Ola Gjeilo - The Rose

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Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo is bringing warmth and comfort this holiday season with a new album called Winter Songs. Available here: decca.lnk.to/wintersongsID
Combining choir, piano and strings, this album reimagines beloved carols, alongside brand new compositions which evoke the spirit of winter. Christmas favourites such as ‘The First Nowell’, ‘The Holly and the Ivy’ and ‘Silent Night’ alternating with beautiful Gjeilo works such as ‘The Rose’ and ‘Ecce Novum’ - balancing the new and the familiar in perfect harmony.
Ola Gjeilo says: “I’ve always wanted to do a Christmas album and I’m so excited to get to share these winter-inspired tracks, 15 collaborations with the amazing Choir of Royal Holloway and 12 Ensemble.”
The new recording features Ola Gjeilo on piano, the Choir of Royal Holloway, and 12 Ensemble - a collection of London’s finest and most exciting chamber musicians. The conductor is Rupert Gough, Director of Choral Music and College Organist at Royal Holloway since 2005.
Music video for The Rose. (C) 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
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@ronlivaudais6523 6 жыл бұрын

Can you imagine Ola and Eric Whitacre putting together their creative juices?

@jaquandajackson7752 4 жыл бұрын

Just no. I don't have the heart for it.

@e.wallacerobin7000 4 жыл бұрын

i would perish instantly in fact

@wonderlasting 4 жыл бұрын

Eh, no thanks. I don't think Ola should contaminate himself like that.

@wonderlasting 4 жыл бұрын

@@noahmoment Not at all. I do not exaggerate my claims when I say that this guy became an assembly line sell-out of a composer when he realized he could make the big bucks writing for amateur groups. In other words, his "artistry" went out the window when that pretty boy celebrity got too much publicity. No thanks, I'd rather listen to good choral music. I know many of his choral works and have played a lot as accompanist for choirs. So your knee-jerk claim that I'm uninformed is rather pretentious if I might say so. As for his instrumental, I have no opinion because I do not know them.

@hc9078 4 жыл бұрын

Joseph Pena If I may speak. I get where you’re coming from, and myself as a person, not bias, as I don’t find any reason to be. Claiming Eric is a “pretty boy sell-out” is kind of throwing it out there. His choral works are actually quite decent. He has his own flow in his work, that many people don’t understand well. I respect your opinion, it’s just that I don’t see Eric as that type of composer.

@erlendlangseth4672 6 жыл бұрын

I was going to listen to all his pieces. This was the first one. I am stuck on repeat here now, can't proceed.

@christinaderinconada 5 жыл бұрын

I've done that same thing with "Sacred Heart". Love this composer

@GinzaGeorge 5 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful response!

@kemicoker2147 4 жыл бұрын

You need to go to northern lights! It’ll absolutely take your breath away

@jodily 4 жыл бұрын

Same!

@yufanghuang5089 4 жыл бұрын

Same!agree

@Kaffeebaum 6 жыл бұрын

I also love how it goes from 12/8 to 9/8 to 6/8 like the bars are withering away... Great piece of music

@alucardsblkgf2082 4 жыл бұрын

Schlabbes wow I didn’t really think about that but yeah it’s a beautiful piece 💓

@N_Skoronski 4 жыл бұрын

Huh, I never thought about it that way! Before, I kind of wished it would go back to 12/8 (like ending in the opening key) but I like your way better.

@agnesepasko2884 4 жыл бұрын

@@N_Skoronski u kenqatu ju pa

@WrulfWroar 3 жыл бұрын

@@N_Skoronski technically, two 6/8 measures are 12/8, such as two 2/4 could be 4/4.

@chrisvanschothorst8075 3 жыл бұрын

The entire piece could be in 3/8, the piano part has a bass note every 3 beats. It would not really affect the piece I think.

@ZackTheGiant 6 жыл бұрын

The Rose The lily has a smooth stalk, Will never hurt your hand; But the rose upon her brier Is lady of the land. There's sweetness in an apple tree, And profit in the corn; But lady of all beauty Is a rose upon a thorn. When with moss and honey She tips her bending brier, And half unfolds her glowing heart, She sets the world on fire. - Christina Rossetti

@akrobeau 4 жыл бұрын

In between the first stanza and second stanza (i don’t know what it’s called in songs so i’m using poetry terms) there is a verse identical to the last one.

@raphaelkelly861 4 жыл бұрын

@@akrobeau maybe similar/equivalent to a chorus?

@colbymontigue4032 3 жыл бұрын

@@akrobeau The writer uses the last verse in between verse one and two as a chorus like verse, but they have written out the original text. It's common to use text this way in choral and even clssical. Gjeilo also loves using this technique often.

@janeczkaprosperity 3 жыл бұрын

I'm 444

@catherinenicol6671 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks you very very much 👍😇

@kunal-ko 5 жыл бұрын

Is this what they play in heaven?

@coybi 4 жыл бұрын

I am most certain they do. Otherwise I'm not going.

@lucasslash1000 4 жыл бұрын

This is a romantic song. Romantism is not a style that makes God happy, because it overestimate feelings instead of the reason. Feelings are mutable, reason isn’t. God likes baroque and medieval pieces.

@alejandrom.4680 4 жыл бұрын

Lucas Fernandes God may like Impressionism and Romanticism. They get the feelings to another level, and even expressing feelings that you couldn’t appreciate with medieval or baroque style

@oliviakate944 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure he plays all sorts of classical music, as long as it is clean and is uplifting

@grant9960 4 жыл бұрын

no this is what they play in purgatory to bore people

@isaacsureshkumar8720 2 жыл бұрын

Ola Gjeilo loves the Altos

@ryanjordan6295 4 ай бұрын

They whose glowing hearts are only half-unfolded.

@RoeBonebrake 2 ай бұрын

In. My experience with more modern composers they tend to give the altos a lot more interesting parts compared to just putting us on the same note for a while page

@mariamokhova6684 Ай бұрын

Like Bach😅

@victoriaxhokaxhiu1329 Ай бұрын

as an alto, we love gjeilo

@alyssc01 26 күн бұрын

As everyone should. Lol

@skylarelizabeth2541 3 жыл бұрын

I clicked on this on a whim. Best decision I've ever made

@NoeliaJones 5 жыл бұрын

The harmony unfolds like a blooming rose, very inspiring 🌹

@authenticmusic4815 3 жыл бұрын

Unfolds? Rather does nothing at all lmfao 6-5-4-5-6-5-2-5-6 Boom lmfaoo

@kennichdendenn 2 жыл бұрын

@@authenticmusic4815 how interesting that you apparently can aptly judge the individual perception of other listeners! Just by the way - most of Mozart's music is harmonically and rythmically simple, yet revered by many. There is more to beauty than complexity. Maybe the author of the comment is not as musically literate as you claim to be. The gist is still clear - they like what they hear. Maybe you even understood it wrong and the unfolding is meant to describe the performance, not the composition. Yet you seem to feel the urgent need to get incredibly arrogant and condescending and make everyone miserable. Think: How does that make anything better?

@reistellae 4 жыл бұрын

My choir was planning on singing this (along with Myaamia, a piece also composed by Gjeilo) for our spring concerts, but sadly those have been cancelled. I'm so happy to be singing along while I wait for fall to come! Also I appreciate the beauty of this piece, especially as an alto one, we finally can show our range and carry the melody. One of my favorite pieces by far!

@sharanya2097 4 жыл бұрын

Same, but we will be having a virtual concert somehow

@Gameplay-ff2is 4 жыл бұрын

I feel that, my choir along with some college choirs and other highschool choirs were going to NYC to sing at Carnegie Hall, If only the virus wasn't hidden early on in china it never would of happened, I could of been in Nyc and you could have sung this beautiful piece.

@owczyniartemidy2754 4 жыл бұрын

Altos are underappreciated. When I first 'lost' my voice I was a bit sad that I could no longer sing the highest soprano parts, but now I wouldn't have changed me being in altos. Without them, pieces are... blank, we kind of give the depth to the pieces!

@smartywolf6057 4 жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry that you weren’t able to preform this beautiful song this year. I bet your choir would’ve sounded amazing!

@Pippin2luv 3 жыл бұрын

I’m so sad I graduated before I could suggest this or one of his other pieces 😭😭

@brosalind 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds so warm and dark and beautiful at the same time! It's like I can feel the winter's night from this piece 😍❤

@F34OIFJ34OIFJ 5 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY !!!!

@christomario5234 5 жыл бұрын

Anjay ros, 2 terbanyak like

@korakes 6 жыл бұрын

one of the most beautiful pieces of music i have ever heard

@authenticmusic4815 3 жыл бұрын

Oh gosh.. I am so sorry about that

@chaeriplease 3 жыл бұрын

@@authenticmusic4815 this is the second time you felt the need to be nasty for no reason... click off

@anmarraheem5152 Жыл бұрын

there is a mysterious magic in this melody that i couldn't describe even after 3 years of listening to it! truly phenomenal!

@lahabitacioncompartida830 Жыл бұрын

There's something really moving in Ola's composings that can't be explained with words... I'm thankful God let Ola be born in our time.

@jaquandajackson7752 4 жыл бұрын

The tone of the Altos. I love it. And the foundation of the males. Beautiful lullaby.

@MrsFingerhut Ай бұрын

I did sing this last sunday with my choir. Still had an earwig from it, so I needed to come here to listen to it again. So beautiful!

@thebrookelauren 4 жыл бұрын

absolutely breathtaking I’m in love with the harmonies

@costaszisis7722 5 жыл бұрын

It's really weird how alto sings above soprano but still ends up sounding so good

@EllaEllaEh 5 жыл бұрын

Costas Zisis I love it! It’s fun to sing and be higher than the sopranos.

@heliolux6904 4 жыл бұрын

Costas Zisis it’s all about the continuous lines alto above soprano is fine for this

@jordan-uh8oy 3 жыл бұрын

sorry for late comment but i also came to comment how lovely the alto tone sounds in that register

@glibbergloop 2 жыл бұрын

It's the mark of a great alto section - when they can carry the melody so beautifully

@victorialangston6039 Жыл бұрын

The term for this is "Voice Crossing" and occurs when the composer wants a different timbre featured.

@caroltaurua5406 11 ай бұрын

I have fallen in love with this song, it is heavenly. God bless you and your talent for creating music of sublime beauty.

@NYkat222 4 жыл бұрын

My spirit has left my body and taken flight... So Heavenly...

@smith_yugo 4 жыл бұрын

많은 위로가 되는 곡입니다. 방금 전 악몽을 꾸고 곧장 찾은 노래이고요. 마음이 진정됐습니다. 고맙습니다.

@Cogmania 7 ай бұрын

We performed this piece only last week! My favourite choral music of all time

@meandmickey2057 10 ай бұрын

2:38 that gave me chills!!!

@katalinrossu-hegyi6122 6 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most beautiful choir music I've ever heard, it gave me goosebumps.

@user-zt7ke4bg8n 3 жыл бұрын

I'm learning this in choir right now as an alto (i'm normally a mezzo soprano with a higher range), and it's difficult to sing- but amazing to learn. I feel like this piece will also have real significance for me as my past tutor for 3 years and the head of the choir I'm in is doing this piece for us as one of the final pieces for the choir to perform before she leaves. I will miss her greatly; she taught me a lot and helped me through some really, really rough times, and I wouldn't be here today without her. Still, I'm grateful that she was a part of my life, and I'm going to put all my effort into nailing this piece!

@hajnatucic2291 5 жыл бұрын

I keep repeating it, so special ....

@ianrichardson8990 Жыл бұрын

The first time I heard this I was blown away.

@TheAlessandra1986 5 жыл бұрын

Maestro Gjeilo. I'm absolutely overwhelmed with your your music, I just discovered it by accident. For sure I will ask for your music and train my chorus to sing it. Wow. My respect. Thank you for fullfllling my soul today.

@shuyinduran5366 2 жыл бұрын

I’m so mesmerized listening to this beautiful music! I agree with some comments that this is bright and dark at the same time, maybe that’s why it is so captivating. Beautiful work!

@littlemarmoset Жыл бұрын

"Bright and dark at the same time" is a very apt phrase to describe the tone of this piece.

@metovycaj597 4 жыл бұрын

This is how heaven sounds! I'm in love with this

@F34OIFJ34OIFJ 5 жыл бұрын

One of the best piece ever heard......

@LeatSabbah Жыл бұрын

One of the most beautiful compositions I have ever heard. Thank you for this gift, Ola Gjeilo!

@yarribaren 3 жыл бұрын

Très harmonieux et inspirant. Quelle profondeur et quelle joie mystique émanent de ce chœur et de cette composition musicale...

@bry_crochet Жыл бұрын

I’m leaving this comment here so i can be reminded of this beautiful piece of music

@patrickswan4537 3 жыл бұрын

A truly remarkable piece of music which I will never tire of listening to. Had the huge privilege of hearing Royal Holloway choir perform this in their magnificent chapel, my first introduction to Gjeilo's music. I'll remember that moment forever.

@HighTen_Melanie 6 жыл бұрын

Blown away by this incredibly beautiful piece of music. For me it encapsulates the ever changing seasons. The feelings of Love and the desire to never stop wondering and dreaming with it’s mesmerising and slightly mysterious elements.

@thomasngure2204 5 жыл бұрын

☀️ ＳｕｎｎｙＤａｙｓ ☀️ ic

@tous7798 2 ай бұрын

J'ai déjà pas mal chanté des œuvres de Gjeilo, mais celle là vaut effectivement son pesant d'or. Très doux et sucré. Comme un rêve.

@thomasdastillung4097 4 жыл бұрын

So many emotions carried through a simplicity in the different voices is a sign of great composing. Well done !

@polobede9054 6 жыл бұрын

ola Gjeilo , toujours aussi magnifique ! ! ! du haut de ses 40 ans ! ! !

@elizabethbathory1120 5 жыл бұрын

Why do i have to cry everytime i hear this song? It is so sad. ://

@xoxsilentrealmxox 3 ай бұрын

This is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard

@enlumineresse 2 ай бұрын

I can fly towards paradise with this wonderful piece.. And I love it fading away at the end, ... love that the last word is Fire .. ❤

@stellastrange4441 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of the most magical pieces I’ve ever heard - EVER.

@liesgenbrugge8573 4 жыл бұрын

This makes me shivering from heavenly beauty

@arminshafiee 4 ай бұрын

This work is simple but touches me deeply. I like this combination. Thank you Mr. Gjeilo for this great piece.

@jeromeschmitz8504 5 жыл бұрын

Again this kind of peace and beauty that only music is able to

@flyingferret5070 5 жыл бұрын

I'm singing this for our Christmas concert in choir, and I couldn't be anymore excited

@mattata-san Жыл бұрын

Brings tears to the eye.

@Oksi-pt5en 4 ай бұрын

This is divine music ❤️❤️❤️ When I listen to it, I want to cry...

@savannahbowen9785 3 жыл бұрын

i dont know if this is the proper compliment to apply here but this song fucks. thank you mr. gjeilo

@orrling 3 жыл бұрын

😅

@robertclark7772 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my! What an utterly amazing piece, totally spellbinding, I get completely lost in the lush but poinient harmony

@fandelisboa 4 жыл бұрын

❤ THANK YOU ❤ for this absolutely wonderful song!!! I LOVE IT!!! ❤❤❤ Right from the beginning!! Absolutely beautiful!! ❤❤❤

@forgottenauthors1604 7 күн бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing it!

@kid10249595 4 жыл бұрын

I love the canon in this piece, makes it hard to understand at times, yet it meshes and moves so well together its complexity is pleasant to listen to.

@saltwalk 2 жыл бұрын

I listened to this song a long while ago with my brother, but as I toured a rose garden an ocean away from home today, this song kept running through my head. What inspiring music!

@xenasBS 3 жыл бұрын

This is the kind of stuff I wish I could compose and produce. Bravo, amazing piece of music!

@palacsinta6622 5 жыл бұрын

How did I even end up here. Most pleasant surprise of my day.

@elderghost2468 9 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ All the way from Namibia 🇳🇦🇳🇦🇳🇦🇳🇦

@ZacharyShuster 4 жыл бұрын

All my choral activities are cancelled due to the coronavirus. I miss it all. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to sing along with the computer! :)

@yordankaacosta2849 4 жыл бұрын

At least once in a week I listen to this ten times in a row. Thank you, Ola.

@tannerdickerson3080 Жыл бұрын

LOVE the chords at 3:03 on the words “on fire”. Gave me chills the first time I heard it.

@ilovelolsurprise3419 9 ай бұрын

My high school treble choir is doing this!

@enlumineresse 5 жыл бұрын

Bellissimo... Meraviglioso...

@lorenzolimonta394 5 жыл бұрын

I don't know how I managed to live without that

@YasminOakOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Today is Mars 4th of 2020, I had an AMAZING day and received the incredible bless of know this song. I'm graduating as a Classical Singer in November, my week has been FULL of the BEST NEWS and I can't express how happy & thankful I feel for know your work. Thank you for make music capable of heal & free the soul ♥

@Nickodecadence 6 жыл бұрын

Here it is Ladies and Gentlemen, the music of our soul; brimming with sublime rhythms and filled with shimmering notes that speak to your being as if you are confronted by the shadow of your self.

@DaveDexterMusic 6 жыл бұрын

eh, it's all right

@darkmoon4311 6 жыл бұрын

My shadow would sound more dissonant ;-;

@daniellehunt3449 5 жыл бұрын

Damn

@EmpressEmylia 5 жыл бұрын

It starts here. From its field of roses, the Dark Tower cries out in its beast's voice. Time is a face on the water.

@devingraves8044 5 жыл бұрын

I get to play the viola part for this in my school holiday concert and im super excited because I find this peice to be just beautiful

@cindyliu9746 5 жыл бұрын

Devin Graves I’m playing the violin part for my school! It sounds so good with all instruments + choir together

@Voodja 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing.

@seunaluz 5 ай бұрын

Maravillosa!

@corneliaweimar8952 5 жыл бұрын

I can not stop to hear this! I have no words for the beauty of this wonderful music: Must be from heaven... Thank you Ola Gjeilo!

@anthonybradford1041 4 жыл бұрын

how can anyone not like this Anthony

@bethcoyote2470 4 ай бұрын

gorgeous.

@bennyhogan6326 Жыл бұрын

I think this might be the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard.

@saraaa02 4 жыл бұрын

This is absolutely beautiful. It sounds magical

@nzwnwlg1621 Жыл бұрын

This song gives me chills, it's so beautiful

@robertclark7772 5 жыл бұрын

Astonishingly beautiful

@elizabethtaylor9242 3 жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful I was close to tears in a moment.

@65deskjet Жыл бұрын

This music is amazing. It has a special atmosphere, as if it were not of this world! Thank you for the experience! ♥️

@whitneymoore8919 5 жыл бұрын

So beautiful!

@aluisiomirandareis2137 5 ай бұрын

Perfection

@petitexwild13 6 жыл бұрын

why am i crying this is so beautiful

@yarnover 3 жыл бұрын

This song tugs at my heartstrings. I cry almost every time I hear it.

@HavardEleonorenonore33 6 жыл бұрын

Merci beaucoup à vous les musiciens

@christianlopez2018 4 жыл бұрын

et les choristes ?

@katiegrace9036 4 жыл бұрын

the music and the text are both gorgeous

@ilzezeivote9136 Жыл бұрын

Love all from Ola. Absolutely amazing. ❤❤❤

@robertclark7772 5 жыл бұрын

This is a modern masterpiece, it’s utterly overwhelming in the very best way! Ola, you are a genius, you are the Tallis of the 21st century! I salute you!

@evapavlidi9191 3 жыл бұрын

That most beautiful I have heard. . .. congratulations!!!!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️

@katiemarcontell4567 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful this song lifts my spirit in the sky!!!!!

@littlebrotha123 3 жыл бұрын

Blessed art thou among women

@seshanabeykoon9804 3 жыл бұрын

Just kept on my autoplay on while studying and heard of this lovely flow of the melody. At a glance saw it was a poem by Christina Rosetti, the famous. Ola has definitely given the ideal feel to the words. ❤️😍 Love to get this as one among many lovelies to be performed......

@catherynecaine4056 4 жыл бұрын

Cannot WAIT to perform this. My choir instructor is having us learn it for our winter concert and I really hope we do it proper justice!

@anthonygross226 5 жыл бұрын

The criticisms posted become trivial and melt away to a forgotten symantic when I reflect on this astonishing piece. Ola Gjeillo has brought beauty into the universe which will repeat and echo throughout time from all over the world. And for that, I say "Thank You"!

@sebastianmichaelis5708 5 жыл бұрын

Wowza the altos really go high up there!

@EllaEllaEh 5 жыл бұрын

YeetusCleetus A C-nat is not an unreasonable note by any means.

@sebastianmichaelis5708 4 жыл бұрын

Ella Walsh (sorry for not responding right away, I never got a notification) I’m used to my choir director giving us pieces that are soprano heavy, typically the alto parts I’m given are low and monotone. I am by no means calling this unbearable or extreme, I’m simply comparing my experience to normal melodic alto parts :)

@missliss312a 4 жыл бұрын

Chalk one up for the good guys! I loved singing this piece. I hate a choir that has no range for altos. Like, come on, we're the second largest group. Give us something to do.

@kierangresko7789 5 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of a song my choir once sang called, “The Lily and The Rose” it’s a very beautiful and simple song.

@Petrucci2323 5 жыл бұрын

KUSC brought me here! The first time hearing this composition this morning and all day it's been playing. I'm in awe..It's touched me spiritually and emotionally. I need something and it's making long for my music. I've been away too long..