"Jubilate Domino" by Buxtehude(Expt).Ian Howell Countertenor

[Harund7]

he has a beautiful voice, i love he haha

[Schwanengesang415]

I enjoyed it very much, thank you!

[GiveCourage]

I would literally give an arm and a leg for your voice.  Keep it up sexy!

[AliochaKaramazov87]

@ApesHunter

Que estupidez la tuya de venir a arruinar tan hermoso video como este, con tus insultos y trollismo. Vete mejor a molestar a otro lado.

[zara2255]

Wonderful voice!

[plebe30501]

Great music !!

[HechaenCuba]

Presioso video amigo, te dejo mis estrellas y besos..*****

[AliochaKaramazov87]

Que maravilla de música. Me da una emoción inmensa escucharla.

[plebe30501]

@AliochaKaramazov87 Hola muy hermosa en verdad tienes razon se llena el espiritu de emocion, gracias por compartirmela

[arnoldogiordani]

What a wonderful sound! Port and roses.

[VictorMChristianus]

I've never heard such a beautiful voice!

[ManuelRelativista]

This is an interesting interpretation of Buxtehude's "Jubilate Domino": elegance and virtuosity. The voice of the countertenor is both clear and smooth.

[demian056]

Que maravilla de música. Da mucha serenidad de alma.

[delauge]

Oh, Ian, I love you so much ! :-) It is really lovely how you sing this.

[kukana228]

Beautiful!! Gorgeous Performance! Love this so much!! Every Bit!!

[Avericum]

Marvelous voice, really rich and angelic, but i think it lack the baroque ornaments a little (the song)

[javowiz]

beautiful !

[tastibasti]

so cute and charming ian, thank you thank you and please do more for the music, i would be happy to hear mor from you! what a charming voice, so well ranged!!! wonderful!

[animefan3331]

Bravo!

[gavarian77]

Hello Ian, i dont´t get tired to see this video, i hear the ¨jubilate domino¨version of andreas schol who is an amazing singer but i like your way for a wider diference. well i mean there is not a ¨is better than...¨ it´s just that i feel more rich and soft your voice.

Bests Regards

José

[rlee1976]

As a fellow countertenor (just now trying to get back to studying) - I am deeply moved by your performances and would LOVE to see you live! I'm not going to compare you to anyone because everyone is different, but WOW, such musicality, such beautiful everything! I can't wait to have a lesson someday or a coaching!

[stevecraid]

Hey Ian,

You have a beautiful voice. Sounds very pure and pristine... it's enchanting! :)

Funnily when I try this countertenor register, I can reach the same keys but it never sounds as pure and female-like as you... I better stick to my baritone reg then!

Great voice dude, would be great to see more new videos... ;)

Happy New Year and best wishes from Switzerland!

[mradaChris]

You really are quite good!

chris

[janvirgil]

His voice is not as high as Philippe Jaroussky's, but it's a lot more regal and dignified. I enjoyed his voice tremendously. Would LOVE to see him perform. Best wishes to you Ian, from San Francisco, California.

[ianthecountertenor]

Hi Janvirgil,

Thank you so much for your compliments.

I will be singing Messiah in San Francisco this December (18th and 19th) with the American Bach Soloists at Grace Cathedral, so you won't have to wait long to hear me live.

I used to live in SF, and it is still one of my favorite places in the world.

Best,

Ian

[janvirgil]

Ian,

What a wonderful surprise to "hear" from you - thank you so much. I'm looking forward to seeing you perform here in San Francisco in December. Until then best to you and thank you for sharing your performances here on YouTube.

[gavarian77]

hello Ian, I want to extend my whole admiration for your beautiful voice, i like baroque very much. Me and my sister watch this video so often, and we sing in the meantime we see it. Please sorry for my bad english, greetings from Guadalajara, México!!!

[singingangel1993]

Yeah, he's DEFINITELY a tenor.

[ianthecountertenor]

Hmmm, really? I've not sung tenor rep in a very long time. Alto, countertenor, sometimes (not in public) baritone, sure. What makes you think tenor?

all best,

Ian

[countertenors]

@ianthecountertenor

Tenor? He-he :) I think it was a compliment to your lower register, which is really very impressive :)

[eustazio]

@ianthecountertenor he's probably confused by your projection and your low notes which are not squished.... i'd take it as a compliment :)

[orlando31000]

very good nice voice! and very cute!! Oui, tres mignon le contre tenor!!

[rochelimit55555]

whooow high tenor!

[Gonnakillyou]

I like how he tends to keep his head in place.

[mogemoets]

OH my jesus christ almighty

this is SOOOOOOOOOOO excellent!

Wonderful match of instrumentalists!!!!!!

Martin

[Contratenor18mlg]

Cantas bien... pero me tienen enamorado tu cara y tu forma d estar en el escenario!!

Bravoo

[silversasukeluvr]

i sang this in choir but it was different

[rullstensas]

Bravo!

A fine voice indeed!

[phillipebach]

excelente!!! muy buena interpretación de la obra de Buxtehude, magnífico

[Christopher8000]

Whether it be a Viola da Gamba or Cello, she does an excellent job of it.

[musicadei]

what a beautiful instrument!

[lordmusea]

What a thrill to hear such a beautiful countertenor singing this music. I've never heard him live, but I hope I can some day soon...he's great!

[blacktiger444]

Hey Ian. Ever thought of doing Buxtehude's exquisite Sicut Moses? It's a bit like Jubilate domino.

[ILdolceSuono]

Great work Ian...

This was actually the performance I spoke of when we met at Amherst.

such an inspiration..

good luck!

[musiclover63]

Wow!!! WONDERFUL! Congrats to all of you!

[justwatchingyours]

nice!

[singspieler]

the chick on the cello rocks!

[ianthecountertenor]

Hi Singspieler,

She is actually playing a Viola da Gamba, not a Cello.

She does, however, rock.

~i

[MAGEofOBLIVION]

Wonderful voice! I recently learned that I am a countertenor, however my control is no where near that of yours, at least not yet nor for a while. Keep it up! great job, looking forward to more!

[blacktiger444]

Cithara should be pronounced CHEE-thara. Voce should be Vo-CHE.

[ianthecountertenor]

Blacktiger brings up an intersting point. According to the rules of Italian Latin (also known as 'Church' latin), the letter 'c' followed by an 'i' or an 'e' should be pronounced as an english 'ch' sound. I am, however, singing in German latin, since the composer was Buxtehude. If you listen closely, there are quite a few words that are pronounced differently in German latin.

[contrafagot]

Bravo!!, beautiful voice; I will have you in mind for the next time I need a "contratenore". Great!

[ianthecountertenor]

Great! Have voice, will travel.

~ian

[blacktiger444]

Lovely. Really glad you used period instruments. Are you a natural countertenor or an alto falsettist? Brilliant. Coming to the UK soon?

[ianthecountertenor]

Hi, I will be in England mid July with the St Thomas 5th Ave Choir from New York City. Just doing evensongs, I'm afraid without much solo work. Go to their website to get tour details (I'll be on from July 16th through 23rd).

As to your other question, I just wrote a long blog about that. Goto myspace(dot)com/ianthecountert­enor. Click on to the blog and read the most recent post.

Best,

Ian

[shelterit]

All round fantastic stuff. Hope to see you down-under!

[FloriaTosca85]

Beautiful voice Ian!Bravo, such an efortless performance.

[pcostafloripa]

Congratulations, Ian. Perfect.

From Brazil.

[sasperanto]

very very nice. Wonderful control, and pitch clarity. A pleasure!

[felixferra]

Very good technique and beautiful voice. Congratulations! Are you coming to Brazil?

[ianthecountertenor]

Hi,

Thank you. I am not scheduled to come to Brazil, though I would love to.

If any opportunities to sing there come up, do let me know :-).

~Ian

[kool1800]

I want to eat you right up:P

[CounterTenorAltus]

wow, I was very impressed with your melismas, there were even and tempered. very beautiful.

[pautalux]

Actually I enjoyed very much both you and the gamba-ist: could you tell me her name? This, of course doesn't mean that I disliked the organist!!

Congratulations by Paolo from italy

[ianthecountertenor]

Hi, Her name is Marie Dalby.

[LadyMoralqua]

OMG you have a very very beautiful and sweet voice..

Blessings.

[navihdz]

esta bien bueno el contratenor y canta bien hermoso

[Henspert]

This makes me Giddy every time I watch it! Marie compliments the heck out of it with her well executed character. I like her hair too.

Mo ichi do, Mo ichi do!

[countertenorbuff]

Beautiful sound, great intonation, excellent articulation on the coloratura and he's cute as a bug to boot! Thanks for posting.

[Shahzada]

Momentous performance. I have always loved Abendmusiken, and especially works by Buxtehude. This was a wonderful rendition of my all time favourite. Thankyou. Subscription worthy.

[oberonne]

Very good voice indeed. Greatly tempered and goog volume. I've just subscribed to enjoy more of your art. Thanks for sharing it!

[senesino83]

Wow Ian ;)

[Asterionu]

wow what a wonderful voice :D

[joshisaac]

No - Buxtehude's Klaglied..You'd need at least two viols for it though, and continuo.

The manuscript for Jubilate is in three separate parts kept in Uppsala Univerity I think. There isn't a facsimile of it available as far as I know, partly because the parts are not very user friendly.

[joshisaac]

No, she plays it well - just needs to chill more, it would be good for you. If you have access to a good library, go to the collected editions section and look under Buxtehude. It may be that the Baerenreiter edition is slighty old now and heavily edited, but I could recommend a good publisher in Germany that recently got it out if you're interested....so - when are you going to sing the Klaglied?

[ianthecountertenor]

Oh, I thought you meant that you had access to a facsimile of the manuscript :-). I'm swinging by Yale's library next week for some other stuff (learning D. Scarlatti's Salve Regina for a recording). I'll check out the collected works. I can't remember which I used for the performance... could have been the Bärenreiter? Green cover.

I assume you are not talking about Schubert's Klaglied?

Off to grove.

[joshisaac]

More time as in 'freer', as fantasia normally implies, not slower. But you may be interested to know that the 'con fantasia' only exists in the edited score..

[ianthecountertenor]

Yeah, i didn't get to look at the original. Do you have scans? If you could send me pdfs I'd really appreciate it! I figured that most of the tempo and dynamic indications were editorial. I still like the way she plays the solo bit :-). But... I'm used to it, of course.

best,

ian

[joshisaac]

Wonderful singing! I enjoyed the Handel very much too. But your gambist needs to relax more in this piece! It's a hard gamba part, and occasionally I could feel the tension pushing you on..Perhaps she could take more time ...for example in the solo before the last section.

[ianthecountertenor]

hmmmm.... we actually talked quite a bit about tempo for that solo moment. It is marked 'fantasia' in the score, but taking it much slower makes no sense with the overall lyric meaning of the piece. :-) Have you heard other people interpret this differently?

be well,

ian

[hermanopaz]

Ian, perfect as always, that wonderful voice of yours is like those of the angels. The violist isn't quite good :( she's not as perfect as you are. 5 stars and thanks for sharing us this

[lamarcallas]

beautiful singing

[correpetitor]

Very nice performance! I'm sure that you know, you'll make a great career. Very musical and beautifeul phrasing! Thanks a lot. The cellist is also musical but I think, she has to practice for a better sound. Pity that you can see the organist only at the last moment.

[ianthecountertenor]

Hi, thank you. That cellist is actually a Gamba-ist! The instrument has a very different sound from the cello (more airy and thin, less vibrant) and the bow technique results in a nuance that is distinct from a cellos bite. The sound will never be as full, but is beautiful in a refreshing way (IMHO).

[ianthecountertenor]

I wish that I had a shot to include the organist. This was the first song on the concert, and that camera had not yet been turned on. If you view my video "Flammende Rose" by Handel you will get to see the same performer (Ilya Polataev) playing harpsichord.

[adrienm]

i have a crush on you.

[Ravensinger]

Bravo!!! You sing so beautifully...I'm blown away! Your melismas are inspiring!

[altosuperior]

Thank you Ian that was excellent. MORE PLEASE!!