Spem in Alium non habui - motet for 40 voices, P. 299 Thomas Tallis

[glammis09]

This piece - indeed, the whole CD collection - is one of my favourite pieces of music

[catsatonthemat]

Gorgeous

[MrGabry23ful]

Mi piacerebbe sentirlo LIVE..... brividi

[bmarcob1]

The motet "Spem in alium ..." will be presented Sunday, November 7, 2010 at the Parish Church of S. Maria Assunta in Tassullo, Val di Non, Trentino. At 19:45 the presentation of the motet, at 20.30, concert with the participation of the Val di Non Monteverdi Choir, Choir Eclectica of Bologna, Bologna Chamber Choir, Orchestra Blumine and harpist Paola Perrucci. The motet "Spem in alium ..." will be interpreted by the combined choirs.

[bmarcob1]

Il mottetto "Spem in alium..." verrà presentato domenica 7 novembre 2010 presso la Chiesa Parrocchiale S.Maria Assunta a Tassullo, Val di Non, Trentino. Alle ore 19.45 presentazione del mottetto, alle ore 20.30, concerto con la partecipazione della Corale Monteverdi della Val di Non, del Coro Eclectica di Bologna, del Coro da Camera di Bologna, dell'Orchestra Blumine e dell'arpista Paola Perrucci. Il mottetto "Spem in alium..." verrà interpretato dai cori uniti.

[eduismann]

Fantastic!

[TheBrazilianLady]

Like floating through clouds.

[MarchewkowyLord]

Ten minutes of Heaven.

[micrologus2]

This is the best version I ever heard!

*** HEAVENLY ***

[Judith7645]

in omnibus caritas! Omnia vincit amor! Aiuta mea!

[larbaud]

@JSBach90 Do you believe in the objectivity of aesthetic judgments? I don't. But I agree with this particular judgment of yours on this motet . :)

[mindbodylightsound10]

if something this beautiful can exist, then you know god is real.

[MaBu888]

@mindbodylightsound10

God is an old name. But in your heart, your soul, your mind, your emotionality, is new. Because you even call forth the atoms you exist as. You flick in and out of existence every, and unit of time.

[MaBu888]

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[MaBu888]

Pro quadraginis vocibus ecce

[angryjalapeno]

It is as beautiful as the full score. The one I saw published by Oxford? was about 2 feet tall. The opening looks like a descending cloud of notes as the music moves from choir 1 to choir 8.

[KompasBerg]

""SPEM IN ALIUM numquam habui praeter in te Deus Israel qui irasceris et propitius eris et omnia peccata hominum in tribulatione dimittis.Domine Deus Creator coeli et terra respice humilitatem nostram.

HOPE IN ANY OTHER have I never had, save in Thee, O God of Israel, Thee who will be angry and yet become again gracious and who forgiveth all the sins of suffering man. Lord God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, look upon our lowliness."

(Adapted from the Book of Judith for the Sarum rite).

[vaxiawval]

@KompasBerg why do you translate Coelum with Heaven? It's not the obvious, I'd say Sky. Or is from a more evident Hebraic or Greek text?

[MaBu888]

@KompasBerg

SCIENTIAM HABEO IN TE, DEVM.

[KompasBerg]

@MaBu888 "Quien a Dios tiene, nada le falta. Sólo Dios basta."

Teresa de Jesús (1515-1582),

[MaBu888]

@KompasBerg

Kind of.

[brodiman19]

I prefer the Oxford Camerata's interpretation but Spem in Alium is pretty much the best song ever made no matter who performs it.

[voxhunden]

I'm normally not a huge fan of Tallis' music, perhaps because those Angles tend to perform it in a rather sterile fashion (compared with Italian music at least), but this is heavenly.

[tjwhite1963]

I agree. Tudor English Choral music does tend to be rather sterile or 'spare'. But it has its moments of approaching divinity--as here. Quite an argument in favour of cross-cultural exchanges, I would say.

[yanuacaeli]

Cuando escuches esta preciosa pieza, no hable, sólo guarda silencio y descubre a Dios

[Loscrorp]

7:30 Magique, juste magique

[Ollybelle95]

Magnifique,ca touche.