VOCES8: Angelus Ad Pastores Ait - Hieronymous Praetorius

[@Liwindo]

I can't even describe how grateful I am that such a less popular music with which not too much money is to be earned is performed with so much talent, passion and love. Keep it going!

[@ightwoman]

I can't even describe how grateful I am that such a seemingly convoluted reply expresses exactly, no, really, exactly, what I was feeling about this performance of such a pure motet ... Thank you

[@arspoliphonica]

M·A·R·A·V·I·LL·O·S·O·S 🎶❤🎶

[@fantastiskchow8830]

@liwindo @igtwoman you guys are soooo adorable :)

[@Hanfgurkenhasser]

Also love how the baritone got the "final say" in this piece. Such an underappreciated timbre. ;)

[@xiaoshou6752]

I also think it sounds amazing! I however noticed that those notes are the 'artistical liberty' of Voces8 as they are not on the score www.notamos.co.uk/scorefiles/146588.pdf. It remains a brilliant addition!

[@jancreelman6658]

I get to finally hear these guys live on Tuesday (Toronto peeps, October 11, 2022). So freakin' skilled are they...

[@bertramschworer4248]

Es ist eine Freude, mit welcher Begeisterung und innerer Anteilnahme diese jungen Menschen Vokalliteratur jeglicher Couleur und Stilrichtung zur Aufführung bringen und so mit den daran interessierten Menschen teilen.

[@ItalanFindart]

My great great compliments to KATIE!! I really like when she smiles in the while she is singing. I think that she worked a lot about this and I really appreciate. She is so pretty.

[@UkeOne]

Eight exquisite voices filling this huge church with a perfectly executed performance that would make Praetorius proud. If this is what to expect in heaven, please, Lord, keep the doors open until I get there. Thanks again, VOCES8, for another grand musical offering!

[@bertramschworer4248]

Dieses lebendige, auf einander hörende Zusammenspiel aller Stimmen ergibt ein Gesamtbild von höchster Qualität, was Intonation, Tempiwechsel und die musikalische Umsetzung und Gestaltung der textlichen Schwerpunkte anbetrifft. Zugegeben ein hartes Stück Arbeit für die Mitglieder dieses hervorragenden Ensembles, das für den Außenstehenden auf den ersten Blick nicht ersichtlich ist. Ich denke, dass dazu auch eine natürliche Begabung vorhanden sein muss, um den musikalischen Anforderungen stimmlich gerecht werden zu können. Nicht unerwähnt lassen möchte ich, was ich mit Gnadengabe umschreiben würde und verbunden mit der Hoffnung, dass die Mitglieder dieses Ensembles dieses auch so wahrnehmen können.

[@dountoothers7052]

Can't believe 8 angels can make heaven come to earth. What would choirs of angels sound like and heaven be like. Only time will tell. Will enjoy heaven on earth as long as possible.

[@ransomcoates546]

They are very good, unlike many KZbin polyphonic groups. The intonation is perfect and their shaping of the music very impressive. I especially like the strong tenor.

[@timtremblay8601]

Give Laud and Praise and Worship unto the Risen Christ who is with God the Father awaiting marching orders~! COME LORD JESUS~!!!

[@budimirzvolanek6234]

Correction: Jesus Christ doesn't wait for marching orders, because He is One with God the Father and the Holy Ghost, the Most Holy Trinity! Amen.

[@tourphil]

Wonderful. Listened to this (twice) while looking out at our beautiful quiet lake in Maine. What an inspiration.

[@helenpanshin5589]

ORIGINAL TEXT AND TRANSLATION: LATIN TEXT: Angelus ad pastores ait: annuntio vobis gaudium magnum, quia natus est vobis hodie Salvator mundi.' Alleluia. Parvulus filius hodie natus est nobis, et vocabitur Deus fortis. Alleluia. ENGLISH TRANSLATION: The angel said to the shepherds: 'I bring you tidings of great joy, for the Saviour of the world has been born to you today.' Alleluia. A tiny son is born to us today, and he shall be called Mighty God. Alleluia.

[@1Immortalmortal]

Thanks. Was going to have to search for these lyrics.

[@ceciliagincho6806]

Much thanks for posting the lyrics, both in latin and english. Very kind of you, really!

[@billw5497]

This is absolutely wonderful and the Rococo church is just as well.

[@richardtodd7295]

voces8 have become one of my favorites! Thank you to KZbin for a recommendation on the day it was published. As a former singer and music major, your voicing is exquisite and inspiring to me. As I listen, I hear a choir of 30. BRAVO!!!

[@garywait3231]

Beautiful!! Perfect balance and dynamics. Thanks .

[@CaskillsElliptic]

I keep trying to hit the "Like" button, only to discover I have already done so. Absolutely excellent.

[@nedhorner]

me too! LOL

[@cclsjhieber]

Your hard work in rehearsal shows with effortless blending, perfect intonation, such lifting and lilting lines. Thank you for blessing us with your passion and work!

[@SimonBeirne]

Lovely church.

[@JoaquimCarlosjoshua]

Wonderful. A million times wonderful. Love ❤️ you all.

[@andrewbeasley]

When a video starts with a Pavarotti advert you know it’s going to be good BUT this was great!

[@css-nc9zx]

absolutely heavenly

[@mariod7473]

looks like it was casual Friday at the Office....love VOCES8. Beautiful church.

[@paulgerards6494]

The woman with the black top looks stunning X !!! Her smile is HEAVEN !!!

[@julieclemons6701]

Ja wohl! I 💖 experiencing medieval times without the suffering of the real thing. God is good! Danke!

[@georgiv7154]

There is nothing medieval about this performance. Both church and music are very much from the baroque period...

[@lauriethompson740]

Yes Hieronymous Praetorius is right on the cusp of the high renaissance and the early baroque which is a truly excellent place to be if you ask me. Personally I find a lot of later sacred music, whilst highly accomplished and enjoyable, is not as 'spiritually beautiful' as this 'sweet spot' moment. There are plenty of exceptions of course e.g. Pergolesi's Stabat Mater

Beautiful 😊 thank you

[@alisonalcock5218]

It's so lovely to see you all so obviously enjoying making such beautiful music - as much as we enjoy listening to it. As always, wonderful

[@antoninopirrone2541]

❤️💕💕💕

[@coryburt6264]

A Voces8 run-through is bravura performance for anyone else. Amazing.

[@rdr8466]

Thanks so much for your beautiful concert in Königsberg in franconia. A wonderful evening, to hear you live in that precious church with a great program. A stunning perfomance which touched us very very much. Thanks for coming to our region which i hope you enjoyed as well.

[@as115476]

Beautiful piece performed exquisitely.

[@carlmcluhan1995]

Truly glorious.

[@stevenreckling203]

Some Christmas music I haven't heard before is always nice!

[@untersatz32]

Fantastic. I can’t imagine, how anyone may click dislike about this outstanding performance.

[@DevilCouldCare]

untersatz32 I like to think it's an accidental slip of the finger. But anhedonia is a thing, as is short attention span. Not to mention ideology.

[@joer5627]

Put in my earbuds and life is so gooood! Thank you My Granddaughter (3) loves your music. She was asking “Where are the people’s?” Nice setting also.

[@MarcusSteiger]

Of all songs performed by voces8 this is my favored. it even beat bach for me. i miss the voice of the blond one in the lineup

[@markmaynard6551]

Singularly Exquisite.

[@Just_Sara]

Damn, that was good! You guys are nearly mythological level now!!

[@55dbau]

Alleluia!!! So gorgeous.

[@borderlands6606]

This knocked both my socks off.

[@nedhorner]

Totally amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@narapo1911]

Exquisite!

[@Hanfgurkenhasser]

I KNEW I've seen that church before! You guys were right in front of me and I didn't even realise it. D:

[@andrewluker1046]

So gorgeous! It is fun to see you enjoying singing that beautiful piece in such a beautiful place! I love how the blending and coordination work so well with the voices supporting each other. Bravo!

[@Parbruek]

@4:05 That Alleluia though... Wow...

[@evamartinezpallares7012]

Congratulations from Spain.

[@JavierSanchez-tm7xo]

¡Qué voces tan bonitas y tan bien conjuntadas!

[@teamo1868]

💚 I haven't enough words to explain how amazing your job 💚💚💚💚

[@emmanuelmartin04]

Wow... Absolutely divine. Voces8 deserves to be amongst the biggest names in the classical world. It is already one of the best vocal ensembles out there. Hopeful to hear more of your beautiful music.

[@patenvanpaten]

¡Qué maravilla!

[@ellaleesvloggies1203]

this might be one of my favorite pieces by Voces8 so far. Keep up the amazing work

[@gramps2matt]

I liked how the singers are arranged in a "V" formation. Sopranos at the points then merging toward the Basses. Which is cool since many music lovers know the Bass part is the root of chords and ground of the other three sections.

[@johnhopper1736]

beautiful and magical

[@OrlaRodgers]

Magic 😍

[@edmundnschrag]

Happy birthday H. Prætorius! 460 years young.

[@kurtsiecolferites2160]

Such precision. Truly stunning!

[@alperrin9310]

Absolutely gorgeous - both the setting and the voices. Thank-you.

[@marceloadrianbustos5249]

Geniales como siempre.

[@cynthiarose1590]

Very, very nice...takes me back to my choir days.

[@GAR23LOVMUZ]

Beautiful 🎵

[@JaninaBatisheva]

Superb!

[@richardwozniak9808]

Gorgeous!

[@lucagalliano8460]

Fantastici!!!! ❤

[@AuriForda]

This is just perfect... 🙏❤️

[@bothcarmen9917]

Very Nice! Superb! Thank You! A beautiful and blessed day! 🌹🌹🌹

[@bernhardkirchner5447]

verrry nice!!

[@pb9548]

Why isn’t there a love button on KZbin?

[@BrendaOwens]

This would be the perfect time to use it!!! LOVE ❤️

[@romearomeo]

Fantastico 🤩

[@jannoordijk7055]

Super!!!!

[@feinsteinkazoos]

Brilliant!

[@PauloCesarMaiadeAguiar]

Divine This .UNIQUE

[@maldiabdulaziz167]

Love it

[@sinagabonor9530]

Ehh ada bapak maldehhh

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

I love this. I don't know what the text is about, but the music is beautiful.

[@ariston8368]

"Angelus ad pastores ait" means "an angel said to the shepherd", so it tells the story of Christs birth

[@MusicBear51]

Amazing 😉!! I just wish you could zoom in on the singers a bit more. Keep up the great videos.

[@Parbruek]

Angelus ad pastores ait: The angel cried to the shepherds: "Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum, I announce to you a great joy, quia natus est vobis hodie Salvator mundi. since today is born to you the Savior of the world." Alleluia. Parvulus filius hodie natus est nobis, Today a small son is born to us, et vocabitur Deus fortis. a he will be called mighty God. Alleluia.

[@alexsandronascimento9048]

Bravo!

[@Klebkuchen]

Supa Mucke. Die Stimmen sind perfekt aufeinander abgestimmt, so dass eine hohe Transparenz erreicht wird.

[@alqasar]

bravi, bravi, bravi e ancora bravi!!

[@amandaminardi257]

never clicked on a video so fast

[@MitchBoucherComposer]

fastest click in the west

[@emncaity]

heard _that_

[@HickoryDickory86]

🥰

[@meplenn]

My comment was in the first 10 comments. The first on all of their videos ❤❤❤😂😂😂😂

[@dscottsw1]

❤️

[@あやったで]

たまんねぇ〜〜〜〜〜

[@kmmbs1]

Glorious antidote to a horrible world..

[@themusicalgoff]

I would die if y'all did Lux Aurumque by Eric Whitacre

[@keescanalfp5143]

die? y die?

[@themusicalgoff]

@@keescanalfp5143 because i love it

[@uhhuhsure]

Would you try a rendition of "Heyr himna smiður" please?

[@javajoe5124]

Yes!

[@Dombarable]

brilliant as always. nevertheless, shorts are not allowed in the house of prayer!!!

[@b49P23TIvg]

Yes, God cares what we wear. Dropping bombs is A-OK.

[@Dombarable]

@@b49P23TIvg aha. Drop your pants and go to church, Adam.

[@brucekuehn4031]

That thought passed through my mind. A little too much like a group of tourists? And I believe that there is still a dress code at the Vatican, Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s Basilica - no knees, no shoulders, no hats.

[@sarahcopt1970]

You should sing QUANTA QUALIA by Patrick Hawes 😍😍

[@sarahcopt1970]

@Daniel White on thank you ! I'm so glad you tell me !

[@RalphPriessman]

Win 10 - to zoom, use Ctrl + mouse roller

[@marklee7864]

This is an orginal classical♥

[@musiclover148]

Whenever their volume level increases, I'm getting a lot of microphone feedback / unpleasant buzz. This isn't the first video of theirs which has this distracting noise. I don't think it's in my little speakers, since I don't hear this noise in other videos. Too bad, because this would otherwise be so great.

[@EduardQualls]

I didn't get that effect from any of the pc's or systems I've played this on. It could be your speakers, but it could also be your sound driver. If yours has a graphic equalizer, try lowering the level set for the highest frequency band. When playing from a browser, there could be three volume levels involved: (1) the playback level (within KZbin); (2) the "volume mixer" value set for the browser, itself, by the operating system; and (3) possibly, the volume set on the speakers, themselves (some earphones don't have their own volume-setting capacity). So, it could be noise generated by a bad mix between/among those volume settings. I've found that if the computer's volume is set too high (Macs are bad about this; PCs, not so much), either browser's or the speakers' volume setting can cause too much power to be sent to the speakers' magnets and this causes problems. [Having a graphic equalizer in the mix can add to the volume conundrum.] It's generally best to have the PC's setting as high as possible for the browser, then lower the signal with the KZbin volume control and that on the speakers. This allows maximally detailed digital signal to go to the device driver for processing, then those other controls can lower the expressed, analog audio signal (sent to the speaker/earphone magnets) to levels that won't over-stress the speakers.

[@musiclover148]

@@EduardQualls Hey, you went to a lot of trouble to write all that! I'm glad you can't send me a bill, because I probably couldn't afford you. Sure, it would be great to have higher-quality speakers, but as I mentioned, I haven't noticed said problem with other music videos, only theirs.

[@lowroar5127]

Love when you perform with more casual clothes

[@lestherp.7934]

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[@billjohnson9452]

As always for VOCES8, a great listen, excellent blend and balance, exquisite precision on the fast passages, and so on. One minor criticism: this isn't an appropriate piece on which to swELL into voWELs as though it was an Anglican anthem being sung in St. Paul's. Greater clarity on the long notes would make an excellent performance even better.

[@1earflapping]

Sure, it's a spendid church, but we're here for the singers. Who are like 3 pixels high here.

[@lukegehring8331]

Beautiful. Just wish they had dressed for the occasion.

[@r1p2m32]

Ah.. Sweet music -- before Klaus, Bill, and their injection-friends.

[@TheChiesa]

Wonderful performance as such - but out of respect for the location, the singers should have put some effort on their apparel. The bunch is not a tourist group dropping in yet another church on the tour - or did the recording take them by surprise? This is first and foremost a place consecrated for venerating God so bare legs and shoulders are an eyesore no matter how angelic their voices are.

[@budimirzvolanek6234]

Beautiful church and singing, but they have no place standing in front of the altar with their back to the Most Sacred Altar Sacrament! Sacralage! They need to be on the choir loft and face the altar. And dress appropriately to be in the house of God which is not a concert hall ...

[@Stadtpark90]

I get what you are trying to say, but I simply don’t care about that the same way you do. They are facing the camera, and so is the altar, both for obvious reasons: having everything in one shot with them at the center of the church enhances the experience. If there was a god, he’d be in their voices. If there was a god, he’d be looking into their hearts and not what they are wearing. I actually like their casual wear: it makes them approachable. If anything, it shows how at home someone can feel in a church, which in turn makes church seem more approachable. There’s nothing wrong about that. Even when I try to look at it differently, it doesn’t change my mind: For all I care this could very well be their Sunday-garb - they are comfortable recording in it, so it probably expresses their personal view of being dressed appropriately. If they’d be wearing makeup and jewelry it would be as cocky as wearing sack and ash. And I certainly like flat shoes - but that’s a different story.

[@budimirzvolanek6234]

@@Stadtpark90 Careful in what you are saying, your eternal soul might be in danger. The Omnipotent God sees in YOUR heart and might not appreciate what He finds. The church is His place made for people to worship Him and be respectful. The singers and some listeners are not fully respectful in this instance. Nonbelievers & disrespectful people have no place in the Holy space of the church unless they repent and join the Catholic Church which is Jesus Christ's Body. I wish you well, amen.

[@frjimt2286]

such a beautiful setting, beautiful voices, too bad they little regard for the church in their shorts, dressed down outfits....

[@danielclayton9433]

Frjim T they were probably rehearsing... that’s Ohk for them to dressed for that. And yes they recorded it this way to make them human and just like us. I love it! Plus, you don’t have to be super dressed up or dressed up at all to go to a church, no matter how beautiful. The poorest and sickest are allowed to go to the church dressed in what they have. So really the clothes have nothing to do with this. Very shallow look at what’s really going on.

[@johngrider737]

Yeah because Jesus had only the best dressed as his disciples

[@keats27]

gals and one male alto I think, overpowering the harmony again...cmon learn how to listen. You sopranos can't be forte even when it says fff. I love you guys, but your opera training is, in many places, hurting you more than it helps. In some places the harmony is jaw-dropping, but in others it's like...the director needs to be SHUSHING you.