Two wonders of the world: the Concordia and St. Olaf Choirs. F. Melius Christianson's legacy. The best in choral music!
@dennisjohnson1299
2 жыл бұрын
Luther College in Decorah, IA is not far behind.
@karmacounselor
Жыл бұрын
I will add Leland Sateren from Augsburg too but how to measure him against the others...each had its place in Lutheran chorale excellence. The brain delights in the complexity of choral music and I will be forever grateful that I was raised with the Lutheran tradition of choral music!
@leosworld4u
10 ай бұрын
Yes indeed two choral World wonders for sure. Among the finest on our Planet with a long standing tradition of excellence. Don't forget Paul M.Christiansen. Greetings & A Joyous Noel to You & Yours! From Leo in the town of Alamosa in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado USA! Play Leo's Christmas Garyskiman L on KZitem - a Huge Christmas music playlist with Great Variety! 🎅🦌☃🎄🎁🎵
@chelamcguire
9 ай бұрын
I've just listened to this heavenly choir sing this delightful hymn in St Peter's Basilica, Rome. They took the roof off!
@Beeglemon
Жыл бұрын
Shivers, tears, awe. Rene...awesome. Choir...balance perfection, tonal perfection. Jealousy for not being one of you that night. (from former boys choir, men & boys choir, Gettysburg College Chapel Choir member) There is no more beautiful sound on Earth than human voices such as these raised in chorus (though the greatest pipe organs are nice too. ; )
@leosworld4u
Жыл бұрын
Yes an outstanding choir. Exceptionally trained, superb conductor, talented vocalists! They have it all. A great choir tradition at Concordia College - past & present directors, choral composers, and World tours. A Joyous Noel to You & Yours! From Leo in the town of Alamosa in the beautiful San Luis Valley of Southern Colorado USA. Check out Leo's Christmas on KZitem (Garyskiman L) hO-Ho-HO!!! 🎅🤶🦌❄☃🎵🎄🎁✨🖖🙏
@pamelamyers9613
10 жыл бұрын
No frills, no thrills, no entertainment, or flash and dance; reverence and honor and love of the Beautiful Saviour. Sweet.
@lianecornils8733
4 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@fargokid71
4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! I lived in Moorhead MN and Fargo ND in 1971. I was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Wish I knew of this performance back then. Beautiful cities back then. Thanks.
@buckjohnson1119
3 жыл бұрын
Oak Grove Lutheran HS in Fargo, had a strong choir those years also. We sang and recorded an album 71/72, school year. Our Madrigal group was top notch. A perfect blend of voices. Our Alto soloist for Beautiful Savior was also very good. We sadly lost Carol in her Freshman year in college. She went home to God, to sing with the Angels.✨🕊✨
@yankeejohn58
10 жыл бұрын
Of All the Songs I wish I could have performed at my Funeral........or better yet, Before I die........this is it.....Hearing This Is Like Going to Heaven.......
@gramps2matt
6 жыл бұрын
This always brings me to tears. I believe THIS is what Heaven sounds like.
@yankeejohn58
13 жыл бұрын
I NEVER get TIRED of Listening to this............Marvelous Job by Rene and the Choir for making This Arrangement Timeless......!!
@markhahn1170
2 жыл бұрын
When the Concordia choir was on tour in 2022, they stopped at Brainerd, and I was able to sing O Day full of grace with them. and to end their concert they sang this BEAUTIFUL piece, and I just melted.
@irishiii100
10 жыл бұрын
My daughter, Jill, sang with the choir when she attended Concordia several years ago and it was a highlight in my life to hear the Choir--they are indeed very special, and this was one of my favorite numbers. God bless the choir and Director for such beauty.
@richardelton1702
5 жыл бұрын
Normelton
@rickmoderie4213
6 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate enough to have 2 choir directors in high school who came from Pacific Lutheran University, who studied under Maurice Skones. The F. Melius Christianson songs were always my favorite to learn and sing. Christianson really knew how voices needed to blend together for such a sound.
@evelynthibaudeau5719
7 жыл бұрын
just beautiful! thankyou for praising our great GOD. Father,Son,and Holy Spirit.
@SuperThalberg
4 жыл бұрын
Wow, that soloist is amazing! I think that's my favorite soloist on all the Beautiful Savior recordings. Just gorgeous.
@JasonYork940
13 жыл бұрын
This was my high school's traditional "closer" at S. H. Rider High in Wichita Falls, TX.
@Kolzie1
11 жыл бұрын
Jesus, my dad was a Concordia grad, 49, he directed my high school choir and we did so many Paul and F Melius Christiansen arrangements.....it was wonderful!!! It is great to hear all these songs from the Concorida Choir here on youtube! Merry Christmas!
@tessormarjoriedaviesormard3708
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. Sounds kind of familiar in that my high school sweetheart was in our high school choir (Glendale High in Glendale, California) which was directed by Sidney Johnson, who studied under Paul Christiansen and they, too, did many Paul and F Melius arrangements. Fifty years later, I still can't get enough of this glorius music.
@jpcpdntp
4 жыл бұрын
St. Olaf sang this same arrangement of Beautiful Savior many years ago and my husband and I love it. This was beautiful as well.
@MaguindanaoBoy
14 жыл бұрын
What a powerful surge of emotion this brings, hearing my former choir intone the old Polish tune. Paul Christiansen conducted us in 1983-85 and I was so thrilled to be humming in the bass. To be a part, to have been in it, it was a unit.
@tessormarjoriedaviesormard3708
2 жыл бұрын
You are so blessed! I get chills every time I listen. Although I never had the privilege of seeing Paul Christiansen conduct the choir I feel honored that I was able to see Rene Clausen direct it a handful of times when they toured the Bay Area in California.
@patriciameis6847
2 жыл бұрын
This music is so up lifting, Just wonderful
@mig4mar
10 жыл бұрын
What a Choir and what a beautiful Alto voice!
@jumpsouth1
3 жыл бұрын
I was in the male chorus class of sixty five. Northwestern Lutheran Prep. Just the best.
@lianecornils8733
2 жыл бұрын
He is Risen! He is risen, indeed.
@decafmocha211
3 жыл бұрын
No instruments....amazing. Beautifully done
@kayenorman6514
7 жыл бұрын
This will be our Christmas Eve entertainment after Our Church Service. WOW--A fantastic line up of Music for Christ Child birth.
@varasuetamminga9519
3 жыл бұрын
No one can stamp out Christianity as long as these choirs are singing God's praises
@valp9972
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this most beautiful performance.
@mjbaz1
6 жыл бұрын
I have sung both the 1st and 2nd Tenor parts and this is a favorite hymn of mine. There are a lot of Lutherans that love this hymn. However, it is also sung in the Roman Catholic Church. I sang it with my school choir at the funeral of a student, who sang first tenor, who died of cancer. The hymn was sung after Holy Communion at the mass.
@brynnkohler4084
6 жыл бұрын
The Catholic hymn with this melody is "O God of Loveliness"
@lennyhenderson7237
10 жыл бұрын
This is gorgeous and a fitting closing number for any choir.
@shawnknepper3442
5 жыл бұрын
This is our second school song at Southwestern College, and we sing this during graduation and our Christmas Music Festival!
@carlbeaupre8142
Жыл бұрын
AMAZING! This is perfection!
@lyndiswebb8913
3 жыл бұрын
Outstanding.
@ChurchTrombonist
7 жыл бұрын
Soli Deo Gloria! I cannot stop listening to this recording. It is beyond beautiful. I, too, have sung this arrangement. From one Concordian (CUC '13) to another, "God's blessings to you, and job well done! The alto solo is just beautiful, and the support from the tenors and basses (fellow bass here) are like none other I've heard. Sopranos sound heavenly. Kapelle (CUC) choir is singing this arrangement for their spring tour this year. Gives me tears and goosebumps each time!
@yong-gilchoi8614
8 жыл бұрын
My beloved choir and conductor!!! Bravo!!!!
@benlarsen4602
6 жыл бұрын
Always my favorite.
@handsomefromla
5 жыл бұрын
I watch again n again in July 2019
@carolbauman113
2 жыл бұрын
Very well done!
@lianecornils8733
3 жыл бұрын
LORD their walking in your servants house.
@cheritaylor2476
9 жыл бұрын
One of the two traditionals sung by alumni and current members of the Capital University Chapel Choir at the end of every concert.
@musicteacherfan5237
7 жыл бұрын
I was not going to push the like button...until I heard the ending. It was certainly great all from the beginning, but the last part (In pop music we would call it a "tag") is stunning.
@CC21560
10 жыл бұрын
Also used as the closing piece for all concerts of the Samford University (Birmingham, AL) A Cappella Choir. It's been 31 years since I graduated, and I can still sing both the bass and the baritone parts in my sleep.
@maestroz25
10 жыл бұрын
I was a member of the Concordia Choir in the mid 70s and recall singing at Samford when we were on tour. 1976 I believe. There must be some common history there. My father was a student of FMC.
@markmiller3516
6 жыл бұрын
Wonderful music!! This brought peace to my soul.
@yahsalaam
14 жыл бұрын
A sublime masterpiece
@buzz71544
4 ай бұрын
Very nice sound.
@ameliaclauss4053
10 жыл бұрын
I hope to sing in this choir someday! and this song will always make me think of minnesota.
@Brinakatt24
4 жыл бұрын
I felt the same way, was a Cobber because of it! I hope you have the opportunity!
@elainebmack
14 жыл бұрын
Really beautiful. Also, the soprano soloist was quite wonderful. Bravo!
@erichaugland1
13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing - I've always loved the hush and anticipation the audience feels when this is sung.
@mararozsa3756
Жыл бұрын
So beautiful.
@matthewbrick7539
6 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
@dianecorcoran3770
4 жыл бұрын
How beautiful
@goldfinchfish1
10 жыл бұрын
Laura Auer is the soloist
@lianecornils8733
3 жыл бұрын
Laughter.... the best medicine.
@hadwyn54
7 жыл бұрын
Lovely alto solo. Well done!
@markmillerogden
9 жыл бұрын
Fabulous!!! So very inspiring!!
@charlotterider377
7 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! This song is a Swedish hymn, sung in all Swedish churches and in all church choirs.
@Ricardo1961D
7 жыл бұрын
Actually it's an almost universal hymn among "western" Christians. A different translation is rendered as "Fairest Lord Jesus" among many denominations. I belong to an ELCA parish in California founded by Swedes over 100 years ago; this hymn, I'm sad to say, is almost never sung there.
@pete4096
3 жыл бұрын
Right you are! This arrangement is by F. Melius Christiansen, the Norwegian-born professor and founding choirmaster of St. Olaf College, Minnesota.
@mikk818i
2 жыл бұрын
Danish as well
@shawnhampton8503
2 жыл бұрын
It is actually Silesian: from the area where Germany and Poland meet.
@tabanjoman24
10 жыл бұрын
Wow - best soloist I've heard on this beautiful work!
@RoZita870
10 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!!!
@reubentrotter4432
7 жыл бұрын
Stunning!
@DavidBrowningBYD
11 жыл бұрын
In so many ways a sublime performance. The young soloist has a perfectly beautiful, well trained voice. The tenors in the coda are terrific! I just wonder whether the choir, in its enthusiasm, could reign in some of those syllables that need to be de-emphasized--sav-YOR, na-SHUN, etc. [This anthem always makes me cry because my own beloved college choir (now called Pfeiffer University, in NC) sang it so often. ]
@pete4096
3 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to figure out what exactly the "Lutheran choral music style" actually *is*. Is that part of it?
@rwk50
7 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite hymns and reminds me of Trinity Lutheran, Montclair, CA., my boyhood church.
@jc9071
14 жыл бұрын
Magnificent!
@scottobrady
11 жыл бұрын
What a great space. The choir does an excellent job releasing at 3:32 and the sound carries nicely!
@brynnkohler4084
6 жыл бұрын
This hymn would be mind-blowing to hear in a large cathedral with high ceilings.
@Davejameskirk
4 жыл бұрын
It is
@Brinakatt24
4 жыл бұрын
It IS! Breathtaking
@maestroz25
3 жыл бұрын
I had the privilege of singing this with this choir in 1974 at Norte Dame Cathedral in Paris.
@erikaneumann5628
6 жыл бұрын
Wunderschön
@Wsaetre
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant soloist! Who is she? She belongs in the Pantheon of Beautiful Saviour soloists, such as Nancy Waller, Mary Pettit and Kim Ostvold. Brava!
@CC21560
10 жыл бұрын
The conductor of the Samford A Cappella Choir from the late 40's thru the mid '60's, Dr. Koski, was an alum of St. Olaf, if I'm not mistaken. Dr. Gene Black, who conducted the Choir from '65-'98 was a disciple of Dr. Koski and emulated his style and technique. I was in the Choir from '80-'83, and it seemed like we did two to three pieces that were arranged by FMC or PC every year. I said that I could still sing Beautiful Savior from memory after all of these years. I think I could still do the same with O Day Full of Grace. :)
@kostumeman
10 жыл бұрын
Well, if Koski was a St. Olaf alum, that explains this "tradition" at Concordia -- it's a transplant. Nothing unique or amazing about that (although this performance is lovely). Sadly, Concordia didn't select it's own "signature" closing piece, such as "Praise to the Lord" is to Gustavus Adolphus.
@maestroz25
10 жыл бұрын
kostumeman I sang under Paul J. Christiansen & my father was a student of FMC. I recall Paul making the statement. "I chose to end our concerts with Beautiful Savior because that's what my dad did". Nothing "sad" about it was simply a "family tradition". The history & bond between "Ole's" and "Cobbers" run deep. One of FMC's other sons Jake Christiansen was the football coach at Concordia for years.
@shawnhampton8503
9 жыл бұрын
maestroz25 I sang under Paul J.'s oldest conductor son, Sigurd. at Texas Lutheran, We never did "Beautiful Savior" the four years I was there. But as soon as Paul J. retired from Concordia, the TLC Choir began to do it regularly. I am glad Rene Clausen has not shied a way from closing the Concordia Choir concerts with it.
@DavidBrown-gt3cp
7 жыл бұрын
ive been to texas lutheran several times the chapel is so beautiful and the organ oh my word was phenominal
@meganjones2954
6 жыл бұрын
OUTSTANDING
@mkl62
8 жыл бұрын
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. I play the piano and organ. Today (January 10), I played this for Sunday School Assembly.
@Ricardo1961D
7 жыл бұрын
If it's named "Concordia" it's probably an LCMS institution, which often means they won't approve of your status. Check out an ELCA rendition at kzitem.info/news/bejne/kYeAmoihgpWEnqA or kzitem.info/news/bejne/to-ozJeEgGSnpoI. The St Olaf Choir tours the US every year. They always end every concert with this beautiful hymn. Don't miss an opportunity to be there!
@buffalotom9201
10 жыл бұрын
nicely done.
@drgrube1
5 жыл бұрын
only sublime
@Marcooljerk
9 жыл бұрын
YES!!!
@agentdad
Жыл бұрын
Do they still end concerts this way?
@maestroz25
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@lianecornils8733
3 жыл бұрын
Some people infringe their choice on your happiness or the comfort of your children. Some say hearing is a right some say its just luck.
@lianecornils905
6 жыл бұрын
Graduates of Concordia Lutheran College, Mequon wi, Seward Ne. Someone sure pulled a fast on on his family.
@lianecornils8733
3 жыл бұрын
Its all about free will. Choices. Money? Or Family.
@EricUglum
8 жыл бұрын
Wow!
@Pianomaster2008
12 жыл бұрын
Did your choir director attend Concordia, St. Olaf, or Pacific Lutheran?
@jennaleonard3870
5 жыл бұрын
Jesus Gomez clauson attended St Olaf
@TechieTurf
13 жыл бұрын
@elainebmack She's an alto.
@tabanjoman24
10 жыл бұрын
Who knows the soloists name?
@gabeandhoppy4
11 жыл бұрын
Wow
@lianecornils8733
3 жыл бұрын
Stealing my car keys was when u got into grand theft auto.
@VanSensei
12 жыл бұрын
Altos with the solo have the easiest part...it's the melody the whole way through!
@lianecornils8733
2 жыл бұрын
I dont want your cars. Ive got everything I need. 😇🙏🤝
@lianecornils8733
3 жыл бұрын
Some say money if it's not your own kids or your own family. Some spend vast amounts of time defending their right to their choices.
@lianecornils6603
11 ай бұрын
Concordia. The moderate on the train.
@Pianomaster2008
12 жыл бұрын
That's not opera... that's classical music...
@lianecornils6603
2 жыл бұрын
Cops old age trick . Gaslighting. I’m his ex patient. Not his forever fatal attraction.
@lianecornils6603
2 ай бұрын
O results
@lianecornils6603
2 жыл бұрын
Lol. What a set of nails on your little ads.
@bk29929
8 жыл бұрын
A good rendition, but I am totally biased and don't think that this song should be sung by any other than the St. Olaf Choir. Christiansen wrote this for them, and he started a legacy of choral excellence in rural MN. In my opinion, St. Olaf is the panicle of choral excellence in the US.
@brookeespelien7938
7 жыл бұрын
FYI Christiansen's son was a legacy and taught at Concordia. His grandson also went there for undergrad.
@JeanieJohnston
7 жыл бұрын
St. Olaf now performs a TON of Rene Clausen's works. This music was meant for ALL!
@bk29929
7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! I didn't mean to suggest anything else. I just prefer St. Olaf's sound, that's all.
@frogleg10
5 жыл бұрын
Paul J was the son of F Melius and continued his father's tradition at Concordia Moorhead. St Olaf choir since that time has been second sister to the Concordia College Choir.
@carolnelson1126
12 жыл бұрын
i mean a messo opera singer
@carolnelson1126
12 жыл бұрын
Bad choice for a solo...this is NOT a song for an opera solo...a soprano or an alto, not a mess soprano...ewwww
@carolnelson1126
12 жыл бұрын
sorry to say but the"opera" singer sounds like she has marbles in her mouth. Not a solo for a mess opera.
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