Let all mortal flesh keep silence (arr. Stephen Cleobury) | The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
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- Опубліковано 4 гру 2012
- The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford
Robert Pecksmith (organ)
David Crown (conductor)
Somerville College Chapel, Oxford
25 November 2012
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Organist: www.robertpecksmith.co.uk
Conductor: www.david-crown.com
Recorded and edited by @stefan.schwarz
This song is truly divine...I have loved it since a child. There are songs of joy and songs that take us to our knees and this is one of the those.
"Take us to our knees" is exactly how I feel each and every time I hear this....absolutely love it!
One of my favorites. You can hear it here sung by the congregation as part of a church service in Iowa - here is the UA-cam link - it is one of the communion hymns and does not have the lyrics displayed unfortunately. It starts at minute 44:20
ua-cam.com/video/xEWgi4K-Oq8/v-deo.htmlm20s
Here is another link to probably what is my second favorite hymn, as Kathi Brockman below says, it takes us to our knees.
ua-cam.com/video/B-_-rXYe_x0/v-deo.html
More music written about Jesus Christ than any one else in history
Sung my father's funeral. So solemn.
This song is a masterpiece in almost any form, but you folks make it special. The descant is brilliant. Thanks for posting this. I was just commenting to my vocal coach how I had not heard any arrangement of this song with vocal harmony...and now I have and I love it. Thank you for posting this for the whole world to enjoy.
This is one of the oldest hymns of the church, composed in the 4th Century.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of music!
«Σιγησάτω πᾶσα σάρξ βροτεία, καί στήτω μετά φόβου καί τρόμου, καί μηδέν γήινον ἐν ἑαυτῇ λογιζέσθω˙ ὁ γάρ Βασιλεύς τῶν βασιλευόντων, καί Κύριος τῶν κυριευόντων, προσέρχεται σφαγιασθῆναι, καί δοθῆναι εἰς βρῶσιν τοῖς πιστοῖς˙ Προηγοῦνται δέ τούτου, οἱ χοροί τῶν ἀγγέλων, μετά πάσης ἀρχῆς καί ἐξουσίας, τά πολυόμματα Χερουβίμ καί τά ἑξαπτέρυγα Σεραφείμ, τάς ὂψεις καλύπτοντα καί βοῶντα τόν ὓμνον˙ Ἀλληλούϊα, ἀλληλούϊα, ἀλληλούϊα. »
Cambridge Chord are singing this in 4 parts this Saturday at St Paul's church Cambridge Love it
PLEASE PRINT THE FABULOUS WORDS OF THIS BEAUTIFULLY SUNG ,HYMN, IN THEIR COMPLETE FORM MANY THANKS
Haunting melody.
best interpetation ever! very well done
Very nice!
I love Picardy. Great even when is not Advent
The original is from Gérard Moultrie from Picardy composed in 1848 under the French title '' Jésus s'habille en pauvre''..the music has been arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1906
No. The words are from the 3rd century AD liturgy of St. James, the tune was composed in the 17th century, potentially earlier. Moultrie translated the original Byzantine Greek and Williams combined that translation with the Picardy tune composed, again, 17th century or earlier.
Let all mortal flesh keep silence,
And with fear and trembling stand;
Ponder nothing earthly minded,
For with blessing in His hand,
Christ our God to earth descending
Comes our homage to demand.
King of kings, yet born of Mary,
As of old on earth He stood,
Lord of lords, in human vesture,
In the body and the blood;
He will give to all the faithful
His own self for heavenly food.
Rank on rank the host of heaven
Spreads its vanguard on the way,
As the Light of light descendeth
From the realms of endless day,
Comes the powers of hell to vanquish
As the darkness clears away.
At His feet the six winged seraph,
Cherubim with sleepless eye,
Veil their faces to the presence,
As with ceaseless voice they cry:
Alleluia, Alleluia
Alleluia, Lord Most High!
Thank you for posting the lyrics to it.😊
Why is here a 2/4 measure between the verse lines? Very pretty, though. I was just in Oxford...love it!
Rehearsal note for men in: 1:55
Nice arrangement. Can we get the score for this? (Especially the descant part)??
You can find the score in 'Advent for Choirs', ed. Malcolm Archer and Stephen Cleobury (Oxford University Press, 2000), ISBN: 0193530252.
Can the words be on the picture, too?
Nice descant
Like almost every other recording: way too fast.