A very beautiful delicate voice IMO. One of my favorite recital songs. VW was a genius. When, 4 decades ago, I sang song, my voice teacher sat me down and told me the real scenario of this song. Basically the afterglow after making love. I was so clueless then..lol
Your rendition of this piece is gorgeous... I LOVE hearing it in a darker, mezzo voice... I think it truly captures the essence of this piece... Brava! What a beautiful instrument you have!
Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass,- The finger-points look through like rosy blooms: Your eyes smile peace. The pasture gleams and glooms 'Neath billowing skies that scatter and amass. All round our nest, far as the eye can pass, Are golden kingcup fields with silver edge Where the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn-hedge. 'Tis visible silence, still as the hour-glass. Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragon-fly Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky:- So this wing'd hour is dropt to us from above. Oh! clasp we to our hearts, for deathless dower, This close-companioned inarticulate hour When twofold silence was the song of love.
Extraordinary! By far, absolutely the best version I’ve heard, including all the very famous singers on RUclips. Only Ian Bostridge comes close to this beautifully sensitive treatment of both music and lyrics. Thank you so much for sharing. Wishing much success in your career. Just amazing.
Before this, I had only heard it in a consistently faster tempo but I love the sense of freedom/rubato that you use. Really conveys the emotion and intimacy of this beautiful piece. Amazing job!!!
Absolutely stunning performance! This is one of my favorite songs, and when I imagine it in my head, this performance is how I want it to sound, ideally...with tenderness, emotion, and giving room with the rhythms and sections. Bravo!!!
Whoooweeeeee! Wow! What an original, fantastic, interpretation. There is a place or two where I wish you had moved it more, but, your singing this is as good, or better as any 'professional" around. Thank you!
Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass, - The finger-points look through like rosy blooms: Your eyes smile peace. The pasture gleams and glooms 'Neath billowing skies that scatter and amass. All round our nest, far as the eye can pass, Are golden kingcup fields with silver edge Where the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn hedge. 'Tis visible silence, still as the hour glass. Deep in the sunsearched growths the dragon-fly Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky: - So this winged hour is dropt to us from above. Oh! clasp we to our hearts, for deathless dower, This close-companioned inarticulate hour When twofold silence was the song of love.
Thank you for this. As far as I am concerned, this is the best recording of Silent Noon I can find on RUclips. Wonderful musicality through the entirety of the song.
My favorite recording of this song. I'm sure RVW is smiling down on you because of your fabulous performance! 😍 Working on this right now. It's my favorite... nice work, Anna!
thank you for sharing your beautiful voice!!! i’m working on this piece for a couple of vocal competitions in the spring and i will definitely take some notes from your performance!! you make a difficult piece sound effortless! well done!!
It's almost two years since I made my first comment about your singing of this work, but it's STILL the most original interpretation of it on the internet. (:)
What a superb recital at Pollok House last night! It was a last minute decision to attend and I'm SO glad that I did :) Your interpretation of the poetry and how the music is woven is fresh, mature and very sensitive. Your performance has made me re-evaluate songs which (I thought!) I knew well...always a good thing! So, instead of all the chores and gardening I had intended to do today, I've been hooked on your website and RUclips-another bonus!!! All good wishes to you in every way. I've been smiling all morning :)
Thank you so much for your lovely message Mhairi! (I'm so sorry I've only just seen this message now, so please forgive me for the late reply!) This means so much to me and I'm so pleased you did make the last-minute decision to come! I hope you might still be smiling and a wonderful day up in Scotland :-) Very best wishes to you and hope to see you at another concert soon!
This is beautiful!! You’re voice sounds so effortless. I just got this piece to start working on for a recital and I’ll definitely be taking some ideas from your version.
I love this song, and you have an amazing voice. I’m planning on singing it for my senior recital in May, and this is by far the best performance of it I’ve heard so far 💜
This is really good. If you don't mind me asking, are you a big deal over the pond? I know in NY there's a bunch of people that could just make it as a superstar tomorrow if they happened to be in the right place at the right time, and if it was a meritocracy, they'd have a career already, so what I'm asking is, are you one of those people who deserves to be a superstar or are you just one cocktail party away from the head of BMI classical giving you a monetary advance to make an album that rivals T Swift? Meaning you clearly ARE that good, but have external circumstances rewarded the fact that you are?
Incidentally, I host a podcast with the express purpose of giving more exposure to people who clearly are amazing but aren't their respective Joshua Bell in their profession, called, as a bit of a tongue-in-cheek thing, 'Famous Musicians you haven't heard of yet', and I'd love to interview you whenever you have a spare moment.
Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass, - The finger-points look through like rosy blooms: Your eyes smile peace. The pasture gleams and glooms 'Neath billowing skies that scatter and amass. All round our nest, far as the eye can pass, Are golden kingcup fields with silver edge Where the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn hedge. 'Tis visible silence, still as the hour glass. Deep in the sunsearched growths the dragon-fly Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky: - So this winged hour is dropt to us from above. Oh! clasp we to our hearts, for deathless dower, This close-companioned inarticulate hour When twofold silence was the song of love.
A very beautiful delicate voice IMO. One of my favorite recital songs. VW was a genius. When, 4 decades ago, I sang song, my voice teacher sat me down and told me the real scenario of this song. Basically the afterglow after making love. I was so clueless then..lol
Your rendition of this piece is gorgeous... I LOVE hearing it in a darker, mezzo voice... I think it truly captures the essence of this piece... Brava! What a beautiful instrument you have!
Thank you John!
That is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. I'm revisiting this song after singing it my Freshman year of college wish me luck!
Briunna Smith thank you very much and yes, best of luck with it :-) I’m sure you’ll be great! It’s such a gorgeous song and beautiful poetry so enjoy!
BEAUTIFUL VOICE!!!! It made me stop doing my project just to watch the full thing!
Makeda Rose Thank you :-))
Fabulous accompanist, too!!
I loved listening to you sing this piece. I used this video to help myself learn this better for my solo!
AS soon as the accompanist started his introduction it was clear that this was going to be a really good interpretation. Well done, both!
Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass,-
The finger-points look through like rosy blooms:
Your eyes smile peace. The pasture gleams and glooms
'Neath billowing skies that scatter and amass.
All round our nest, far as the eye can pass,
Are golden kingcup fields with silver edge
Where the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn-hedge.
'Tis visible silence, still as the hour-glass.
Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragon-fly
Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky:-
So this wing'd hour is dropt to us from above.
Oh! clasp we to our hearts, for deathless dower,
This close-companioned inarticulate hour
When twofold silence was the song of love.
(Dante Gabriel Rossetti)
Extraordinary! By far, absolutely the best version I’ve heard, including all the very famous singers on RUclips. Only Ian Bostridge comes close to this beautifully sensitive treatment of both music and lyrics. Thank you so much for sharing. Wishing much success in your career. Just amazing.
you must have missed the one by Anthony Rolfe Johnson ruclips.net/video/b0P5thALf1U/видео.html
Breathtakingly beautiful. ❤️
Before this, I had only heard it in a consistently faster tempo but I love the sense of freedom/rubato that you use. Really conveys the emotion and intimacy of this beautiful piece. Amazing job!!!
Thank you very much Matthew! I'm glad you like it and thank you for the comment :-)
Absolutely stunning performance! This is one of my favorite songs, and when I imagine it in my head, this performance is how I want it to sound, ideally...with tenderness, emotion, and giving room with the rhythms and sections. Bravo!!!
Brilliant singing of this amazing song. My heart opens with the joy of it. Thank you.
Was looking for a version to listen to do I can learn it and this is by far the best and my favourite! Beautiful 💗
Whoooweeeeee! Wow! What an original, fantastic, interpretation. There is a place or two where I wish you had moved it more, but, your singing this is as good, or better as any 'professional" around. Thank you!
I could listen to you sing all day...just sublime
Thank you very much indeed!
absolutely exquisite. Please get famous.
Thank you Peggy!
Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass, -
The finger-points look through like rosy blooms:
Your eyes smile peace. The pasture gleams and glooms
'Neath billowing skies that scatter and amass.
All round our nest, far as the eye can pass,
Are golden kingcup fields with silver edge
Where the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn hedge.
'Tis visible silence, still as the hour glass.
Deep in the sunsearched growths the dragon-fly
Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky: -
So this winged hour is dropt to us from above.
Oh! clasp we to our hearts, for deathless dower,
This close-companioned inarticulate hour
When twofold silence was the song of love.
Thank you for this.
As far as I am concerned, this is the best recording of Silent Noon I can find on RUclips. Wonderful musicality through the entirety of the song.
Thank you for an inspiring performance of a beautiful but difficult song that I am learning. I love your cheeky sigh on the final word!
Thank you! I'm so pleased you enjoyed it and best of luck with your singing of it - it's a wonderful song!
Gorgeous! So rich and full of emotion!
Thank you!
My favorite recording of this song. I'm sure RVW is smiling down on you because of your fabulous performance! 😍 Working on this right now. It's my favorite... nice work, Anna!
Brynn Stebbe thank you very much! I love this song so much and hope you are enjoying learning it :-)
thank you for sharing your beautiful voice!!! i’m working on this piece for a couple of vocal competitions in the spring and i will definitely take some notes from your performance!! you make a difficult piece sound effortless! well done!!
Thank you and good luck with the competition! It's not an easy song but it is so beautiful - the poem is just gorgeous.
Lovely interpretation. Spot on!
I'm learning this piece for my vocal lessons right now, and this is definitely my favorite version I've listened to while learning it 💜
Beautiful. My daughter and I were very moved.
I'm planning to sing this for my choral scholarship audition at Oxford
Swag Daddy good choice! Toi toi toi :-)
That was excellent. Thank you for sharing.
really glorious and emotional. SO intimate. I loved it.
It's almost two years since I made my first comment about your singing of this work, but it's STILL the most original interpretation of it on the internet. (:)
Amazing job!!! Thank you for blessing me...D
Thank you very much. I'm so pleased you enjoyed it.
This is extremely beautiful😍
Can’t wait to sing thissss
Outstanding!
such beautiful technique, friend! loving your emotion.
Thank you...
Wonderful 👏🏻❤️
What a superb recital at Pollok House last night! It was a last minute decision to attend and I'm SO glad that I did :) Your interpretation of the poetry and how the music is woven is fresh, mature and very sensitive. Your performance has made me re-evaluate songs which (I thought!) I knew well...always a good thing! So, instead of all the chores and gardening I had intended to do today, I've been hooked on your website and RUclips-another bonus!!! All good wishes to you in every way. I've been smiling all morning :)
Thank you so much for your lovely message Mhairi! (I'm so sorry I've only just seen this message now, so please forgive me for the late reply!) This means so much to me and I'm so pleased you did make the last-minute decision to come! I hope you might still be smiling and a wonderful day up in Scotland :-) Very best wishes to you and hope to see you at another concert soon!
This is beautiful!! You’re voice sounds so effortless. I just got this piece to start working on for a recital and I’ll definitely be taking some ideas from your version.
Thank you - and good luck!
I love this song, and you have an amazing voice. I’m planning on singing it for my senior recital in May, and this is by far the best performance of it I’ve heard so far 💜
Hi Claudia ❤ Beautiful Singing. Have a great day.
very impressive!
Thank you :-)
Wonderful!
How very beautiful.Looking for your name on the bill boards.
Sallie Taylor thank you very much :-)
You are very welcome.Best wishes from North Carolina.
Brilliant! Your technique sounds like you look lessons by Drew Minter.
A beautifully judged interpretation from both performers.
Thank you :-)
i’m doing this as my solo for contest texas judges want to hear british vowels right?
Yes, I would have thought so. Toi toi toi!
I heard Anna Huntly
In what key is this song sung in? You did an amazing job by the way! I am singing this piece for my schools solo and ensemble. :)
Rachel Haro Thanks, I'm glad you like it! I sing it in Eb major. Toi toi toi for your concert :-))
Is this in E flat major ??
yup
This is really good. If you don't mind me asking, are you a big deal over the pond? I know in NY there's a bunch of people that could just make it as a superstar tomorrow if they happened to be in the right place at the right time, and if it was a meritocracy, they'd have a career already, so what I'm asking is, are you one of those people who deserves to be a superstar or are you just one cocktail party away from the head of BMI classical giving you a monetary advance to make an album that rivals T Swift? Meaning you clearly ARE that good, but have external circumstances rewarded the fact that you are?
Incidentally, I host a podcast with the express purpose of giving more exposure to people who clearly are amazing but aren't their respective Joshua Bell in their profession, called, as a bit of a tongue-in-cheek thing, 'Famous Musicians you haven't heard of yet', and I'd love to interview you whenever you have a spare moment.
She’s my friends auntie
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Your hands lie open in the long fresh grass, -
The finger-points look through like rosy blooms:
Your eyes smile peace. The pasture gleams and glooms
'Neath billowing skies that scatter and amass.
All round our nest, far as the eye can pass,
Are golden kingcup fields with silver edge
Where the cow-parsley skirts the hawthorn hedge.
'Tis visible silence, still as the hour glass.
Deep in the sunsearched growths the dragon-fly
Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky: -
So this winged hour is dropt to us from above.
Oh! clasp we to our hearts, for deathless dower,
This close-companioned inarticulate hour
When twofold silence was the song of love.