The Gesualdo Six sing one of William Byrd's most moving compositions, Ave verum corpus (Hail, true Body). Discover music like this being sung at a church near you at www.achurchnearyou.com
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@mikeq71345 жыл бұрын
This beautiful piece usually is sung by choirs. When sung by just six voices, the polyphony is much clearer and more readily followed. Thanks for posting this fine performance.
@sopranoaliciairigoyenpons46614 жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@blauekatze182 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@pmartz572 жыл бұрын
Heavenly
@thomassicard3733 Жыл бұрын
I am nearing completion, upon hearing this.
@nicolesaurus11 Жыл бұрын
Is this considered polyphony though
@martinlwf15 жыл бұрын
The musicianship of the tenor is outstanding. Blends in to the point of not noticing him - except for harmonically interesting phrases here and there. Stunning from the whole choir
@MerricMaker5 жыл бұрын
Possibly the best close harmony of any choir today; including Voces8, King's, and Chanticleer. But I just can't get over Gopal's eyes in this video. It's like TENOR EYE LASERS. GO!
@thomassicard3733 Жыл бұрын
He is definitely watching his conductor, as one does!!!
@mavisemberson87373 ай бұрын
I think he was an exchange student studying music of the period.
@inesdavis58732 жыл бұрын
The Gesualdo Six goes beyond the rationality of the simplicity of the human being. Master voices.
@christopherhaywood91672 жыл бұрын
THIS IS NOT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR TRACK, BUT EARLY AUGUST 2021 I WAS READING A BOOK "10 PRAYERS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD" IN MY GARDEN JUST OPPOSITE THE CHURCH AT CLODOCK IN HEREFORDSHIRE. THIS WONDERFUL SOUND WAFTED OVER ME (THE SIX IN PRACTICE FOR THE EVING EVENT) AND I WAS IN WONDER AT THE EFFECT IT HAD ON ME. THEIR SOUND WAS WAFTING OUT OF THE CHURCH AND OVER TO ME IN MY GARDEN READING THIS EQUALY AMAZING BOOK. I WAS JUST MESMERISED BY THE SOUND, WENT OVER TO THE CHURCH AND LISTENED TO THEM PRACTISING. IT IS SOMETHING I SHALL TREASURE ALL MY LIFE CHRIS HAYWOOD OF CLODOCK.
@alorr5751 Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful memory to have. Their perfection makes me want to cry I feel sure if I were listening to them live that would happen
@williamtruby58405 жыл бұрын
I had the pleasure of performing this in college with a full choir. The sound that just 6 voices can produce is just amazing. The smaller group allows for a more sharp contrast between the voice parts, especially in the upper voices. Well done! Brings back so many memories :)
@xris95935 жыл бұрын
They are so attuned to each other. Around 1:40, 1:45, during a solo of the second-highest voice, see how the highest singer is silently singing along in his mind.
@LindaPgh5 жыл бұрын
Xris Thanks for pointing that out. It’s delightful.
@mikeseabrooks79784 жыл бұрын
To be clear, that part is not a solo, it sounds like a solo because in a full choir, you will have a lot more voices. If you want, i can show you the exact sheet music they are using as its the same as the one in my choir.
@hc90782 жыл бұрын
This is honestly the best rendition of Ave Verum Corpus I’ve heard in a while. I’m contrast to a full choir’s overall power, I like the subtle yet comforting feeling of a smaller ensemble really laying the foundation of the chords together… giving them true light. I throughly enjoyed the 1st counter-tenor’s distinct tone color, but the 2nd counter-tenor had to be my favorite. His higher register is phenomenal, but what really did it for me, was his awareness of the other voice parts, adapting, and using his subtle but prominent tone to blend accordingly.
@thechimp19632 жыл бұрын
This has got to be my favourite Ave Verum Corpus. I especially like the the amen... I'm trying to get my choir master to do this one!
@davidjones12354 жыл бұрын
Breath taking. And, no one but no one does amens like William Byrd, well Andrea Gabrieli I guess
@rcolinbryant3 жыл бұрын
I am forever grateful for this sheer beauty. I just need a box of tissues to continually blot my eyes. Angelic.
@tomreingold4024 Жыл бұрын
I performed this work last month with Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble in NYC, so I particularly love it. Wonderful performance here by The Gesualdo Six.
@katetaylor14666 жыл бұрын
Effortlessly sublime....
@LIFEOFLEM4 жыл бұрын
I also performed this in my university choir and it's remained a firm favourite of mine. Beautiful rendition - thank you.
@Unicorn-jj2og5 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful! I'm learning the tenor part and the sounds are amazing especially 'O dul cis.....miserere mei' lines
@jonkjolstad4 жыл бұрын
Splendid, clear interpretation. Thank you.
@JoanKentBible2 жыл бұрын
Sublime.
@Somebody123434 жыл бұрын
Heaven should sound like this...
@walteraquino522111 ай бұрын
Pieza de polifonía verdaderamente intemporal.
@86Tachibana3 жыл бұрын
I sang this song when I was in high school.
@sopranoaliciairigoyenpons46614 жыл бұрын
Beautiful And relaxing
@deanreinking4395 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!.....Incredible!.....Heavenly!
@gerarddelpech92133 жыл бұрын
Une version supplémentaire de l' Ave Vérum. Cette fois celle de mister Bird, dans une interprétation comme j'aime, claire et équilibrée.
@gabrieleluparello33122 ай бұрын
Happy to hear "in crucem" and "o dulcis" and not "in crusem" and "o dulsis" from an english choir. Bravo!
@martinfiaysr49425 жыл бұрын
Wow great throughout, I’m a counter tenor , haven’t sung in over 18 years and appreciate great singing when I hear it
@thomassicard3733 Жыл бұрын
Sublime. Beautiful. Many thanks!
@PeterHopeTindall6 жыл бұрын
wow
@sylviamatthies20493 жыл бұрын
Very lovely!
@eguildhall97995 жыл бұрын
Very lovely indeed
@r1p2m322 жыл бұрын
Wow! What purity, what joy!
@richardkramer16313 жыл бұрын
Exquisite
@matttaylor90876 жыл бұрын
wow - really nice.
@mariahelenastracke97603 жыл бұрын
Lindíssimo!
@cubearcub Жыл бұрын
This is crack for the ear and the soul
@marinaassanti34154 жыл бұрын
Molto bella!!!
@dominionlad84682 жыл бұрын
Undoubtedly the best recording of this moving piece, the setting of which was written by the recusant William Byrd as a lament for the loss of the "old faith". Henry VIII died a Catholic, separated from Rome, but still adhering to the tenets of the faith. Under his son, Edward VI, and steered by Cramner, the true damage was done. The accoustics of the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral, brutally vandalized by religious zealots during the Reformation, are second to none.
@peterpeecock7721 Жыл бұрын
Someone told me the damage to the Lady Chapel was by Oliver Cromwell's people. Dont know how true this is. But, he did live in Ely at one time.
@mavisemberson87372 ай бұрын
Cranmer was a learned man and knew the weaknesses of the current Church in doctrine at that time. The French had seemed to take over the Papacy and so Henry VIII had to break free from them and the Pope or he would be tied feudally to take part in the French King's wars H e had lost a lot of the population in recurrent outbreaks of plague so needed to retain men for the army of England and Wales.
@adosindadias20993 жыл бұрын
Belíssimo.
@dwaynehicks85984 жыл бұрын
Absolutely wonderful. The way it sounds reminds us the famous Hilliard ensemble. I don't understand the need of a conductor, though. When such a level is reached, it's useless.
@user-zu6pb4og6f2 жыл бұрын
💖🌹👏👏🌿🕊
@user-xz7xk9dj4c2 жыл бұрын
💓💓💓👋🌹
@TheMadisonHang5 жыл бұрын
Old friend Where are you now
@JohnStopman2 жыл бұрын
A Sikh singing a christian work of polyphonic art? How intersting! ^^
@selgeaus4 жыл бұрын
Which heartless individuals "disliked" this?? P.s. the videographer is not the best but the sound produced by the group is phenomenal
@eugeniomorais70413 жыл бұрын
I want to serve Jesus Christ in High-Church of Anglican Church How can i do?
@ransomcoates5464 жыл бұрын
It would be interesting to know how perfect intonation became less and less important in European singing. I suppose it's certain physical necessities imposed on singers who must make large operatic sounds.
@peterpeecock7721 Жыл бұрын
Tuning is an interesting problem. Bear in mind that we now have equal temperament where, in theory, only the octaves are 'perfect': major thirds are seriously wide and fifths are slightly narrow, compared to the perfect or mathematically exact interval. Equal temperamant 'enables' very reaonable tuning in all keys. Why else the Bach 48? Could go on with much more material but wont...
@paulquinn72822 жыл бұрын
Do Anglicans believe in The Living Presence?
@gilbertolovric51762 жыл бұрын
Paul, Willian Byrd was not an anglican, it is catholic
@patriciamondragon2555 жыл бұрын
Better than Mozart’s... 😁😁😁
@tobiasstudtheol5 жыл бұрын
Well, both are testimonies of their time. That means both a valuable but we can't distinguish which is technically better. Although we can have a personal preference based on our taste and that means something else.
@phillipgabrielli14 жыл бұрын
Beethoven is reported to have said that Mozart's "Ave Verum" is the most perfect/beautiful piece of music ever written.
@el72844 жыл бұрын
I really dislike that the director never allows the music to fully breathe, slightly rushing certain cadences like at "Sanguine" and "Mariae". I love the second countertenor - his voice is evocative of a really older style. Going back to the Tallis Scholars.
@nickdouglass4213 жыл бұрын
I respect your criticisms naturally--everyone to their own etc but Owain Park (The Director, Founder and Conductor) is a hugely experienced musician who was a pupil of John Rutter and also an esteemed Composer in his own right. I am quite happy to listen to his interpretation and respect his judgement therefore. No offence is you by the way. "Vive la différence" !
@el72843 жыл бұрын
@@nickdouglass421 That's generally true. However, educational background alone does not make one relevant. There were sections of dramatical possibility that went woefully unrealised, and I just happen to be a bit finicky about those things. Edit: Luckily, Guy James' solo performance was enough to settle me so win-win
@nickdouglass4213 жыл бұрын
@@el7284 Fair enough! Am not experienced enough to make further criticisms. You mentioned the Tallis Scholars. My F.R.C.O. friend was Peter Phillips' close acquaintance at college MANY years ago. Small world.....
@KSfan4ever6 жыл бұрын
I wish they sang without a conductor like The Kings Singers.
@cosborne065 жыл бұрын
I love it with Owain conducting, his movements w the vocals adds something special.
@taylorsexton57395 жыл бұрын
@@cosborne06 I agree. I was just watching their performance of "Veni, Veni, Emmanuel," and I was moved by how Owain's conducting really serves the group. He is very reserved and his movements are small, but they are very meaningful and give really good direction to the group, all without being in the way.
@mikeq71345 жыл бұрын
It's harder, with the separate entrances in polyphonic music, to dispense with a conductor.
@wesleyaraujo26845 жыл бұрын
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@johnfisher2473 жыл бұрын
I pray the Sikh convert to the same religion as William Byrd.