Good reaction. I think it's a testament to the maturity of the metal community and their appreciation for good music that a stadium full of metal heads calms down, listens to, and appreciates a 13th century hymn performed beautifully.
Composers like Beethoven, Wagner, Prokofiev and others basically wrote metal scores. Just like these composers could write music for any musical genre in existence, professional metal musicians can often play any genre of music, when challenged.
The fact that there are two beautiful women standing in front of a crowd of metal heads, fully dressed and ready to metal as goddesses, singing such a beautiful classic song, is just mind blowing.
I totally agree! I find it absolutely pathetic that so many radio stations recycle the same garbage over and over again whereas true talent such as these ladies and their respective bands get no airplay whatsoever and will never get the recognition they deserve.That is one reason I stopped listening to the radio many years ago.
A little bit of pure non rock/metal vocals. Floor and Simone are so much more than just metal singers. They are all around vocal queens. Loved it S S-T.
Not to forget that at the same concert they played "Presto" from the "4 Seasons" but accompanied by guitar, and there was a relatively long orchestral interlude.
First of, i might have to steal your mug. Secondly, i love it when Simone and Floor sing together. Pergolesi's Stabat Mater alo happens to be one of my all time favourite muscial pieces.
People sometimes remark it's surprising that the audience respects quiet or classical style pieces or parts - but that's part of prog rock, it's part of symphonic, it's part of jazz, it's part of folk, of metal too where every band had a ballad, it's in all the musical styles that come together to make symphonic.. There's a Chopin piano etude in the middle of Lovebites shows too. Miyako plays piano perfectly. One has to wonder instead why audiences for other types of music are DISrespectful.
Both Simone and Floor are natural sopranos, so to me, it is far more impressive that Floor sings the alto part, which really shows her tremendous tonal range in a clean, clear voice, from the full range of alto right up to at least F6, and if some are to be believed (Like Elizabeth Zharoff, who certainly should now what she's talking about) there is more above that. Floor seems to avoid stretching right to her limits in live performance, as she has to do it night after night, often after flights, and not knowing in advance (thinking of touring for a year or more) how healthy she will be for each performance - in Bogata, for example, on the Decades tour, she was suffering from flu, but still put in what for anyone else would be an outstanding performance. Only those who know how good she can sound could detect any difference, but she could barely talk before or after the show.
@@phillee2814 My comment is about Simone's incredible and impressive skills. Did you know she was already Epica's leadsinger when she was 17? Simone has got a crystal clear voice and her vocal range is amazing. She writes half of Epica's lyrics. Incredible talent, Simone can do it all, impressive!
@@jaapblaauw3735 I'm in no way belittling Simone's undoubted talent or her performance in this, but you stated she was singing the soprano part which is both her and Floor's natural register, and therefore the one which would be easiest for either of them.
I love it how you can just drop a 13th century hymn into the middle of a metal concert and metalheads just switch to classical concert etiquette and keep vibing. I dare you to try it the other way around.
What an astoundingly epic(a) performance from these two incredibly talented vocalists. All I can say is, MORE PLEASE. There must be other musical pieces that would lend itself to bringing Floor and Simone together in the future.
The octave passages are incredible (to me, an uneducated Stinkard straight from the pit of the Globe). I am tryin to put myself in the place of the metal music attendees... their minds must have melted. I'm really enjoying this (obviously typing just part way through) "I went to a metal show, and an opera broke out" Sadly, no "Wall of Epica" in this one, lol.
it's nice how quiet all those matalheads are on one of epica's best concerts, and believe me the rest of the concert is with a lot of guitar and drums!
I've always wondered what the orchestra members think of playing with a metal band, what they think of the crowd (being more vocal than they're used to)...
You should listen to Brittney Slayes/Hayes doing Verdi's Brindisi. The first version she did with Fang on Power Metal Battles 4 was outstanding and fun and they were actually imbibing delicious drinking alcohol.
2 friends on stage, a beautiful orchestra and a music hall full with metalheads, who love it. Now...try that at a rap, hiphop, R&B or popconcert ;) Metal and classical music go hand in hand. I was classical trained, but love to play and sing metal. It combines so well, because both genres combine feelings/emotions and are way more complicated and challenging to play or sing. Holland is a symphonic metal country who brought us many awesome female singers. Simone and FLOOOOOOR ofcourse, but don't forget Anneke from Within Temptation, the mother of classical trained female metal singers. A lot of my friends (metal lovers) love to listen to classical music as well. Again...they go so well together.
Let me learn you how to pronounce Dutch names. Simone you pronounced correctly. The i in Simons is pronounced the same as in Simone. At the start of the video you can hear how to pronounce Jansen.
Hi Scott The only problem it's that it is too short. If you wantbto a metal crowd silent react to Floor singing O mio babbino caro with Revamp. Floor - Alto Simone- Soprano. At the end Floor curtsied the orchestra leader and said Grazia
The Dutch metal scene is not about ego's. In the contrary. They appriciate each other and love to cooperate. A fantastic example of that is the Rabbit Hole of Ayreon. The musical projects of Arjen Anthony Lucassen..He combines the best metal singers of the world in his compositions. A must see and hear.
I forget how incredible that orchestra is. I read somewhere that these two shared a flat together when they were studying. Can you imagine them walking around the house practicing duets. Bet the neighbours didn't tell them to shut up.
Great reaction. I admire both women very much. As for a song recommendation: it'd be great if you could react to Stray kids' FIRST TAKE for slump or their I'll be your man performance on kingdom.
@@yvonnecampbell7036 OK, I've checked and no version by Mozart. The best-known names I can see that have composed music for this hymn I can find include Sances, Vivaldi, Both Domenico and Alessandro Scarlatti, Pergolesi (this one, and it is the best known, from 1736 - and the 15th version listed by date), Haydn, Franz Schubert (two different versions), Rossini, Liszt, Dvorak, Verdi, and lots more in the entry on Wikipedia, although it says it includes the 56 is has listed, so presumably, there are more. I'm sure if Mozart, Handel, Brahms, Beethoven, or a number of other greats had been among them they would have been mentioned though. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabat_Mater#Musical_settings is the list they know of. I do know that there are earlier unsigned manuscripts, including the earliest, which has musical notation, in a Dominican Nunnery in Bologna which had already been incorporated into their Gradual and set to music, which casts doubt on the claims by Jacopone da Todi OFM, to whom it had previously been ascribed - that version, although contemporary with the Dominican one, is not notated for music, so the Dominican one must be a transcript of an even earlier work.
@@phillee2814 Wow, thank you so much for the effort. You really did your homework :) I will definitely look into it. Again, thank you so much. Bless you and stay safe ;)
@@yvonnecampbell7036 No problem - I used to regularly play this piece (This arrangement by Pergolesi) as lead violin in the music school orchestra where I was a moderate student (I suppose my teachers must have had a decent opinion of my playing for me to be leading the orchestra), so know it very well - the vocal part was in the syllabus for singers, so we had to play it for them as an accompaniment for their practices pretty frequently, and in concert a few times. I wish I could still play, but arthritis makes it impossible, although at least my treatment got me moved up the vaccination schedule - a silver lining, I guess. Stay safe ;)
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Good reaction. I think it's a testament to the maturity of the metal community and their appreciation for good music that a stadium full of metal heads calms down, listens to, and appreciates a 13th century hymn performed beautifully.
Thanks to metal I started to appreciate classical music more...
@@WaltherLigtvoet Metal is classical music with electricity and electronics
@@ghostnf9650 your so right, that’s why they meld together so well
Composers like Beethoven, Wagner, Prokofiev and others basically wrote metal scores. Just like these composers could write music for any musical genre in existence, professional metal musicians can often play any genre of music, when challenged.
@@thoso1973 Absolutely
The fact that there are two beautiful women standing in front of a crowd of metal heads, fully dressed and ready to metal as goddesses, singing such a beautiful classic song, is just mind blowing.
Both ladies are amazing, the sad thing, many people in the world got no clue who they are, and I feel sad for them.
I feel so sad for those people that do not have the voices of Simone Simmons and Floor Jansen in their lives
Damn your,e so right
I totally agree! I find it absolutely pathetic that so many radio stations recycle the same garbage over and over again whereas true talent such as these ladies and their respective bands get no airplay whatsoever and will never get the recognition they deserve.That is one reason I stopped listening to the radio many years ago.
For sure angels 👼 of music floor is a gorgeous goddess who love’s music she looks happy that’s what it’s about
This is how you silence a Metalcrowd,.....
I'm glad they didn't start clapping like some dimwits in Tarja's opera performance, lol
For sure it is. No wonder with these two lovely ladies and world class singers.
A little bit of pure non rock/metal vocals. Floor and Simone are so much more than just metal singers. They are all around vocal queens. Loved it S S-T.
Simone thanking Floor by saying "Dankjewel Floortje" (=Thank you, Little Floor!) is always so endearing.
Ikr, this is too cute and always puts a smile smile on my face.
So..... A old classical hymn, during a metal concert and everybody is listening.
Would that be possible in any other concert?
Not to forget that at the same concert they played "Presto" from the "4 Seasons" but accompanied by guitar, and there was a relatively long orchestral interlude.
@@MarcelCox1 awesome
@@MarcelCox1 Amazing!
First of, i might have to steal your mug. Secondly, i love it when Simone and Floor sing together. Pergolesi's Stabat Mater alo happens to be one of my all time favourite muscial pieces.
This piece was intended for a male soprano and a male alto in 1700s. Floor sang the alto part, which is why she went so low with her voice.
And Simone too.
There is music.
There is not classical music.
There is not metal music.
There is not music.
There is music.
People sometimes remark it's surprising that the audience respects quiet or classical style pieces or parts - but that's part of prog rock, it's part of symphonic, it's part of jazz, it's part of folk, of metal too where every band had a ballad, it's in all the musical styles that come together to make symphonic..
There's a Chopin piano etude in the middle of Lovebites shows too. Miyako plays piano perfectly.
One has to wonder instead why audiences for other types of music are DISrespectful.
This was so beautiful. What a performance.
It is so great to watch all these metal heads in complete awe at this song of two beautiful angels ..... NWSU
Floor voice rich tone in her low register.
The music and singing is so beautiful it causes me to tear up each time.
Simone singing the soprano part with such ease, amazing!
Both Simone and Floor are natural sopranos, so to me, it is far more impressive that Floor sings the alto part, which really shows her tremendous tonal range in a clean, clear voice, from the full range of alto right up to at least F6, and if some are to be believed (Like Elizabeth Zharoff, who certainly should now what she's talking about) there is more above that.
Floor seems to avoid stretching right to her limits in live performance, as she has to do it night after night, often after flights, and not knowing in advance (thinking of touring for a year or more) how healthy she will be for each performance - in Bogata, for example, on the Decades tour, she was suffering from flu, but still put in what for anyone else would be an outstanding performance. Only those who know how good she can sound could detect any difference, but she could barely talk before or after the show.
What a complement somebody other than Floor…A floor fan will make you regret it… Has to make it a competition…
And she was 4 months pregnant at this performance
@@phillee2814 My comment is about Simone's incredible and impressive skills. Did you know she was already Epica's leadsinger when she was 17? Simone has got a crystal clear voice and her vocal range is amazing. She writes half of Epica's lyrics. Incredible talent, Simone can do it all, impressive!
@@jaapblaauw3735 I'm in no way belittling Simone's undoubted talent or her performance in this, but you stated she was singing the soprano part which is both her and Floor's natural register, and therefore the one which would be easiest for either of them.
Oh my days! When shock sinks in aunt Fanny appears! 🤣🤣🤣 Bless you Sam!
Well, what can we say? These ladies are exceptional! 🥰
Stunning performance thankyou for doing this one.
Yes Floor And simone
Credit goes to the metal crowd for appreciating great music 🎶
Being Metalheads, we're already used to great music.
I love it how you can just drop a 13th century hymn into the middle of a metal concert and metalheads just switch to classical concert etiquette and keep vibing.
I dare you to try it the other way around.
The Grandfather of Heavy Metal is Classical Music !
What an astoundingly epic(a) performance from these two incredibly talented vocalists. All I can say is, MORE PLEASE. There must be other musical pieces that would lend itself to bringing Floor and Simone together in the future.
The octave passages are incredible (to me, an uneducated Stinkard straight from the pit of the Globe).
I am tryin to put myself in the place of the metal music attendees... their minds must have melted.
I'm really enjoying this (obviously typing just part way through)
"I went to a metal show, and an opera broke out"
Sadly, no "Wall of Epica" in this one, lol.
it's nice how quiet all those matalheads are on one of epica's best concerts, and believe me the rest of the concert is with a lot of guitar and drums!
Such a great song:)
Simone an d floor are super best frendS and maby the best singer in Metall
I've always wondered what the orchestra members think of playing with a metal band, what they think of the crowd (being more vocal than they're used to)...
Like the reaction, Sam.
Also, like your hair 😄😄😄😄
And this is just the first verse of this piece. There's 19 more to go.
two girlfriends of the Netherlands
They've known each other for so long.
You should listen to Brittney Slayes/Hayes doing Verdi's Brindisi. The first version she did with Fang on Power Metal Battles 4 was outstanding and fun and they were actually imbibing delicious drinking alcohol.
2 friends on stage, a beautiful orchestra and a music hall full with metalheads, who love it.
Now...try that at a rap, hiphop, R&B or popconcert ;)
Metal and classical music go hand in hand. I was classical trained, but love to play and sing metal. It combines so well, because both genres combine feelings/emotions and are way more complicated and challenging to play or sing. Holland is a symphonic metal country who brought us many awesome female singers. Simone and FLOOOOOOR ofcourse, but don't forget Anneke from Within Temptation, the mother of classical trained female metal singers. A lot of my friends (metal lovers) love to listen to classical music as well. Again...they go so well together.
don t wait so long for the next Epica reaction....very good rection
Let me learn you how to pronounce Dutch names.
Simone you pronounced correctly. The i in Simons is pronounced the same as in Simone.
At the start of the video you can hear how to pronounce Jansen.
Hi Scott The only problem it's that it is too short. If you wantbto a metal crowd silent react to Floor singing O mio babbino caro with Revamp. Floor - Alto Simone- Soprano. At the end Floor curtsied the orchestra leader and said Grazia
The Dutch metal scene is not about ego's. In the contrary. They appriciate each other and love to cooperate. A fantastic example of that is the Rabbit Hole of Ayreon. The musical projects of Arjen Anthony Lucassen..He combines the best metal singers of the world in his compositions. A must see and hear.
imagine Floor Jansen and Simone Simons singing to you before bed
I forget how incredible that orchestra is.
I read somewhere that these two shared a flat together when they were studying. Can you imagine them walking around the house practicing duets. Bet the neighbours didn't tell them to shut up.
This is so beautyfull omg thanks MR Sam .
Great reaction. I admire both women very much.
As for a song recommendation: it'd be great if you could react to Stray kids' FIRST TAKE for slump or their I'll be your man performance on kingdom.
Inmagine yourself going to a rock concert and than this happens...
I love when the do the shifts and then align together again al in one run
maybe pronounce name as Si-moh-nah Seamons without breath on the h.
All of this while Simone was pregnant. Chapeau!!!!!
Just beautifull 👌💜🎤🎻🙏🏼
I'm 6'1 as well & the bending down to hug almost everyone is real! This is just a beautiful piece
Absolutely beautiful ❤️🔥💕
Good god man! You turned grey :D
Dankjewel Floortje…
Welcome to the world of Bel Canto and of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.
I was just going to ask which of the myriad settings they used. Makes sense to use one written for a duet.
Talking about genius
I may or may not have watched this DVD a zillion times 🤣🤣
When you like Simone Simons than check out wimones Band Epica
That Song was in the middle of a Metal Concert = Metalheads are the Best Fans on this Planet
A like for the cool gray hair.
The cat-cup grew bigger?
Sobbing would be the appropriate reaction. Nobody who knows these women will judge you. 😉
your mist out on Floor Jansen Frozen2 and Floor Jansen and Henk Poort white Dangerous Game !
Floor does a great o mio babbino caro too.
i 'd say more of a fugue than a canon maybe
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Gorgeous song. Can't wait for the album. 🤘
I always assumed this music piece was done by Mozart......silly me :/
I believe Mozart also composed a version, along with at least 20 others.
@@phillee2814 Thanks, I'll look it up. Maybe I heard in the movie Amadeus or something.
@@yvonnecampbell7036 OK, I've checked and no version by Mozart.
The best-known names I can see that have composed music for this hymn I can find include Sances, Vivaldi, Both Domenico and Alessandro Scarlatti, Pergolesi (this one, and it is the best known, from 1736 - and the 15th version listed by date), Haydn, Franz Schubert (two different versions), Rossini, Liszt, Dvorak, Verdi, and lots more in the entry on Wikipedia, although it says it includes the 56 is has listed, so presumably, there are more. I'm sure if Mozart, Handel, Brahms, Beethoven, or a number of other greats had been among them they would have been mentioned though.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stabat_Mater#Musical_settings is the list they know of. I do know that there are earlier unsigned manuscripts, including the earliest, which has musical notation, in a Dominican Nunnery in Bologna which had already been incorporated into their Gradual and set to music, which casts doubt on the claims by Jacopone da Todi OFM, to whom it had previously been ascribed - that version, although contemporary with the Dominican one, is not notated for music, so the Dominican one must be a transcript of an even earlier work.
@@phillee2814 Wow, thank you so much for the effort. You really did your homework :) I will definitely look into it. Again, thank you so much. Bless you and stay safe ;)
@@yvonnecampbell7036 No problem - I used to regularly play this piece (This arrangement by Pergolesi) as lead violin in the music school orchestra where I was a moderate student (I suppose my teachers must have had a decent opinion of my playing for me to be leading the orchestra), so know it very well - the vocal part was in the syllabus for singers, so we had to play it for them as an accompaniment for their practices pretty frequently, and in concert a few times. I wish I could still play, but arthritis makes it impossible, although at least my treatment got me moved up the vaccination schedule - a silver lining, I guess.
Stay safe ;)
Simone and Floor both had the same vocal coach, Amanda Somerville. But Amanda stole Floor's boyfriend and then...well that's a different story.
You gotta pain your hair boy...gou getting grey and i was away for 8 months....
Fffffff
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Please react to homayon shajariyan song's and traditional Iranian music.
Just serch homayon shajariyan live...
And pic
U will be amazed
Nee joh......Deze zangcoach kan niet overal naar luisteren.