Lully Lulla Lullay, music by Philip Stopford, composed in October 2008 and performed here in Belfast Cathedral, Northern Ireland by Ecclesium, conducted by Philip Stopford
There is no other version that paints the picture of this tragic scene better than this arrangement. Brings me close to crying. I hope to perform this one day
I had the privilege of hearing my daughter sing this with the Pembroke Girls' Choir in Cambridge on Monday. The choir director said it was one of the choir's favourite pieces this year. I found it arrestingly beautiful. Thank you for writing it.
I love it and the way the sound intensifies in that space. Those mediaeval cathedral builders really understood the human voice, architecture and space. Not surprising when you consider there was nothing else. This is heavenly, a great version, thank you!
Hard to express in words how beautiful this is, it has stayed with me so that here I am playing it again.I have shared it with my friends as I believe it equates to sending love and healing.Thank you.
So looking forward to singing this at Christmas, especially as my son has the privilege of singing the solo at the end. He's about to turn 14, so is on borrowed time as a Treble! Beautiful piece, love the balance and harmony of the voices - thank you Philip.
I first listened to this at St.Paul's Cathedral in London during Christmas service. The most magical minutes of my life, totally felt like from another universe...
Sang this song in high school ten years ago and still love it! (It was also an easy song for altos to sing against the current of the melody, which is appreciated!)
Once again heard it on Classic FM. How do you write such beautiful music. Where can I get the sheet music from? I play Trombone with my local orchestra, and feel this would transfer well for a brass arrangement. How do I formally ask for your permission to arrange it Mr Stopford?
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child Bye, bye, lully, lullay, thou little tiny child Bye, bye, lully, lullay Oh, sisters too, how may we do For to preserve this day? This pore yongling for whom we do sing "Bye, bye, lully, lullay"? Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child Bye, bye, lully, lullay, thou little tiny child Bye, bye, lully, lullay Herod, the king in his raging Charged he hath this day His men of might, in his own sight All young children to slay Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child Bye, bye, lully, lullay, thou little tiny child Bye, bye, lully, lullay That one is me, poor child for thee And ever morn and may For thy parting, nether say nor sing Bye, bye, lully, lullay Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child Bye, bye, lully, lullay, thou little tiny child Bye, bye, lully, lullay
Heard this for the first time this morning as a tribute to the 26 angels of Newtown, CT. Haunting, moving, perfect arrangement of a haunting, moving Coventry Carol. Thank you for contributing to a contemporary canon of choral masterpieces.
Our choir at The Shrine of Saint Therese performs this every year for Christmas. If it doesn't bring at least a few tears to your eyes, you need to have your heart checked.
how beautiful. what superb harmony! haven't heard anything that beautiful for a while. i will be asking my choir master if we can sing this next year. thank you for uploading this amazing piece of music. x
My high school concert choir sang this last year for a christmas recital. It was by far the most beautiful piece we have ever sang, and I still remember all of the words to this day
Lullay, lullay My little tiny child By-by, lullay, lullay Lullay, lullay My little tiny child By-by, lullay, lullay Oh, sisters two How may we do For to preserve this day? This poor youngling Of whom we do sing By-by, lullay, lullay Herod the King In his raging Charged he hath this day His men of might In his own sight All children young to slay Then woe is me Poor child for thee And ever mourn and say For thy parting Nor say nor sing By-by, lullay, lullay Lullay, lullay My little tiny child By-by, lullay, lullay Lullay, lullay My little tiny child By-by, lullay, lu By-by, lullay, lu By-by, lullay, lu
The choir of the Cathedral in Sacramento is singing this beautiful piece tomorrow night. The director informed me tonight that I, alone, will be singing the descant at the end. Hence, I came running to youtube. this group does a fabulous job with your pieces. .. so ethereal.
This is such a beautiful piece of music, I'm hoping to persuade my choral director to let us sing this at our concert in December. It's just amazing music.
I play the organ every year at Christmas and it's always really nice to have this in our concert most years you always know it's going to be great from the start
@W7ENK I totally agree and understand what you are saying, I've been playing this non stop for a few days myself! In a season where it's more busy than silent - music like this causes us to pause and listen to the glory of God..at least that's how I hear it. Blessings!
Our choir is singing this on Christmas Eve, and I can’t wait. It is so hauntingly beautiful, and the music has been swirling in my head for a couple of weeks now. Can’t get enough of this song.
2016.....This will be sung by St Aloysius choir Garnethill ,Glasgow in the carol service and at Vigil mass on Christmas eve. Come hear this wonderful work.
'tudoraxes' is troll, pay that handle no mind nor time. Stopford and Leighton revisit the Coventry Carol in completely different ways,for different choral mixes, but both honor the structure of the original and give it life afresh. As for the troll's dismissal of the boy-treble's intonation in the King's College rendering of the Leighton? Idiot's comment!! He bent four tones, and three were on purpose. Sorry, I shouldn't call the troll an idiot, but just profoundly unaware of the style CHEERS.
Lully, lulla, lully, lulla Lully, lulla, lully lulla By by, lully lullay Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child By by, lully lullay O sisters too, How may we do For to preserve this day This poor youngling For whom we sing, By by, lully, lullay? Lully, lulla, lully lulla By by, lully lullay Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child By by, lully lullay Herod, the king, In his raging, Charged he hath this day His men of might In his own sight All young children to slay Lully, lulla, lully, lulla By by, lully lullay Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child By by lully lullay That woe is me, Poor child for thee! And ever morn and day For thy parting Neither say nor sing By by, lully lullay! Lully, lulla, lully lulla By by, lully lullay Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child By by, lully lullay By by, lully lullay
This particular version has been o repeat, I as much love it, as well as performed by voce8 ,their recording got more echoing that gave it that dept of beauty........😫🥰🥰🥰🥰
To the idiot who disliked this, maybe you should just get back to your Hip-Hop and Dubstep. This is amazing (And I like psychadelic trance and Industrial metal!)
Phil Stopford - I have heard this at Winchester an Worcester and it is so beautiful. I share it every Advent on Fb and is down for tomorrow Day 5 of Advent on my share!
I heard from Classic FM and cant wait til the end of song to search it. Really beautiful music. Made me so surprise during the night when I heard. Nice job!!
I've never heard the Coventry Carol called this before. Is this a thing? (Edit: It isn't, the only references to it online by this term is by Philip Stopford, and 'Phillip W. J.' who appears to also be Philip Stopford. Perhaps he didn't know the pieces name?)
Heard this ages ago but must've forgotten about it. Heard it on classic FM this afternoon, and was able to look up the song name on their website (love that they do that). Thanks so much for uploading it, it's beautiful.
My varsity high school choir sang this song for our Christmas concert on December 14th, the night of the shooting in Newtown. It was so emotional and the audience was in tears. Such a beautiful song.
The Thomas Circle Singers just performed this in Washington D.C. What an incredible piece of music! I am so grateful we were able to sing this and really hope to sing more of Mr. Stopford's music in the future.
we sang this last year for our christmas concert and 2 years ago my chorus also sang it in spain and it sound sooooo beautiful. it is one of my all time favorite songs to sing! :D
I just heard this on Classic FM and stopped whatever I was doing only to listen to it - this is the music that makes our lives worth living.. Thank you Mr Stopford!
Amazing arrangement and amazing performance, first time i heard it it blew me completely away. Themakoor Odulphus kerk did also a extraordinary performance in Wijk aan Zee. Blew me away again......
I've heard a lot of psalms and songs of praise etc., but never before heard anyone sparing a thought for the infants Herod ordered put to death. I was quite touched by the song - even if it is a bit samey to sing...
The Most beautiful Lament , Sang Beautifully , Forever in our Hearts God bless those who were lost but now remembered through this wonderful arrangement , Well done Mr Philip Stopford . D ..
This is heaven sent, Such a beautiful lament based on sadness , but from now the true wicked deeds of someone no naive is remembered as a fool will stir his grave , and will he will listen to this to remind him of his stupidity , Choristers , Producers , Thank you for such a beautiful rendition, D..
Mr. Stopford, Would you allow me to write a piano accompaniment for this piece (just for fun), I love how it sounds acapella, but I have an interesting idea for a piano accompaniment, I am an amateur composer and I mainly compose for the piano. Kenton J. Baker
I sang this amazing song for the Rochester holiday pops gala. It brought tears to the eyes of many of the people in Eastman Theater... we dedicated it to the victims of the school shooting, and the tragic loss of life. Thank you Mr Stopford for this amazing work.
The acoustics in that cathedral almost add an extra harmony...Gorgeous.
First time we rehearsed this I had to pause and regroup, because you can't sing when you're all choked up from the beauty of it.
Bit of a double-edged sword isn't it....
Can't sing to save my life, but this carol brings a tear or two...can not understand why anyone would dislike this ?!
does the word "juxtaposition" hold any significance to anyone else here 😹😹
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I was going to comment the same thing!!
There is no other version that paints the picture of this tragic scene better than this arrangement. Brings me close to crying. I hope to perform this one day
Voces 8 😊
I'm 15 and i've just formed a choir at school and this will be our first piece!!
You were so blessed. Can you still remember what it felt like singing this beautiful song?
You're 26 now 😂
@@SaintAthanasius_Edits27 now😂
Bros 27 now
I had the privilege of hearing my daughter sing this with the Pembroke Girls' Choir in Cambridge on Monday. The choir director said it was one of the choir's favourite pieces this year. I found it arrestingly beautiful. Thank you for writing it.
singing this with my choir at Christmas... so thrilled... beautiful! It brings tears to my eyes. Thank you. :)
Is there anywhere I can listen to it? It's such a beautiful piece and I'd love to hear it recreated.
I love singing this with the choir... it brings tears to my eyes.
Does it also oxidise you to tears
This never fails to reduce me to tears...Merry Christmas everyone xxx
Merry Christmas! ❤
Listening just before Christmas 2023. Quite a lot has happened in the last 9 years.
Merry Christmas!
I love it and the way the sound intensifies in that space. Those mediaeval cathedral builders really understood the human voice, architecture and space. Not surprising when you consider there was nothing else.
This is heavenly, a great version, thank you!
Hard to express in words how beautiful this is, it has stayed with me so that here I am playing it again.I have shared it with my friends as I believe it equates to sending love and healing.Thank you.
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So looking forward to singing this at Christmas, especially as my son has the privilege of singing the solo at the end. He's about to turn 14, so is on borrowed time as a Treble! Beautiful piece, love the balance and harmony of the voices - thank you Philip.
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This is lovely... never heard the song before today. Blessed my ears.
There are very few perfect pieces of music, but this is definitely one of them. Sung brilliantly too I must say. Well done to everyone involved
Hauntingly beautiful, and so elegantly and sensitively performed...
I first listened to this at St.Paul's Cathedral in London during Christmas service. The most magical minutes of my life, totally felt like from another universe...
Sang this song in high school ten years ago and still love it! (It was also an easy song for altos to sing against the current of the melody, which is appreciated!)
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How are you doing today?
Once again heard it on Classic FM. How do you write such beautiful music.
Where can I get the sheet music from? I play Trombone with my local orchestra, and feel this would transfer well for a brass arrangement. How do I formally ask for your permission to arrange it Mr Stopford?
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Bye, bye, lully, lullay, thou little tiny child
Bye, bye, lully, lullay
Oh, sisters too, how may we do
For to preserve this day?
This pore yongling for whom we do sing
"Bye, bye, lully, lullay"?
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Bye, bye, lully, lullay, thou little tiny child
Bye, bye, lully, lullay
Herod, the king in his raging
Charged he hath this day
His men of might, in his own sight
All young children to slay
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Bye, bye, lully, lullay, thou little tiny child
Bye, bye, lully, lullay
That one is me, poor child for thee
And ever morn and may
For thy parting, nether say nor sing
Bye, bye, lully, lullay
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
Bye, bye, lully, lullay, thou little tiny child
Bye, bye, lully, lullay
O, itu liriknya
this poor*
That woe is me*
*every mourn and day
Such a stunning new tune for this old carol. So beautiful and disarmingly simple
Heard this for the first time this morning as a tribute to the 26 angels of Newtown, CT. Haunting, moving, perfect arrangement of a haunting, moving Coventry Carol. Thank you for contributing to a contemporary canon of choral masterpieces.
Thank you Philip. Just thank you.
Love, Bartek
P.S. Greetings from Poland
Great choral works needs to be heard all year round.
Again and again I'm mesmerized by the outstanding beauty of this song. Thanks to the choir for the brilliant performance.
Our choir at The Shrine of Saint Therese performs this every year for Christmas. If it doesn't bring at least a few tears to your eyes, you need to have your heart checked.
Yes, a very moving piece to perform, but not sentimental. Keep on singing!
Where can I get the sheet music?
how beautiful. what superb harmony! haven't heard anything that beautiful for a while. i will be asking my choir master if we can sing this next year. thank you for uploading this amazing piece of music. x
Beautiful
My high school concert choir sang this last year for a christmas recital. It was by far the most beautiful piece we have ever sang, and I still remember all of the words to this day
Lullay, lullay
My little tiny child
By-by, lullay, lullay
Lullay, lullay
My little tiny child
By-by, lullay, lullay
Oh, sisters two
How may we do
For to preserve this day?
This poor youngling
Of whom we do sing
By-by, lullay, lullay
Herod the King
In his raging
Charged he hath this day
His men of might
In his own sight
All children young to slay
Then woe is me
Poor child for thee
And ever mourn and say
For thy parting
Nor say nor sing
By-by, lullay, lullay
Lullay, lullay
My little tiny child
By-by, lullay, lullay
Lullay, lullay
My little tiny child
By-by, lullay, lu
By-by, lullay, lu
By-by, lullay, lu
Who's the lark ascending at the end?
Such a beautiful melody and wonderful harmonies. Without sounding morbid, this is the piece of music I would like at my funeral.
I hope this is what heaven sounds like
It gave me goose bumps all over!! It is incredibly beautiful and moving to the soul.
Thank you for this comment, Philip
Such an amazing piece of music, thank you for bringing this to the world.
Heavenly. Music from the God's. Especially the solo.
The choir of the Cathedral in Sacramento is singing this beautiful piece tomorrow night. The director informed me tonight that I, alone, will be singing the descant at the end. Hence, I came running to youtube. this group does a fabulous job with your pieces. .. so ethereal.
I was there it was amazing
+Rachel Songer How did it go?
Very well, thank you. I'm hoping to put a recording up soon.
Nnenna Obodoefuna , thank you!
+Rachel Songer Great, look forward to hearing it!
This is such a beautiful piece of music, I'm hoping to persuade my choral director to let us sing this at our concert in December. It's just amazing music.
I play the organ every year at Christmas and it's always really nice to have this in our concert most years you always know it's going to be great from the start
@W7ENK I totally agree and understand what you are saying, I've been playing this non stop for a few days myself! In a season where it's more busy than silent - music like this causes us to pause and listen to the glory of God..at least that's how I hear it. Blessings!
This is beautiful. The choir I'm in will be singing this at our Christmas Concert. I'm really looking forward to it :-D
Our choir is singing this on Christmas Eve, and I can’t wait. It is so hauntingly beautiful, and the music has been swirling in my head for a couple of weeks now. Can’t get enough of this song.
Musica paradisiaca!!!
As beautiful as any favorite carol.
Beautiful. Simply beautiful. I cannot get enough of it. Is there anywhere I can buy this?!
2016.....This will be sung by St Aloysius choir Garnethill ,Glasgow in the carol service and at Vigil mass on Christmas eve. Come hear this wonderful work.
'tudoraxes' is troll, pay that handle no mind nor time. Stopford and Leighton revisit the Coventry Carol in completely different ways,for different choral mixes, but both honor the structure of the original and give it life afresh. As for the troll's dismissal of the boy-treble's intonation in the King's College rendering of the Leighton? Idiot's comment!! He bent four tones, and three were on purpose. Sorry, I shouldn't call the troll an idiot, but just profoundly unaware of the style CHEERS.
Lully, lulla, lully, lulla
Lully, lulla, lully lulla
By by, lully lullay
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
By by, lully lullay
O sisters too,
How may we do
For to preserve this day
This poor youngling
For whom we sing,
By by, lully, lullay?
Lully, lulla, lully lulla
By by, lully lullay
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
By by, lully lullay
Herod, the king,
In his raging,
Charged he hath this day
His men of might
In his own sight
All young children to slay
Lully, lulla, lully, lulla
By by, lully lullay
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
By by lully lullay
That woe is me,
Poor child for thee!
And ever morn and day
For thy parting
Neither say nor sing
By by, lully lullay!
Lully, lulla, lully lulla
By by, lully lullay
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
By by, lully lullay
By by, lully lullay
In love with how well this was sang..
This particular version has been o repeat, I as much love it, as well as performed by voce8 ,their recording got more echoing that gave it that dept of beauty........😫🥰🥰🥰🥰
simply beautiful...
As perfect a creation of mankind as I have come across. Music without instruments.
To the idiot who disliked this, maybe you should just get back to your Hip-Hop and Dubstep. This is amazing (And I like psychadelic trance and Industrial metal!)
This song has a very similar story to Indodana which is a South Africa piece but it is so haunting and siren-like
Just beautiful, I love it!
Beautiful to a new degree. I'm so excited for my choir to perform this. The harmonies alone gave me goosebumps the first time we ran through it.
This is amazing! I was singing along to the tune when I first heard it on Classic FM, so blissful. :) Thank you so much for this!
Beautiful. first heard this at a school Christmas service and was completely moved.
Phil Stopford - I have heard this at Winchester an Worcester and it is so beautiful. I share it every Advent on Fb and is down for tomorrow Day 5 of Advent on my share!
Well.. this is brilliant!
Thanks very much! Do let others know about the piece!
Wonderfully haunting choral music - it stopped me in my tracks when I first heard it on Classic FM. Outstandingly beautiful!
Singing this in my school choir can't wait to learn it. Such a good piece, love it so much!
Heavenly.
This music has almost reached perfection, right where it left off hundreds of years ago.....
Where can you purchase this score?@philpstopford?
Everywhere :-)
thanks!
Garlic bread
Elizebeth Penington Garlic bread and this song, both are moving until tears! 😊😋
I heard from Classic FM and cant wait til the end of song to search it. Really beautiful music. Made me so surprise during the night when I heard.
Nice job!!
I must have listened to this over 30 times already and it still chokes me up. It's incredibly powerful and a truly inspiration composition.
You clearly have no musical intelligence. Sorry, it had to be said.
I love this piece, but wondered about the final chord; does it need to resolve?
I've never heard the Coventry Carol called this before. Is this a thing? (Edit: It isn't, the only references to it online by this term is by Philip Stopford, and 'Phillip W. J.' who appears to also be Philip Stopford. Perhaps he didn't know the pieces name?)
Heard this ages ago but must've forgotten about it. Heard it on classic FM this afternoon, and was able to look up the song name on their website (love that they do that).
Thanks so much for uploading it, it's beautiful.
This is a blessed Christian hymn. God bless those that sing this.
this song was recommended to me after I had expressed my love for Ave Verum. I cannt get enough of your music!
Sounds good but I think it is too fast
I just heard it on Classic FM. Beautiful! Thank you so much! It made my evening.
Thanks very much! Rock out! Haha!
BTW, it's not an arrangement, it's a totally original composition :-)
This gave me chills. All vocals are divine
My varsity high school choir sang this song for our Christmas concert on December 14th, the night of the shooting in Newtown. It was so emotional and the audience was in tears. Such a beautiful song.
The Thomas Circle Singers just performed this in Washington D.C. What an incredible piece of music! I am so grateful we were able to sing this and really hope to sing more of Mr. Stopford's music in the future.
Hiiiiii Philip
we sang this last year for our christmas concert and 2 years ago my chorus also sang it in spain and it sound sooooo beautiful. it is one of my all time favorite songs to sing! :D
I just heard this on Classic FM and stopped whatever I was doing only to listen to it - this is the music that makes our lives worth living.. Thank you Mr Stopford!
Amazing arrangement and amazing performance, first time i heard it it blew me completely away. Themakoor Odulphus kerk did also a extraordinary performance in Wijk aan Zee. Blew me away again......
i love your music please keep up the good work
I've heard a lot of psalms and songs of praise etc., but never before heard anyone sparing a thought for the infants Herod ordered put to death. I was quite touched by the song - even if it is a bit samey to sing...
A bit samey?! Just like The First Nowell 😂
@@philipstopford Perhaps not that bad lmao
The Most beautiful Lament ,
Sang Beautifully ,
Forever in our Hearts God bless those who were lost but now remembered through this wonderful arrangement ,
Well done Mr Philip Stopford .
D ..
Beautiful
This is heaven sent, Such a beautiful lament based on sadness , but from now the true wicked deeds of someone no naive is remembered as a fool will stir his grave , and will he will listen to this to remind him of his stupidity ,
Choristers , Producers , Thank you for such a beautiful rendition,
D..
Beautiful! Somewhere over the years and different choirs I learned this...would love to sing it again!!
Hello@Linda M
How are you doing?
Stunning! Just perfection!
Heard this for the first time last night at midnight mass, and oh my...words cannot describe.
Merci à Adrian McKinty et à son bon polar pour m'avoir guidé jusqu'ici
yes based out of the university of British Columbia, its a chamber group that sings with soul. Andy
Must have immediately :-)
Singing this with my school choir soon. Amazing song.
@mouldywort hey please join my Facebook Fan page and list your performance under 'Discussions' - good luck! Philip Stopford
@mrazrp hey please join my Facebook Fan page and list your performance under 'Discussions' - good luck! Philip Stopford
Mr. Stopford,
Would you allow me to write a piano accompaniment for this piece (just for fun), I love how it sounds acapella, but I have an interesting idea for a piano accompaniment, I am an amateur composer and I mainly compose for the piano.
Kenton J. Baker
Just divine! Definitely want the CD for Christmas.... love Philips work! 😊🤗💕🎼
I sang this amazing song for the Rochester holiday pops gala. It brought tears to the eyes of many of the people in Eastman Theater... we dedicated it to the victims of the school shooting, and the tragic loss of life. Thank you Mr Stopford for this amazing work.