Palestrina - Jesu, rex admirabilis - Gardiner

[serendipityify]

Why is the music in the wrong key?

[mvdbergrede]

The only sound more beautiful than this piece of music is the sweet voice of our dear Lord Himself.

[LoverofLiszt]

I hate my church choir for not singing enough classic music. We only have one Ave Maria sung twice a year and that´s it. Tomorrow I´ll bring sheet music and propose this, Mozart´s Ave Verum Corpus and di Lasso´s two part Benedictus. Their too beautiful to ignore any longer.

[gr4l9um20b7o]

Today is in 2012, a long time had passed.

[gr4l9um20b7o]

這首曲告訴了我們，聲樂運用密集和聲所能造成的強度。

[GADAN4537]

bravo et merci

[mirrors1]

Admirabilis

[Taenyr]

...I checked against a pitch pipe, and this piece seems a whole fifth higher than is marked in the score. No wonder I couldn't hear resonance in the lower register - this is all female voices, isn't it? Either that, or it's SAT with the tenors singing lightly.

[suffiice]

@Taenyr there was no universal pitch at this time, so you can forget trying to say that the pitch isnt authentic because virtually every town had middle C at another pitch

[Taenyr]

@suffiice ...but a FIFTH?!

[suffiice]

@Taenyr do you have the facsimile? The original score is a 4th higher than the score posted here. The discrepancies i mentioned above will account for the extra tone

[Taenyr]

@suffiice Whoops, sorry, a fourth higher, a fifth lower. Haha, thanks - I think I understand your meaning now. =)

[suffiice]

@Taenyr no prob :)

[Taenyr]

@suffiice Okay, so it switches between what sounds like SSA or SAT and what sounds like TBB; but all a fifth higher/fourth lower than marked.

[enecee13]

Wonderful. Could you send me the score? I tried to find it on imslp.org but without success.

[unica2214]

Veramente una grande interpretazione! Complimeti!

[back2backband1]

wow! beautiful and unworldly

[hiperboloida]

I wish the score quality was better.

It looks strongly computer-generated.

[Only4Russian]

Heavenly!

[BandaSCN]

You know, there MUST be some kind of God, if men write this for him. That's not music, is pure pleasure... 

[richardus]

@BandaSCN Amen brother. That's exactly what I was thinking. Oh, and I believe superman must exist, if men write lots of comics about him ;)

[AClaVetvs]

Bellissima! La cantavo in chiesa per la Resurrezione.

[pacolote]

this is harmony!!!!!!!!!!!!

primeros intentos de armonia, claro sigue siendo contrapunto, pero hay terceras y quintas

[imamNadimak]

<3

[playingmusiconmars]

I'm not religous, but that doesn't mean that I can not appreciate the beauty of this music.

Palestrina is an unbelievable source of inspiration, I would call his compositions the genesis of western music. This music established tonality and counterpoint as we know it and should be studied by every serious musician because it reflects the beginning of a continuous aesthetic transformation that, in it's essence, still keeps elements from it's start. Music is the most pure of all artforms.

[Gargantupimp]

@playingmusiconmars What about comedy? Don't you think that is purer?

[jesusthroughmary]

@playingmusiconmars It does mean, however, that your ability to appreciate this music is limited and incomplete. And that is to your detriment.

[nonnopirro52]

bravo Eliotto Giardiniere!

[sweetgothicrevenge]

Beautiful song! I venture to say this is probably the sound of Heaven.

[LightMare7]

(((((I have goosebumps)))))

[shobarsch]

@AdoremusInAeternum it's interesting to note though that palestrina never heard women perform his sacred music, because cantori were part of the clergy and had to be male.

[miguelarriagaecunha]

@shobarsch Although he also composed to sopranos and altos. Only they were usually sung by young male boys that, truth be said, in a choir can do as well or even better than women as both have very similar timbers. But what you said is completely true.

[shobarsch]

@miguelarriagaecunha Yes, the highest part in Palestrina's scores is called Cantus, thus not indicating the type of voice to which it is assigned. It was traditionally sung by castrati or boys. And you're right, women and young boys do have similar timbres... but I can tell from experience that the if the choir is composed entirely of males, the sound will blend much better =)

[Belogaria]

@shobarsch

Or maybe you just like to hear basso and tenors better than sopranos and altos(altough they can sometimes pass as tenors).:DD :P And it's natural to love the lower sounds if you are male/or playing a cello or something like that...:) Know and remember,everyone hears diffirently...;)

[8element]

I sing this with my choral, fucking awesome

[fatafoschia]

è perfetto!!!!

[DanielaMartins79]

Wonderfull!

[DanielMcDrtcomposer]

Fantastic, Humanity at it's greatest thing: Music and art.

[Zoeycat123]

Hehe, the only reason I found this was because someone one twitter posted: "I hear music!"

"I don't hear anything."

"It's a mixed choir singing Palestrina."

"Let's run!"

Beautiful song.

[enecee13]

This is one of the many works that make renaissance music really glow.

[ThePeanuts1000]

@162sparky what is Renaissance ^^

[davinou26]

god exist, this music prove it !

[mariniaya]

@davinou26 it only proves people want Him to exist. Sadly, he doesn't.

[navy95doc]

i kind of know latin, so when you put the words together they are AMAZING!!!!! and pretty. like, the title, when translated to english, it says : Jesus, admirable king

[ShellsheCote]

I'm singing this in my choir class. It's so good.

[JUSTINJLOFTON]

this is the type of music that i would hear in a movie when a horrific event has happened or it might be something you would hear when walking into a catholic church

[amatorynumber]

@JUSTINJLOFTON this is the music I would hear as I enter in Heaven. :-D and I don't necessarily mean Christian heaven.

[somthinelse4735]

@AdoremusInAeternum

I could be wrong, but those sound like trebles to me.

[amatorynumber]

@somthinelse4735 you ARE wrong! it is women :-)

[amatorynumber]

this little piece is sublime. No words.

[amatorynumber]

@AdoremusInAeternum there are also men in the first one... countertenors.

[FliegendeHollaender]

@AdoremusInAeternum

yes,it's a shame they don't let WOMEN sing! :P

[Composerland]

excellent. This makes a good anthem for a small, limited choir. There are various translations of the words.

[musighitta]

semplicemente sublime

[enecee13]

Wonderful

[nonnopirro52]

che bellezza..

[thatradperson]

Huh...that's a relatively low note that girl was singing. I liked the song nonetheless.

[TheGuyWhoJustShotYou]

great music! it really saddens me when people don't give respect to any classical music just because it dosen't have an electric guitar riff or an over rated band isn't playing it.

[jhonwfly]

linda canção Renascetista,com Palestrina no Auge da Polifonia.

[hilaryworn2]

Umm, no...

[AnimeKat52]

we have to sing this in chorus and after hearing this im like

WE SUCK

X3

[ericbelify]

Those were REAL composers of music

[hilaryworn2]

The written music is not the same pitch, a bit disconcerting...

[suffiice]

@hilaryworn2 And you are familiar with all temperament systems?

[nonnopirro52]

è cantato 4 toni sopra? grazie

[korneelmans]

@AdoremusInAeternum The high male voices also sing in the first part

[ThePhilosorpheus]

why are they singing an #A where it´s written A? (admi- ra - bi - lis)

[b0ttomzone]

@ThePhilosorpheus

Are you sure it's an a#? i hear an a natural both in the bass part in ADmirabilis and in the soprano in admiRAbilis. A is the fifth note of the Dorian mode (the mode of this music), and believe me, a raised fifth would sound very odd.

But actually, in Renaissance music there are sometimes chromatic alterations that aren't notated, to create leading tones, and such. This is called musica ficta. However, that does not occur here; all accidentals are written in.

[ThePhilosorpheus]

@b0ttomzone Music recordings often transpose pitchs, it´s a machine thing I guess.. Here it sounds like it´s on G minor, it´s not the same as it´s written, that was the problem from the start, so you´re right =) thanks for answering

[b0ttomzone]

@ThePhilosorpheus And of course, in the Renaissance, pitch was arbitrary. I mean, how would they know what 440 Hz sounded like?

Try to sing the bass part in the second to last bar... Since when was that low C ever so dang low?

[ThePhilosorpheus]

@b0ttomzone lol true, but maybe it wasn´t so arbitrary, I guess it probably depended on the singers´abilities and flexibility, but I might be guessing too much

[valdemir1959]

Olá, Belynhajoy, bom sábado.

Obrigado, gostei muito de seu video Jesus Rei Admirável

Abraços

Valdemir

[KenoCatholic]

What a lovely hymn! Does anyone know where I can find the printed music online?

[yanuacaeli]

ilus muusika. rahu ja rõõmu kõigile

[yourforte]

I used to hate studying Palestrina when I was a student years ago. Now I just love the sound of it. This is a beautiful piece of music.

[aMadMikhail]

this is amazing!

[disposableteenager]

Gosh, I love Renaissance music.

Those harmonies are to die for!

[gr4l9um20b7o]

@disposableteenager

It takes performers' skills more.

[08L1V10N]

ii - Vi - IV - I

[Mawbotch]

Palestrina doesn't fall into common practice period harmony and thus it is inappropriate to analyze pieces from the 16th Century as such. However I understand what you mean.

[BocaFriend]

Thank you for blessing us with this gorgeous upload!

The sound is tremendous! Transcendent in its powerful beauty. Best wishes from South Florida, ~Terry

[createmy23]

oh wow... it's so peaceful.. love it

[gatoulis25]

we study this in choir is very nice song

[Markohoppis]

I'd like to learn 16th century counterpoint, but I don't know exactly what books to get t learn it. Right now, it's either Fux's classic or Knud Jeppesen's book on 16th century counterpoint.

[LUCASFR0]

Well, if you can read portuguese, there's a nice one, wrote by H. J. Koellreutter, and it's name is "Contraponto Modal do Séc XVI (Palestrina)". I do not know if the book has any published translation.

[suffiice]

@Markohoppis Get "counterpoint" by walter piston

[AlainNaigeon]

@suffiice or Jeppesen's books specifically on Palestrina's counterpoint

[b0ttomzone]

@Markohoppis Harold Owen's Modal and Tonal Counterpoint is wonderfully historic. It really makes you understand the stylistic elements of each time period, and what sets Palestrina apart from Bach or from Beethoven or even from Bartok, for instance.

[AlainNaigeon]

@Markohoppis There's also a Gauldin's book on Renaissance counterpoint

[1997kate]

I LOVE PIECES OF GIOVANNI

[a520simba]

Palestrina is one of my favorite to sing , thx for the work

[suffiice]

wow......

[TheWhupper]

Heartstoppingly beautiful

[MrClaudioboccia]

che pace interiore trasmette quest'inno. grande interpretazione del complesso vocale. grazie palestrina.

[montanosmall]

esto esta brutal

[lloydino]

it seems that the music, for example, when on the screen there is a B, it seems as though an E is being played. Its higher

But enough complaining from me, great otherwise :D

[Marara63]

meraviglioso!

[FredikLirock]

maravilloso...gracias.

[vonspre]

Dulcedo inefabilis (ineffable sweteness certainly!...

I attended this performance in Santiago de Compostela (Spain),two years ago and at the end i was ecstatic. Sir Gardiner is a genius.

[MortisIgor]

Great one.

[daninu22]

Yo eh cantado esa canción junto a mi coro juvenil... Esta tema es precioso...

Saluda atentamente. Dany

[Vincentinus]

That piece was written by Thomas Luis de Victoria actually. Although, he was a student of Palestrina.

[Vincentinus]

Ignore my last comment...I was wrong. Palestrina did write a setting to O Magnum Mysterium

[StThomasmore133]

We sing this in my school choir.

Last time we did the chaplain colapsed (I hope not due to the singing); we didn't stop though...

[steadfastfire]

This has long been my favorite choral song. I am curious as to why this choir chose to have the second verse sung by men only? Regardless, it is a beautiful recording.

[Saymyname280]

BEAUTIFUL

[cheekychiko]

beautiful, lovely interpretation.. Gardiner

[Dinnye92]

Beautiful...

[pentacolo1968]

bellissimo, rispetto alla partitura è però una quarta sopra (la prima strofa) e una quinta sotto (la seconda)

[margotlorena]

perfect!