nah he white

@@kim15982 it was definitely a joke :p

😂😂he is neither black nor white, he is pastel peach mixed pinkish beige with a hue of apricot in the face with chestnut mahogany brown hair!😂😂😂😂 and he has some deep magenta and prussian navy in his voice too!

Her style captures the style of this piece wonderfully.

No fucking clue what you mean by "not to everyone's taste", that woman is amazing at what she does and for one to not fully appreciate her conduction the way she did, I tell you sir, that person must have no taste at all. She incorporates the music into herself and delivers the exact feeling the pieces were supposed to bring.

thank you for your kind comment

@@davidbizicbaritone i like that when you sing first phrase, there is truly desperate tone of a mere humanbeing who is made of blood and flesh, in dark pit of despair, despair so vast, so that he only can look up to god for any hope of salvation. many performances have their own merits but often many are either too smooth or luxurious for my taste, because i prefer to think about the meaning of the lyrics when i listen to this particular piece. save me lord, when the earth crumble over and the sky melt down in fire....what a dramatic and tragic vision to sing. and to think that this is a passage of a requiem, this is a song of/for a person who is facing/passing his own death...the ultimate endway of all human hope... and we all have to go through that path someday... it is very subtle to express this desperation with grace, without being over melodramatic or harsh. the grace coming from faith in god's salvation, i like to think that way. thank you for your great performance and artistry! sublime.

are you an imbecile or merely a moron, Sarah Rose?

Ah, c'mon. She's just intense.

Only a problem if the orchestra needs a human metronome instead of a conductor

Ouch 😓

+Crimson Chaos Latin pronounciation can vary in time and places. At the time of Fauré in France they would pronounce "v" therefore I think the conductor has decided on an historically accurate pronounciation

generally in choral music it's different, I was a chorister for 5 years, and I found that in spoken latin the consonants would be different (w instead of v and k sounds in place of a c, so servus would read serwus, and cibum would read kibum, yet sung they'd sound like servus and chibum) although all this may vary from country to country

Are you the Middle TN James Wells? If you are, I wish to tell those here this gentleman is a tremendous choral master and musician. If not the same, well....never mind.

Hardest transition for a choral vocalist is understanding the orchestral conductors are one half beat ahead of the sound, it's what orchestra's and their conductors are used to.

+Nikola Acimovic Hvala puno Nikola

Thank you SyrVul

you're at a loss? something tells me you find yourself uttering those words quite often in your life

+Panther Pete I agree, way to many unnecessary gestures! its annoying to watch her.

It may not be the right way to conduct but the result is idiomatic . Pity about the sound.

She's not only making unnecessary gestures, she's actually conducting out of time and isn't giving the beats of the bar clearly.

I think if the choir and orchestra were to follow her in any way, they'd be all over the place.

I normally don’t respond to comments like these, but something needs to be settled. There is a reason why she conducts like that and it’s perfectly normal and fine. The orchestra and choir lags a little behind so they can see and process the expression that the conductor directs. Sometimes it changes in performance due to a number of factors like a section playing too loud, quiet, or just the room in general. It may seem weird but it is entirely professional and actually a common practice. Some people may not like it (I personally don’t) but that’s how the conductor conducts. The orchestra and choir are perfectly on time with the conductor so there is nothing wrong with it.

Essayez de monter une pièce sans chef d'orchestre...Le chef d'orchestre est le leader d'un ensemble, celui sur tout le monde compte. Il donne les entrées quand nécéssaire, indique le tempo et donne le ton de la pièce aux musiciens. Pour vous dire tout franchement, le chef d'orchestre de cet ensemble dirige vraiment de manière étrange.... Elle ne donne pas le tempo de façon correcte et sa gestuelle me rend perplexe...

Futuriste3000 oui, bien sur quand les masses orchestrales sont devenues gigantesques, cela s' est imposé parce que probablement une grande organisation, sans chef, demanderait bcp plus de répétitions et un consensus entre tous les membres sur l'interprétation et de toute façon il faudrait tout de meme que quelqu'un donne au moins les départs (et quand il y a une chorale en + ! ) Mais on parle de grands ensembles car dans les + petits, cela est possible. Néanmoins, au bout du compte, il est plus pratique et simple que quelqu'un assume la responsabilité de la lecture et de la direction. Je n'ai jamais aimé la direction d'Equilbay; elle est bizarre oui et pourtant tout ce que j'ai entendu dirigé par elle, marche. Je préfère la Stutzman (pour rester chez les femmes). Mais en fait je vous assure que si vous regardez Gergiev, le grand chef russe, c'est un peu pareil (à mon sens). Parmi les orchestres qui me donnent la sensation de marcher tout seul, il y a le Philarmonique de Vienne; je crois que ces types connaissent tellement les partitions qu'ils pourraient se contenter du premier violon ! :)) au plaisir Futuriste3000

Je suis entièrement d'accord avec vous !

don't worry, sweetie, you'll never be good enough to work under her ... problem solved!