Martyrs - Gaelic Psalm

[bigjohn697791]

the land looks so much like ireland where in scotland is this

[NiallMS]

@bigjohn697791 The Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.

[spritedaway12]

Am I the only one here for credit music? This is truly beautiful.

[robsargent4]

that's what my Dad would call the Free Church at it's best. who needs hymns when you've got the psalms, especially when they're in Gaelic? mind you I'm not really religious any more, but I still have a certain respect for religious tradition

[fidemchristo]

Sounds like the Zulus just before they attacked the British in the battle of Rorke's Drift in South Africa

[Ann3shoes]

@fidemchristo LOL - it does! But it still sends shivers down my spine.

[robsargent4]

@fidemchristo well I think all peoples of the world had a similar tradition of song to the Gaels, Zulus etc. at one time, but it's something that seems to have been lost in today's world of change & global culture.

[zlenrigh]

"3 They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.

4 We are objects of contempt to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us."

That's the Scripture reference here...like something taken right out of Scottish history.

[CaitLovesHorses]

Everypne in my Music class even the teacher finds this REALLY weird n i sit there like "Wow..thats very..intresting..i love it!" n they look at me weirdly XD

[robsargent4]

@CaitLovesHorses well to be honest I think it's weird that other people don't find this interesting

[1wicsy]

@CaitLovesHorses I wouldn't class them as "Music Teachers" then :) or even Music Stutdents

[1wicsy]

@CaitLovesHorses Students* :/

[BlueRhythm64]

It's like the start of battlestar galactica

[wallish]

compare this to Aak, traditional Korean court music. type in Su Je Cheon and listen. So much connection from the music of two peoples so far apart.

[Jmlatmr87]

@wallish That sounds interesting. I'll have to check it out, Korean music is really quite good in my experience. :D

[MegaBoiledGoose]

Tha seo cho math! :D

[saorsa74]

Beautiful!



[fairman1952]

No wonder these people saved western civilization.

[gaspersopi]

A similar kind of polyphonic singing is also found in southern Albania - search for "Kenge Polifonike"

[Quixotic300]

Gaelic text for the benefit of non-speakers (translation to follow)

Mu thiomchioll fòs Ierusalem

dhòirt iad am fuil mar uisg';

Is cha robh neach g'an adhlacadh

's g'an cur san uaigh an taisg.

Ball fanoid agus maslaidh sinn

d'ar coimhearsnachaibh féin;

Cùis spòrs' is mhagaidh do gach neach

an ta m'ar cuairt gu léir.

[sirchristian12]

@Quixotic300 Go raibh maith agat as an t-aistriúchán

[newlife42day]

Just beautiful. It is so hard to find music like this!

[709913]

The precentor is Alasdair Graham from Stornoway who was affectionately known as Alasdair Ruarachan. He was a gifted precentor.

[709913]

Yes.....passed away some years ago.

[GaurdDuck]

Oh, too cool...

[angelamI2day]

Wow, very haunting! Love it! God speaks no matter the language.

[Forysan]

In the Dark Ages the Celtic Monasteries in Ireland and Scotland were the Regent, Bob Jones, and Liberty Universities of their day. They received students from the Middle East and North Africa, many refugees of Muslim military expantion, and from all over Europe. The refugees smuggled copies of the Classics and the Bible in Greek, Hebrew, Coptic, and Aramaic. I can't help thinking they affected Celtic hymnology.

Check out Ethiopia-the Ten Commandments on Youtube and listen to it's music

[herringfly]

@Forysan I believe your instinct is correct - my understanding is that this form of psalm singing was common throughout western Europe in medieval times, and was strongly influenced by Middle-Eastern religious vocalising.

[ElizabethQuinlan]

gle mhath! I don't know enough Gaelic to say this yet, but: I've never heard any thing like it! This is amazing! :)

[rodm4]

gle mhath...moran taing...

[Moireach91]

i recognise the voice of the presenter, Tormod 'Sguigs' from Ness.

[sanjuancb]

So beautiful! I would have given anything to be able to learn Gaelic! My university didn't offer it, so I finally took Arabic, which is also beautiful in its own way, but really doesn't compare to this. That's probably just my Scottish bias...

[OmgAPancake]

It's so beautiful. People can't seem to work out how everybody singing the tune in their own way sounds great.

[roisinxx07]

I think this has been sampled on a track by a band called Revoltionary Army of THe Infand jesus. Very obscure but they blended a lot of different spiritual sources (manily eastern Orthodox) with beautiful ambient and industrial sounds. i am glad that I have found the original ecording

[kathrynandrachel]

yaaaaas, those are some hardcore tunes mate.

[ThePAD88]

very pretty, i'm not a member of the free church but i love the psalms

[SailingCartagena]

Quite beautiful.

[lewis1936]

When I was very very young and went to a Gaelic service,I thought that the preacher was playing a musical instrument for the sound effect.

[GYLEN1234]

Nothing can compare with the praising of His name.

[SecretTheatre]

Spine tingling and deeply, deeply moving.

[khankadet]

Gorgeous scenery and a kinda haunting sound (and thanks for the kind wishes). Chris

[donnajeanapril17]

Tha i gle breagha ceol ! Moran moran taing!