Spem In Alium Thomas Tallis

[pudseyist]

I added this beautiful piece of music to my favorites after only 10 seconds wow I love Tallis but would I have my balls cut off to sing maybe not but it is good yet brilliant so maybe I will sacrifice all 

[saintandrews83]

Absolutely brilliant , the beginning is heavenly , this piece builds to such a great moment of satisfaction , truly one of Tallis's greatest score !

[pdunderhill]

This was commisioned for Queen Elizabeth, receipts are there to prove it. I hope that Queen Elizabeth the second is remembered by such a glorious piece of music in half a thousand years time. She deserves it, a fine person.

[Lorielgreenleaf]

So beautiful and haunting. It transported me mentally out of a very unsavory day. Heaven's choir.

[MrOrgelbau]

This piece haunts my soul.... in a good way, of course! The score is pretty amazing to see as well.

[AbandonedPanda]

Who could possibly dislike this?

[Typharius]

Breath taking and beautiful music that is indeed timeless.

[sdale1022]

I love this song, heard it over a decade ago for the first time, would say 4:50 - 5:40 is my favorite part of the song.

[pokemaster1471]

Does anyone know who sung this?

[pieterswmh]

@pokemaster1471 The Tallis Scholars are the best bet

[nihonnewbie]

Open 2 instances of this.

Start the first.

When it is 1:12 into it, start the second.

[Michalle]

What kind of lunatic would dislike this?  Talk about tempting fate.

[mohe3439]

I'm 17 and I wish music was still like this.

[tauwilltriumph]

@mohe3439 It is, there are LOADS of choirs, orchestras, composers, pianists, cellists etc. worldwide. I'm personally glad modern music has come into existence, so I can enjoy it as well as this.

[TheBlueb0ttle]

@mohe3439 God is good....he wasn't a Papist....enjoy life and nature and pray to your inner God. St Pauls etc..very nice.. but not necessary. ;-)

[ThDV1]

@mohe3439 I'm 21 and I feel exactly the same way.

[Zacconfuoco]

@mohe3439 It's beautiful, but get over yourself. Pretentious comment. Who cares about your age. Music is engrained in DNA of humankind for infinity; you can always access this. So if you have problem with contemporary pieces, get out and compose stuff like this.

[eetherealflux]

Yes.

[casualevils]

ah :P yeah i guess my botany isn't the best

[scicodude]

Lol, I just kept hearing about this mythical "40 voice motet" composed in "perfect counterpoint" (Which, if you've ever written something in strict counterpoint you will know is unfathomably difficult) from my music teachers and had to hear it for myself.

Mythical it is! May it live for another 500 years (or much, much more)!

[josemarcosirbr]

Obrigado por colocar essa música no youtube. É, simplesmente, inacreditável que exista algo tão bonito assim.

[AboRasul]

@josemarcosirbr I couldn't agree more...

[LiberalsSuckPeriod]

I am sorry about the name. I am just a staunch Rep. I get very angry at a lot of the things the dems have been doing. Please forgive.

[joefitzjoefitz]

@LiberalsSuckPeriod While a great many of the things that the 'dem's" are doing have much to do with 'too much wealth' in the political system, I hardly think that the 'dem's' caused it?

And what does this have to do with art? We all have the power to create multiple youtube accounts for our multiple youtube interests here! Why your unrelated account name here?

You want to attach you neocon fantasies with the most sublime portions of human history?

[TheBlueb0ttle]

@Doriaismygrandma

silly billy...that's David Cameron.

[TheBlueb0ttle]

Sends me to sleep most nights...marvellous.

[LaMarquiseDeMerteuil]

Amamazing

[EnsignBaiXin]

What amazing harmonies and beautifully performed, bravo. Truly transcendent.

[themonger42]

love to play this while doing my coursework for the week

There's something about choir and classical instrumental that just lets me focus on my thoughts...

[Dadoucheka91]

Splendide !!!!

[casualevils]

Is it bad that every time I glance at the title I read 'Sperm'?

[Bluemanaman]

@casualevils obviously a leek fetish?

[casualevils]

@Bluemanaman Leeks?

[Bluemanaman]

@casualevils 'Sperm in Allium'

[casualevils]

@Bluemanaman What does the title have to do with leeks? It means "Hope for any Other"

[Bluemanaman]

@casualevils haha i don't think two p*sspoor puns are worth all this. 'Sperm in alium nunquam habui praeter in te' (what you see) would literally mean 'I have never put my sperm in any other but you'. 'Spem in allium nunquam habui' would mean that I have never put my hope in leeks' (or onions or shallots or similar vegetable, check out allium with double L)' . I think the main thing is to just enjoy the beautiful hormonies.

[KieranJosephMusic]

my study music

(also, be kind and have a look at my song on my profile) :)

[Coolcat607]

How did I never hear of Thomas Tallis?

[MarieAntoinette2]

16th century English composer. He was hired by Henry the VIII.

[ConspiracyClown]

brilliant!

i was just trying to study some renaissance for music.... but this is something else!

[danimal245]

This composition was on The Tudors

[RichardIIfan]

This is wonderful. I believe it was composed for the coronation of Queen Mary in 1553. Whether it beats Allegri's Miserere is debatable however. In a bogstandard world this is good for the soul.

[njring]

My high school choir performed this piece with 3 college choirs (all of us divided in half to make 8) in 1998 at International Market Square in Minneapolis, MN for the ACDA. I consider that one of the highlights of my life.

[KathrynARyder]

I think this is the most perfect, most heavenly piece of choral music ever written. It is so soothing to the soul !!!

[HelplessInOttawa]

First time I heard this I cried.

[Tobbe999999999999999]

this really is pure beauty! amazing.

[AirsoftGhillieSnipez]

WOW!!

[Marmm92]

this music is played daily in heaven!

[JasmineVDEMusic]

amazing !

[spishalishalishalish]

anybody else hear the mistake juuust after 9:29? D: SO SAD. SO JARRING!

[Shtove]

@spishalishalishalish

She got goosed? Hehe.

[247365420]

@Shtove i like the way you think.

[heynikkiho]

Spem in alium nunquam habui praeter in te Deus Israel  qui irasceris et propitius eris et omnia peccata hominum in tribulatione dimittis Domine Deus Creator coeli et terrae respice humilitatem nostram

English: I have never put my hope in any other but in You, O God of Israel who can show both anger and graciousness, and who absolves all the sins of suffering man Lord God, Creator of Heaven and Earth be mindful of our lowliness

[markbachara]

this is unusually gorgeous. i dont understand it at all but i cant stop listening.

[Harpagone1]

a wonderful interpretation but Andrew Parrott and the Taverner choir are excellent !

[guerraroberto2]

Lo más cercano a lo celestial. Gracias por compartir Spem in Alium de Thomas Tallis.

Dios te siga bendiciendo.

[kingsott]

To Bob6091 Many thanks for your download. Especially since the "Live from Ely Cathedral" version has been withdrawn due to pressure from the Berlin Philharmonic. Now what business has that otherwise exemplary orchestra with a Tallis motet?  I would dearly like to know, please.

[stashyjon]

This is so beautiful

[KellAnderson]

I once thought The Lark Ascending was the most beautiful piece of classical music ever written. Now, I know I was wrong. This is fantastic.

[TomRAFC]

@KellAnderson theres no disputing whatever it was it was written by a brit ;->

[SupercellBaebe]

Stunning, I am lost for words, this brings tears to my eyes it is so beautiful 

[tinaturntable]

This has helped me through a lot of dark moments in my life!

[MissBeckyBoo7]

My country's secondary students choir will be learning/performing this one! It's so beautiful!

[vingionis]

This is heaven

[LiberalsSuckPeriod]

This is what kids should be listening to instead of shitty rap music, talking about slapping bitches and getting f*cked up.

This piece blows me away. It makes me want to have faith in humanity again.

[hughaanderson]

@LiberalsSuckPeriod You put it beautfully. To me it also brings hope and a kind of serene joy.

[mrtallis]

@LiberalsSuckPeriod you twat thomas tallis is my relation, he took this music forward because he understood progress. Why would he want me to spend all my time listening to 400+ year old music?

[CofradeArrepentido]

@LiberalsSuckPeriod I must admit that visiting your channel has somewhat diminished my faith in humanity. It shows that the power of music, however great, fails to reign supreme.

[dotkomist]

@LiberalsSuckPeriod shitty rap music isnt all our generation listens to. im a big metal fan, and this is among some of my favourite songs ever written.

[LiberalsSuckPeriod]

@dotkomist

I like metal too. But the rap influence has ruined our culture for the past 10 years.

[Sylderon]

@LiberalsSuckPeriod

Just remember: All of that rap will either be forgotten in a decade's time, or be relegated to dusty old lists, while such as this shall remain immortal, or at least mostly so. It makes me want to forgive you for your name. ^.^

[KITCHENOFDISTINCTION]

@Sylderon have to say...nice comment...

[updownleftrightinout]

@LiberalsSuckPeriod Unfortunately it was created in the darkest days of the Dark Ages. On the cusp of the Middle Ages and long before the Enlightenment. It is an inspiration knowing that even during rough periods of history beauty could be created so adroitly. Some may suggest it is the hardship that inspires.

[LiberalsSuckPeriod]

@updownleftrightinout

All I know is it is beautiful. When I hear things as wonderful as this, it gives me a feeling that there is still hope for humanity, as evil as we can all be.

Thanks for the reply.

[selavy59]

@updownleftrightinout Dark ages ended with William the Conqueror. This music was penned at the end of the middle ages. A staggering 40 part motet yet to be bested.

[TheBacchanalian]

@updownleftrightinout It's from the Renaissance. The "Dark Ages" ended with Charlemagne.

[ZwTu95]

did anyone else get here by Terry Pratchett?^^

[hughaanderson]

@ZwTu95 No, they took to drugs, drink, or both

[rachelwilson5]

@ZwTu95 '50 Shades Of Grey' was my path to here, although I did recognise the name and artist which is what intersted me enough to actually bother lookign it up---NOT DISSAPOINTED

[Paaikan]

@ZwTu95 I'm here by The Tudors and Joe Lean who plays Thomas Tallis ! <3

[jamminjls]

It was composed by Thomas Tallis, for 40 voices in honor of Quuen Elizabeth I's 40th birthday, and is performed here by the Tallis Scholars. 

[slukky]

sounds like oxford camerata. gorgeous-- other worldly- angelic!

[Myros00]

The 10 people who disliked this must be freakin' deaf...

[keepitmetal0]

lmao at the audio glich funny i ended up here because of castlevania

[Docuhistory]

esto es precioso, me hace viajar en el tiempo y situarme en el contexto. muchos saludos desde Chile

[confridesable]

música celestial, muchachos, gracias por compartir.

[TonyGallegosTV]

this song beat Eminem in Britain i hear...

[edj66]

@TonyGallegosTV Good. Eminem is rubbish. :-)

[toakreon]

Thomas Tallis is one of the "lost gems" of music - lost in the sense that astonishingly few people have ever heard of him. In my opinion he might justifyably be called the "first of the truly great composers" and certainly, in his own style, produced music that has never been surpassed by any other.

[Ratzfourtyfour]

wow

[sirgregii]

One of the most beautiful pieces of music in the world. I guess no composer in the whole history of music ever came so close to "heavenly music".

You don't even can make out some melody, it is plain sound and peace and beauty.

May Thomas Tallis rest in the peace he gave us with this music.

[awitham68]

Is this not the Sixteen under Christophers? I think they made a recording with instruments...

[xDdraigCymraeg]

one word: STUNNING

[dhamdropbear]

I'm not sure about "it's not performed often". There seem to be recordings around by all the early music choirs and amateur performances are frequent: just looking at the London it's performed every year at the Tallis festival, and I see the Holst singers, the Purcell singers and the Exmoor singers are all performing it in 2011.

[Jiffybob47]

sounds like Polyphony or the Tallis Scholars. i could be wrong.

[ABFablover]

this is fucking beautiful 

[dbscarydog3456]

Afloat in the vocal wash of this gripping choral piece, some of you choose to BICKER?

[DarthMaximilian]

it was written for liz's fourtieth birthday, its in fourty parts,stuff like that, full of symbolic fourtieness

[ginaonthebass]

what a lovely piece of music...havent ever heard this before...i need to pump up the volume:):):)

[dasenteney]

Anybody else hear a french horn or trombone here and there throughout the piece?

[ast0nmart1n1]

@dasenteney there are no instruments what so ever, it's 40 voices only. at first listen, it can fool you into thinking otherwise

[SayidShazeen]

If you like this song, you should check out the version sung by "The Kings Singers" their version is better than this one imho.

[quiverbacca]

@SayidShazeen but that version totally defeats the object of it being a 40 part motet as there are only 6 of them.

[Reaper2500]

I love this song, but that audio glitch saddens me greatly...

[quiverbacca]

@Reaper2500 wondered what you were talking about at 1st then I realised once it had made me jump and I see your point.

[Jiffybob47]

@Reaper2500 yea, that part scared me. i was like all peaceful, then *glitch*, it made me jump! most unpleasant fo sho.

[mjnairn]

Grr27, Taverner Consort

[grr27]

Who's performing this?

[Bob8091]

@grr27 I'm afraid I downloaded this years ago and did not save the name of who sang this. Sorry mate.

[grr27]

@Bob8091 Aw...thanks for responding anyway!

[rzouniesz]

@Bob8091 I know that there is one great performance by Tallis Scholars. 

[synthemescthewise]

@Bob8091 It's from the Tallis Scholars album of the same name.

[Choiract]

@Bob8091 The performer is the Andrew Parrott/Taverner choir

[kpbarrow]

@grr27 It's the Taverner Choir. You can find it on Amazon.co.uk under "100 Best Baroque" , disk 1 track 5.

[cheapread]

@grr27 At Brighton Festival this week - Janet Cardiff (Canadian lady) had this piece played 'performed' in an empty Church thru 40 loudspeakers all miked separately - disconcertingly moving !! If you get a chance to

hear a repeat of this novel ear-opener locally, go for it..

DonalBristol

[boricuamamii2009]

@grr27 It's a 40 part motet performing this. Thomas Tallis composed it.

[israellamar]

@grr27 Sounds like the The Tallis Scholars.

[MrJosquindeprez]

@grr27

It´s from the cd Tallis Latin Church Music I, Taverner Consort and Choir, Andrew Parrott published by EMI.....

[grr27]

@MrJosquindeprez Thank you so much!

[rupertbrooks0]

@grr27 It's performed by the Taverner Consort & Choir, conducted by Andrew Parrott. The recording is called: Spem in Alium - Latin Church Music. Issued by Virgin Classics | Veritas, Released: 04/08/2003. Cat. No: 562 2302. Beautiful isn't it!

[TheBlueb0ttle]

The Tallis Singers.

[TheBachian]

Such perfection in a few moments is difficult to bear sometimes 

[toki420420]

o wow it just dawned on me ...WHAT DOES EMENIM SAY IN STAN ???Spem in Alium MUST NOT OF GOTTEN THEM THERE WAS PROBLY A PROBLEM AT THE POST OFFICE OR SOMTHIN.......IS EMENIM TALKING ABOUT THIS BEAT NOT BEING RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC

[TheExarion]

@toki420420 Calm down, Eminem isn't even close to pertaining to this song, what the hell are you talking about?

[BadEgg55]

sperm in anal

[BlackMetalButterfly]

@BadEgg55

I laughed hard... bad me :D

[BadEgg55]

@BadEgg55 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[unfortunatewitnessX]

This was written after Striggio's works. Look it up in Yahoo! in the search engine as " "Lost" 450-year-old mass soars on British charts".

[vandaveer88]

@unfortunatewitnessX yahoo is how i heard of this piece

and wow it sounds amazing, even for being a 450 yr old piece...it still sounds like there is instruments in the music even though its all vocal

[mmenchu]

Google "Thomas Tallis: Complete Works, Alistair Dixon". CD #7, final track.

[RemovdSande11]

damn, the audio glitch @ 4:50 keeps scaring the sh*t out of me... !

[r3tr0gam3r]

@RemovdSande11 lol, it got me too.

[RemovdSande11]

@r3tr0gam3r

ha ye, I stopped listening to this recording cause the last time I had to recover for some minutes haha.

[TragicDestiny82]

@RemovdSande11 :Lol: Me too. Every frikin time. 

[RemovdSande11]

This is really good to train my ears. I have more trouble with Thomas Talis than Bach fugues pfff, hard! but beautiful...

[ejfis]

invisable light seems to shine only through music like Spem in Alium by Thomas Tallis - you breeze etenity by listening and find once own center/self

[biologicalbubble]

A creation of the human animal, fantastical!

[2012drummajor]

What a true blessing this song is!!! Absolutely outstanding and the lyrics couldn't be more beautiful-looking up the translation would be worth your time. Yet another beautiful song by the genius we all know as Thomas Tallis!!!

[VerbranntiChaib1]

The church was the patron back then Much as the recording companies are these days.

This was written as a show off piece by Tallis. Nothing to do with God and religion and all that.. Great listening.

[antoniusultimus]

@VerbranntiChaib1 "Spem in alium nunquam habui praeter in te Deus Israel qui irasceris et propitius eris et omnia peccata hominum in tribulatione dimittis Domine Deus Creator coeli et terrae respice humilitatem nostram"

"I have never put my hope in any other but in You, O God of Israe who can show both anger and graciousness, and who absolves all the sins of suffering man Lord God, Creator of Heaven and Earth be mindful of our lowliness"

Nothing to do with God and religion and all that eh?

[phoenixhekate]

It's like a sky overcast with clouds, and each voice coming in is a ray of light penetrating and bringing sunshine to the world, and as they all sing together d clouds are dispelled, and there is light.

[TheExarion]

The pictures are changing I JUST KNOW IT! D:<

[jmichaelortiz]

I am not an atheist, as that philosophical position is simply untenable given what we see and hear--Spem in Alium!

[Siriaan]

@jmichaelortiz HAIL VISHNU

[Renaissance500]

The best music ever written! Just divine!

[TheCBGBoy]

This is real music.

[jmichaelortiz]

Being an atheist after hearing this is like denying your mother loves you right after she cooks you a gourmet dinner.

If there is no God, we come from the mud; and so does this. But this is too beautiful to come from mud (no effect can be greater than its cause), so therefore God exists. Smile. Listen. Pray.

[Siriaan]

@jmichaelortiz HAIL THOR

[Anonicks]

@jmichaelortiz if you're an atheist you'd believe the science behind why you love this song so much.

[detritus87]

@jmichaelortiz Not getting into a religious debate, but don't you find poetry in the idea that something this beautiful could come from the mud. I'm not questioning any religious beliefs just suggesting that if god doesn't exist, it removes nothing from how amazing this piece is. Even as an atheist, I can see the divine genius of this song, the only difference is my personal definition of the divine.

[jmichaelortiz]

@detritus87 Can an ant write a tome of philosophy? or write a symphony?

[jmichaelortiz]

@detritus87 Atheism short-circuits the natural desire to give thanks for the goodness of creation. All cultures have had their gods--except the Soviets, and looks where they are!

[detritus87]

@jmichaelortiz Just because I don't believe in god, it doesn't mean I can't appreciate the beauty in this world be it natural or man made. I doubt that the demise of the soviet union has much to do with a lack of god. Very god fearing empires and societies have crumbled, sometimes because of their god(s).

[CincinnatusUSA]

@detritus87 If that is true, then God is in the mud--as he is, indeed, 'all in all.' No matter if there is only matter--this being producible from it suggests that there is more to mud than what we take to be 'mud'--more to matter than matter. You see, I think, what I mean.

[detritus87]

@CincinnatusUSA ... Its cosmic futility in my eyes would be just as beautiful as it being a manifestation of god's work. And the interesting thing is that although we appreciate this piece differently, I believe that it hits us in exactly the same place.

[UTube8H]

@detritus87 That's a nice thought.

[jmichaelortiz]

Being an atheist after hearing this is like denying your mother loves you right after she cooks you a gourmet dinner.

[KhagarBalugrak]

Wonderful...Tallis is now one of my favorite composers.

[7hobbit7]

I have just come home after seeing a play called ''I, Elizabeth''. But looking for something totally different on youtube i have come across this heavenly music. Speaking of coincidence...This is a MASTERPIECE!

[fatbunder]

I am Brazilian and I have no words to express my excitement to hear that

masterpiece

[zara2255]

Very beautiful... Thanks...

[TheAtheistStorm]

I see missery, torture, sadness and a million death's, i feel harmony, peace, mutual respect and love.

Wonderful, who are the performers ?