"Still in tune".! Groups like Voces 8 stay in tune better because they are entirely free to make the microadjustments to maintain perfect tuning. One semitone is broken down into 100cents

there still might be some tune correction going on.

​@@legone.6677 I very much doubt it. These are professional singers, not talentless pop 'singers', and they are being recorded solely by a room microphone, so there are no separate audio channels - if you tried to pitch-correct this, you'd end up with the whole lot sounding obviously autotuned.

@@legone.6677 You're very incorrect, You should get your ears checked.

Agree completely! They are beautiful. And Voces8 really do them justice. The tenor entry on "Irreprehensibilis es" was nailed on. Have sung it many times and love it.

They're better than his symphonies, and it isn't close.

@@orlestone I'm a sacred lady.

I really enjoyed singing his Improperium!

Most people in my circles think of one piece when someone says Brucker, and that piece is Locus Iste! Its a bit of an oversung cliche in the choral community! (albeit very stunning!)

Similar… I remember my A Level Music teacher handing out the sheet music for this to my class (about the same size as this group) and telling us we were going to perform it in the school Christmas concert a few weeks away. It’s been stuck in my head ever since!

Agree. I sang it in High school and it was a thrill to find this and remember. The whole 70 person choir would beg the director to sing after the vocal warm ups. Was/is a great piece to to focus young minds & hearts

Ditto. Only it's 30 years.

Likewise, I sang it with the school choir on music tours, including Salzberg Cathedral.

We learned it in my 6th Form Choir and got to sing it during a Holy Mass at Westminster Cathedral.

I agree. I sing it everywhere around the house, and of course as I enter church. What a moving rendition.

Same in my case, 37 years ago and still deep in my heart (and memory!)

True. Same for bass.😊

I agree. The lovely balance is notable ; for once, it's not top-heavy.

Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. (Psalm 100 v 3). Music is one of God's greatest gifts to humanity. He even gave men and women voices at differing pitches so that we could sing in the richest of harmonies as evidenced by the wonderful Voces8.

The Son of God is "the creative force of the universe." In Him we live and move and have our being (Saint Paul). "All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made." John 1:3.

Couldn't agree more. I sang _Locus Iste,_ and also _Christus Factus Est_ and _Os Juste_ fifty years ago. Wonderful. cheers from snowy Vienna, Scott

Same for me!

Thank you for the very interesting explanation.

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Other occasions for singing it would be the parish's individual patronage feast, the feast of the Dedication of the Lateran (9. November), the feast of the Holy See (22. February) or in Germany we have the general and solemn feast of dedications on 16. October (Kirchweih).

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Just a further explanation. The Introit and Gradual are parts of the Catholic Traditional Latin Mass. Bruckner used only the first sentence of the Gradual. The full text is: Locus iste a Deo factus est, inæstimabile sacramentum, irreprehensibilis est. Deus, cui astat Angelorum chorus, exaudi preces servorum tuorum. Alleluia, alleluia. Adorabo ad templum sanctum tuum: et confitebur Nomini tuo. Alleluia. In English: This place was made by God, a priceless mystery, it is without reproof. O God, before whom stands the choir of Angels, give ear to the prayers of Thy servants. Alleluia, alleluia. I will worship towards Thy holy temple: and I will give glory to Thy name. Alleluia.

did this today ... we had a workshop together. :-)

Where exactly was that Maureen? I ask because I believe Owen there myself, but would love to check if you and I mean the same location??

@@frankdsouza2425 St. Florian Monastery in Austria, below the organ under the church floor.

You are a sensible person. You know what heavenly music its all about.

heaven on earth 🌄

Must agree. If He happened to listen, this brought some dry smile to His face.

would that be about saving your breath to sing a phrase like that, or attempting digest its implied meaning

At 1:18 they sound like French horns. Simply beautiful.

Those who, like us, sung this masterpiece on a choir are trully blessed🎶