Henry Purcell - Jubilate Deo in D major, Z. 232 / The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

[silharima]

Wonderful performance! Thanks so much for uploading it.

[esarfmij]

pure lovliness, thank you for putting it on youtube; you have helped record musical history -- from Purcell's time to ours . . .

[davehshs]

The link to a high-quality, "480p" version just goes to another 360p.

[USAsoldier1955]

A true celebration of our Protestant Catholic Faith! :)

[davehshs]

Countertenors are an acquired taste, IMO. I've never cared for them, much preferring the sound of a female soprano. Not sure why the baroque era was so wild about countertenors. Probably for some of the same reasons that the Elizabethans dressed up boys as women for all female roles in plays.

[gajda1984]

@davehshs it was a male dominated society.

[davehshs]

@gajda1984 Yep. :-)

[fanculo2222]

@mordy91, it is a theorbo, the baroque precursor of guitar as we know it.

[egomorfo]

@fanculo2222 i guess the precursor of the modern guitar is the vihuela. the word viol derives from it or viceversa.

[egomorfo]

i love this performance.

[phillyblizzard]

A beautiful, interwoven and well executed devotional piece. One has to love Purcell. Merci beaucoup for posting.

[TheYves83]

Henry Purcell : un moment de majesté

[mordy91]

Does anyone know what kind of guitar it is? It looks unreal! Btw. Counter-tenor rules! :D

[egomorfo]

@mordy91 archilute

[LULLYxoxo]

My favourite !!

[zemotheon12987]

whats the name of that lead bass? and am i the only one who doesn't like the countertenor?????

[Andy030597]

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[lichtbroeder]

The joyful parts just blow me away. Every bit as majestic as anything written by Handel. Yesterday I discovered Purcell's "If Love's a Sweet Passion" and it moved me almost to tears. Then I found this. 300 years and still going strong. Will that be said of much of our music today?

[Burabuda]

I really really like this presentation and wouldn't change a thing. Having said that, I wonder how different it would sound with a gamba instead of a cello.

[molealto]

Hmm, is that countertenor Larry Zazzo?

[TheAaronmoses]

Barock- und Renaissancemusik ist einfach das GRÖSSTE, was die Götter uns Zwergen je geschenkt haben .... Cannot stop .. !!!

[SorenSorenssen]

Oh that Henry! He never disapoints me! Whatever I hear by Purcell throws me in admiration! He must be a true genious who never betrayed neither himself nor his expecting listeners.

[grematron]

Henry, What a genius

:)

[polishrateater]

why on earth do those guys have such rediculously high voices?

[opus88888]

None of those guys have ridiculous high voices, you are the ridicule due to your lack of musical taste.

[grematron]

very well said :)

[Arjetube]

@opus88888 they DO have ridicilous high voices xD

[gajda1984]

@opus88888 From a man's point of view, yeah it's ridiculously high. But countertenors are the heart of the picturesque sound of the early baroque, renaissance, and medieval era of music. Someone has got to be able to potray these great eras of music.

[animanatural]

Mark Bennet is perfect in the trumpet

this choir is excellent!... beautiful voices

thanks protestant

+5

[bersa888]

...so, that's what Handel was really doing in England - i.e. getting ideas from what Henry had written before he came ;-)

[laketroutdeepdown]

This comment is irresponsible. Handel established himself before he came to England. Look to the Corelli incident in Italy, where once again, as before he was a foreigner.

The man was a master in German, Italian and English music. Handel actually did much more than Bach in the evolution of Baroque to Classical Music. And though I love Purcell, Handel could touch pathos in a way neither Purcell nor later Bach could approach.

[laketroutdeepdown]

And I forgot to mention Lully, who to me was the most dramatic Baroque composer of all.

[bersa888]

Handel was not familiar with Purcell's music until he got to England, where he wrote - beautiful and perfectly valid, don;t get me wrong - sacred music under his clear influence/inspiration. For his Concerti Grossi op. 12 he pillaged thematic material from Muffat.... these are all common practices of the time anyway - and, most importantly, mine comment was tongue-in-cheek.... I never take myself too seriously ;-).

[bersa888]

But, trust me, Handel (Telemann, Vivaldi, etc.) were content with sticking with forms and formulas, as great as their music was, an attitude that Bach almost never followed, continuously experimenting and ever expanding his compositional technique. Also, as far as instrumental (string, keyboard) writing, Handel once more did not do half as much as Vivaldi or Bach (violin, cello, harpsichord & organ solo sonatas, suites, preludes, toccatas, fugues, etc.) did.

[katiespeachykeen]

wow :)

[Londonfogey]

Not only is the music wonderful but the lighting and cinematography is superb - it gives the whole film the look of a renaissance painting!

[mrmolinodelahoz]

TE DEUM-- You BET!

All that talent, intelligence and extroardinarly handsom appearance.

It´s a piece of heaven.

[Yaxwitz]

a question:

Were women aloud to sing religious music in tthe baroque times?

[sherbetstraw]

dont think so

[abedtalal]

راائع بكل معنى الكلمة Wonderful

[mrmolinodelahoz]

The countertenor sounds like an angel and he looks like a God.

It´s time for me to look for a siinging teacher.

[willfullyobscure]

lol, its time for you to start looking for a date...

[megansspark]

perfect!!! thanks for the share, dear brunella... happy weekend :)

[bachsboy77]

i Love the cinematography.

The images of the windows, architecture of the cathedral. A wonderful backdrop for the brilliant and smooth melodic lines.

A physical and ethereal harmony.

EXCELLENT!

[AristYdes]

I dont know whats more disturbing about this video, if the movements of all the singers mouths resembling passionate cocksucking or the giant neck of that weird guitar

[mrmolinodelahoz]

At least you know what it means to feel ignorant, stupid, and vulgar.

you have alot of class-  all low.

[LordMagros]

@AristYdes I know a thing more disturbing: your ignorance

[tolkappiam]

very good. I like the sound and the solists voice. thank you for this record.

[iwema93]

beautiful!

[gustavs9]

exceptional video .I bought it on amazon. Woderful environment for the performance

[emperoroberon]

Excellent countertenor and soprano soloists. They are clearly trained in the style of the baroque area as all he soloists and members of the choir all sing with pure clean voices without excessive vibrato.

[Burabuda]

amen to that! listen to koopman bach to hear a vibrato alto for comparison. just sounds wrong

[r0g3r5m1th]

@emperoroberon Did you know that Counter Tenors used to be called "Castrato's", brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it.

[zemotheon12987]

@r0g3r5m1th wonder why they called them that......

[GrandOldPete]

@r0g3r5m1th No, countertenors have never been called Castratos. Countertenors are countertenors.

[r0g3r5m1th]

@GrandOldPete ,Thanks for putting me right on that,your reply gave a spur to my looking up just what a Castrato was,and I quote"a Castrato is a man with a singing voice equivalent to that of a Soprano,mezzo Soprano or Contralto,usually produced by Castration before Puberty".Hope that puts this matter to rest.

[zemotheon12987]

@emperoroberon i like the basses the best.