Vaughan Williams - Mass in G minor - Stephen Darlington
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- Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958) - Mass in G minor
I. Kyrie (00:00)
II. Gloria (04:07)
III. Credo (08:33)
IV. Sanctus (15:36)
- Benedictus (18:36)
V. Agnus Dei (21:02)
Christ Church Cathedral Choir Oxford, Stephen Darlington - เพลง
One of the best. The Agnus Dei is not rushed, and the penultimate chord's major seventh is one of the purest I've heard. A pure joy.
yes
I had the Alto Solo in this while in college studying Electrical Engineering in Rolla, Missouri!
It was healing and helped me anesthetize the pain of an Engineering Education!
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This graceful and solemn chorus is comfortable to the ears and the mind
This is a wonderful performance of a piece that I think can stand with any of the great Renaissance masses by Palestrina, Isaac, Josquin, Ockeghem, and the like. Thank you for posting it.
Indeed. Exactly (almost word by word) my thoughts and reaction.
Absolutely.
Absolutely one of best performances, of this great masterpiece.
I am in heaven listening to this masterpiece
Truly one of the finest Sacred Choral Works ever written! And sung so brilliantly! Thank you.
While attending Ripon College our choir did this in 1979. We were able to perform this in St. Paul's Cathedral in Fond du Lac. One of my favorites from college.
No probability! Perfectly pure...
One of my favorite choral memories was singing this as a chorus member and tenor soloist. Magnificent!
I hadn't heard this in its entirety since singing it regularly as a boy chorister at St Paul's Cathedral London in the early 1970's (where my father was also a 'vicars choral' in the choir). All my recollections of its sublime beauty were correct, and of course this is also a first-class rendition. Bravo ! RVW would have been very proud of this recording, and of it finding its way onto TH-cam . . .
Jonathan Sorrell hello Jonathan, me also-1957-St.Paul's ,and went to his funeral in '58. Utterly moving -his favorite-Bach double violin conc. + tallis Fantasia. My favorite mass-a bit above the standard dare I say of 1950's St. Paul's apart from the overpowering sound of Alfred Dellar!
One of the great masses. The best recording I have heard is by Canterbury Cathedral Choir. I own the LP. Sadly it is not available on cd.
We sang this my sophomore year in high school. Our choir director, Frank Payn, a scholar of Maurice Scones, challenged us continuously with masterpieces such as this.
My God, what a lovely performance of one of my favorite pieces of music. I have sat in Christchurch's stalls on many an Evensong.
Thank you for posting.
The G Minor Mass is absolutely heartbreaking. Composed in 1921, it is one of the most perfect expressions of the grievous and shattering loss caused by that terrible war. The 'Benedictus' is so personal, I suspect it is about Vaughan Williams friend and fellow composer George Butterworth who was killed in the war
Sorry, Msr. Pierre, but I'm afraid I disagree; I find this work one of the most uplifting pieces ever written. I agree that the "Agnus Dei" has a lot of poignancy, but it is so magnificently offset by the very final "pacem", so characteristic of RVW and Holst (e.g. "The Truth From Above" and Holst's "Lullay My Lykinge"). What about the "Et Resurrexit" in the "Credo" and the "Amen"!! I sincerely hope I haven't offence by these remarks, but I find Vaughan William's music one of the most uplifting human creations ever made. Very kind regards Yours sincerely David J. Crook
I think it just shows how differently music affects us. No wrong answers here!
The whole composition is a masterpiece...but the choir at the beggining of the Sanctus is of some otherworldy beauty
Soul moving...
My long time favorite recording of this masterpiece has always been the King's College, Cambridge under Wilcocks. It was the very first version I owned after hearing portions of the Mass sung in concert by the St. Olaf Choir under Kenneth Jennings. Thank you so much for uploading this version by Christ Church, Oxford. It is glorious. I own the following versions: King's on EMI, Westminster Cathedral on Hyperion, Elora Festival Singers on Naxos, Choir of St. Thomas Church on Koch, and the Atlanta Chamber Choir on Telarc. This will take its place with them.
+Shawn Hampton
I agree.
I studied at Cambridge in that era and sang in the choir myself.
It was the best.
Ever.
I agree about the best version. I have owned the EMI recording for more than 50 years.
I first heard that recording in 1990 (I was 31 shame on me where had I been??) it reminded me of what RVW himself said when he first heard "Dives and Lazarus" ...
Just heard this at Mass this weekend...had to look it up.
You must attend a remarkable church. Most masses these days are pure trash...
oldwest517 St John Cantius in Chicago. Tridentine Latin Mass!
I have sung tenor and bass in this. It is rapturous.
+CapoRip Congratulations on being one of those people who have the absolute cheek to be able to sing bass AND tenor, I wish I could sing above F above middle C without it hurting, I've got low bass clef Eb's all day but just the upper upper range I'd love to hit someone with a high G or A or something like that
"There is no reason why an atheist could not write a good Mass." Or, indeed, the most beautiful one on all the Earth.
For sure. God is no respecter of persons and sends divine gifts on all creatures. I love this piece.
It should be noted that Vaughan Williams was probably not an atheist in the strongest sense of the word. He was, in fact, quite militantly atheistic as a young man, but this settled into more of a spiritualized agnosticism as he grew older. He saw music as a way to reach beyond this world to that which is transcendent -- doing so without recourse to organized religion.
Actually during his life was an active movement of what could be called Christian Platonism as described and lectured upon by William Inge, Rector of St. Paul's London. A personal "religion of the spirit" , he called it, separate from the evangelical and anglo-catholic movements that were at odds with each other. Even for an agnostic oh, he was a primary force in the development of the Anglican hymnal. He was connected to something...
@@loge10 Really liked your sentence "He was connected so something..."
Even if he was an atheist the point is it’s still a religious work and he’s drawing on centuries of religious music for inspiration - it’s not created in a vacuum.
The question is more if an atheist wrote an original piece of music would it possess the transcendental aspect this work (and many others) do? And if it did does it then. in a somewhat ironic way, point beyond itself to a higher reality? 🤷♂️
A wonderful work which could only have been written by the great VW. What a choir! My only gripe is the interruptions of sublime music by mindless ads!
Listening on 25th July 2021, there were NO ads at all! Bliss!
Beautiful comment, Lumisatmi.
I'm assuming that both the inside and outside photos are of Christ Church? I found the inside photo on a search, but the outside one is of a perspective that looks differently of photos I've seen.
@David Draper And some are taken from a helicopter.
Agnus Dei is my favorite because of Homeworld.