyric" Thursday Evening with the Czestochowa Philharmonic Choir Collegium Cantorum Maciej Zagórski - piano Janusz Siadlak - conductor