“The Lord’s Prayer” - Albert Hay Malotte

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Our Father which art in heaven
hallowed be Thy name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
and forgive us our debts
as we forgive our debtors
and lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil
For Thine is the kingdom
and the power, and the glory
forever
Amen

[VanadisAlcyone]

The best rendition, finally I've found a video with a tenor not afraid of getting to the highest note at the end. Simply perfect

[odilondasilvarocha]

Most famous and beautiful. Malotte is the composer.

[walterritter]

Wow! Beautifully sung; beautifully played!

[robertstetson]

Very well done, bravi. However, I like the second "amen" added an octave down, as John Charles Thomas always used to sing it. It was written for him, I believe, so that should be good authority for including it). It softens the somewhat bombastic nature of the finale. But again, bravi tutti

[fernandobetancur]

hermosisima interpretacion. la mejor cancion, como honrra a Dios, a Jesus.

[lugano]

I used to sing this as an operatic baritone in my 20s and as a dramatic tenor in my 30s (back in the 1970s and 80s).
So as a former professional opera singer, my thoughts:
A lot of singers rewite the ending of this piece.
In this rendition you do, with the reiterated climax, going back up to a high B natural again at the end.
By the way, most of us mere mortals sing this piece an half tone lower than you did here. (I am talking tenors and sopranos who sing this in Bb. Baritones and mezzos usually sing this a third lower.)
I commend you on your bravery!
:)
That said, I like the evenness of your registration through the passaggio. That's something all singers aspire to.
The organist's playing is really 'soupy' which does not give the singer much support.
It causes the singer to compensate for the lack of solid support by causing him to sing with more of a staccato effect and therefor with less legato.
This is really pronounced as you sang, "For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory."
You were forced to puntuate those notes when she should have.

When I was hired to sing at weddings and funerals with an organist I hadn't worked with before, I always gave them these simple instructions:
Pull out all the stops (I had a large Wagnerian voice), and
Play like a pianist! (They always seemed to understand; it helped prevent the 'soupyness' or nebulousness of beat that many organists play with.

Thanks for leaving this posted in YT.

[kyrieeleison]

Brilliant performance with lovely organ registration. Amen.

[sergeiparajanov]

No to that interpolated ending. Awkward. High note on forEVer, then the Amen softly and reverently is best I think.

[alfzay]

Beautiful rendition of this sacred classic that I learned decades ago. But I wish you'd stick to the original ending instead of improvising it, which was not as prayerful, unfortunately.

[braddishv]

Sorry - I hate they make the "new" lyrics from trespasses - literally ruins the whole point of the song.