I remember a long time ago, when my college choir was rehearsing something by Bach, my totally eccentric choir director said something along the lines of how "you can't kill a good tune", and he started playing the piece by Bach as a pop song . . .. This video of yours goes to show you how very right he was!
@variasveces Thanks for your comment. Palestrina's music has all the hallmarks of popular style from a different age. Generally, early music performers tend to filter interpretations through received ideas that are largely academic and not particularly derived from insights into performance through broader study of context. We base our interpretation on the well-known fact that Palestrina used the lute to work out ideas, and this motet responds well to the treatment. Thanks again.
I read some comments on a choral version of this song that described the interpretation of the song as "ham-fisted", so then I decided to listen to many other versions to see if i could get to the rub of what the writer meant. I found your version, and find it exquisite. I sing this myself (in a choral setting) and hope to learn from what you have done here, thanks.
Hello, Thomas - sorry that we're just seeing your message now. Yes, indeed! We have published our arrangement for lute & voice in the second volume of Mignarda Editions' "Harmonia Caelestis", available from our web site at: mignarda.com/editions/ Thanks for asking.
@@TheSecretHarp No, the published intabulation is in renaissance lute tuning, which was the tuning familiar to Palestrina and used to work out his polyphonic music, according to correspondence written by Don Annibale Capello to the Duke of Mantua, Rome, 18 October 1578. The d-minor baroque lute tuning was not common until the mid-17th century. However, if you would like an arrangement for d-minor tuning just ask and we can work something out.
Questi due scriteriati si son messi con esecrabile impegno e imperterrita brutalità a banalizzare e distruggere uno degli esempi più puri e intensi della polifonia rinascimentale. Non vale la pena di spendere una parola in più
I never imagined this piece could sound so beautiful on lute and voice. I am pleasantly surprised! Love it, keep making good music.
Thanks to present beautiful song to us. I love this song to sing with my choir friends. I had emotional time with your perform. Thanks 😊🍵🍙🍡☘️
Just beautiful!
I remember a long time ago, when my college choir was rehearsing something by Bach, my totally eccentric choir director said something along the lines of how "you can't kill a good tune", and he started playing the piece by Bach as a pop song . . .. This video of yours goes to show you how very right he was!
Exquisite, noble song. Preciosa voz. From Argentina.
so beautiful, thanks for all your posting.
This is just so beautiful! Thank you!
@variasveces Thanks for your comment. Palestrina's music has all the hallmarks of popular style from a different age. Generally, early music performers tend to filter interpretations through received ideas that are largely academic and not particularly derived from insights into performance through broader study of context.
We base our interpretation on the well-known fact that Palestrina used the lute to work out ideas, and this motet responds well to the treatment. Thanks again.
@organjon
Thanks so much, Jon! Hope Temple is treating you well!
la douceur et la grâce
This is magical.
Thanks, Vanni!
Hauntingly beautiful.
Sublime
I read some comments on a choral version of this song that described the interpretation of the song as "ham-fisted", so then I decided to listen to many other versions to see if i could get to the rub of what the writer meant. I found your version, and find it exquisite. I sing this myself (in a choral setting) and hope to learn from what you have done here, thanks.
Exquisite. Pretty much covers it.
Exquisite!!!
@looterish - thanks!
Is there any way on earth the tablature is available?
Hello, Thomas - sorry that we're just seeing your message now. Yes, indeed! We have published our arrangement for lute & voice in the second volume of Mignarda Editions' "Harmonia Caelestis", available from our web site at:
mignarda.com/editions/ Thanks for asking.
I can't believe that I'm just seeing this now! Thank you.
@@Mignarda Hello again! Second question: Is the tablature compatible with the baroque lute tuning? If it is I'm buying this book.
@@TheSecretHarp No, the published intabulation is in renaissance lute tuning, which was the tuning familiar to Palestrina and used to work out his polyphonic music, according to correspondence written by Don Annibale Capello to the Duke of Mantua, Rome, 18 October 1578. The d-minor baroque lute tuning was not common until the mid-17th century. However, if you would like an arrangement for d-minor tuning just ask and we can work something out.
Questi due scriteriati si son messi con esecrabile impegno e imperterrita brutalità a banalizzare e distruggere uno degli esempi più puri e intensi della polifonia rinascimentale. Non vale la pena di spendere una parola in più