Come Down O Love Divine (Down Ampney) - performed by the choir of King's College, Cambridge
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2009
- Come Down O love Divine is a hymn that is loved around the world. This particular version is performed by the world renowned choir of King's College Cambridge and led by director of music Stephen Cleobury. Verse 2 is particularly charming as the male only first half breaks into a full choir fortissimo harmony for the second half. I hope you all enjoy it and please feel free to comment/rate it!
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Profound lyrics. Gorgeous melody. Lifts the heart to the Lord and rekindles faith. Amen. My return to my old church after a few years away was sealed with this hymn.
I sang in the choir as a child and I can still remember every word . Praise Be His Name Forever 🙏🏻
Yes! All praise to our Lord Jesus Christ!
1 Come down, O Love divine!
seek out this soul of mine
and visit it with your own ardour glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear,
and kindle it, your holy flame bestowing.
2 There let it freely burn
till earthly passions turn
to dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
and let your glorious light
shine ever on my sight,
and make my pathway clear, by your illuming.
3 Let holy charity
my outward vesture be,
and lowliness become my inner clothing;
true lowliness of heart
which takes the humbler part,
and for its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.
4 And so the yearning strong
with which the soul will long
shall far surpass the power of human telling;
for none can guess its grace
till we become the place
in which the Holy Spirit makes his dwelling.
Thank you for the words!
A hymn from my childhood. So gorgeous. Makes me cry.
Through the Holy Spirit, it does The hymn is about Him.
The simple faith of the Church of England. Such a blessing!❤️🙏🇬🇧
The words to this hymn come from Bianco da Siena, a fourteenth century Catholic contemplative. He was Italian.
The King's College chapel was built when England was Catholic, as was Westminster Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral- along with York, Lincoln, Salisbury & Durham cathedrals . The tyrant Henry VIII made himself head of the Catholic Church in England with the Act of Supremacy in 1534 and then plundered all of the abbeys and monasteries that resisted this act of Parliament and had the priors and abbots executed. It was a reign of terror that established the Church of England, not a 'simple faith'. Up until 1534 England had been Catholic for 937 years- from the arrival of St Augustine in Canterbury in 597. England has been Protestant for the last 490 years thanks to one unruly and unholy man.
@@tonygibson6436 Must you continue with this stuff! We are brothers and sisters in Christ! Stop this sinful stuff!
@@jbut1208 I spoke the truth and you're calling it 'sinful stuff'? You need to take the blinkers off and realise that the Church of England was established by a tyrannical despot with the faith of an opportunistic scoundrel.
One of the loveliest tunes ever. The music all by itself (without the words) is like a prayer.
Thumbs up & bravissimo to RVW for composing such beautiful hymn tunes!
And without the words it would be sterile.
Hearing this hymn sung to Down Ampney by men and boys choir makes one previously scalded by a contentious judgmental Christendom believe that God is in His Heaven and all is well with the world!
I'm RC also. Seriously thinking of making the 2+ hour drive to the Evensong service at the "local" Anglican Use Parish in Henrietta, NY. "Come Down, O Love Divine" is one of the songs for Sunday's service. I got hooked on Evensong after a year stay in England, attending Evensong services in Winchester, Salisbury, Chichester, Westminster Abbey, Portsmouth, Kings College Cambridge, and multiple other awesome churches. It's very much like evening prayer and compline I'm familiar with in the RC church. I am so glad I can now celebrate Evensong with a parish in communion with the RC church. God, you are awesome!
One of my favorite hymns, by one of my favorite composers. And no choir sings it better than King's.
I had a very important decision to make this morning and God’s love flowing from this hymn helped affirm the decision. Thanks be to God.
and His ever-active, ever-reaching, ever-innovative Holy Spirit as bringer of love, truth, wisdom, healing, discernment and many other gifts.
Just Beautiful, If just for a moment if all mankind could experience the sprit of God, the world would be changed forever. For none can guess its grace till he becomes the place, wherein the Holy Spirit makes his dwelling.
What can one say, this rendition is just so lovely and I am a Roman Catholic.
So was the author of the text, Bianco de Siena (c.1350-1434)
Well Michael, funny you should say that because the man who put the words to this sublime hymn is Bianco da Siena, a 14th Century Catholic mystic.
Also, the background visuals for this setting: the chapel of King's College Cambridge, was built from 1446 to 1515, when England was a Catholic country. The same goes for Westminster Abbey and St George's Chapel in Windsor castle. All of the great Gothic cathedrals were built when England was Catholic.
Choral music at its very best and a credit to our beautiful islands we call Britain.
Paul Re
This is one of my favourite hymns. It lifts me up to the sky; towards the Lord, Jesus Christ. I love the baritone which ends up in the full choir fortissimo. The descant simply yet intently uplifts the soul to focus on worshiping the Lord as we invite him to come down. Besides, the who chorale of King's College have presented this hymn with stylishness. Glory to God!
Such profound faith in the true Church ties us
to Jesus, leave the woke futile grasping of the Episcopal Church to its dwindling numbers. God Bless! I found faith again at ACNA. William
An absolutely wonderful Hymn. I love all the hymns and have done for the last 50 years! I am trying my best to bring them all back to use in today's' modern Churches. Some churches now think that these lovely hymns are from the devil! What a load of nonsense.They are inspirational and uplifting and one feels the sacredness of them too! They help me everyday as I sing and listen to them in my home, sometimes putting up the volume to get the full effect.
Having to learn all these hymns as an adult because the churches I grew up in only sang songs written in the previous 30 years.
It's never too late to fall in love with great Church music! I had a similar experience...
Come down, O love divine, seek Thou this soul of mine,
And visit it with Thine own ardor glowing.
O Comforter, draw near, within my heart appear,
And kindle it, Thy holy flame bestowing.
O let it freely burn, til earthly passions turn
To dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
And let Thy glorious light shine ever on my sight,
And clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
Let holy charity mine outward vesture be,
And lowliness become mine inner clothing;
True lowliness of heart, which takes the humbler part,
And o’er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.
And so the yearning strong, with which the soul will long,
Shall far outpass the power of human telling;
For none can guess its grace, till he become the place
Wherein the Holy Spirit makes His dwelling.
Thank you for typing out these beautiful lyrics Patrick Scheiner. A beautiful prayer from and for the heart. Come Holy Spirit, come! Let's pray this today when so much we are in need of Christ's peace and power in our hearts to bring them to the world. And to pray it in song with the KCC is immeasurable joy.
Patrick Scheiner thank you
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A great Pentecost hymn! Beautifully sung! “Let Holy charity my outward gesture be” A very counter cultural sentiment!
Amen - Come Lord Jesus
Listening to the hymn is soothing, solemn , spirit filled, strengthen a broken heart 💜
This is my favorite choir this side of Heaven.
William Ripley amen
William Ripley they are 👍👏the best 👍👏
Vaughan Williams had a gift for a great tune, no doubt about it.
Shaun Griffith you are so absolutely right! BTW I listen to FOREST GREEN on RUclips over and over. Yes, Rafe Vaughan Williams definitely had a gift for composing great tunes. Down Ampney is in my Top Five Favorite Hymn Tunes.
@@forestgreenorgangeekclaire8629 his name is spelled "Ralph."
@@anthonykaiser974 But he pronounced it as "Rafe", that seems to be how upper class people in general pronounce it. He was from a wealthy and highly successful background linked to the Darwin and Wedgwood families. But was rather generous and not one to look down on the less well-to-do, I should add.
@@collybever @Colly Bever yes. My HS band director taught us how to properly pronounce it. That was over 30 years ago. That's why I said it was SPELLED as "Ralph." English, in particular British English, has lots of idiosyncratic pronunciations.
@@anthonykaiser974 that made me smile... "British English"
The poetry!
Come down, O Love divine,
Seek Thou this soul of mine,
And visit it with Thine own ardour glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
Within my heart appear,
and kindle it, Thy holy flame bestowing.
O let it freely burn
Till earthly passions turn
To dust and ashes in its heat consuming:
And let Thy glorious light
Shine ever on my sight,
And clothe me round, the while my path illuming.
Let holy charity
Mine outward vesture be,
And lowliness become my inner clothing,
True lowliness of heart,
Which takes the humbler part,
And o'er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.
And so the yearning strong,
With which the soul will long,
Shall far outpass the power of human telling;
For none can guess its grace,
Till he become the place
Wherein the Holy Spirit makes His dwelling.
one of the most beautiful and moving hymns written by the incomparable genius that was ralph Vaughan Williams, shut your eyes when listening to this sublime work and you will be transported immediately to the heaven of an English country church.
Beautifully said.
Paul Barker you are so absolutely right!
It was indeed written by Ralph Vaughan-Williams. He wrote several of the most famous tunes appearing in the original English Hymnal . He was the editor of what is in my view an unsurpassed book (not to be confused with the New English Hymnal).
Paul Adams BTW Forest Green is the best melody ever composed. Of course Down Ampney is in my Top Five Favorites.
One of the most sublime hymn tunes ever written, by one the greatest composers of the 20th century. So nice to hear it in what I believe is V-W's own anthem setting.
He (of course ostensibly and quite loudly an atheist) named the tune after his birthplace, which I once visited. RVW is mentioned on the village sign there! Such is the power and enigmatic nature of the beloved and wondrous Holy Spirit... of course the subject of this magnificent hymn.
Ostensibly and quite loudly an atheist, he named the tune after his birthplace.
The perfect marriage of words and music.
Probably close to my favourite hymn. The tune is great, and the words even better. "And so the yearning strong, with which the soul will long; shall far surpass the power of human telling. For none can guess His grace - till he become the place, wherein the Holy Spirit makes its dwelling".
The best possible words in the best possible order, set to the best possible music, performed by the best possible choir in the best possible setting. If there is a heaven, I imagine it will be something rather like Evensong at King's at dusk in autumn.
In heaven it will be better than this performance Londonfogey. With that said, it is certainly refreshing and uplifting to hear this hymn ministered by such skilled musicians.
Londonfogey King's College Chapel *is* heaven on Earth. If I didn't hate flying (my ears pop) I would have visited Cambridge by now. I have been an Anglophile since 1994, ever since I heard the KCC.
Exactly!
Amen to that.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Holy Spirit, come into us: abide, reign, and lead!
Peter Rabbit Oh yes it has been a RAGING success over the last 2,000 years. But Vaughan Williams music will bring joy and beauty forever.
Aren't ATHEISTS AMAZING PEOPLE.
Science-is-god Rafe Vaughan Williams composed and arranged the best hymn tunes. By the way, are you familiar with Forest Green? It's the best melody ever composed. Down Ampney is definitely in my Top Five Favorites, though.
Teaching this to the Congregation and leading it for the first time this Sunday. Just sight-read it out of the Hymnal, and none of us know it. i'm so excited!
Solemn and dignified. The English choral tradition at its best.
Great hymn. Just moved me to teary spiritual reflections!
Thank you. G_d bless.
Ayodeji Opaleke me too
Beautiful; this speaks to an England which seems fast approaching its end. At least there's this...
And in 2023, there was this: ruclips.net/video/ncx_St_w4JM/видео.html
The connection between the two quite different pieces?
The Holy Spirit.
He loves we British far more than we deserve, but that is what He is like, in all His mercy and saving grace from Jesus.
He wants to bring the truth and the love to one and all, and sees the British as a way...
(obviously the Coronation is a Holy Spirit event - something we forgot with the last one being so very long ago).
Things are always darkest before the dawn.
And the 2020s are REALLY dark.
But what of it?
With God there are NO impossible things...
Sing lustily & with good courage. I was brought up Methodist. We weren't allowed to dance ( sinful) but encouraged to sing at the top of our voices. Wonderful...
Why can't more churches in the U.S. perform songs like these; great theological truths in a beautiful & poetic setting.
I am a Caribbean Anglican and I misss singing some of the hymns i learned and sang at school, Sunday School and church there. But please don't sell American Episcopalian practices short. You can hear this hymn in many USA Episcopal churches.
Come to many Catholic churches and you will hear it, too. Church of St. Mark in St. Paul, MN for example. Come any Sunday!
David Williams why not indeed.😻😍‼️‼️🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌
Not a chance...their singing ( the U S Choirs ) leaves much to be desired.
Mary Gebhart oh, places like St. Mark are exceptional in US Catholicism. Most of what you get is Haugen-Haas-Schutte-StL Jesuits crapola.
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. This is to all denominations. If Jeremiah 1:4-15 is your Scripture of the Day, this is a good hymn to compliment it.
As a devout atheist, biblical scriptures are to me WORTHLESS, but hymns like this bring me to tears. It is the music which in this case was written by another atheist, the incomparable Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Proving yet again that we atheists are as good as any theist and in many cases better, we are not satan worshipers. Satan does not exist, neither does god.
But Hell does, because God created it.
mkl62 BULLSHIT.
Theists are so DELUSIONAL that they think that just because they say something IT MUST BE TRUE.
Show us incontrovertible evidence.
Okay. How did Mary become pregnant with Jesus?
mkl62 Oh my God how DUMB CAN YOU BE, she was knocked up by a Roman stud and covered it up by telling he senile old fool of a husband, GOD DID IT.
Now PROVE ME WRONG.
Now what else do you need an explanation for?
As with so many good hymns, the later verses are the most powerful. This hymn always brings me to tears.
... for none can know thy grace
'til he become the place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes his dwelling.
I also love “Love Unknown”.
The words to this hymn are so lovely, and this tune pulls the heart just right.
One of these Pentecosts, I'm going to actually be able to sing this song. It's so beautiful I can't help but cry.
Powerful Sacred Hymn that send cool shivers, with the Organ producing the melodious tunes at the backgroubd
This is one of my favorites. It is very appropriate for Pentecost Sunday. I am glad to say that my church still sings wonderful hymns such as this one!
From California, joining with all keeping vigil this Eve of Pentecost 2017.
"Let holy charity mine outward vesture be,
And lowliness become mine inner clothing"
this is by far one of my best hymn ever. its lyrical and the master piece is spirit filled.
This is one of my favorites. Great rendition.
Chance Chaput one of my favorites, too.
my eyes close
my ears hear
my heart beats
my anger leaves
my soul lifted
sigh, smile and joy
from the beautiful hymn
... and the Holy Spirit that it is behind it, with it, in it and from it...
i cry everytime i listen to this hymn, i really love it and it's my favorite ❤
A most wonderful hymn..... Sublime lyrics and 🎶. music.
Come down o love divine,downampney. Wonderful words and music,lifted up by those marvelous choiristers and scholars from kings. Chris blackpool.
Simply Divine..
Omg what a divine hymn
Sang it at a wedding once. Still can't understand how an agnostic can produce such spiritual music.
STOP JUDGING RVW, WILL YOU PLEEEEASE?
This is so calming. Thank you.
Very beautifully and prayerfully sung by this choir
Pure, undying class of composer and performance.
Thank you for the pictures. . . reminders of having stood on those venerable grounds.
Beautiful, beautiful beautiful. 1 of the hymns at my wedding
So wonderful and beautiful thank you for posting this song. God Bless you and the choir, and God bless this wonderful ORGANIST, and ORGAN.
Chesterbarnes1 they're the best choir in the world! (And BTW I love THE ORGAN too. Look at my username.)
Chesterbarnes1 I have been an enthusiastic amateur organist since February 1988.
Thank goodness someone agrees with me. David White's comments that the organ & choir & stained glass are a "distraction" really infuriate me. People are grateful to God for organs, choirs, & stained glass windows; doesn't David White know that?
I,ve heard different versions of this hymn, but this setting and interpretation of King,s College is the best and so beautiful.... love their singing as always!!
Melvin Pieterse,
Melvin Pieterse 👍👏they're the best! 👍👏
They're the best choir ever! (it bears repeating)
A wonderful Pentecost hymn, and a wonderful setting.
As a committed atheist RVW would be upset to know that this work was claimed by pentecostals.
+Science-is-god
RVW? I think Pentecost is honored in all of Christendom BTW, but ya atheists not so much.
Emily Spencer 😃hey! One of my BFF's is named Spencer. And she is a soprano in the same choir I am in. And she doesn't get tired of hearing about how much I love Rafe Vaughan Williams!
This hymn is for a wedding. As a chorister in an Anglican school here we sang this sooo many times.
My hymnal has this lovely hymn in it. Original writer was Bianco Da Siena ? - 1434. Translated by Richard Frederick Littledale, 1833-90.
Lovely! I just sang along, Advent 2018. in Indiana, USA
Good to hear this lovely hymn today, the Feast of Pentecost. I love the tune. This hymn was sung at my mother's memorial service, too.
Amen ,one of my favorite hymns
WOW. I am stunned. this is beautiful.
The organ is just sublime.
Absolutely beautiful. This hymn was played during the eucharist at my wedding 25+ years ago.
The tune was named for the English village where Vaughan Williams was born.
Dear Old RVW what a wonderful legacy you've left us.
Remembered from primary school, over sixty years ago...
@magpie4321 The original poem on which this hymn is based was written by the wonderful Bianco Da Siena in the 15th Cent, but the actual hymn was written by an Anglican priest, Fr Richard Littledale, and the music by another Anglican - Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Cambridge. The most lovely city in the world
kentcyclist if my ears didn't pop on the airplane I would have visited Cambridge by now. The Choir of King's College Cambridge is THE BEST CHOIR EVER and the Chapel is beautiful too. I love the fan-vaulted ceiling and the tracery in the windows.
Beautiful Hymn!
Musically, lyrically and theologically beautiful.
A truly beautiful hymn
Glad we stood on line to attend one Evensong in this historic chapel. I can't remember singing this particular song but I surely remember worshiping in this special venue. Don't miss a service here if you are ever in Cambridge.
Borxoi86 I would visit Cambridge to see the world's best choir (yes, King's is the world's best choir!) if my poor ears didn't pop on the airplane.
I love this great hymn
I do love this hymn!
This hymn has replaced two of my favourites, 1. I know that my Redeemer liveth! .2. Laudate Dominus! A magnificent hymn that moves the very core of a soul to be 1. Show gratitude. 2. Accept Devine Grace. Show recognition of Love! Blessings.
Vincent Adika in 2000 or thereabouts, FOREST GREEN replaced Blessed Be That Maid Mary and The Cherry Tree Carol as the best hymn tunes I have ever heard. Down Ampney is in my Top Five Favorites.
Omg what a splendid heavenly hymn
Beautiful hymn. Reminds me of our best South African conductor Richard Cock. God bless him.
Lovely voices, Beautifully arranged and delivered.
I always feel so moved by these sacred words.
And by the Holy Spirit who is behind, in, with and from them.
this is such a wonderful hymn, and the King's College choir performs incredibly well. I've always thought those two eighth notes at the end of lines give it just another unexpected but lovely twist
Great hymn.
Wondrous.
Do it! I'm going to ask the choir master myself! In four parts, too!
Beautiful.
Croatian translation:
O siđi dolje o Ljubavi Božanska,
Ti potraži ovu moju dušu
I posjeti je tvojim žarom užarenim;
O Tješitelju priteci bliže,
u mom srcu se pojavi,
I zapali ga, darujući tvoj sveti plam.
O neka slobodno gori
dok se zemaljske strasti pretvore
u prah i pepeo u njegovoj rastapajućoj toplini;
I neka tvoje slavno svjetlo
sja uvijek na vidiku mom,
I zaogrće me, dok mi put osvjetljuje.
Neka sveta darežljivost
moje vanjsko odijelo bude,
I ljupkost nek'postane moja unutrašnja odjeća;
prava ljupkost srca
koja izabire uvijek skromniji dio,
a nad svojim nedostacima plače od gnušanja.
S takvom čežnjom jakom,
duša će za dugo
daleko nadići moć ljudskog kazivanja;
jer nitko ne može znati njezine milosti,
dok sam ne postane mjesto
u kojem Duh Sveti čini svoje boravište.
I am an ELCA Lutheran from South Carolina. This is to all denominations: If Colossians 3:5-17 is your Scripture for the Day, this is a good hymn to compliment it.
A great classic... wonderful.
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Kings College Cambridge and a beautiful traditional Anglican hymn - what gladness of heart & soul.
This is the hymn for a wedding. I use to earn $1.20 for giving up my Saturdays to sing this hymn at weddings at my school, Trinity Grammar School Sydney (Anglican)
Hmmm!... So good hear
Hmmm!... So good hear
It is the perfect hymn for a wedding or a funeral.
This is the hymn for now.....
And now!!!
Great great piece and performance
Father, Son AND Holy Spirit - NEVER!!! Father, Son, Holy Spirit: MOST YES!!! ONE SUBSTANCE!!!
So beautiful....This is my favorite hymn! Thanks for posting...!!!!!
Nothing condescending, except the potential of a descending musical scale about me ! Neither pretentiousness. David (of Melbourne, Australia).
This is absolutely beautiful. And did ever such great theology and brilliant music meet, Or singing receive such honour as King’s College Choir commands?
Nzeakor Atulomah the King's College Choir of Cambridge is THE BEST CHOIR EVER.
The tune : "Down Ampney" always demands a reply in the form of being endlessly playable.