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!
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!
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.
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!
Indeed ! Flowing and soaking in the stream of such powerful heavenly harmonies dissipates that which is inharmonious (illness, fear, anxiety) and thus brings healing.
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?
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!
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
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.
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.
Such extraordinary joy Byrd expresses while his friends are being hung, drawn, and quartered, and Byrd himself was under suspicion most of the time. Ah, the supreme joy of the Catholic faith, worth dying for a thousand times over! Not a nanosecond of depression, whatever may be happening in the world! Praise God!
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.
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!
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?
@@fullmoonracoon9584 Yes. Everybody seems to know Thomas Tallis but far fewer have heard of Byrd. Of course, Tallis was great, but Byrd was at least his equal and it could be argued surpassed him.
I certainly agree. I've written a screenplay about Byrd's life and music entitled "The Harmony of that Heavenly City" (authors myself, Ruth Kastner, and my sister Judith Skillman). Can find it online in KDP. The soundtrack is great of course (all Byrd's music)
It is difficult to describe the level of perfection necessary in every part to achieve something like this. Here we have a recording that we hope will be around 500 years from now - because it will never be surpassed by any ensemble, and we need proof that there was indeed the most sublime greatness in our time. This video is all the proof you need of that.
I cannot agree more with you but I think your estimation should stretch to millenia rather than 500 years. That's how good the wonderful William Byrd is and choirs like Voces8 who appreciate the glory of his music will take him on the first steps on this incredible journey through the centuries and beyond .
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
Grandissimo. Liebe dieses „Lied“ und hab schon mal einen Vergleich verschiedener Interpretationen angestellt. Super Ensemble! So singen können ist großartig! 👍🏻👏🏻🙏🏻
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.
How could something so wonderful be written when Shakespeare was in short pants. Answer . William Byrd. England's greatest composer of vocal music by a country mile Would have loved to have chatted with him.
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).
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.
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
What a beautiful job by all! I love how much fun everyone is clearly having. Bravissimi! My grandfather's name was William Byrd, so Byrd has always been my favorite English Renaissance composer. What an amazing motet this is! I can't imagine it's ever been sung any better or with any greater joy and enthusiasm.
I love this piece (and this performance!) - there's some great word painting that Byrd does, like around 1:26 with the quick echoes of "resonent resonatia" ("let the resounding timbrels...") or 2:16 with "Hunc agili laudet laeta chorea pede" ("Him let joyful dance praise with nimble foot") - with sudden little individual quick dance-like motives handed off to each part, or at 3:21 "Omne quod aetheris in mundo" ("Let everything in the world that feeds upon the air of heaven") how he briefly abandons polyphony for a more chordal method to give an impression of all things together, and then doubles down on it, repeating the phrase with all of the parts this time. This is an amazing performance of this song. Absolutely wonderful in all respects.
An extraordinary start to what we hope will be a better year. May this wonderful, lively, and exuberant music sung to perfection by eight musicians of supreme artistry move us all forward to better days!
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!!
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!
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.
I love renaissance choral. It and the Baroque music are the pinnacle of Universe.
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.
I discovered VOCES8 last month and cannot stop listening to them. So good for my soul! Massive blessings to you all!
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!
Most beautiful rendition of Psalm 150 I ever heard...
William Byrd just sat up and said, "That is what I heard in my head!"
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!
Great music, wonderfully sung with a twinkle in your eyes - what more fun could there be than that?
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
There has never been and probably never will be a more sublime instrument than the human voice
Voces8 is a group of angels that live with us.
When you think you have a favourite recording of this piece, suddenly this recording appears. Just perfect; clarity, transparency!
Molly you look like you are having the best time ever and I love it!
Look att her at 2.34
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!
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 .
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.
Byrd, Bach, they sadly never heard their works performed so very beautifully as this.
This is just about the most perfect I have heard from this already perfect ensemble. Bravo. Wonderful, beautiful.
Top class👍🇬🇧
Such extraordinary joy Byrd expresses while his friends are being hung, drawn, and quartered, and Byrd himself was under suspicion most of the time. Ah, the supreme joy of the
Catholic faith, worth dying for a thousand times over! Not a nanosecond of depression, whatever may be happening in the world! Praise God!
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, king of endless glory! 😊
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.
I can listen to Voces8 for hours at a time. Actually, I have...rather often. The soprano's voice is absolute perfection.
Exelente grupo polifónico. Voces limpias, notas perfectas. Que buena pieza coral. Felicitaciones. Les escribe un fan de Colombia.
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.
What a way to herald in the new year. wonderful as always :)
Amen! I can't wait to hear what Byrd has been working on all this time.
A precise, nimble, joyous, and dancelike performance! Bravo!
What a class act they are. They are magnificent, magical and sing like angels 😇. The soprano is something else. 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.
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!
Liebe Sänger.
Ich liebe dieses Stück und Eure hervorragende und sympathische Interpretation.
Grandios!
LG
…God is surely the great creator of all… He created heavenly voices like VOCES8…
Fantastic rendition!
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
@@fullmoonracoon9584 Yes. Everybody seems to know Thomas Tallis but far fewer have heard of Byrd. Of course, Tallis was great, but Byrd was at least his equal and it could be argued surpassed him.
I certainly agree. I've written a screenplay about Byrd's life and music entitled "The Harmony of that Heavenly City" (authors myself, Ruth Kastner, and my sister Judith Skillman). Can find it online in KDP. The soundtrack is great of course (all Byrd's music)
It is difficult to describe the level of perfection necessary in every part to achieve something like this. Here we have a recording that we hope will be around 500 years from now - because it will never be surpassed by any ensemble, and we need proof that there was indeed the most sublime greatness in our time. This video is all the proof you need of that.
I cannot agree more with you but I think your estimation should stretch to millenia rather than 500 years. That's how good the wonderful William Byrd is and choirs like Voces8 who appreciate the glory of his music will take him on the first steps on this incredible journey through the centuries and beyond .
Rediscovered Byrd after 40 years. Yum yum
Utterly stunning. What joy, angels dancing and the Lord's great smile over every nuance.
The energy and mischief of Byrd escapes so many singers, well done on an accurate and intelligent interpretation!
Absolutely beautiful …..as pure as can be…RADIANT
What fun you all had, and we who listened! Blessings and thanks,
That second to last chord… oh my heavens! Perfection!
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.
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
Grandissimo. Liebe dieses „Lied“ und hab schon mal einen Vergleich verschiedener Interpretationen angestellt. Super Ensemble! So singen können ist großartig! 👍🏻👏🏻🙏🏻
Pure genius. Bartók was mind blowing!
That last chord! … I wonder if Byrd even imagined his music being sung so beautifully!
Awesome group ! Great to see the lyrics here .
Tolle Präsentation des Musikstückes. Man spürt die Freude der Sänger*innen.
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.
How could something so wonderful be written when Shakespeare was in short pants. Answer . William Byrd. England's greatest composer of vocal music by a country mile Would have loved to have chatted with him.
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).
Beautiful.
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 💪🏽🥂
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?
Full of Light & Love - thank you! Blessings in abundance as we begin anew!
The complexity is amazing. I would LOOOOOOVE to sing this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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
"Cymbala laudes ... Cymbala dulcisona laudes" is my favorite part.
The way that last measure resolves into the final chord is heavenly 😇 So well balanced, every voice soars. It brought tears to my eyes.
VOCES8 never ceases to amaze. We are blest by their gift to us.
If angels do exist then they must surely sound like this. Literally heavenly.
What a beautiful job by all! I love how much fun everyone is clearly having. Bravissimi! My grandfather's name was William Byrd, so Byrd has always been my favorite English Renaissance composer. What an amazing motet this is! I can't imagine it's ever been sung any better or with any greater joy and enthusiasm.
One of my favorite Byrds. Beautiful performance -- clear texture and great energy.
Those endless waves 🌊 of imitations are so incredibly beautiful!
This piece is completely new to me-and I cannot imagine a more perfect 1st hearing!
I keep coming back to listen to this. It is absolutely wonderful. Perfection.
Soaring, joyous, beautifully textured and controlled…perfect.
Beautiful! Thank you so much for singing pieces like this, and singing them so well. What a way to ring in the new year.
Magnifique! L'année commence bien.
Wow! Thanks to Molly for your sparkle. Appreciation, as always, to the spectacular middle voices of Katy and Chris.
Sublime sound and joyous to watch the group interaction! Thank you all and best wishes for 2022!
That was simply fantastic. The alto entry at 4:13 was worth the entry price alone. Bravo!
Sensationally sung! And what a great piece!
Só perfectly balanced, it sounds out of this world.
Voces8 dank jullie voor dit heerlijke sprankelende begin van het nieuw jaar.. Heel mooi en met zoveel plezier gezongen ♥️
Too marvellous for words. Perfect. Thanks for making it available.
Fantastic performance of a beautiful piece. All the best for 2022.
I love this piece (and this performance!) - there's some great word painting that Byrd does, like around 1:26 with the quick echoes of "resonent resonatia" ("let the resounding timbrels...") or 2:16 with "Hunc agili laudet laeta chorea pede" ("Him let joyful dance praise with nimble foot") - with sudden little individual quick dance-like motives handed off to each part, or at 3:21 "Omne quod aetheris in mundo" ("Let everything in the world that feeds upon the air of heaven") how he briefly abandons polyphony for a more chordal method to give an impression of all things together, and then doubles down on it, repeating the phrase with all of the parts this time.
This is an amazing performance of this song. Absolutely wonderful in all respects.
Also shout out to the word painting the GROUP did with "cymbala" - closing the tch sound into the m to sound like cymbals. I see you. Nice job. :)
Just absolutely incredible - Loved this
As always perfect performance of this magnificent group of singers.
Wow.....
What a magnificent way to begin a new year!
As with everything else they do, VOCES8 hits it out of the park with this wonderful performance.
This is amazing! What a triumph. The vocals are off the charts.
I like these ones without all of the dissonance. Always amazed by the Voces8 choir!
One of my all-time favorite pieces. Masterfully performed.
You splendidly recreate the timeless awe and joy.
Thank you so much!
So pure and beautiful piece of music, and as always, so wonderfully performed by this excellent ensemble!
A wonderfull start of 2022! Blessings to the new year from germany 😊
Another towering performance from my favourite soprano.
Beautiful New Year's Day present. Thank you!
An extraordinary start to what we hope will be a better year. May this wonderful, lively, and exuberant music sung to perfection by eight musicians of supreme artistry move us all forward to better days!
Stunning. As always. The way the camera follows the singers as you trade lines about is delightful.
What a wonderful, wonderful sound 🎼🎵🎶
Love y'all. Good to see you having fun!
Fabulous! Loving the beautifully balanced sop voices. Thank you!