Yesterday’s post reminded me that I haven’t shared much choral music yet. Then again, it’s only Day 14! I love choirs. I love listening to choirs, I love singing in choirs, I love coaching students who sing in choirs…as the video said yesterday choir! choir! choir! Making music by yourself is great, with a small group is grand, but with twenty, fifty, or a hundred other singers? It’s one of the best feelings in the world. They say singing every day, especially in choir, is amazing for your health, breathing, and mindset. I have also realized it goes beyond that to vibration. Not only are you giving your vibration through your own sound and energy to The Universe and others around you, you are receiving the vibration of the music-making all around you. The energy and vibration in a room full of choir singers is so powerful!
A few weeks ago my choir gave a performance of the Duruflé and Fauré Requiems, but we’re not on YouTube! This performance below is In Paradisum (Latin for Into Paradise), the final movement from the latter. This is the exquisite Vancouver Chamber Choir, and you can read a translation of the text here. Prepare to feel lifted by angels to the heavens! With love, light, and song… ~Melissa~