Miserere mei, Deus - Allegri - Tenebrae conducted by Nigel Short
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- Allegri's haunting Miserere is famous for both its ethereal beauty and for the mystery surrounding its composition. It is written for 2 choirs, who alternate phrases and then unite for a final resolution.
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Allegri's Miserere was filmed at St. Bartholomew the Great, London
Tenebrae, directed by Nigel Short
Produced and edited by John Coates
格雷戈里奥·阿莱格里（Gregorio Allegri）-梅斯（Miserere mei)，德乌斯（Deus）-特内布拉（Tenebrae）
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Wow!!!! She hit the notes without a balloon 😳😳😳
i see we’re both here from instagram🤝😂😂
@@kylerobbins9605 Lmmfao yes indeed…and I’m happy about that 😊😊🤝🤝🤝
Oh hi me too
Tuning in from Reddit
Lmao ikr and we all got the song from this one guy named “contemporarypineapple” from the comment section lol
Imagine being a hardworking medieval farmer, entering the church and listening to this chant. Impossible not to think the angels are welcoming you in heaven.
indeed. nothing would have made me more confident in my faith than experiencing this song
This is from the 17th century.
@@timolff9239 good remark! I had the impression this was a kind of Gregorian Chant, that’s why I mentioned the Middle Ages.
I don't think peasants were allowed to go into these churches back then lol
There's a reason music was the domain of the church; it was considered to be spiritual
Everyone seems to ignore the bass singers, those low notes are impressive
They'd only recognize him, if there were thousands of Insta-/TikTok videos of him.
Bass is like eyebrows. If they're good, you won't even notice them. But if you remove it, oh boy...
It's so freaking clean
Everything is impressive in this masterpiece
@@Carrancka I love this analogy lol
I get chills every time she hits the note
Me too.
Same
And she does it twice.
She used helium
@@jacksmith-mu3ee no, she didnt. That's her real voice
No one can sing like an angel.
The woman on the left:
"Hold my holy water"
you mean hold my Halo XD
yuki saax she has stolen my heart
Listen to Libera also!
I think you are overestimating angels.
💯❇😊
I cant believe people on medieval era had better music than us now
Because it was about the art not about the money.
@@AMT_AllMyThoughts damn bro what u said was fuckin fax bro.
@@vlexrmz
🤝🏼
This is not medieval music at all though
Should be 17th century tho
Fact : Allegri’s ‘Miserere Mei, Deus’ was written in 1638 in the Vatican, as part of his work as a singer in the Sistine Chapel. It was regarded as so special that the Pope ordered that only 3 copies ever left the Vatican: one for the Padre Martini, one for the King of Portugal and one for the Holy Roman Emperor. Playing it on other places punishable by excommunication.
Then Mozart when visiting rome happened to hear this masterpiece, went home and transcribed the piece from memory for the entire 15 minutes.
At the time Mozart was 14.
W Mozart moment
I don’t believe you. I could ask ChatGPT to write a story like this. Ok let me show you
And you’re wrong lol While the story you've provided is intriguing, it appears to be a fictional creation. Allegri's "Miserere Mei, Deus" is indeed a renowned composition, but the details about its restricted distribution and Mozart's alleged transcription at the age of 14 are not historically accurate. It's always fascinating to imagine such scenarios, but it's essential to distinguish between historical facts and creative storytelling. You are servants of the devil for not seeking truth
Please be mindful of the effect your last sentence may have on the person you speak to and ask if they are in keeping with your faith.
@@user-kr2ef8vw2l
Yes, and 1638 is post-Renaissance, not medieval as the dopey You Tube generation thinks . That's because they don't know music and don't know the difference between chant (Miserere is not) and polyphony (Miserere is). More importantly read more widely. The teenage Mozart story is now very much debated as a charming myth.
Who still listening to this banger in 2024 AD?
Saludos desde España ❤
Yessirrrr
meeee🇧🇷
Absolutely!
Впервые услышала этот шедевр в 2024 году. Это прекрасная музыка. Если ангелы существуют, то они именно так и поют.
I feel sorry for these people having to stand there singing for hours and hours as I replay this over and over.
You are a very cruel person. Shame on you. Give them a break.
Under-rated comment tbh. lol.
Aqua Squishy 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😁
Brilliant reply, Aqua S!
She hit that note like it owed her money
Under appreciated comment 😂
And she got paid
Levels of meaning
Which note is it? C6?
@@NiklasFischerComposer yep
The videographer(s) and sound engineers deserve some admiration here too. The production quality of this video is top notch
Yes, the green screens! When the tenor isn’t actually the size of those pillars 😅 2:04
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@@papamagsthey are cloisters so that is actual
@@papamags 0:50 the pillar "window" is small
I think this is so beautiful because it is sung in Latin. I dont think any other language can transport so much beauty.
Surely there had been Greek and Hebrew renditions of Miserere mei deus but sadly we will never ever know what they sounded like as they are lost in history forever
The Latin version is as celestine as it is
Hmmm
Cymraeg.
Greek
@@jimmymorrison8314 da iawn!
Medieval Catholics definitely knew how to build a beautiful church.
It helps when you have a shitton of money you've tithed from your townsfolk.
@@rob062388 Most of the time that money came from donations. Not everything in history is vile and wicked.
@Christian Trevisan imagine naively thinking it wasn't. Money. Power. The catholic church had that in spades back then. And they sure weren't afraid to show it.
@Christian Trevisan I'm sure all the people the church killed in the name of God had a problem with it.
rob062388 The Catholic Church doesn’t do that anymore, other religions such as a lot of Muslim faiths still do to this day. I understand you might have a grudge against the Church for whatever reason but don’t act like it is about any moral reasons.
The Church is beautiful and without it as it currently is, millions would literally die of starvation as we are the biggest donors of food/aid than everyone else combined. Let go of your biases and understand the faith before you criticize it. There are many angles to history and it would do you a lot of good to get perspectives from both sides before commenting further.
When the building itself is a musical instrument....
Brilliantly put Zack.
@@edwardburns3405 Thank you so much Edward! Happy New Year
Well thinking
The building is more of a reverb pedal, I'd say haha
@@luisrocha26 Still a musical instrument though? I don't know much about the technicalities of music.
I’m Muslim but I like this music so much ❤❤❤
islam is a trapdoor, read the Gospel of John
Music has no religion 🎉
This is sound, something that comes prior to any matter. It predates all and everything ❤
It's not just music. It's pray for mercy to God
@@aashishninan3635 yeah I know this music Related to Christianity
Man..Catholicism has produced some mind boggling music
The acoustics of churches is just something different. It's like some sacred geometry which allows the sound to travel, vibrate and echo so divinely
That's how they getcha
@@Soledoubtwacha mean getcha?
Also mind boggling architecture and phillosophy. Its one of the fundaments of western civilisation. Unfortunatly we are loosing it. Dark times ahead
I know the protestant churches are shameful compared to this.
Christian or not, how can someone dislike this?
not christian. and i agree
Lady Gaga fans...
This music has nothing to do with Christianity, it was composed on Mars for us chimps and we have kindly given you humans permission to listen to it.. 🌍🌍🌙👽👽👽🐒🐵🏃🏃🏃🐍👸👑
Non-theist here, and I agree. Good music, like all good art, is comprehensible only within the self and transcends the mundane.
A muslim here and i agree. Beautiful melody is beautiful melody. That's it.
Who else came here to see if it was possible for it to be sung without helium and was blown away by that woman's voice?
Eva Garcia Usually it is up to boys age 10-13 to sing it before their voices break (especially in Kings College, Cambridge) I never sang the Miserere Mei solo personally but have hit the Top C doing scales before my voice broke :) Christian or not (personally not) , this type of choral music is truly magical and goosebumpy
@Bad Monkey Ana Maria
Me, lol
Samuel Jones that's not magical, that's sacred
Indeed!!
How Mozart, the Vatican, and centuries of mistakes resulted in one of the greatest pieces of music ever written.
In 1638, a singer in the Sistine Chapel Choir composed a setting of Psalm 51 to be sung there during Holy Week. That singer was Gregorio Allegri, and his setting, now commonly known as Miserere, is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.
But not only is the version we sing today significantly different from Allegri’s original manuscript - if it weren’t for one particularly precocious 14-year-old, it may never have been heard outside the Vatican’s walls.
Papal secrecy
Allegri’s Miserere was the last and the most popular of twelve different settings of the same text written for the Vatican over 120 years. It was so good that, to preserve the sense of mystery around the music, the Pope forbade anyone from transcribing it, on pain of excommunication. Only three copies were made: one for the Holy Roman Emperor, one for the King of Portugal, and one for an eminent music scholar - but these versions were so simplified from the original that the King of Portugal actually complained. The Pope wanted to keep its genius a secret - and so it remained for over 100 years.
Wolfgang’s trip to Rome
What the Pope hadn’t planned for was Leopold Mozart’s trip to Rome in 1770; and, more specifically, the attendance of his 14-year-old son, Wolfgang Amadeus.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Mozarts popped into the Wednesday service at the Vatican, at which the Miserere was being performed. A couple of hours later, back at home, the young Wolfgang proceeded to transcribe the entire piece from memory. He went back on Friday to make a couple of corrections - and the Vatican’s secret was out.
Later on in their travels, the Mozarts bumped into British music historian Dr Charles Burney. They passed on the manuscript to Dr Burney, who took it to London; and it was published there in 1771.
Mendelssohn and the copying error
But that wasn’t the end of the story. In 1831, Felix Mendelssohn decided to make his own transcription - and the version he heard happened to be sung higher than originally intended (a fourth higher, to be precise).
Felix Mendelssohn
This wouldn’t have been of much consequence had it not been for an innocent mistake made 50 years later. When the first edition of Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians was being put together in 1880, a small section of Mendelssohn’s higher transcription was accidentally inserted into a passage of the Miserere being used to illustrate an article. This mistake was then reproduced in various editions over the next century, eventually becoming the accepted version. And the result is the most famous and probably the most moving passage of the piece - a beautiful top C sung by a treble soloist, pretty much the highest note found in the entire choral repertoire.
So, whenever you hear Allegri’s Miserere today, remember how lucky you are - lucky that the Mozarts chose a good time to visit Rome, lucky that Mendelssohn transcribed it up a fourth, and lucky that one of Grove’s early editors had a momentary lapse of concentration.
Thank you 🙌
Excommunication is a myth according to Ben Byram-Wigfield th-cam.com/video/h6hD8YtO5HI/w-d-xo.html
Ima be honest my dumb brain aint readin all dat but very interesting info 👍
There's a video "How Allegri's Miserere should really sound" and in that video Ben Byram-Wigfield states that this whole excommunication is a myth. You should check it out. Very interesting video to hear those different versions of Miserere.
Beautiful
I always come back. And I always cry. It hits my soul like a thunder
The book in the Bible called Psalm is this; It is a book of music. More specifically Psalm 51. It was only sung during the Holy Week. You are literally listening to the Bible in music.
I'm not religious, but I would go to church every Sunday just to hear them sing..
you listen to them
and get this feeling....
is like getting touched by the Holy Ghost
Go to a traditional catholic church and attend to the solemn mass they sing Gregorian chants. 🙏
I am an Atheist, sang in choirs for many years, and was in a small a capella group singing motets similar to this, even sang in special church services sometimes to support the religious in our group, went to evensong in Winchester Cathedral to enjoy the singing and wonderful acoustics in our last trip to England, so even though the rituals don't impress me, the range of beautiful music is certainly the one bright light in religion. especially Christianity. The occasional mumbling minister was worth it for the lovely music we could sing.
that’s why the catholic church is so beautiful, the holy spirit flows through this music and changes you
@@aidanfletcher1236 "the holy spirit flows through this music and changes you". Nope, I love the music but I am still an Atheist, and am not impressed with the Catholic decor of idols. I have been in many Catholic cathedrals in Europe, impressive architecture. My daughter in law is Catholic, so seen it many times. Perhaps a bit more "holy spirit " in the form of sacramental wine would do the job. Music is universal. I listen to Chinese, Russian, all sorts, depending on my mood. Cheers.
If you're looking for that high note 1:35 here you go and one more at 3:49
Hello, thank :)
It's a high C for those who want to know.
That is absolutely soul piercing. If Gregorian chant isn't the music of angels I don't know what is...
don't forget the second one at 3:48
Thank you king sir
Happy New Year to everyone listening to this masterpiece ❤
Happy new year🎉
Bon millénaire 🙏🥰
You too? Hah. I was also drawn to this 3 weeks ago.
welcome, I've been coming back for years!@@torsteinbratli
If that hymn does not play at my funeral, I'm not attending.
I’m not going neither
Some guy I've never heard of wrote this half a millennium ago in a language I don't understand and yet it brings a tear to my eye.
❤️ same feelings here
King David? Like 4000 years ago?
Salmo 50
Composed around 1638 During the reign of Pope Urban VIII.
If you have the patience to look it up, you will find the Latin text and also the English translation.
@@seaglass22 There is an important difference between looking up a translation and understanding a language. I studied Latin for almost a decade, so patience is not the missing ingredient. Also, the version composed in the 1630s bares remarkably little resemblance to this contemporary performance. I was just making an off-the-cuff compliment, which is easy to pick apart if you want to scrutinize it.
They sound like angels...
Yes they do. I'm sure that angels would sound god-like!
Agreed it's really beautiful...💞
And look like Zooey Deschanel.
Have you heard the angels singing?
@@slimefather5025 that's not the point, kid...
I am a Muslim, and when I heard this wonderful music, it captured my heart and I felt like I was flying in the sky 🥹❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
hope you'll convert to christianity ✨
That's wonderful! If you can find a Tenebrae service near you, you can hear this live 😊
@@Slavic_Chad bad etiquette, and you're defeating the cause.
@@tacitozetticci9308 idc
@@Slavic_Chadshut up
This HAS to be the best version of Miserere mei on TH-cam.
The Absolute nostalgic atmosphere with kind of darkness, The abnormal quality of video, shots and angles. And not to forget the purity of the singers as all the notes are just PERFECT. Very well done!
I am laying in the Hospital with Cancer this song take my fear from the Dead away....
May God comfort and heal and bless you! Be blessed! Ask Jesus to be with you!
Courage Michel.
U fill quickly be relieved. Have trust in God. Always believe in ur religion. And think about ur amazing body. U will soon recover. If our body realizes it there's a huge power that will cure you. Stay blessed.
Ich bin zwar weder gläubig noch teile ich deine politische Einstellung, die ich aus deinen Abos heraus entnehme. Aber das ist unwichtig. Ich wünsche dir alles Gute, eine möglichst nebenwirkungsarme Therapie und im besten Falle vollständige Genesung.
God bless you sir may He give you more strength
It’s unreal how anyone can ever compose this, any one human. It sounds like angels worshiping God. It sounds spiritual, unreal, not of this world
Italians do it better 😎
It takes talent, and most of all a great deal of personal and spiritual dedication to practice to do what these vocal artists have accomplished in this piece. What's amazing is that works like this show all of us that we all have the capacity and ability to excel in our respective professions, and passions. This piece reminds us that, every day we are alive, we all have before us the opportunity to use our gifts for good, or for ill; it is our choice, and God willing, we will choose for the good.
Yes but according to a human created p view about how angels would probably worship god
Humans created God. These are just people who put time and practice into their art
@@moosesnWoop I will pray for your conversion.
My father told me of his best memories growing up in Italy was going to church with his father and hearing the angelic voices of the choir. This reminds me of what he described. I know he is with me every day helping me within the love of God. He was born 1930.
Are tou attratte by rhe choir ir it
Come frin a deep religius sebtiment? Or both are mixed?this has allthe time my problem because i hace known cheistians atheist agnostics or non Christian velievers appreciatevery much any dmsort of xtian sung liturgy i asked my self why?😊😊
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400 years after being composed still so eloquent!
I listen to this song every morning, praying my baby will be released from the NICU. He has tuberous sclerosis and he's only 6 days old today. I haven't been able to hold him since he was born. It's been absolutely torturous. I just want my son to be healed. Please pray for my son Levi Michael Gabriel 🙏
Update as of 1/15/2022:
We got to take Levi home in late November. He has daily seizures, but he's still a happy go lucky baby that hardly cries. He has been a huge blessing to our family and he's incredibly attached to me. Levi does need brain surgery to remove tubers in his occipital lobe. The tumors I'm his heart have shrunk since he was born on October 11th. Thank you everyone that has prayed for my adorable baby boy. 👶
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Although you may not have been able to hold your son, God is holding him.
Mark 10: 16And he (Jesus) took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.
Jeremiah 1: 5“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
People forget that a prophet wasn't just someone who reveals God's word to us, but also teaches God's people. Your son was given a task by God. Your son is teaching God's people to have faith in God.
I'll pray for you and your son, God bless you!
God will bless you sister.Don't worry.He will be alright.One day after many years you both will hear this song together and look back to this day.Sorry for my broken english.I hope you have a great and happy life ahead
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Thank you to the gentleman who used the balloon and captured me with this beauty and introduced me to this Masterpiece!
The lady with the high note is beyond amazing!
I’m here because of the balloon too
Josephine Stephenson
Actually he didn't breathe the helium, the balloon was just for the april joke
@@erato5730 really? It sure has fooled everyone!
@@inassh8685 I was the first fooled ! he is a great singer... The low amount of helium he inhaled wouldn't change his pitch, the way he masters the higher notes is impressive.
I'm a Hindu , But I still feel the presence of divinity in these musical notes.
Please open your heart to Jesus Christ, the one true God. He is waiting for you.
As a European, I appreciate traditional Indian music a lot too. I play the Bansuri, and have learned a few Indian and Hindu tunes.
Are you for real?@@ASMRyouVEGANyet
@@BilboBaggins236 agreed . Indian music is best . Just look at ganges 🐄💩
Time to convert then, God is calling you for sure
It’s beautiful how the church amplifies their sound. I noticed how the tall singer was standing right beside the marble pillar, it made me wonder if you put your hand on the pillar, would you feel the vibrations from his voice? Beautifully done, wow.
The solo guy between the pillars is epic.
I'm afraid he'll spawn in my backside and starts to sing.
@@Arno100ful would be even more epic
Looks like wide Putin
@@Arno100ful haha
He is a gay sorry😔🤟🏿
As close to perfection as perfection can be
Dear Rick, this is absolutely true.
I like the idea of displacing the Singers from one another.
The Sound is awesome as a result.
And it is so beautiful to look at.
Good Conductor !
Best comments so far Gandalf the Grey!
Woa, fancy seeing you here Mr. Graham.
have a look at Elam Rotem's video on that matter. Basically, the piece as sung in this video is by no means as Allegri has intended it: the presence of both men and women is not historical, the pitch, even the music! It's a huge fraud and it still amazes me that, at the state of things on a musicological level, there are still people scamming us in this brutal way.
@@maurocolantonio9617 already seen it. Great video and great channel!
One of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard.
Burst into tears at the point she went totally soprano on the rising note...absolutely incredible harmonies and musicianship from everyone! I'm in bits. Let's not forget the bass....
she has an Angel´s Voice!!!
Yoğğ amınaa
@@yusufayaz2565 oekkdodndosdndosnsnss
@@TheSephirot2010 If you're referring to the high soprano, her name is Josephine Stephenson. And in addition to this, she's also a composer!
@@TheSephirot2010 Josephine Stephenson
She has the voice of an 11 year old boy before puberty hits. Good thing she doesn't need to be castrated.
So mozart memorized this piece in one hearing only, mindblowing...
Well, he did have an ear for that sort of thing.. Still, you're not wrong.😁
Supposedly it was actually 2 hearings; but he had it 99% on the first listen, but needed the 2nd to fill on a couple notes he wasn't sure of.
Extraterrestrial stuff.
I wouldnt blame Mozart for being inspired by this piece. I would too
No. That's a myth.
Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
This is like a great victory song. Like a knight coming back home after an epic battle, entering a cathedral, and the whole kingdom welcomes him.
Very contemplative and celestial song.
It’s the literal opposite of this. “The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.”
A moment of silence for the people that couldn't find the song
I just typed helium gas choir xD.
right, took me about an hour
This is not the song I was after. Thank you I will keep searching
Believe me I searched long and hard
That was me for over 20 years.
It was a secret for over a hundred years in the Vatican. Then Mozart heard it just once and wrote down the music from memory. It is about the misery you feel when confessing your sins.
If I'm not mistaken it is one of the Psalms in Latin, which may have been why he was able to remember it easier than others; I'm sure Mozart knew basic Latin.
@@ClassicalMusic2002 Yes its psalm 51
@@ClassicalMusic2002 One of the seven penitential Psalms.
@PostQuPreAsteromorph what a thing to have on ones consious
Sorry, nothing to do with misery. Miserere means 'have mercy'. If confession were miserable it wouldn't be so uplifting!
This song, even at its surface level, is amazingly beautiful, but somehow gets more beautiful if you understand it’s about suffering and confession, and even more so when it’s typically performed during Holy Week.
You surely got EVERYTHING right!
Imagine listening to this banger as a medieval soldier before going to war. How powerful they have must been felt
Que ridiculez que acaba de decir idiota
@@adolfohit8332 He's right, idiot. In any case, I don't expect any deep reflection from someone called Adolf H 😂
Also by hearing a Crocodile farting before going to war
Her voice is what I imagine sailors heard when they spoke about Sirens.
and what they probably looked like too... its sad to see she doesn't perform a lot of pieces :(
This is the first pirated song ever. Miserere was supposed to be played only in the Sistine Chapel during Easter, until a young Mozart went there when he was 14 years old, heard it, and transcribed it by memory back at home. (Please read Gino Madrid answer for more information)
now.... THAT's genius
Who says classical musicians rnt interesting
There's no way that guy wasn't somewhere on the spectrum.
Actually he wasn’t sure if he got the whole thing the first time so he went and saw it a second time to make sure it was correct.
Did u learn that from lemmino?
Why do I cry when I listen to this. I am not christian but I am a hindu nor I can understand this language. But I cry 😭😭 whenever I listen to this.
Because Jesus Christ, the one true God is speaking to you through the Holy Spirit. Please open your heart to him. He is waiting.
@@ASMRyouVEGANyet okay 🙏
Besides religion, it's just terrific music. Fantastic! Sometimes that is enough. Cry if you are moved by it.
It touches the soul
@@knaperstekt7953 yes indeed I always get tearful with these types of music or sound.
Starting at like 1:35 is like I got hit in the face and tears just begin rolling down my face. It's the most beautiful sounds I've ever heard in my 43 years on earth
To those of you curious this is a song about a sinner praying to God to give them forgiveness for all the sins they commited.
Seth Layton thank you
It's a setting of Psalm 51.
the singer is king david
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy great mercy.
According unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies remove my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquities, and cleanse me from my sin.
I knowingly confess my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.
Against Thee only have I sinned, and done evil before Thee: that they may be justified in Thy sayings, and might they overcome when I am judged.
But behold, I was formed in iniquity: and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Behold, Thou desirest truth in my innermost being: and shalt make me to understand wisdom secretly.
Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, make me whiter than snow.
Open my ears and make me hear of joy and gladness: and my bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
Turn away Thy face from my sins: and remember not all my misdeeds.
Create in me a clean heart, O God: and make anew a righteous spirit within my body.
Do not cast me away from Thy presence: and take not Thy holy spirit from me.<
br/>Restore unto me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
I will teach those that are unjust Thy ways: and sinners shall be converted unto Thee.
Deliver me from blood, O God, the God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing of Thy righteousness.
O Lord, open my lips: and my mouth shall spring forth Thy praise.
For Thou desirest no sacrifice, where others would: with burnt offerings Thou wilt not be delighted.
Sacrifices of God are broken spirits: dejected and contrite hearts, O God, Thou wilt not despise.
Deal favorably, O Lord, in Thy good pleasure unto Zion: build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with small and large burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon your altar.
wow thanks for telling me that
It is so hard to imagine how incredibly talented the early Church builders were to understand the dynamics to make this piece come alive!
@@enniopaone The church is older.
See this beautiful interpretation of this song made by some girls!
th-cam.com/video/z_9iqQ3pNC0/w-d-xo.html
@@barbaradefreitasvalle8038 olha os arautos aí kkkkkk Salve Maria!
@@LizardSC23 Salve Maria!!!!!
At last nowadays no eunuchs
Woah!! 😍😍😳😳🥹🥹😍😍
Heard this on Classic FM (The ONLY “mainstream” radio station I can tolerate.) in the car yesterday. And had to pull over to Shazam it AND to prevent myself from floating up and OUT of the car. 🤦🏻♀️😂😳🤣😂🤣
Praise God for creating us with such perfection! 🙌🏻
Ey up again “Someone.” 💜
This has got to be the most beautiful and enchanting music I have ever heard. Continue to play this daily prayer to my heavenly Father.
I am a Muslim and I shed tears of joy every day when I discovered such a masterpiece. The musical culture that emanates from Catholicism is absolutely incredible! It's inspiring, like so many things in my own religion! I am Muslim and I can feel God through these voices. We are much closer than we think. We have the same God after all ... Friendly, a Muslim.
May peace & love be with you all the time !
✝️❤️☪️
Yeah except for the ones that worship jesus
The world needs more Muslims like you x.
@ᚨᚱᛏᚨᛗᛁᛏᚱᚨ᛫ᛊᚨᛗᚨᚾ Neither do we clown
Angel voice 1:34
Such a pure and crystalline voice.
So fragile, but so powerfull at the same time, it's hard to describe it.
Beautiful !
Excelent words
A boy used helium to do this
Break's my heart every time.
She was imitating the crystal clear voice of a boy as this was scored for a treble.
Best way to describe it is that it sounds exactly like a boy treble.
Ангелы , спустились на землю и поют для простых смертных свою песню.
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They are singing a psalm of David.
I like that part where she goes: Ah-aaa-aaah-aaah-ahhhh
Who needs musical notation when @nhunka44 got us covered 😂
Strangely enough, I know what part you're referring to. :D
It was a revolution in its context and time.
It's called, "High C"
I think you're missing something, namely ooh-oohhh-oooh-ohhhhh part. But that's just me. You're probably just a slack jawed idiot like the rest
The soprano's voice is crystalline pure. Stunning.
Sounded like a boy's voice, the purest sound there is. More pure than the flute.
@@friedrice9535 It was written for a boy soprano of course (no women in the Pope's choir). Bryn Terfel - the baritone - did a great version of it before his voice broke (but I don't think it's on TH-cam). But yes, her voice is very pure and boy-like, with none of the mature woman's vibrato. Quite amazing.
worchj01 Which one is the soprano, I know nothing bout music lol
@@qbchewbie6395 The one in the cover photo
@@qbchewbie6395 The one who sings the high notes
I lost my grandma last month..I will never recover from her loss😢my heart is at ease knowing she is in Lord’s hands and doesn’t suffer any more but my heart is shattered 😢💔😔enjoy your family while you still see their eyes and hear their laughter 🙏🏻
Que bonito el coro magnífico precioso...
It's IMPOSSIBLE to "lose" a loved one. She is bending over backwards to speak to you! Please see a Medium and record the sess x
❤ hope you're doing better these days
Each one of those singers are a vocal perfection.
my favorite part is the lone guy standing in the rafters.
That guy is an amazing singer. He was one of the soloists in Zelenka's "Officium defunctorem"
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He does a solo from about 49:56 to 51:21. The whole thing is worth listening to of course.
@@davidhoffman6980 Sorry, but are you sure it is him? I don't think they look the same lol The concert and both singers are amazing though, but if I'm not mistaken the name of the tenor soloist in the rafters is Ben Alden.
@@lackbruna Hi. Personally, I'm sure it's him. He's dressed differently, but he has the same voice.
He should sing from a bell tower.
Some fun history about this piece:
It was (allegedly) originally performed exclusively in the Sistine Chapel, specifically during two services in Holy Week each year. The score was a closely held church secret, and transcribing it was forbidden. That is, until a 14 year old Mozart visited Rome and attended the first service of the week. He heard the song once and wrote it down that evening from memory. Then he attended the second service later in the week to correct any errors.
The Pope's response to this was something along the lines of "bro that's awesome," and summoned Mozart back to the Vatican to give him an award.
The restrictions on performing the piece were later lifted, giving us this masterpiece today.
As with many things in history though, there’s not much hard evidence to support the story. So I can’t really say whether or not it happened this way, or if it happened at all. Regardless, it’s a fun story that highlights the genius that Mozart was even at a young age.
HAHAHA, what a great snippet of history; thank you! I could totally picture the deacon in charge of "keeping the piece a secret" and then watching Mozart write it down perfectly from memory like "no biggie"! Cheers!
I feel wildly unaccomplished for some reason now
The restriction on this hymn outside the sistine chapel is a myth
yes! mozart was bestowed the highest papal rank ever created, still, he was not proud of it, he even lost it. Before being awarded, the pope suspected that he had stolen the notes, so he incarecated him
This story never ceases to amaze me. This masterpiece could of been lost to the ages.
Imagine a 14-year-old kid who heard the song once, memorized it, and copied the sheet music verbatim.
The most beautiful piece of classical music ever written.
Disagreed . Guts theme is more beautiful
@@jacksmith-mu3eeGuts’ theme is anime. I don’t thing that classes as classical.
@@jboulton7 is more classical
The most ridiculous exaggeration ever posted to TH-cam.
@@DieFlabbergast its just their opinion lol
I'm listening to this perfection instead of studying for the exam. No regrets
Same here mate :D
another person procrastinating on duties here with no regrets whatsoever...
@@lourdesgabrielabalderramao5766 Chill out mate, it's not that deep.
Same here
Ditto me
If there are humans that can sound like this, how does heaven sound?
Truly
@@cookiemonster3824 fuck off
Amazing.
Only christianity create music like this
@@VegaSirius agreed, kpop is a mistake that should be abolished
If heaven doesn't sound like this, then I'm not going, it is quite simply the most beautiful thing I have ever heard!! bravo!!!!
Ive got goosebumps and tears in my eyes. Its pure bliss
I think It's important for Atheists like me to understand the immense beauty in Christian art. Just because I don't believe in God it doesn't mean I don't appreciate the cultural significance of this religion.
I´ve had similar thoughts, but the beauty of the music and architecture - is it invariably connected to Christianity, or mere a product of Western civilization at that particual period of time?
Thank you even though you said you weren't a believer God bless you
@Vebunkd Something worth noting is that most, if not all, doesn't get to choose whether to believe or not. If given the choice, many would likely choose a higher meaning, a purpose, afterlife and so on over "meaninglessness" and existential confusion...
It's neither the proclaiming of one's belief nor disbelief that designates the reality of God or what others call "God." But when you, the individual, have the ability to give a respectful and appreciative attentiveness to the enactments of harmony, THAT alone is what proves the living presence of that which many require faith to hope for. It is the engine within each of us and its ability to inspire us to perceive its harmonious elements.
@Fallen Angel no you guys dont. Islam is trash period. Convert or burn.
The note that she hit in 1:38 is unimaginable, wonderful chant.
She hit that twice
Med Salim, it is only a high C. Singers 'hit it' all the time in both early and modern music. You see to be very easily impressed.
I can hit it when I stub my toe on the counter
For a soprano, C6 isn't unimaginable
@@youtuuba shut the fuck up, stop trying to go “ohhh that’s nothing” its still really impressive so stfu 🖕
Every time I think that the Catholic Church changed Gregorian Chant and polyphony for pop songs with guitars, it makes me want to cry.
Today Lent began, a time of abstinence, fasting and prayer.🖐✝🛐
For the 45% of visitors who came here asking -- her name is Josephine Stephenson.
Thanks
Your service shall never be forgotten
She must've inhaled helium, I could never have imagined that sound come out of a human being
@@lomouche I don't think it lasts that long.
@@lomouche That’s because the young boys usually sing it.
I am autistic and this song is one of the few things that can calm me down during a crisis. I don't know why, but it works. Thank you so much from France!
Hymn of the cherubim by Tchaikovsky is another good one to listen to.
My dear, may God bless your life abundantly! Love from Brazil. 🇧🇷
God is calling to you
It's amazing the power that music has.
@@gabal1248 yea vocals for this. Case? Or is it also considered music
Gloria a ti mi señor... !!! Bendito y exaltado seas por siempre JESUS.
i would do anything to hear the original choir sing this back in 1638
if I have a time machine it would be first priority
I'm not a Christian but would I attend church for this singing? absolutely yes
It is said that the church has one thousand doors and yes music is one of them XD
church is universal, come in whenever you want
@@lynxx3944 "ah yes, but pls don't bring some explosives" - someone on the other side of the globe
💖
@Xelan 💖
My quarantine is based on this
Hey I relate! For me it’s meditation a form of self forgetting. Love from my quarantine in Cape Town, South Africa!
And it was written for Holy Week so that makes it even more poignant ❤
Megan Pata ❤️❤️ didn’t know that, amazing
Vincent Koestinger love from Colombia 🇨🇴 too ❤️
PERIODT
Such a masterpiece bringing tears to my eyes. I am a sinner and pray that god forgives me for my sins, and hope i can go to heaven and listen to the angels singing
You can always go to heaven as long as you truly believe and know Christ died for you❤️
Yup first thing God is gonna check is the comments section
God bless you, brother..
This is peaceful, beautiful, and hits the soul on another level.
Everyone is talking about the soprano, but no one is talking about the other people singing?
*Especially the basses? Like bruh. They sound amazing!*
All I’m saying is that the other singers should deserve recognition :)
@Lovely Douche What are muricans lol? People can have their opinion whether they are American or not. Also, some of the members of this London-based choir are Americans.
@Lovely Douche try marijuana it’s great
And you know what? I watched it over and over and I can't find anyone singing the bass line.. all the men seem to sing the tenor line.. strange
@Lovely Douche I appreciate the interest in Russian culture but please stop calling all Russians alcoholics. lol.
As a catholic, I think this is beautiful. As a nerd, this makes me think of some iconic crossover between Skyrim & Lord of the Rings.
Maybe something you’d hear in Assassins Creed
You hear it in Stormwind City in World of Warcraft.
And you hear it in Civ IV
I had elvish vibes but where do we think he was inspired when composing for lord of the rings anyway? “Middle earth” and all 🤗
We forgetting halo?
It brings some silence to your brain.
Psalm 51 is my favorite ❤🎉
My husband was run over & killed crossing the road. He never made it to Hospital...he died lying on the road with wonderful strangers around, trying to console him as they waited for the Ambulance & the Police. I couldn't sleep, I was so stressed, grieving, disbelief, empty, helpless...this music kept my Sanity - I played it on my Computer in a Loop at night to try & switch my brain off... & wonderful Tallis Choir helped me too - thank you 💖
Sorry for your loss.
Sincerely sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss.
My Condulance.
My condolences
Im not even religious and this music just evokes a power that i dont understand
I not either religious, but deep inside we do understand
The power of God
It's the Holy Spirit
The beauty of the music is that a human being created it. You don't have to be religious to enjoy something beautiful.
Fully understand what you are feeling!
This was done at St Bartholomew the Great Church, W Smithfield, Barbican, London. It has a lovely, little entrance.
Heard this at the liturgy of the passion yesterday live first time in my life. Teared up. And so many people and kids kept looking back at the choir in awe
In Calgary at Saint Dennis Church? I was there, Deo Gratias. Those Phillipina singers are amazing.
@@granmabern5283 I was in Vancouver at st Francis of Assisi. It's a small parish church, which made it all the more remarkable
The soprano (hitting those high notes) is Josephine Stephenson!
Thanks for the name
A really wonderful voice
Thanks man!
THANK YOU! Been trying to find out who owns that angelic voice
On my way to kidnap her...😏😏😏
Everybody talking about the high notes, but listen to that bass! Especially 4:23
I couldn't agree more. My ear was particularly focused on hearing it.
Most of us do not hear it due to the loudness of the higher notes, very well spotted, thank you.
Yupppp
Wow
I can’t believe I’ve listened to this song 21 Million times
I'm Muslim but lessen to songs like this make me feel I'm warrior from medieval with full armour and red horse's mane behind my helmet and Shining steel sword travels from one village to another looking for a point for life
I started on instagram and ended up here ..what a beautiful turn of events I’m probably going to listen to this everyday just hear her high pitch voice 😭😭I feel so at peace
@kain of sly me too 🤣🤣
Lol , same here . Yellow balloon guy 😂
Look at us
Same lol
On God 💯
Miserere mei, Deus, Latin for "Have mercy on me, O God" is a setting of Psalm 51 by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri. It was composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, probably during the 1630s, for the exclusive use of the Sistine Chapel during the Tenebrae services of Holy Week, and its mystique was increased by unwritten performance traditions and ornamentation. It is written for two choirs, of five and four voices respectively, singing alternately and joining to sing the ending in 9-part polyphony.
Thank you for this information! Have a blessed Easter!
Thank you.. 👍
Thank you
Legend has it that Mozart witnessed the performance as a child and was able to replicate it and made it available for playing outside the Sistine Chapel. Kind of vinyl rip.
~B~ good info thanks
« Have mercy upon me, O God »
God bless you..
And He has touched all of us with His gifts. It is up to each to find them.