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Lovely, magical, and always best when sung by a well-balanced quartet. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. We sang it as a quartet in a liturgical context at the christenings of both our sons and the funeral of their Grandpa...thanks again.

Sublime!

This is among the most beautiful 2 minutes I ever listened to in all of my life.

Gorgeous…. Just gorgeous

A great disapointment! Two households apparently unmarried. I dont know how it is possible, such angelic voices boldly not obeying His commandments.

Glory to God we sing, as with the angels, and forever!

The feeling of the music is that you are worshiping and you are interactively enjoying the worship of each other person in the group. Thats why your worship is my worship.

❤❤ incroyables voix. Vraiment très agréable à écouter. Merci

Ah memories memories. I sang the tenor line in this in my school house choir (Willett) when, under the baton of the late Julian Couzens, we won the Brighton, Hove & Sussex Grammar School choir competition in, I think, 1966.

Das ist nicht Bach, sondern unerträglicher, selbstverliebter Schmalz. Auch wenn die Intonation nahzu perfekt ist, der Bachchoral ist nicht mehr vorhanden. Der gute Bach rotiert in seinem Grab.

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Note: cut the 'operatic' vibrato (soprano, who otherwise has a beautiful voice) and you have a well-sung piece.

Beautiful

This is such a GORGEOUS song. Fabulously sung as always. Any chance of a Spotify account in the future so we can enjoy these performances on the go? :D

Wow ... gorgeous ... At the beginning, I wasn't convinced a tempo that slow could work, but y'all totally pulled it off.

A wonderful performance of a very tricky piece - I seldom hear it done by just 4 singers. I must say I think the soprano is absolutely exceptional!

Gorgeous <3

The voices are in perfect balance. It is one of the best performance I have heard. Thank you.

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Thank you, this is absolutely glorious and so liberating to hear this beautiful richness and purity of singing.

Beautiful !

This is so true guys

The voices (and faces) of angels.

Y'all are so good!

Meravellós ! Wonderful !

I keep coming back to this: a balm in times of troubled spirit, a reassurance in humanity, a beautifully modulated climax, an abiding, intensely quiet tenderness. Thank you.

Thank you so much. (I would love to compare this if it would be sung by voces8 without vibrato)

Mille regretz de vous abandonner Et d'eslonger vostre fache amoureuse, J'ay si grand dueil et paine douloureuse, Qu'on me verra brief mes jours definer. I regret abandoning you a thousand times Pushing myself far from your loving face I've such sorrow and pain for these You'll see my time is short within life's space

Brilliant. So, so clear. A non vibrato sop line would make it sensational

The accuracy of your singing without obvious cues from each other, or conduction is so impressive! Beautiful harmony and discord. Loved it!

The can-opening "pssst" didnt match the stunning accuracy of your beautiful singing. Just saying....❤

❤ love this THANKS!

You are a superbly balanced and complete quartet, producing the finest polyphony, your videos display individual feelings of the music and text being sung so clearly. I'm a bass-baritone and this is one of the many Tallis motets that can be so lovingly expressed. AWSOME PERFORMANCE! Thank-you

Oh my! Exquisite! I recognize the soprano from the Navy Sea Chanters. Gorgeous, effortless soprano voice.

Wow, that's a lot in 19 minutes!!! Cheers to Dorothy: "Once there was heart I broke; And that, I think, is worse."

Absolutely beautiful work. You did Brahms proud! Loved performing this back in my college days and listening to this performance brings back wonderful memories. Saving this video!

Beautiful rendition! One of the best I've ever heard. Thank you 😊

Molto bello! Saluti dall’Italia. Continuate a fare video

Texts: 1. “Life and Love” (Waltz) - Dorothy Parker Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I am Marie of Romania. 2. “Miss Twye” (Ragtime) - Gavin Ewart Miss Twye was soaping her breasts in the bath When she heard behind her a meaning laugh And to her amazement she discovered A wicked man in the bathroom cupboard. 3. “A Lady with Technique & Frustrated Male” (Foxtrot and Charleston) - Hughes Mearns As I was letting down my hair I met a guy who didn’t care; He didn’t care again to-day- I love ‘em when they get that way! One night I met when stepping out A gal who wasn’t thereabout; I said ‘Hel-lo! And how are you!’ She didn’t say; so I never knew. 4. “Monogamy” (Pavane) - Dorothy Parker Accursed from their birth they be Who seek to find monogamy, Pursuing it from bed to bed - I think they would be better dead. 5. “The Good Girl” (Minuet) - Dorothy Parker Words of comfort to be scratched on a mirror: Helen of Troy had a wandering glance; Sappho’s restriction was only the sky; Ninon was ever the chatter of France; But oh, what a good girl am I! 6. “The Garter” (Schottische) - anon. Why blush, dear girl, pray tell me why? You need not, I can prove it: For though your garter met my eye, My thoughts were far above it. 7. “Chastity” (Tango) - Matthew Prior “No, no, for my Virginity, When I lose that”, says Rose, “I’ll die!” “Behind the elms, last Night”, cry’d Dick, “Rose, were you not extremely Sick? 8. “To the Moon” (Bolero) - anon. Oh Moon, when I look on thy beautiful face, [Careening] along through the boundaries of space, The thought has quite frequently come to my mind, If ever I’ll gaze on thy glorious behind. 9. “The Sex Situation” (Polonaise) - Dorothy Parker Woman wants monogamy; Man delights in novelty. Love is woman’s moon and sun; Man has other forms of fun. Woman lives but in her lord; Count to ten, and man is bored. With this this gist and sum of it, What earthly good can come of it? 10. “Anecdote” (Gavotte) - Dorothy Parker So Silent I when Love was by He yawned and turned away; Now Sorrow clings to my apron-stings, I have so much to say. 11. “Unfortunate Coincidence” (Rumba) - Dorothy Parker By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing, And he vows his passion is Infinite, undying - Lady, make a note of this; One of you us lying. 12. “Superfluous Advice” (Can-can) - Dorothy Parker Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true? Weep and storm and swear they lie. 13. “Superfluous Response” (Tarantella) - anon. We men have many faults, Poor women have but two: - There’s nothing good they say; There’s nothing good they do. 14. “A Very Short Song” (Sarabande) - Dorothy Parker Once, when I was young and true, Someone left me sad - Broke my brittle heart in two; And that is very bad. Love is for unlucky folk, Love is but a curse. Once there was heart I broke; And that, I think, is worse. 15. “Love and Romance” (Ländler) - anon. With Love the need, Romance the food, United in our solitude For ev’ry daughter, ev’ry son The dance goes on. So weep and ache and storm and smart. Rail and curse the gods above, Then tend your broke, battered heart And love.

Soprano's nose jewelry creeped me out for a few seconds.😉

What effortless simplicity and tuneful grace, with outstanding clarity of the German. This sort of quality can only happen after years of training and practice, but the Polyphonists make it seem so fresh, direct, honest and easy. Bravo!

Beautiful!

Beautiful! So fitting for this time of year. I sung these over twenty-five years ago and hearing you brings back such lovely memories ❤

Thanks for the wonderful music, and the many camera angles!

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Lovely! Who are your collaborative pianists?

Wonderful group! And I think I might recognize that ballroom!

Amazing!!! Beautifully sung!!❤❤❤

Lovely - perfect clarity of lines. (And excellent for my choir to listen to to help learn it!) Thank you for sharing.