Alastair Miles sings "The trumpet shall sound"
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Alastair Miles sings from Handel's Messiah: 45 Behold, I tell you a mystery - 46 The trumpet shall sound. Crispian Steele-Perkins is the trumpet soloist. Stephen Cleobury conducts the Brandenburg Consort.
The Baroque trumpet being played here is valveless but has two finger holes which the trumpeter can close and open with the thumb and little finger of the right hand for fine pitch control. You should be able to see Crispian Steele-Perkins doing this in the video.
Thanks for all the lovely comments! It’s great to know how much people enjoy this aria!
I share Alastair’s gratitude for all the kind remarks about this rendition. I recorded this piece 7 times apparently but this ‘live’ performance was the most satisfying musically and the late Stephen Cleobury really ‘accompanied’ us with this excellent orchestra.
Hell yeah
Your performance was extremely based, sir
I come back and listen to it now and then. Never get tired.
I listen to this at least once every year, always at least at Christmas. Fantastic performance--but, even more to me, a vehicle for the Spirit of God.
It was an amazing performance. Thank YOU!
Blimey I look young! And what it was like to still have hair! This is a tough sing in the complete version (with B section and Da Capo) even with the pitch at 415. Quite a test of technique and stamina for both singer and trumpeter. Merry Christmas!
Alastair Miles I want to sing just like you
This is one of my very favourite versions of 'The Trumpet' which I sing every year in a Messiah For All evening with my choir. I can only marvel at your breath control and projection!
Yours is my favorite of all time. It is spectacular. I have shared it with many grateful friends and family.
The Alastair Miles Well done, Sir! My favourite Aria. I sang Messiah many times (as a boy Treble). ‘‘Tis wonderful. Thanks for sharing"
I think Handel had it out for a bass when he wrote this! Even at 415! 😉
Not loud enough! You heard this guy in the theatre. The most beautiful bass voice in the UK, and with the finest baroque trumpeter of our times too. Unbeatable combo! Bravo Al and Crispin!
Sublime. What a voice and trumpeter! Insurmountable.
Amazing to hear a BASS singing this so easily, with such power, tone and awesome breath control!
exactly, real bass form who this aria was written, not a light baritone :D
@@micharomanowski3824 It's getting harder to find actual basses these days.
@@therealtornadosam Or music for basses for that matter, most of if is really high.
@@szymongorczynski7621 I mean, I think it's precisely because music isn't made for basses that there aren't many basses. Everyone stretches the upper part of their register to sing the music they're enamoured with, and neglects their lower registers
@@pestoriusj Tell that to the Russians lol
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Crispian, you are a true musician ... this was technically and musically one of the purest trumpet numbers I've ever heard. And on a period instrument no less! Amazing. Bravo.
I think this is the most pleasant sounding rendition I have heard. Well done.
Amazing performance of Handel by two amazing musicians. Miles' tone is perfect for Handel and I love that Baroque trumpet.
That quiet smile from the conductor at the end shows he realises they absolutely nailed it. Bravo!
Let's not forget the trumpet player! Outstanding singing and playing!
The best version of this song I`ve yet heard. Sublime voice and instruments.
Maybe the best performance of this aria ever.
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Agreed
Yeah, the other 2 videos you by the guys up here are good sure, but Mr. Miles owned this like no one.
I shall meet my dad again....in heaven. I miss him sorely.
Alistair, majestically sung, absolutely superb, fantastic.I remember you from BYO all those years ago. WOW. But this, is a revelation !
BRAVO! e.conboy
What a beautiful voice !
...and Mr.Steele-Perkins is at his best !
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You know what? This song is about the trumpet, not the singer. That singer is amazing, but the trumpet is even better. That guy is not playing your regular trumpet or even a cornet. He is playing a Baroque horn, and he is freaking amazing. Never has it been played better than in this video.
Es sind alle supa ❣
An excellent performance, and the finest trumpet solo I have ever heard, especially on a period instrument!
Dear Alastair Miles, often my daughter and I Iisten to you and Crispian Steele-Perkins performing this aria in Leiden many years ago. Every time I am breathless afterward. I can't give you a better compliment. A fan from Holland
Thank you so much for your kind words. Unfortunately I will not be playing this wonderful piece again-
I had a bad motorcycle accident 26/08/2022 and although my leg was not amputated my injuries will limit future activity. I was lucky to have along and happy career including many visits to your wonderful country.
Great music making ... my first listen of Alastair Miles which will not be my last. Extraordinary voice ... diction, projection, tone ... he has it all. And the baroque trumpet player is superb.
INSANE rich voice from Alastair and Crispian is just incredible. Had a masterclass with him the other day and he brought that trumpet with him! Absolutely amazing teacher and such an inspiration.
That trumpeter is fantastic! Great performance for everyone else too!
I keep coming back to this. This is exquisite musicianship!
Alastair Miles is one of my favorites! I heard him sing in Mozart's "Requiem" and he was as amazing as he is here.
Alastair beautiful voice💚❤💙 Crispian beautiful trumpet💙❤💚💜
I heard this earlier this morning (06.00, Monday 22 December 2014) being sung in Welsh on BBC Radio Cymru by the Welsh baritone Aled Edwards. It was so wonderful that it got me out of bed to find it here on UA-cam - so wonderful to listen to in any language as Christmas Day approaches...
The trumpet player is great!!
It is very difficlut to play the "baroque trumpet" like Crispian Steele-Perkins does it in the movie. Every trumpet player should know that. Very impressive!
There is something really wrong with the eighteen people who disliked this video. They clearly know nothing about music especially this sort. Alastair Miles is a fantastic operatic Bass. I remember when I sang in the chorus for Verdi's Requiem in Cardiff this year for St.Davids Day, Alastair was singing the Bass solo line. I heard this wonderful voice come from no where and I asked where it was coming from and was told from Alastair. Big beautiful sound from someone with a small framed body.
Alastair Miles is such a magisterial singer. Listen to him in J E Gardiner's "Saul", his performance is superb.
Magnificent! Miles is the greatest living Bass interpreter of this repertoire.
Una de las mejores versiones "ever"... Fantástico Alastair... Y no hablemos de Crispian Steele-Perkins... Increíble...
Best I have ever heard.
Wow!! Mr Miles is amazing! His vocal control and tone is so good. I can listen to him all day
What a gorgeous rendering!!❤️🎶🎶🎶🎶🙌🏾
Hi Jeremy - Good to hear from you after so many years! Glad you like the vid. Looking a lot balder these days!
A favourite performance of "The Trumpet Shall Sound'.
Magnificent, stupendous, awesome, inspiring.
What you said, just bowls one over.
Alastair does an excellent job! Bravo.
I just love this piece it is so uplifting !
I look forward to that day that he sings about !
He truly is an astounding voice.
Steele-Perkins is a boss.
THE Boss.
Absolutely fabulous performance of a truly great, and wonderful piece of music.The trumpeter is also superb,as well as the legendary Stephen Cleobury conducting. Superb!
Thanks, Alastair. We sang together at Glyndebourne yonks ago! I wish I had your voice!
Diese Arie des Messias finde ich bald noch schöner als das "Halleluja" (vielleicht, weil es so oft gehört und gespielt wird). Die Barock-Trompete hat einen warmen und schönen aber dabei gleichzeitig strahlenden Klang. Passt für mich perfekt zu meinem einsamen Weihnachten, weil meine Frau ist gerade im Krankenhaus. Es ist so schön, diese Musik zu hören. Dadurch wird, trotz Einsamkeit, mein Weihnachten trotzdem festlich.
Still the best available on U-tube....
Leggo un sacco si complimenti per Alistair Milnes - meritatissimi, senza dubbio, ma qui cantano in due: il basso e a tromba. E la tromba canta divinamente bene e i due sono sintonizzati nel migliore dei modi ❤️❤️❤️
Seven years after my previous comments: --Inspired words of St. Paul, inspired music of Handel, and inspired singing of Miles ! ---Stupendous always !
Hi Alastair,Remember singing at The Ascension in 1987. We had a great choir.You showed outstanding promise as a 16 year old. You literally blew us all away. Great singing.Wish you well. Brian Shenton
Thanks Brian, great to hear from you! All best wishes. Alastair
+Alastair Miles This is marvelous. Happy Easter!
Alastair Miles you challenge me everyday. I want to sing like you one day
I keep going back to this. Miles sings very well, the tempi are good, and Steele-Perkins looks like a nice bank manager with a wicked sense of humor and plays like the Archangel Gabriel. Wonderful.
So enjoyed. Powerhouse of voice. Thank you.
When the last trumpet DOES sounds, I hope it sounds just like this!
Outstanding. Never heard of Alastair Miles, but this is one of the nicest versions I've heard. I've always liked this one, because it's one of the the few I can sing with my limited range :-) (and not nearly as well, of course).
Winston
Thanks for the explanation about the Baroque Trumpet
awesome, i had not heard a bass like this!
Miles great thanks, God bless you
Bravo Crispian! Beautifully played, as usual.
Dear Sir, your trumpet playing is an inspiration to me and all trumpet students and player out there. Thank you!
Edric from Singapore
Magnificent recitative and aria about the Parousia!
" Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet shall sound.".. regardless of spiritual, or religious point of view, this is beautiful, musically.
I have to say its the best interpretation I've heard until now of this song. Im going to sing it this semester and I know what he is going through to make this such an excelent performance.
Un Basso Profundo! Bravo BRAVO!!
This is where the notes run together. Since the natural trpt is twice the length of a "modern" valved trpt, the natural harmonic series is an octave lower, so it actually starts on the 3rd space Bb. That is the "Secret" to playing the natural trpt.
Also the "trills" are done with an exagerated "jaw" vibrato where it's sort of like chewing gum, making minute lip adjustments resulting in pitch fluctuation. The lips are set between the high not and the bottom and are trilled down.
This piece always reminds me of the fall of the Berlin wall, in particular on how that event was symbolic of the changes in the western world during that time period and because the falling of walls reminds me of Jericho also.
I am writing this one day after the first victims of the MH17 tragedy came home to the Netherlands. Listen to this song in silence.
che voce stupenda e che trompettista .......!
Crispian Steele-Perkins is an absolute dude. Performed Messiah last night with my choir and he was playing. He's an absolute scream too, cracking the best jokes.
this was performed as a solo at my church today (Easter).... it was the most beautiful piece of music I've heard in the longest time
To the controversy raised among earlier contributors about the relative merits of a number of artists, I would say that each artist imposes his own legitimacy on a piece. That's live music, and Alastair Miles is awesomely imposing here, without prejudging the merits of other great singers!
Stupendous and moving version! Bravissimi a tutti, cantante e musici!
Brilliant voice and trumpet!
At my late Father's request (+RIP) we played this recording at his funeral.
The trills are amazing, and without any valves!
What a fantastic voice! I like everything about this concert. Must be one of the best Messiah performances ever. I should have been there.
Absolutely awesome... I can't claim to be pro at all, but I love this piece and this is the best version I've heard yet, both trumpet and voice.
O dear, O dear, truly majestic. Profoundly wonderful. The best.
oooh how I love this song, BRAVOOOO Alastair Miles
This man is an exceptional baroque singer. I just sang a "Messiah" tonight and I'm truly inspired.
Great performance . Voice and trumpet !!
In so many ways, this captures the beauty that humans are capable of creating.
Very impressive singing, also the guy playing the natural trumpet is fantastic
I have 31 yrs old and i will play this solo this thursday in a special celebration here in my city. And i will be happy if i can do this near of the level showed here by Mr Miles. I think you are too young not just to sing like this, but also to understand this kind of perfection. Be respectful with the people who is higher than you and maybe, MAYBE you will be some day in this level. I have no doubth about your talent and i'm trying to show you my respect, but your comments shows us just a kid.
What a marvelous performance! Thank you for uploading this video!
God, it's so unbelievable perfect! Thanks for the upload.
Fantastic sound Alastair! Wow...he can be flowing and melodious one minute and fanfaring the coming of god the next...amazing. Very beautiful natural trumpet sound also...expertly interpreted and performed.
...a beautiful performance by all! i wish i could sing this with so much glide...and with a baroque orchestra! Fantastic voice!!!
Utterly awesome performance by Crispian Steele-Perkins on a period Baroque trumpet. I have the 1982 version from Westminster Abbey with David Thomas. Totally incredible!
"....raised incorruptible." Dead to sin. Praise God, through Christ Jesus.
Its a fantastic aria! and a fantastic voice and performance!
Thank you very much
Seemingly effortless perfection!
I am afraid that Mr. Maby's opinion is quite right...Alastair is the best bass in all Messiah's performances. He is brilliant.
Mariann from Hungary
Superb.
My all time favorite Messiah performance
"Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
The trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality"
Amen.
It sure is a mystery..
Really good trumpet
Crispin is a boss. So is Alistair.
A lovely performance!
If the BBC should ever produce a TV special honoring the memory of Maestra Patricia Janeckova, this aria would be suitable for such an occasion.
You were were awesome! The best. So sonorous. And Steele-Perkins is a boss.
Wie göttlich wunderschön 🙏❣die Stimme löst b.mir extreme Gänsehaut aus...lg aus Kärnten 🇦🇹❄🕊
Love the basso continuo! Perfetto, bravissimo e bravissimi tutti !
So beautiful,.....
Good always wins. Evil never had a chance.