William Byrd: Mass for 4 Voices, The King's Singers
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2024
- William Byrd: Mass for 4 Voices
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Mass for 4 Voices:
01 Kyrie - 0:00
02 Gloria - 1:55
03 Credo - 7:52
04 Sanctus/Benedictus - 15:50
05 Agnus Dei - 19:44
Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world , have mercy on us.
It is comforting I am not alone in adoring this wonderful music. There are a few others in the world just like me! Thank you for uploading and sharing. Cheers from Australia
ditto cobber...have been for the last 1/2 century!
Cheers from Finland also!
@@sarijaatinen5569 and in Stoke-on-Trent, England.
Same too. From Nigeria!❤
Theres loads of us xx
I love ❤ W Byrd. All for the glory of our Lord Jesus of Nazareth.
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I am thinking about my silent generation parents, who gave us the gift of life late in their lives. They also gave us the gift of music early in our lives. They had us sing, play piano, strings and woodwinds in our house to entertain guests during Christmas. Now there’s no music in the house. But this William Byrd compilation is thankfully bringing me back to my beloved childhood with the music we experienced.
This piece is very good...starts off well , the Credo is merveilleux an I only wish I had better sound system in order to hear this consummate musical creative...he is the bee's knees
You are so right! We live in such a loud world. Addicted to sensations, screams, superficialities. We have all become consumation- junkies. What a misguided bunch of lunatics humanity has become. Listening to music like this has a detox-effect on my soul from all the insanity. Humanity is mad!
So nice to listen to. I am also listening as I remember my father, a lifelong lover of classical music.
I have sung this mass many times. Byrd is my favorite composer and this is my favorite piece of his. This is a positively glorious performance of this work composed for the glory of God.
This is one of the most sublimely beautiful pieces of music ever written.
DieFlabbergast you have never listened to Tupac then
How right you are: I don't even know who he or she is; but I can guess.
yes it is sublime. I lost my CD of this 25 years ago. Was wonderful to rediscover it here. When I was younger I played this too loudly. Years later I bumped into an elderly woman who by chance who was my neighbor back at that time. She said: "Oh! You must be the boy that played the beautiful music. What was it? It has haunted me ever since and I must hear it again!"
Strangely enough also one of the first! (actually written down).... I agree
Particularly the Agnus Dei
Back in the days of music on cassette tapes, I found this work of beauty , on a market stall, in a second hand tape. It was like finding treasure ! Thank you for sharing it here today. Mike
Byrd's house site in Lincoln, a few yards from the wonderful cathedral of that fine city, is easy to visit. It is truly astounding to stand outside and look at the cathedral he would have seen.
Thank God for the genius of this music and the reason to write it. Amen! xxx
What is so good is this recording is authentic with all male voices. As I am Catholic and go to the Traditional Mass offered by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter I hear this and worship as Byrd did.
Recently I've noticed a few UA-cam comments about the best King's Singers recording of them all. I think this is it.
It’s quite melodious to be sure. The best?! 😮 Now that’s saying something considering the reputation of the King’s Singers.
@@benjamMin278 It's among the best, to be sure.
Quel joli cantique, délicat, receuilli et nous apportant joie et sérénité ! Vive la musique polyphonique pré baroque !
First time listening to Byrd - blown away so far
Byrd is my favorite Renaissance-era composer. You might also enjoy: ua-cam.com/video/i4bYFGVqSr4/v-deo.html
My partner and I sing this mass regularly at.home. There is little more uplifting. The Kyrie and Agnus Dei are beyond beautiful.
oh wow!
Brilliant
this is so captivating. I was going to bed, and then I found this randomly. It's a problem really - Im working early tomorrow, and I can not turn music this off
listen to it again! now!
Same
God is in music like this. Our glimpse of his glorious love. No words can bring us nearer.
I truly believe God is in this music. Who but He could give us such glory?
@@catwoman-vr8ybum talented musicians?
Magnifique...utterly magnifique ,eh? His mass for 5 voces is summat else as well...listen to the soaring harmonies , the delightful ins and outs of the voices , of the varying timbres...he's the biz , the divine Byrd...yes , but don't go overboard...he'll never be another Des O' Connor or even Vince Hill , but he's bluddy good , give the man his due
I remember the original King's Singers . Sublime then , and still sublime!
These men are simply magnificent. I've listened since I was a teen and have loved their musicality ever since.
Been coming back to this for years. Still good as ever.
the human voice expressing , doesnt get any better :-)
I sit down with the music to follow, hadn't even looked at it at all not had the time. And at the beginning of the Kyrie I suddenly realise that I know it! I sang it 35 years ago!! I'd forgotten all about it. I clearly also remember the bass part, I'm soprano, we were 4 here in France in the north east. Well what a surprise!
Such sublime music smoothes the long and rocky pathway to better belief and spiritual understanding.
The rendition of 'Jesu Christe' that comes again and again and again towards 4 minutes 03:40 is quite incredible.
Perfect human voices...
Bass at 00:13 - 00:19 ... Perfection.
Ekin Gören So true. Especially for us bass singers who don't always get the most 'fun' part in a choir song. I just wish we sang more songs like this in choir, instead of all the pop-y stuff. Not saying it's bad, just that a little variety wouldn't hurt every now and again.
Seinir Duron Pop music was not written for a choral arrangement. It is not bad, but a choir can sound so much better singing choral music IMHO.
+Seinir Duron Crazy bill rocks the house
How do people sing like this??
Everything at 0:00 - 23:17 ... Perfection
Mathias from Brazil! I thank you for disposable this beautiful song! My grand father fight in that second war! And he love this kind of music and I like it too! Thanks!
Baroque was gift to God, but reinassance was gift to humanity...
Love this song, particularly that tenor part on 5:30-5:53 and the alto coming in afterwards. Their harmonization is just sublime.
love your username!
O man Thanks! :)
The King’s Singers
At Their Very Best 🎵
Very moving. There's a very refined sense of innocence to the gloria! Incredible 4 part writing, and what a great recording!
+kungfuridinghood refined sense of innocence is a apt description. Your phrase opened my understanding of this beautiful music.
Those guys are fantastic. Plain and simple fantastic... if you have the chance to see/hear them live - don't miss it!
The most beautiful! Thanks for who show this to the world. If he think a platform like this he will be a king. Greetings from Brazil!
Wonderful! I didn't know Kings Singers are as good as the Hilliard Ensemble.
And William Byrd is simply one of the best and also somewhat neglected composer of the High Renaissance
um... no. Byrd is one of the most popular composers of the Elizabethan renaissance, and his works are found in the repetoire of church choirs around the world. YES he is fantastically great, but NO, he is not neglected.
obsessed with the King's Singers. saw them in '87, Boston. hurrah!
Úžasné hlasy - hrůza inspirující.
Thanks guys all! Just waking up right now and thinking of having my first cup of tea!
Music that elevates the soul, simply magnificent and beautiful.
utterly beautiful
What a beautiful strange land into which we have arrived. I look forward to having the time to listen, watch and learn about the lives we all share XXXX
It is one of my favorite songs from my young student.
MUSICA DIVINA
Just beautiful. Goes deep into my soul.
Exquisite polyphony, truly a delight!
If you sleep in, tell the boss to blame Byrd for writing such captivating music!
Ooo! Seamless polophony....ooh lovely!
Это потрясающе👏👏👏❤️
Beautiful Performance By The King’s Singers ! 🎵
Simply GREAT! The more I heard it the more it hooks me up. A sort of singing dream.
Its weird that nobody commented on the Agnus Dei. By far the most beautyfull part of the mass, i loved the end!
I also find the Agnus Dei the most beautiful part of this mass. Another fine performance of this Agnus Dei is ua-cam.com/video/-kt2TpaEDV0/v-deo.html by four members of the "Sixteen".
Agnes Day? Yeah, I used to date her.
Especially Dona nobis pacem.
Wish I had such talent, love listening to you all. Glad to be an inspiration!
ZombiU directed my attention to this composer. His work is quite beautiful.
very beautiful and soothing
Thanks
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Having studied all 3 of Byrd's masses (3,4 & 5 voices) & having performed the 5 voice in choir, I can say that this music is highly satisfying to sing. Even though the Catholic liturgy since Vatican II has been in the local language of the individual parish, this music stands by itself exclusive of the mass.
Marten King The FSSPX (Pius X) still does "old fashioned" Tridentine masses, entirely sung and entirely in Latin, complete with this music. On their site you can find out where they have their churches. A beautiful, profound and uplifting experience. And the choir always needs good people!
+carolineleiden bmp
+carolineleiden and what a great great shame that the Church has parked all this beauty and grandeur.
The Church has not "parked" it -- it's still available, by request if you must. +carolineleiden mixed up two separate acronyms -- FSSP is the Fraternity of St. Peter (www.fssp.org/en/presentation.htm), fully in communion with the Roman Catholic Church, and obeys the Magisterium. The FSSP says the Tridentine Mass, with full permission of the Holy See and the local bishop. If you want them to come to your diocese, just ask your bishop. But you can also just ask for the Tridentine Mass even without the FSSP fathers, as some parishes in my diocese have done.
It's important to note facts about the SSPX (the Society of St. Pius X that +carolineleiden mentioned in her mixed up acronym): First, they look Catholic, the sound Catholic, and they even smell Catholic, but they refuse to obey the Magisterium, thereby placing themselves outside the Church. Second, and crucial for Catholics who wish to remain in good standing with the Church and receive valid Sacraments, the Church has stated that the SSPX does NOT offer valid Sacraments, except for Reconciliation, because they do not have permission to celebrate the Mass or consecrate the Eucharistic Host. Even the devils know that without the permission of the local bishop, they don't have to obey an exorcist! How much more precious is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ in the Consecrated Host! As the Gospels make clear, Jesus gave all authority to the Church through St. Peter and the Apostles by making them all bishops, with St. Peter as their leader -- the chairman, if you will. Anyone who acts outside the authority of the direct Apostolic lineage has no authority whatsoever. The SSPX take umbrage with the new form of the Mass, but they perform nothing more than a play, going through the motions of the Mass without anything supernatural taking place -- no transubstantiation occurs, so Christ is not present in their communion bread. I've heard that their priests try to get around this by tricking validly consecrated bishops to ordain and consecrate them, but if they sought seminary training with subterfuge in mind, then the consecration might not be valid (as when someone makes marriage vows without intending to abide by them, it invalidates the marriage). In any case, without permission from the local bishop in communion with Rome, there is no valid Sacrament. A Catholic may put their soul in grave danger if they knowingly participate in an SSPX mimicry of the Holy Mass. That's why people should be aware of what SSPX really is.
+carolineleiden you mixed up your acronyms in this comment -- FSSP celebrates the Tridentine Missa with full approval of the Holy See and with the permission of the local bishop.
The SSPX (Society of St. Pius X) are rebellious and have excommunicated themselves from the Church by refusing to recognize the authority of the Magisterium.
I sang this the first song with my choir this year and absolutely loves it
Gracias 💫💖
This is what it must be like to be in heaven. Sheer bliss!
Pauline K. Except for the bit where you're dead maybe.... :)
+Jon Bradley Yeah the dying part is a little problematic...
12:05 - 12:25 is perfect
Heavenly
This gives an ominous but at the same time very noble background behind the voices and in the voices. Definitely gives me some lucid visions and flashba.....that's not the point.. but this is a great work of art!
I was astonished to find out I am related to William Byrd. Music runs in my family, but I’ve never realized where it came from. Now I know!
I'm related to Mendelssohn! And had an orchestra buddy who was related to Kreisler! There should be a club for relatives of great composers!
Your ancestor was a great musician...❤️
to Bernardo:
your question about tonality is touched on in the edition of the Essay, BBC R3, 1st March 2016, 'Byrd: Mass for Four Voices', by Stephen Johnson- available via iPlayer.
wonderffullll
Angeles en la tierra graciasssssss
William Byrd, es genio trascendental de la música toda !
Se gli angeli cantano ,cantano questo
Musica divina perfino per noi atei! :) GRAZIE!
⁰00⁰⁰00⁰000
Marvellous.
Fantastico
Thank you again...
02:42 - Interesting! Free citation from Palestrina's Gloria in missa papae marcelli.
I believe its his 400 yr old birthday about now. He left this for us.
These guys aren't bad. They may go places.
Yeah...perhaps...maybe; who could say?
11 months later and I haven't heard anything more from them. Seems like just another one hit wonder to me!
Haha the group is more than 40 years old and one of the most prestigious a Capella groups in the world. They've definitely gone places.
And definitely not a one hit wonder, they have a colossal repertoire.
Lol. Sorry, but I had to laugh. Do a quick UA-cam search and you can listen to dozens of their recordings of very successful concerts. I saw them in a concert earlier this year, and although they're mostly a new group now, they always keep their same spirit and style. Very kind and approachable men, too. They stayed behind after the concert to sign cds and talk to the audience. They're celebrating their 50th anniversary this year.
DIVIN.
I just love how all the ending chords are like perfectly in tune
Yes. whatever else you screw up you need to get the last notes in tune :)
I had difficult to listen this type of music, to old (before 1600 is to old for me) but this song is the exeption, like him ^^
Takes me to an other place ❤
The bass from 0:13 to 0:19 keeps messing with my brain because I keep thinking at 0:19 he’s going to hit a low note but he doesn’t which always gets me.
The build-up towards the "amen" in Gloria, and the way it resolves into the warm timbre and perfect intonation of the finishing chord.
I'm just completely transfixed following its motion, and then the solemn and calm power of the resolving chord completely dispels the tension in the most soothing way.
the correct side of youtube
Love to you all, Jesus I am just one of you muddling my way through Gods promised land!
Just picked up the Riemenschneider to study some chorales and heard the earl of Salisbury from a UA-cam recommendation. Some definite techniques I'd like to learn from these scores, if available.
Divine
1580's music! I LIKE IT!
Laura Pascu if you say you like 80s music most people presume its the 1980s!
15:50 sanctus et benedictus
19:44 agnus dei
I miss this King's Singers lineup.
Meraviglia
Bella.
Inmortal.
Bendito sea el Eterno Dios Jesucristo.
go on bill, great tunage
Who would win a rRenaissance riff-off between the King's Singers and the Tallis Scholars
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I haven't heard of Byrd yet, and this is the first piece of his that I'm hearing. I was trying to find a composer that came before Vivaldi (1678 - 1741) to see how much Vivaldi may have impacted the styles of classical music. I know he certainly did influence Mozart. You can just hear it. But this kind of music is really something different. I really like the bass from 0:13 to 0:19. And that uprising at 16:18!
Jordan Fischer Other composers older than Vivaldi that you might find interesting:
J.S. Bach
Johannes Ockaghem
Josquin DesPrez
Johan Joseph Fux
And for someone who only really influenced modern composers, but comes before Vivaldi, consider Carlo Gesualdo.
+Jordan Fischer
I don't know what work, I do know Mozart hand copied a work by Byrd
Orlando Gibbons.
+KK Icons I believe it may have been Allegri's Miserere that Mozart is said to have written out from memory as a child
+KK Icons I believe it may have been Allegri's Miserere that Mozart is said to have written out from memory as a child
WILLIAM BYRD { LONDRES ou LINCOLNSHIRE 1539/40~1623 STONDON MASSEY,ESSEX } « MASS FOR 4 VOICES « ~ THE KING’ SINGERS ~ FORMÉ EN 1968 {CAMBRIDGE} ~. Quelle merveille, de la polyphonie, voix vocales de l’ensemble THE KING, SINGERS grandiose, de cette oeuvre de WILLIAM BYRD bravo. BYRD est l’un des plus grands compositeurs anglais de la fin du XVIe siècle, et du début du XVIIe siècle. En dépit de sa fidélité à sa foi catholique, il profita de la protection de la Reine ELISABETH 1ère, fervente avocate de l’anglicanisme, pour l’impression de l’édition musicale, ce qui lui permit de superviser lui-même la publication de sa musique. Considéré comme l’un des pères de la musique de clavier il a dédié au Virginal une oeuvre pleine de charme et d’imagination, en perfectionnant notamment le genre de la danse et l’art de la variation sur des airs de danse ou des airs populaires. L’essentiel de son oeuvre est rassemblée en trois collections restées manuscrites ou publiées en Angleterre en leur temps : Parthenia, première anthologie de la musique anglaise du Virginal, offerte par BYRD à la princesse ELISABETH, fille du roi JACQUES 1er , à l’occasion de son mariage, THE FITZWILLIAM VIRGINAL BOOK, sorte de résumé de l’art de son époque, et MY LADY NEVELL’ S BOOK, recueil célèbre. Son oeuvres sacrées 3 messes, 210 Motets en Latin de 3 à 9 voix, une centaine de graduels de 3 à 6 voix. Oeuvres profanes environ 130 pièces pour Virginal dans des recueils collectifs dont 70 dans le FITZWILLIAM VIRGINAL BOOK. Merci pour ce chef-d’œuvre de WILLIAM BYRD, grands compositeurs du XVIe siècle, et du début du XVIIe siècle, qui est grandiose et éternel. Et ce moment de musique de la Renaissance, que j’ai énormément aimé sublime merci.
Gostaria de saber pelo menos o ano da gravação, ou melhor: o nome dos cantores. Me parece reconhecer algumas das vozes, mas não tenho certeza.
O grupo é sempre muito bom em todas as suas formações, mas algumas ultrapassam o simplesmente "bom" para o "extraordinário". Como a dos anos 80.
A sonoridade desta gravação esta neste nivel: sublime. Exatamente o que a esta missa de Byrd metece: sublime!!!
❤god bless 2:59
Which kings singers are in the recording? Is it David Hurley, Paul Phoenix, Phillip Lawson and Stephen Connolly?
@6:51 I love moments like these
4:00 as well
All these texts are part of the old Latin mass set to polyphony.
Oh my gosh at like 28 seconds in, that Picardy third…
Byrd was extreme in doing things only once. His three Masses are hardly an exception. A meager amount compared to the number written by other 16th century composers. All three masses have different number of voices.
Most composers of Renaissance Masses lived and worked in Catholic countries. Byrd's compositional career was affected by his Catholicism in an adamently Protestant country. These masses were written to be performed in small, private liturgies in the country where priests had to be smuggled in and hidden. Interesting trivia--although Byrd chose to leave his Eluzabeth court job and retire into the country as a religious dissenter, when he accumulated large fines for non-attendence at the state-sponsored church, Queen Elizabeth paid them for him.
Lovely performance by the King's Singers and most pleasant to have on the computer whilst working(!)
Question: Is their pace a tad slower than, as written or is it just the King's Singers "style"?
In answer to your question, Byrd didn't specify a tempo for his music but is generally performed at a slightly faster tempo as you has mentioned. The King's Singers will often approach pieces with fresh interpretations so the King's Singers 'style' isn't really something set in stone. I hope this answers your question!
Hi John,
MThanks for your feedback, most appreciated and it's all clear now. I never realised that the King's Singers were putting their own interpretation in their performances.
WRgds - David
If you would look/listen to Ton Koopman, you will see a rich mix of approaches to interpretation of his played and conducted works, of which a lot of J. S Bach.
I myself, am very content and happy with Ton´s Life Long work to perfect "interpretation" in any way possible.
Admitting it is subjective, one of those accacions a can live and undeline such. ;)
How is it that their voices sound so much like a string quartet?? Are they being doubled by instruments?
Mark King It looks like they've been joined by a group called Concordia - www.kingssingers.com/products/1605-treason-and-dischord/
Mark King Just clear, resonant tone :) And matching vowel sounds
Zach Harston And the instruments stealthily playing with them.
erickrarick there is no instruments, the listed orchestra you shared is for the other works - but a wonderful pure rendition nonetheless
Bagend123 Some of it likely is a cappella, but there is definitely instrumental support in some places as well - and so well blended that it is easy to miss it. But, I will direct you to the 'Et resurrexit' entrance in the Credo: 11:46 The Bass line is clearly augmented, by a Cello I assume. Listen with an extremely critical ear, and you will start to hear that texture come through in other places.
Don't get me wrong, I think it is fantastic and now my favorite recording of this piece. Masterfully blended.