Sing along with The King's Singers: Ave Verum (William Byrd)

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  • This is a motet by one of the finest composers of the English Renaissance, William Byrd. It is one which all of us have known since childhood and which we have decided to return to, for this 'Sing with The King's Singers' video (the first in a little series of these). You can enjoy singing along with your part; if you use a piano to help, be aware that we sing it down 1 tone from the printed edition!
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    Patrick Dunachie - countertenor
    Edward Button - countertenor
    Julian Gregory - tenor
    Christopher Bruerton - baritone
    Nick Ashby - baritone
    Jonathan Howard - bass
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    Sound engineering & mixing: Nicholas Girard
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  • @MrJamesBond2011
    @MrJamesBond2011 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This is why choir music is so underrated as people don't appreciate the raw vocal range/talent that this group have. Well done guys!!

  • @jacquelineslade9089
    @jacquelineslade9089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Providing the scores to sing along is such a wonderful gift to those of us who, for any number of reasons, can't get out to sing with a choir any more. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to sing these beautiful pieces with you. And if you felt like adding some more to the collection here, we'd be so happy!

  • @ilikebells
    @ilikebells 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    What fun to sing along! Thank you, thank you for giving me a choral experience when I've been missing is to so much for sooo long!! An unexpected and wonderful gift!

    • @marilynnjefferson8525
      @marilynnjefferson8525 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Our university choir sang this 60 years ago. I hadn’t heard it since. It’s beautiful, thank you.

  • @Martalima1508
    @Martalima1508 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful music! Calms the soul and transmits inner peace! Beautiful voices

  • @marilynnjefferson8525
    @marilynnjefferson8525 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful. Our university choir sand a different melody, equally beautiful. Thank you for sharing your exquisite music with the world.

  • @intersabellos2482
    @intersabellos2482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This is a traditional Catholic prayer which affirms the sacrificial nature of the Mass and the Catholic belief in the True Presence of Christ in the Eucharist. Here is my translation from Latin to English:
    “Hail, True Body born of the Virgin Mary
    Which truly suffered and was immolated on the cross for man
    From whose pierced side gushed water and blood,
    be a foretaste [of heaven] for us at the trial of death.”

  • @jamiebbooks
    @jamiebbooks 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I love these sing-along choral videos. They are great for practicing sight-reading, and for imagining that I am still in a choir. :) Thanks!

    • @BCOther-xr4vq
      @BCOther-xr4vq 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I feel the same way 🥺🖤

  • @deev3282
    @deev3282 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you so very much. First heard this piece as a youngster when my parish church choir sung it at the start of communion one Sunday morning, and have loved it since.

  • @LIFEOFLEM
    @LIFEOFLEM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    One of my favourite classical pieces! Brings back lovely memories of university choir. Thanks for this.

  • @elisabettafausto2736
    @elisabettafausto2736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for this unexpected gift of singing along with you. I have been singing in a female choir for 30 years and this last one has been a very hard one. After almost one year of absence we have start again our rehearsals. What a breath for spirit!

  • @Filipeeno
    @Filipeeno 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    It would be a dream to perform in-person with The King's Singers one day. They have the best blend and such sensitive respect to the musicality of every piece performed. That tradition and method have led to a consistent sound over the decades. Finally, their repertoire is so extensive, from modern pop to German, English, French or Italian, that it's difficult to choose a favorite genre.

  • @annemccb
    @annemccb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    love seeing those expressive faces helping
    bring new appreciation of the music

  • @4jeffstout
    @4jeffstout 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Three cheers for the counter tenors!!

  • @RenaaWretchless
    @RenaaWretchless 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I did this piece with my late choral director. It's still one of my favorite songs to date. I miss him greatly...

  • @Thetruthisnoteasy
    @Thetruthisnoteasy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sublime doesn’t start to describe it. One of my favourite Byrds!

  • @TJP-tq4np
    @TJP-tq4np 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I haven’t sung this since I was 16! I’m a Gran now. Music stays in the memory.

  • @Ashnarath
    @Ashnarath 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Singing along with you guys feels just incredible!! Thank you

  • @jmrecillas
    @jmrecillas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My God! What a beautiful and solemn version. It's almost make my burst in tears. An absolute masperpiece, and an incredible grupe of Maistersingers, as its says in German. Thanks!!!!!

  • @awomanofacertainage
    @awomanofacertainage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    stunningly beautiful, especially for Memorial Day here in the U.S.

  • @richardkramer1631
    @richardkramer1631 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another superb classic sung as only the King's Singers can give voice to such a beautiful hymn in honor of the Eucharist

  • @winstondhanraj
    @winstondhanraj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So beautifully sung ! And I so loved singing along to the Tenor parts just follow Chris..breathe when he breathes, enter and leave 🙂 when he does..this is so cool like a dream come true ! I've been listening to Kings Singers ever since I first got a Kings CD from HMV on a trip to UK some 20 yrs ago 🙂

  • @justincombs7433
    @justincombs7433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I always enjoy these. Great for vocal placement practice and ear training on first go through. Love to sing through on every line!

  • @mikepictor
    @mikepictor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    whoa that takes me back. I was part of a choir...20 years ago?...that sang this. I still remember most of it

  • @thomaswomack3888
    @thomaswomack3888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You guys knocked it out of the park AGAIN...wow you guys never cease to surprise me with your musical mastery of everything you present. You really do OWN what you sing and its very much a joy to have access to the results of your hard work. I know this level of blend and cohesiveness does not come easily or without many hours of practice. Please dont ever stop singing.

  • @kander63
    @kander63 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Just sang along with the bass part about six times in a row. I really needed this right now-thank you!

  • @ericlejacques2704
    @ericlejacques2704 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Magnifique de vous voir travailler et chanter ensemble sur le même plan. Et nous permettre de lire la partition avec vous est un exercice excellent. Encore bravo à votre formation et continuer de nous émerveiller ainsi. Bien à vous tous

  • @conolavicus3019
    @conolavicus3019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Can’t wait to go and see you guys live again.

  • @beverlyfletcher4458
    @beverlyfletcher4458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a wonderful way to start BH Monday - or any day in fact. I even managed to keep up! Will keep practising...Love, love, love these and it is an honour to be part of it. Thank you.

  • @lindalawrence5485
    @lindalawrence5485 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much. I've admired you for years - to have the music and be able to sing along is such a privilege.

  • @kingdavidapple
    @kingdavidapple 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Have sung this for years with a mixed group of 8 or 9 voices - until COVID 19 - & so glad to remember my part while singing along. Well done!

  • @DD-nu8jt
    @DD-nu8jt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a privilege it is to sing along with you gentlemen. Thank you!

  • @lesleywilbourne7823
    @lesleywilbourne7823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I have to keep coming back and singing this with you. When I retired I had hoped to pick up my music again and one thing I hoped to find a choir somewhere and join them. Sadly, because of pain meds and some medical conditions, I suffer from a dry mouth and that affects my vocal chords. So I haven’t had the courage to contact any choirs as I don’t feel confident in being able to actually place any notes. This music isn’t too high so it sits comfortably in my register and I am building up my confidence singing it. It’s lovely to be supported by your fantastic voices. Thank you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

    • @JOHNWLOUCKS
      @JOHNWLOUCKS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lesley: Don't give up, keep going and you will get back your confidence. It will do your heart and your soul so much good. I am going through a bit of the same thing but it will be playing bass and singing in public after many years. Not quite on your level but boy am I nervous.
      My love for classical music right through pop and rock has always been where I am in my interests. William Byrd or the California Byrds gives me joy. There is actually a lot of Baroque in songs by the Byrds both in chord and vocal structure. (The World Turns All Around Her an example)
      Take care and good luck . You can do it !!!
      P.S.:
      I am a retired R.N. who for six years was Aaron Copland's nurse in his home. He was a lot of fun and a sweet person! Great memories !

    • @ericanewton6264
      @ericanewton6264 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have a similar problem with dry mouth too!

    • @lesleywilbourne7823
      @lesleywilbourne7823 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JOHNWLOUCKSthank you for your lovely reply and I wish you well (I was going to say good luck but I don’t think you need luck ❤) in your return to performing in public
      I always, from my early teens, have found it amusing when people tell me they hate any form of classical music and then enlighten them that the pop song they like so much is built around a piece of Bach, Pachelbel, Clementi, Chopin etc etc
      I am amazed that you were Aaron Copland‘s nurse. That must have been a very special time.
      I hope your performing goes well. Lots of love and good wishes from a fellow music lover xxx

    • @happyarmadillo4523
      @happyarmadillo4523 ปีที่แล้ว

      just join a local sacred harp group. No one cares how beautiful you sing. you just sing loud and joyfully and everyone leaves content.

  • @MatthewToogood
    @MatthewToogood 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of my favourites to both sing, conduct and listen to. I love the format for your videos, and kudos for bringing it together so professionally. A joy to sing with.

  • @richardguyton7555
    @richardguyton7555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love seeing these score videos!! Great job y’all!

  • @elifg1328
    @elifg1328 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks a lot for this wonderful performance. So glad with it!

  • @bluemoondragon
    @bluemoondragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really love this! Enjoy singing along too. Hope you create more sing along like this. Music heals.

  • @aquaesulensis7332
    @aquaesulensis7332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    C'est vraiment magnifique et me rappelle de beaux souvenirs de choriste. Votre ensemble est vraiment très sympathique. Merci pour le partage !

  • @corneliehecke7013
    @corneliehecke7013 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    AMAZING!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Specially the both countertenors, thanks. 🎵

  • @marilynwoolford-chandler1161
    @marilynwoolford-chandler1161 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fabulous. I will be listening and following all the parts as time permits. Thank you so very much

  • @drtmuir
    @drtmuir 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This was pure joy. ❤️

  • @IntoL1ght
    @IntoL1ght 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorites I sang in college choir. Absolutely stunning.

  • @stephencuttle5639
    @stephencuttle5639 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gorgeous rendition from one of my all time favorite a capella groups ❤ 💖 💕 THANK you!

  • @jerusalembible
    @jerusalembible 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you on this awesome feast of Corpus Christi. Much appreciated.

  • @hearmeroar2100
    @hearmeroar2100 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this piece

  • @Rosangela161
    @Rosangela161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you!😊🌷
    Lovely performance. Congratulations.

  • @AnjaHuebel1
    @AnjaHuebel1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So beautiful! Such a privilege to sing along with you.

  • @phylliskubey2510
    @phylliskubey2510 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Enjoyed singing with you gentlemen!

  • @1000pollak
    @1000pollak 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I sang that with New Sussex Singers 30 years ago. Thank you for the chance to sing it again, in such wonderful company

  • @emilytolman46
    @emilytolman46 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so beautiful!!!

  • @azbovitch579
    @azbovitch579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great concept. Thank you so much

  • @theothomassen6066
    @theothomassen6066 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful!!

  • @shanemesser4865
    @shanemesser4865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love it!!! & Thanks for including the score :)

  • @siholsihaloho6568
    @siholsihaloho6568 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what a sound 👏👏👏🥰

  • @cquarman
    @cquarman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Remember singing this in a tiny (read: unpopular) choir at school in the 90s. Lovely to sing again, thank you.

  • @christinac1553
    @christinac1553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Looking forward to singing along with Mozart's Ave Verum

  • @pauldunstan4495
    @pauldunstan4495 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sublime!

  • @emmanuelleserrano9719
    @emmanuelleserrano9719 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So great ! Fantastic idea. I enjoyed singing along (soprano)

  • @ChristelVinot
    @ChristelVinot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    I'm not a singer but can read music. this was fun.

    • @m0bob
      @m0bob 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You are a singer now!

  • @sariputraa
    @sariputraa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you very much. it's so nice to hear and to be able to sing along :)

  • @lesleywilbourne7823
    @lesleywilbourne7823 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really enjoyed that. Took me back to my college days xx

  • @dulcespinelli
    @dulcespinelli 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOVE this song!!!!! :)))))

  • @HeathcliffeMcHarris
    @HeathcliffeMcHarris 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Looking forward to more of these!
    Especially on the more antiquated pieces, I always lack the score to sing along with when listening normally...

  • @unacucciola
    @unacucciola 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favourite!

  • @alejandrobertuola5901
    @alejandrobertuola5901 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Better impossible!!!! Fantástic!!! Greetings from Argentina.

  • @Nikioko
    @Nikioko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Enjoyed singing along with you.

  • @whoami1824
    @whoami1824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love the bass🥰

  • @JordiFranchParella
    @JordiFranchParella 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent again.

  • @aminseba
    @aminseba 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    BRAVI! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @frankmontillon
    @frankmontillon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderfull!

  • @jimmypoker
    @jimmypoker 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful !

  • @ulrike2138
    @ulrike2138 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Himmlisch schön!

  • @Philippepencet
    @Philippepencet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wonderfull!

  • @obeatatrinitas
    @obeatatrinitas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amen, Amen. ❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @aaronisaac9105
    @aaronisaac9105 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This takes me back to first year of uni when we sung this for ensemble exam! The false relations always remind you if you're in tune :)

  • @placidodomingo7127
    @placidodomingo7127 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great performance 💪💪💪🌹🌹

  • @caiomoreira7059
    @caiomoreira7059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Byrd simply transcended writing that Miserere Mei part.

    • @jonathanhartwell4001
      @jonathanhartwell4001 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Big facts. Different level writing

    • @adamkeener6106
      @adamkeener6106 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brings me to tears of joy every time I hear it

    • @john3260
      @john3260 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The power of false relations!

  • @bahrss
    @bahrss 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful performance. I like the interactive approach! I'll probably try to record one-man-choir based on this video. Thank you!

  • @gianlucaarnone9573
    @gianlucaarnone9573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great!

  • @lulo3554
    @lulo3554 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your generous work. Amateurs like me (us) kindly reward It.

  • @pmarchon
    @pmarchon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cheers, and thank you!
    I thought, wow, that's easy for me to sing in the tenor (barytone) line! But it's in fact a tone lower! 😅 very nice, I love William Byrd. 👍🏻

  • @JonaMondschein
    @JonaMondschein 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great. Thanks

  • @Mutuli
    @Mutuli ปีที่แล้ว

    Heavenly

  • @mrkianbian2157
    @mrkianbian2157 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work

  • @oceanwanderer8065
    @oceanwanderer8065 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sheer bliss!

  • @priscilla-pilgrimgirl7105
    @priscilla-pilgrimgirl7105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gorgeous! Priscilla

  • @bejingmao
    @bejingmao 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    sing along with the Kings Singers. this is such a ***great*** idea..........!!!! I am such a massive Kings Singers fan, if it had been on the internet 50 years ago during my peak a cappella love affair, I would have been singing on the computer 12 hours a day! I would have gotten more out of this than 75% of my required courses at Ithaca College School of Music.

  • @kathleenreynolds4506
    @kathleenreynolds4506 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sublime

  • @bensaver
    @bensaver 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bravissimi!!!!!

  • @ankavoskuilen1725
    @ankavoskuilen1725 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Beautiful performed!
    And then:
    So nice that I can join you in the singing. I sing along with the 3th person from the left.

    • @beczalapiotr3075
      @beczalapiotr3075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you very much for your interest in opera singer 🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @loganwillis4644
      @loganwillis4644 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      3th

  • @janesmith9024
    @janesmith9024 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful. There can be a time in your life when you are at your peak - this was one of what we sung when I was a university with the university chamber choir in the Eisteddfod in Wales. We did not win but were pretty good and also toured Spain. Music etches into the soul and never leaves us however old we grow. This is transposed, isn't it or sung a pitch of the time.

  • @ToolParabola
    @ToolParabola 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great performance and great for singing along. I even sang along with the other voices apart from the Tenor to get to know those as well :D

  • @rodrigocaldeirajs928
    @rodrigocaldeirajs928 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing, is veri veri beaut

  • @domenicabianco
    @domenicabianco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Siete bravissimi. Che belle voci! Un incanto.

  • @nolangimpel39
    @nolangimpel39 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That ending cadence sounds soo nice

  • @azimuitm
    @azimuitm 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    my fav

  • @Masonicx
    @Masonicx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fun sightread.

  • @user-uy2mp6ts9d
    @user-uy2mp6ts9d 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    素晴らしい‼️30年來のファンです。遠い日本から応援しています❗️

  • @giresekongolo1292
    @giresekongolo1292 ปีที่แล้ว

    very nice

  • @xdxdxdxdxdxdxdx1
    @xdxdxdxdxdxdxdx1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    BRAVIIIIII !!!!!!!

  • @johnwade7430
    @johnwade7430 ปีที่แล้ว

    Byrd was an amazing composer - doubly amazing considering her was a Catholic in a non-Catholic country.
    This is a gorgeous performance.
    Thank you.