VOCES8 - Purcell: Hear My Prayer, O Lord

Music video by VOCES8 performing Purcell: Hear My Prayer, O Lord. (C) 2018 VOCES8 Records
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[@bp-lx7lf]

One of the most miraculous pieces to come out of the baroque

[@rogerherrick8323]

Listen with your eyes closed, it is amazing.

[@mirimimi12]

I appreciate hearing this piece sung so beautifully right now! I was singing this in my university choir before the pandemic and catch myself singing it as a mantra now during these uncertain times! Thank you for sharing this Voces8

[@jimfowler5930]

Tears flow......Jesus is Lord! Thank you for this offering/blessing to us.

[@Apriluser]

Lord, in your mercy, hear their prayers (and ours). Amen.

[@earthnot6454]

What do you think of same sex relationships

[@davehshs651]

Such amazing sound, unearthly, beautiful. And the overtones are incredible. Would love to know what sanctuary this is.

[@ionicflame3397]

You guys are so amazing

[@RepublicTX]

One of my all-time favorite pieces lifted to unimaginable heights. Thank you!

[@markmcdonald6907]

Perfection has been elevated to a new level. May God continue to bless you and keep you safe as you continue your divine mission.

[@wYeL333]

The best balance of middle voices I've heard so far. This is definitely the best recording of tired piece.

[@bigl5343]

Purcell is perhaps the best composer in English history.

[@dleimkuehler]

Certainly one of the finest!

[@bigl5343]

@@dleimkuehler Composers Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst, and Benjamin Britten are in the conversation of the best. Lesser known English composers, such as John Taverner(Tudor composer) deserve more recognition and perhaps considered on of the best.

[@lerippletoe6893]

@Big L Britten should not even be in the conversation lol

[@margaretkuwata6794]

@@lerippletoe6893 Why not?

[@lerippletoe6893]

@@margaretkuwata6794 Because of the quality of the music compared to other English composers

[@riverwildcat1]

So profoundly deep and high as our hearts and minds can bear. Glory and sweet sorrow blend as silver and gold in the Lord’s crucible of love. ✝️🦁

[@geoffreylightfoote6200]

What a stunning setting for a marvelous and worshipful piece.

[@thisjustin6600]

Stunning, as always. The perfect compliment to a beautiful day in San Francisco (locked down, of course). Thank you and be well! 🧡

[@oklahomanorm2278]

I knew Henry several year ago. His full time job was transmission repair.

[@luizcristovaom.ferreira8617]

Amo vocês!

[@lizbane]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[@lelapatrick4768]

Exquisite

[@discwatcher6320]

I cry as I write this, just over 6 months after I lost a dear partner. Lord hear my prayer, and let perpetual light shine on those dearly departed.

[@TriumvirVespasianus]

🙏 Amen. DEO GRATIAS

[@paulziolo9241]

What a great performance of such a stunning motet, and what an incredible video! So well made. Thank you with all my heart! I’ve no words for this, so must borrow the words of another, surely well- known to us all: The poet wisheth well to the Divine Genius of Purcell and praiseth Him that, whereas Other musicians have given Utterance to the Moods of Man’s Mind, He hath, beyond that, Uttered in Notes the very Make and Species of Humanity as Created both in One and in All of us generally. HAVE, fair fallen, O fair, fair have fallen, so dear To me, so arch-especiàl a spirit as heaves in Henry Purcell, An age is now since passed, since parted; with the reversal Of the outward sentence low lays him, listed to a heresy, here. Not mood in him nor meaning, proud fire or sacred fear, Or love or pity or all that sweet notes not his might nursle: I'is the forgèd feature finds me; t'is the rehearsal Of own, of abrupt self there (that) so thrusts on, so throngs the ear. Let him Oh! with his air of angels then lift me, lay me! only I’ll Have an eye to the sakes of him, quaint moonmarks, to his pelted plumage under Wings: so some great stormfowl, whenever he has walked his while The thunder-purple seabeach plumèd purple-of-thunder, If a wuthering of his palmy snow-pinions scatter a colossal smile Off him, but meaning motion fans fresh our wits with wonder.

[@diogenesagogo]

Exquisite! What is the technical name for that two note trick he uses? No matter how often I hear it, I'm caught out every time. Ravishing!

[@ZephaniahL]

Tremolo?

[@magicarp79]

This is so pretty....

[@mcburcke]

Beautifully done, all! Despite the cognitive dissonance of watching a 6'4" soprano...😊

[@tkdjameson4201]

First

[@hidenorican6379]

Your heavenly voices seem to have brought us a deeper sleep at 3:30 AM in Japan

[@SergueiSergueievich]

Spain also.

[@howard5992]

The full text is just two lines - Hear my prayer, O Lord: and let my crying come unto thee.

[@deanandthebeans857]

Those chords are just incredible! Purcell’s music sounds 300 years ahead of its time.

[@ZephaniahL]

I should say our music is 330 years behind his, rather. Our music is chronologically further along than his, sure, but aesthetically barrelling down a declination.

[@deanandthebeans857]

@@ZephaniahL Sad but true

[@marudebaka6041]

So much for the old trope that Baroque music is just tonic-dominant-tonic-subdominant, etc.

[@janel342]

Look how the floor of heaven is thick inlaid With patines of bright gold; There’s not the smallest star that thou behol’st But in his motion like an angel sings’

[@avikatt]

Entering the gates of heaven

[@borleyboo5613]

Beautiful. Purcell and this wonderful choir. What a combo. Magical.

[@bigl5343]

And there is this, lol. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/apa8h2ptaJabfKs

[@alisonalcock5218]

Hair-raising, heart-aching, spirit soaring beauty; thank you beloved ones

[@davidmaddaford930]

"and the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, rose before God from the hand of the angel"

[@filomenamendes5349]

Once again outstanding! Greetings from Portugal!

[@Kaasperav]

What’s the name of the church?

[@burmesecolourneedles4680]

Fabulous! (But whilst I recognise that Voces8 are the very pinnacle, I wish modern singers wouldn't do that 'push' on each note, as some parts do on some notes here. It's unpleasant unless a deliberate expression or marked dynamic, and spoils the mood of pieces like this.)

[@hyram67]

Absolument… mais cela se comprend avec cette musique si expressionniste. Il faut savoir diriger avant tout ses affects individuels de chanteur vers la fusion harmonique et rythmique du groupe. Cette peut musique est fantastique!

[@francoismendy4163]

C'est beaux ce que vous chanté ,j'aime

[@paulwusteman1094]

The thing about Purcell is that just about everything he wrote is a show-stopper. He must have had off-days or times when he rushed something out for a client - but all his major works are edge-of-seat incredible eg Dido and Aeneas, which is 20 chart-toppers in a row. Even his run-of-the-mill theatre music is frequently obviously the work of a unique genius. There is no sphere of music for which he did not write eternal masterpieces eg the trio-sonatas.

[@davhuf3496]

Lovely as always!

[@friedegg-n8p]

One of the few pieces of music that gives me chills every time. You can hear genuine desperation in the music.

[@jorgeabatocab]

It's so wonderful when VOCES8 uses their voices to the Glory of God, may He bless and protect you, in Jesus' Holy Name I pray, Amen

[@ArcofNeptune]

Music is so blessed when it is to the Glory of God! Praise God!🙏🕊❤‍🔥

[@timothyj.bowlby5524]

How incredibly apt. Thanks.

[@mikeacrux]

Divine!

[@douglas2437]

Truly unbelievably talented composer. Dying at 36, it's not fair.

[@adamastorBassBar]

Same as Mozart.

[@stephenf5136]

Maybe the best recording - straight and pure enough to get the full picture of the extraordinary harmonies. But sung with steel in the voices so you get all the power too. Just sublime.

[@architecturallyblonde6132]

holy moley

[@frogmouth]

My favourite choral group.. stunning

[@jameshutchins3396]

Bravo! Magnificent !!!

[@donaldmembo2383]

Yawa that was awesome! The flow, the voice, the techniques..... 🥶 Chills

[@cola625]

I performed this in college as a tenor 1, absolutely one of my favorite pieces!

[@mikekay6124]

Is this St Stephen Walbrook?

[@samhughes5957]

can you do the faure requiem please

[@gabykappscomposermariagabr749]

Listen to those harmonies!!! They mustn't be very easy....

[@bigl5343]

Not easy at all. Baroque choral music is the most difficult to master according to the singers and voice professors I discussed the topic with. Baroque music stretched the boundaries of tonal harmony well-beyond that of Classical period and even most of Romantic period music. The extreme dissonance, complex form, and required singing technique such as using little or no vibrato truly makes Purcell difficult to execute.

[@Martthemaestro]

Beautiful beyond words.

[@renarhol]

This is ravishing!

[@Richter2138]

Perfection!

[@meljemzybayas1654]

Napakaganda!

[@hildelene3394]

Merci mille fois pour ce joyau !

[@mikeacrux]

Divine

[@sol5949]

Si beau, merci!

[@odilebams]

Très beau!

[@brosalind]

STUNNING AS ALWAYS! Seems you have uploaded this video a year ago? 😅

[@simibignall5688]

Sublime rendition of Psalm 102:1

[@r.r.9876]

Not bad, though I'm sure balance could be improved.

[@ms.c5606]

Absolutely beautiful.

[@mavisemberson8737]

Psalm 101 /102 KJV

[@mariastoltz-wahlforss4029]

Thank you!!!!!!!!

[@rcmiller510]

It sounds beautiful as always, but I find the "unsteady" cam highly distracting.

[@SergueiSergueievich]

I can't agree, sorry. Both tracks, music by Voces8, and cinematography are perfect. One cam, one take. A little 'unsteady', float cam will be more accurate, distracts you? Just the opposite for me. The striped down concept of only one cam, coming thru the ajar doors straight ahead, hanheld slow and solemn walk, yes slightly floating, and the final standing of three seconds, with the cameraman standing still as the center of an arc, the Voces8 arc, is just perfect. Also convenient for every one of us, poor spectators all over the World, web-looking, who, by this streamlined cinematography, allows every one of us to become the spectator, the only one attendant at the concert. What a princely privilege. Amazing, ineffable, awesome in their crude nakedness of means. BTW, I am sure that... Henry Purcell himself would be very very proud of you 8+1. Compliments Voces8 and Cinematographer1. A nine-part choir for once.

[@TheAuntieBa]

SergueiSergueievich I’m in absolute agreement with you and thank you for speaking up.

[@jonaspedersen5990]

Where is this filmed?