Tallis - Spem in alium (a 40) - Harry Christophers - Live Concert

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@TheMalfean Ай бұрын

Glory to God in the Highest.

@skylarkstarsmith Ай бұрын

I shall never forget hearing this 'in the round' at Greyfriars in Edinburgh, an intimate church known for its particularly fine acoustic. As we sat in the pews, the SCO Chorus singers stood in the aisles all around us, and the sound was magnificent, transcendent. Afterwards I don't think anyone's eyes were dry.

@vivianbelissima 2 жыл бұрын

👏👏👏👏👏👏

@Mukundanghri 2 жыл бұрын

😢😢😢

@MrInterestingthings Жыл бұрын

This looks like more than 8 5 part choirs . Is it ? Celestial music given a great performance !

@molossergirl2 Жыл бұрын

Nobody can surpass Tallis and Byrd for sacred Renaissance music. This piece is the pinaccle of excellence, etheral, mesmerising and sublime. So beautifully performed!

@FRUMKIN1 7 ай бұрын

Hold the phone! Are you familiar with the masses of Fayrfax? I promise you you'll re-think that opinion (at least with respect to Byrd).

@alexscott1257 2 жыл бұрын

What always amazes me about this piece is the "after glow" when they stop singing and that halo of sound that just hangs in the air for a moment. It's breathtaking.

@tjcint Жыл бұрын

What a lovely observation ...

@ginsoakedgirl4 Жыл бұрын

I sang this in choir (Lawrence University) - I was the first alto in GROUP EIGHT (probably because as a pianist I was one of the few who could count lol). The live performance was one of the most transcendental experiences of my life.

@user-xw8mk1jg9d Жыл бұрын

Брат, это физика!!!))) скорость света быстрее скорости звука-поэтому глаза видят , что рот закрыт, а звук после до уха доходит ))) Знание сила!!!

@karenlilithruizduran9170 Жыл бұрын

I can't believe I found this masterpiece thanks to the 50 shades of grey soundtrack when I was 15, thank you EL james ig?

@jackrelaxed4852 2 жыл бұрын

Angelic voices in human form! I tnink the greatest choral work ever.

@davidvalenta9394 Жыл бұрын

as close to heaven's choirs as we can muster.. it's a fair reminder of expectation.. :)

@Mark_Dyer1 4 жыл бұрын

Thank Almighty God for Thomas Tallis!

@rommy_of_rohan 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. Haunting. Ethereal. Un-earthly. Awe-inspiring. The nearest you'll get to God in this world. The singers did a magnificent job with a piece of music that must be hugely challenging both to sing and conduct. I understand all those who said it reduced them to tears. It did the same thing to me.

@ginsoakedgirl4 Жыл бұрын

I sang this in college 25 years ago. First alto in the 8th group lol (as a pianist they could rely on me to keep track, it's a very dense score). The live performance was one of the most transcendent moments of my life.

@aminastevens529 Жыл бұрын

I imagine this is the cosmic mass sung by angels, which sustains and upholds the universe.

@desallen2174 9 ай бұрын

An avowed atheist but, love your comment, for the pictures it paints. Check out the Sistine Chapel.

@valiyapurakkalNarayanankutty Жыл бұрын

How in the name of all that is wonderful did Tallis ( or anyone for that matter) compose a thing like this?

@MrMittens1974 Жыл бұрын

He was gifted with divine genius.

@alanpontet1671 Жыл бұрын

The Holy Spirit works in mysterious and sometimes not so mysterious ways, and this is an example of the Holy Spirit at work; that work begins with the composer, extending outwards to singers and accompanists and directors and to its hearers. Polyphony is the music of Heaven. Thanks be to God!

@AGMundy Жыл бұрын

No it isn't. How belittling and disrespectful. This is simply human genius. Thanks be to humans not to some made up fairy.

@alanpontet1671 Жыл бұрын

@@AGMundy oh, yes it is - and what do you think they are singing about?! The God you say is a made-up fairy - now you are being disrespectful. Since this is a deeply religious work, did you come on here just to scoff at others?

@AGMundy Жыл бұрын

@Alan Pontet it is irrelevant what is being sung about and don't call me disrespectful. If someone is going to post a comment about a non-existent fairy then they should expect a response. And what are you getting upset about - I wasn't rude unless of course you think truth is rude.

@alanpontet1671 Жыл бұрын

@@AGMundy, here is the translation of Spem In Allium: I put not my hope in any other than in Thee, O God of Israel, who showeth both wrath and graciousness, and who absolveth all the sins of man in suffering; Lord God, Creator of Heaven and Earth Look upon our humility. Read them over and over again. Visit a priest and describe to him how you feel and tell him why you commented upon this post even though you don't believe in God, for it was probably God who led you to it, perhaps as the beginning of a journey. God bless you +. All the best to you.

@AGMundy Жыл бұрын

@@alanpontet1671 Don't patronise me. I do not need and do not wish to receive your blessing.

@EBSANAGUCCI 11 жыл бұрын

I always feel humbled to the ground when I listen to Thomas Tallis. This piece most of all.

@oldbluesboy Жыл бұрын

I listened to this for the first time today, I cried after it had finished because it didnt go on for ever....

@grahamnancledra7036 4 жыл бұрын

A work that makes you want to fall an your knees in prayer. Music that is a nightmare to sing and even worse to conduct with the correct balance and tone. Superb. no other word for it!

@michaelmcclary8054 3 ай бұрын

I added 5 Brass Quintets with Spem at Christ the King Cathedral in Augusta GA in 1984!- Michael McClary, Professor of Trumpet 🎺, Georgia Perimeter College and GSU 🎉😢😅❤

@laalansgame519 Ай бұрын

Даже не представляю как поют хоры ангелов на небесах.

@iQuation 9 жыл бұрын

Spem in alium (Latin for "Hope in any other") is a 40-part Renaissance motet by Thomas Tallis, composed in c. 1570 for eight choirs of five voices each, widely considered to be the greatest piece of English early music and one of the greatest choral works ever composed.

@DrawYourHead 5 жыл бұрын

One of...?

@elizabethsmith1803 4 жыл бұрын

iQuation It is said to have been written for Elizabeth’s fortieth birthday.

@PolyPropSherry 4 жыл бұрын

@@DrawYourHead yes only one of and this recording is not a good example either. There should be no women's voices at all in this. The treble lines should be sung by boys and the alto lines by men. What we have here is the equivalent of a piece of music intended for a string quartet but now played with a trumpet instead of first violin. Spem in Alium is great but there are other greats, such as William Mundy's Vox Patris Caelestis. Biggest and noisiest is not always best...

@elaineblackhurst1509 4 жыл бұрын

Regular Rod You are quite right that there is a huge amount of wonderful polyphonic style music by many composers. Also, the point you make about boy trebles is valid, and not only in music of this period - the very fine masses of Haydn for example are enhanced enormously by the use of boy trebles which allows for a spectacular contrast with the soprano solos where they occur - the tone is very different. However, by any measure, great or small, Spem in Alium is one of the greatest pieces of music from any age.

@natewidelitz4832 4 жыл бұрын

@@PolyPropSherry I'll take the women of the Tallis Scholars (and a number of other world-class ensembles who have given remarkable performances of this piece) to shrieking boys any day.

@avikatt 4 жыл бұрын

The second you realise you are in heaven.

@kelvinwilson9217 8 жыл бұрын

Stunningly beautiful.

@RichardASK 10 ай бұрын

Originally for 40, but very brave of Harry Christophers to have a go with, at my rough count, about 140 voices. Agree with some on here, that it is probably not the epitome of performance but well done him, with this wonderful piece of music.

@ndeen8366 5 жыл бұрын

yesterday I heard this for the first time of my life. Oh God, It must be the sound of heaven! I couldn't stop crying silently.

@TerencePetersen0 9 жыл бұрын

A transcendent piece - I remember going to the Cloisters to hear the sound installation of 40 speakers, each playing a close-mic'd recording of one of the singers performing their part. It was an incredibly moving experience, and a testament to the times we live in with regards to how we are used to hearing sound, and yet, quite raised above that status quo in its expert implementation.

@LorenzoCerezo 3 жыл бұрын

Gracias

@davidtinker2143 7 жыл бұрын

Whenever I've experienced a difficult, frantic or traumatic day (which fortunately doesn't happen that often) I play this version of Spem in Alium. Soothing and uplifting.

@leilakirkham5896 2 жыл бұрын

Fabulous

@nikolasbbq 4 жыл бұрын

My mind is BLOWN. MOST INCREDIBLE THING IVE EVER HEARD.

@nancyann4309 7 жыл бұрын

I can listen to this over and over and over again. Pefection!

@garthlyon 11 ай бұрын

Those opening bars...always bring to a juddering halt whatever triviality of life I am doing at the time.

@gmoschetto1 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful for this Holy Week prayers here in NY at home since all churches are closed and we are hopeful.

@criffermaclennan 8 жыл бұрын

quite simply beautiful

@desallen2174 7 ай бұрын

Will a more beautiful piece of choral music ever be written. I for one doubt it. However, the title says it. I shall hope in any other.

@gillengland4061 Жыл бұрын

wonderful, heavenly sound

@JohnnyNorfolk 8 жыл бұрын

Just wonderful.

@michael-davidarrkerns4799 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Standing O!!!

@mimipagot1640 2 жыл бұрын

le chant des anges

@bhindakhan6113 9 жыл бұрын

music a love song to God.......

@marysepradet6162 Жыл бұрын

magnifique, la musique des anges !

@gtnsteve1 11 жыл бұрын

I (baritone) and my wife (first alto) sang this wonderful work in the Cathedral SS Peter & Paul in Philadelphia under the direction of Tamara Brooks. The performing group was Mandelssohn Club of Philadelphia, 3 or 4 voices to a part. Absolutely unforgettable! There is now a "performance" going on in the Cloisters in Manhattan consisting of 40 loudspeakers (one to a voice) in a resonant hall. Hurry to hear this, closes Dec 8, 2013.

@RichardASK 8 ай бұрын

Ah, just missed that, by a matter of 10 years and 1 Ocean!

@musicaadinfinitum4595 2 жыл бұрын

Rien de moins que DIVIN !

@domenicodogani3350 Жыл бұрын

Miracolo assoluto della musica di ogni tempo.

@JoseFernandez-yq8kn 7 жыл бұрын

This music is a gift for the soul.

@ulrichknuth5175 Жыл бұрын

Incomparable…unsurpassed..🐼 9:34 9:34

@clairesmelser8718 8 жыл бұрын

Is it weird that this made me cry? TEARS OF JOY!!! XD

@martinengland2408 8 жыл бұрын

+Claire Smelser only a person lacking a soul wouldn't be moved.

@johnnycharco 8 жыл бұрын

+Claire Smelser  By no means; I've listened to this more than once or twice and the effect is the same every time. :)

@littleglamnatty 8 жыл бұрын

+Claire Smelser I feel overwhelmed every time I hear a version of Spem in alium, even years after the first time, and hundreds of listen of it. This is my favourite piece in the world, makes me cry so often.

@georgeberger8974 8 жыл бұрын

+samgrant83 It overwhelmed me emotionally when I heard it for the first time. I was seriously ill and for all I knew dying. I went to a performance in the great entrance hall of Uppsala University House. The 40 part motet was sung on two balconies, with me dowd below in the centre. At two points I could not analyse what I was hearing, I was overwhelmed and shaken. Hearing this kept me in good spirits through a difficult time.

@littleglamnatty 8 жыл бұрын

+George Berger That sounds really amazing. I'm pretty sick and Spem in Alium always helps me going through the darkest times. It is my favourite composition and song in the world. Also, I have a very strong phobia of heights, and I there is a place I always dreamt to climb for as long as I could remember... when I finally travelled there, I couldn't make it up to the top because I was crying too much and shaking out of fear. I tried again in the next few days, with my headphones on and Spem in Alium playing again and again in my ears while climbing... and I did it! I collapsed on the ground at the tops, crying a lot, but it was amazing... Really is one of the strongest moment of my life, it is one of my best memories!

@thejohnroxbury 2 жыл бұрын

So much goosebumps

@kkllmimi 11 жыл бұрын

E mesmo sem entender uma palavra, as lágrimas insistiram a cair...

@JoseFernandez-yq8kn 7 жыл бұрын

This divine music is directed to our very souls.

@neilroderick2481 4 жыл бұрын

The greatest piece of music ever written at any time by any human being simples Neil roderick

@YorkyOne 4 жыл бұрын

@karimzo21 No where near?

@tubemagpie 4 жыл бұрын

@Janet Smith Oh boy.... do I HAVE to choose? The Tallis Fantasia (I hope you pronounce it correctly) was described by Warren Mitchell as "Music to die to"(Desert Island Discs) he then said , "I used to think that of Sibelius 2nd Symphony." that's another impossible choice for me..... shall we add in The Protecting Veil (Taverner;20th century)? Allegri? Where he and Monteverdi got their ideas from does puzzle me..

@partoftheway4235 5 жыл бұрын

What an amazing piece of music!!!!

@neilangianelli1955 2 жыл бұрын

Is pure art

@fredhoupt4078 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. What a huge choir. Looks like at least 100 voices.

@francinesicard464 9 жыл бұрын

So divine, I cannot listen to it without crying.

@gileslarge3801 8 жыл бұрын

It always makes me cry. A sublime piece of inspired music. No wonder Elizabeth ignored the Anglo-Catholic beliefs of Thomas Wallis.

@arguspanoptes9510 7 жыл бұрын

+Giles Large Tallis Scholars version or Huelgas Ensemble

@peterpage2729 7 жыл бұрын

This masterpiece certainly transcends any sound in this world.

@breniorribeiro1744 5 жыл бұрын

Same

@ulrichknuth5175 Жыл бұрын

@@gileslarge3801 11:51

@louismarie92 7 жыл бұрын

We ascend to heaven !

@Bryn-vm8pd 2 жыл бұрын

Instant chills

@nevermorefarm 4 жыл бұрын

This sounds so, so hard to sing, regardless of which of the 8 choirs one is in. People who can sing early music seriously deserve some hats off.

@NWRCB 2 жыл бұрын

The edition I sang consisted of 10 choirs of 4 voices each for a total of 40 parts. I have sung this piece twice in my life, it's incredibly difficult to sing because of the counting.

@nevermorefarm 2 жыл бұрын

@@NWRCB I know there are multiple scores out there. I just sang it with Choir of the Earth under Nigel Short, using the Thomas Tallis Society's Edition. It was scored for 8 choirs, and submitting 16/40 parts is probably the most difficult thing I have ever done. This work is a pinnacle and I will never forget the privilege of participating in this.

@MolecularArts 2 жыл бұрын

@@NWRCB 8 choirs of 5 voices: S, A, T, T, B. I have the score ;-)

@rosapadron5457 7 жыл бұрын

beautiful

@marvincottam2991 8 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful

@Eyiba07 5 жыл бұрын

This gives me goosebumps ever single time!!!😫

@BigfistJP 4 жыл бұрын

Herrvoragend! Magnifique ! Amazing!

@linapolo4370 9 жыл бұрын

I Loved💜 I really love this piece see such harmony together, how beautiful to cry

@thaifreeburma Жыл бұрын

One can only marvel at how a species eminently capable of the most hideous genocidal atrocities can produce this shining expression of rapturous love...

@christophernewman5027 5 жыл бұрын

Goosebumps...

@bertcarter6176 9 жыл бұрын

A sublime choral masterpiece.

@ferdiriordan1 6 жыл бұрын

Celestial-thank you all. Soli Deo Gloria.

@FoliesEspagne 11 жыл бұрын

Dank u SinterAVRO!

@dagmar4133 11 жыл бұрын

Superb..

@jokeosewoudt307 7 жыл бұрын

Dit is een live opname uit de Doelen in Rotterdam, Nederland. Ik ben daar bij geweest en vind het een onvergetelijke herinnering. Schitterend!

@godfreyyoung274 9 жыл бұрын

Top of my bucket list must be to see this live in a good church with the right acoustic. And this choir.

@Christine-yl2zx 9 жыл бұрын

godfrey young I saw this in Adelaide, with a fair choir - but not world class, and the acoustics were ok. It was magnificent!

@chrisjn1977 9 жыл бұрын

godfrey young Godfrey, if you are anywhere near berkshire this evening (4/7/15), you may want to pop along to hear Reading Bach Choir sing this?

@godfreyyoung274 9 жыл бұрын

Sorry but Reading is out of my wheelchair range from Yorkshire

@isadorafranca585 9 жыл бұрын

Sublime

@CanoVictor74 11 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@davidnesbit6710 10 жыл бұрын

Very credible performance of such an exceptionally difficult work. Well done! And, of course, having the guidance and wisdom of Harry Christophers certainly assisted too..

@georgeberger8974 8 жыл бұрын

This great hymn helped see me through my most threatening period.

@christianbrecht 4 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@eahannan 4 жыл бұрын

Thats a nice comment and encouraging too. May God continue to support you through trials whichever way He may wish. Amen/Ameen. And support the rest of us too of course!

@watchingandwaiting5511 10 жыл бұрын

Yes, Hans, it's truly geweldig!

@icantthinkofanameforthis 25 күн бұрын

explanation: Some random Italian guy: I made a piece for 40 voices! Tallis: Hold my ale. (Tallis gets praised by Elizabeth II)

@muzieknootjedoremi 11 жыл бұрын

Zo mooi, en ik was zo trots op Tobias dat hij hier aan mee kon en wilde doen als broekie van 17. Kippevel muziek die je hoofd vult met pure zuivere klank en zo de snaren van je ziel beroeren dat je er nog weken op kan teren. Trouwens op de rest van het concert van de Sixteen was ook geweldig.

@mrMonkey1243 3 жыл бұрын

whoever wrote this deserves a cookie. it's so pretty.

@user-uy6md5lk7b 3 жыл бұрын

Прослушала это произведение с подачи Михаила Казинка . Не могу не выразить своё восхищение и восторг услышанным. Браво. Браво. Браво

@user-uy6md5lk7b 3 жыл бұрын

Браво композитору, браво исполнению и, конечно, Михаилу Семёновичу Казинику

@ruggieroferri6866 3 жыл бұрын

Meravigliosa estasi non ci sono dubbi

@rosacampos554 Жыл бұрын

Que coisa lindaaaaaaaa 😮❤

@jtchristiank1 3 жыл бұрын

The human voice is the absolutely best instrument ever conceived.

@robertm7071 3 жыл бұрын

Well, maybe next to birdsong.

@ruirovadoski7916 9 жыл бұрын

Sublime.

@AwakeningConscienceyt 3 жыл бұрын

I like Sacral music i like motetes and will try to meditate with in this music to find what I Fell or where ca n it leave me travel !

@martuchasluchamuzyki 10 жыл бұрын

The most magnificent performance of this beautiful motet, I've heard. Thank you for uploading it

@jpkleyn 11 жыл бұрын

Ook bekeken in Australie, de wereld is inderdaad geschronken! Dank je AVRO

@bethcruz2126 4 жыл бұрын

Wow realmente relajante

@monicarmr2011 10 жыл бұрын

wow! sopranos and tenors and altos...

@scalls95 11 жыл бұрын

You're right

@ROELDC 11 жыл бұрын

Het was heel bijzonder om dit mee te maken en weer terug te kunnen beluisteren.

@HansCReinders 11 жыл бұрын

Geweldig!

@cmarshall3517 11 жыл бұрын

What a piece of music...

@ar0jj 10 жыл бұрын

magnifico....! sin palabras que pieza tan bella y la calidad de interpretación, da gusto !

@TonySanAgustinOrtiz 10 жыл бұрын

No má. Sublime. D:

@ar0jj 10 жыл бұрын

Seeeeeeeeee

@gtnsteve1 8 жыл бұрын

I sang this wonderful piece in the Cathedral Basilica SS Peter & Paul in Philadelphia with Tamara Brooks conducting Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia in the late '70s or early '80s.. We did it with 3 or 4 voices per part. The Cathedral is a huge barn of a hall and I am sure some of the sounds we made then are still up near the ceiling somewhere. The Tallis Scholars recording found on KZfaq has intonation problems, normal in a massive a capella work like this one but disconcerting nonetheless. There is a 2-CD release with David Willcocks, George Guest and Stephen Cleobury conducting two hours of Tallis including the Spem in Allium and the Lamentations plus many other works sung by King's College Choir and St. John's College Choir. Superb! We had the privilege years ago of hearing The (augmented) Sixteen and Christophers perform Spem in Allium in London. Equally great. The power of this music to me is the echoic effects that keep adding to the sound. Better live than recorded, better sung than listened to.

@Roheryn100 3 жыл бұрын

@@declanthiele Look on Amazon...