Qui sedes Bach B Minor Mass Iestyn Davies countertenor

Iestyn Davies sings the Qui sedes from Bach's B Minor Mass at the BBC Proms 2012 with Harry Bicket and the English Concert.

[@bobbiemay6867]

His voice is sublime.

[@ArcoirisRaimbow]

This man has a gift. I congratulate him. Although obviously I have not heard them all, I dare to say that this must be THE BEST interpretation of Qui Sedes. This countertenor is not like many others which seem very artificial. This one is very natural. With very natural spontaneous and beautiful vibrato. And with very good dominio and control. With the minimal and very little noticeable exception perceived almost at the beginning a slight detune, which is natural for being a human being and for being in a live performance, its tuning is almost perfect.

[@yvettep1093]

This is the best Qui Sedes I’ve seen so far.

[@jonahpiali1692]

One of my favorite countertenors. Such beautiful color and expressivity.

[@phwbooth]

Robin Blaze is bloomin' good as well. My wife and I heard Iestyn Davies sing in St Thomas's, Leipzig.

[@bobbiemay6867]

Love Iestyn’s voice!

[@Lemusedellarte]

Voce meravigliosa e grande finezza del declamato! Grande!

[@kingscote1900]

A great singer.... A privilege to hear him and to be able to follow him....

[@marcin8942]

What a beautiful and warm voice! Christmas Oratorio with Iestyn Davies is wonderful!

[@ernest438]

im 31 now and havebeen listening to iestynsince i was15hes got such a dope range.

[@Donia-h9w]

Omg, he is absolutely fantastic!!!!

[@tamaveirene]

Alleluia - glory to Almighty God who has graced us with lestyn Davies!

[@serenaluce]

Simply stunning! Sheer effortless beauty! I could listen to this voice forever!

[@nickis-h8e]

Thank you

[@samsiegelct]

Forever incredible.

[@OlmoHerediaBlanco]

Wonderful voice!

[@4lebenbaum]

Extraordinary!

[@josemarialuquejurado]

bravo! Extraordinaria interpretación.

[@harveytamayo4973]

Amazing! Thank you for the upload Iestyn.

[@luizvcs]

This is so beautiful!!!! *-*

[@ArcoirisRaimbow]

Este señor tiene un don. Yo lo felicito. Aunque obviamente no las he oído todas, me atrevo a decir que ésta debe ser LA MEJOR interpretación del Qui Sedes. Este contratenor no es como muchos otros los cuales se perciben muy artificiales. Éste es muy natural. Con vibrato muy natural espontáneo y bellísimo. Y con muy bien dominio y control. Con la mínima y muy poco percibible excepción percibida casi al principio una ligera desafinación, natural por ser un ser humano y por ser en una ejecución en vivo, su afinación es casi perfecta.

[@MrMezzo]

This is so gorgeous!

[@salahbelaid]

magnifique!!!

[@isaballaserrano4991]

Bravissimo! BREATHTAKING! 👌👏👏👏👏👏👏💕💕💕💕💕🔥

[@970726]

Bravo! Bravo! I will like 👍🇧🇷✨

[@maitecatherinedewit]

So far the best version on KZbin. I always like to listen to women singing this part, but Iestyn is singing it the best so far. I would prefer a slight slower tempo, but I love the light dance-like execution and the expression.

[@alexandretimar2562]

pure voice !

[@cliffcox7643]

I cannot get over the rapid tempo.

[@floriodivalgioconda9939]

Voce stupenda!

[@richardcastromartinez4559]

Por Dios! Un ángel cantando.

[@hermannprey4041]

ça lui va trop bien Bach

[@ABC_DEF]

Sublime singing. But did the conductor have a train to catch, perhaps?

[@DL-rn4ty]

Yes -- very beautiful but would be even more so at a slightly slower tempo.

[@cliffcox7643]

waaaay too fast, guess this is the modern version.

[@iestyndavies]

cliff cox Yeh, back in 2012 the BBC Proms started to time performances because of over time costs. We felt that’s exactly why we set this tempo. Had to be out by 10pm. Who ever heard Bach dancing? Rules, eh?!

[@Orfeus80]

Beautiful but I feel he's just vocalising, there is no sense of the text.

[@iestyndavies]

Orfeus80 I learnt everything I know from the Swingle Singers.

[@Orfeus80]

@@iestyndavies it happens with latin text.. dead language and all..

[@iestyndavies]

Orfeus80 Dead language, apart from every Sunday morning for 20 years.

[@Orfeus80]

@@iestyndavies in Italy it's still closer to the spoken language which gives Italian singers an advantage.

[@iestyndavies]

Orfeus80 Depends what you call an advantage. Anyway, thanks for the tips.

[@desperateastro]

rich and expressive voice....Iestyn shows the girls how it ought to be done! Sadly, that baroque Oboe is horribly out of tune....send her back to music school.

[@isaacmendez5]

Sincronia divina!