Henry Purcell, Funeral Sentences, Vox Luminis LIVE

[@wagnerpolveiro7176]

Vox Luminis, you are adorable..., your voices are love, faith and confidence, and I just love you. I could listen to your music for the rest of my live, incessantly !

[@robertwilson123]

Excellently and beautifully sung. The Book of Common Prayer (1662) has some wonderful and insightful words whether you are a believer or not, whether you are a Christian or not, and whether you have any thought of God and Nature.

[@stephenkunst7550]

I have followed this group since landing on their KZbin clip of Desprez's Nyphes des bois. Recently while researching for a possible trip to the Utrect early music festival, one reviewer said this group was one of the few which always sang as a group, Many of the Festival's choral events, where marred by fog horn singers with loud and vibrato dominated voices.

[@mirabilia6621]

Magnifique! Je vous ai entendu à Regensburg et je suis sidéré par la de vos interprétations. Ces funeral Sentences sont géniales. Merci

[@janesmith3287]

Wonderful singing. I know almost every note of this. It is wonderful music to sing and what lovely voices they have.

[@ajhiflyer]

This kind of music making is just plain heavenly. Bravo to all!

[@franzlamotte674]

Superbe, magnifique, une merveille. merci pour ce partage.

[@philippelepine510]

quelle somptueuse et vibrante interpretation , qui m 'accompagne dans l'apprentissage de cette oeuvre!

[@phwbooth]

Splendid, in every way.

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

This is really beautiful.

[@juanelherrero727]

Lovely work. Keep on with this great job!!!, I hope one day I can sing again in a choir like yours. :)

[@djoyce33]

Quelle lecture. Henry serait heureux. Merci

[@samuelalexandernunezflores3096]

The heavens sound

[@ncdejager]

Superb and sensitive singing

[@m.r.5990]

Magnificent !

[@MassimoGienda]

Mamma mia che bello!

[@jsbrules]

00:14 Man that is born of a woman Z. 27 Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and ne'er continueth in one stay. 3:11 In the midst of life we are in death Z. 17 In the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased? Yet, O Lord, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death. 7:35 Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts Z. 58C (?) Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; shut not thy merciful ears unto our pray'rs; but spare us, Lord most holy, O God most mighty. O holy and most merciful Saviour, thou most worthy Judge eternal, suffer us not, at our last hour, for any pains of death, to fall from thee. Amen. (from the 1662 Book of Common Prayer )

[@anabriones7784]

Absolutely gorgeous.....!!!

[@gezaradai2958]

Because of the acoustics of the church it is impossible to understand the lyrics. Would you be so kind, and add subtitles to the video? The sound of the group is superb. I live in Budapest but have the intention to visit one of your concerts no matter what it takes.

[@marinapegrisch1305]

Elevating !☺

[@jeanluccapri1538]

best version so far.... Actually, just fucking beautiful.

[@mariannecher7648]

Que c'est beau!

[@treblechoir99]

Another of my favorite British composers, the most English of English. It is very surprising.

[@davidprowse262]

How much more magnificent music might Purcell composed if his life had not been cut so short?

[@einwechter1]

Heavenly!

[@dorianbaranovski9086]

einwechter1

[@bartreniers8721]

prachtig gezongen en zeer mooie koorklank! Perfect

[@richardforshaw8479]

Just sublime.

[@Fguerau]

Bellísima interpretación de estas piezas funerales de Purcell. Gracias

[@davidconjefferson]

Absolutely marvelous... One person's thumb slipped.

[@gesualdolistener]

thank you very much!

[@imitatio]

Wow!

[@Aeoline]

Beautiful !

[@slksfca]

This is absolutely celestial!

[@jennifer97363]

The sound is sublime. Brava. I’m assuming the two gesticulators would not carry on like that in a live performance.

[@rogerogle4755]

Jennifer, this IS a live performance, they look pretty alive to me!. Your "gesticulating" isn't: regard it as using the body to aid the flow of the music and of the feelings and emotions generated by it. Many famous singers do it now, particulaly of older music, e.g. Philippe Jarrousky.

[@jennifer97363]

Hmm I’m quite familiar with emotional movement when playing or singing as I’m a pianist. This however, imo, is over-the-top movement and an unnecessary distraction. The performance must take ‘centre stage’ if you will. This is to a degree that looks pretentious. That said, again, the sound is sublime. Thank you for replying.

[@robertbuckland3679]

This is during a recording session, not a performance and one tends to increase in gestures basically to help imagining that there is some sort of person that is actually interested in what your singing other than the sound engineer... Look at some actual performance and you'll notice that the gestures are much less!

[@davidschadeberg3786]

Bravo!

[@simonegiuliani7483]

Magnifique !

[@evertonsouza4512]

maravilhoso !!!

[@teckelgekanneke]

prachtig

[@zippybogard]

Great singing guy's

[@gesualdolistener]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIeZe3h5oNuVe7s it's an amazing piece, yes! in the video-link above, you'll find more information about this CD production and the CD is being released very soon - 26.2.2013

[@a.d.gerard9242]

💙

[@bentmkirk]

Where can I find this version of 'Thou knowest Lord'?

[@reginaldmolethrasher437]

But their performance is sublime.

[@howardchasnoff208]

Was Purcell trying out new harmonies or were these harmonies inherited from the early renaissance madrigals ?

[@tufur08]

The first song is heavenly, the next song is cultish.

[@vicstat]

Qué-be-lle-za.

[@reginaldmolethrasher437]

And the guy in red, on the right - is he high?

[@missasinenomine]

Bass

[@josselinbeguier9259]

C'est très beau d'accord. Mais depuis quand on se pose comme ça dans une église avec des pompes fluorescentes! la main dans la poche! Pour moi c'est rédhibitoire...pouce bleu vers le bas. Dieu merci, Vox Luminis a plus de tenue aujourd'hui. Et c'est un gilet jaune qui vous le dit.

[@evelineguillory4114]

josselin beguier c’est une séance d’enregistrement, pas un concert public !!!

[@reginaldmolethrasher437]

I've watched several of these Vox Luminis videos now, and I think they're wonderful. A beautiful sound. But the tall guy - is he conducting or is he autistic? He should have more confidence in the fabulous sound they're making!

[@gov.lancelyn3980]

He's doing a spot of conducting, but a group like that are mainly making movements to help each other to keep the phrasing and dynamics as one. They are doing a job of work so nobody is concerned about how they look to a casual observer.

[@OlmoHerediaBlanco]

Heavenly!!!