Libera songs never sung live: Your wishes

[Egorbea2018]

Here is the list with big thanks to The Furby, who made my life easier by drawing it from his superb data source at Libera-Passion. I have reduced it to songs recorded on CDs under the name "Libera" and I hope it's all correct:

• A New Heaven
• A Song Of Enchantment
• Adoro Te
• Air (Air On The G String)
• Ave Virgo
• Benedictus Deus
• Coventry Carol
• Home
• In Paradisum (Prizeman)
• Jerusalem
• Lead, Kindly Light
• Luminosa
• Mother Of God
• Never Be Alone
• Panis Angelicus
• Recordare
• Salve Regina
• Sancta
• Something Sings
• Stabat
• Stabat Mater
• The First Noël (The First Nowell)
• The Lamb
• Three Ravens
• Touch The Sky
• Twilight
• Veni Sancte
• Venite Adoremus
• Vespera
• We Are The Lost
• While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

Please - make your choice.

I can add five more to your list. Is it possible you saw them in concert?

Here they are:
Abide with me
Sanctissima
Sing Forever
Sing the story
Time

Most of you have probably heard the following in concert, but I have not. I would love to hear these:
Eternal Light
Far Away
For the Future

[Yorkie]

I can add five more to your list. Is it possible you saw them in concert?

Here they are:
Abide with me
Sanctissima
Sing Forever
Sing the story
Time

Most of you have probably heard the following in concert, but I have not. I would love to hear these:
Eternal Light
Far Away
For the Future

They have sung Time in concert quite a few times, without looking it up I'm pretty sure it was sung at Arundel in 2010.

[andmar]

It's interesting, that some songs never did their way to a concert set list whatever the reason might be.

From the songs listed, I'd love to hear the following (in no particular order) in a concert:

• Vepera
• BenedictusDeus
• Salve Regina
• Stabat
• Something Sings

I actually wonder, why they have never been sung live. Well, "Salve Regina" is a pretty new song and hopefully it is waiting for it's turn to be included on the set list.

Then, there are songs, which I love, but I'm not sure if they could be performed live without losing any of their magical atmosphere, so maybe it's better for them to stay on the albums only:

• Three Ravens
• Touch The Sky
• Venite Adoremus

[filiarheni]

I would dearly love to hear We Are The Lost in concert. It brings tears no matter how many times I have listened to it.

I totally second this wish. Me too, I find We are the Lost heartbreakingly beautiful and I'll never understand why Robert didn't make us of the meaningful situation to bring it on stage last year for the anniversary of the end of WW I. Would it have been too political, I wonder? Since this did not happen when the circumstances were ideal, my hope that they will ever perform it live has distinctly decreased.

I'll stop by saying I think that it's possible many of the newest mini-angels could master Touch The Sky. We don't have Mini-James anymore (and he wouldn't be so "mini" if we did) but the song would be a great way to get the newest miniboys acclimated to performing in front of a big audience.

I second this as well, but it's a difficult piece indeed. The dissonances have to be intonated absolutely "clean" (we call it that way in German), there is not much room to correct something without risking a bad, wrong sound. However, I would just jump of joy to get this one live!

So I ended up with more than three and I could pick them all I'm afraid. [...] See what I mean? I could list them all...such a hard topic.

I know exactly what you mean.

I can add five more to your list. Is it possible you saw them in concert?

Following The Furby's documentation, these songs were sung live in this frequency:

Abide with me - 1x (Leiden, 2007)
Sanctissima - 40x (last time in 2012)
Sing Forever - 3x (2005)
Sing the story - 3x (2011)
Time (14x, last time in 2010)


Well, in fact my point was to filter out the songs which so far have exclusively existed as studio recordings, because here the question why they have never been performed live can have such diverse answers. Too risky? Not performable? The boys themselves don't enjoy the song? No confidence that the audience will care? And I am interested in them, because in this regard it puts us all, whether long- or shortterm fans, on the very same level: None of us has ever heard them live. That's a special feeling, I find, and a connection among us.

Btw, have you seen this concert wishes thread, because it's a wonderful one to just wish, without any disturbance by handmade restrictions.

So as far as I can see, Vespera wins, and that's really not a secret (no pun! ), and, to my joy and surprise, Something Sings is apparently much cared for, too.

I would love to hear "Venite Adoremus" live, but I don't think it will happen. The vocals in the opening and closing sections have a rhythmically irregular, improvisational quality to them that would be very difficult to pull off in a live performance. Simplifying those sections for performance would destroy the effect of the original in my opinion.

Hm ... why not gather some courage and take on an improvisation on stage? As they told us in one of their blogs "Coach journeys are actually great for us as a group. They are usually quite fun filled and it only takes the right tune on the radio to start us singing – it’s amazing how many harmony parts we can manage to make. As many of you know, as the choir we sing songs with many different voice parts so it’s great fun to take a tune and give it a Libera spin."

Honestly, I believe that, with adequate instruction by Robert and practice, they would be capable of navigating through the relevant passages of Venite Adoremus. Some boys with a good ear could be the leading voices. I would love to see them improvising that way.

[filiarheni]

I have the great pleasure to reduce the original list by one song after the Arundel concert two weeks ago: Salve Regina has debuted there!

So now it looks like this:

A New Heaven
A Song Of Enchantment
Adoro Te
Air (Air On The G String)
Ave Virgo
Benedictus Deus
Coventry Carol
Home
In Paradisum (Prizeman)
Jerusalem
Lead, Kindly Light
Luminosa
Mother Of God
Never Be Alone
Panis Angelicus
Recordare
Sancta
Something Sings
Stabat
Stabat Mater
The First Noël (The First Nowell)
The Lamb
Three Ravens
Touch The Sky
Twilight
Veni Sancte
Venite Adoremus
Vespera
We Are The Lost
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

30 songs still. 27 without the Christmas songs.

[Liberation]

It would be great to here "Ave Virgo" and "Air" on a concert. Tom Cully did a great job on the original studio recordings and
I'm wondering who would sing them now.

Much more greater would be to see Libera in the Netherlands again but ok ….

[TullyBascombe]

Have "The Fountain" or "Faithful Heart" ever been performed in concert?

[fan_de_LoK]

Of course they were performed in concert.
'The Fountain' was performed 51 times between 2010 and 2013.
'Faithful Heart' was performed 4 times, in 2012.

Each time you question yourself about a song, you can check about it here:
http://libera-passion.exprimetoi.net/t1 ... ces-libera

You'll see how many times a song has been performed, when, where, and by which soloist

[Yorkie]

Of course they were performed in concert.
'The Fountain' was performed 51 times between 2010 and 2013.
'Faithful Heart' was performed 4 times, in 2012.

Each time you question yourself about a song, you can check about it here:
http://libera-passion.exprimetoi.net/t1 ... ces-libera

You'll see how many times a song has been performed, when, where, and by which soloist

Faithful Heart by Josh and Matthew was excellent. I remember thinking that I was a bit unsure about having a soloist who was no longer a Treble singing a solo (Josh was I think 17 at the time) but Josh's voice (and Matthew's) was absolutely spot on and proved my doubts to be completely unfounded. Great memories of that tour and not least for that performance.

[filiarheni]

Some years and albums later - time for an update here! With pleasure, I remove Vespera from the list and welcome (um ... ) some new songs on board, so this should be our new overview:

1. A New Heaven
2. A Song Of Enchantment
3. Adoro Te
4. Air (Air On The G String)
5. Ave Virgo
6. Benedictus Deus
7. Home
8. In Paradisum / Lux Aeterna (Robert Prizeman)
9. Jerusalem
10. Lead, Kindly Light
11. Luminosa
12. Mother Of God
13. Never Be Alone
14. Nunc dimittis
15. O Lord Support Us
16. Panis Angelicus
17. Recordare
18. Sancta
19. Something Sings
20. Stabat
21. Stabat Mater
22. The Lamb
23. Three Ravens
24. Touch The Sky
25. Twilight
26. Veni Sancte
27. Venite Adoremus
28. We Are The Lost

Christmas songs:

1. Coventry Carol
2. The First Noël (The First Nowell)
3. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

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My updated wish list out of these unsung songs (only the most urgent ones. With even more focus on the bold ones.):

1. Benedictus Deus
2. In Paradisum / Lux Aeterna (Robert Prizeman)
3. Mother Of God
4. Nunc dimittis
5. O Lord Support Us
6. Something Sings
7. Stabat
8. Stabat Mater
9. Three Ravens
10. Touch The Sky
11. Twilight
12. Veni Sancte
13. Venite Adoremus
14. We Are The Lost

[Surpinto]

"Venite Adoremus"! That would be an excellent one with a darker lighting mode and all. I can picture it in my mind's eye already. If this were followed by something like "Three Ravens" it would be a nice contrast in a live concert.

[TullyBascombe]

I used to drive down a winding tree lined country road at night playing that song. Imagine adding to the darkened lighting star-like points of light on the ceiling and who knows maybe even a silvery moon.

[filiarheni]

Another update needs to be done, Twilight and Lux Aeterna (In paradisum) have been sung live - now where is the heart emoji available!?!

New list:

1. A New Heaven
2. A Song Of Enchantment
3. Adoro Te
4. Air (Air On The G String)
5. Anima Christi
6. At Sea
7. Ave Virgo
8. Benedictus Deus
9. Home
10. In Paradisum / Lux Aeterna (Robert Prizeman)
11. Jerusalem
12. Lead, Kindly Light
13. Luminosa
14. Mother Of God
15. Never Be Alone
16. Nunc dimittis
17. O Lord Support Us
18. Panis Angelicus
19. Recordare
20. Sancta
21. Something Sings
22. Stabat
23. Stabat Mater
24. The Lamb
25. Three Ravens
26. Touch The Sky
27. Twilight
28. Veni Sancte
29. Venite Adoremus
30. We Are The Lost

Christmas songs:

1. Coventry Carol
2. The First Noël (The First Nowell)
3. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

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I wish for a lot of these never-sung songs to board the stage:

1. Benedictus Deus - great wish and I know that they can do it!
2. Mother Of God
3. O Lord Support Us
4. Something Sings - perhaps with an updated version?
5. Stabat
6. Stabat Mater - I would absolutely love to get this one!
7. Three Ravens
8. Touch The Sky - with one of the mini-boys as the soloist. I've SO been waiting for the song to finally make it.
9. Veni Sancte
10. Vente Adoremus - I can picture a wonderful choreography here.
11. We Are The Lost

[Padmachou]

Since filiarheni asked for me to check the list, here is the update (I only added a few songs that were actually recorded during the Angel Voices area but somehow made it to a Libera album either in Europe or Asia)
Not sure if In Paradisum should be on the list, since Lux Aeterna got performed live, but they are not exactly the same song...

Libera songs that never got performed on stage

A New Heaven
A Song Of Enchantment
Adoro Te
Air (Air On The G String)
Anima Christi
At Sea
Ave Virgo
Benedictus Deus
Headlight / Taillight
Home
In Paradisum (Lux Aeterna)
Jerusalem
Lead, Kindly Light
Locus Iste (Sanctus version)
Luminosa
Mary's Boy Child
Mother Of God
Never Be Alone
Nunc dimittis
O Lord Support Us
Panis Angelicus
Recordare
Sancta
Something Sings
Stabat
Stabat Mater
The Lamb
There Is a Green Hill
Three Ravens
Touch The Sky
Veni Sancte
Venite Adoremus
We Are The Lost
You are the New Day


Christmas songs :

Coventry Carol
The First Noel (The First Nowell)
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
When a Child is Born

And a special Angel Voices list, because I'm sure a lot of these songs could make material for future records and live I put a on the ones I think would fit Libera's current style.

Adoramus Te Domine
All Things Bright and Beautiful
Always There
Bailero
Be Still for the Presence of the Lord
Bright Eyes
Christopher Robin
Close Every Door to Me
Day by Day
Dies Irae Mozart
Evening Falls
Father Hear Thy Children's Call
Footprints
For the Beauty of the Earth
God be in my Head
I Have a Dream
Jesus Loves Me
Light the Candles
Love Lift Us Up
Mistletoe and Wine
O Come O Ye Faithfull
One Day
One Voice
Onward Christian Soldiers
Pie Jesu
Pie Jesu (Faure's Requiem)
Praise My Soul
Praise to the Lord
Sailing
Saviour's Day
The Christmas Song
The Holly and the Ivy
The Lord's My Shepherd
Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day

AND a list of songs only ever sang once live !

Abide with Me
All Through the Night
Beata Lux
Corpus Christi Carol
Cum Dederit (twice but the same day)
Innocentium
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethtleem
Once in Royal David City
Semele
Silencium

Also my personal list of songs I wish I would hear live (again ?) (looks like I will need to attend many many concerts so that the list is completed )

Adoro Te
Agnus Dei
Air
Angelis
Anima Christi
Attendite
At Sea
Ave Verum
Ave Virgo
All Through the Night
Beata Lux
Benedictus Deus
Corpus Christi Carol
Coventry Carol
Cum Dederit (haven't heard enough)
Evening Falls
Faithfull Heart
Far Away (haven't heard enough)
For the Beauty of the Earth
Glory to Thee
Going Home
How Can I Keep from Singing
Hymn to Beauty
Hymn to Mary
If (haven't heard enough)
Jerusalem
Jubilate Deo
Lament
Let Me Make Songs (haven't heard enough)
Lullabye
Mary's Boy Child
May the Road rise Up
Mother of God
Mysterium (haven't heard enough)
Never Be Alone
O For the Wings of a Dove
O Holy Night
O Little Town of Bethtleem
One Voice
Panis Angelicus
Rest in Peace
Sailing
Sakura
Salve Regina (haven't heard enough)
Sancta
Sancte
Sanctissima
Secret
Semele
Sempiterna
Silencium
Sing the Story
Something Sings
Stabat
Stabat Mater
The Christmas Song
The First Noel
The Fountain
The Holly and the Ivy
The Lamb
Three Ravens
Time
Touch the Sky
Twilight (haven't heard enough)
Veni veni Emmanuel (haven't heard enough)
Venite Adoramus
We Are the Lost
When a Knight
White Christmas
Wings of a Dove

There is also a peculiar situation : the songs that never made it to an album

Hymn to Beauty got performed 21 times, but never got recorded !
Innocentium got performed only once and was never recorded.
Sakura got performed 13 times without a record.
There Is a Green Hill was performed for a video but never performed live nor recorded on an album.
Ulahay got performed twice, no record.
Veni Creator never got recorded either, performed 10 times.
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, performed 9 times.
Winter Wonderland got performed for shows, never on stage and never recorded.

[filiarheni]

Many thanks, Padma! Where are the numbers so that we know how many concerts they'd fill?

So there are 2 more Libera non-live songs now, which are Headlight Taillight (this one always slides from my radar) and There is a Green Hill Far Away.

Locus Iste (Sanctus version) doesn't count as an individual song, because it's just one of Libera's features to rename songs for no reason. Like Lux Aeterna and In paradisum. So it's another Sanctus.

Let's shift Mary's Boy Child to the Christmas region.

And yes, I didn't list all songs here I'd like to hear live. There are quite a number of them, definitely.