VOCES8: Nunc Dimittis - Arvo Pärt
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- VOCES8 performs Arvo Pärt's setting of the Nunc Dimittis.
Arvo Pärt invented his own compositional style called ‘tintinnabuli’, taken from the Latin for bell. This is his powerful setting of the Nunc Dimittis, committing the body to eternal rest.
We were inspired to create a video centered around the theme of cycles within nature, referencing our own mortality, with suggestions of the holy messenger in the deer, purity and love with the swan and finally the soul soaring up to heaven with the bird. The minimal setting of the music is reflected in the sparse use of colour, with inclusions of bright images that reference the ultimately uplifting nature of his beautiful music.
This track is recorded on VOCES8's album 'Winter' released on Decca Classics in 2016.
To each person who listens and appreciates this music ...I wish I knew you. You have a beautiful soul.
I have just listened for the first time tonight and I appreciated this music very much. You have a beautiful soul to write your comment and AP has a beautiful soul to write such music
Blessings and peace Jen
George Alderson Thank you George. I'm fortunate enough to live very close to a nearly deserted beach. Between walking and listening there is peace to be found.
I hope that nature and music provide you the same comfort!
@@jenmorricone4014 Thank you Jen. I am fortunate to live near hills and moors and streams in northern UK and though walking is a problem I love to sit in the peace and listen to the sounds of nature talking to themselves. Listening to music such as that by AP - if I can get a signal haha - simply adds to the relaxation or can reboot my mind.
I hope your day goes well whatever you have planned or is planned for you.
Blessings and peace
Thanks a lot
Nicest comment section I have ever come across on my long journey throughout CZcams. This says a lot about the music.
For me, Arvo Part music is what heaven must sound like... It's so beautiful.
This is the last song my Daddy heard before he left this world, this version and imagery touches me
God Rest your dad.
What a beautiful way to leave. And a lucky man to have such a sweet daughter. 😥❤️
be soul,dont judge
So sorry for your loss ❤
Yes. “Now let my soul depart in peace for my eyes have seen Your glory which you have prepared before the face of all people.“
7 years later and this is till this day the most perfect execution of this masterpiece.
VOCES8 were beyond great and honored Arvo's composition by it's ultmost.
Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine, secundum verbum tuum in pace. Quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum, quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum. Lumen ad revelationem gentium et gloriam plebis tuae Israel.
Gloriosa est Dei inhumana insania et temere ira.
Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
Gloriosa est Dei inhumana insania et temere ira.
@@rabokarabekian409 Das ist nicht der Wille des Herrn...Friede aber wohl.
Beautiful arrangement of one of my favorite parts of the office of Compline.
Nunc Dimittis - Lord, you now have set your servant free *
to go in peace as you have promised;
For these eyes of mine have seen the Savior, *
whom you have prepared for all the world to see:
A Light to enlighten the nations, *
and the glory of your people Israel.
Lc 2,29-32
Amen
The freedom is in surrender. We need to be humble, becoming the peace that acceptance bestows.
@@fedem.8475 what is this a reference to?
@@rachelturner5228 It is the reference to the text of the Gospel which is the lyrics, in Latin: the Gospel of Luke, chapter 2, verses 29-32.
The 3 years that I was in a choir we always practiced this in between our performance songs but could never perfect it and perform it. I always come here when I miss the choir family of mine.
When this horrible virus is over, and you come to NY, I will leap a mountain to come and hear you. Thanks for this beauty.
I saw them few weeks ago and I echo your sentiments!
❤
Both the vocal arrangement and the visuals are hauntingly beautiful.
From 3:39 onward (Lumen ad revelationem gentium, et gloriam plebis tuae Israel) culminates in a surreal feeling of release, how the voices seem to melt away into the air is exquisite.
This is excellent; The composer is sharing a transcendent moment with US.
Überirdisch. Dank für immer. Ewig.🎶🎵🐺
No doubt, very beautiful a composition, and outstanding performance nonetheless. The lyrics are from the Gospel according to Luke and beyond its particular meaning, the text carries a universal meaning. Interesting to notice how powerfully latin can still convey the sense of human existence or non-existence, how dramatically it can lead us all to a common ground of feelings and thoughts.
I've sung this a few times. My love for Arvo Part's music is immense. So very calming and beautiful.
This is such a beautiful piece of music, and so very well executed. The part from 3:40 to 3:50 is perhaps the most beautiful and powerful piece of composition that has ever been created. Gives me chills every time.
How how, how can anything be as beautiful as this. It feels that it comes from a different place. This represents for me all the sadness and suffering that the world has been through during the pandemic. Yet it speaks of hope, resolution and utter beauty.
Thank you ❤️
I agree. The music points our attention to something that transcends the current situation. That is very comforting to know that there's hope and beauty still abiding all around us if we're open to really seeing and hearing and believing.
Kate Spalding that bible chapter is so stunningly beautiful and hopeful!!
@@mairiamdebron1084 what bible verse/section is it from?
@@rachelturner5228 The Gospel of Luke, chapter 2, verses 22-38, The Presentation in the Temple. The Nunc Dimittis is said/chanted nightly in the Catholic Church near the end of the hour of Compline, the final hour of the Liturgy of the Hours. Compline ends with the chanting of the Salve Regina.
@@johnroberts18651 el cántico de Simeón, no es así?
Harmony of the osciclles....is natures perfect balance. The traipsing over chords, when it is this sublime.....is spiritual perfection
3:39 onwards…goosebumps all over.
You are a fantastic group. Your performances are flawless and I enjoy them immensely.
Voces8 their singing brings heaven to earth!
One of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard. And the chord this song ends on... wow.
This man is brilliant
There still is hope for music and man.
I want to be in paradise with Our Father... but I must live here until He calls me... Grant us peace, O Lord.
Amen
Heaven is here.
Or hell what you choose
Stop the waiting.start admiring
Lord? Which one, though? So many have been talked about through millennia that it's hard to guess if a single one of them isn't just another invention of the human mind.
Your “Lord”
is this god or you are creature of fear
are u sure? this is biggest fake, can u believe this? amen
Beautiful performance of a wonderful work by one of my favourite composers. The beginning is particularly enchanting and mysterious. Blessings from Berlin.
Simply transcendent.. Thank you for this.
Five minutes of stillness in our clamoring world . Exquisite! Beautiful!
Joan Bennett which is the intention of Arvo Part.
For me, both the music and pictures create an atmosphere of perfect peace. Thank you for this special present!
Past a certain point, beauty is also beyond words
I want this at my funeral. It’s my heart of heart’s.
This is a masterpiece. RM's recommendations and taste in music have helped me see the beauty of life.
Tears, remembrances of loved ones, thankful for the many blessings....and this. Eternally grateful. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Voces8 for being my lullaby during this pandemic. This piece and others (some on your After Silence CD, which I bought and am loving) calms my mind and centers my spirit.
This is just a perfect performance of Nunc Dimittis by Voces 8. In tune good timing and well done.
I hope his passing was made easier by the beauty of this piece. God Bless you & your family xx
Beautiful. Thank you!
this is beyond beautiful.
All is healed............all is health. From Janes Agee’s poem Sure on this Shining Night from the book Permit Me Voyage.
great video..every note is heartfelt.thats why I love your music. a rare thing these days...it's emotionally honest, authentic, world class. the passage at 3.41 is epic.
patricuia emerson mitchel believe me bad things are thrown out to every human being shake a six and move on life is for living .....
I love it. Never heard it before. I count this day a good one.
both equally beautiful in sound and visual.... Thank You
D'une beauté extraordinaire ! Merci
You guys rock, in every possible way.
Bellísimo!! Gracias.
with beauty like this on earth why would anyone want to leave?
Incredibly good singers.
Altamente espiritual y conmovedora.
It's like listening to sunlight.
It's like listening to starlight
Molto bello, grazie!
Beautiful! A capela tintinnabuli’ Keep up the fine work!!
Sphärische Klänge... fast wie direkt aus dem Aether... wundervoll...
This video is enormous achievement!
And peace to you, Jen. Mark
Thanks Mark. May Nature's blessings sustain you.
Here is a moment of peace...
This is an......otherworldly mastepiece from all aspects --- the composition, the performance, the visuals. I've never heard anything remotely like it, other than possibly Ligeti's compositions that were featured in 2001: A Space Odyssey. I've never listened to Arvo Part before, but have listened to thousands of pieces of classical music. It's like he invoked something to open a channel into another dimension. It's....haunting, carrying awe, thoughts of unfathomable things we'll never understand, some light touches of even dread, crystalline beauty, peacefulness, relief, and some sort of epiphany where you suddenly come to some bizarre realization of the interconnectedness of all things, even though you understand absolutely none of the semantics. There's a built-in cognitive dissonance when we think about the universe being finite, or infinite, and a cognitive dissonance when we think about the existence of a creator, or the non-existence of a creator. And then this piece speaks to one to reconcile all of that, with the reassuring statement ---- "It's going to be ok..."
I wish I had the words to express how well you have distilled what I feel and think in such a brief paragraph. I didn't, but you did. Thank-you.
About 20 years ago I was driving and was listening to this mesmerizing choral singing on the radio. I got home and did something I had never done, called the radio station to find out what the amazing work was. That's when I first heard of Arvo Part.
Suggest; Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in Mirror) Part.
@@SeeWoelfin You are most welcome. -------- "Words realize nothing, vivify nothing to you, unless you have suffered in your own person the thing which the words try to describe.
" --
Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889)
@@douglascanoose5281 Thanks for the reference. I listened to it. You know what was more impressive than the song itself? What people wrote about when hearing or remembering it. Now I'll draw from a quote to tells you what I thought after reading what people wrote:
"To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in this complex history will determine our lives. If we see only the worst, it destroys our capacity to do something. If we remember those times and places - and there are so many - where people have behaved magnificently, this gives us the energy to act, and at least the possibility of sending this spinning top of a world in a different direction. And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.
" --- Howard Zinn
Divine❤
sublime ! merci !!!
I'm muslim but i can admit that, this is so good.
Music is transcendent in the sense that it points us to a place far beyond itself. Maybe it's a place where we all are ONE.
having name of hungarian u cant be musim, if you are bot, change name, or idk
@@meegomae you really don't know who is Elizabeth Bathory, do you
Dominus vobiscum.... 🙏
@@meegomae many types of music are forbidden in Islam, so he's taking a risk. Bathory was the inspiration for Dracula as she was rumored to have killed a bunch of people.
Heavenly music, amazing video ❤️
Божественно!
Thanks for this jewell!!!.
Precioso y magnifico!
C'est magnifique ! Merci
Öröm és felemelő hallgatni a Voces8 felvételeit. Köszönöm.
Thank you - such a beautiful meditation. Love the pics of nature- all is mentality with the help of creativity- mind over matter- we can or may enter higher states of a more perfect; the universal mass’s homely = truth -goodness- and the beautiful! ”IMAGE”
so pure... sublime
Candlemas! How relevant, and very pretty.
Simply exquisite ................
Touched me on some unconscious level. Quite deep and primeval context. Reminded me on some scenes of Lars von Trier, e.g. Melancholia or Antichrist where he works with slow motion. Looking forward for your next concert in Vienna!
It's the Lark Ascending in all of us.
to walk gently among it all.Silent as a ghost.
Look for me, too late i am gone.
Beautiful!
The sky wept silently
Excellent, well done! Thanks
C'est très beau : dans la tristesse et la mélancolie. Je viens de découvrir ce groupe sur Deezer avec le même titre composé par Paul SMITH. Je viens de m'abonner à votre chaîne :)
Bravo! (the both - to Voices and to Part)
prachtig in 1 woord!!
And wonderful video!..
Dit is geweldig
Great vidio
La musica sacra ..ES la mejor
Beautiful!!! Marktoberdorf 2012 :))
Touching...
... and some of us are currently praying to be taken because of the darkness we now live under.
lol. EDGY.
I understand this feeling, but it is nothing like the darkness under which Part and the Estonians lived for a two generations...his music helps us and them to overcome.....
Life is precious when we know 250,000 embryos never make the cut and we did, live it
Yes Johanna
a perfect end
Très belle video
Nunc Dimittis (Lc 2, 29 - 32)
Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine,*secundum verbum tuum in pace:Quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum*Quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum:Lumen ad revelationem gentium,*et gloriam plebis tuae Israel.
I can't imagine why you would take requests from any of your fans but just in case....."Winter" by Joshua Shank. There are so few recordings and it's such a masterpiece!!!!
God can be seen in the creatures of our beautiful planet, and through this music. This reminds me of Elon Musk's dream of populating the universe. I fear we will destroy our earth before we can survive in the cosmos.
how can anyone dislike this?
Richtrophicherbs. TROLLS who lead very empty and pitiful lives.
Philistines.
Empty people ..
Every time some clown finds out I'm in a church choir and asks what my favorite contemporary Christian Music is I tell them: "Arvo Pärt."
merriclit maker you should be feel fortunate someone asks you what your favorite music is ,why are they clowns ?
what??
jane oughton because they expect him to give the name of a praise band with drums and guitars...pablum for the I-we worshipers. Arvo Part composes for the I-Thee spirit.
I didn't know, that Arvo Pärt himself was converted to orthodox faith.
@@janeough45 They are clowns because they expect you, like they themselves, to have a '"favorite music," like a favorite color or girl friend or brand of jeans. This saves them the trouble of thinking up an intelligent question, or of bothering to listen to your answer.
I'm at peace
admiration
Transcendent.
Muy bello
pühendan selle laulu nendele kes kuulavad seda
Wow
still love it!!
Why am i crying? @_@
Because true beauty, especially the human voice, does that