Alfred & Mark Deller-H. Purcell Sound the trumpet

Alfred & Mark Deller-H. Purcell Sound the trumpet

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Music

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• Alfred
• Deller
• Mark
• Purcell
• trumpet

[hukleinelulu]

this is just glorious! I can´t stop smiling listening and watching this...the instruments of joy!

[theesbband]

Alfred and Peggy Deller were my parents' best friends. When Mark got a job singing in Salisbury Cathedral and teaching at the choir school, he asked if my Dad had any farm jobs. Dad had him weeding grass for seed over the whole summer. Thus began a lifelong friendship. They were frequent visitors and they often sung in our living room with other friends. Mark started the Guildhall Winter Concerts in our house (I have the programmes) which had Alfred, Donska, Bream and countless others!

[maverickstarchild]

o.o

[shariotoflove]

@gogmorgoaway well what annoyed me was that when someone corrected him, he still continued to doubt this. so in my eyes this is a troll, i could forgive him the first time, but to then reply arrogantly and say 'yea right...' after being corrected as though it's a lie was ignorant. its uncultured, therefore, to continue with this ignorance. and by the way, THIS is my culture, what you see in the video, and is, to some extent, his culture as well.

[gogmorgoaway]

@shariotoflove If you can't see how someone who'd never been exposed to countertenors could assume that this was some kind of comedy act, I think there's something wrong with your own culture...

Calling someone uncultured because they don't have experience with 17th century style is a little obtuse in the 21st century, don't you think?

[shariotoflove]

@gogmorgoaway well then he just took the piss out of his own culture as well. bad idea.

[gogmorgoaway]

@shariotoflove Considering he's a Swede...

[coosoorlog]

@Ariero22 lol, you do have a point tho — this sort of music is not well known at all, even people who generally listen to classical music have rarely heard music from this age (especially properly sung). The style, the feeling, the sound, those faces: yes it could easily be humourous, especially with the countertenor register acting as the element of surprise. I love this music but I know what you're saying. :)

[shariotoflove]

@Ariero22 no this is alfred deller, he was a counter tenor and this is 17th century music. this is serious and by no means a comedy act. i take it that yanks arent very cultured judging by your attitude.

[Limastudent]

Learned this song in high school and still love singing it.

[chinatree1]

This is stunning. I listened with a big smile on my face. Thank you very much for posting.

[garryph]

On all these wonderful Deller videos the lutenist/guitarist - who receives little credit - is Desmond Dupré, who worked regularly with Deller and the Deller Consort. (Incidentally, to the person (below) who would have preferred piano to a guitar in this piece: a harpsichord, perhaps, but the piano had yet to be invented in Purcell's day!)