Icons of Sound: Cappella Romana in a virtual Hagia Sophia - Prokeimenon
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- Опубліковано 1 лют 2013
- From a performance at Stanford University's Bing Concert Hall. February 1, 2013.
Sunday Prokeimenon in Mode 1. MS Patmos 221 (ca. 1162-1179)
Program note:
Dry versus Wet Sound and the Experiment with Live Auralization in Bing Hall
Cappella Romana, Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics and the Art & Art History Department
Tonight we will experiment with digital technology in the second half of Cappella
Romana's concert in order to transform the Bing Hall into the reverberant soundscape
of Hagia Sophia (532-537), which defined the medieval spiritual experience and man's embeddedness in the world.
We live in a culture that values dry, direct, and efficient sound. This aesthetic
predisposition emerged during the Machine Age (1900-1933) and it transformed our
relationship to sound. Before, speech or chanting reverberating in resonant ancient stone interiors made individual words unclear. The electroacoustic signal, stripped of ambient noise, and piped into dry and inert rooms, by contrast, allowed individual words to be heard with clarity and directness.
Modern acoustics started with the building of Boston's Symphony Hall (1900). In
the process the physicist Wallace Sabine discovered a formula for predicting the
reverberation of a space. This is the length of time a sound produced in an interior
continues to reflect off surfaces until it gradually decays into inaudibility. Sabine's
formula established a relation between materials and interior volume. This discovery
ushered in the development of acoustics as science and the engineering of new synthetic building materials. Both advances allowed the reverberation of any interior to be manipulated and adjusted for the particular function of a space. As the aesthetics of the modern dry and efficient sound permeated the city, it shaped the expectation of concert hall acoustics from an average reverberation time of 4 seconds to a drop to ca. 2 seconds. In treating reverberation as noise, modern technology severed the relationship between sound and space.
By contrast, in the pre-modern world the acoustics of the space was the direct product
of the natural materials. The marble interior of Hagia Sophia was 70 meters long, while in height it reached 56 meters at the apex of the great dome. The vast chamber and its reflective surfaces of marble and gold resulted in unprecedented acoustics of over ten seconds reverberation time. As a museum Hagia Sophia today has lost its voice, no performances could take place in it. Using new digital technology developed at CCRMA, the second portion of Cappella Romana's concert at Bing aims to recreate sound of what singing in Hagia Sophia must have been like. Each singer caries a microphone that records the sound transforming it into a digital signal, which is then imprinted with the reverberant response of Hagia Sophia. What you hear as a wet sound is the product of a digitally produced signal transmitted through loudspeakers placed strategically to create an enveloping soundfield. This digital signal may shock you with the way it relativizes speech, transforming its content into a chiaroscuro of indistinct but immersive sound. For the Byzantines, this sonic experience was associated with the water: the waves of the sea.
Jonathan Abel, consulting professor at CCRMA
Bissera Pentcheva, associate professor at the Art & Art History Department
For more information about the scientific and aesthetic/interpretive framework of this
collaborative project, see our website: iconsofsound.stanford.edu
#ccrma #cappellaromana
I am one of the singers in this video....and I have to tell you, this was one of the most unique and interesting projects I've done in quite a while. Singing through the virtual acoustic was so trippy, and just stunningly beautiful. And given that Hagia Sophia is now a museum instead of a church, this is probably the closest we will ever get to actually performing in Hagia Sophia.
Was this actually a part of the Hagia Sophia repertoire? Or is that not known for sure? Thanks!
Daniel Buchanan so divining!!! I am listen to this every morning. It calms my soul. I love byzantine music. It's so majestic for the mind. Just the thought of having the opportunity to have the anor to participate in a concert like this is a blessing. I am happy that I stambled over your videos on UA-cam and I have shared it so many times now :)
this is beautiful!Thank you!
Sometime soon, brother, sooner than you may think, you'll be blessed to sing in the actual venue, Agia Sofia, God's Holly Wisdom Cathedral in Konstantinoupolis ...till then may God Bless you. A friend from Athens.
Where can I buy this album?
Imagine being there when the Haghia Sophia was a Christian church with the scent of incense, the smoke, the sunlight, the shadows, and the liturgy in all it's glory. And I'm not even Greek or Orthodox.
not to mention hundreds of cantors and the congregation chanting as well. I wish the Turks would stop being dingbats and allow performances there, I would pay thousands of dollars to listen to an Orthodox choir chant in that building.
It would be a truly priceless experience and a blessing to witness that, after centuries of conquest and oppression of Eastern Christians
This imagination makes my cries.
Without the crusades by central european barbars , the Byzantine Empire wouldn't have been weakened and would have been able to fight the
ottomans!
The orthodox church will NEVER submit to the roman pope (and much less
to that satanic guy "pope" Francis)
@@eliasborsov8188 a disgusting and misguided comment that completely undermines the beauty of this performance
Long ago, in 70's, I sang the Cheroubic Hymn, first plagal, Tris Agios and Axion Estin from the balcony, before the guard stopped me. Very moving, and they have the sound right. Tourists were looking in wonder at the sound. Ioannis karl S.
Well done you! Wish I had been there.
I just was at Cappella's concert at the National Gallery in Washington DC. I inhaled at the first note, and could not exhale till very end. I could not even say whether I was in heaven or on earth.
I am a Greek and Christian Orthodox one day we will sing psalms again in Agia Sophia
We will indeed, with all our Orthodox brethren from everywhere. Very soon. Glory to God!
I pray this day comes, I am a Christian Coptic Orthodox from Egypt, and I really wish to see Agia Sophia back to being the greatest of all churches as it once was and to glory the name of God in it once more and attend a holy mass in it, it is my heart's wish ... truly.
@@minabenjamin8232 Aren' you heretics in eyes of Greek Orthodoxy?
Turks, we will keep Hagia Sophia as the temple of Muslims until the last day of the world. You can only come to visit. we like tourists, Turkish hospitality is famous.
Maybe we will as the Holy Catholic Orthodox Church as we once were ✝️☦️
even a lutheran like me, feel this Great Byzantine chants touched me, Praise the Lord!
I feel the sound and the spirit of this beautiful music is universal
We are most grateful, for this work proves that Byzantium reached the highest spiritual level.
When we lost our faith in Ferrara-Florence Synod and only Saint Markos saved the Church, we commited blasphemy against God. When we repent for our sins, Constantinople will be free.
@@iraklios1085 That union never came to life. Faithful people have never approved, accepted and applied it. That union was a move by the desperate Emperor John to save Constantinople from the Turkish invasion. Orthodox theologians and bishops were reluctant to participate in the council.
Regretfully k wish to inform you brother or sister that this is not a race! The very scale which you use for measuring spirituality is a largely subjective one.
The sound is marvelous because of the digital production and synthetisers.
Not to diminish the beauty of this heavily sound. However in measuring and comparing, one must use subjective tool of appreciation.
It is a vast and lengthy discussion the subject you are talking about, but your conclusion is quintessentially against a high level of spirituality which you imply.
It is pride whom have made the angles fall...
My son has been studying/working/creating at CCRMA with this group and others using and expanding on this virtual acoustics technology. He and others are continuing making the Icons of Sound available acoustically to many many more to experience. CCRMA is at Stanford University.
I'm not greek nor christian but this is very peaceful and feels like living in those old Byzantine days, bravo! Greetings from Istanbul, the old capital city of the Byzantine Empire
God bless you brother from an Orthodox Christian. What history in your city!
Olympia *CONSTANTINOPLE
@@chrusos_strtks stop crying or you will lose athens too and we will call it popes butthole
@@evetgeldim.8263 if you stop repeating yourself (as nobody gives a damn, for what you 're saying), you may give a thought of your country situation and count your diciest. Be aware of the "Tsar" and his company. Friendly speaking.
@@Mav331 i do not represent anyone especially the fucking government so their fuck ups are not on me but as a turk seeing greeks talk shit like this all the time is funny to me so i make fun of them.
Right from the heart of the forgotten Roman Empire based in Constantinople. So mystique & powerfull !
We Orthodox Greeks never forgot the Eastern Roman Empire. Every year in Resurrection Day we say "Και του χρόνου στην Πόλη" which means "Next Year in Constantinople". God let the Great City to become turkic because the patriarchate lost faith and almost surrendered to the heretic Pope. But Saint Markos was the only one who denied. When the Greeks return to God and repent for their sins the Great City will be free.
As a member of the Australian Byzantine Choir, this performance never ceases to amaze, just incredible.
I am in Sydney, can I ask if your Choir performs for public. May I ask where.
Hi@@maryshamon7704 , our Choir is made up of 22 Chanters who chant at various Greek and Antiochian Orthodox Parishes across Sydney. The Choir chant together weekly, and currently preparing for our major concert on 1 December this year at the State Theatre titled 'An Eastern Odyssey'. Watch this space!
The Fall of Constantinople, 1453
And send word to the Franks, that the Turk has taken the City, to come and empty it, to leave nothing behind.
To take Aghia Sophia, with its gold screens, to take the Gospel, and the Altar.
"And our Lady when she heard it,
her eyes filled with tears,
and Michael and Gabriel they comforted her:
Weep not our Lady, and be not tearful,
With the passing of years, and in time, they'll be ours again".
where did you find this?
In the End all of the world will worship Christ God
@@LeLoS95 Τhese are the final verses of a 15th century Greek folk song about the fall of Constantinople. The original is here (verse 12 onwards corresponds to the translation above) books.google.it/books?id=JLycBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%B5+%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%BF+%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD+%CF%86%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%B1&source=bl&ots=mf6P_3v_s6&sig=ACfU3U0uECrIf1fmRnvL-vGeKIii-sHIcA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1-YaZ5-3nAhVSwqYKHdfLAKIQ6AEwAHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%B5%20%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%BF%20%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD%20%CF%86%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%B1&f=false
@@AALavdas Is there an English translation of the whole thing?
".. and at His 2nd coming, He will separate the sheep from goats.." and as not many knows, the Aghia Sofia walls will re-open and the Divine Liturgy will continue..as It was interrupted in that sobber day..
Bravo! Bravo! Bravo!
Finally Someone that understands sound, and the Aesthetics and goals of not only the Byzantines, but also the reverence for beauty in art, and sound, soul, mind and intellect that the Ancient Greeks strove for, and what they brought to bear in, around, and within the Ancient Greek Temples. We have tossed aside the importance of aesthetics, blaming lack of money to "waste" on such things...Consequently we have become robotic, tired, souless individuals, aspiring to nothing...
Thank You Again, For your Beautiful Work..It is Truly Holy!
May God Always have you in his blessings..
Nicely said !
You dishonor them by calling them byzantines, they were romans, they never stopped calling themselves romans.
And they were never Greek !
Indeed read before posting...
you have to read more to find out that your ancestors are macedonians but not ancient greeks.
If the heaven sounds like this, so, i' m gonna rest in eternal joy!!! This voices and acoustic are like the heaven on earth!!!
Hear this, all you peoples;listen, all who live in this world, both low and high, rich and poor alike. My mouth will speak words of wisdom, the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.
Please perform more of this. That's one of the most mystic sounds I've ever heard that calls you to go to cherch, repell your sins and be humble towards God.
UA-cam needs a Love button. This is achingly beautiful. I have wanted to know what it sounded like to sing/pray in the Hagia Sofia ever since I learned about it. Thank you.
Saint Paisios of Mount Athos, pray for us.
It is a performance to take pride in! The just completed Temple of Saint Sava in Beograd is more or less an exact copy of Hagia Sofia, with even better sound characteristics.
I visited Hagia Sophia last November, and was moved to tears just being inside there. The acoustics are swirlingly and intoxicatingly beautiful, and the music feeds the soul. I can only imagine the splendor of the Liturgy being celebrated inside that beautiful 6th century church.
soon Hagia Sophia will be liberated
@@papasgeorge3421 Hagia Sophia was a church for 915 years until it was taken over by the Ottomans. I would love to see the entire city of Istanbul come under Greek control and get restored to its previous name, and the Orthodox celebrate a divine liturgy in Hagia Sophia again with the full pomp and beauty of that rich tradition.
"Then the Greeks led us to their temples, and we knew not whether we were in Heaven or on Earth. We only know that God dwells there among men."
I sang three Greek hyns there from rear balcony. Was moved to do so. The effect was amazing. People started crossing themselves. Risked it as felt compelled. 50 years ago.
@@cw4karlschulte661, Brave move, and I bet an experience you will never forget.
what a peaceful performance. I live in Istanbul, I live in old Constantinople, I live in a capital city of world maybe. I dont care the borders, dont care races or religions... Being a human should be enough to be thrilled after this performance. dont wish to take back hagia sopfia, WISH TO BE UNITE ONE DAY under humanity umbrella. I will be happy if my country's authorities give permissions to other religions than muslims.
@Önder Eren your government just decided to turn Aghia Sophia into a mosque....
@@ioannisperiptero9626 i dont accept this goverment, never... they dont represent all turkish people. They try to change focus of people from real problems to artificial ones. But there are still strong and secular perspectives in our people and we will take back our founder's heritage from them. Economy never forget bad managements. I wish one day all religions and nonreligioned people step into hagia sofia without any hesitation.
Thank you very much for this.Living for the day that we not gonna need virtual enviroments. Deus Vult.
Να αξιωθώ νά ανάψω ενα κεράκι στην ΑΓΙΑ ΣΟΦΙΑ ΜΑΣ...νά ακούσω την Θεία Λειτουργία...κ ας αφήσω την τελευταία μου πνοή για τη χάρη του Θεού..
Having just visited Constantinople and Agia Sophia, this is so moving for me. Thank you!
hey Toula, it is called Istanbul now, please show some respect. thank you.
jane doe no
Hagia Sophia soon will be liberated
@@janedoe9185 You showed no respect and transformed our Holiest Church in to a Mosque. It is called Constantinoupolis from the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great. The time to return to Orthodoxy has come. The service that stopped in 1453 will continue.
I could listen to this all day, every day.
The moment when the bass singers kick in at the beginning always gets me
I can't imagine why on earth did 11 people dislike this video! Divine!
Probably Turks/Ottomans
Turks
σας ευχαριστουμε...αγαλιασατε την ψυχη μας!!!
I truly wish an entire concert would be published like this. I'd buy and cherish it. It's very inspiring!
It is: search for "Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia"
Studying about the original aesthetic experience of Hagia Sophia for art history at WSU in Detroit. This performance was mentioned in our required texts. Thank you for uploading. Grateful for hearing it and for having to have read about this after all. Incredibly beautiful and rich. Bravo!
I can't believe I found you here! Being a Byzantine chanter, this brings me to tears. Soon, we'll be able to chant in Agia Sophia again
That was a totally engaging sound, on an intellectual, aesthetic and spiritual level. The voices and the acoustic contributed to an authentically transcendent experience.
Esto me toca el alma. Gracias por este tesoro.
Православни-Orthodox♥️ ☦️🕊️
Pravoslavno pojanje oplemenjuje dušu
awesome. literally
I could listen to this all day. Thank you for uploading :)
The performing edition was made by Dr Ioannis Arvanitis from MS Patmos 221, a Psaltikon copied between the years 1162 and 1179.
Was this actually a part of the Hagia Sophia repertoire? Or is that not known for sure?
To κάτι άλλο..
Μπράβο σας..
'I sent two birds to the red apple tree, of which the legends speak. One was killed, the other was hurt, and they never came back to me. Of the marble emperor - το Μαρμαρωμένο Βασιλιά - there is no word, no talk. But grandmothers sing about him to the children like a fairy tale. I sent two birds, two house martins, to the red apple tree. But there they stayed and became a dream.'
this speaks to my heart....thank you....
Οι καλύτεροι!!!!!!! στον Κόσμο!!!!!!!!
awesome.
Niesamowite! Coś niewyobrażalnie cudownego!! To jest najpiękniejszy hymn na chwałę Chrystusa! Mistrzostwo!
Very beautiful, thank you for posting. Chanting like this in a church or (Mosque) is like a magnet to me...so perfect to hear God's word. Quiet and sensitivity and awareness to God's spirit, or with Gods spirit where the angels are welcome. I love this practice and very much interested in the Orthodox church/faith practices.
I've been there before present turk leadership. Wonderful. Historical
The acoustics of Hagia Sophia make me...cry...
So very beautiful
Listening is an emotional and healing process
Makes me wonder about the ancient places of optimum acoustic merit and how they ought be opened to healing singers of all faiths and beliefs.
Beautiful sounds peaceful Angelic spiritually uplifting well done
Wow, this is fabulous!
breathtaking!
Thank you.
beautiful sound!
Marvellous!!!
Balsam dla Duszy! Piękne!
Hauntingly beautiful.
I'm jealous you got to visit, it sounds totally incredible!
Fantastic!
Beautiful
Is it possible to hear your soul go "Wow"?
This is great
Congratulations!
absolutely beautifull! . Translate to Poland: CUDOWNE, NIESAMOWITE, PRZEPIĘKNE.
Cudowne!
Ασφαλώς γοητευτικό
If this genre of liturgical music was even vaguely similar in the early tenth-century, I can see why the Primary Chronicle reported that Prince Vladimir's emissaries "did not know whether they were on heaven or on earth." Can we assume that the manuscript below is of Constantinopolitan cathedral provenance?
He may or may not have actually gone to Constantinople, it could just be propaganda
beautiful.... makes me feel the awesomeness of God
Thank you for your musicianship and devotion! To all who love this sound, I encourage you to seek out the videos on Kabarnos channel and also Byzmusic.
This is astonishingly beautiful. I'm a novice byzantine chanter and I love the hymns of the church so much. Is there any way to acquire a copy of the manuscript? Although I guess it could be written using older neumes that I have no knowledge of!
Greek orth hq inn nyc
There is just nothing else like this. Glory to Jesus Christ. Glory forever.
Free Hagia Sophia.
Without the crusades by central european barbars , the Byzantine Empire
wouldn't have been weakened and would have been able to fight the
ottomans!
The orthodox church will NEVER submit to the roman pope (and much less
to that satanic guy "pope" Francis)
Hagia Sophia soon will be liberated
@@deppo_zweifler9029 i wish the union of the 2church Katolic and Ortodox!!!!!
@@stathischrysanthakopoulos1946
only without the papacy
One day
How can we get these songs in HD format ?
nice🌺💙🌹
ergreifende byzantinische Kirchenmusik, außergewöhnliches Akustikerlebnis
Does anyone know the words to this, either in Greek or English?
Assuming it's the standard resurrectional Prokeimenon in the 1st Tone, it's from the 33rd Psalm: "Let Thy mercy, O Lord, be upon us as we have set our hope on Thee. Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the just!" (with repetitions) It's sung right before the Epistle reading in the Divine Liturgy.
in Greek!!!!
هذا جميل سبحان الله
Of course it is beautiful, Greeks love aesthetics, everything Greek is beautiful
Re the previous comment: UNfortunately Hagia Sofia is no longer a museum; it is now a mosque.
No pyrotechnics & the audience is listening raptly. There's hope for the human race yet.
#TRUST THE MOST HIGH!!! #SONSOFGOD HAS SET COURSE.
Is there the text of this?
I would be SUPER THANKFUL if anyone would share the original Old Greek text or references to it with me. Please.
By the peculiar order they chant the Sunday's Prokeimenon, mixing it with other parts of the 32nd Psalm, it goes like that:
Προκείμενον. Ἦχος α' [Ψαλμός λβ΄ 32]
Στίχ. Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς.
Στίχ. Ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, δίκαιοι, ἐν Κυρίῳ.
Στίχ. Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς.
Στίχ. ...ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν κιθάρᾳ
Στίχ. Γένοιτο, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς.
So as you understand, the Prokeimenon is a part from the Prophet-King's Psalms (Psalm 32) which you can find here:
el.wikisource.org/wiki/%CE%A8%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%AF_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%94%CE%B1%CF%85%CE%AF%CE%B4/%CE%9B%CE%92
Or if you want it vocalized in Old Greek here:
ua-cam.com/video/TSYIXvfNoRo/v-deo.html
Thank you.
Anybody know where I could find notation for this chant?
Anyone with English translation? ❤
Infinitely more beautiful than what they do there now. Lord forgive them.
❤❤❤❤byzantin tradition❤❤❤❤
so basically the reproduced the acoustic echo of how it would sound in the original agia sofia ?
yep
PHOINIXGAMES - It would sound even more spectacular in the magnificent acoustics of the Hagia Sophia.
@@theabrescia1955 but hagia sophia belongs to the republic of turkey which is a sovereign nation.
zak mussa -Correct .- Hagia Sophia is in Turkey. I was referring the amazing design of the building
ΥΠΕΡ ΠΙΣΤΕΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΠΑΤΡΙΔΟΣ.Το νεο Βυζαντιο θα απελευθερωσει ΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΣΟΦΙΑ.Διοικητης.
Not new Byzt (that's the name others, much later, gave us, because they wanted to claim the Frankish kingdom in the west was Rome), but rather New Rome, the Christian Roman Empire, whose capital was Constantinople, as opposed to the pagan Roman Empire, which had its capital in Rome.
How
I with 2022 hey
Can anyone write down the lyrics, please? At least, English translation?..
bedirhan civan if you scroll down the comments you will find a viewer giving the Greek script and the translation.
capella Romana
Music score,please? In psaltic noting
Thank you very much for the score!! Do you perhaps also have the Cherubic hymn by Manuel Chrysaphes that they performed in another video? ua-cam.com/video/uKLkJJ3ftIw/v-deo.html ?
Man, they make it sound so easy. That ni-vou-ni-pa cadence is actually really difficult.
Can you upload it again? :)
postimg.cc/image/m92cguku5/
Did the choruses have female voices back then?
My understanding is no. Mostly because to be a psalti meant you were tonsured at least a reader, so women were automatically not allowed. But as choirs have evolved in Orthodoxy to include those who are untonsured, women were allowed. But even this only around the late 19th century.
NÃO sobrará nenhum templo , nem o diamante suportará o tempo, nem o sol será eterno.
Somente a LUZ DE JESUS continuará vagando e iluminando todo UNIVERSO,pois aí é a sua casa .
JESUS É VIDA INFINITA, o resto é passageiro , ilusões que aniquilam os homens.
JESUS AQUELE QUE RESSUSCITA OS MORTOS!
Saadallah - BRASIL+LÍBANO+
Proszę o kontakt
Siema
operative word being 'probably'. 'τα πάντα ρεί':Heraclitus. mystical....
Can someone find me the historical evidence women were allowed to chant in the Hagia Sophia?
It would be young boys not actually women
Even if they weren't, anyone is allowed to join in at the Divine Liturgy I'm pretty sure
How much do you think would have to be paid to Erdogan to let us do a Paschal Service in Hagia Sophia?
Now this beautiful temple is to be a mosque again. How sad.
Stupid people who support stupid rulers to do stupid things. It is an act of utter intolerance, backwardness and narrow-mindness
soon Hagia Sophia will be liberated
It is a great mosque over than 550 years now
long live the eastern roman empire
There is only one God. His name is not important. But he gave us these voices to remind us how much He loves us.
His name is very important.
@@katybeadle684 And they shall know that my name is יהוה
А ведь русские могли освободить Константинополь в ходе русско-турецких войск, также как освободили Болгарию и Балканы от османов