Henry Purcell: The Golden Sonata; Voices of Music (WKCR Tape)

The opening movements of Henry Purcell's "Golden Sonata" performed on original instruments by the Early Music ensemble Voices of Music: Allegro, Adagio and Canzona. Featuring Carla Moore and Lisa Grodin, baroque violins (left to right); Elisabeth Reed, baroque cello, Hanneke van Proosdij, baroque organ, and David Tayler, archlute. High Definition video from the Voices of Music "Purcell Project". The Golden Sonata is from the collection "Ten Sonnata's in Four Parts" (London, 1697). Purcell composed more than twenty sonatas, and these represent one of the most important collections of chamber music from the end of the 17th century. Written in the 1680s, the sonatas display both a sense of buoyancy and of introspection: Purcell maintains a delicate sense of humor even in the gloomiest slow movements. In his preface to the reader, he makes clear his admiration for the "fam'd Italian masters", and the Italian style is clearly present, and intensified by Purcell's command of motivic development and harmonic structure. The title of Sonata No. 9, the "Golden Sonata," first appears in a reprint from 1704 with the rubric "That Excellent Sonata in F...call'd The Golden Sonata;" however, the title may derive from Purcell's imitation of earlier works such as Antonio Bertali's "Taussent Gulden."
#purcell #WKCR

[@karasumer]

What a lovely song, I sure hope the audio doesn't get interrupted

[@hwanghyunjinsfaveoriteclot6005]

hopefully not by anything creepy

[@meterod424Butthe2nd4isa0]

@@hwanghyunjinsfaveoriteclot6005 Just not something like, I don't know, a creepy screeching noise.

[@lpapyrusbankai]

That sure is a lovely song, I hope this never gets goofy off by a person from WKCR

[@ducknotfound]

I hope random names and dates won't start being called out by a woman with a eerie voice

[@VoicesofMusic]

hurrrrrrr

[@AwesomeRando]

Thank You WKCR and your late night pranksters for this wonderful music.

[@mr.cowboy982]

Aaah what a beautiful piece, surely it won't be abruptly cut with a horrifying screeching sound

[@marychouvarda6875]

I hope not 😅

[@splashykoy11]

I also hope there won’t be a lady listing off names of dead people!

[@Emberwood716]

Please dont

[@ajmaltaujoo4277]

Two types of comments: 1: Beautiful performance! 2: tee hee I hope the audio doesn’t cut to a screeching😭

[@IcomeInPeacetoo]

You forgot three:EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@jwoodman]

Just came back and watched it nine years later. Still just as good.

[@VoicesofMusic]

Wow, nine years.....

[@ShadowLinkxMaster]

The uploader is about to get swarmed with ScareTheater viewers. Context, this song was used for a creepypasta audio/radio project. Since then, this classical piece has been associated with it.

[@VoicesofMusic]

ruh roh

[@repcapacka3517]

I just came here for that

[@100dead]

@@VoicesofMusic the perfect response

[@beyazzenci1800]

​@@VoicesofMusic does this mean i dont give a fuck

[@VoicesofMusic]

@Beyaz Zenci no it means "wow that's a real drag but ppl can listen to our music anytime."

[@ggevorgyan99]

Thank you ScareTheater. I FINALLY FOUND IT

[@VoicesofMusic]

:)

[@Ghostdreamer]

And ... "screw you Vilemass!" 😂

[@MazusChannel]

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL I hope the audio doesnt freeze

[@dreamcast.0]

**doesn't

[@z3v..]

@@dreamcast.0 thats what he said

[@garlicxi]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@rickandmortyfan649]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@Elmechaslargas]

I am not really into classical music and also found this thanks to the WKCR tape but man... This sounds really good.

[@user-mf8hs8rx4n]

What a beautiful piece! I sure hope the audio doesn't cut to a horrid screeching noise!

[@oxycodon3]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@conortheiaplayer]

Its sound so funny im shocked no one has made it into a meme

[@CyrilioWasTaken]

What a beautiful piece of classical music. I really hope it doesn't get intrerrupted by a screeching sound followed by a woman reading obituaries.

[@VoicesofMusic]

Arcimbaldo!

[@VoicesofMusic]

Thanks so much, I'm afraid that is the last video from the Purcell Project, but it was a really rewarding set. Thanks for your support. We just rolled out a major Bach work, and we will have more videos when we return from Goettingen in June. It actually started to rain at the very end!

[@appliedprivacy]

Discovering in 2022. Lovely and masterful. I'll be returning here again.

[@StormBreakr]

Ah yes, a lovely symphonEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@2fr56]

AAAHHHH! WHAT?! THIS ISNT MUSIC!!!! 😱😱😱 IM SCARED! Ha just kidding

[@secretly8072]

THIS IS THE BEST COMMENT HERE

[@gwatts12]

So, so beautiful. it moves me to tears of glorious joy and of deep sadness. Many thanks for posting.

[@rickandmortyfan649]

the good ending (I actually love how they edited the title once it was discovered to be in the old tape)

[@erichodge567]

Beautiful! It's like Bach said: You play the right notes at the right time, and the music plays itself.

[@PyroKai.]

great piece, i first heard this on the WKCR station. got rudely interrupted though...

[@theparadigm8149]

Who else is here because of the WKCR hijacking?

[@the10ofdiamondscard]

scaretheater fans rise up

[@TheHorse38]

So dipping in the biscuits and the golden sonata is the original audio but what about the rest

[@theparadigm8149]

@@TheHorse38 Nobody really knows, but it’s believed that the hijacking is from some college students in the campus nearby; some kind of prank, perhaps

[@thebruhnetwork]

I first heard about this back in 2016 from Mr. Nightmare and then Scare Theater reminded me about it 😅

[@Caliber30001]

me and the bois chillin to Henry Purcell: The Golden Sonata when sudddenly REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@evang2881]

I played this in concert, (2nd violin) and it sounded no where near as good as this, brilliant performance!

[@the2ndcomingoflaynekrusz654]

WKCR Violin is now FOUND

[@deluge71]

Gorgeous.

[@LinkedSnake]

0:07 WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@JCMH]

How many instruments is Hanneke van Proosdij able to play?

[@StellarCrackhead42]

I cannot believe i actually found this. Thank you WKCR haunted tape for helping me find this!

[@VoicesofMusic]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[@kaedren1331]

​@@VoicesofMusiclol

[@James_Sunderland_]

*violin music* - E E E E E E E E E E E E E

[@VoicesofMusic]

We are used to strange things, but this one is pretty out there.

[@coachman1532]

@@VoicesofMusicKZbin commenters when the task is to write something understandable:

[@coachman1532]

@@VoicesofMusicoh wait maybe its in reference of the WKCR hijacking that used this song

[@lwolf122009]

I love the sound and performance of Voices of Music !!!! Thanks a lot for this video.

[@ch1kenbo1]

Thanks so much! So beautiful, so moving. Brings me back to all those sleepy mornings waking up to my Dad playing this music for me and my siblings. I get tired of the twangy harpsichord, its refreshing to hear this on a different set of instruments.

[@DORIDUMPINGTON]

man what a cool piece of music hopefully it doesnt get interru-💥💥💥DWWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@jwoodman]

Even by your standards, this was exceptional. The balance and the quality of the recording was absolutely superb. Is there more to come?

[@dissmo706]

the voices are to come

[@geckorider]

those who know

[@c.g.marseille4510]

Dit is erg mooi ! Thank you all !

[@6463538]

What a beautiful performance.

[@baxter5431]

Just beautiful! I hope someday that I can play continuo with such a group. 54 and counting, time is running out. Please keep playing! When, not if, I hit the lotto, there'll be a nice endowment headed your way.

[@haygraphics]

Wow! This is a great reading and a fabulous recording. Thanks for posting it.

[@KareemHillJr]

0:07 *REEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

[@Nezuko-sm8xx]

Love this song. I sure hope the lyrics don't feature names and dates! also if you slow it down to 0.75 you'll get what I mean...

[@marychouvarda6875]

Everyone else there after watching Scare Theatre's video on the WKCR hijacking incident?

[@andriuskaralius]

Yep the same song from that creapy audio radio broadcast. Thank you Scary theater

[@msaito36]

Very wonderful playing, thank you!!!!!*****

[@neilhall4657]

Very lovely performance of music which is still too little known. Many thanks for posting.

[@VoicesofMusic]

You are very welcome.

[@forrestkim1274]

Beautiful !!! So gorgeous. .........

[@C-mirror]

0:07 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@blackmagic7976]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@Triceretops77]

This is so lovely I just want to climb inside the monitor of my MacBook Air and live timelessly.

[@jwoodman]

Have a great trip to Goettingen!

[@milosbatmanvideos]

Where's the part from the WKCR hijacking?

[@beyondespa1r]

The very beginning of the piece

[@sammoore7840]

Compare the start of the song to the tune which starts 8 seconds into the WKCR tape.

[@Capitaine_Tech1912]

Ici grâce à Feldup ! Le seul français sur les coms 😂😂

[@journeymancellist9247]

I found this sonata after reading an article from 1894 by Shaw called Lock & Purcell. Shaw thought Purcell was a very great composer. Shaw was correct. Is that an archlute? The cello looks period, are the violins baroque? Wonderful performance, and quoting Shaw,”... held my attention from first note to last.” I even waited til end credits to write this comment. Thank you!

[@VoicesofMusic]

Archlute, yes, violins and cello original.

[@bigl5343]

Perhaps the best in English history.

[@fictionsmith3688]

We all know why were here 😏

[@FransJSuper]

Wonderful! Joy to my ears!!

[@EndLess_Racket]

WKCR, anybody?

[@lightbreeze714]

Очень красиво, вы супер! Very cool, you are best =)

[@bedenerexhepaj293]

Great performance!! Thank you!!

[@Emberwood716]

Me preparing for a “REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”

[@kerkconcertenedam-zaandam3919]

and David Tayler, perhaps?

[@BOKCThrxns]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@comicsfr8963]

I've never seen anyone in 15 years of studying music hold its bow this way on a modern violin/cello. Is that for the immersion ?

[@VoicesofMusic]

This is the way it was played in the time of Purcell--the sound and style are of the time and place.

[@comicsfr8963]

@@VoicesofMusicwhat I meant is that, I understand that you would hold a bow this way on a viola da gamba for example, but those are modern instruments, with modern bows. That is what I didn't get.

[@VoicesofMusic]

The bowed instruments in this video are hundreds of years old, they are originals. The bows are baroque bows.

[@berryaddict]

EEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@НастяСкулкова]

I like it! Purcell's music is so wanderfull!

[@mrrealnobody4382]

i hope this dosent freez

[@RichardWyland-l6z]

LOVE Henry Purcell....!

[@leandrodemagalhaessantoslm4697]

muito excelente

[@miguelaraya3983]

Bello ..... extraordinaria orquesta....💐

[@FrenchToasted1995]

Joy

[@Adam-tx1tr]

WE HAVE WON

[@israeljuniorrt1969]

muito lindo

[@Agony.]

Oh boy i shure hope nothing happens while listening to wkcr

[@michaelweiskopf7771]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@OrangeGuyy.-.]

NO NO NO NO NO NO