VOCES8 Scholars: Surge, illuminare, Jerusalem by G. P. Palestrina

The VOCES8 Scholars perform Palestrina's motet 'Surge, illuminare, Jerusalem' at the VOCES8 Centre in London.
The VOCES8 Scholarship is a continued professional development opportunity provided by VOCES8. There are eight annual scholarships in the UK and twelve annual scholarships in the US. More information is available at voces8.com/sch...
TEXT
Surge, illuminare, Jerusalem,
quia venit lumen tuum,
et gloria Domini super te orta est.
Quia ecce tenebrae operient terram
et caligo populos.
Super te autem orietur Dominus
et gloria eius in te videbitur.
TRANSLATION
Arise, shine O Jerusalem;
for thy light is come,
and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth,
and gross darkness the people:
but the Lord shall arise upon thee,
and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

[@jo4stuco914]

Nothing like a Palestrina motet to make your day a bit more beautiful...thank you, VOCES8 Scholars!

[@alisonalcock5218]

How wonderful, such beautiful voices, such beautiful music; thank you for such glory

[@brummiesalteno-81]

Just glorious! What wonderful sound to start the day.

[@hjkaye]

Only one word: sublime OK, two: perfection

[@cht2162]

Celestial voices

[@butterflybeatles]

I feel relaxed and at peace while listening to this. How much more glorious to listen while in a cathedral. I wonder if they built churches for the acoustic value.

[@donnaj9964]

They did indeed, and if it's not a lost art now it's certainly a vanishing one. Music was regarded as one of the highest forms of prayer, and so it had to be performed exquisitely and heard extremely accurately.

[@luispatricio3884]

Wonderfully performed! Congratulations!

[@FruitofSilence]

❤ simultaneously translucent and iridescent - shimmering lucidity!

[@epukiro15]

Exquisite!

[@donnaj9964]

Delightful--some wonderful up-and-coming talent here!

[@markfortuin7111]

Beautiful & poetic

[@corlisscrabtree3647]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@robertjeantaylor3395]

What an inspiration to see twenty-somethings singing this style of music and loving it!!

[@luciasona2231]

Bravissimi come sempre ! Aspettavo la ricomparsa delle voci angeliche che rendono prezioso questo lunedì. Grazie ❤

[@SAM-fm5mc]

Absolutely beautiful. ❤

[@malc121]

Amazing and beautiful ❤❤❤

[@SimonBeirne]

Sublime.

[@lydiawonham]

Wow you sound stunning guys 🧡✨

[@annturner8515]

Precioso!!!

[@Moise2592]

We pray for the peace of Jerusalem and Palestine 🇵🇸./amen./Moshe.

[@ians421]

A beautiful and moving performance. Thank you for sharing it.

[@chrst7346]

and they keep coming! ❤Voces surgent orbem illuminare terrarum! ❤

[@Fjeksncv]

Великолепно

[@ziegenmilch1]

Amazing!

[@nicolaasstam1611]

Wonderful!❤

[@jagrattle]

excellent!

[@thorwaldhey7349]

Wunderschön!

[@wshaw1240]

Soulful voices at 10pm

[@frankorusso]

Evocativo!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🖖

[@user-ru6bj6xs9n]

❤❤❤

[@Jen39x]

Gave me shivers it was so beautiful

[@stefg211]

Sublime!! Than you.

[@JohannesElias100]

😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 Thank you so much!

[@segioluizmirandamello6173]

Sou do Brasil Acompanho todos seus vídeos Isto sim da oportunidade a outros Membros da escola.

[@fulgenjbatista4640]

❤

[@lucianamattanathome9821]

Lindo demais.

[@RhenYTB]

Simplement : divin !

[@wacawlubinski5218]

👍❤🙏

[@thesaucegroup1877]

Francis!

[@billbingham2430]

The height of Renaissance music.

[@Just_Sara]

That was really just lovely to listen to, you guys. :) I'm curious, and am asking this question not just for myself but for others after me - why was one soprano standing way over on the other side?

[@sophietaylordenton]

A totally valid question; the piece is written for double choir so the choir stands in the formation SATBBTAS to capture the back and forth between each choir :)

[@nelsonkwei6654]

One of the tenor looks like Tan France from Queer Eyes …..

[@WillieMontgomery-h9i]

Kessler Fall