VOCES8: The Lamb by John Tavener

[@Harpmary]

Utter vocal and choral perfection. The shifts between the dissonance and unison are mind blowingly good!

[@NehaChindu]

Such rich dissonances by Tavener, with such gentle placidity by Voces8...❤ The perfect combination to rouse all your emotions😊

[@ndumi5124]

I’m so happy Voces8 has performed this incredible piece! I hope we get it in their upcoming album.

[@davionhambrick8627]

To be able to blend and tune this piece the way you did…holy cow. So moving. So beautify. Just waves of peace washing over my soul!

[@mh605]

Absolutely beautiful. This piece often brings me to tears with its transcendent beauty.

[@thayes8334]

Magnificent performance of this beautiful piece! Thank you!

[@donnaj9964]

What a beautiful read! I love Tavener; those passing dissonances are simply delicious. Thank you so much!

[@jaapvanlille4791]

Such a heavenly sound and so nice to see the new soprano taking her place.

[@jcvc161]

@@jaapvanlille4791 Ailsa Campbell is still sub here. New soprano Eleonora Poignant should start these days.

[@leslieeden8886]

So, so moving. I just want to keep listening to it over and over - both for your voices and for its sublime message.

[@azhyrbooth5982]

This is wonderful and beautiful and perfect! Thank you so much for singing this!❤

[@eddykingma]

Martha Troly-Curtin once wrote in one of her books the line: "The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time". Every time I listen to one of the songs sung by Voces8 Every time I listen to the beautiful voices of Voces 8 Every time I write down a few words I never feel like I'm wasting my time.❤

[@rosesanders9191]

Utterly sublime.

[@drpangloss6725]

Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!!!!

[@alisonalcock5218]

Words, music and your sublime voices, just so very beautiful; tears are flowing........

[@timothymalone7067]

Continued thanks for sharing the gift of your voices. This indeed beautiful.

[@rachelbierly2851]

I sang this in college more than 20 years ago (ouch). I loved this piece and all the work we put into it.

[@CaresinVerse]

I sang in a girl’s choir in high school and I thought we were somewhat good, but not anywhere near what VOCES8 is capable of. I revere this incredible group of the finest singers I ever heard. 🎶

[@larrymiller4]

I used to have my favorite rock bands. Now that they have all died off, and I gained more of an education and appreciation of music, I now turn to my go-to "band," voces8. It takes a lot of work, talent, and dedication to be this consistently high-quality...and soooo enjoyable. I have been through every possible genre from my childhood (1950's), classical, jazz, folk, rock, Grateful Dead, "world" music, big-bands & standards, country, blues, Bulgarian choirs, Frank Zappa, and anything else I had an eclectic taste for...and these days I'm lovin' me some choral, and the top of the heap, imo, is voces8, so many thanks. Blake, get a haircut.

[@MrBillmechanic]

NO!!!! BLAKE, DO NOT GET A HAIRCUT !!!! You are one of the most manly, masculine, competent, and talented a capella singers / musicians that God has put on this earth. Yes......even beautiful, for a man. SO KEEP THAT HAIR ! This rendition of Tavener's "The Lamb" is no less than reference standard, and worthy of diligent study for choirs wishing to sing this piece. Few people realize that singers of VOCES8 caliber are elitist athletes who must keep their physical bodies in shape, and who constantly work to increase their breathing capacity and breath control. This rendition of "The Lamb" is amazing, bringing tears to one's eyes. I have never before heard some of the phrases of this piece held for so long a time, with such precision of tone and shaping of sound from crescendo to diminuendo..........with complete control.

[@theronwolf3296]

At 75 I find that I can slide from one musical form to another just as easily as I can go from one type of food to another. Tonight I started with Mississippi Fred McDowel and wound up here.

[@jeffrogers210]

I have taken tat same trip, and arrived at the same place. Have mercy they are good!

[@irishrosa6115]

A favorite for years. ❤

[@RobertAMRoss]

The best rendition ever!! Bravissimi tutti!!

[@cynthiat6505]

You could hear overtones during this performance. Wow! You are the best!

[@NZKiwi87]

Ohhh this takes me back to choir days - loved it!

[@seanmorgan5661]

Words fail me! ❤❤

[@frankorusso]

Che stranissima armonia! Voi sempre eccezionali!!! 👏👏👏🙏🖖

[@sjc1821]

Just wonderful.....🎉

[@speakertreatz]

thanks very much for uploading

[@oscarlopezsoler5239]

Que maravilla! Sólo puedo decir gracias, gracias, gracias!

[@wshaw1240]

A wonderful way to finish the evening and a gift of Tavener music so sublime pre birthday. Thankyou

[@klauspetersen5332]

alle Tugenden, besonderen Fähigkeiten, die dieses Ensemble auszeichnen, kommen hier in hoher Vollendung zur Erscheinung Das außerordentlich hohe Niveau ist immer das gleiche. Kann man nur bewundern...

[@Lisa-fj7uq]

Utterly stunning! ❤

[@giannifazio990]

Meraviglioso equilibrio d insieme nelle varie dinamiche del piano ..difficile quanto eccezionale.. Emozionante ...complimenti..bravi

[@adamprotz]

Omg Voces8 doing The Lamb 🥰🥰

[@stagnantmilk]

this is my favourite choir song and you guys sang it beautifully yay :) I’m listening to this at 6am before the sun rises what a lovely way to start a day

[@DS246416]

beautiful!

[@vsobko]

Дуже дякую! Молодці!

[@eaglewings-tn2rw]

So beautifully done.

[@alandoran9891]

Really beautiful 🤗

[@Tunerbill]

I loved this anthem from the first time I sang it with my church choir! You sing it so beautifully! Thank you

[@edby263]

Likewise

[@NZKiwi87]

It’s amazing to hear all these years later. Also, I never actually ‘heard’ it as we were performing it, so it’s amazing to hear what it actually sounds like to the listening ear! Except I’m sure our attempt was vastly inferior to this beauty 🎶

[@derekdee9592]

Fabulous sound xx

[@MarjiZintz]

Perfection.

[@Waldlaeufer70]

We sung this piece back in around 2004 in the "Elizabethan Singers" in Zurich. We had some problems with the intonation in the inversion (mirror image), though. Beautifully sung here! :)

[@fulgenjbatista4640]

❤ Most beautiful Thank you ❤

[@MaryFord-f4d]

I've died and gone to heaven.❤

[@oldman1517]

Thank you

[@malc121]

An amazing performance by you all in one word perfection 👏🏻❤️

[@AndyNelson-s2g]

This is truly wonderful

[@cristinafenn3548]

Amazing! Thank you!❤

[@emilytolman46]

Beautiful!!!❤

[@eduardlooser281]

Wie wunderbar!

[@johnpaulhumphrey2981]

The structure reminds me of Funeral Ikos, where you have unison, then dissonance, then these meltingly beautiful chords. I have a hard time getting into Tavener's longer works, but this is unreal

[@elvismangaretto488]

Semplicemente fantastici. Grazie ❤

[@MikeMagTech]

Just....wow!

[@juanandresorteganavarro5650]

Nada que se os resista. Sois extraordinarios, disfrutando con la dificultad. A vuestros pies maestros!!!

[@scottf2199]

Absolutely wonderful! Our amateur choir tried out this piece during rehearsal a couple of years ago, and the close discordance was well beyond our ability! Amazingly well done!!!

[@its_not_it_apostrophe_s]

The breath control isn't easy either!

[@elisabethkeller7558]

Beautifull, thank you!

[@susanmacnaughton6033]

Sublime. Thank you.

[@ginacrusco234]

I knew this piece as the soundtrack to the opening scene of "The Great Beauty" but I had no idea of its source. Thank you for this hauntingly sublime performance of the work.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

It is interesting to see how someone already 500 years ago tried with dissonances, not seeking a total harmony all the time. And as always VOCES8 are superb in their singing.

[@rudolffritzroessle6581]

Die Auflösung immer wieder in den himmlischen Klang finde ich sehr gut. 🎼

[@survivorofdeath]

Thank you all for your beautiful voices. I saw Molly's dad, Timothy, years ago in the late 90s playing the organ for the Canterbury Cathedral Choir. I was a member of Atlanta, GA Cathedral off St Phillip and they all visited us. My grandmother and my father traveled from out of state to visit especially for the concert. Voces8 is indeed a perfect harmony of songs that has healed me through the deaths and separations of people who I will love in my life. I cannot thank you all enough. Blessings!

[@Robert_Herring]

Wow.

[@Babbajune]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Beautiful!

[@claudinebos6266]

🙏🧡

[@Parzival-Ensemble]

Absolutely amazing!!! @Voces8 is some of you leading the breath ins etc.? I couldn´t spot one of you doing a tiny bit of "conducting" here :O

[@timandellenmoran1213]

Nice 👍

[@miquelom]

I don't know if the song, Funeral Canticle, from Tavener, would also be within their vocal range?

[@drkdrk7]

The blind cannot see your beautiful dresses and suits. They only hear your frequencies.

[@gritamozoliene1273]

❤❤❤

[@mellifergold]

🙏🕯️

[@BlueSky-eb2sv]

These harmonies are so incredibly beautiful ❤❤

[@thedreadtyger]

As it turns out, He made me too. Even me. But how well pleased He must be by this!

[@davidolson911]

Reverential and sophisticated at the same time.

[@wacawlubinski5218]

...to bardzo trudna Kompozycja. Jednak Mistrzowie się tym delektują. A my skromnie dajemy się porwać. Dziękuję. ❤🙏

[@azriel8549]

This is wonderful music, awesome performed, but i feel infinetly sad hearing this piece.

[@johncummings7802]

Who is new soporano?

[@jcvc161]

Ailsa Campbell is still sub here. New soprano Eleonora Poignant should start these days.

[@Lep_Short]

While i do appreciate this one i like the previous variation VOCES8 did better kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4XGqXSoZtSMrposi=IIdAEm-iQTJb0sEJ

[@Cecilialee__]

Oh no this....🥹🥺😭

[@Bess1201]

aw, I don't like that one.... the eerie melody sounds like some frequency out of the Poltergeist movies Oo

[@mh605]

The dissonances, that then resolve into consonances, are meant to convey the wonder, the awe and the mystery of the Incarnation--that (as Christians believe) Jesus came down from heaven and was born as a human being just to be with us humans. God with us.

[@stevejeffryes5086]

Discordance is a bad thing

[@wtburns01]

I have to agree. The color of this piece is unsettling. Perhaps, given the title, that's the point. Still, not a pleasant piece, to my ears. Well sung, here, no doubt. Just sitting uncomfortably on my hearing.

[@drkdrk7]

listen to a boy and a girl rendition, then listen to this rendition again. your perception will change.

[@MrBillmechanic]

NOT HARDLY !!

[@glgaws]

Wirklich sehr schön und voller Spannung. Gratulation zu dieser tiefgehenden Interpretation!!!

[@michaelpatterson5811]

"Bad" for what, or who? Ever listened to JS Bach, Steve?