Veni Emmanuel on clavichord

[Aishiya1]

This is SO LOVELY! Thanks for posting!

[baroqueboy]

Who wrote this harmonization? It's fantastic.  Great instrument, too, and sensitively played.

[malexandrec]

Clavichord on youtube!

[ceadachrua]

Very nice setting of this. Great clavichord you have there, after Hubert?

[sfbonedoc]

@ceadachrua Thank you. Gary Blaise of San Francisco built this fine instrument. We love it. More videos are en route! Be well,

George

[sfbonedoc]

@ceadachrua And yes, it is after Hubert

:-)

[brandon71085]

Absolutely gorgeous!

[sfbonedoc]

Thank you so much for visiting my channel and for your kind comment. The Veni Emmanuel, so many centuries old, still mesmerizes me with its haunting mystery. I am glad you heard this timeless beauty.

[falaqdad15]

wonderful performance and use of vibrato and dynamics.

looks like you need either a music stand or some new glasses, haha

[sfbonedoc]

thank you for listening and for your comments

the instrument is a joy to play and makes it easy to convey a range of dynamics

(I am nearsighted)

[nothingbutmeat]

Beautiful!

[sfbonedoc]

@nothingbutmeat Thank you. Amazing, is it not, how beautiful a single line may be, simply because it is beautiful. Be well and make good music. Geo

[marsvltor2]

Lovely use of 'bebung' too... Wonderful performance.

[ChronicBudInc]

Very nice performance

[GlenShannon]

Ah ha, so that's what that melody is called! Beautiful rendition, thanks for posting it.

[b2spiritbomber]

Its beautiful. And most of the others really are not what I would call even close to this. I can only bring myself to listen to this and 3 other versions of the song on YT.

Thank you

[PL1b]

Yes, (your first reply seems to have materialised in my inbox) - anyway, yes I really enjoyed this and just think it's all together a very interesting arrangement - to start with, playing it on a clavichord, and I find it interesting that you seem to have resurrected the original plainsong melody from a simple hymn book arrangement. I'm an organist but have never played a clavichord or harpsichord - I love ancient instruments. Thank you and keep up your hobby - please post more!

[sfbonedoc]

Thanks for commenting - YT seems to do better with clavichord than with organ in terms of sound quality - but one must be thankful that such a wonder as YT even exists - how marvelous a privilege to share with the world beautiful music - given to us to give to others -

[PL1b]

Interesting interpretation of what is, I suppose, a rather flexible hymn...are you a church organist?

[sfbonedoc]

Thanks for commenting - I replied, but the reply seems to be orbiting in cyberspace - the plainsong is indeed flexible and may have roots in the 9th century - there are many adaptations of this "melody" which attempt to make it singable as a hymn - this version is from the "Hymnal 1940" of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States - in answer to your question, yes, I play occasionally at San Francisco's Old First Presbyterian Church, but by profession I am a physician -

[aawpiano2007]

very special -- the melody, gives deep feeling. This is the first time I learned the name of this instrument, though we saw it many time at music school :-)

[sfbonedoc]

Thanks for your comment. Yes, the cantus is mystical and very beautiful. The clavichord seems to convey something of the anticipation of Advent.

[sfbonedoc]

Thank you for the comment. This plainsong (melody) from centuries ago, conveys to me the profound mystery associated with Advent. It is deservedly a favorite of exquisite beauty.

[michaeljking]

Beautiful, One of my favorite Christmas Tunes.....Is this your own arrangement? Is there sheet music available?

[sfbonedoc]

Thanks for commenting - the version here is from the "Hymnal 1940" of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States. There are many versions of the ancient plainsong adapted into the form of a traditional hymn. The plainsong invites creative improvisation. Have fun with it!

[SFChristo]

Thanks for posting. I wish YT would give me the option of watching in high quality. Did they just take this away?

[SFChristo]

Oh, it just wasn't fully processed yet.