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.
@vivianbelissima2 жыл бұрын
👏👏👏👏👏👏
@Mukundanghri2 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!
@FRUMKIN17 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).
@alexscott12572 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?
@jackrelaxed48522 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_Dyer14 жыл бұрын
Thank Almighty God for Thomas Tallis!
@rommy_of_rohan3 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.
@desallen21749 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.
@EBSANAGUCCI11 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....
@grahamnancledra70364 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!
@michaelmcclary80543 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 🎉😢😅❤
@laalansgame519Ай бұрын
Даже не представляю как поют хоры ангелов на небесах.
@iQuation9 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.
@DrawYourHead5 жыл бұрын
One of...?
@elizabethsmith18034 жыл бұрын
iQuation It is said to have been written for Elizabeth’s fortieth birthday.
@PolyPropSherry4 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...
@elaineblackhurst15094 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.
@natewidelitz48324 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.
@avikatt4 жыл бұрын
The second you realise you are in heaven.
@kelvinwilson92178 жыл бұрын
Stunningly beautiful.
@RichardASK10 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.
@ndeen83665 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.
@TerencePetersen09 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.
@LorenzoCerezo3 жыл бұрын
Gracias
@davidtinker21437 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.
@leilakirkham58962 жыл бұрын
Fabulous
@nikolasbbq4 жыл бұрын
My mind is BLOWN. MOST INCREDIBLE THING IVE EVER HEARD.
@nancyann43097 жыл бұрын
I can listen to this over and over and over again. Pefection!
@garthlyon11 ай бұрын
Those opening bars...always bring to a juddering halt whatever triviality of life I am doing at the time.
@gmoschetto14 жыл бұрын
Wonderful for this Holy Week prayers here in NY at home since all churches are closed and we are hopeful.
@criffermaclennan8 жыл бұрын
quite simply beautiful
@desallen21747 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
@JohnnyNorfolk8 жыл бұрын
Just wonderful.
@michael-davidarrkerns47992 жыл бұрын
Love the Standing O!!!
@mimipagot16402 жыл бұрын
le chant des anges
@bhindakhan61139 жыл бұрын
music a love song to God.......
@marysepradet6162 Жыл бұрын
magnifique, la musique des anges !
@gtnsteve111 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.
@RichardASK8 ай бұрын
Ah, just missed that, by a matter of 10 years and 1 Ocean!
@musicaadinfinitum45952 жыл бұрын
Rien de moins que DIVIN !
@domenicodogani3350 Жыл бұрын
Miracolo assoluto della musica di ogni tempo.
@JoseFernandez-yq8kn7 жыл бұрын
This music is a gift for the soul.
@ulrichknuth5175 Жыл бұрын
Incomparable…unsurpassed..🐼 9:34 9:34
@clairesmelser87188 жыл бұрын
Is it weird that this made me cry? TEARS OF JOY!!! XD
@martinengland24088 жыл бұрын
+Claire Smelser only a person lacking a soul wouldn't be moved.
@johnnycharco8 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. :)
@littleglamnatty8 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.
@georgeberger89748 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.
@littleglamnatty8 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!
@thejohnroxbury2 жыл бұрын
So much goosebumps
@kkllmimi11 жыл бұрын
E mesmo sem entender uma palavra, as lágrimas insistiram a cair...
@JoseFernandez-yq8kn7 жыл бұрын
This divine music is directed to our very souls.
@neilroderick24814 жыл бұрын
The greatest piece of music ever written at any time by any human being simples Neil roderick
@YorkyOne4 жыл бұрын
@karimzo21 No where near?
@tubemagpie4 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..
@partoftheway42355 жыл бұрын
What an amazing piece of music!!!!
@neilangianelli19552 жыл бұрын
Is pure art
@fredhoupt40782 жыл бұрын
Wow. What a huge choir. Looks like at least 100 voices.
@francinesicard4649 жыл бұрын
So divine, I cannot listen to it without crying.
@gileslarge38018 жыл бұрын
It always makes me cry. A sublime piece of inspired music. No wonder Elizabeth ignored the Anglo-Catholic beliefs of Thomas Wallis.
@arguspanoptes95107 жыл бұрын
+Giles Large Tallis Scholars version or Huelgas Ensemble
@peterpage27297 жыл бұрын
This masterpiece certainly transcends any sound in this world.
@breniorribeiro17445 жыл бұрын
Same
@ulrichknuth5175 Жыл бұрын
@@gileslarge3801 11:51
@louismarie927 жыл бұрын
We ascend to heaven !
@Bryn-vm8pd2 жыл бұрын
Instant chills
@nevermorefarm4 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.
@NWRCB2 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.
@nevermorefarm2 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.
@MolecularArts2 жыл бұрын
@@NWRCB 8 choirs of 5 voices: S, A, T, T, B. I have the score ;-)
@rosapadron54577 жыл бұрын
beautiful
@marvincottam29918 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful
@Eyiba075 жыл бұрын
This gives me goosebumps ever single time!!!😫
@BigfistJP4 жыл бұрын
Herrvoragend! Magnifique ! Amazing!
@linapolo43709 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...
@christophernewman50275 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps...
@bertcarter61769 жыл бұрын
A sublime choral masterpiece.
@ferdiriordan16 жыл бұрын
Celestial-thank you all. Soli Deo Gloria.
@FoliesEspagne11 жыл бұрын
Dank u SinterAVRO!
@dagmar413311 жыл бұрын
Superb..
@jokeosewoudt3077 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!
@godfreyyoung2749 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-yl2zx9 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!
@chrisjn19779 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?
@godfreyyoung2749 жыл бұрын
Sorry but Reading is out of my wheelchair range from Yorkshire
@isadorafranca5859 жыл бұрын
Sublime
@CanoVictor7411 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@davidnesbit671010 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..
@georgeberger89748 жыл бұрын
This great hymn helped see me through my most threatening period.
@christianbrecht4 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@eahannan4 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!
@watchingandwaiting551110 жыл бұрын
Yes, Hans, it's truly geweldig!
@icantthinkofanameforthis25 күн бұрын
explanation: Some random Italian guy: I made a piece for 40 voices! Tallis: Hold my ale. (Tallis gets praised by Elizabeth II)
@muzieknootjedoremi11 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.
@mrMonkey12433 жыл бұрын
whoever wrote this deserves a cookie. it's so pretty.
@user-uy6md5lk7b3 жыл бұрын
Прослушала это произведение с подачи Михаила Казинка . Не могу не выразить своё восхищение и восторг услышанным. Браво. Браво. Браво
@user-uy6md5lk7b3 жыл бұрын
Браво композитору, браво исполнению и, конечно, Михаилу Семёновичу Казинику
@ruggieroferri68663 жыл бұрын
Meravigliosa estasi non ci sono dubbi
@rosacampos554 Жыл бұрын
Que coisa lindaaaaaaaa 😮❤
@jtchristiank13 жыл бұрын
The human voice is the absolutely best instrument ever conceived.
@robertm70713 жыл бұрын
Well, maybe next to birdsong.
@ruirovadoski79169 жыл бұрын
Sublime.
@AwakeningConscienceyt3 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 !
@martuchasluchamuzyki10 жыл бұрын
The most magnificent performance of this beautiful motet, I've heard. Thank you for uploading it
@jpkleyn11 жыл бұрын
Ook bekeken in Australie, de wereld is inderdaad geschronken! Dank je AVRO
@bethcruz21264 жыл бұрын
Wow realmente relajante
@monicarmr201110 жыл бұрын
wow! sopranos and tenors and altos...
@scalls9511 жыл бұрын
You're right
@ROELDC11 жыл бұрын
Het was heel bijzonder om dit mee te maken en weer terug te kunnen beluisteren.
@HansCReinders11 жыл бұрын
Geweldig!
@cmarshall351711 жыл бұрын
What a piece of music...
@ar0jj10 жыл бұрын
magnifico....! sin palabras que pieza tan bella y la calidad de interpretación, da gusto !
@TonySanAgustinOrtiz10 жыл бұрын
No má. Sublime. D:
@ar0jj10 жыл бұрын
Seeeeeeeeee
@gtnsteve18 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.
@Roheryn1003 жыл бұрын
@@declanthiele Look on Amazon...
@notaire27 жыл бұрын
Listening to this performance, I really feel a sheer number of singers can make the performance considerably better.
@polszik Жыл бұрын
40 independant part.. the director feels probably master of the world..
@pattyflordelsol34011 ай бұрын
Rayos! Es la melodía más reconfortante que he escuchado. Melodía para oídos finos ❤
@RakMontageGaming3 жыл бұрын
Kto od RoxMb?
@adriennedraisma11 жыл бұрын
Geweldig mooi. Altijd weer een kippenve;reactie bij dit wondermooie motet. Goed dat het is opgenomen om na te genieten.