@@nick326697 Rick proves something that I learned a while back, which is that good music and performances occur in every genre, and can all be appreciated for the degree to which they are quality. He has broad taste in music, and I think that we might hear more of it if the rock/pop of the late 20th century wasn't so lucrative in the context of his audience.
Sure. It sounds like it is. 500 years isn't that long really. It's only some generations of people who are people.. like I am. It's not like some alien thing.
Ohne Musik kann der Mensch nicht sein. Danke, für wundervolle Gabe. John Dowland ist herrliche Musik und Julien Bream und das Ensemble geben es ebenso herrlich wieder.
"Better a thousand times to die than for to live thus still tormented. Dear, but remember it was I who for thy sake did die contented." Could not have said it any better.
@@heyryvonheyryngen8469 You are aware he comes from a country that proved all bollocks is not true , he is English , there is no soul , there is no afterlife , there are no miracles , he had a full life because he knew like all us English do , you only get one go at it and its here and now .
@@daisychain8622 Not for me to say, though I would disagree with the original poster in causality: it's THIS that one can hear in some British rock and metal, not the other way around. To suggest otherwise not only lacks imagination, but basic chronology.
I recall how traditional lutenists expressed their dismay that Bream's lutes were too large and too loud. When one hears however how his instrument is able to keep up in an ensemble in a large hall, one realizes that Bream was wise to commission such instruments. I'm thankful that I have a large-body Padua lute which was modeled after Bream's 8-course lute.
The "purists" said the same thing about Wanda Landowska's harpsichord, when they should have thanked her for almost singlehandedly reviving the instrument.
It still doesn't come forward, and that is with the other instruments holding back. Large body does not (on guitars), make a louder instrument. It comes down to the strings and the fingers, it does affect the production of the lowest fundamental.
We saw the Julian Bream Consort in about 1985, in Pasadena CA. I think it was this same tour. Definitely all the same personnel, including the great Robert Tear. They were amazing. It was a memorable concert, and it's a joy to hear and see this performance again.
When I hear music like this, I like to imagine lots of young people all sitting at tables, dancing, and drinking. Like it was just another Friday night down at the pub. And all the young people are out having fun.
This was considered erudite music back in the day, so you would probably imagine middle-aged nobles having a fancy dinner while debating politics and with all the protocol, instead of seeing young people being wild in a pub, looool.
Marvelous performance. He's really singing this in character of Essex, the poor bastard. QEI ran Essex around unmercifully -- it is still an open question whether this indignant text is his and "dedicated" to her. Dowland had the sense (or survival instinct) to print only the song before the Queen's death, and the instrumental version with Essex's name on it after Elizabeth and Essex were both dead.
Bah. Devereux was a creep who thought he could bamboozle the old woman into giving him her kingdom. He flattered her to her face and made fun of her behind her back. He screwed up the assignments he was given, and finally actively plotted against her. She was patient with him far too long.
Oh, sure. He was a spoiled, entitled little brat who thought he had it all coming, and she played him like the rest of her courtiers. But you have to have a little sympathy. Or not, I guess . . .
Tear left us too young. What a beautiful effortless sound, what text-sensitive phrasing! (I always thought he looked like Sean Connery's slightly less handsome but much more affable brother.)
❤ I always come back and listen to this rendition best from the best...Sting and co come a close second😂..although totally different .... Music of Mr Dowland is totally compelling❤❤❤
Bream is a historical version and that is above all its interest. Because his lute sound with a stop technique in the right hand and on a baroque lute for renaissance music is quite inaudible. As for Sting, the musician is so friendly and sincere that we forgive him his infatuation with Dowland and the accuracy of his voice, limited in this repertoire. Without being a purist, when it's just accompanied correctly on a renaissance lute and sung with a straight voice without operatic vibrato, it changes everything...And there is no shortage of good performers... In the instrumental versions alone, Paul O'dette is undoubtedly the most incredible lutenist having recorded the complete John Dowland (5 CDs which are a real treasure!)...For voices, countertenors are sometimes required. For this song by Dowland, Andreas Scholl is top notch !
@@JOHN-tk6vl shredding=fast ornamented playing, term from heavy metal Meanwhile, search up can she excuse my wrongs for the recorder version, which also, ahem, "wails"
Takes me back to the Oregon Shakespearian festival and the 'green show' that entertained us before the outdoor theater opened up. Not only were the instruments and music authentic. We got to see the galliard by around 6 to eight dancers performed in costume.
It is nice to see so many people (and guitarists) learning about this music from Rick Beato - much respect. And while I love everything Julian Bream plays even his lute music, I do have to point out that he does not really play properly (I know that sounds nerdy inside stuff) He plays like a modern classical guitarist and even the lute he had built (the one in this video which is a baroque lute) was built very much like a modern classical guitar. He uses nail and strikes the strings in a very hard manner. Also, the fast notes are usually played alternating thumb and index finger, not index finger middle finger. Of course he needed to keep his nails for is main gig so I get it. Also, he was so popular his adopting Renaissance music really helped bring it to the forefront, so he is important just from that point. But if interested try to seek out performances where they use the more accepted period technique. It really makes a difference. The instrument sounds much more intimate. Here is a video by lutenist Jacob Heringman. He has amazing technique. This really is such wonderful music and I think has a pathos much needed today. ua-cam.com/video/CcWbbMKZ3KM/v-deo.htmlsi=NJJCMZJZpqi-t1qB
Does it get any better than this? What an utterly delightful offering of subline Early English Music by John Dowland! I grew up with Bream, Parkening, and Segovia in 1969! I was a Segovia copycat! Can't wait to get to heaven to play with them! GOD bless them in the name of Jesus!😍😁🥰
Gotta admit - Rick Beato brought me here. Julian Bream's guitar ability is other-wordly !! I can't even fathom being able to play a single bar of music like this...WOW is this STUNNING talent !!!
Lyrics: Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind? Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke? Must I praise the leaves where no fruit I find? No, no, where shadows do for bodies stand Thou may'st be abus'd if thy sight be dimmed Cold love is like to words written on sand Or to bubbles which on the water swim Wilt thou be thus abused still Seeing that she will right thee never? If thou cans't not o'ercome her will Thy love will be thus fruitless ever Wilt thou be thus abused still Seeing that she will right thee never? If thou cans't not o'ercome her will Thy love will be thus fruitless ever If she will yield to that which Reason is It is Reason's will that Love should be just Dear, make me happy still by granting this Or cut off delays if that I die must Better a thousand times to die Than for to live thus still tormented Dear, but remember it was I Who for thy sake did die contented Better a thousand times to die Than for to live thus still tormented Dear, but remember it was I Who for thy sake did die contented [In the interval between the two parts, they didn't sing the following: "Was I so base, that I might not aspire Unto those high joys which she holds from me? As they are high, so high is my desire If she this deny, what can granted be?"]
So what I’m getting from this is a resolution that a loveless relationship is terrible. And that she should actually start loving him, or they should break up. In this case the singer is being dramatic by saying he would rather die than continue in the relationship. Unless they were married, which at the time would be one of the only outcomes.
@@defendfreedom1390 I wouldn’t say it’s primitive, not really. The meaning of the song is simple, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Songs don’t need to be grand or complex, as long as they get their point across. In fact, I’d say that meaning and lyric-wise it’s par with most pop songs. Which is pretty much what this was, anyway.
This was the oddest referral by Rick Beato! This is an awesome, beautiful piece ❤... And the Interpretation is phenomenal .😮 I wonder about the syncopas if they were in the original mensur(?) Notation as there are different interpretations out there... Anyway, just 👍 RIP😢Julian Bream and Robert Tear
Rick Beato brought me here. These folks seem like some good folks I'd want to hang with... if I had a time machine that is. Seems like it's in the key of G major no?
I'm Tearing up over not reading the names of his fine musicians, other than Julian Brian. I'm absolutely sure they have names, and it would be absolutely delightful to know them. As this transmission goes out into Einstein's universe, I'm sure beings in other galaxies would like to know, as well.
consort participants are the same, as in the 1987 RCA studio recording. re-issued in mid-nineties as 'Julian Bream Edition, Vol.7' that release has depicted almost all of them on the cover in the same costumes except Jane Ryan: Julian Bream, lute Catherine Mackintosh, treble viol Nancy Hadden, renaissance flute Jane Ryan, bass viol James Tyler, tenor viol, cittern Robert Spencer, pandora, lute with Robert Tear, tenor, as the soloist
Rick Beato brought me here. Brilliant playing and singing.
We too..
And me.
I love the fact that he appreciates John Dowland as much as Oscar Peterson, Tears for Fears or Led Zeppelin. I've discovered and rediscovered so much.
My recorder group brought me here. I listened to Rick Beato too and his video on dowland
@@nick326697 Rick proves something that I learned a while back, which is that good music and performances occur in every genre, and can all be appreciated for the degree to which they are quality. He has broad taste in music, and I think that we might hear more of it if the rock/pop of the late 20th century wasn't so lucrative in the context of his audience.
Can you believe this music is 500 years old?
Yes - centuries later, and John Dowland still weaves his magic.
Sure. It sounds like it is. 500 years isn't that long really. It's only some generations of people who are people.. like I am. It's not like some alien thing.
Ohne Musik kann der Mensch nicht sein. Danke, für wundervolle Gabe. John Dowland ist herrliche Musik und Julien Bream und das Ensemble geben es ebenso herrlich wieder.
"Better a thousand times to die than for to live thus still tormented. Dear, but remember it was I
who for thy sake did die contented."
Could not have said it any better.
So much beauty in this music. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to sit in a castle and listen to this 500 years ago.
Unfortunately you'd have to wait over half a century until Dowland started to perform.
Ah So true!!! I'd be there with you!!!
If you were wealthy, it would've be fantastic! If not....well 😅
Probably smelly and cold.
It's as good as Shakespeare - especially his sonnets.
Rest well, Master Bream.
Rest??? His living on the other side and he is quite buisy as always!!!
@@heyryvonheyryngen8469 Forever Bream ❤️
@@heyryvonheyryngen8469 You are aware he comes from a country that proved all bollocks is not true , he is English , there is no soul , there is no afterlife , there are no miracles , he had a full life because he knew like all us English do , you only get one go at it and its here and now .
Julian Bream and Robert Tear. Two great artists. RIP
Rick Beato is right. You can hear (british) Rock and Metal;). Beautiful.
I hear this in Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant....
I hear Blind Guardian and Jethro Tull
None of the above. lol wtf?
@@dickrichard626 you lack imagination.
@@daisychain8622 Not for me to say, though I would disagree with the original poster in causality: it's THIS that one can hear in some British rock and metal, not the other way around. To suggest otherwise not only lacks imagination, but basic chronology.
Wonderful performance of John Dowland's masterpiece! Written more than 100 years before Bach! Thank you!
The great English Tenor, Robert Tear - 1939 - 2011
I recall how traditional lutenists expressed their dismay that Bream's lutes were too large and too loud. When one hears however how his instrument is able to keep up in an ensemble in a large hall, one realizes that Bream was wise to commission such instruments. I'm thankful that I have a large-body Padua lute which was modeled after Bream's 8-course lute.
Nothing large about his lute. Turning ab the lute mic those the same trick
The "purists" said the same thing about Wanda Landowska's harpsichord, when they should have thanked her for almost singlehandedly reviving the instrument.
@@1963mathetes 100% agree..👍👍
It still doesn't come forward, and that is with the other instruments holding back.
Large body does not (on guitars), make a louder instrument. It comes down to the strings and the fingers, it does affect the production of the lowest fundamental.
He plays it a litle bit like a guitar
I never want it to end .
Thank you for every, Julian Bream, nice flight, rest in peace.
For everything
We saw the Julian Bream Consort in about 1985, in Pasadena CA. I think it was this same tour. Definitely all the same personnel, including the great Robert Tear. They were amazing. It was a memorable concert, and it's a joy to hear and see this performance again.
Thank you for mentioning the name of the singer. I recognized that voice from other recordings, but didn't remember the name.
I am envious in the nicest possible terms! What incredible talent!
Maestro Julian Bream! Always refining perfection..
Wonderful playing by Julian Bream, by the viols and other lutes, and wonderful singing by Robert Tear. Thank you,
Absolutely superlative! God, how I wish I could have seen this ensemble in person!
incredible beyond measure. Like a Renassiance jam session!
Julian Bream is the greatest human mind ever touched string.
Absolutely the greatest to ever live.
DAMN. I could hear YES covering this.
Yes! I got gentle giant but agree
The tenor is fighting back the urge to dance. I wish that he could just let go and bust a move. This is awesome!
haha at "bust a move"
👌🌺👍
He is not a tenor
@@Will-thon 🤓
What, then?@@Will-thon
Marvellous Performance !. Dear Julian and Consort. Keeping The Flame Alive. Absolutely wonderful !.
I've always liked renaissance music. just so much depth to it.
What a perfect performance.
When I hear music like this, I like to imagine lots of young people all sitting at tables, dancing, and drinking. Like it was just another Friday night down at the pub. And all the young people are out having fun.
This was considered erudite music back in the day, so you would probably imagine middle-aged nobles having a fancy dinner while debating politics and with all the protocol, instead of seeing young people being wild in a pub, looool.
These things he did with Robert Tear are so brilliant.
A song from 1605. Well done!
A masterpiece. A work of genius.
Which John Dowland was.
Marvelous performance. He's really singing this in character of Essex, the poor bastard. QEI ran Essex around unmercifully -- it is still an open question whether this indignant text is his and "dedicated" to her. Dowland had the sense (or survival instinct) to print only the song before the Queen's death, and the instrumental version with Essex's name on it after Elizabeth and Essex were both dead.
Bah. Devereux was a creep who thought he could bamboozle the old woman into giving him her kingdom. He flattered her to her face and made fun of her behind her back. He screwed up the assignments he was given, and finally actively plotted against her. She was patient with him far too long.
Oh, sure. He was a spoiled, entitled little brat who thought he had it all coming, and she played him like the rest of her courtiers. But you have to have a little sympathy.
Or not, I guess . . .
Absolutely beautiful. Love the lutes. I play the oud. The lute same from the Arabic oud.
What an absolute banger!
Tear left us too young. What a beautiful effortless sound, what text-sensitive phrasing!
(I always thought he looked like Sean Connery's slightly less handsome but much more affable brother.)
Ton Bil
Thank you for mentioning the name of the singer. I recognized that voice from other recordings, but didn't remember the name.
@Tiger Man Robert Tear, a Welsh tenor singer, teacher and conductor. RIP
Rick Beato also brought me here. This really is mind-blowing ❤❤❤! I wish this was today's music!😢❤❤❤❤❤
I'm Brazilian! Beautiful music and viciant! Rick Beato brought me here! XD
Ha ha. Me too! Such beautiful music.
Holy crap what a voice
❤ I always come back and listen to this rendition best from the best...Sting and co come a close second😂..although totally different ....
Music of Mr Dowland is totally compelling❤❤❤
Bream is a historical version and that is above all its interest. Because his lute sound with a stop technique in the right hand and on a baroque lute for renaissance music is quite inaudible. As for Sting, the musician is so friendly and sincere that we forgive him his infatuation with Dowland and the accuracy of his voice, limited in this repertoire. Without being a purist, when it's just accompanied correctly on a renaissance lute and sung with a straight voice without operatic vibrato, it changes everything...And there is no shortage of good performers... In the instrumental versions alone, Paul O'dette is undoubtedly the most incredible lutenist having recorded the complete John Dowland (5 CDs which are a real treasure!)...For voices, countertenors are sometimes required. For this song by Dowland, Andreas Scholl is top notch !
What could be better than this! Nothing.
Legendary piece, headed by an absolute legend.
Thank you Ric Beato.
Serious shredding on the lute. Rockin!
Meaning what?
@@JOHN-tk6vl shredding=fast ornamented playing, term from heavy metal
Meanwhile, search up can she excuse my wrongs for the recorder version, which also, ahem, "wails"
So AMAZING! BEAUTIFUL!
Fantastic!
Takes me back to the Oregon Shakespearian festival and the 'green show' that entertained us before the outdoor theater opened up. Not only were the instruments and music authentic. We got to see the galliard by around 6 to eight dancers performed in costume.
Great soundtrack for the 1500s
Cette interprétation a traversé le temps sans prendre une ride ! Merveilleux !!!
He was a monster at whatever he played!
Absolutely wonderful.
Bream's intensity! Great vocalist. Bravo!
why the hell does a 500 year old song slap so hard
I'll be adding this to my favorites.
It is nice to see so many people (and guitarists) learning about this music from Rick Beato - much respect. And while I love everything Julian Bream plays even his lute music, I do have to point out that he does not really play properly (I know that sounds nerdy inside stuff) He plays like a modern classical guitarist and even the lute he had built (the one in this video which is a baroque lute) was built very much like a modern classical guitar. He uses nail and strikes the strings in a very hard manner. Also, the fast notes are usually played alternating thumb and index finger, not index finger middle finger. Of course he needed to keep his nails for is main gig so I get it. Also, he was so popular his adopting Renaissance music really helped bring it to the forefront, so he is important just from that point. But if interested try to seek out performances where they use the more accepted period technique. It really makes a difference. The instrument sounds much more intimate. Here is a video by lutenist Jacob Heringman. He has amazing technique. This really is such wonderful music and I think has a pathos much needed today.
ua-cam.com/video/CcWbbMKZ3KM/v-deo.htmlsi=NJJCMZJZpqi-t1qB
Oh...absolutely beautiful! Superb performance Thank you!
CAWsome!!! Just sublime I just now learned who this Master was, CAWnt wait to learn more!
Beato sent me. Thumbs up.
Does it get any better than this? What an utterly delightful offering of subline Early English Music by John Dowland!
I grew up with Bream, Parkening, and Segovia in 1969! I was a Segovia copycat!
Can't wait to get to heaven to play with them! GOD bless them in the name of Jesus!😍😁🥰
Music with period instruments is wonderful and beautiful!!!
The best of the best. Perfection.
Magnifici!!! Magnifica esecuzione!!! Goosebumps!!!
A lively little tune.
I keep thinking, “ Bring out the Holy Hand Grenade!”
Beautiful!
And the incomparable Robert Tear.
Gotta admit - Rick Beato brought me here. Julian Bream's guitar ability is other-wordly !! I can't even fathom being able to play a single bar of music like this...WOW is this STUNNING talent !!!
Got to.
Thank you ichiro0065 for a beautiful video moment, & to Rick for sending us here! :)
Thank you Rick Beato for introducing this to me
Always a masterful musician, Julian Bream was a hottie back in the day - still is.
Beato brought me here. It's amazing!
Julian Bream. Maestro.
Lyrics:
Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak?
Shall I call her good when she proves unkind?
Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke?
Must I praise the leaves where no fruit I find?
No, no, where shadows do for bodies stand
Thou may'st be abus'd if thy sight be dimmed
Cold love is like to words written on sand
Or to bubbles which on the water swim
Wilt thou be thus abused still
Seeing that she will right thee never?
If thou cans't not o'ercome her will
Thy love will be thus fruitless ever
Wilt thou be thus abused still
Seeing that she will right thee never?
If thou cans't not o'ercome her will
Thy love will be thus fruitless ever
If she will yield to that which Reason is
It is Reason's will that Love should be just
Dear, make me happy still by granting this
Or cut off delays if that I die must
Better a thousand times to die
Than for to live thus still tormented
Dear, but remember it was I
Who for thy sake did die contented
Better a thousand times to die
Than for to live thus still tormented
Dear, but remember it was I
Who for thy sake did die contented
[In the interval between the two parts, they didn't sing the following:
"Was I so base, that I might not aspire
Unto those high joys which she holds from me?
As they are high, so high is my desire
If she this deny, what can granted be?"]
So what I’m getting from this is a resolution that a loveless relationship is terrible. And that she should actually start loving him, or they should break up. In this case the singer is being dramatic by saying he would rather die than continue in the relationship. Unless they were married, which at the time would be one of the only outcomes.
It only shows how primitive contemporary lyrics are.
@@defendfreedom1390 I wouldn’t say it’s primitive, not really. The meaning of the song is simple, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Songs don’t need to be grand or complex, as long as they get their point across. In fact, I’d say that meaning and lyric-wise it’s par with most pop songs. Which is pretty much what this was, anyway.
So metal
Based lyrics. The author was no simp.
Rick Beato brought me here too ! Amazing !
This was the oddest referral by Rick Beato! This is an awesome, beautiful piece ❤... And the Interpretation is phenomenal .😮 I wonder about the syncopas if they were in the original mensur(?) Notation as there are different interpretations out there...
Anyway, just 👍
RIP😢Julian Bream and Robert Tear
Even if he is not as disheveled as the lutenist of Shakespeare, I love his music!
Remove the sentiment that this is an ueber fancy song and you realise that it was a pretty great rock song of its day.
Rick Beato brought me here. These folks seem like some good folks I'd want to hang with... if I had a time machine that is. Seems like it's in the key of G major no?
G minor I think.
Thanks to Rick Beato we are here.
this song is also called "Can She Excuse"
Pure Dowland....
I looked this up because Rick Beato mentioned it in a discussion he was having with Ted Gioia.
Wow! Composer, luthist, singer… what a performance!
Lutenist.
Here from Rick Beato's enthusiastic analysis of this performance. Huzzah!
Wonderful !
What lovely music.
I'm Tearing up over not reading the names of his fine musicians, other than Julian Brian. I'm absolutely
sure they have names, and it would be absolutely delightful to know them. As this transmission goes out into Einstein's universe, I'm sure beings in other galaxies would like to know, as well.
the most British thing I've seen in a long time
Are we still allowed to say that?!
@3tfre4u Thank you. Great singer!
Wonderful.
Original Besetzung --sehr schnell gespielt Bravo
Love this, thanks so much! 🌟
Yes, Robert Tear
consort participants are the same, as in the 1987 RCA studio recording.
re-issued in mid-nineties as 'Julian Bream Edition, Vol.7'
that release has depicted almost all of them on the cover in the same costumes except Jane Ryan:
Julian Bream, lute
Catherine Mackintosh, treble viol
Nancy Hadden, renaissance flute
Jane Ryan, bass viol
James Tyler, tenor viol, cittern
Robert Spencer, pandora, lute
with Robert Tear, tenor, as the soloist
RIP 2011..)
So good.
Beautiful
Rick Beato exposed me to this beautiful music!
Bravo! )
Thank you
素晴らしい演奏です。
got sent here from a Ric Beato video.
Magnifique performance !
Great! Great singer! Perhaps better than Sting in this one? :-)
From another upload, it looks like this is from 1988, Tokyo.
Thankyou for uploading.
I think he would give ting a run for his money on his day.
Would some band please do an electric version ?
Fabulous.
So metal.