John Dowland | Now, O Now | Lute Song by Les Canards Chantants

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  • Опубліковано 11 гру 2024

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  • @hirampriggott1689
    @hirampriggott1689 11 місяців тому +12

    I wish my morning train ride into the city was like this.

  • @etnocnad
    @etnocnad 6 років тому +128

    Some things are just so exquisitely beautiful they bring tears. This is one.

    • @gerardvila4685
      @gerardvila4685 Рік тому +3

      That makes two of us.

    • @HajoHeinz
      @HajoHeinz Рік тому +1

      Absolutely.

    • @markabrice
      @markabrice Рік тому

      Want to try another one? Not Dowland, but incredibly beautiful. I think I've listened to it twenty or thirty times, and it gets me every time:
      ua-cam.com/video/IwdeqVmXlHk/v-deo.html
      The final chord sounds for all the world like a pipe organ.

    • @BarefootViking
      @BarefootViking 11 місяців тому +1

      O yes

    • @baroncorvo3813
      @baroncorvo3813 5 місяців тому +1

      Oh, grow a pair.

  • @johnwayne4447
    @johnwayne4447 Рік тому +34

    The lutenist complements this beautiful quartet of voices so well. BRILLIANT!!!!!!

  • @claudebuchanan8669
    @claudebuchanan8669 2 роки тому +62

    what a delight to hear Dowlands masterpiece sung with such perfection

  • @ryaneiler1422
    @ryaneiler1422 Рік тому +19

    Imagine the house parties when this was released. Just hearing choruses of people singing such music, with friends and family accompanying on instrumentation. Fantastic.

  • @scottprather5645
    @scottprather5645 11 місяців тому +14

    Absolutely beautiful music 👍👍
    Master musicians.
    1597 still relevant to today

  • @hettahines7199
    @hettahines7199 2 місяці тому +4

    I love early music, especially John Dowland and to hear it sung so beautifully

  • @paulchapman112
    @paulchapman112 9 місяців тому +4

    So well done on all fronts! One for the ages!

  • @skallagrimr_kveldulfsson
    @skallagrimr_kveldulfsson 2 роки тому +34

    It's wonderful to see and hear my favourite Dowland song being performed so beautifully and combined with gorgeous impressions of a nostalgic train and picturesque landscape.

  • @morrisminors9750
    @morrisminors9750 11 місяців тому +6

    I came on this by chance. Timeless joy.

  • @Themostancient
    @Themostancient 11 місяців тому +4

    Very, very nice! Great video!

  • @albertofassone4240
    @albertofassone4240 3 роки тому +23

    Das ist wunderbar, herzlichen Dank fürs Hochladen!!!

  • @sibelsarda8533
    @sibelsarda8533 4 місяці тому +6

    J’ecoute pendant des heures.Une beaute inexprimable 🙏🙏🙏

  • @ncox001
    @ncox001 8 місяців тому +3

    One of the most beautiful pieces I have ever heard. Mr Dowland was an exceptional composer, and he was at the height of his powers when he wrote this; and the performance is exquisite.

  • @MK-ru4zr
    @MK-ru4zr 3 місяці тому +5

    Je ne compte plus le nombre de fois où j'ai dû écouter cette pièce et visionner cette vidéo. C'est d'une beauté tellement exquise!❤

  • @maryhurley6417
    @maryhurley6417 8 місяців тому +4

    This music is so comforting and beautiful. It puts me into a bery meditative place.

  • @joycefinn2473
    @joycefinn2473 Рік тому +54

    This puts to shame the garbage that passes for music these days. This is heavenly!

    • @elbuengaspar
      @elbuengaspar 10 місяців тому +9

      You don´t have to criticize other music or musicians in order to appreciate this one.

    • @JOHN-tk6vl
      @JOHN-tk6vl 9 місяців тому +3

      Agreed. At least there are some of us who still appreciate class.

    • @barrymcguinness2087
      @barrymcguinness2087 8 місяців тому +2

      how right you are when you say that and I bet what's happening now in this country would not have been allowed to happen in this country back in the days when this piece of music was composed !!!

    • @malapertfourohfour2112
      @malapertfourohfour2112 3 місяці тому +3

      Nobody's impressed, grow up

  • @willrice1850
    @willrice1850 6 років тому +101

    This is truly wonderful. Showing the singing parts in quarto format in the early part of the video demonstrates how this music was something that could be done at home, or in a tavern, among friends. And the singing and playing is so lovely.

  • @briangreen4182
    @briangreen4182 Рік тому +12

    So much beauty. Are not love and music the ultimate truth about human life?

    • @jensthunbo
      @jensthunbo 6 місяців тому

      I am going to put your question in a frame on my wall :)

    • @anneborrel2378
      @anneborrel2378 6 місяців тому

      So much beauty. Are not love and music thé ultmate truth of our everyday Life ?

  • @jeffarmstrong1308
    @jeffarmstrong1308 7 місяців тому +5

    This brought back memories for me of a lovely English summer day spent with my niece as she showed us around Goathland. As Australians it brought the country where they filmed "Heartbeat" to life for us.
    Sadly, we didn't have Les Canards Chantants to sing John Dowland for us.

  • @Freotheric
    @Freotheric 7 місяців тому +2

    We die into a little immortality for hearing these marvellous young singers.

  • @kathymobile11
    @kathymobile11 11 місяців тому +6

    I can’t even tell you how many times I have listened to this! Love love love ❤️ it and MerryChristmas to all!

  • @francesstone7082
    @francesstone7082 8 років тому +16

    The musical performance is incredible, the creativity is pairing it with the vintage railway. Absolute stunning visually, and totally unexpected.

    • @lescanardschantants9770
      @lescanardschantants9770  8 років тому +4

      Thank you, Frances! We're still not entirely sure why it worked, but it did...

  • @Georgie0829
    @Georgie0829 4 роки тому +8

    What a beautiful rendition of this piece! My husband, brother in law and sister in law and I all love singing this together.

  • @carmelahearle957
    @carmelahearle957 8 місяців тому +2

    Lovely sounds and scenes

  • @PhilipMireau
    @PhilipMireau 3 місяці тому +8

    After milling through hard rock with heavy metal. I have found treasure. And tears bring out heavenly illuminance.....!!!

    • @burraldo
      @burraldo 2 місяці тому

      Great!!! But don't forget to listen to 70's progressive rock: Yes, Genesis, Camel, Focus, Gentle Giant, Renaissance etc. ❤

    • @erosbugatti9497
      @erosbugatti9497 Місяць тому

      very annoying

  • @janicepalmrose3471
    @janicepalmrose3471 3 місяці тому +2

    What an angelic performance! Loved the setting onboard a vintage train. ❤

  • @santana160
    @santana160 8 років тому +163

    Absolutely exquisite, starting with the song itself, a Dowland masterpiece, the lyrics of which are haunting and moving and so true. Les Canards Chantants have beautiful voices and the harmony is just perfect. Congratulations to the Laudist, beautifully interpreted. The montage by train through North Yorkshire is perfect as a drop back to this song. Altogether a marvellous production and thank you so much for sharing this.

    • @she3518
      @she3518 7 років тому +8

      Agreed! Their voices are in perfect harmony. The Lutenist is wonderful too!

    • @WarthDader74
      @WarthDader74 6 років тому +1

      It was very nice and calming until they started singing. I turned it off then

    • @sdorr
      @sdorr 3 роки тому +2

      Quite so! This is a perfect-rendition that ranks with the highest Dowland lute-songs... the voices and the Lute are incredibly sweet and memorable!

    • @anamariajimenezmoreno6267
      @anamariajimenezmoreno6267 2 роки тому +5

      Sabía k tenía esta pieza y k era de Dowland, cuando la oí en un concierto reciente, y no pude contener las lágrimas cuando empecé a oírla... Pero no la localizaba entre mis discos... Hasta k hoy la localicé y mi alegría no tuvo límites. Es una pieza k te llega muy, muy hondo...y te reconcilia con TODO

    • @solveiglandvikbrg9103
      @solveiglandvikbrg9103 2 роки тому

      @@WarthDader74
      So you mean DUCKS 🦆 🦆 🦆 🦆 🦆 aren't able to SING ! What a pity !.....

  • @Babaorum6
    @Babaorum6 Рік тому +4

    La plus belle interprétation de Now, O Now que je connaisse!

  • @hannesheinz720
    @hannesheinz720 9 років тому +68

    The very best interpretation I ever heard...a direct access to the heart balm for the soul, wonderful pictures, sympathic singers....absolutely perfect!!!
    Thanks a lot!!

    • @lescanardschantants9770
      @lescanardschantants9770  9 років тому +14

      +Hannes Heinz Thank you so much! We love this music and it is a joy to share it with you.

  • @comtaar2245
    @comtaar2245 3 роки тому +7

    It’s like traveling through the UK and being immersed in its history for those of us who cannot travel at the moment.

    • @hannesheinz720
      @hannesheinz720 Рік тому +2

      Wise words.
      We share the same thoughts and impressions looking through the window on a wonderful landscape accompanied by heavenly music.

  • @mathieulamaure1487
    @mathieulamaure1487 9 років тому +4

    C'est ça le bonheur les canards! Merci beaucoup pour ces instants de légèreté!

  • @cza9340
    @cza9340 2 місяці тому +4

    Pure Magic...Glory to Thee All...thank you Father of Creation Master Dowland

  • @Davmm96
    @Davmm96 3 роки тому +10

    0:41 He must have arrived at the train station 2 hours early, if he tought he had time to tune before embarking.

  • @tiagomaia8949
    @tiagomaia8949 3 роки тому +6

    You just made me cry. Too beautiful.

  • @jogroe
    @jogroe 6 років тому +59

    Now, O now, I needs must part
    Parting though I absent mourn
    Absence can no joy impart:
    Joy once fled cannot return
    While I live I needs must love
    Love lives not when Hope is gone
    Now at last Despair doth prove
    Love divided loveth none
    Sad despair doth drive me hence
    This despair unkindness sends
    If that parting be offence
    It is she which then offends
    Dear, when I am from thee gone
    Gone are all my joys at once
    I loved thee and thee alone
    In whose love I joyed once
    And although your sight I leave
    Sight wherein my joys do lie
    Till that death do sense bereave
    Never shall affection die
    Sad despair doth drive me hence, etc
    Dear, if I do not return
    Love and I shall die together
    For my absence never mourn
    Whom you might have joyed ever:
    Part we must though now I die
    Die I do to part with you
    Him Despair doth cause to lie
    Who both liv'd and dieth true

    • @beckass108
      @beckass108 5 років тому +3

      thank you, should be a top reply

    • @jeanpaulgartier3404
      @jeanpaulgartier3404 4 роки тому +1

      Thank you kindly

    • @auberjean6873
      @auberjean6873 4 роки тому

      Many thanks, jogroe, for your kind work, putting these lyrics here for clarification. Very nice of you. Stay well!

    • @danielablacky1872
      @danielablacky1872 4 роки тому +1

      Thanks

  • @JohnSmith-fl5qn
    @JohnSmith-fl5qn Місяць тому

    Μόνοι μας τα παίζουμε, μόνοι μας τα ακούμε.
    Πάει η τέχνη.
    You are wonderful

  • @timothyswain3426
    @timothyswain3426 6 років тому +22

    I just discovered this, it prompted real tears--of joy, of sadness (Dowland, remember!)--as former lute-player (I'm now too old, 78!) & I recognize the book of music that is being used. It is GREAT, & very satisfying. Blessings on you all!

  • @hannesheinz720
    @hannesheinz720 5 років тому +7

    MAY GOD PRESERVE THIS WONDERFUL PART OF ENGLISH CULTURE AND SPIRIT!!! ✌🏽

  • @P4hs
    @P4hs 11 місяців тому +2

    What an exquisite tenor voice. 🤩

  • @susanda9469
    @susanda9469 7 років тому +5

    This is wonderful because it takes me right back (imaginatively) to all the long ages before recorded sound, all the countless happy moments when a group of talented friends or family would get together and bring sweet music into the home.

  • @michaelbower4245
    @michaelbower4245 2 роки тому +5

    I have ridden the NYMR 2 or 3 times and see parts of it most weekends as I drive through the area My daughters have played The Frog Galliard within an ensemble with which they play. Having heard this sublime rendition of a familiar piece against a familiar setting, I shall view all so differently henceforth. So beautiful.

  • @flingalbunt
    @flingalbunt 5 років тому +53

    I am so glad this music continues to live on. Your voices are pitch perfect and just beautiful together - Bravo!

  • @RM-zu2nh
    @RM-zu2nh Рік тому +4

    Les Canards Chantants = The Singing Ducks.
    Yaaaaaaaay

  • @molliethorn
    @molliethorn 3 роки тому +5

    So wonderful to see young Graham Bier performing! What a beautiful film. And the music is heavenly. Thank you!

  • @stephenbaguley5699
    @stephenbaguley5699 10 років тому +8

    Brilliant, everthing I like, the singing, lute playing , steam trains. carriages with corridors, and the North York moors.

    • @lescanardschantants9770
      @lescanardschantants9770  9 років тому +2

      +Stephen Baguley Thanks, so do we and it was such fun bringing them together.

  • @brianbushell5262
    @brianbushell5262 3 роки тому +8

    Awesome! I love lutes and railways (especially NYMR!) and Yorkshire and angelic voices! This has it all. I can die happy now!

  • @dawngenet
    @dawngenet 5 років тому +14

    Steam trains, Yorkshire, Hogwarts, Lute, Renaissance, Vocals. All these are my favorites.

  • @tullochgorum6323
    @tullochgorum6323 6 років тому +6

    Dowland is such a joy to sing - always thought that he's underestimated. When he's performed as well as this, it just brings a smile to your face. He also published the tune on its own as the Frog Galliard.

  • @garywait3231
    @garywait3231 Рік тому +2

    Beautifully performed in a highly imaginative setting.

  • @daviddewilde3310
    @daviddewilde3310 2 роки тому +5

    One of the best performances of Now o Now, I’ve ever heard

  • @1krissaffron
    @1krissaffron 8 років тому +19

    Can't stop listening to this! ☺️😍

  • @AreteSr
    @AreteSr 2 роки тому +4

    Stunning pairing of this interpretation with video beauty -- watching again 8 years later, and enchanted still. May all these young musicians and videographers be thriving in spring 2022!

  • @pallecalivia
    @pallecalivia 5 років тому +6

    Splendeur inestimable. John Dowland est eternel avec votre interpretation d'une profondeur rare. Merci et bravo à vous.

  • @molealto
    @molealto 10 років тому +16

  • @timothyswain3426
    @timothyswain3426 4 роки тому +6

    Oh, I've seen this several times before, yet it still brings me to tears! It is exquisite, it goes directly to my soul, what magnificence!

  • @outhdare
    @outhdare Рік тому +9

    This has become one of my most favorite UA-cam videos. Culture, class, excellence.

  • @КуприенкоНина
    @КуприенкоНина 7 місяців тому +1

    Amazing beautiful music. Beautiful voices. I am happy yet. Thanks so much. From Russia with love ❤❤❤

  • @eddjcaine
    @eddjcaine Рік тому +1

    Lovely looking back on this - miss you guys xx

  • @isaurameza1030
    @isaurameza1030 6 років тому +5

    Absolutely beautiful and evocative of wonderful and lonely places that are found only in England. Congratulations to all singers, musicians and photographer.

  • @Girasole0812
    @Girasole0812 8 років тому +7

    Listening again and again, love Dowland

  • @gretchendandrea6181
    @gretchendandrea6181 4 роки тому +4

    beautiful. Dowland is timeless, and this version is pure and good.

  • @monikarosca1513
    @monikarosca1513 4 роки тому +6

    Love everything about your video, beautiful music and perfectly blended voices, the mysterious lutenist, the train, the landscape, many, many thanks for your heartfelt art!

  • @amacater
    @amacater 3 роки тому +2

    I found this a short while back. As another commenter pointed out - the four part harmony in the book is the original format for singing round a table from an early edition. The diction and harmony are beautiful and I then chased down more from the lutenist. Very glad indeed to have found this - please record some more for UA-cam if able to.

  • @claudiorodriguez8344
    @claudiorodriguez8344 5 місяців тому +1

    Gracias!!! Fue una estupenda ejecución de una obra más difícil de cantar de lo que pareciera.

  • @edelahaye
    @edelahaye Рік тому +1

    Playing music on a train is an old dream I realised only once. A short rehearsal before a concert with a new singer ...

  • @anipoghosyan4210
    @anipoghosyan4210 8 років тому +22

    heavenly music...

  • @Threetails
    @Threetails 8 років тому +3

    The video and the music together are absolutely magical. I can't find another video on UA-cam that gives me such tender feelings and bittersweet memories. Feeling very homesick for England but in a way I can't get enough of.

    • @lescanardschantants9770
      @lescanardschantants9770  8 років тому +1

      Dear @threetails, thank you so much for your kind words! We're so glad you got some joy from this project. We miss England too...

  • @mathieumills
    @mathieumills 8 років тому +22

    A great Dowland piece and a great video adaptation. Thanks very much!

  • @maryc.dalton1284
    @maryc.dalton1284 3 роки тому +1

    Keep coming back to this video when I need something beautiful. Thanks for creating it.

  • @Carlos-qz7ul
    @Carlos-qz7ul Рік тому +1

    Gorgeous presentation ! 🌷

  • @annprice5999
    @annprice5999 9 років тому +28

    So lovely and uplifting. Please do more!

  • @djw0090
    @djw0090 7 років тому +9

    This is a truly wonderful experience! Thank you - I wish every success and please keep making such beautiful music!

  • @mariovalencia7167
    @mariovalencia7167 3 роки тому +7

    Que preciosidad: laúd, voces e imágenes. Para ver una y otra vez, en especial cuando te sientes con nostalgia y agradecido a la vida.

  • @pivi7964
    @pivi7964 9 років тому +15

    The Performance and the video is fantastic: Not only sung and played perfectly and very inspired, but it shows the different aspects of the composition as well; lute-song, song with melody-voice and as madrigal. Perfect!

    • @lescanardschantants9770
      @lescanardschantants9770  9 років тому +2

      +pivi Thank you, we certainly enjoy Dowland's music very much and are glad to share that enjoyment.

  • @bripat22
    @bripat22 8 років тому +2

    What a perfect mixing of a lovely aire of Dowland with the scenery of North Yorkshire and the train !
    Dowland's song is so blissfully wistful and your performance is the best I've heard before. It did bring tears
    May you be eminently successful!

  • @richardbrookman6415
    @richardbrookman6415 Рік тому

    I was in a small madrigal choir when I was younger. This was one of the pieces we did, and I loved it. Dowland was a genius, and this performance does the work justice. Wonderful.

  • @ikekomandolin
    @ikekomandolin 9 років тому +11

    Beautiful song!
    I love Dowland.

  • @bronktug2446
    @bronktug2446 6 років тому +2

    Wonderful and touching performance!! Plus very nice, very ENGLISH video! Luv’d it!

  • @propman3523
    @propman3523 5 років тому +13

    John Dowland, my heart's delight! How you suffered for your beautiful art! You have enriched all of humanity to this age. My soul melts with the beauty of your art! My soul cries out in recognition.

  • @lesliemarlowe4321
    @lesliemarlowe4321 6 років тому +1

    A breath of fresh air for the spirit... There is nothing like a lute and a Dowland madrigal to awaken us from the doldrums of modern living! ...Ahhh, sublime!

  • @richardstevens4230
    @richardstevens4230 6 років тому +7

    Great harmonies, clear diction, lovely lute, rustic scenes. Everyone involved did a great job on the video. Turned UA-cam into a time machine. A+++ production

  • @leonardomolena6077
    @leonardomolena6077 Рік тому +2

    Bellissima e struggente interpretazione...
    Arriva dritta al cuore...
    Bravissimi!!!

  • @danielemorelli7106
    @danielemorelli7106 Рік тому +1

    i think i saw this video at least 20 times. One of the best interpretations of this great tune by one of my favourite composers... what not to love?

  • @thegreatselkie6009
    @thegreatselkie6009 Рік тому +1

    Very beautiful!

  • @zykamania2952
    @zykamania2952 8 років тому +2

    my next holidays.. a charming old train, your voices, this sweet English country in spring, yes in spring.Thanks a lot, I just had a dream, when autumn begins, I'll keep my dream during winter time

  • @75atem
    @75atem 9 років тому +14

    Très joli et très agréable ce voyage avec vous. Merci. F.

  • @alexbaskakov4669
    @alexbaskakov4669 2 роки тому +9

    A very important characteristic of a masterpiece of every art is its integrity. It means, no part should "clash". This short film is a masterpiece for all its parts to the least detail (the train, the bench, the check-in counter) are in harmony with the music and with each other.
    В любом произведении искусства очень важна цельность, ни одна его составная не должна выбиваться из общей картины. Этот короткий фильм - шедевр, потому что все его части вплоть до мелких деталей (билетная касса, скамейка, поезд) гармонируют и с музыкой, и друг с другом.
    Die wichtige Eigenschaft eines richtigen Kunstwerks ist seine "Ganzheit". Das bedeutet, dass kein Teil aus dem Ganzen ausfallen darf. Dieser Kurzfilm ist ein Meisterwererk, weil alle seine Bestandteile bis hin zu den kleinen Details (Kasse, Bank, Zug) miteinander und mit der Musik harmonieren.
    Une qualité extremement importante d'un œuvre d'art est son "Intégrité", c'est à dire que chacune partie intégrale ne doive pas sortir de l'ensemble. Ce film est un chef d'œuvre parce que toutes ces parties jusqu'aux plus petits détails (guichet, train, banquette) sont en harmonie l'une avec l'autre et avec la musique.

    • @alvarocasusoalvarez
      @alvarocasusoalvarez Рік тому +1

      Absoutamente de acuerdo con su comentario.
      Este vídeo es, por todos sus elementos, visual, musical, de enorme belleza.
      Un saludo @alexbaskakov4669

  • @davidhynd4435
    @davidhynd4435 Рік тому +1

    Enchanting and utterly beautiful.

  • @captebbtide
    @captebbtide 9 років тому +24

    What an interesting contemporary setting for this poignant Renaissance classic! And very sweetly sung with excellent harmony.

    • @lescanardschantants9770
      @lescanardschantants9770  9 років тому +4

      +captebbtide Thank you so much! We really enjoyed playing with the idea, anachronistic as it might be.

  • @tsmartin8821
    @tsmartin8821 10 років тому +9

    I really like this, I always thought this was one of Dowland's great songs - this performance reinforces that view. Very refreshing.

  • @reinholdhubner8880
    @reinholdhubner8880 4 роки тому +2

    I just love the way make music. Singing out of a facsimile of Dowlands songbooks - wonderful. I hope you will continue with singing.

  • @steveyoung8876
    @steveyoung8876 Рік тому

    Never thought I'd ever see a video containing my two great loves; trains and music!

  • @robinmiric2027
    @robinmiric2027 4 роки тому +1

    Superb in every way, singers are so lovely in voice and appearance. The lutenist is an inspiration. How wonderful that Dowland lives on!

  • @johnson7903
    @johnson7903 2 роки тому +1

    This is so beautiflu I almost cry. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

  • @glaoud
    @glaoud 4 роки тому +1

    Very beautiful interprétation . Pas facile dans un train ! Bravo .

  • @annedelahodde6168
    @annedelahodde6168 9 років тому +13

    très jolie version, 4 belles voix accompagnées au luth dans une mise en scène poétique très plaisante and "so english" !!!!

  • @janetdavis7324
    @janetdavis7324 6 років тому +6

    This has made my day, such a beautiful blend of voices!!!!

  • @shauneengarner6286
    @shauneengarner6286 3 роки тому +1

    Truly beautiful, and as usual, Robin, you light up the production! So very proud that I had a TINY part in your formative years.

  • @hartmutlaabs4596
    @hartmutlaabs4596 4 роки тому +1

    Beautiful, simply beautiful! Such truely, truely lovely voices, and such a well-chosen setting for this memorable lute song by J. Dowland. Thanks ever so much!