O Virgo Splendens (Llibre Vermell de Montserrat) Andrew, Hanneke & Saskia, tenor recorders
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- From the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, the three-part canon O Virgo Splendens, performed on recorders by Saskia Coolen, Andrew Levy and Hanneke van Proosdij. 4K, ultra high definition video for our free, worldwide online library.
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From the Wikipedia:
The Llibre Vermell de Montserrat… ("Red Book of Montserrat") is a manuscript collection of devotional texts containing, amongst others, some late medieval songs. The 14th-century manuscript was compiled in and is still located at the monastery of Montserrat outside Barcelona in Catalonia (Spain).
The manuscript
The manuscript was prepared in approximately 1399. It originally contained 172 double pages, of which 32 have been lost. Six folios contain music. The title "The Red Book of Montserrat" describes the red binding in which the collection was placed in the 19th century. No composer is identified for any of the songs it contains.
The monastery holds the shrine of the Virgin of Montserrat, which was a major site of pilgrimage during the time it was compiled.
The music
The purpose of the compilation is made clear by its anonymous compiler himself:
Quia interdum peregrini quando vigilant in ecclesia Beate Marie de Monte Serrato volunt cantare et trepudiare, et etiam in platea de die, et ibi non debeant nisi honestas ac devotas cantilenas cantare, idcirco superius et inferius alique sunt scripte. Et de hoc uti debent honeste et parce, ne perturbent perseverantes in orationibus et devotis contemplationibus.
"Because the pilgrims wish to sing and dance while they keep their watch at night in the church of the Blessed Mary of Montserrat, and also in the light of day; and in the church no songs should be sung unless they are chaste and pious, for that reason these songs that appear here have been written. And these should be used modestly, and take care that no one who keeps watch in prayer and contemplation is disturbed."
The songs, therefore, were written for the pilgrims to have something appropriately "chaste and pious" to sing and dance to (round-dance). The songs are in Catalan, in Occitan and in Latin. While the collection was written near the end of the 14th century, much of the music in the collection appears from its style to originate earlier; the motet Imperayritz de la ciutat joyosa contains two different texts that can be sung simultaneously, a style that would have been old-fashioned when the manuscript was compiled.
The songs have many of the characteristics of folk songs as well as hymns. Some are monophonic, while others are set in two to four parts of usually non-imitative polyphony. The monodic songs can be sung as two- or threefold canons. The relative simplicity, the dance rhythm, and the strong melodies of the songs have given the music collected in the Red Book a lasting appeal, and these songs are some of the most frequently recorded pieces of early music.
great job.. beautiful
I am an amateur recorder player and am amazed at the ethereal sound you coax from your instruments. A fabulous piece played so incredibly beautifully.
Gorgeous, ethereal and sublime!
Celestiale 🌟 💫
I met Saskia in Santo Lussurgiu, many years ago. Never forgot such a brilliant musician❣️
Spiritual. Soul-soothing. Wonderful!
Beautiful vibrations here...thank you for posting this excellent music.
:)
I am a pilgrim, and I enjoyed this very much.
So beautiful.
Terribly beautiful. It makes me think of the beautiful and sacred music that would welcome all those pilgrims to Montserrat in the wee hours of the morning in 1400❤️thank you V. O. M
You are very welcome.
A one of a kind interpretation of that opus. We are in Montserrat.We are in Compostella. Elevating our souls through that pure, meditative and magnetizing sound.
That someone takes interest in the music of this period is uplifting enough and to see and listen to this performance is a bonus indeed. Please continue to dredge the archives for this warm, woven blanket of notes!
This is beautiful, the Recorder is a lovely instrument
Never cared to listen to anything from the “Llivre Vermell” before . Exquisitely beautiful music and interpretation. I need to pay more attention to all these cultural endeavors.
How great!!! 👍
Thank you very much for sharing! 💖💖💖
I played this piece with my recorder group at a free concert in the Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago many years ago. The acoustics were amazing.
It needs some resonance :)
!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you soooo much!!!!! Questo pezzo è paradisiaco, ancora meglio della versione cantata!!!
You're very welcome.
This channel is always amazing. Incredible!
Beautiful! I love the Llibre Vermell and encourage everyone to explore its riches. There are many versions of it on TH-cam.
This is so well played. The sounds of your instruments blend so Beautifully, and there is an ethereal quality to the sound.
Thank you, Rosie
lovely and so calming.
This piece alone is almost enough reason to buy renaissance recorders.
:)
Such beautiful sounds from the recorders. I would love to know more about the recorders as well
F. Shukri look like treble b flat recorders.
Renaissance tenors.
@@francello75 Thank you. I have a very nice Hohner wood treble-sounds nice when played by a skilled musician.
Beautiful!
What a beautiful sound!
This was Splendens! Beautiful!
Браво!!!
This is so delightful.
I enjoyed every moment of this music. Thank you.
You are very welcome
op de valreep van 2020 vertolkt deze, wel hèèl mooie muziek, nu voor mij het terugkijken en overpeinzen van dit bizarre afschuwelijke jaar . Ik hoop op beter ! !
en heb daarbij gekozen voor iets inspirerends en óók met blokfluiten ; 'de Woodpeckers Quartet
Vivaldi RV443 Ga genieten en lachen svp .
En iedereen hopelijk een beetje 'n gelukkiger 2021 toegewenst. Roefie
Muito legal essas flautas e a música também! 😁👍
Beautiful, uplifting music!
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This was hauntingly beautiful. Thank you so much!
You are very welcome.
heel bijzonder en heel mooi
Sublime 💞⭐
What a heavenly music!!!
Divine rendering!!!
Gorgeous. This must have sounded stunning in the church. Thankyou
You are very welcome.
This is among the oldest known music. It predates Baroque by a couple hundred years, so those of you complaining about it being repetitive must realize that it was really ground breaking at the time.
Great tone control... ❤️🎼🎵👏🇮🇪☘️
AWESOME 🙏🏼🍀
Me encantó, gracias,
Beautiful
Exquisite recorder sound /blend ! (P. van der Poel?) Pure and beautiful music ! Thank you !
Thank you. Yes, the instruments are built by Peter van der Poel after Schnitzer
Someone complained about the repetition of this music but in my opinion it is his strong point together with the beautiful execution and the acoustics of the church.
I agree.. some of these pieces, Polorum Regina e.g., are seemingly a trance forming prayer to the Mother of God!
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Mahtava. Upea intonaatio ja ilmaisukyky.
Beautiful +
Oh that reverb. :)
Exquisite
👏👏👏
Nice ..Thank you .. :)
Remember the French canon "Frère Jacques"😅 . Naturally I am joking. Good job!
Wonderful! Thank you so much for posting! Looks like two D tenors and another in C...?
Yes, two D and one C at high pitch-- you can hear the parts clearly with this combination.
bijna oerklanken
Would you let us know the make/provenance of your instruments?
They are all Peter van der Poel recorders, after Schnitzer. Made in The Netherlands.
Second😅😅😅
Fourth..
First!
Zoom!
Third 🤪
Very beautiful, but quite close on being to repetitive
Well, it is a canon. It's all repetition....
@@VoicesofMusic Well of course, the piece is what it is and I just voiced my subjective impression. Just reading the title and starting to listen I, not knowing the piece by its name, didn't expect an (unaccompanied) canon and thus was entranced by the beautiful instruments and play but also, nearing the end, slightly irritated by the repetition.
It does go on!
Really beautiful, thanks very much. David 😎 x