Ola Gjeilo - The Rose
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- Опубліковано 28 січ 2018
- Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo is bringing warmth and comfort this holiday season with a new album called Winter Songs. Available here: decca.lnk.to/wintersongsID
Combining choir, piano and strings, this album reimagines beloved carols, alongside brand new compositions which evoke the spirit of winter. Christmas favourites such as ‘The First Nowell’, ‘The Holly and the Ivy’ and ‘Silent Night’ alternating with beautiful Gjeilo works such as ‘The Rose’ and ‘Ecce Novum’ - balancing the new and the familiar in perfect harmony.
Ola Gjeilo says: “I’ve always wanted to do a Christmas album and I’m so excited to get to share these winter-inspired tracks, 15 collaborations with the amazing Choir of Royal Holloway and 12 Ensemble.”
The new recording features Ola Gjeilo on piano, the Choir of Royal Holloway, and 12 Ensemble - a collection of London’s finest and most exciting chamber musicians. The conductor is Rupert Gough, Director of Choral Music and College Organist at Royal Holloway since 2005.
Music video for The Rose. (C) 2017 Decca Music Group Limited
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Can you imagine Ola and Eric Whitacre putting together their creative juices?
Just no. I don't have the heart for it.
i would perish instantly in fact
Eh, no thanks. I don't think Ola should contaminate himself like that.
@@noahmoment Not at all. I do not exaggerate my claims when I say that this guy became an assembly line sell-out of a composer when he realized he could make the big bucks writing for amateur groups. In other words, his "artistry" went out the window when that pretty boy celebrity got too much publicity. No thanks, I'd rather listen to good choral music. I know many of his choral works and have played a lot as accompanist for choirs. So your knee-jerk claim that I'm uninformed is rather pretentious if I might say so. As for his instrumental, I have no opinion because I do not know them.
Joseph Pena If I may speak. I get where you’re coming from, and myself as a person, not bias, as I don’t find any reason to be. Claiming Eric is a “pretty boy sell-out” is kind of throwing it out there. His choral works are actually quite decent. He has his own flow in his work, that many people don’t understand well. I respect your opinion, it’s just that I don’t see Eric as that type of composer.
I was going to listen to all his pieces. This was the first one. I am stuck on repeat here now, can't proceed.
I've done that same thing with "Sacred Heart". Love this composer
What a wonderful response!
You need to go to northern lights! It’ll absolutely take your breath away
Same!
Same!agree
Ola Gjeilo loves the Altos
They whose glowing hearts are only half-unfolded.
In. My experience with more modern composers they tend to give the altos a lot more interesting parts compared to just putting us on the same note for a while page
Like Bach😅
as an alto, we love gjeilo
I also love how it goes from 12/8 to 9/8 to 6/8 like the bars are withering away... Great piece of music
Schlabbes wow I didn’t really think about that but yeah it’s a beautiful piece 💓
Huh, I never thought about it that way! Before, I kind of wished it would go back to 12/8 (like ending in the opening key) but I like your way better.
@@N_Skoronski u kenqatu ju pa
@@N_Skoronski technically, two 6/8 measures are 12/8, such as two 2/4 could be 4/4.
The entire piece could be in 3/8, the piano part has a bass note every 3 beats. It would not really affect the piece I think.
The Rose
The lily has a smooth stalk,
Will never hurt your hand;
But the rose upon her brier
Is lady of the land.
There's sweetness in an apple tree,
And profit in the corn;
But lady of all beauty
Is a rose upon a thorn.
When with moss and honey
She tips her bending brier,
And half unfolds her glowing heart,
She sets the world on fire.
- Christina Rossetti
In between the first stanza and second stanza (i don’t know what it’s called in songs so i’m using poetry terms) there is a verse identical to the last one.
@@akrobeau maybe similar/equivalent to a chorus?
@@akrobeau The writer uses the last verse in between verse one and two as a chorus like verse, but they have written out the original text. It's common to use text this way in choral and even clssical. Gjeilo also loves using this technique often.
I'm 444
Thanks you very very much 👍😇
Is this what they play in heaven?
I am most certain they do. Otherwise I'm not going.
This is a romantic song. Romantism is not a style that makes God happy, because it overestimate feelings instead of the reason. Feelings are mutable, reason isn’t. God likes baroque and medieval pieces.
Lucas Fernandes God may like Impressionism and Romanticism. They get the feelings to another level, and even expressing feelings that you couldn’t appreciate with medieval or baroque style
I'm sure he plays all sorts of classical music, as long as it is clean and is uplifting
no this is what they play in purgatory to bore people
I clicked on this on a whim. Best decision I've ever made
My choir was planning on singing this (along with Myaamia, a piece also composed by Gjeilo) for our spring concerts, but sadly those have been cancelled. I'm so happy to be singing along while I wait for fall to come!
Also I appreciate the beauty of this piece, especially as an alto one, we finally can show our range and carry the melody. One of my favorite pieces by far!
Same, but we will be having a virtual concert somehow
I feel that, my choir along with some college choirs and other highschool choirs were going to NYC to sing at Carnegie Hall, If only the virus wasn't hidden early on in china it never would of happened, I could of been in Nyc and you could have sung this beautiful piece.
Altos are underappreciated. When I first 'lost' my voice I was a bit sad that I could no longer sing the highest soprano parts, but now I wouldn't have changed me being in altos. Without them, pieces are... blank, we kind of give the depth to the pieces!
I’m so sorry that you weren’t able to preform this beautiful song this year. I bet your choir would’ve sounded amazing!
I’m so sad I graduated before I could suggest this or one of his other pieces 😭😭
there is a mysterious magic in this melody that i couldn't describe even after 3 years of listening to it! truly phenomenal!
The harmony unfolds like a blooming rose, very inspiring 🌹
Unfolds? Rather does nothing at all lmfao
6-5-4-5-6-5-2-5-6
Boom lmfaoo
@@authenticmusic4815 how interesting that you apparently can aptly judge the individual perception of other listeners!
Just by the way - most of Mozart's music is harmonically and rythmically simple, yet revered by many. There is more to beauty than complexity.
Maybe the author of the comment is not as musically literate as you claim to be. The gist is still clear - they like what they hear. Maybe you even understood it wrong and the unfolding is meant to describe the performance, not the composition.
Yet you seem to feel the urgent need to get incredibly arrogant and condescending and make everyone miserable.
Think: How does that make anything better?
one of the most beautiful pieces of music i have ever heard
Oh gosh.. I am so sorry about that
@@authenticmusic4815 this is the second time you felt the need to be nasty for no reason... click off
There's something really moving in Ola's composings that can't be explained with words...
I'm thankful God let Ola be born in our time.
It's really weird how alto sings above soprano but still ends up sounding so good
Costas Zisis I love it! It’s fun to sing and be higher than the sopranos.
Costas Zisis it’s all about the continuous lines alto above soprano is fine for this
sorry for late comment but i also came to comment how lovely the alto tone sounds in that register
It's the mark of a great alto section - when they can carry the melody so beautifully
The term for this is "Voice Crossing" and occurs when the composer wants a different timbre featured.
The tone of the Altos. I love it. And the foundation of the males. Beautiful lullaby.
Sounds so warm and dark and beautiful at the same time! It's like I can feel the winter's night from this piece 😍❤
EXACTLY !!!!
Anjay ros, 2 terbanyak like
I’m so mesmerized listening to this beautiful music! I agree with some comments that this is bright and dark at the same time, maybe that’s why it is so captivating. Beautiful work!
"Bright and dark at the same time" is a very apt phrase to describe the tone of this piece.
absolutely breathtaking I’m in love with the harmonies
I have fallen in love with this song, it is heavenly. God bless you and your talent for creating music of sublime beauty.
We performed this piece only last week! My favourite choral music of all time
This is one of the most beautiful choir music I've ever heard, it gave me goosebumps.
I'm learning this in choir right now as an alto (i'm normally a mezzo soprano with a higher range), and it's difficult to sing- but amazing to learn. I feel like this piece will also have real significance for me as my past tutor for 3 years and the head of the choir I'm in is doing this piece for us as one of the final pieces for the choir to perform before she leaves. I will miss her greatly; she taught me a lot and helped me through some really, really rough times, and I wouldn't be here today without her. Still, I'm grateful that she was a part of my life, and I'm going to put all my effort into nailing this piece!
I’m leaving this comment here so i can be reminded of this beautiful piece of music
My spirit has left my body and taken flight... So Heavenly...
Why do i have to cry everytime i hear this song? It is so sad. ://
Maestro Gjeilo. I'm absolutely overwhelmed with your your music, I just discovered it by accident. For sure I will ask for your music and train my chorus to sing it. Wow. My respect. Thank you for fullfllling my soul today.
All my choral activities are cancelled due to the coronavirus. I miss it all. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to sing along with the computer! :)
i dont know if this is the proper compliment to apply here but this song fucks. thank you mr. gjeilo
😅
I did sing this last sunday with my choir. Still had an earwig from it, so I needed to come here to listen to it again. So beautiful!
I would kill to listen to this for the first time again
so true i listened to it 20 times after the first
Strange, I always get more enjoyment out of music the more I listen to it. So I can enjoy just listening ``
2:38 that gave me chills!!!
I get to play the viola part for this in my school holiday concert and im super excited because I find this peice to be just beautiful
Devin Graves I’m playing the violin part for my school! It sounds so good with all instruments + choir together
I don't know how I managed to live without that
A truly remarkable piece of music which I will never tire of listening to. Had the huge privilege of hearing Royal Holloway choir perform this in their magnificent chapel, my first introduction to Gjeilo's music. I'll remember that moment forever.
The first time I heard this I was blown away.
Blown away by this incredibly beautiful piece of music. For me it encapsulates the ever changing seasons. The feelings of Love and the desire to never stop wondering and dreaming with it’s mesmerising and slightly mysterious elements.
☀️ Ｓｕｎｎｙ Ｄａｙｓ ☀️ ic
I keep repeating it, so special ....
It starts here. From its field of roses, the Dark Tower cries out in its beast's voice. Time is a face on the water.
This is how heaven sounds! I'm in love with this
So many emotions carried through a simplicity in the different voices is a sign of great composing. Well done !
Cannot WAIT to perform this. My choir instructor is having us learn it for our winter concert and I really hope we do it proper justice!
I really want to sing this with my choir, but covid has made that impossible for now. Hopefully sometime in the future :)
i hope you get too!!! i sang this in my last ever concert with my old choir last winter (we didn’t get to do a spring concert, and i graduated hs earlier this year) along with other pieces by gjelio, it was one of our best concerts ever and was so enjoyable to sing!
I love the canon in this piece, makes it hard to understand at times, yet it meshes and moves so well together its complexity is pleasant to listen to.
Wowza the altos really go high up there!
YeetusCleetus A C-nat is not an unreasonable note by any means.
Ella Walsh (sorry for not responding right away, I never got a notification)
I’m used to my choir director giving us pieces that are soprano heavy, typically the alto parts I’m given are low and monotone. I am by no means calling this unbearable or extreme, I’m simply comparing my experience to normal melodic alto parts :)
Chalk one up for the good guys! I loved singing this piece. I hate a choir that has no range for altos. Like, come on, we're the second largest group. Give us something to do.
One of the most beautiful compositions I have ever heard. Thank you for this gift, Ola Gjeilo!
This reminds me of a song my choir once sang called, “The Lily and The Rose” it’s a very beautiful and simple song.
One of the best piece ever heard......
I'm singing this for our Christmas concert in choir, and I couldn't be anymore excited
Here it is Ladies and Gentlemen, the music of our soul; brimming with sublime rhythms and filled with shimmering notes that speak to your being as if you are confronted by the shadow of your self.
eh, it's all right
My shadow would sound more dissonant ;-;
Damn
I can not stop to hear this! I have no words for the beauty of this wonderful music: Must be from heaven... Thank you Ola Gjeilo!
This is a modern masterpiece, it’s utterly overwhelming in the very best way! Ola, you are a genius, you are the Tallis of the 21st century! I salute you!
This is the kind of stuff I wish I could compose and produce. Bravo, amazing piece of music!
Très harmonieux et inspirant. Quelle profondeur et quelle joie mystique émanent de ce chœur et de cette composition musicale...
This is one of the most magical pieces I’ve ever heard - EVER.
많은 위로가 되는 곡입니다. 방금 전 악몽을 꾸고 곧장 찾은 노래이고요. 마음이 진정됐습니다. 고맙습니다.
how can anyone not like this Anthony
Oh my! What an utterly amazing piece, totally spellbinding, I get completely lost in the lush but poinient harmony
LOVE the chords at 3:03 on the words “on fire”. Gave me chills the first time I heard it.
Today is Mars 4th of 2020, I had an AMAZING day and received the incredible bless of know this song. I'm graduating as a Classical Singer in November, my week has been FULL of the BEST NEWS and I can't express how happy & thankful I feel for know your work. Thank you for make music capable of heal & free the soul ♥
oh.my.god. i cant move. i cant think of anything else but this
My high school treble choir is doing this!
I listened to this song a long while ago with my brother, but as I toured a rose garden an ocean away from home today, this song kept running through my head. What inspiring music!
Wow! I soooooo want to sing this!
Brings tears to the eye.
I am proud that I could sing it at a concert
Blessed art thou among women
Been listening on repeat for almost 30 min, first time music has made me cry
You should listen to Stars by Ēriks Ešenvalds!
It's what Beauty does to our souls.. real Beauty.. ❤
I hope not the last time.
This song is absolutely stunning!
Again this kind of peace and beauty that only music is able to
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
All the way from Namibia 🇳🇦🇳🇦🇳🇦🇳🇦
Just kept on my autoplay on while studying and heard of this lovely flow of the melody. At a glance saw it was a poem by Christina Rosetti, the famous. Ola has definitely given the ideal feel to the words. ❤️😍
Love to get this as one among many lovelies to be performed......
Amazing.
KUSC brought me here! The first time hearing this composition this morning and all day it's been playing. I'm in awe..It's touched me spiritually and emotionally. I need something and it's making long for my music. I've been away too long..
How did I even end up here. Most pleasant surprise of my day.
why am i crying this is so beautiful
This song tugs at my heartstrings. I cry almost every time I hear it.
now I want to create a choir just to sing this
This makes me shivering from heavenly beauty
The criticisms posted become trivial and melt away to a forgotten symantic when I reflect on this astonishing piece. Ola Gjeillo has brought beauty into the universe which will repeat and echo throughout time from all over the world. And for that, I say "Thank You"!
At least once in a week I listen to this ten times in a row. Thank you, Ola.
Absolutely magnificent!
Love all from Ola. Absolutely amazing. ❤❤❤
A beautiful piece off music and words.
Cancao belíssima,já estou ensaiando para o concerto do final de ano @amocantar!
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Beautiful this song lifts my spirit in the sky!!!!!
Awesome as always!! Love u Gjeilo, greetings from Argentina.
This song gives me chills, it's so beautiful
Such a beautiful piece
This is so beautiful I was close to tears in a moment.
Superb music! True masterpiece! ♡
Celestial Voices!!
Beautiful piece I lll sing this weekend in concert with other pieces and Sunrise mass 😍😍
So beautiful!
J'ai déjà pas mal chanté des œuvres de Gjeilo, mais celle là vaut effectivement son pesant d'or. Très doux et sucré. Comme un rêve.
❤ THANK YOU ❤ for this absolutely wonderful song!!! I LOVE IT!!! ❤❤❤ Right from the beginning!! Absolutely beautiful!! ❤❤❤
Wonderful song.
This is absolutely beautiful. It sounds magical
Gorgeous piece. Takes me on a trip to another world.
Astonishingly beautiful
Omg this is such a masterpiece.
Rimarchevole, piano e coro ❤️
For some reason, I get a serious "Enya" feel at the end. Ola is a genius :-) "