VOCES8: 'Laudibus in Sanctis' by William Byrd
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ธ.ค. 2021
- VOCES8 sings William Byrd's motet 'Laudibus in Sanctis' in the VOCES8 Centre in London.
TEXT
Laudibus in sanctis Dominum celebrate supremum,
Firmamenta sonent inclita facta Dei.
Inclita facta Dei cantate, sacraque potentis
Voce potestatem saepe sonate manus.
Magnificum Domini cantet tuba martia nomen,
Pieria Domino concelebrate lira.
Laude Dei, resonent resonantia tympana summi,
Alta sacri resonent organa laude Dei.
Hunc arguta canant tenui psalteria corda,
Hunc agili laudet laeta chorea pede.
Concava divinas effundant cymbala laudes,
Cymbala dulcisona laude repleta Dei,
Omne quod aetheris in mundo vescitur auris,
Halleluia canat, tempus in omne Deo.
TRANSLATION
Celebrate the Lord most high in holy praises:
Let the firmament echo the glorious deeds of God.
Sing ye the glorious deeds of God, and with holy voice
Sound forth oft the power of his mighty hand.
Let the warlike trumpet sing the great name of the Lord:
Celebrate the Lord with Pierian lyre.
Let resounding timbrels ring to the praise of the most-
high God,
Lofty organs peal to the praise of the holy God.
Him let melodious psalteries sing with fine string,
Him let joyful dance praise with nimble foot.
Let hollow cymbals pour forth divine praises,
Sweet-sounding cymbals filled with the praise of God.
Let everything in the world that feeds upon the
air of heaven
Sing Alleluia to God for evermore.
Paraphrase of Psalm 150 - บันเทิง
This piece is over 400 years old, and this is probably the most perfect performance in it's history.
I think so too. Incredibly beautiful. Song and performance!
*its history
I did not hear this 400 yrs ago -- But if anyone did this better, they were in the same class with gods.
Sorry I can't say the same for your punctuation. It's spelled 'its' without apostrophe, when used as a possessive. A kind of exception to the rule. I hope you don't use an apostrophe for plurals!
La modernidad es ESTO!!
Renaissance choral music = the pinnacle of western civilization
Почти согласен. Когда слушаешь Берда, хочется думать: зачем после Ренессанса надо было что-то менять, если и так великолепно! ) VOCES8 желаем еще многие десятилетия такого восхитительного исполнения добарочной музыки!
I think that is the music period closer to the soul
So, you're saying that Western Civilisation has been going downhill for the past 400 or so years? You may be on to something there :)
Just about outstripped by Bach, for me. But not by much.
Has anyone else noticed that this video is beautifully edited to capture the entrances of different voices in quick sequence? So much better than simply putting the camera on random singers with no attention to the score!
I love that they do that! My aural skills are not good at all, but if I know when and who is singing I can pick up the different lines more easily.
It is lovely to see the faces close up as they enter, though I believe this may have been recorded separately and they are simply lip- singing their parts in the video.
You mean there's a video that goes with the song? I noticed that the sopranos were nicely balanced even in the forte sections and either weren't belting or were nicely edited.
Ah, yes I just did and was also surprised by the excellent video capture. Very professional!
Yes, this is much better produced than some of the others, well worth the considerable effort required!
Great music, wonderfully sung with a twinkle in your eyes - what more fun could there be than that?
William Byrd just sat up and said, "That is what I heard in my head!"
Byrd was an absolute boss. Great performance. Really enjoyed it.
Stai calmo. 😑
Don't keep calm. Just enjoy with every fibre of your body It is magnificent .
Molly you look like you are having the best time ever and I love it!
Voces8 always reminds me that I am vastly grateful to be alive in a miraculous world in which men and women can sing in harmony. Pure joy!
A lot of health problems in our family right now. But this is healing and reminds me that I live in God's grace and love.
May God bless your family and give you hope and strength in the victory won for us by our Lord Jesus Christ!
Indeed ! Flowing and soaking in the stream of such powerful heavenly harmonies dissipates that which is inharmonious (illness, fear, anxiety) and thus brings healing.
And what an Almighty God we both have to have inspired such otherworldly music!
This is the only era of music that can soothe me when my soul is troubled. Like the musicians were speaking the language of the Holy Spirit...
Does anyone suspect that we who love it so much had a past life in this era, likely as musicians?
It also helps to salve the depressing news in Ukraine and the depressing evidence of the corruption around our bloated ex-president.
Exelente grupo polifónico. Voces limpias, notas perfectas. Que buena pieza coral. Felicitaciones. Les escribe un fan de Colombia.
Voces8 is a group of angels that live with us.
Diese Aufführung beinhaltet so Vieles: subtil den Byrd'schen Kraftlinien mit Freude nachspüren, sehr überzeugender Ausdruck innerer Bewegheit ohne falsches Pathos, einfach wunderbar,
was für ein Geschenk an uns!
English Renaissance music is my favourite repertoire, and great performance, as always! Thank you very much.
I agree totally with what you said. The Renaissance was the era of Byrd and Tallis and the incredible Palestrina. They will live forever. .The glory of their music will never decrease Wow Thanks for listening. Had a few too many beers today ..Hope you are sober..Please don't reply.
Which renaissance in England? Everything was either stolen or copied. You have Byrd. Composer. One. Composer. Not style. Even baroque had to be bought from Germany and now real Handels name is forbidden from proper pronouncing all over England. No shame...no shame whatsoever
@@cetterusAre you serious ? English music had a considerable influence on Renaissance music. To begin with, English music familiarised continental ears with the intervals of thirds and sixths, which were considered dissonant elsewhere in Europe, in the Middle Ages. What’s more, there would probably have been no Guillaume Dufay nor Gilles Binchois without John Dunstable, so there would have been no Franco-Flemish school etiher, or it would have taken a completely different form from what we know. And have you listened to pieces from the Eton Choirbook? A number of typically English marvels that bear no resemblance to the continental music of the time. And I hope you’ll forgive me for preferring the master to the pupil, Tallis to Byrd. Or even John Sheppard, a very original composer : listen to his _Media vita_ (by the choir of Westminster Cathedral, my favourite recording) or to _A solis ortus cardine_ (by the choir of New College, Oxford).
What you write about English baroque music seems to me to be a little more well-founded, but you forget, for a start, the influence of French music, which is much more perceptible in Henry Purcell than that of German music : the English baroque was not born with Handel or Mattheson.
What a way to herald in the new year. wonderful as always :)
When you think you have a favourite recording of this piece, suddenly this recording appears. Just perfect; clarity, transparency!
They love what they are doing. It’s easy to love singing when you’re this good at it.
I sit captivated as I listen in High-Fidelity Stereophonic sound. This is the stuff voces8 excels at. They make it look easy, as if they were just handed the charts and started singing. This is their meat and potatoes, their steak and gravy, their cake and ice cream. And they are having fun.
So well put! And you are right indeed!
Most beautiful rendition of Psalm 150 I ever heard...
Bet William Byrd wouldnt believe that such a wonderful choir would be singing his glorious harmonies almost 4 centuries after his death. Incredible performance. Incredible composer.
Joy, Joy! Thanks, VOCES8. Just look at the fun they're having presenting this beautiful motet! Thanks, William Byrd. Love & joy to all. Our time here is so short. Let's get it where we find it. - Obscure choral singer
William Byrd has not had this much fun in a few hundred years. Incredible breadth of texture and delightful video production so beautifully highlighting the contrapuntal flows and hand-offs. Spine-tingling. And what signalled the cut off at the end? Pure magic.
I agree completely. What an incredible piece. I don't think you could ever hear a greater piece of vocal music. Bravo William Byrd..Bravo Voces 8.
Top class👍🇬🇧
There has never been and probably never will be a more sublime instrument than the human voice
This is just about the most perfect I have heard from this already perfect ensemble. Bravo. Wonderful, beautiful.
William Byrd is a massively underrated composer.
I see the same comment on every Byrd upload. Is this some kind of light Brexiting, or are there more famous peers of Byrd's that you find are unrightfully taking the spotlight?
Not by me
Dear Voces8 What a fantastic release out of gloomy lock downs! Thanks again for sharing joy.. From Amsterdam with LovE
Thanks for this beautiful performance! It's a good way to start the year 💪🏽🥂
This is a wonderful addition to the repertoire. I love the music of Byrd, and the performance here of VOCES8 is awesome! I love these folks.
Full of Light & Love - thank you! Blessings in abundance as we begin anew!
Those endless waves 🌊 of imitations are so incredibly beautiful!
Beautiful.
VOCES8 never ceases to amaze. We are blest by their gift to us.
Byrd was a genius. As a contrabass I have an affinity for altos and am all in as a Katie fan club member. Of course we all love Andrea too but you need to introduce us to the new talent. Sounds very promising.
Where do I sign up for the Katie fan club, anyhow?
Grandissimo. Liebe dieses „Lied“ und hab schon mal einen Vergleich verschiedener Interpretationen angestellt. Super Ensemble! So singen können ist großartig! 👍🏻👏🏻🙏🏻
I can't think of a better way to ring in the New Year than this! Thank you @VOCES8 and may your 2022 be as joyful as this motet.
Überwältigende Interpretation... Die Überschwänglichkeit desTextes, vom Komponisten genial eingefangen, kommt duch das aufmerksame Miteinander des Ensembles hervorragend zur Geltung. Es bringt die rhythmische Vielfalt der Motette zum Vorschein und gibt ihr einen 'jazzigen Touch'. Die Krönung sind die lang ausgehaltenen Töne der hohen Stimmen!
A precise, nimble, joyous, and dancelike performance! Bravo!
One of my favorite Byrds. Beautiful performance -- clear texture and great energy.
I can listen to Voces8 for hours at a time. Actually, I have...rather often. The soprano's voice is absolute perfection.
What fun you all had, and we who listened! Blessings and thanks,
Magnifica pieza, sólo hay que ver sus miradas y sonrisas para entender la enorme alegría y orgullo que sienten cuando cantan con esta perfección . Magnífico
Soaring, joyous, beautifully textured and controlled…perfect.
Just absolutely incredible - Loved this
Is it only me that praises this wonderful piece. You think it can't get any better and it does ,and that process continues throughout, and then the final 30 seconds open the tear ducts. A truly wonderful piece piece of Renaissance vocal music. If you go to my funeral it will be playing .Hopefully not for a few years yet .Thank you Voces 8 for bringing William Byrd kicking and screaming into the twenty first century.
As always perfect performance of this magnificent group of singers.
This is amazing! What a triumph. The vocals are off the charts.
The way that last measure resolves into the final chord is heavenly 😇 So well balanced, every voice soars. It brought tears to my eyes.
That second to last chord… oh my heavens! Perfection!
This is one of the best VOCES8 videos and performances we have ever seen. Captured and communicated the spirit of the piece totally. Had both me and my wife in tears. Bravo! /RayK
Ce motet est lumineux, vos visages sont lumineux, ce premier jour de 2022 devient lumineux malgré les mascarades restrictives que nous imposent nos dirigeants
( "The music won the cause" as say Handel in "Alexander's feast)...
(This motet is luminous, your faces are luminous, this first day of 2022 becomes luminous despite the restrictive masquerades imposed on us by our leaders).
You splendidly recreate the timeless awe and joy.
Thank you so much!
That last chord! … I wonder if Byrd even imagined his music being sung so beautifully!
Beautiful! Thank you so much for singing pieces like this, and singing them so well. What a way to ring in the new year.
Beautiful New Year's Day present. Thank you!
Just wonderfully sung, there is perfection, dare and joy.
Wow! Magnificent! Thank you so much 🌷
Sensationally sung! And what a great piece!
Superb singing with dynamics.
Byrd, Bach, they sadly never heard their works performed so very beautifully as this.
You guys are simply stunning. The best I’ve ever heard. Thank you.
What a magnificent way to begin a new year!
...very elegant !
What a class act they are. They are magnificent, magical and sing like angels 😇. The soprano is something else. Thank you.
Sublime sound and joyous to watch the group interaction! Thank you all and best wishes for 2022!
I bless the day I found this channel ♥️
Another towering performance from my favourite soprano.
Magnifique! L'année commence bien.
Fabulous! Loving the beautifully balanced sop voices. Thank you!
I am just overwhelmed by the joy in it, they all seem to be so lucky singing this. So joy has the benefit that it can survive 400 years.
Voces8 dank jullie voor dit heerlijke sprankelende begin van het nieuw jaar.. Heel mooi en met zoveel plezier gezongen ♥️
So pure and beautiful piece of music, and as always, so wonderfully performed by this excellent ensemble!
Tolle Präsentation des Musikstückes. Man spürt die Freude der Sänger*innen.
One of my all-time favorite pieces. Masterfully performed.
Amazing!
Oh joy! What a wonderful way to start the year. Thank you from my heart most beautiful 8
Beautiful!
The best!
Thank you!!!
Oh, how sublime!
Fantastic interpretation as usual. Truly my favourite group these days, I treasure these performances.
Thanks for doing this particular motet, an old favourite of mine with many wonderful associations and memories of happier times. ☺️
Wonderful, as always with this group.
Spectacular!
❤
Love y'all. Good to see you having fun!
The energy and mischief of Byrd escapes so many singers, well done on an accurate and intelligent interpretation!
I like these ones without all of the dissonance. Always amazed by the Voces8 choir!
Love this performance-it feels like your anthem for the present moment!
Just splendid!
"Cymbala laudes ... Cymbala dulcisona laudes" is my favorite part.
A sparkling performance!
A wonderfull start of 2022! Blessings to the new year from germany 😊
Too marvellous for words. Perfect. Thanks for making it available.
Beautiful, sacred, fascinating! ❤️ Thank you so much.
Amen! I can't wait to hear what Byrd has been working on all this time.
Beautiful! Lindo!
WOW!
thank you
Marvellous!
The perfect way to start a new year. Excellent. Thank you!
So very well done! Thank you!