Epica - Stabat Mater Dolorosa w/ Floor Jansen (Retrospect 10th Anniversary DVD) I Artist Reacts I

[@daveh8670]

Their friendship is evident, and their classical training shows. The fact that the setting is at a metal concert shows how receptive metal fans are to all genres of music. I keep coming back to this song and concert over and over. Love you reaction and obvious appreciation for Floor and Simone.

[@mkgym]

Have you seen Floor's genuflection towards the conductor? This proves once again how humble Floor is, despite being a world star.🤟🏻🤟🏻🎶🎶

[@fredverkerk838]

@s1mperadicator13 shut up

[@ralfmeyer9086]

​@s1mperadicator13blah blah

[@rdmrdm2659]

@s1mperadicator13and your sort want to try to pretend things aren’t like they are.

[@Meine.Postma]

@s1mperadicator13 Someone's jealous

[@Bonovin]

Womderful !!!!!! I also love that Floor is kneeing to the conductor at the end " thank you" . Greetings from nwAse Sweden

[@michaelbuttner4262]

The Grandfather of Heavy Metal is Classical Music and don' t forget , that was in the Middle of a Heavy Metal Concert - Heavy Metal is the Best Music on this Planet !

[@Kelsea-2002]

For a whole classical concert with Tarja, with Simone, and with Floor in Cologne Cathedral, I would immediately pay a whole month's salary as admission.

[@franckfromfrance857]

I concur

[@marita2g]

I concur!

[@THE_JOURNEYMAN_PAN]

I pray for this every day! The holy trinity!

[@damienmaynard8892]

Floor and Simone had the same vocal coach for a time. Back in the pre-Nightwish days, Floor was on tour and slept at Simone's place - I think the description was "crashed on the floor"... Good friends and AWESOME singers and people. Simone's humour is intelligent, dry, quick and, sometimes, she knows THE dirtiest jokes! Love Floor's acknowledgement of the conductor at the end. Two angels - can sing to me anytime!

[@andreaswennberg9542]

Another beautiful preformence Epica - Rivers (FT Apocalyptica). Sooo beautiful!

[@andyramos4130]

To think, this is in the middle of a Metal Concert and the fans loved it. That says a lot. Great choice, thanks for the reaction. It was amazing.

[@wannabedane4046]

The metal community love music - regardles of the genre - if it's good, it's good, and they can appreciate it even at a metal concert.

[@DarrellW_UK]

It was just sublime wasn’t it? The big thing to think about is this was a Metal concert, they were totally silent until the end, then the response was rapturous! Floor is a great mix with Simone, Floor’s voice is richer so she sings Alto with Simone taking the Soprano part it’s a mixture made in heaven! I would love to hear them sing the Flowers duet, I’m sure it would be amazing too! I guessed you would enjoy this when I saw what the reaction was to, not far wrong was I 😂? 🌹

[@jeffk1482]

STUNNING, huh??? I *love* the “Holy shit…that just happened!” dead silence by the crowd, before they erupted into applause.

[@cancelled_user]

Wait till you hear some proper Epica, with good headphones 🙂 Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4LXhZWKosalma8

[@davidlagassee8236]

floor harmonizes real well with her sister irene. they sing together in aeryon

[@PittDaddy]

Every song from this concert is incredible. What a treat this must have been. Epica is about to do two anniversary concerts in a few months, one in The Netherlands and one in Mexico. I can't wait to see the DVD from them!

[@Magyarkhan]

My Queen doing one of her casual mass healing sessions!

[@watchtheskies]

Hi Jenna, here is a performance from earlier this year in Amsterdam, Simone is incredible, I think you will like this one 🙃 EPICA - Unleashed (Live At The AFAS Live)

[@cancelled_user]

Yes, I second this! Although, she did the Retrospect version already. 🙂

[@JanJvG]

Simone's voice is as pure as a violin string! It is so perfectly clean... 😍

[@elm6944]

I loved that! such beautiful voices and cool seeing them again together! great reaction!

[@hiawatha.g]

I just found this reaction. Thank you for checking it out. One of the most beautiful pieces of music I know of is Giovanni Pergolesi’s 1735 masterpiece, "Stabat Mater”, based on a 13th Century sacral hymn about Mary mourning the crucifixion. “Stabat Mater Dolorosa” is the first and best known movement of that piece. This is my favorite version. The piece is written for soprano and contralto. Floor Jansen, who normally performs in the soprano range, takes the contralto line here, without any loss of power or clarity. They did this in the middle of a thunderous show by Simone Simons' symphonic rock band Epica. I love how they reduce a stadium full of amped up metalheads to stunned silence.

[@zbygniewprlwytzkofsky6614]

“Stabat Mater” are the first words of that medieval hymn: “stabat mater dolorosa juxta crucem dunc pendebat filius”: ”the grieving mother was standing by the cross while her son was hanging (crucified)” It was set to music by a young Giovanni Pergolesi in 1736 on his deathbed at the age of 26😢

[@willeymiller4760]

They sound like they have been singing together forever and should be together they fit like a puzzle and they picture is awesome when put together. Cant wait for the next reactions your very good at this.

[@Brodricktucker]

Hi, Jenne as you said you know, when the Christian hymn was first written and what Stabat Mater dolorosa means. This cover is of one of the more famous Sacred music. Stabat Mata dolorosa is the 1st movement of a 12 movement composition. played around Easter. Was composed by Giovanini Battista Pergolesi, in 1736. he wrote it in his final weeks of his life, as he had Tuberculosis, of which it is said that he died within 24 hours of completing it. When ever I hear this or the (as some would say) more Classical version I always have thoughts on, how much, Pergolesi must have suffered I feel I can hear it in the singing and music. It's always nice to hear other people appreciate it. Thank you. Great Reaction.

[@В.В-в5в]

Well, finally! We missed you! Beautiful video!🙂

[@KoalityReactions]

🤍🤍🤍 Awe thank you! Happy to be back!!

[@nicod1361]

@@KoalityReactions you would love these for a reaction : Floor Jansen & RLSQ - Energize Me [Live @ Podium: Uitmarkt, 2009 Floor Jansen (Revamp) : O Mio Babbino Caro, live @ MFVF 8 : Recorded at the Metal Female Voices festival, Wieze, Belgium on 23 October, 2010. Epica Ft Floor Jansen - Follow in the Cry @ Metal Female Voices Fest Floor Jansen With Musician's Friends FLOOR JANSEN - The Fight Goes On (WAR CHILD)English FLOOR JANSEN - De Beelden Blijven - English lyrics (A Song for War Child)

[@cancelled_user]

@@KoalityReactions Hello! Can you please do Epica more often? This is not a band for 2-3 reactions, seriously! 🙂 They are currently the peak of symphonic metal. No one can touch them. Their music is very diverse, ranging from really heavy (which you haven't heard yet), to more mainstream-friendly to wonderful ballads and acoustic versions of their metal songs (which you haven't heard either). Would you like to do a "double reaction"? Reacting to their metal song and then to acoustic version of the same song in just one reaction video? A great example of this would be: EPICA - Storm the Sorrow (Official video) EPICA - Storm the Sorrow (acoustic version) Pinkpop 2014

[@cancelled_user]

@KoalityReactions And for something more spectacular, one of their greatest masterpieces that very few people react to: EPICA - Serenade of Self-Destruction (lyrics) - please find the lyric video uploaded by "Rock" This song has everything. It has heavy sections with some great guitar work and drums, but also beautiful piano and Simone's angelic vocals, it has some Middle-Eastern vibes, it's quite progressive, though the chorus is repeated 3x. Speaking of the chorus, it feels like ascending to heaven. Really, it's melody and Simone's soprano are just gorgeous. She sounds like a goddess, and btw, she also wrote lyrics for this song. Simone said back in 2012 that this was her most favourite song to sing because she shows all her vocal abilities in it. She sings low, she sings high, chest voice, operatic voice. It's the same album as "Storm the Sorrow". This is really a top-notch musical composition. You won't find anything like this in the whole symphonic metal.

[@KoalityReactions]

I do plan to do more Epica for sure, but because I try and add new bands to the mix and also have other bands to revisit... it's not always every week! 🤍

[@Woody_Hart]

Heartwarming!

[@mithrandyr-b8y]

Warrior Queen Xena and her Amazing Girlfriend always bring smiles to me whan i see them togeter, thx for reacting to this!

[@FromG2eminor]

Harmonizing is my favorite past time. I love blending my voice with others. I love this duet so much too. 😊

[@cancelled_user]

Have you watched their live a capella version of Rivers? 🙂

[@FromG2eminor]

@@cancelled_user That was actually the first version I heard. I love that one!

[@cancelled_user]

@@FromG2eminor Great! I don't know if you are familiar with whole Epica discography, but if not, watch The Holographic Principle - A Profound Understanding of Reality. There is a very nice lyric video uploaded by CrystalFragment

[@cancelled_user]

@@FromG2eminor Some nice choir harmonies in that song too :)

[@Ironhammer1984]

se me puso la piel chinita chinita

[@christophschmedes5975]

The singer wirh the Red Hair is one of the nest Soprano s of Metalll

[@strabel803]

👍😆MESMERISING,is/was the word you looking for😁,well,i think it is/was.😉 It's just so nice to hear these ladies doing a classical master piece and knowing that they use their skils in heavy music ,but still apreciate to do some of these classical pieces for a sold out venue ,filled with metal heads and seeing that "they" liked that too. It's just such a nice mix of different musical worlds,but,not so different afterall.🤘

[@fredverkerk838]

the are very good friends

[@monicacarolina6480]

Floor finished the Rockacademy, but she really wanted a challange, vocally. Floor got years of lessons of one of the best teachers in classical singing (opera and theatre) Here she met Simone (also Dutch as is Epica) and they becae best friends and roommates during ther study. They still are very close despite some members from her first band After Forever wanted different things and 2 went to form Epica. Floor is also still close with them. We have many many awesome metal female singers in Holland. Floor, Simone, Sharon from Within Temptation (Dutch) Marcello and Anneke. They all have beatiful voices. Floors vocal range is bigger than Simone's. Lower and higher. That's wht Floor took the Alt part.

[@felipecampos3045]

we all love floor, but it is about time you go full epica and listen to Unleashed live retrospect, you have no ideia what these guys can REALLY do

[@KoalityReactions]

That’s already up on the channel. 🙂

[@cancelled_user]

@@KoalityReactions Hi. Did you read my longer comment addressed to you? 🙂

[@KoalityReactions]

Yes, just found it!

[@cancelled_user]

@@KoalityReactions Thanks! 😉

[@tsiouparoglou4493]

I guess that's how Floor stops by to say hello😂❤😍 holy crap pffff😍

[@puarterquonder]

3 metal queens in 1 song: Ayreon- Valley of the queens.

[@christophschmedes5975]

Simone and floor are best frends Simone is one of the best sopranos in Metall and floor can sing classic to

[@gregten102]

or delirium another great song from retrospet live after all the no one for me chasing the dragon from retrospect live

[@sylviadettmann7433]

Das ist Barock Stiel Singen..wundervolle Tradition.

[@papaverweg]

Beautifully sung by both Floor and Simone. Since you like Floor, Classical and Strings, I suggest listening to Floor together with Red Limo String Quartet (RLSQ) - "Energize Me". The original is from her time with After Forever, but now in a completely different setting and yet completely recognizable. (And this for an audience that normally only listens to classical music. Can they surprise them and convince them that there is more than...? Watch: Floor Jansen & RLSQ - Energize Me [Live @ Podium: Uitmarkt, 2009] kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6u6Yp16dtlpb7Msi=dVhXpDRZR-FrlMLy

[@gregten102]

nice react the next song after stabat mater is twin flames another great song

[@majbrat]

Its Glorious

[@Kodiak660]

You know who else has amazing harmonies? Why yes, Home Free does! 😊 Man of constant sorrow is a good place to start, you won't regret it. 😉

[@PW_Thorn]

Simone knew she was perfect because she was no less good than Floor. Floor knew she was perfect because she was no less good than Simone. 😊❤

[@jacekjackson6903]

C'mon more EPICA - Consigne to oblivion. Feel the real symphonic metal. Metal greatings 🤘

[@cancelled_user]

Might be a bit too heavy for her? Why not this one instead? 🙂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4LXhZWKosalma8

[@KelgeriaGames]

What a nice reaction. I love the interaction and harmony between Simone and Floor. I love them. A classical song for an metal public and they were listening. If you love the strings then should listen to another Dutch phenomena Andre Rieu and his orchestra. Bringing joy. Especially when performing with Emma kok. If Floor is my Goddes of music, Simobn the Queen of Harmonic metal, then Emma is at least an Angel and Crown princess. I got three with orchestra for you. "Voila" Live Bahrain 2024 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmXcm5VsrbSag7Mfeature=shared or Live Maastricht 2023 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZWsmaRnqcdredEfeature=shared (77M views), "Hallelujah" Live 2023 is an amazing arrangement kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6K5eYSrhbaompIfeature=shared and a few months ago an original song "Dancing on the stars" 2024 Live Maastricht kzbin.info/www/bejne/gp2UpoWVfbqChpofeature=shared. It's good to be alive. just to hear all these amazing singers.

[@hijtohema]

4:46 "Obviously it feels like very classical" It *is* classical. 18th century baroque to be more exact.

[@justitia257]

Fantastiche

[@pauloverbeeke2352]

If you like Floor and Simone I have a new experience for you !!! And yes Floor and Simone are playing a part in this 13 min song ! It is Ayreon ! check out; "The Day That The World Breaks Down" when you recovered form this, than do "Everybody Dies" from Ayreon (live) This will be a totally new rabbit hole for you !!! Ayreon has a lot of songs with very good (super) artists !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pauloverbeeke2352]

If you seen the first Ayreon, you want to see the rest ! and there a lot to watch ! So have very nice evening, night, day, weekend etc. etc......🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@pauloverbeeke2352]

Don't wait! Do it this weekend you're missing a musical experience ! Be ware ! this music is very addictive 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤣

[@Ireksojkowski]

Hi, very beautiful, thank you 🥰🥰🥰

[@shannonvanpatten8341]

Can you imagine Taylor Swift and Katy Perry attempting this

[@toumpanis]

We should ask Simone to make a duet with you

[@KoalityReactions]

Ahahahaha 🥳🥳🤍

[@metalcrusader6666]

Could you checkout HammerFall Brotherhood,

[@tiffanyalberti2029]

Please react to Epica Featuring Apocalyptica: Live From The AFAS Song: Rivers

[@Mars-is4un]

🤗🍒🤘🏻😘

[@hastum98]

they sing in Latin