Sicut cervus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) - New York Polyphony
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- Sicut cervus - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)
Recorded live at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Times Square, New York City.
Sicut cervus is featured on our new BIS Records CD ROMA AETERNA. Follow the link for a preview: • Palestrina/ Missa Papa...
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Audio engineering/ editing: Rick Kwan (www.rickkwan.com)
Additional video footage: Joanne Bouknight
Please excuse the dubious video quality. We did this on the fly with three different cameras.
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I’m an ex St Andrews Alto and chorister during the 80’s in Sydney Australia St Andrews Cathedral School. I sung counter tenor after St Andrews from 1990’s to 2000 and quit not so long after my Choir master passed away and I’ve never returned to singing for nearly 20years. Listening to this just brings back memories and them high counter tenor notes are still there touch wood !!! Love Palestrina so much
I have listened to this recording many times. Not only do you singers have beautiful voice qualities, but you use them in a way that creates exquisite blending, clarity of lines, and lovely shaping of phrases. Your tuning is impeccable. Singing this motet as a quartet works very well I look forward to hearing more of your recordings-Thank you!
Yours is the most amazing performance of "Sicut Cervus". I always listen to it while praying. Thank you so much, NYP!
Thank you, Roberta. And thanks for writing.
simply breathtaking. yet another addition to my daughter's lullaby playlist. thank you so much for sharing. brought tears to my eyes
Beautiful balance, dynamics and blend gentlemen. Anchored by the bass, topped with serenity and filled masterfully by the men in between....thank you gentlemen!
Once upon a time I was the deacon at St Mary the Virgin, one of my favorite church buildings. Being able to see the sanctuary while listening was great!
Thank you and God bless!
Totally fabulous guys - love love love!
This is just so achingly beautiful. I love when vibrato is used with Palestrina's music. It makes it almost unbearably tender.
Our new CD Roma Aeterna features A LOT of Palestrina-- the Missa Papae Marcelli: th-cam.com/video/C8fFxxx6yg4/w-d-xo.html
One of the most beautiful and technically skilled version I have ever heard of this piece.
Oh my! This takes an amazing amount of air support when you are not stagger breathing in a section (not to mention your beautiful quality). Bravo!
E' inutile! Ogni volta che vi ascolto, non riesco a trattenere le lacrime. Sicuramente la più bella esecuzione del Sicut Cervus che io abbia mai ascoltato. Grazie!
Perfect rendition of one of the masterpieces by the greatest composer who ever lived.
Fantastici.
This is STUNNING. Literally left me with my mouth open.
This was absolutely gorgeous! Not only the singing (congrats to the countertenor and basso specifically) but also the surroundings!
Well done, gentlemen. Excellent performance!
I love this Palestrina's motet and sing it with my choir as tenor. This performance is really beautifull, congratulations to you.
Our Choir sung this song during the 11 o'clock service..your rendition is just glorious. Glorious!!
Lovely!, so lyrical and feeling and full in tone, Lovely.
Truly wonderful ensemble singing, individual voices are rich, sensitive and complementary, please don't dare change the line-up, the sound is that good!
Giovanni Pierluigi is rejoicing while listening to your marvelous tribune to him.
Palestrina is my favourite for singing in choir. This is beautiful, and I practiced singing along with the alto part, for an upcoming audition. Grazie.
Una delle migliori esecuzioni su youtube! Complimenti... Quanto mi piacerebbe ascoltare dal vivo una cosa del genere! Bravissimi!
Fantastic! I am a bass and I have been singing this and other pieces with my choir for many years. So I know very good this music.
This is the first time I listen to it, song by a four-members choir. Bravissimo! I also listened to "Tu pauperum refugium" with violin: a wonderful surprise.
Da corista dilettante ascolto con commozione le vostre performances....chiarezza di esposizione e perfetta intonazione....
Wow. Well done guys. You sold me that piece. Beautiful. Thank you.
Very good! I've sung this song several times myself in our church choir. You guys do a spectacular job!
So happy to stumble across this. Your harmony is superb. And this piece especially has a very huge place in my heart. So good to hear it done this well. Cheers
Increíble sonoridad. Fantásticas voces. Delicioso, sublime.
Thank you guys!!
Bravissimi!! Palestrina is very happy for your performance! W Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina! W l'Italia! W NYP!
Amazing. Everyone. That`s the best version that I ever hear.
Simply beautiful. Very beautiful.
Thank you! We re-recorded this for our new CD Roma Aeterna.
Congratulations.
Four reasonably talented guys capable of singing music that makes virtually all modern novus ordo music pale in comparison in reverence, theology, tradition, etc. Not complicated!
Splendida esecuzione davvero, complimenti
I listened a second time after reading LaurieWilliams5066. Vibrato is something that usually bothers me especially in renaissance and 20th century acapella literature. It was there, but it was not out of control. You have a lovely blend and the phrasing was really beautiful. There was so much more right with this performance than there was wrong. Beautiful performance of a beautiful piece of music.
No words to express my feeling.
Good job.
From Brazil!
beautiful....i remember this one fondly...thank you
Marvelous! Such a profound calmness.
EXCELENTE INTERPRETACIÓN! FELICITACIONES Y GRACIAS
Beautiful performance. very impressive
Very professional, just magnificent. Thank you for this very nice moment.
Love it. Well done, gentleman!
Delicious. Thanks to Craig for letting the piece work in E.
All of you are amazing! I wish I could have had this video to study when I was back in high school advanced concert choir when we were studying this song for a competition in Washington DC.
Sublime!
Beautiful music. And a beautiful church.
Listening to this, I would swear that there are more than just the four. I would swear that their voices are amplified. They have a gift.
Simply glorious
Beautiful!
Way to find primary vowel stresses! Thanks for the FB posting, Craig.
Just great!
Such Articulation And Purity of Tone !!!.....My God !!!.....Are They Men Or ANGELS !!!???......
Gorgeous!
Fantastical
Sencillamente maravilloso!!
Magnificent! This is among one of my most favorite works of Palestrina. I have also liked your Facebook page. I hope to see you in concert some day! Blessings! :)
Muitíssimo afinados! Muito bonito! Nota dez ao microfone que capitou principalmente bem as ondas sonoras mais graves, difíceis de serem equilibradas as demais ondas.
Wow! Amazing!
Maravilloso!
Magnifico.
Wonderful !
Bravissimi🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼👍👍👍
Beautiful voice, beautiful performance, but I would have liked to hear even better themes and counter-themes. This remains in my opinion one of the best executions of TH-cam because we perfectly distinguish all the polyphony. The tactus is good, this song is cheerful, it must not be too slow.
Thanks, Roberta.
This is one of my favourite accounts of this sublime motet. The Copenhagen Boys Choir is also impressive.
I was wondering if there is any 16th century precedent for Palestrina performed by a vocal quartet. I can hear the advantages, re clarity of line and perfect intonation
***** Agree, very uplifting performance of the Palestrina Sicut Cervus.
David Nesbit ***** Thanks for the comments!
Chamber unaccompanied performance was probably the most common method of performing back then. Palestrina's vocal parts are labelled with their individual singers.
ESPLENDIDAS VOCES
Precioso!!!!!!!!!🍁💥🍁
Thank you, Michael.
Made my morning!
Belíssimo...Grazie!
Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum, ita desiderat anima mea ad te Deus.
LOVE IT!! I think it works better in E rather than the Ab/A pitches. Has a warmer sound and doesn't get too edgy that one often hears with soprano lines getting too high. My choir and I found that Gb worked better than Ab, stayed in tune better and had a richer choral tone. Bravo, guys!
It sounds terrific at this pitch with these singers, but there was no standard pitch in Palestrina's time, and it's likely that a couple of boys might have been singing the top line, so the approach would be to sing it at a pitch that was appropriate to the specific voices available. Further, we have documentary proof from Palestrina's time (published in a modern critical edition about 50-60 years ago) of how much ornamentation was improvised by the singers at the time, so it wouldn't necessarily have sounded so 'straight' back then, though this is indeed a magnificent performance.
Normally Renaissance music doesn’t get me teary but this is absolutely gorgeous.
bravi!! thanks for posting it!
bravissimi!
so heavenly...
I think I'm responsible for about half of the views this video has.
Maybe you should join a local choir and try singing this music for yourself.
@@57ronald "local Choirs" do not perform such pieces , and if they try it is sounding horrible !!!
I agree, Emanuele, it is a fine version. I enjoyed Ulrich’s recent comment. Maybe a bit harsh, although a couple of years I sat through a local choir’s excruciating rendering of SC. The poor deer would have fled the church and sought sanctuary in the street!
And I'm the other half :) :) :) :)
Muy lindo gente!!!
beautifully sung! I wish you had included part 2 of this motet: "Sitivit anima..." which is hardly ever heard.
Bravi!
Well done, guys. A super performance. I have had it performed by Dennis Keene with the Voices Of Ascension. For just 4 guys this is amazing.
Mmmm, this sort of music is just so transcendent and transporting to some place beyond. You don't even have to believe in a God. The church authorities and artistic patrons of the time sure knew how to harness this deep inner impulse.
Thanks! Check out our most recent videos-- movements from Palestrina's Pope Marcellus Mass!
I was listening to BBC 3 today from Blackburn Cathedral; the choir gave a beautiful
performance. I almost prefer this account although I suppose Palestrina had in mind
a choir composed of at least a dozen or so boys. What tone, gentle vibrato, and
stately pace; shivers up the back.
Amazing! Glory to the Lord!
The Roman Catholic archdiocese should favour this music in the context of worship, as was intended by the composer himself..
Which archdiocese? Also full Latin mass/polyphonic singing is beyond the abilities of a lot of parishes
it was intended by composer, but moreover intended by Council itself:
“All things being equal, Gregorian chant should hold a privileged place, as being more proper to the Roman liturgy. Other kinds of sacred music, polyphony in particular, are not in any way to be excluded, provided that they correspond with the spirit of the liturgical action and that they foster the participation of all the faithful. Since the faithful from different countries come together ever more frequently, it is desirable that they know how to sing at least some parts of the Ordinary of the Mass in Latin, especially the profession of faith and the Lord’s Prayer, set to simple melodies” (Sacrosanctum Concilium 41).
@@mrmadness2699 it's not "beyond the ability" when there are plenty of Latin Mass parishes... all it takes is a little bit of effort and appreciation of tradition.
When the church is having a hard enough time trying to find enough vocations for the priesthood. I find it hard to think that they can provide a living to the talented singers required to make this work.
@@mrmadness2699 Traditional Seminaries are bursting at the seams because of the number of vocations, as are traditional monasteries and convents.
Wonderfull singers (except the white shoes...) .
What a sadness: in Italy anyone knows or sings Palestrina.
I 'd like and I hope to hear you live in San Giovanni Rome. Bravissimi!
I love this church design
WOW!
Thanks for the comment! We've sung in Omaha three times in the past few years. Hopefully we'll be back soon. Check out our TH-cam channel-- we just added a video for a free track that our label is making available in advance of the release of our new CD, Times go by Turns.
I thought this was closest to perfect Sicut Cervus for a male only performance - Sitivit Anima Mea please!
Just a quick note to let you know that we recorded Sitivit anima mea! It's on our new CD Roma Aeterna: th-cam.com/video/C8fFxxx6yg4/w-d-xo.html
I listen so much to Palestrina, but i never listen to boy choirs when it comes to stile antico, and prefer small ensemble. I haven't found anyone else who use countertenor as cantus or soprano, but after listening to this, there are two cantus phrases that just sticks with me because it's so beautiful, which i haven't really heard by other ensembles
Yes, that's a bit more like it!
David, psalm 42: 1
Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum,
ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus.
As a hart longs for the flowing streams,
so longs my soul for thee, O God.
Δαυΐδ, ψαλμὸς 41: 2
Ὅν τρόπον ἐπιποθεῖ ἡ ἔλαφος ἐπὶ τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων,
οὕτως ἐπιποθεῖ ἡ ψυχή μου πρός σέ, ὁ Θεός.
After 2:28 Behind the altar on the right . . .
If God is personified in sublime sound, this is God
Gorgeous singing. Are the parts sung by a countertenor, tenor, baritone, and a bass?
+Pam Palmer Yep. Lovely stuff :)
Paul Suter Thanks for replying, Paul. So are the guys singing in all the parts I mentioned, or what?
Yes, as I said in my previous comment.
Paul Suter Thanks!
Isn’t it just wonderful to be Catholic !?
Sounds odd at such low pitch, roughly E. Feeling of flow differs significantly between voices, but the best of the flow is superb, really beautiful, the opposite of the rushing of shorter notes that ruins many performances. Some good blend too, but the whole thing is spoiled by quivering "vibrato".
Where can I find a copy of this recording?
We are planning to record Sicut cervus/ Sitivit anima mea for commercial release in August. Stay tuned... and thanks for writing!
Please text this song
I was try to sing this song. and wksvdhxjdbdb why they lok so easy to do that?
Seriously underpaced but great and balanced performance and voices altogether.
pfft the way this performance lingers on the notes is its best quality
Nutritious? (spiritually)
I hope that's a good thing. (Dying, that is.) :)
bò, troppo vibrato per Palestrina...