G.F. Händel: ‘Eternal Source of Light Divine’ | Marie-Sophie Pollak & Ensemble Concerto München
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Eternal Source Of Light Divine (aus: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74)
Eternal source of light divine
With double warmth thy beams display
And with distinguish'd glory shine
To add a lustre to this day.
Ewiger Quell göttlichen Lichts
Sende deine Strahlen aus mit doppelter Wärme
Und scheine mit prangender Herrlichkeit,
um diesem Tag Glanz zu verleihen.
Marie-Sophie Pollak, Sopran
Ensemble CONCERTO MÜNCHEN
Matthew Sadler, Barocktrompete
Dmitry Lepekhov, Violine
Ava de Araujo Madureira, Violine
Emily Deans, Viola
Anderson Fiorelli, Violoncello
Sophie Lücke, Violone
Johannes Berger, Orgel & Leitung
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Video: Andreas Görlitz
Audio: Michael Eichele
Aufgenommen im Neuen Schloss Schleißheim, Bayern
Handel’s music is for the ages. Magnificent voice, and a fine performance on the valveless trumpet.
I listen to this incredible music with the memory of young Sophy Scholl in my thoughts, who at 21 was arrested by the Gestapo in February 1943 at Munich University, that later resulted in her brutal execution by guillotine by the Nazis for her peaceful action resisting Hitler’s regime. It was reported that in the last moments of her life she looked up to the skies and said “It is such a splendid sunny day, and I have to go.” This was her realisation that she was never more to ‘feel the heat of the Sun’. Although her life was cut so tragically short, her immense courage and determined self-belief in what was right for the people of Germany, lived on just as the Eternal source of light Devine. Sophie Magdalena Scholl was born on 9th May 1922 and died a hero. A version of the text of the White Rose that led to Sophie’s arrest was later smuggled out of Germany, copied by the RAF and redistributed from the air by British planes flying over German cities as Allied propaganda that contributed to the inevitable defeat and fall of Nazi Germany. Incidentally Sophie loved the music of Bach and Handel and undoubtedly would have appreciated his wonderful melody. May Sophie’s memory continue on ‘with distinguished glory shine. To add lustre to this day’.
What a beautiful tribute to a young woman of unbelievable courage.
Her and the White Rose movement was captivated by the argument of conscience from Aquinas and Newman! Her Christian faith was her most enduring legacy.
@@jmcallion2071 Thank you she was a remarkable girl
She has no need of the light nor the "heat of the Sun", because she faces eternal heavenly light, now. "And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, and its gates will never be shut by day-and there will be no night there." Revelation 21: 22-25. This is the inspiration for Handel's piece, "Eternal Source of Light Divine" --Jesus Christ--the Light and Lamp of the World.
I've spent months listening to other versions of this: somehow this one eluded me. The purity of tone of the soprano, the incredible "technical brilliance" of the valveless accompanist: the ensemble working together seamlessly - this is the best. Wow!!!
4 months later I have realised just why this is so good. Listen to the “attack” at 1:10mins - she doesn’t slide up to the note like everyone else - she hits it immediately. Her technique is magnificent. Every note is hit without the usual creep up to it from a safe note. Also, there are no false aspirates (when a singer sounds like a woodpecker by re-aspirating each new note instead of just running across it - e.g. what makes Maria Callas better than Cecilia Bartoli).
Le dialogue entre la voix sublime de Mrs Marie-Sophie Pollak et la somptueuse trompette baroque de M. Matthew Sadler, dont la maîtrise est exceptionnelle, à en faire pâlir Alison Balsom, nous élève vers les sommets divins, là où brille la source Divine de la lumière Céleste, qui éveille en chacun de nous cette part de divinité qui sommeille en chaque être terrestre! Merci pour ce moment Divin!
It's a secular piece.
Thank you Marie Sophie I consider it a privilege to be able to hear you perform this heavenly music at will. I loved it
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Point of Praise:
This is a period trumpet - no valves. What an uncommonly good performance. GJS
A beautiful rendition of my favourite song. Her voice is angelic and the trumpet crystal clear. Many thanks for making my day.
Transcendental, spiritually uplifting. It's a different world altogether. Thanks!
It was a being of light who bequeathed us his inspiration
@@nielstoledo6981 Very , very beautifully sung. King Charles,( then prince) chose this aria for the wedding, left to those two they probably would have chosen crap Rap instead
These unexpected gems from Handel are sheer ambrosia for the soul! You hear about water music and Messiah but these little forgotten delights are God's gifts!
I agree. This is the first time I have heard this and I am blown away by the whole performance….but, her voice! It is the voice of an Angel.
Hardly forgotten, just less well known and a symptom of the ‘greatest hits’ syndrome that seems to plague classical music in general.
@@michaelmitas7440 Yes, an absolutely beautiful performance. But actually Handel wrote this piece to be sung by a non castrato male, Richard Elford, whose voice was in the alto range and who was a lead singer in the Chapel Royal at the time. It's interesting that we often see the famous "Lascia ch'io Pianga" sung by well known male singers like Phillipe Jarousky on youtube when it was actually originally written for a female singer at the time. Of course, Castrato voices from history, high pitched male falsetto type singing and female singers all worked within the same general range and could exchange operatic parts or songs as needed.
Leave God where he is! Suffering is found in this world and nowhere elsewhere. Man can be divine as well as satanic. To meditate! *Lucien*
Simplemente hermoso
It's 90 degrees F here, and I have goosebumps all over my body!! What absolute perfection.
If life offered just one moment of happiness, then this music would be heard in it.
My blood pressure lowered 20 points listening to this.❤
Vielen Dank für diese große Freude für Ohr und Herz!
A beautiful young lady with the voice of an angel accompanying an amazing piece of music
So glorreich, himmlisch und herzöffnend. Danke
A most beautiful piece rendered in the most beautiful way by these musicians! Thank you!
This is a wonderful performance of a piece that I was totally unaware of. Thank you for posting this and for enriching my 74 year old soul. 3:32
Marie and her band are from a divine and blessed place
Matthew Sadler with his Barocktrompete is so special. Touched me enourmously!
Une merveille de grâce et d'harmonie servie par une interprète aux sommet de son art. Merci pour ce moment ors du temps. J ne me lasse pas de le ré écouter. Vielen Dank Anne Sophie.Du bist ein engel.
I haven't heard such a beautiful performance for a long time
Awestruck, enraptured and absolutely bowled over. How did UA-cam's algorithm know to play this music to me? It's a miracle.
Sehr tolle Interpretation, dieses einzigartig schönen Werkes von Georg Friedrich Händel. Wunderwunderschön-wie die so tolle Sopranstimme mit der Barocktrompete verschmelzt ✨🎺✨💖 Musik aus dem Himmel✨
Magnificent interpretation in a wonderful setting! Eternal light forever.
I knew and loved this piece before the Royal Wedding.
The magnificent voice and the virtuoso trumpet were indeed the most outstanding elements of this concerto, but let us not forget how utterly incomplete their performance would sound if not for the excellent playing in the background. All these talents playing together have created something Handel would proud of, I am sure.
Thanks very much, a beautiful rendition.
magnifique ensemble ,voix sublime
Incredibly beautiful, thank you!
Une voix céleste descend du ciel et nous prend droit au cœur magnifique ❤❤❤
Plusieurs fois le trompétiste la regarde et hausse les soursils et se dit je rêve ou quoi cette voix extraordinaire !!! ❤❤❤
Divino Padre gracias por estos grandes y talentosos artistas. El Espíritu Santo toca el corazón de su pueblo a través de esta música excelsa y sublime. Beatissime Pater, gratias tibi ago magnos et ingeniosos artifices pro hoc. Per hanc praeclaram et sublimem musicam Spiritus Sanctus corda suorum tangit.
Wonderful performance by this ensemble on this work, especially by soprano Marie-Sophie Pollak and Matthew Sadler on trumpet. Very expressive and emotional, and perfect tempo. Sehr schön! Danke!
Elegant and exquisite! These artists have dedicated their lives to performing at the highest level of musicianship. Just amazing!
Beautiful! Thank you. Handel's music, so excellenta\ly well sung.
Beautiful arrangement. BRAVO
Glorious! Thank you!
ありがとうございます！素晴らしくて涙が溢れます！感激に満ちたbravoをお送り申し上げます！
Haendel at his best, if ever he was not. Thank you for sharing this beauty. Best regards.
That's healing music, stunningly beautiful. Bravo, bravíssimo!
The finest performance of this beautiful piece l have heard ....
An exquisite piece of music, as the voice and trumpet answer each other. ❤❤
Indeed that is true
Magnifique ! ❤
Beautiful, ethereal and uplifting performance. Thanks to all🎉
There are plenty of youtubes of this work -- this is right up there with the best. That trumpet!!
One of the bests I've heard.
Beautiful song, beautiful singer. Love the setting in Schloss, so bright and airy.
Thank you , I didn't know where it was. Stunning setting.
Wow....the singer and trumpet player really seem to be so much in sync....that is a true collaboration....they really listen to and feed off of each other...so schoen!
This is quality indeed!👏
La mejor versión que he escuchado 👌🏽👏🏽❤️
What a voice! Splendid and what a performance with the trumpet!
A deeply moving performance, stately, reverent tempo - felicitations!
How brilliant ! Thank you
Simply incredible... happy memories with this piece as we had it sung for our wedding...
He's in a league of his own imo, because nobody writes a more majestic cadence than Handel.
A beautiful performance from you all 👏🏻👏🏻❤️❤️
Wow, what a beautiful piece and an amazing performance. Thank you so much. I could play that trumpet part...DOWN AN OCTAVE! With valves! Beautiful playing and singing.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
¡¡BRAVO!! ¡¡BRAVO!! ¡¡BRAVO!!
Amazing. Excellent. Wonderful.
Greetings from Buenos Aires Argentina. 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷
Beautiful ! Thank you so much !
Can never get enough of Händel....
Gets me every time. It is divine!!
Definitivamente de las mejores versiones que he escuchado, la musica les sale del alma, asi como debe ser, mis respetos
Blend of voice & trumpet gives feel of light
Beautiful playing and beautiful singing. Perfect peace
Je craque en écoutant ta voix et ne me lasse pas ton charme est irrésistible . Tu es phénoménal Bravo 🙏💓👍
A wonderful performance. I especially like the articulation of each note.
Beautiful performance and my thanks for including the words.
Amazing!
Perfect voice... Very very good natural trumpet playing...
This is beautiful sounds, Healing My soul.
Pure and sublime.
Her prodigious singing voice is out of this world
Hermosa musica venida del más allá . Una luz potente y serena a la vez.
This is sooooo amazing. So well done!! Thank you.
Wonderful, wonderful 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
So schön danke
Hemelse muziek en zo mooi gebracht. Wat een rijkdom hier op aarde. Vrede en rust. Geen oorlog.
Fantástica ,maravillosa !!!!!!Que grande es nuestra Cultura !!!
Wonderful 🙏🕊❤💎
Wonderful! Congratulation!
Algo de divino nessa peça !
Do Brasil para esse maravilhoso ensemble !!! Bravoooo !!!
I like very much Händels decision to iuxtaposition the trombone alongside the voice of the chanting angel and maybe was his thought to provide an holistic summary of the creation itself, the trombone going for the celestial solemnity and the voice for the earthen angelousness.... ...anyway I do not like my confusion about the tuning ( I got < h > but isn't it supposed to be c?... ) and this is one heaven of an aria I could listen to all day long...
Le p'tit Daniel
Einfach nur göttlich
I can only imagine walking down the aisle to this song
Восхитительно! Благодарю ❤
Boy, this was stunning!
Brilliant thank you
Lindo, apaixonante. Amei demais a obra o grupo instrumental
Beyond EXQUISITE!
The Kathleen Battle , Winston Marsalis version was great too!
Sublime! Voices of the angels
Divina trompeta barroca . Una preciosura !! ❤❤❤
Stunning performance.
Kids these days! Absolutely wonderful.
Utterly beautiful
Superb!
Damn that’s beautiful music 😢
The music of Faso is an inexhaustible source of sweetness.
It allows us to plunge deep inside ourselves and at the same time resonate with our fellow man, Yé Lassina Coulibaly❤❤❤❤❤
Exquisite! Divine sound of culture
Just beautiful... wow 💯
I have found a new star! Pollak sings Handel very well and is a charming and beautiful woman. In addition, stylish and skilled musicians. I thought the video would have gotten over 100,000 views! I listen to a lot of classical music and to my ears Marie-Sophie is a real star, and my girlfriend agrees with me.
Thank you so much! Maybe we'll get 100,000 views in future:)
@@concertomunchen7902 That would be great!
気品にあふれた歌声とナチュラルトランペットが優しく寄り添い、天上の音楽を聴いているかのよう。それにしても彼女のハイトーンで歌い続けるテクニックと鍛え上げられえた歌声は素晴らしい。