Professional Singer Reacts to If Ye Love Me

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  • Опубліковано 25 лип 2024
  • The King's Singers perform 'If Ye Love Me' by Thomas Tallis
    Ahh...If Ye Love Me. A piece of music that is near and dear to my heart. The harmony, the texture, the text, the homophony, the simple yet sublime phrases. You name it, this piece has it.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 47

  • @carolhayes7750
    @carolhayes7750 Рік тому +9

    I absolutely love this piece! My dear soprano friend sang it at my baptism (I was baptized late at age 54!). I have also been a fan of The King's Singers since their inception, and my love of counter tenors can be attributed to them. 🥰

  • @Nikioko
    @Nikioko 3 місяці тому +1

    Vocal ensemble is the royal discipline of singing, and this is the perfection of ensemble singing.

  • @simpl51
    @simpl51 Рік тому +7

    A big thank-you to you Nick, the Kings Singers and many other small choirs, who have brightened up many musical lives through the covid years with audio and visual contributions.

  • @barendtobe6059
    @barendtobe6059 Рік тому +9

    Thank you for your explanation. Years ago I sang ithis piece several times. Greetings fromUtrecht.

  • @garyhinkle5736
    @garyhinkle5736 Рік тому +4

    It Doesn't Get Any Better Than The King's Singers..

  • @elaineduncanson1474
    @elaineduncanson1474 Рік тому +4

    I spent 26 years in a Cathedral choir where we sang most of the Tudor repertoire and lots of Bach. We also sang Willian because one of our directors had been his student. He drilled us on north-south vowels and the correct (Tudor English) pronunciation of ‘spirit’. It was a joy to sing with him.

  • @tonyodalaigh7993
    @tonyodalaigh7993 Місяць тому

    A Glorious piece of music. I’ve loved it for so long now that I can’t put a date on it. Then my daughter got married 10 years ago and had it sung at her wedding. Everybody adored it. Beautiful memories. Love your show. Thank you. Margaret from Ireland. ☘️

  • @joshuakampamba9061
    @joshuakampamba9061 4 місяці тому +1

    Oh my God me too! This song calms me down and comforts me when I have difficult days...for me I think it's the harmony for me. Its a perfect perfect motet

  • @Paleos1000
    @Paleos1000 Рік тому +2

    Thanks, Nick. This came out in the middle of Covid. Could not leave the house. Great to sing along with such an amazing group. Surrogate choir fix.

  • @anonymousfromgrimsby9719
    @anonymousfromgrimsby9719 3 місяці тому +3

    Spirit pronounced as ‘Sprit’ was a common way of saying spirit in Tallis’ time as the English accents were different then.

    • @user-im1rv1pi5g
      @user-im1rv1pi5g 2 місяці тому

      As was pronouncing ‘She’ as “He” 😂

  • @joshuakampamba9061
    @joshuakampamba9061 4 місяці тому +2

    I love love this motet❤❤❤I wonder if Thomas Talis knew how significant and loved the motet would be 500 yearly on

  • @berkefeil5646
    @berkefeil5646 Рік тому +3

    I think your going in a good direction with the channel with these reaction vids. Not a singer but just enjoy watching your content actually.
    And by the way, this piece by Thomas Tallis speaks to me in a very special way too

  • @jakajakos
    @jakajakos Рік тому +1

    Tallis is one of my favorite Catholic composers

  • @zdzislawmeglicki2262
    @zdzislawmeglicki2262 2 дні тому

    The Second Trio of the Parkas from Rameau's Hippolyte & Aricie. Only you can do it so the music can be heard.

  • @user-sd8mn6xx9j
    @user-sd8mn6xx9j Рік тому +3

    very cool

  • @donadieu83
    @donadieu83 Рік тому +1

    A number of Tudor period composers tried to stay out of the religious turmoil all around then . They still composed Latin text

  • @Joggelschorsch
    @Joggelschorsch 3 місяці тому +1

    THAT´s what reaction content should look like, everywhere!

    • @nickhiggsthesinger
      @nickhiggsthesinger  3 місяці тому +1

      Thank you! What in particular did you like?

    • @Joggelschorsch
      @Joggelschorsch 3 місяці тому

      @@nickhiggsthesinger your explanation and introduction to the composer and the ensemble!

  • @m44p25
    @m44p25 Рік тому +2

    Love this piece!

    • @nickhiggsthesinger
      @nickhiggsthesinger  Рік тому +3

      I do, too! sublime 😁

    • @m44p25
      @m44p25 Рік тому +2

      @@nickhiggsthesinger absolutely! And you can never go wrong with The King’s Singers, they do not disappoint!

  • @joshuakampamba9061
    @joshuakampamba9061 4 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤❤foreeever....in the spirit of truth..... My favorite parts!!!🇿🇲

  • @carlstenger5893
    @carlstenger5893 24 дні тому

    I am surprised to find that despite the fact that there have been over 8000 views, 44 comments, and it's been available for over 20 months, no one -- NO ONE has mentioned that this "rule" of "one note per syllable" was violated by the Soprano line in the second phrase. (Look at the word "Fa-ther"). Nevertheless, this is a fine video. Thanks so much!

  • @rogermassey8844
    @rogermassey8844 4 місяці тому

    Good insights

  • @stewart335
    @stewart335 Рік тому +1

    Collegium 1704 released a gorgeous recording of Zelenka’s Sepulto Domino recorded during Covid lockdowns. PLEASE listen it’s on their youtube channel and is so comforting

  • @Thegreenprawn202
    @Thegreenprawn202 7 місяців тому

    In this particular piece I find it interesting when the altos finish higher than the trebles, and as a treble it makes it harder to get the right note with altos on the higher note

  • @gramps2matt
    @gramps2matt 11 днів тому

    Nick, I don't see a link for the recording of all 4 individual parts. Or did you mean the full 4 parts as recorded by The Kings Singers.

  • @FlorianiSacredMusic
    @FlorianiSacredMusic Рік тому +1

    We sang this today during communion-one of our favorites, though we sing it in TTBB. Thus, the baritone gets that awesome line (mine 🙌)
    Thanks for the awesome video

  • @VincentParbelle
    @VincentParbelle 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for the analysis of this beautiful anthem. I think there are some typos in the score displayed here for this lockdown virtual choir. The lyrics I've sung have always been and spelt "e'en" (IPA [iːn]) with full elision of the v, which is an entry in itself in some dictionaries, and "s'prit" (IPA [sprɪt]) with full elision of the first i. It's like the classical "heav'n" turning a two-syllable word into a monosyllable one to suit the metre. A final elision is 'bide for abide. Another typo is for-ev-er, which is distinctively sung as "fo(r) ever" (two words, and no linking r) by the K'sS.

  • @simpl51
    @simpl51 Рік тому +2

    Choirs have pondered over the word spirit for several centuries. ''spriit'' has been the norm for this piece at Kings college chapel, and hence also the Kings Singers. Tallis' contemporary, the poet/composer Thomas Campion, spelled it 'sprite,'. The last time I sang it in a multilingual choir, the South African director felt it was not so imporant; the main thing was that we all sing it the same way.

  • @nickblood5040
    @nickblood5040 3 місяці тому

    try the Gesualdo six version set lower, great bass

  • @Dave51677
    @Dave51677 Рік тому +3

    what about spem in alium ?

  • @johnivett3241
    @johnivett3241 Рік тому

    Keep making these “ Professional Singer Reacts to…” videos. I rediscover old favourites and listen to them anew (Miserere and Der Hölle Rache) - thank you. You might like the interpretation of the Gesualdo Six ua-cam.com/video/yHe2FDlHHa8/v-deo.html. I think it’s the original version (TTBB). There’s lots of “air and space” between the different voices - it’s totally ethereal!

  • @stewkingjr
    @stewkingjr Місяць тому

    To bad there was a random voice interrupting a great example of singing.

    • @nextlifeonearth
      @nextlifeonearth Місяць тому

      The original is watchable on this website. You clicked a react video, I don't know what you expected.

  • @nickblood5040
    @nickblood5040 3 місяці тому

    altos boring, try being a bass