I'm the child of monarchists and classical music listeners, so like half of the world I watched Lady Diana's funeral live on TV as a young teenager. There were lots of bright uniforms and lots of marching soldiers, and that beautiful old church. And then there was this music. I'd never heard it before, I couldn't tell if it was new or very old, but it seemed to come from the other world, and it seemed to contain the whole life history of mankind inside it. Stunning. I can't believe we don't hear more about Sir John Tavener than we do...
King Charles III knew Tavener well, and attended his funeral; he chose this piece specifically for the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, which was, for me, the most unendurable part of the service because it was performed so splendidly. Millions of people were made aware of John Tavener on that day! It seems that our choices here, at least, are made by CZcams, and this music is part of a very small niche of religious choral music, which is why more people aren’t aware of it. Tavener also didn’t have a large body of compositions, either, which is part of the problem. If you’re a singer or choral musician in churches, you know about John Taverner and you own CDs of his amazing compositions. I’ve sung Tavener’s pieces in various choirs, but never this….it’s so musically and spiritually moving that I don’t think a sound would come from my throat if I tried to sing it.
At Diana's funeral, the local Russian orthodox Church in London supplied two octavists to sing the continuous deep note. Taverner wrote it for the memorial of a young woman he knew who was killed in a cycling accident so it is heartfelt, as all of his works were. He was a man who could not fathom writing music other than for deeply felt meaning (there was a lovely moment on BBC Radio 3 show, when he was interviewed with another composer. His shock at learning that the other guy composed for commercial purposes was.. deep. He was incredulous to the point of it stopping the interview. Endearingly naive.)
When Diana left us so tragically, we were stunned into shock . There seemed to be an almost supernatural atmosphere on Britain that week. A tangible Spiritual sensation that we all had an encounter with Death. Death had come for one we never expected to lose so young. Silent, grave, unrelenting it crept in and quietly took her and we were powerless and reminded that this is our ultimate fate . It was life changing. I cannot envisage a more fitting piece of music to be used at her funeral than this. It was absolutely spot on and has marked us
When this was performed at Diana's funeral this tipped me over the edge and I sobbed for the first time. I went on to perform it at Wells Cathedral on Good Friday with my chamber choir, along with Taverner's the Lamb and Barber's Agnus Dei. Not a dry eye in the house. Happy memories. I've decided to have Karl Jenkins Benedictus and The Lamb at mine.
For those interested, the text: Alleluia. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Alleluia. Remember me, o Lord, when you come into your kingdom. Alleluia. Give rest, o Lord, to your handmaid who has fallen asleep. Alleluia. The Choir of Saints have found the well-spring of life and door of paradise. Alleluia. Life : a shadow and a dream. Alleluia. Weeping at the grave creates the song : Alleluia. Alleluia. Come, enjoy the rewards and crowns I have prepared for you.
When i first heard this sung at Diana's funeral, it brought me upright and breathless, at full attention to a piece of music in which an inspired Tavennor has icaptured the sacred geometry of the universe, in every note and decibel, etc.
To my ears the untilmate performance of this piece was given at the Funeral of Princess Diana. I don't think is some ways I ever recovered from hearing it.
This is a beautiful recording of this song. However, I will never be able to hear it without mentally adding the footfalls of the casket bearers at Princess Diana's funeral which added such a human element to this beautiful music. At her funeral, they ended the performance at around the 6 minute mark in this recording, so I had no idea it continued on for another short bit. I actually prefer the earlier ending.
Agree! The notes and harmonies allow you transcend earthly feelings. I just get a feeling of total elation when I listen to this. I want it on my death bed, and if there's no time to arrange it, I want it at my funeral.
Alleluia, Alleluia. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. Alleluia, Alleluia. Remember me O Lord, when you come into your kingdom. Alleluia, Alleluia. Give rest O Lord to your handmaid, who has fallen asleep. Alleluia, Alleluia. The Choir of Saints have found the well-spring of life and door of paradise. Alleluia, Alleluia. Life a shadow and a dream. Alleluia, Alleluia. Weeping at the grave creates the song Alleluia. Come, enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
beyond all incomprehensible and cruelly gratuitous suffering involved in existing, this short piece of music make me grateful to be and to have been, and even though I not Christian I say God bless this man who gave it its realization, and that he has converted me at least insofar as "Christian" means not a specific denomination or identity but simply a feeling of inexpressible gratitude
Such a beautiful and haunting song. The one note being held throughout and the range of vocals are beautiful. I have loved this piece since hearing it at Princess Diana's funeral❤
Absolutely magnificent! I get chills every time I hear this pice. I don’t know what angels sound like when they sing to the lord in heaven but I think they must sound something like this. This song has sadness and rejoicing combined . It’s a masterpiece. 🥳👏🎉💥☄️
stunning, gorgeous, haunting, sad.... haunting..was written for a Greek girl who died in a cycle accident so the words resonate appropriately for Daina's funeral some of the words are from Hamlet as well lyrics by Mother Thelka his inspired muse and and Orthodox Nun and abbess he was proud to know x RIP Sir John Taverner x
This evocative and moving piece of music will forever live in my memory since first hearing it at the late Diane, Princess of Wales funeral. Thank you John Tavener for creating such a beautiful piece - Long may you rest in peace
So intense, stirs every emotion you have in you.... A glorious haunting sound that will always remind of the beautiful young Diana - taken way too soon.
“Come and enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you”. Anybody who has ever loved someone they lost ....this is all we want for them. To be with God and enjoy that peace.
Originally written after the death of a young Greek girl whose life was taken too soon, Tavener uses the Orthodox tradition to create a piece of remembrance that is also full of life.
Beautiful. Absolutely Beautiful. I am in a choir and am already trying to convince them to sing it at the appropriate time. The emotion in this is very deep and moving! Thank you so much John Tavener! And thank you Kate price! The simplicity of this piece and great sound drew me to it instantly!! A wonderful piece of music!
I agree. And thank you to the person at court who chose it for the funeral, thus ennobling the event (not the other way round!) and transporting it to another dimension, and making the music known to a greater audience, as reflected in these comments.
I hope that this staggeringly beautiful piece of music will be sung at Queen Eizabeth's service. I don't know who chose it for Princess Diana's but the choice was brilliant. The now King Charles lll was close friends with John Tavener and it must have been this music that he was thinking of (every bit as much as Hamlet) when he ended the tribute to his mother with the line "May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." Do you remember Diana's casket passing by Princes William and Harry? The older brother looking straight ahead, the younger looking down.
In a way I am glad they didn’t play this at the queens funeral even though it would have been incredible I always associate this with princess Diana’s funeral and I’m glad it will remain that way now
had the same hope and it would be no problem to remember with this song both, Queen of England and of all Monarchy Fans world-wide and the Queen of Hearts.
On the TV Broadcast of Diana's funeral that I was watching as the choir sang the final crescendo the camera slowly panned up to the arched ceiling of Westminster Abbey as though the voices were being lifted to heaven. This, accompanied by the mighty pipe organ, culminated in the minute's silence and to me was the high point of the service. I can never hear it without getting a lump in my throat.
This music is playing in Season 1, Episode 5 of The Young Pope when pope Pius XIII (Jude Law)is carried in on a platform wearing the Triple Tiara to address the College of Cardinals. Perfect music for a very powerful scene!!
Incorrect. Here's the Wiki info: Commissioned by the BBC,[2] the piece was written in April 1993 by Tavener as a tribute to Athene Hariades, a young half-Greek actress who was a family friend killed in a cycling accident. At the time that she died, Athene Hariades was working as a teacher of English and Drama at the Hellenic College of London. So there's no way she would have been 16 years old.
@@kimalexisvillaver6727 yes; my cousin Athene was 27 when she was killed in a traffic accident and so it was tragically fitting for Princess Diana’s funeral.
Alleluia. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest. (Original text: Horatio: Now cracks a noble heart. - Good night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest! -Hamlet, Act V Scene ii,[8] c.f. In paradisum) Alleluia. Remember me, O Lord, when you come into your kingdom. (Original text: O thou who reignest over life and death, in the courts of thy Saints grant rest unto him [her] whom thou hast removed from temporal things. And remember me also, when thou comest into thy kingdom. -Orthodox funeral service,[9] Luke 23:42) Alleluia. Give rest, O Lord, to your handmaid, who has fallen asleep. (Original text: Where the choirs of the Saints, O Lord, and of the Just, shine like the stars of heaven, give rest to thy servant [handmaid] who hath fallen asleep, regarding not all his [her] transgressions. -Orthodox funeral service) Alleluia. The Choir of Saints have found the well-spring of life and door of Paradise. (Original text: The Choir of the Saints have found the Fountain of Life and the Door of Paradise. May I also find the right way, through repentance. I am a lost sheep. Call me, O Saviour, and save me. -Orthodox funeral service) Alleluia. Life: a shadow and a dream. (Original text: Guildenstern: Which dreams, indeed, are ambition; for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. Hamlet: A dream itself is but a shadow. -Hamlet, Act II scene ii) Alleluia. Weeping at the grave creates the song: Alleluia. Come, enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you. (Original text: Thou only art immortal, who hast created and fashioned man. For out of the earth were we mortals made, and unto the earth shall we return again, as thou didst command when thou madest me, saying unto me: For earth thou art, and unto the earth shalt thou return. Whither, also, all we mortals wend our way, making of our funeral dirge the song: Alleluia. ... Ye who have trod the narrow way most sad; all ye who, in life, have taken upon you the Cross as a yoke, and have followed Me through faith, draw near: Enjoy ye the honours and the crowns which I have prepared for you. -Orthodox funeral service) Alleluia. (Wikipedia, Song for Athene) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_for_Athene#:~:text=%22Song%20for%20Athene%22%20(also,%2C%20tenor%20and%20bass)%20choir.
Princess Diana and my mom. I "ripped off" the song played at Diana's funeral and had it played at my mom's. You could even hear the footsteps of the pallbearers as they proceeded out of the Cathedral. (I couldn't find any other recording of the song and had been - and still continue to be - haunted by this stunning composition.)
I remember when Woody.EXE played this for the 22nd anniversary of 9/11, it was very haunting as we were leaving the ceremony with a few 9/11 survivors and I had the honour of walking right next to them. A day before, it was played again when Woody.EXE and I opened a private united 93 memorial for the people of Wales to visit when they feel like it’s the right time and we’ve invited the United 93 families to come down when it’s appropriate for them.
This music sounds like Orthodox church music. Since Prince Philip had Orthodox heritage often they inserted some Orthodox bits ( sometimes Liturgical pieces or icons) into important services.
You might enjoy this one as well, improvising on John Tavener's famous 'Allelujah', which I heard (in profound awe) for the first time at the funeral of Lady Diana: czcams.com/video/ZKbIZljiZU0/video.html (mark the 32' pedal stop in the end chord).
I sincerly hope not. Encountering the God who tortured his own son to redeem sins he himself made possible in the first place is not an encounter I wish to have.
@@dissilymordentroge5818Do you mean to say that you find moral inconsistency in the nature of God that compels you to disbelieve, or is it just that you take issue with the Christian dogma of the Atonement? If you can conceive of a morality higher than the one you think the latter embodies, can you not also imagine a Divine Being more perfect than any human attempt to interpret his will?
@@davidcallahan2832 The concept of goodness and wickedness that defines morality is subjective and malleable. What is good for one is wicked to another. The lamb dies so the lion may live. To the lamb, the lion is wickedness manifested in flesh and bone, and to the lion, the lamb is life and beauty in form and function. Neither is wrong in their judgement of the other, and neither is right. There is no objective moral truth. No higher moral ground from which to judge. There is no place for god in a universe thusly defined. There is no divine purpose, no reason beyond rhyme. We dance the dance of life and death, and no movement is held as sacred, no action can be made against the truth that is not itself true. God is a crutch for the mind to justify its own subjective reality as purposeful, pure, when in reality, there is no true purpose beyond existence. No pure morality defines the is, and the is not. All is relative. All is as it is, and will never be not. Hold fast to your comforts, but deceive thyself not, for no matter the belief, the truth remains the same. You are only what you can be, and there is no judgment beyond self judgment.
@@thetruth45678 You write a poetic little paragraph to inform us that there is no meaning behind the sounds that go to make up the poem of life; “no reason beyond rhyme,” as you phrase it. You stand on a vantage point above the partisan enmity of the lion and the lamb in order to make the observation that there is no higher ground from which to judge. You say “God is a crutch for the mind” used to justify its purposeless reality and then urge us to hold fast to our comforts, which are at best only a distraction. I suspect you are absurdist who has been reading Camus. “The world is beautiful, and outside there is no salvation.” Camus felt that faith in God and the hope for an afterlife is disastrous for humans because it leads us to minimize the value of this life except as preparation for the next. Whither Camus’ philosophy ultimately leads is the end of philosophy, the abnegation of enlightenment, and suicide. “There is only one really serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide,” he wrote. “Deciding whether or not life is worth living is to answer the fundamental question in philosophy.” The medieval chimera of religion Camus was attempting to slay may survive in some hearts, but it is greatly weakened in today’s world. This is as it should be. In its place, though, we have a substitute gospel that gratifies the selfishness of believers even as it condemns other people’s self-interest as the source of the world’s evil. It imagines that the world would be a beautiful place but for those other people. If amorality, immolation, or hypocritical selfishness were the only alternatives before me, I too would be an absurdist. But I am not, because I believe I have access to a vantage point that shows me the absurdity of absurdism itself - a point which you say cannot exist. My response to you is that you cannot be too certain of the non-existence of things that are, for the time being, unknowable. Either we will come to know them, or it won’t matter what we have believed. Is it worth it to kill hope to spare yourself disappointment if ultimately none of it will matter? In the meanwhile, I cling to my faith that I can enjoy great fulfillment in this life even as I prepare for eternity, and I am happy.
After listening to this many times and I thought words were sang in Latin. English is my second language. I can't pick up the the words in RAP songs neither.
I'm the child of monarchists and classical music listeners, so like half of the world I watched Lady Diana's funeral live on TV as a young teenager. There were lots of bright uniforms and lots of marching soldiers, and that beautiful old church.
And then there was this music. I'd never heard it before, I couldn't tell if it was new or very old, but it seemed to come from the other world, and it seemed to contain the whole life history of mankind inside it. Stunning. I can't believe we don't hear more about Sir John Tavener than we do...
He's dead.
@@johnrollins9153 yes I realize that.
King Charles III knew Tavener well, and attended his funeral; he chose this piece specifically for the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, which was, for me, the most unendurable part of the service because it was performed so splendidly. Millions of people were made aware of John Tavener on that day! It seems that our choices here, at least, are made by CZcams, and this music is part of a very small niche of religious choral music, which is why more people aren’t aware of it. Tavener also didn’t have a large body of compositions, either, which is part of the problem. If you’re a singer or choral musician in churches, you know about John Taverner and you own CDs of his amazing compositions. I’ve sung Tavener’s pieces in various choirs, but never this….it’s so musically and spiritually moving that I don’t think a sound would come from my throat if I tried to sing it.
At Diana's funeral, the local Russian orthodox Church in London supplied two octavists to sing the continuous deep note. Taverner wrote it for the memorial of a young woman he knew who was killed in a cycling accident so it is heartfelt, as all of his works were. He was a man who could not fathom writing music other than for deeply felt meaning (there was a lovely moment on BBC Radio 3 show, when he was interviewed with another composer. His shock at learning that the other guy composed for commercial purposes was.. deep. He was incredulous to the point of it stopping the interview. Endearingly naive.)
@@hooroobluthe continuous note is vocal? Wow, I thought it was an instrument.
When Diana left us so tragically, we were stunned into shock . There seemed to be an almost supernatural atmosphere on Britain that week. A tangible Spiritual sensation that we all had an encounter with Death. Death had come for one we never expected to lose so young. Silent, grave, unrelenting it crept in and quietly took her and we were powerless and reminded that this is our ultimate fate . It was life changing. I cannot envisage a more fitting piece of music to be used at her funeral than this. It was absolutely spot on and has marked us
When this was performed at Diana's funeral this tipped me over the edge and I sobbed for the first time. I went on to perform it at Wells Cathedral on Good Friday with my chamber choir, along with Taverner's the Lamb and Barber's Agnus Dei. Not a dry eye in the house. Happy memories. I've decided to have Karl Jenkins Benedictus and The Lamb at mine.
For those interested, the text:
Alleluia. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
Alleluia. Remember me, o Lord, when you come into your kingdom.
Alleluia. Give rest, o Lord, to your handmaid who has fallen asleep.
Alleluia. The Choir of Saints have found the well-spring of life and door of paradise.
Alleluia. Life : a shadow and a dream.
Alleluia. Weeping at the grave creates the song : Alleluia.
Alleluia. Come, enjoy the rewards and crowns I have prepared for you.
Chris Huston thanks for lyrics very emotional song
Alternating verses from Hamlet and the Orthodox funeral liturgy in Byzantine style music. Brings chill bumps.
Merci Beacoup
I wonder why no one has made a CZcams video of this with the lyrics scrolling? I have been trying to find one and no luck. 🤷♀️ Thank you!
THANK YOU!!
When i first heard this sung at Diana's funeral, it brought me upright and breathless, at full attention to a piece of music in which an inspired Tavennor has icaptured the sacred geometry of the universe, in every note and decibel, etc.
To my ears the untilmate performance of this piece was given at the Funeral of Princess Diana. I don't think is some ways I ever recovered from hearing it.
Amen
I agree! It was haunting!
I agree. It was indeed a powerful rendering.
Agreed.
Agreed
This is a beautiful recording of this song. However, I will never be able to hear it without mentally adding the footfalls of the casket bearers at Princess Diana's funeral which added such a human element to this beautiful music. At her funeral, they ended the performance at around the 6 minute mark in this recording, so I had no idea it continued on for another short bit. I actually prefer the earlier ending.
when tavener is in a rip your heart out mode, and puts it with a choir, there is no music on the planet that has ever been any better.
HEAR HEAR
I LOVE TAVENER
this one of my most favourite pieces along with his Collegium Regale
Agree! The notes and harmonies allow you transcend earthly feelings. I just get a feeling of total elation when I listen to this. I want it on my death bed, and if there's no time to arrange it, I want it at my funeral.
Beautiful, this will always remind me of Princess Diana's funeral.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Remember me O Lord, when you come into your kingdom.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Give rest O Lord to your handmaid, who has fallen asleep.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
The Choir of Saints have found the well-spring of life and door of paradise.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Life a shadow and a dream.
Alleluia, Alleluia.
Weeping at the grave creates the song Alleluia.
Come, enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you.
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia.
beyond all incomprehensible and cruelly gratuitous suffering involved in existing, this short piece of music make me grateful to be and to have been, and even though I not Christian I say God bless this man who gave it its realization, and that he has converted me at least insofar as "Christian" means not a specific denomination or identity but simply a feeling of inexpressible gratitude
Such a beautiful and haunting song. The one note being held throughout and the range of vocals are beautiful. I have loved this piece since hearing it at Princess Diana's funeral❤
Absolutely magnificent! I get chills every time I hear this pice. I don’t know what angels sound like when they sing to the lord in heaven but I think they must sound something like this. This song has sadness and rejoicing combined . It’s a masterpiece. 🥳👏🎉💥☄️
"Life: a Shadow and a Dream" is such a powerful moment in this piece
Rip John Tavanier . A real artist of human voice . Sadly missed 😭
"Weeping at the grave creates the Song". This was Taverner's philosophy. So very Greek. Listen to his "Funeral Ikos"
stunning, gorgeous, haunting, sad.... haunting..was written for a Greek girl who died in a cycle accident so the words resonate appropriately for Daina's funeral some of the words are from Hamlet as well lyrics by Mother Thelka his inspired muse and and Orthodox Nun and abbess he was proud to know x RIP Sir John Taverner x
Beautiful piece of music! I have a sense of the eternal when I listen to it.
This evocative and moving piece of music will forever live in my memory since first hearing it at the late Diane, Princess of Wales funeral. Thank you John Tavener for creating such a beautiful piece - Long may you rest in peace
So intense, stirs every emotion you have in you.... A glorious haunting sound that will always remind of the beautiful young Diana - taken way too soon.
“Come and enjoy rewards and crowns I have prepared for you”. Anybody who has ever loved someone they lost ....this is all we want for them. To be with God and enjoy that peace.
You have no idea
@@alexandercarder2281 🥲😭
My FAVORITE piece we sung in High School....gives me chills till this day
Remember me oh lord 🙏 when you come into your kingdom . That's as powerful a wish as I can pray for . Sung beautifully . Rip to TT .
words are totally inadequate for such beauty
Originally written after the death of a young Greek girl whose life was taken too soon, Tavener uses the Orthodox tradition to create a piece of remembrance that is also full of life.
Athene was my cousin
@@AMRJ93 What a beautiful piece of music was written for her. Beautiful name she had. How did she pass?
@@AMRJ93 I'm sorry for your loss.
@@AMRJ93 I remember her from camp 😊 lovely sunny girl ❤️
@@rachelsommella5827 how she died?
a very dear friend of mine died unexpectedly of a heart attack this morning.
Some music is capable of lifting us onto the Divine plane - Tavener's inspiration here does just that superbly ..........
Beautiful. Absolutely Beautiful. I am in a choir and am already trying to convince them to sing it at the appropriate time. The emotion in this is very deep and moving! Thank you so much John Tavener! And thank you Kate price! The simplicity of this piece and great sound drew me to it instantly!! A wonderful piece of music!
I agree. And thank you to the person at court who chose it for the funeral, thus ennobling the event (not the other way round!) and transporting it to another dimension, and making the music known to a greater audience, as reflected in these comments.
Absolutely mesmeric.
I hope that this staggeringly beautiful piece of music will be sung at Queen Eizabeth's service. I don't know who chose it for Princess Diana's but the choice was brilliant. The now King Charles lll was close friends with John Tavener and it must have been this music that he was thinking of (every bit as much as Hamlet) when he ended the tribute to his mother with the line "May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest." Do you remember Diana's casket passing by Princes William and Harry? The older brother looking straight ahead, the younger looking down.
@@mrjacko2972 it would be a stroke of genius, of healing, of reconciliation - a glimpse of queen elizabeth from beyond the grave. we can only hope.
In a way I am glad they didn’t play this at the queens funeral even though it would have been incredible I always associate this with princess Diana’s funeral and I’m glad it will remain that way now
had the same hope and it would be no problem to remember with this song both, Queen of England and of all Monarchy Fans world-wide and the Queen of Hearts.
Maybe Charles told Tavener about the “angels sing thee to the rest” line then Tav put it in here
apparently it’s an old traditional line
@@aeviwishbone2058That line is from Hamlet.
Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."
On the TV Broadcast of Diana's funeral that I was watching as the choir sang the final crescendo the camera slowly panned up to the arched ceiling of Westminster Abbey as though the voices were being lifted to heaven. This, accompanied by the mighty pipe organ, culminated in the minute's silence and to me was the high point of the service. I can never hear it without getting a lump in my throat.
Same. This really is an awe inspiring piece of music
this is hauntingly beautiful
I love this piece of music. So haunting. It reminds of Princess Diana. Somber but beautiful
5:08 onwards, easily one of my favourite climactic moments in choral music.
Lady Diana was an Angel.....It is her music...Forever missed and loved
Sublime, transcendent and transportating.
Absolutely stunning ❤
This music is playing in Season 1, Episode 5 of The Young Pope when pope Pius XIII (Jude Law)is carried in on a platform wearing the Triple Tiara to address the College of Cardinals. Perfect music for a very powerful scene!!
As cheesy as it sounds, John Tavener is dead but his music will live on. He has left a lasting legacy.
Beautiful piece of tranquility
it does not sound cheesy at all.
Broken Saints. Episode 24. Love triumphs over fear and the whole world is touched.
hauntingly evocative and beautiful may the angels fly this could not have been sung any better this has really touched my heart
i like the different change in the pitch👍🏽
Merci pour la vidéo -- extrêmement bien et simplement expliqué !
"Athene" was a 16-year-old Greek/English acquaintance of Mr. Tavener's. She died in a road accident and Mr. Tavener wrote this for her.
Incorrect. Here's the Wiki info:
Commissioned by the BBC,[2] the piece was written in April 1993 by Tavener as a tribute to Athene Hariades, a young half-Greek actress who was a family friend killed in a cycling accident. At the time that she died, Athene Hariades was working as a teacher of English and Drama at the Hellenic College of London.
So there's no way she would have been 16 years old.
Sciurus Rubrum+ What do you mean by this? Please explain.
Yeah, she was 26 or 27 when she died, according to her gravestone. www.findagrave.com/memorial/69186316/athene-persephone-hariades
That explains why this was sung to princess diana's funeral. Is that right?
@@kimalexisvillaver6727 yes; my cousin Athene was 27 when she was killed in a traffic accident and so it was tragically fitting for Princess Diana’s funeral.
This music is going very well, with a much needed thunder storm happening right now in London.
The choral arrangement takes my breath away.
Чудесно, БОЖЕСТВЕННО!!! Спаси, ГОСПОДИ!!!!
Beautiful and spiritually inspiring.
Alleluia. May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.
(Original text: Horatio: Now cracks a noble heart. - Good night, sweet
prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
-Hamlet, Act V Scene ii,[8] c.f. In paradisum)
Alleluia. Remember me, O Lord, when you come into your kingdom.
(Original text: O thou who reignest over life and death, in the courts
of thy Saints grant rest unto him [her] whom thou hast removed from
temporal things. And remember me also, when thou comest into thy
kingdom. -Orthodox funeral service,[9] Luke 23:42)
Alleluia. Give rest, O Lord, to your handmaid, who has fallen asleep.
(Original text: Where the choirs of the Saints, O Lord, and of the Just,
shine like the stars of heaven, give rest to thy servant [handmaid] who
hath fallen asleep, regarding not all his [her] transgressions.
-Orthodox funeral service)
Alleluia. The Choir of Saints have found the well-spring of life and
door of Paradise.
(Original text: The Choir of the Saints have found the Fountain of Life
and the Door of Paradise. May I also find the right way, through
repentance. I am a lost sheep. Call me, O Saviour, and save me.
-Orthodox funeral service)
Alleluia. Life: a shadow and a dream.
(Original text: Guildenstern: Which dreams, indeed, are ambition; for
the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream.
Hamlet: A dream itself is but a shadow. -Hamlet, Act II scene ii)
Alleluia. Weeping at the grave creates the song: Alleluia. Come, enjoy
rewards and crowns I have prepared for you.
(Original text: Thou only art immortal, who hast created and fashioned
man. For out of the earth were we mortals made, and unto the earth shall
we return again, as thou didst command when thou madest me, saying unto
me: For earth thou art, and unto the earth shalt thou return. Whither,
also, all we mortals wend our way, making of our funeral dirge the song:
Alleluia.
... Ye who have trod the narrow way most sad; all ye who, in life, have
taken upon you the Cross as a yoke, and have followed Me through faith,
draw near: Enjoy ye the honours and the crowns which I have prepared for
you. -Orthodox funeral service)
Alleluia.
(Wikipedia, Song for Athene)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_for_Athene#:~:text=%22Song%20for%20Athene%22%20(also,%2C%20tenor%20and%20bass)%20choir.
s marie Wonderfully researched, and gratefully received. Thank you for your excellent efforts.
Thank you for all the information. It's most appreciated.
How magnificent! So befitting of a funeral, but also of comfort and light.
Such beauty!
can never listen to this without being reminded of Princess Diana
+timothyj1966 ABSOLUTELY! - That WAS its destiny!
Princess Diana and my mom. I "ripped off" the song played at Diana's funeral and had it played at my mom's. You could even hear the footsteps of the pallbearers as they proceeded out of the Cathedral. (I couldn't find any other recording of the song and had been - and still continue to be - haunted by this stunning composition.)
I love this interpretation of the Tavener piece esp. the video with the music.
Beautiful.
Heard this yesterday on my way home.
For the longest I didn't know it was bass (?) singing that low haunting vocals.
It’s very interesting to me that you should notice this
Of Another World!
RIP Mrs. Rosalynn Carter.
I LOVE THIS IT IS BEAUTIFUL
Beautiful. Thank you.
Wonderful song! This was performed at Lady Diana's funeral in 1997
+ClassicMoviesYes MMCHNo And that was one of the most heartbreaking funerals ever. The Royals were to blame for her death. Let them stand before God.
Taverner and BARtok - great music for the pub
The combination of voices❤..wow amazing..it reveal the power of almighty...❤
This was sung at Princess Diana's funeral in Westminster Abbey.
Listening to this on the anniversary of my father's death. Agnostic though I am it still gives me some solice
I remember when Woody.EXE played this for the 22nd anniversary of 9/11, it was very haunting as we were leaving the ceremony with a few 9/11 survivors and I had the honour of walking right next to them. A day before, it was played again when Woody.EXE and I opened a private united 93 memorial for the people of Wales to visit when they feel like it’s the right time and we’ve invited the United 93 families to come down when it’s appropriate for them.
@thebbcamerican Thank you! I'll put these in the description.
nothing more to say. just bliss.
This music sounds like Orthodox church music. Since Prince Philip had Orthodox heritage often they inserted some Orthodox bits ( sometimes Liturgical pieces or icons) into important services.
Does this not make you walk with the loss of a loved one? It is all manifested with the walk of the cortage of the braveheart Princess Diana!
Beautiful.
sublime
Beautiful!!
Magnífica!
É excelente
cortage to cortege _ my apologies in spelling - typing due to music and passion. God Rest Your Incredible Soul Diana!
5:08 wow.
chills and tears mate , chills and tears. that was absolutely breathtaking
Stunning
You might enjoy this one as well, improvising on John Tavener's famous 'Allelujah', which I heard (in profound awe) for the first time at the funeral of Lady Diana: czcams.com/video/ZKbIZljiZU0/video.html (mark the 32' pedal stop in the end chord).
Chills at 5:30!
Fabuleux
Angels among us!
.everything comes to pass.even he'll and heaven. Until we reach paradise. Where the garden of eve is.
Just bring peace to a violent and hostile world ..why cant we all live in peace and harmony.
As much as I am moved by this performance, I prefer recordings where the drone is perceptible.
If you are not religious before listening to this song. You will be after listening to it.
"Prepare the Sistine Chapel"
Yep, I'm also here because of The Young Pope!
It is pretty good. Reminds me of the imperium of man!!
9/11, again. Never forget. Memory eternal.
Tanveer's greatest
Muy espiritual.
Beautiful
They held that F for the whole song. 0_0 Anyone else hearing Maynard in this? Sounds very Tool. Namely, Parabol/Parabola.
There is no darkness.
+captaincaveman Because God's love is eternal. We live through Christ the living Son of God.
You may, I don't.
"You may, I don't."
Through what, Dissily, do you live? We all do through something.
Only light.
Everyone will hear this .......when they enter the gates of heaven...................amen...
I sincerly hope not. Encountering the God who tortured his own son to redeem sins he himself made possible in the first place is not an encounter I wish to have.
@@dissilymordentroge5818Do you mean to say that you find moral inconsistency in the nature of God that compels you to disbelieve, or is it just that you take issue with the Christian dogma of the Atonement? If you can conceive of a morality higher than the one you think the latter embodies, can you not also imagine a Divine Being more perfect than any human attempt to interpret his will?
@@davidcallahan2832 The concept of goodness and wickedness that defines morality is subjective and malleable. What is good for one is wicked to another. The lamb dies so the lion may live. To the lamb, the lion is wickedness manifested in flesh and bone, and to the lion, the lamb is life and beauty in form and function. Neither is wrong in their judgement of the other, and neither is right.
There is no objective moral truth. No higher moral ground from which to judge. There is no place for god in a universe thusly defined. There is no divine purpose, no reason beyond rhyme. We dance the dance of life and death, and no movement is held as sacred, no action can be made against the truth that is not itself true.
God is a crutch for the mind to justify its own subjective reality as purposeful, pure, when in reality, there is no true purpose beyond existence. No pure morality defines the is, and the is not. All is relative. All is as it is, and will never be not.
Hold fast to your comforts, but deceive thyself not, for no matter the belief, the truth remains the same. You are only what you can be, and there is no judgment beyond self judgment.
@@thetruth45678 You write a poetic little paragraph to inform us that there is no meaning behind the sounds that go to make up the poem of life; “no reason beyond rhyme,” as you phrase it. You stand on a vantage point above the partisan enmity of the lion and the lamb in order to make the observation that there is no higher ground from which to judge. You say “God is a crutch for the mind” used to justify its purposeless reality and then urge us to hold fast to our comforts, which are at best only a distraction. I suspect you are absurdist who has been reading Camus.
“The world is beautiful, and outside there is no salvation.” Camus felt that faith in God and the hope for an afterlife is disastrous for humans because it leads us to minimize the value of this life except as preparation for the next. Whither Camus’ philosophy ultimately leads is the end of philosophy, the abnegation of enlightenment, and suicide. “There is only one really serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide,” he wrote. “Deciding whether or not life is worth living is to answer the fundamental question in philosophy.” The medieval chimera of religion Camus was attempting to slay may survive in some hearts, but it is greatly weakened in today’s world. This is as it should be. In its place, though, we have a substitute gospel that gratifies the selfishness of believers even as it condemns other people’s self-interest as the source of the world’s evil. It imagines that the world would be a beautiful place but for those other people.
If amorality, immolation, or hypocritical selfishness were the only alternatives before me, I too would be an absurdist. But I am not, because I believe I have access to a vantage point that shows me the absurdity of absurdism itself - a point which you say cannot exist. My response to you is that you cannot be too certain of the non-existence of things that are, for the time being, unknowable. Either we will come to know them, or it won’t matter what we have believed. Is it worth it to kill hope to spare yourself disappointment if ultimately none of it will matter? In the meanwhile, I cling to my faith that I can enjoy great fulfillment in this life even as I prepare for eternity, and I am happy.
μεγαλείο Thank you.
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Transcendent
After listening to this many times and I thought words were sang in Latin. English is my second language. I can't pick up the the words in RAP songs neither.
Diana
4:21
Hell
Words fail me... sorry.
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