CWU Chamber Choir: Gjeilo - 'Ubi Caritas II: Through Infinite Ages'

"Ubi Caritas II: Through Infinite Ages" (Ola Gjeilo) is sung by The Central Washington University Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director).

In May, 2013, composer Ola Gjeilo spent 3 days on the Central Washington University Campus to join the choir in recording 4 of his pieces. The other three were "Sanctus", "Luminous Night of the Soul", and "Vast Eternal Skies"

This performance of Gjeilo's "Ubi Caritas II" is from that session, which included a rendition on which the composer later joined the choir and improvised an accompaniment. In this video the choir sings the piece in its published (unaccompanied) version.

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[wolframhuttermann]

Ola Gjeilo is a rising star in contemporary classical music. He is the Edvard Grieg of our times.

[WidiyokoIndrarto]

i'm falling in love with Ubi Caritas & Ubi Caritas II so much!! Thank you Ola Gjeilo, you've been made fantastic music for Choir Arrangement

[wlwchoirs]

Brilliant singing. What a lovely new song! Great job, Gary. Great job, Ola!

[expatmartin]

Congratulations, a beautiful composition from Ola Gjeilo and performed superbly. It is a joy to listen to CWU Chamber Choir.

[gaw]

Thank you wlw choirs! Ola's music is just so singable - we've now recorded 10 videos with the composer - he is a consumate musician - a fantastic pianist, and writes music with the most wonderful singable lines!

[Bluth_Lodge]

This is so beautiful. Thank you for recording it CWU choir!

[xiazhang]

where there is true charity, god is present.
bravi!

[clairewestfall]

Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est.
Simul quoque cum beatis videamus,
Glorianter vultum tuum, Christe Deus:
Gaudium quod est immensum, atque probum,
Saecula per infinita saeculorum. Amen.
 

Where charity and love are, God is there.
And may we with the saints also,
See Thy face in glory, O Christ our God:
The joy that is immense and good,
Unto the ages through infinite ages. Amen.

[half-eatensandwich]

Definitely not as heart-wrenching as the original, but it is still beautiful

[andrewhague]

I'm detecting a Bass C# beat 1 bar 17. Is this intentional? Did Gjeilo have a rethink. The C# works well in the context.