William Byrd's Lullaby - The Tallis Scholars

Noticed this version of this wonderful composition is nowhere on youtube and decided to create my first video of this beautiful rendition...hope you enjoy it...

[@ieuanjones4468]

I adore choral music. Thank you for uploading this I am forever discovering new/old composer's.

[@nrt6]

Thank you for your lovely comment! I'm glad you like it, one of my favourites!

[@patriciastellanova504]

many thanks for posting this lovely piece. you have given a gift to all who would not have had a chance to bask in this beauty.

[@nrt6]

patricia stellanova thank you so much for such a lovely comment! I'm so touched! I'm so glad someone feels this way! It's such a beautiful piece i couldn't help but share it and spread the serenity and joy it brought me..

[@romearomeo]

Magnifico! Sublime! Divino!

[@arguspanoptes9510]

I've got this by the Tallis Scholars on CD . always great. Thank you

[@nrt6]

Michael Marshall oh wow! Absolutely love it!

[@howardchasnoff208]

just exquisite. Great version of this madrigal

[@nrt6]

Howard Chasnoff thank you!

[@paulcaswell2813]

Byrd wrote a lovely setting for keyboard also - gorgeous.

[@rjwusher]

Would you know where the keyboard version of this piece was published? I'd love to play this on my spinet.

[@paulcaswell2813]

Presumably in Musica Britannica (see if you legally photocopy from your reference library). No sign at Petrucci yet - but I'm still looking!

[@najat5779]

nrt6 I surely did enjoy it and then some, thank yoy kindly for uploading!

[@nrt6]

Najat57 you're very welcome and thank you for liking my video! It's a beautiful piece!

[@cornooijen]

Beautiful

[@carlpasha]

I used to own a cd by The Amaryllis Consort. The most perfect way (for me, at any rate.) to drift off to sleep. I must find it or obtain a new copy! Many thanks for reminding me what a pleasure this genre of music can be. On reflection, a bit of a guilty pleasure for a hairy bloke who listens to Devo, The Stranglers, Sisters of Mercy, etc, etc!

[@nrt6]

carlpasha you’re very welcome! Thank you for sharing your experience and do get a copy of The Amaryllis Consort!

[@glennmoots6556]

Also a lovely recording by the Princeton Singers. Here are stanzas 1, 3, and 4, which turn from the lament for Herod's slaughter of the innocents to the victorious Christ. Be still, my blessed Babe, though cause Thou hast to mourn, Whose blood most innocent to shed the cruel king has sworn; And lo, alas! behold what slaughter he doth make, Shedding the blood of infants all, sweet Saviour, for Thy sake. A King, a King is born, they say, which King this king would kill. Refrain: O woe and woeful heavy day when wretches have their will! Lulla, la-lulla, lulla, lullaby. Lo, lo, my little Babe, be still, lament no more: From fury Thou shalt step aside, help have we still instore; We heavenly warning have some other soil to seek; From death must fly the Lord of life, as lamb both mild and meek; Thus must my Babe obey the king that would Him kill. Refrain. But thou shalt live and reign, as sibyls [prophets] hath foresaid, As all the prophets prophesy, whose mother, yet a maid And perfect virgin pure, with her breasts shall upbread Both God and man that all hath made, the Son of heavenly seed, Whom caitiffs none can 'tray, whom tyrants none can kill. Refrain.

[@michelrabaey5488]

Geweldig mooi gezongen.

[@nrt6]

Michel Rabaey dank je :)

[@Polomokipo23]

William Bird ( Londres 1539/1540-1623 Londres ) S LULLABY-THE TALLIS SCHOLARS Sublime magnifique quelle voix une pure merveille merci pour cette video.

[@nrt6]

Polomokipo23 de rien c'est mon plaisir!

[@iQuation]

on the music of William Byrd (poem) William had the knack / because words / were so important to him / to wrap the music around them / this meant / he could do / any emotion in the gamut / he could be happy / he could be sad / and anything in between / and on the sad side / he could really / dwell into / the very many shades / and extremes of / agony / deep regret / penitence / or emotional de-reliction and the texts / really / authentically express themselves / through beautifully contrived music / you stop worrying / about being / in a horribly dead / concert hall go right / into the middle of the music / the splendid polyphony / on Renaissance sanctuaries in matching colors / atmosphere / and texture-s just makes / a colossal difference / forget / lose everything / small-minded acoustics / syntaxis of violent injustice / metaphysics of lamenting in- equalities / don't feel / the distressing / jet lag the music / carries you away / divinely ad infinitum / unto / blissful perpetuity of / exalted / sublime joy

[@el7284]

This is from Peter and Charles's conversation in the documentary Playing Elizabeth's Tune

[@MedievalRichard]

Splendid.

[@nayakee1]

Yes, exquisite! Thank you.

[@nrt6]

Naya Kee you're very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[@maryburman2592]

Perfect

[@wolframhuttermann7519]

Very interesting!

[@margielyons6282]

Magnificent Photos of the Church Interior ! Simply Grandiose . I Love Byrd's Lullaby Even Though it is I Believe the Saddest and Most Heartbreaking Choral Piece Ever Written -- And Lo, Alas Behold-- What Slaughter He is Making -- Shedding the Blood of Infants -- For Thy Sake . Thank You for Uploading This . They Sing It Beautifully .

[@nrt6]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed it! One of my favourites!

[@awyliu]

IMHO Tompkin's setting of When David Heard is pretty high up in the sad stakes too.

[@369maja]

💖

[@CanaldeArquitetura]

coro sinistro, mas gostei.

[@p.e.gottrocks4528]

Getting sleepy here

[@GrootsieTheDog]

Wish there was a something in the video description about the photos that are used - the location + photographer.

[@nrt6]

Cosmo Spacemonkey i just used google at the time i made this video

[@rupert99]

thank you for the exquisite music but which church is depicted in the picture ?

[@nrt6]

rupert sackville thank you so much for the comment. I'm afraid i don't know which Churches these are. They're just images i googled and saved :)

[@pierref.8423]

First two images - Basilica Notre-Dame de Fourvière in Lyon.Third image - Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. No idea as to the third one.

[@3abdulmesii7]

I believe the final image is from the Cathedral in Burgos, Spain.