Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man - full concert

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  • Oscar Fredrik's Vocalis, Kammarkör and Sinfonietta performs The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins.
    Recorded live March 16, 2012 in Oscar Fredrik's church (Oscar Fredriks kyrka) - Göteborg, Sweden.
    Participants:
    Oscar Fredriks Vocalis & Kammarkör
    Oscar Fredriks Sinfonietta
    Fouad Colic - imam
    Mia Wallander - soprano
    Julia Attrel - alt
    Johan de Sousa Mestre - tenor
    Henrik Forsman - bass
    Lars Hernqvist - conductor
    0:00 The Armed Man (L'Homme Armé)
    6:48 Call to Prayers (Adhaan)
    9:34 Kyrie
    18:12 Save Me from Bloody Men
    20:10 Sanctus
    27:13 Hymn Before Action
    29:55 Charge!
    37:40 Angry Flames
    41:50 Torches
    44:27 Agnus Dei
    48:30 Now the Guns have Stopped
    51:27 Benedictus
    58:38 Better is Peace
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ความคิดเห็น • 138

  • @josettegeorgel6900
    @josettegeorgel6900 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nous chantons cette œuvre depuis 10ans et je me réfère toujours à votre manière de la valoriser

  • @Elizabeth-iw3wd
    @Elizabeth-iw3wd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Benedictus gets me every time 😪 Stunningly beautiful and moving 💕 Truly gifted Karl Jenkins 👏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @frashid5455
    @frashid5455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is a masterpiece - every time I here this it gives me hope for mankind

  • @teriellis9487
    @teriellis9487 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    What an amazing concert, love the music of Karl jenkins

  • @XQQ-qm8ow
    @XQQ-qm8ow ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I am very happy I came to find this work, gives me hope that there truly are more beautiful classical works to come like this one.

  • @anyaisabela
    @anyaisabela 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Should be heard in all countries in these unsettling and dark days! Stay safe and strong. God bless us all

  • @oliviabrady8533
    @oliviabrady8533 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Here is the entire mass for peace. It is such a privilege to be part of the 120 person choir to be performing this in October .

    • @thatchonkyfonky3327
      @thatchonkyfonky3327 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I performed this year in an orchestra, and in a choir

    • @thatchonkyfonky3327
      @thatchonkyfonky3327 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      it was a pleasure

    • @monpayscanada
      @monpayscanada 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I NEED to find this man, somebody help if you will

  • @nb2839
    @nb2839 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Amazing piece. I saw this live and loved it so much that I went to the same choir's second performance a day later. So many goosebumps moments! Especially how the opening, with the marching of the feet and the swelling of the music (here at 3:50). The beautiful and strangely modern "Sanctus". Also the call to prayer - unexpected when I first heard it. The musical versions of the poems describing the horrors of war. The hellish scream at 34:30 (much more impactful to hear in person)! Just a beautiful piece of art. Thanks for uploading this version.

  • @walterwhite3297
    @walterwhite3297 11 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Singing this in school, love Karl Jenkins, one of my favourite composers alive today!

  • @betimsi
    @betimsi 9 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This piece was written for The war in Kosovo, as a survivor of the atrocities that the Serbian government has caused to my compatriots, myself and my countrymen would like to thank you for this wonderfully written piece Mr. Jenkins.

    • @kcrossleKMC
      @kcrossleKMC 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Bet1mi I can understand and agree with your statement. But the liner notes on the DVD don't mention this. Tell me more.

    • @betimsi
      @betimsi 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've read somewhere, can't remember where exactly that it was written for the war of Kosovo, what exactly would you like to know ?

    • @OscarFredriksVocalis
      @OscarFredriksVocalis  8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Bet1mi Yes, you're right.
      "The piece was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the Millennium celebrations, to mark the museum's move from London to Leeds, and it was dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Armed_Man)

    • @denisgriffin5749
      @denisgriffin5749 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Oscar Fredriks Vocalis Mozart
      Piano concerto no 23

    • @christianebryssinckx7868
      @christianebryssinckx7868 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bet1mi woq

  • @nuclearwarfare123
    @nuclearwarfare123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Me and my concert choir were able to sing this with a band and a few other choirs, best concert of my life.

  • @constantinuzun1717
    @constantinuzun1717 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Очень красивые песни, некоторые из них я пел в хоре- это так красиво. Хоть мне и 13 я обожаю классическую музыку. Спасибо Дженкинс, за столь чудесные песни.

  • @susanbarton1160
    @susanbarton1160 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This stirs my soul! Need to play this at full volume!

  • @kerenchadwick6535
    @kerenchadwick6535 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    FANTASTIC !!!!!! Mr Jenkins.....and i thought you and your orchestra deserved MUCH MORE applause than what what got.....👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @kerenchadwick7866
    @kerenchadwick7866 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I TOTALLY enjoyed listening and watching this video...it was TOTALLY brilliantly done, I just wish soo much that there had been a big screen up with what the whole piece was all about...but I just guessed from the Title...the line "Bring in The Thousand Years of Peace"....I say a HUGE AMEN to.....😇😇😇🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @thatchonkyfonky3327
      @thatchonkyfonky3327 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was a soloist in oldham, but the song about the nuclear bombs was too heartbreaking for me to sing without crying, deep meanings and it was an honour to have sung such a meaningful song

  • @Bhaleri
    @Bhaleri 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Karl Jenkins is such a gifted composer!

  • @Kimdino1
    @Kimdino1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Using the lighting to give the soloist singers a ghostly appearance is a very nice touch.

  • @possessionfriend946
    @possessionfriend946 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How could 206 people Not like that ? - Beautiful piece of music.

    • @patriciaoreilly8907
      @patriciaoreilly8907 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's called Choice. Always respect people Choice in a Democratic Society. We all have views that is what makes humans interesting you don't have to agree 👍 but listen & maybe you might learn something, this has always been the case but lately if people disagree wow nasty childish behaviour comes out it's got to stop its boring & tiresome. Enjoy the music 🎶 worry not of others it's music .

  • @christopherstead4466
    @christopherstead4466 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    tHIS IS JUST BEAUTIFUL AND REMINDS ME OF ALL THAT IS SACRED

  • @PETERDANT1
    @PETERDANT1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sir Karl Jenkins is truly a living legend !

  • @mariarenny5035
    @mariarenny5035 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    This work ranks - highly ----------------moving forward and recovering the war torn soul -----Thanks to the composer -----

  • @alexraymond4179
    @alexraymond4179 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    wonderful concert

  • @KKHALED123
    @KKHALED123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding

  • @tishabyte
    @tishabyte 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Benedict's is amazing

  • @johnnyilsingsrensen6546
    @johnnyilsingsrensen6546 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Har selv sunget dette med to kor, en fantastisk oplevelse. Mødte senere Carl Jenkins himself i Albert Hall -- stort. /Johnny kan anbefales til Kor 72

  • @jeanmeadenjones5591
    @jeanmeadenjones5591 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely moving remembrance to the Fallen

  • @jodyiniowa1607
    @jodyiniowa1607 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was performed on Nov.28, 2018, by the combined choruses and orchestra at the University of Iowa. Just a splendid work!

    • @thatchonkyfonky3327
      @thatchonkyfonky3327 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was performing in a church in oldham late last year, but i couldnt cope singing the song about the nuclear bombs, so they got the rest of the choir to do it

    • @thatchonkyfonky3327
      @thatchonkyfonky3327 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      too heartbreaking

  • @janelsaari9744
    @janelsaari9744 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    My Church , /choir is doing this Concert for Easter.

  • @rafayelamos2348
    @rafayelamos2348 ปีที่แล้ว

    En estos días de oscuridad, de guerras y de sinsentidos. Escuchar esto es un soplo de aire fresco y un recordatorio de que por mucho que quieran la élites, nunca podrán conquistar el alma humana!

  • @debussy69
    @debussy69 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This work is being performed @ Nottingham Albert Hall Saturday 7th February 2015 :)

  • @user-is1bb3kr8y
    @user-is1bb3kr8y 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Нет слов,потрясающая музыка,мурашки по коже просто отпад.Советую всем кто понимает послушать эту замечательную музыку.

  • @thatchonkyfonky3327
    @thatchonkyfonky3327 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The song about the nuclear bombs, where they said, they breath their last as human torches, made me cry

    • @nb2839
      @nb2839 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes. Really horrible vision

    • @soultraveller5027
      @soultraveller5027 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Anti war Hymn inspired by the the conflict. Of man very poignant 😣

  • @tomsmith5456
    @tomsmith5456 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I always think of the music of Carmina Burana when I hear this .

    • @gerritdekker3811
      @gerritdekker3811 ปีที่แล้ว

      yes i heard the Sanctus on the radio and thought it was Orff. Equally boring.

  • @OscarFredriksVocalis
    @OscarFredriksVocalis  8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you enjoyed this concert, you might also like our performance of the latest work by Karl Jenkins - The Healer: A Cantata for St Luke. You'll find it on our channel page (th-cam.com/users/OscarFredriksVocalis)

  • @sofiatrinh5338
    @sofiatrinh5338 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i love kyrie

  • @OscarFredriksVocalis
    @OscarFredriksVocalis  11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

  • @alessiothefagian7285
    @alessiothefagian7285 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Noioso

  • @elliefromessex
    @elliefromessex 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved the album... would love to see it performed live...

    • @norarockenbaer-edmonds9395
      @norarockenbaer-edmonds9395 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      WIndsor Parish Church - 22nd November, 7.30pm!

    • @avagoquartet2304
      @avagoquartet2304 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Sage Gateshead 29th November!

    • @elliefromessex
      @elliefromessex 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Typical... miles from me and I can't get there :) Thank you so much though x

    • @debbiedirks7811
      @debbiedirks7811 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Ellie Essex
      I don't know where you are from, but it is being performed in Colorado [Fort Collins] on May 7th, 2016

    • @elliefromessex
      @elliefromessex 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Debbie Dirks Awww thank you so much, Debbie, very kind of you to let me know xxx. I'm in England though 😟

  • @Myckou
    @Myckou 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1:05:46 Ouch, there was a Tenor near the microphone who didn't learn his score quite well enough

  • @ahmedhazazi4740
    @ahmedhazazi4740 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    رواية ليث الأول 😴❤️

  • @noellewilson2947
    @noellewilson2947 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi

  • @patats2966
    @patats2966 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Im besieged by the song.

  • @reinhardtunderwoodsevol9706
    @reinhardtunderwoodsevol9706 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    What's with the Orthodox erruption @ 6m:49s?

  • @chrisparsons4474
    @chrisparsons4474 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This could be the last hope of mankind...

    • @mattyb859
      @mattyb859 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Chris Parsons - you really think that the troublemakers will see this, or understand it? Keep dreaming!

    • @georgehamilton3664
      @georgehamilton3664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mattyb859 In a way you're right. It's the rest of us who are transformed and eventually empowered to stand up against the troublemakers. Not this week, this month, this year or even this generation perhaps, but, in God's time.

  • @danielpedroso423
    @danielpedroso423 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    onde consigo a partitura do coral? alguém pode me arrumar? maestrodpedroso@gmail.com

    • @OscarFredriksVocalis
      @OscarFredriksVocalis  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      www.bookdepository.com/The-Armed-Man-Karl-Jenkins/9780851624686

  • @ellenhayball9628
    @ellenhayball9628 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did someone faint near the end 😂

    • @OscarFredriksVocalis
      @OscarFredriksVocalis  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, it was. 🥴
      It can be exhausting to sing sometimes. But he recovered well after some rest and water.

  • @petercovino1111
    @petercovino1111 ปีที่แล้ว

    The conductor may as well be a metronome.

  • @user-to9lt2mp5y
    @user-to9lt2mp5y 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Скажу по русски- это очень круто! Но это похоже на Карла Орфа...

  • @paulwfranklin1323
    @paulwfranklin1323 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    51:30 Fricking tune.

  • @ONLINEDAY
    @ONLINEDAY 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    THE ARMED MAN - A MASS FOR PEACE | Karl Jenkins
    th-cam.com/video/1uE-8LlQhNE/w-d-xo.html

  • @reginaldprasad9591
    @reginaldprasad9591 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Comments do have a habit of disappearing under censorship, considered as unacceptable. That is only positive praise gets the nod for public viewing.

  • @PaulJohnStanberyHFSO
    @PaulJohnStanberyHFSO 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why an Imam?

    • @MsObsidian1
      @MsObsidian1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Look up Kosovo.

    • @thatchonkyfonky3327
      @thatchonkyfonky3327 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Google kosovo

    • @richardhussong7232
      @richardhussong7232 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you asking "Why not a muezzin?", since it is the call to prayer. Probably there was a small Shiite congregation nearby in Göteborg whose imam does the call to prayer himself, and he volunteered.

    • @andywhysall6744
      @andywhysall6744 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wonder if the questioner might actually be wondering why the adhaan is included at all. The work is a mass of hope for universal peace. Universal includes everybody. Notice that the adhaan is a call to prayer and not a call to war.

  • @primusjulianbugar262
    @primusjulianbugar262 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Intro.... yikes.

  • @kennethanthony6406
    @kennethanthony6406 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    someone is flat sounding in the choir

    • @prittyugly86
      @prittyugly86 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      !!!!LOL I always think about this comment right at... 25.32 LOL!!!!

  • @HobbyOrganist
    @HobbyOrganist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Recorded live March 16, 2012 "
    ALL recordings are recorded LIVE!!!!

    • @jeannebouwman1970
      @jeannebouwman1970 ปีที่แล้ว

      It means recorded in one try, without edits

  • @EinFremderAusElea
    @EinFremderAusElea 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Seems Karl Jenkins had this in mind, when composing it:
    "So when you see the abomination of desolation spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains."
    Now, he succeeded with his object, but if I would be a bishop, I wouldn't allow it in my church.

    • @multirichard007
      @multirichard007 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And so speaks someone who truly seeks world peace.

    • @EinFremderAusElea
      @EinFremderAusElea 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      White Eagle Well, no pretenses on my part. I don't think world peace is my concern. Honestly, I'd rather be insulted, if you had suggested that it IS my concern.

    • @Madmen604
      @Madmen604 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The big picture is that God is in Islam and Judaism and Christianity and none of us are without sin. We must come together in common faith, we have no choice.

  • @RS-be7iy
    @RS-be7iy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lovely, but only the call to prayer for Islam?

  • @micheldecrop3229
    @micheldecrop3229 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @Hugh Lusignan. Extremists always find a reason to quarrel.

  • @renewinckers3826
    @renewinckers3826 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Transavia is als Jenkins muziek perfect

  • @denisgriffin5749
    @denisgriffin5749 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I disagree with Jim Baw. It is a small extremist minority of the Muslim community that is causing so much trouble. The senior Imam in Sydney came to a concert of this work in Nowra earlier this year (my partner was in the choir). His speech was given an ovation by the audience who had enjoyed Karl Jenkins's work.

    • @johnny2303
      @johnny2303 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is that why entire countries subscribe to the atrocities? It is Islam and its prophet that one must study. Peace will never be achieved by humanity.The Gospel did not come to change the world but prepare us for the next. Ironically "if" everyone believed and followed Christ, none of this would be. Compare the life of Mohamed with Christ. Show me justification in the New Testament for violence. May I point out that the old testament descriptions of violence are "narrative" describing God's command against the enemies of his people. They did not become Doctrine.. The Bible is several books written over 1500 years culminating on the Cross. The Quran was written by one man. Who is he? Who is Jesus Christ?

    • @Kimdino1
      @Kimdino1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Johnny Hahahahahaaaa, haaaa, haa ,hahahaaa. Your co.. Your (hahaahaaa). Your comme....(heeeheee..... harummm).. - Sorry, Your comments had me in such fits of laughter that I couldn't type straight.
      Except it's not funny, actually it's quite scary. It's just more of the standard old 'We are right & you are wrong' bullshit that has kept the slaughter going for centuries. And it will keep doing so until you lot grow up and get a hold on reality.

    • @georgehamilton3664
      @georgehamilton3664 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@johnny2303 Have you not noticed that even devout and sincere believers are far from perfect and often fail to strive for peace? Even if we all became devout believers, we would not be entirely free from sin in our lives. But, peace will come in the end when the sky falls away and earth is rolled up like a garment.

    • @mariadamen7886
      @mariadamen7886 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@georgehamilton3664 Please tell that to the "christians"in the states (you know the Scofield followers) that condemn all others, such as catholics because they consider them non christians.

  • @sandraharrisramini3652
    @sandraharrisramini3652 ปีที่แล้ว

    I see this is a profound and deeply disturbing piece about war and it’s futile ugliness. A beautiful hymn to mankind - a powerful condemnation of our need to destruct.

  • @reginaldprasad9591
    @reginaldprasad9591 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Any attempt to draw attention to the solidarity of humans is praiseworthy. As an agnostic and former Protestant with strong links in my forebears , and having departed from secularism and reliance on ritualism I find that the lyrics and total presentation is geared for believers which unfortunately is a shrinking entity. The appeal to music afficianados is obvious; I can not see its appeal to the general public

    • @jodyiniowa1607
      @jodyiniowa1607 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was a hundred years before Bach's Matthew-Passion started its "appeal to the general public." Give it time.

    • @thomasmathes7790
      @thomasmathes7790 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You may want to check out the 2Cello’s version. The calming effect of Benedictus resonates with those who have lost loved ones and with those who simply need a good nights rest.

  • @hermesmercury
    @hermesmercury 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Orchestra sounds great, choir not so much.

  • @SamoyedsUK
    @SamoyedsUK 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sorry, but so many things are wrong with this. The choir is not balanced and there does not appear to be 'quality' in the separate parts. If you are after a sound straight off a battle field, I guess this is what you would get . Perhaps it is the placing of the mikes that is to blame, but you can't attribute every increasingly flat descending scale to that ….

    • @wimb1947
      @wimb1947 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hazel Fitzgibbon i

    • @thatchonkyfonky3327
      @thatchonkyfonky3327 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Karl Jenkins was about the meaning and depth of this piece, this was not performed by his choir, and i respect your opinion, but on video their voices are portrayed deeper than they are

  • @hughcapetien
    @hughcapetien 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Came here for the "beat and rhythm" and not for religious and anti-war sentiments.

    • @vanessapeters3636
      @vanessapeters3636 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Its a mass for peace!!! You can get beat and rhythm in a lot of other music; if you dont want to think about religion or peace this is probably not the best thing for you to listen to.

  • @hughcapetien
    @hughcapetien 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Spare me the muslim call to prayer....!

    • @youtubister
      @youtubister 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Me too.

    • @suelynnsharpe838
      @suelynnsharpe838 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Everyone has the right to express their religious views!!!!!!!!!

    • @suelynnsharpe838
      @suelynnsharpe838 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      This person has a certain religious view and he is free to express it without you "putting him down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

    • @MrLovecraft12
      @MrLovecraft12 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** The mass had an objective: to condemn the war and the violence. Some people, self-called "homo sapiens", saw a Muslim calling to PRAYERS into a cathedral, and this is a casus belli. Objective accomplished.

    • @RobSharonHomerDrummond
      @RobSharonHomerDrummond 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The Muslim call to prayer is there because the mass was written on commission in memory of Sarajevo - where an ostensibly Christian (and openly fascist) government slaughtered the Muslim community in Europe.

  • @dobo50
    @dobo50 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Autant de soin pour une aussi stupide musique, à peine digne d'un mauvais film. Quel gaspillage !!!

  • @hughnicklin2
    @hughnicklin2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At the time of Kosovo there was some understandable sympathy for the Muslims. Since then we have been given a lesson in why that sympathy is now misplaced. To utter the words Allahu Akbar in a British environment is treason. My choir is performing a piece of this without the Allahu Akbar. I have told the conductor I shall make a scene if she allowes it to be said.

  • @oeko_fjs
    @oeko_fjs 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The call of Antichrist in a church and in a mass! Allah is greater, is the call! Greater than Jesus? Jesus is God, the Islam denies this. And the Koran says, every person, which beleive, Jesus is God, comes to hell, this believe is the sin, Allah never forgive! And than this call against Jesus is made in so many churches through this mass.

    • @mariadamen7886
      @mariadamen7886 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Frappuccino1988 Spare the effort. This man clearly is blind, deaf and biased.