I had my first singing lesson with Emma when I was 16 … she would have been 29. This was at the start of the early music movement … at the John Loosemoore Centre in Devon. She and Tony Rooley were already Dowland experts. I still adore her.
Me too... absolutely loved her from the first moment I heard her voice in 1982! !! Saw her once in a concert in Cremona (Italy) so humble and unassuming and beautiful ❤️
My dad gave me a cassette tape of Academy of Ancient Music’s recording of Mozart’s Requiem when I was about 13 and I was hooked in a moment. I love this voice as much today as 30+ years ago when I first heard her. I ended up studying early music because of her. There is no other voice like hers.
She is the queen of Sopranos when it comes to this period. Her voice is like class, her technique is just wonderful, the perfect use of vibrato coupled with wonderful sustain. She balances both so well and uses each so effectively.
Hard to comprehend how anyone could sing so beautifully, with such intensity, hitting every note dead centre, and not be carted off in a state of exhaustion at the end. Dame Emma Kirkby has been my no 1 soprano for many decades and I'm absolutely wild for this recording.
Quanto fa bene ad'ascoltare una voce così pura, cristallina, pulita nell'intonazione. Se penso a tutte quelle voci con di quei vibrati oscillanti (wobble) che si sentono...Emma Kirkby è un paradiso sonoro per le orecchie.
The movie "Shine" brought me here to hear this bliss. After that small taste of honey at the end of the movie, I was compelled to find and listen to the whole thing. Simply sublime
Can't explain why, but some music simply brings tears to my eyes with its beauty - particularly when it is sung by such an astonishingly beautiful voice. What a combination Vivaldi and Ms Kirkby make!
I was crying all Magic Flute, 6 years ago, it was so touching, classical music makes our hearts soften and more sensitive. And of course more loving...how pleasant
We sure do need sincere peace in our world. This is beautiful. This will only happens when the Son of God, the Prince of Peace, will reign upon the Earth.
I have been searching for this song since I first saw the movie "Shine". I thought this mystery, to me, singer was an angel and I had no idea this was Vivaldi, though I should have guessed as I have some of his music, as well as the DVD Shine. Thank you so much for sharing this.
@@sarahcawthra3401 Love Janet Baker....but...but, Emma (I have had the pleasure to have known her, since she came to my cafe/restaurant in Cardiff in 2005, and again two years later, i had a dish named after her) her unique pure voice, is perfect, for her repertoire of Baroque and early music, her pure voice is devoid of annoying, vibrato.
I was advised to buy Kirby's version of Mozart's "Excultate Jubilate", because it was written for a boy soprano. Sure enough, Dame Emma can sing without vibratto. In Vivaldi's "Nulla..." Her vibratto is beatifully expressed! She can sing anything, without sliding up to notes like most. Best of all, it is the purest pleasure to listen to her!
The motet that Exultate Jubilate is in was written for the Castrato Venanzio Rauzzini not a boy Soprano. But that’s a moot point not sure what either of those voice types have to do with the employment of vibrato... You have musical traditions of a certain time frame and then you have voice types they are different things. While in baroque music vibrato wasn’t used continuously it was used. Castrati and all voice types in the 18th century used vibrato in that manner and not a la opera singers of today. But castrati and boy sopranos of the 19th century certainly did as it was the era of full fledged romanticism and vibrato was the norm. Modern day Boy Sopranos also do and do not have vibrato. Again, not sure what a voice type has to do with a musical practice. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I fully agree with you about the ubiquitous "sliding up" to notes. Yuk. They give it a fancy Italian name to make it sound more legitimate - glissando. However I love it descending the notes.
Outstanding voice ! Great orchestra and great Christopher Hogwood ! This gem composed by Vivaldi can be found on the soundtrack from the movie "Shine" (1996), starring Goeffrey Rush.
I saw her often in the '80s, when she was supposedly in her prime, and produced a few workshops at which she appeared. Then she seemed to disappear from the scene. So glad to see this, even though it's not contemporary. Her voice deepened and got richer after she had her child, and the years have been very kind to her. She reminds me of Elly Ameling now, although the latter didn't specialize in EM as Emma did/does.
One of the most musical singers on record. I saw her live in Canada a few months ago and she was absolutely sublime, still, in her sixties. So happy I got to see her before she retires.
I have to pinch myself to realise how old she is. I still think of her as "The young soprano Emma Kirkby" which was how she used to be announced on BBC R3 in the late '70s/early '80s.
Certainement une des plus belles voix du répertoire sacré. J’ai eu la chance de la voir, il y a plusieurs années à Montréal dans le Stabat Mater de Pergolese et j’en garde le meilleur souvenir!❤❤❤
...razón que voy por mi segunda transmutación infraomnisciente ?!?!!?. La 1ra desde El Aquí hacia El Mas Allá. Esta vez del Mas Allá hacia el Mas Aquí. Ohhhhh !! Y ha sido para poder disfrutar de esta joya musical. en sus 4 componentes : Enma Kirkby, Orquesta, publico y Escenario. Gracias IALAGONEGAGA por compartir. Saludos desde el terruño mas cercano al SolLuna, dioses de la Hermandad y de los Amantes : Ecuadorsito.
To date, 52 of our co-habitants on this paltry earth have found it necessary to give this a thumbs-down. What else is it that these creatures find inadequate; the quality of their washing up liquid, or the lack of chewiness in their gum ?
"The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils;" Or it could be that they simply lack an adequate number of neurons connecting the auditory cortex in the brain to the area responsible for emotional responses.
In finnish: maailmassa ei ole todellista rauhaa. In english:there is no real peace in the world. That's the truth. But I never have heard so beautiful way to say that. Your voice is unique! Better than Kiri Kanawa. My soul is so full of enjoying Your voice. Thank You ❤️
The best version of Nulla IN Mundo is my Emma Kirkby. I have been trying so hard to find a video with her physically in it. this is the first. Thank you very much for the upload.
Some of the performers in this video are part of my young student day's imaginary. I owe to Mr. Manze some of the most important musical experiences of my life! Great performance!
People love to hate on Kirkby. She's charming. And she DOES have vibrato, it's just not wildly fluctuating in pitch, it stays very close to the pitch written. I'd rather have this actually than someone singing with wild vibrato because Kirkby is always in-tune, never sharp or flat. It's basic musicianship elevated.
Great and sublime. Here is the lyric: Nulla in mundo pax sincera sine felle; pura et vera, dulcis Jesu, est in te. Inter poenas et tormenta vivit anima contenta casti amoris sola spe.
For those that want a translation: In the world is no true peace, Without bitterness (literally, vinegar), pure and real; Sweet Jesu, it is in Thee. Amid sufferings and torments, The soul lives contented Only by the hope of chaste love.
There is something special about the way Emma Kirkby sings. She does not need the "heavy warbling vibrato" that most sopranos seem to force out of their lungs.
Andrew Manze leading the orchestra! Check out his Vaughan Williams Symphony recordings. There's a beautiful video of him conducting RVW at the BBC proms. Well worth a watch. As for Emma Kirkby - truly outstanding - hers really is the standard for this piece and many others.
The standard for this motet is Magda Kalmár (recorded on Hungaroton in the 70's with other gem-motets by Vivaldi) then comes the wonderful Kirkby (she makes here several "da capo" with multiple ornaments). Kalmár's is a firework yet with splendid creamy voice and the orchestra (neither on period instruments nor ancient-wise performed) is velvety and reminiscent of the glorious Paillard and Ristenpart era. I don't know your personal taste, but if you can get the CD (ex-LP), don't miss it. Salutes from snowy Mount-Lebanon.
@@gilbert-noelsfeir4842 Thank you so much for this recommendation, Sir! Very kind of you. I shall seek it out. Greetings from a very hot and humid London 🙏🏽
My favourite piece sung by my favourite soprano... telling us - as if we didn't know - there's no true peace in this world. If you like this, try what as I see as a companion piece, also by Vivaldi, Cum Dederit (Sandrine Piau does it best for my money)
@@mxg32 As the Jesus concept is in people's heads, Adriana's interpretation is more accurate. You forget that many of the conflicts in this world have been in the name of Jesus or other religions.
I had my first singing lesson with Emma when I was 16 … she would have been 29. This was at the start of the early music movement … at the John Loosemoore Centre in Devon. She and Tony Rooley were already Dowland experts. I still adore her.
Emma Kirkby is my favorite soprano. I fell in love with early music because of her pure, agile, and angelic voice.
me too!
Me too... absolutely loved her from the first moment I heard her voice in 1982! !! Saw her once in a concert in Cremona (Italy) so humble and unassuming and beautiful ❤️
me too, Emma Kirkby has such a unique voice!
My dad gave me a cassette tape of Academy of Ancient Music’s recording of Mozart’s Requiem when I was about 13 and I was hooked in a moment. I love this voice as much today as 30+ years ago when I first heard her. I ended up studying early music because of her. There is no other voice like hers.
❤️
Try listening to Elly Emeling sing this!
Angelic Radiance! 💛😻🐾
Just Beautiful interpretation. ❤❤❤
@@juliehandler4552 Ameling!
Ascolto Hogwood e l'Accademia da quando avevo 17 anni. Ne ho 61, ma è sempre un'emozione straordinaria.
She is the queen of Sopranos when it comes to this period. Her voice is like class, her technique is just wonderful, the perfect use of vibrato coupled with wonderful sustain. She balances both so well and uses each so effectively.
Hard to comprehend how anyone could sing so beautifully, with such intensity, hitting every note dead centre, and not be carted off in a state of exhaustion at the end. Dame Emma Kirkby has been my no 1 soprano for many decades and I'm absolutely wild for this recording.
Quanto fa bene ad'ascoltare una voce così pura, cristallina, pulita nell'intonazione. Se penso a tutte quelle voci con di quei vibrati oscillanti (wobble) che si sentono...Emma Kirkby è un paradiso sonoro per le orecchie.
The movie "Shine" brought me here to hear this bliss. After that small taste of honey at the end of the movie, I was compelled to find and listen to the whole thing. Simply sublime
Can't explain why, but some music simply brings tears to my eyes with its beauty - particularly when it is sung by such an astonishingly beautiful voice. What a combination Vivaldi and Ms Kirkby make!
Ms? *Dame Kirkby
It's not just the music. It's what it's ABOUT. Read the lyrics.
I was crying all Magic Flute, 6 years ago, it was so touching, classical music makes our hearts soften and more sensitive. And of course more loving...how pleasant
I'm love the violinist smiling... the lyrics are so so true... Sweet Jesus, no peace in the world is true if it isn't in you.
We sure do need sincere peace in our world. This is beautiful. This will only happens when the Son of God, the Prince of Peace, will reign upon the Earth.
Un ' esecuzione molto pulita, dal punto di vista del soprano e dell'Ensemble... La voce solista è ottima e celestiale.....Bravissima!!!!
Total beauty. So effortless. Such clarity. Exquisite in film SHINE. Can listen to Emma Kirkby for hours on end.
There's a Handel aria from Riccardo Primo on her CD Rival Divas that's so charming. As well as everything else she has done.
Parfaite interprète, parfaite voix ❤ Pour ce répertoire, depuis 30 ans, je n’ai jamais trouvé mieux 😇
Just beautiful,magnificent,astonishing,The wonderful Emma Kirkby.
The most beautiful singing from Emma Kirkby but also love Andrew Manze's obvious joy at playing this music.
I love Emma kirkby - this interpretacion and music never die, feed the sould. Thanks for let me listeng this beautifulle master piece. Victor.
Her beautiful voice Ìs out of this world.
In Japan ,
Kawazu cherry blossoms like her beautiful song are in full bloom🌸💮🎌
I like how she doesn't overdo the vibrato... it's so much more effective when saved for long or emotive notes
Control of vibrato is astonishing - she's marvelous.
Agreed
I have been searching for this song since I first saw the movie "Shine". I thought this mystery, to me, singer was an angel and I had no idea this was Vivaldi, though I should have guessed as I have some of his music, as well as the DVD Shine. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I just got done watching it. (Shine.) So many times the passion, joy, and purity of it (AND) the music brought tears to my eyes. God bless you!
So pure, so clear; thanks Emma and Academy!
The best voice I ever heard.
You should hear Janet Baker
@@sarahcawthra3401 Love Janet Baker....but...but, Emma (I have had the pleasure to have known her, since she came to my cafe/restaurant in Cardiff in 2005, and again two years later, i had a dish named after her) her unique pure voice, is perfect, for her repertoire of Baroque and early music, her pure voice is devoid of annoying, vibrato.
@@sarahcawthra3401 Janet Baker singing Bist du bei mir...
I was advised to buy Kirby's version of Mozart's "Excultate Jubilate", because it was written for a boy soprano. Sure enough, Dame Emma can sing without vibratto. In Vivaldi's "Nulla..." Her vibratto is beatifully expressed! She can sing anything, without sliding up to notes like most. Best of all, it is the purest pleasure to listen to her!
The motet that Exultate Jubilate is in was written for the Castrato Venanzio Rauzzini not a boy Soprano. But that’s a moot point not sure what either of those voice types have to do with the employment of vibrato...
You have musical traditions of a certain time frame and then you have voice types they are different things. While in baroque music vibrato wasn’t used continuously it was used. Castrati and all voice types in the 18th century used vibrato in that manner and not a la opera singers of today. But castrati and boy sopranos of the 19th century certainly did as it was the era of full fledged romanticism and vibrato was the norm. Modern day Boy Sopranos also do and do not have vibrato.
Again, not sure what a voice type has to do with a musical practice.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I fully agree with you about the ubiquitous "sliding up" to notes. Yuk. They give it a fancy Italian name to make it sound more legitimate - glissando. However I love it descending the notes.
Che voce ! Inconfondibile... Rende ogni brano unico per interpretazione ed esecuzione
Wonderful!. Simply WONDERFUL!!!
Outstanding voice ! Great orchestra and great Christopher Hogwood ! This gem composed by Vivaldi can be found on the soundtrack from the movie "Shine" (1996), starring Goeffrey Rush.
she gives me chills. from the very first few bars.
I LOVE Vivaldi. And this version is perfect.
I think that is what an angel sounds like in haven!
I saw her often in the '80s, when she was supposedly in her prime, and produced a few workshops at which she appeared. Then she seemed to disappear from the scene. So glad to see this, even though it's not contemporary. Her voice deepened and got richer after she had her child, and the years have been very kind to her. She reminds me of Elly Ameling now, although the latter didn't specialize in EM as Emma did/does.
Watching this, and wondering if there's ever been a more beautiful woman...oh, the power of gorgeous music!
It is wonderful to hear this piece given such a lovely delivery
Exquisite. Such delicate delivery.
One of the most musical singers on record. I saw her live in Canada a few months ago and she was absolutely sublime, still, in her sixties. So happy I got to see her before she retires.
You are lucky! One of the best and most beautiful voices of our time.
I have to pinch myself to realise how old she is. I still think of her as "The young soprano Emma Kirkby" which was how she used to be announced on BBC R3 in the late '70s/early '80s.
I have heard her sing twice here in the UK at the Sage Gateshead - she is absolutely wonderful.
@@sapper82 I once heard her in the Hamilton Harty room at Belfast in 1986, with Anthony Rooley. There were only about 10-12 people there!
Certainement une des plus belles voix du répertoire sacré. J’ai eu la chance de la voir, il y a plusieurs années à Montréal dans le Stabat Mater de Pergolese et j’en garde le meilleur souvenir!❤❤❤
...razón que voy por mi segunda transmutación infraomnisciente ?!?!!?.
La 1ra desde El Aquí hacia El Mas Allá. Esta vez del Mas Allá hacia el Mas Aquí.
Ohhhhh !!
Y ha sido para poder disfrutar de esta joya musical. en sus 4 componentes : Enma Kirkby, Orquesta, publico y Escenario.
Gracias IALAGONEGAGA por compartir.
Saludos desde el terruño mas cercano al SolLuna, dioses de la Hermandad y de los Amantes : Ecuadorsito.
To date, 52 of our co-habitants on this paltry earth have found it necessary to give this a thumbs-down. What else is it that these creatures find inadequate; the quality of their washing up liquid, or the lack of chewiness in their gum ?
"The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils;"
Or it could be that they simply lack an adequate number of neurons connecting the auditory cortex in the brain to the area responsible for emotional responses.
Well they certainly cannot chew gum and wash up at the same time, that is far too complex.
Think about how stupid the AVERAGE person is. Then realize: that HALF of humanity is stupider than that.
Philistines, one of my favourite tunes whilst on Patrol in Afghanistan. Inspirational 👍
All wrong..only awkward thumbed folk just missing the target😂
Her amazing voice drew me into early music. Thank you for sharing.
oui c'est d'une pureté absolue ,it's great
This voice is the best I know for Early Music
You definately cannot beat Vivaldi- Such a beautiful piece!!! Cannot beat Baroque!
In finnish: maailmassa ei ole todellista rauhaa. In english:there is no real peace in the world. That's the truth.
But I never have heard so beautiful way to say that. Your voice is unique! Better than Kiri Kanawa. My soul is so full of enjoying Your voice. Thank You ❤️
The best version of Nulla IN Mundo is my Emma Kirkby. I have been trying so hard to find a video with her physically in it. this is the first. Thank you very much for the upload.
@Immortal do you mean this one from 1978? ruclips.net/video/B567_PZlazE/видео.html
She is State of the Art
I love this baroque aria by Antonio Lucia Vivaldi so mush.
Touches my soul: Bravo ...
So beautiful, seems like voice of angel.
Great voice, especially for Baroque and earlier music.
Absolutely wonderful ❤ 🧡💎
Gorgeous rendition 💖
Wat een prachtige muziek en mooie zangstem. Deze muziek raakt een snaar!
Meravigliosa, perfetta! 💖💖💖
Fabulous! Beyond description
성악을 전공한 우리 큰딸이 대학교 2학년때 저를 위해 불어주었을 때 감동의 눈물이 울컥 올라오더라구요.
엠마의 소리는 들어도 또 듣고 싶은 깊은 맛이 있네요.
Thanks for posting, classic Emma, l love her voice !!
La sua voce riesce a trasportare nel paradiso! Magnifica Dame Emma Kirkby
Si
+emanuele teruzzi no hablo espanol
Concordo
She performed on stage with one of my hàrpsichords. Now I know what heaven is like❤
This is beautiful
Fantastic!
Get in your room, leave everything behind, take your shoes off, listen.
Some of the performers in this video are part of my young student day's imaginary.
I owe to Mr. Manze some of the most important musical experiences of my life!
Great performance!
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VOICE!!!
좋네요^^.다른 여성 소프라노보다 훨씬 부드럽고 편하게 들리네요. 고악의 특성인지 모르겠지만. 25년전에 CD로 처음 들었을 때는 정말 신비로운 목소리라고 생각했습니다. 👍
Splendid!!!! Mulțumesc,Horia.
Fantastico! Great soprano!
Excellent Kirkby, superior soprano voice!!
Même expérience que StonyRC , cette musique me met des larmes aux yeux !
La mia più grande stima ed ammirazione!!!
Perfetta mia adorata Emma. Grazie di questa sublime
So extraordinary,so beautiful
What a unique voice, pitch is perfect. It makes one think, "I could sing that" which of course we could not
Thanks for sharing😀
Wonderful!
This is perfection defined.
The 20 of you who disliked this are tone def
+trevor hall watch boku no pico
Or are sadly, musically ignorant, or dead.
@@ittopitto4300 no, just dead.
Magnificent voice
Such vocal purity.
Hermosa voz, canto y música del cielo
Lei, poi ci sono quelle molto brave
People love to hate on Kirkby. She's charming. And she DOES have vibrato, it's just not wildly fluctuating in pitch, it stays very close to the pitch written. I'd rather have this actually than someone singing with wild vibrato because Kirkby is always in-tune, never sharp or flat. It's basic musicianship elevated.
Emma superlativa!!! Hogvood sempre abile e pertinente.
La mejor soprano barroca de todos los tiempos
Totalmente de acuerdo, Excelente!
Great and sublime. Here is the lyric:
Nulla in mundo pax sincera
sine felle; pura et vera,
dulcis Jesu, est in te.
Inter poenas et tormenta
vivit anima contenta
casti amoris sola spe.
José Mendes de Oliveira Q
For those that want a translation:
In the world is no true peace,
Without bitterness (literally, vinegar), pure and real;
Sweet Jesu, it is in Thee.
Amid sufferings and torments,
The soul lives contented
Only by the hope of chaste love.
There is something special about the way Emma Kirkby sings. She does not need the "heavy warbling vibrato" that most sopranos seem to force out of their lungs.
beautifu baroque voice.
Beautiful...
Quando tanta bellezza tocca il cuore.
One of The Greatest sopranos
Bravo!
Andrew Manze leading the orchestra! Check out his Vaughan Williams Symphony recordings. There's a beautiful video of him conducting RVW at the BBC proms. Well worth a watch. As for Emma Kirkby - truly outstanding - hers really is the standard for this piece and many others.
The standard for this motet is Magda Kalmár (recorded on Hungaroton in the 70's with other gem-motets by Vivaldi) then comes the wonderful Kirkby (she makes here several "da capo" with multiple ornaments). Kalmár's is a firework yet with splendid creamy voice and the orchestra (neither on period instruments nor ancient-wise performed) is velvety and reminiscent of the glorious Paillard and Ristenpart era. I don't know your personal taste, but if you can get the CD (ex-LP), don't miss it. Salutes from snowy Mount-Lebanon.
@@gilbert-noelsfeir4842 Thank you so much for this recommendation, Sir! Very kind of you. I shall seek it out. Greetings from a very hot and humid London 🙏🏽
Perfect.
My favourite piece sung by my favourite soprano... telling us - as if we didn't know - there's no true peace in this world. If you like this, try what as I see as a companion piece, also by Vivaldi, Cum Dederit (Sandrine Piau does it best for my money)
Adriana Capadose It doesn’t say there’s no true peace in this world but that it is not except in Jesus. That’s an important difference :)
@@mxg32 As the Jesus concept is in people's heads, Adriana's interpretation is more accurate. You forget that many of the conflicts in this world have been in the name of Jesus or other religions.
Salen las lagrimas cuanta sensibilidad
The greatest Soprano ever!!!
Belíssimo!!
Divine voix...
Sublime!
fantastic :)
Bellísimo!!!! Aleluya!!
bellisima aria sacra!!!
Emma ti adoro