"Displace one note and there would be diminishment. Displace one phrase and the structure would fall. It was clear to me that sound I had heard in the Archbishop's palace had been no accident. Here again was the very voice of God! I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink-strokes at an absolute beauty."
why is it a great achievement? Well if you are a classical musician or ardent listener it is easier to explain . It basically sums up the total concept of great music, Meaningful words, word painting through notes, compositional greatness with cleverness and detail, feeling, emotion, conveys the meaning of the occasion etc etc.. @@davideg1001dg
When I hear this music i understand how spot on Benjamin zander is when he says that every single human being loves classical music, but most of them just don't know it yet.
I don't know about the conductor, but I have a lump in my throat each time I listen to this ( especially when the soprano's voice soars at she takes her part)
I often wonder, how many heavenly melodies humanity have missed out because of Mozart's short life. If God gave him just 5 more years, let's say he was able to live until he was 40, instead of 35, how many more great music and opera and songs we would have had today that no one else would be able to produce but him. Alas, these tunes were forever lost.
Yes, that question kind of haunts me. And I figure we could have seen how his music could evolve though the 19th century and romanticism, developing his own style in the new fashions. So sad man
The thought haunts me as well, and yet the man composed 626 original compositions in 35 years of existence. He was composing things at 17 that a polished and experienced composer at 45 would never be able to compose. Shoot, he was 26 when he composed this. What he produced in his short lifetime is embarrassing when compared to nearly any life’s cumulative production. So while it pains me to think of what we may have lost, how grateful I am that he worked so hard and passionately with the time that he had.
Have you thought that perhaps god was envy at Mozart who could create a world more beautiful that god could create himself -and so god had to kill him...
True indeed… And same goes for so many more great composers, such as Mendelssohn, for example. These are people of such talent, with such-and I’m not a religious person, but this next phrase seemed right to me nonetheless-heavenly direction!!! And yet they were plucked from us after what was seemingly an instant, coming to Earth in a flash like a lighting bolt, to dazzle us for a moment before they disappeared🤦🏻♂️But their music still remains, and it’s up to people like us to keep the flame alive in this world of Doja Cats and Chance the Rappers. To do so in order to preserve their genius🤩
I could never use the word Genius to describe him. Mozart was Mozart. I cannot compare him. His music still touches everyone, break us, makes us smile, makes us cry and sit in utter disbelief. He was Mozart ❤️
I had become used to saying simply 'of course' when asked if I 'also like Mozart', as well as my beloved Bach and Beethoven. This Kyrie has brought me to tears, literally, reminding me that Mozart is beyond any question the finest composer for the human voice we will ever have.
The conductor, John Eliot Gardiner, does (seemingly) so little. Just the tempo with his right hand and swinging on the music with the rest of his body. That's all he needs and it shows how well-tuned the musicians and singers are to what he wants from them. It's a joy to watch.
I'm 55 years old i love 90s grunge nirvana stone temple pilots all day every day .... but this beautiful piece of opera of motzart waters my eyes every time I fall to sleep with head phones on...it is miraculous
Btw its no shocking that u enjoy this type of music if you’re into rock and metal! The notes and the speed of the notes are similar as well as the high and low pitch notes. If u convert the instruments with guitar and heavier drums it will instantly change into a legit rock and roll music! Usually who are into pop and such may not be into this type of music as far as i noticed!
It gives me goosebumps to hear how the choir builds up at 3:37 and then to hear the soprano rise above it at 3:45. How easily she catches that high note and how fluently she comes down again few seconds later. World class from Miah Persson! I lost track how many times I've watched this video! Over and over again...
Very beautiful indeed, but my all time greatest from Mozart is the introitus, kyrie and lacrimosa in his unfinished Requiem where the music actually mimics the sobbing of someone crying. unmatched!
Mozart first played this unforgettable masterpiece in front of his family with his new young wife Constanze singing the lead! This was her introduction to the family and a disapproving father Leopold ...talk about a little bit of pressure on that poor young woman!
Wow, the intonation and attack of the sopranos are absolutely superb. And just hear how much more effective the whole thing is when dynamics are scrupulously observed!
Swedish soprano Mia Persson (pronounced "Fashion"). Here she is singing the finale of Mahler's spectacular Resurrection Symphony (this video saved my life when my wife died of cancer): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M0Px44IuVKM.html
When I was ten, I sobbed listening to this. By then, I had already considered Mozart my favorite composer but this was the piece where his music really touched me. He is still my favorite composer.
This truly is the voice of god I love the ending, the violins and choir pulsating eleison... feels so sad but with such peace and acceptance... amazing
2:16-3:38 *the 1min22 sample that you MUST watch* even if in a hurry. A summit in the summit 2:38-5:29 the famous *Christe solo*, a re-use in k427 (which in addition of a promise to Leopold, was a gift to Constanze for their 1st wedding anniversary) of an exercise Wolfgang had written 2 years earlier to train and outline Constanze's voice. The wonderful Kyrie culminates with this famous soprano solo. This is what you get when Love and God, the 2 main inspirations for music, are combined, in the peak of a giant work from the best composer ever, played in an exceptional venue (Nobel Prize Concert 2008, before the prizewinners and the Royal family), by a top soprano, a top conductor (JE Gardiner made a number of remarkable recordings of k427, all with top sopranos, like Sylvia McNair, Barbara Bonney), and 2 top full SATB choirs. Big thanks as well to Azael Hernández uploader and to the teams who made the very careful and sensible audio and video recordings of that marvel. Sat 08 Oct 2016 16:46 GMT
Great comment. Maybe there are 3 main inspirations for this particular music (listen to the words) Love, as you said, and God, as you said: those are two: but there are really three:, love, God, and what God wants us to think when we are trying not to forget God and Love (God knew this music with the first two, Mozart and the people who inspired Mozart - Hello Cecilia - also understood it with the first 2 - but we only understand this music by remembering what God wants us to think when we are trying not to forget God and Love - Cor ad Cor loquitur, Heart speaks to Heart). Or maybe the 2 inspirations you mentioned are enough. But I am simply human and those 2 are not fully in my wheelhouse yet. If they had invented the internet faster we could ask Mozart.
Being Dutch, living in France, I love to learn new coloqualisms. One is ; Je viens me couché moins bête que hier. I go to sleep less stupid than yesterday. Well, something like that anyway. You get my drift ? Thanks for your explantion ! Sorry, being left handed doesn't help my spelling.
I think she sings the most beautiful version, honestly. It flows pleasantly and she does not seem to struggle with the piece. I am not fond of many other versions as this one is my favorite.
Natasha Youngblood not even Sylvia Mcnair? Her solo in the Kyrie must be what an angel sounds like. Absolutely effortless singing. Although with Sylvia Mcnair versions, I can never find one with good sound quality and I also dont like the rest of the choir singers. This vid has the best quality and I prefer the choir but Sylvia Mcnair is beautiful
Oh to hear this sublime piece at an actual Mass, said in a baroque church with a decent organ and choir! Lord have mercy; Christ have mercy. Such beauty.
And he wrote this mass when he was 26 !! years old...double fugues...4 to 8 voices...dazzling melodies and counterpoint, lifting your soul to places you have never been before...This music will be heard until the end of time...
It is amazing to listen to. It is even more out of this world to be part of a 212 voice choir backed by a 100 piece orchestra. We performed this incredible piece when I was in Grade 12. How a normal Public Secondary School ended up with over half of the students in the Music Program boggles the mind. Because of this I have sung on stage in both the incredible Massey Music Hall and Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Ontario.
Its like...like if something just picks you up from wherever you are, elevating you until all you see is just a stunishing blue sky passing through clouds..and for the length of this opera you are in perfect peace with everything.
Just listen to how the choir are bang in the middle of every note, whether they're just moving in semitones, tones, thirds, fifths or even octaves - what precision! And yet they make it sound anything but mechanical or robotic.
@@rhcb1 Why Shakespeare? Because he wrote in English? He was great poet true, but this is statement is grossly overstretched. How many non English poets and their works you know to write something like that? World is not only Anglo-Saxon.
I can see moments of triumph in this song, strong elements of a broken heart, mourning, love, death and happiness seem to all reach their crushindo even though I cannot understand what they are saying, other than it beautiful, or I can see this as the your entire life being played to you on a screen with this as the soundtrack right before you take your last breath !!
It's a prayer for forgiveness. She's singing, "Christ have mercy on us." It's both tragic and frightening, prompting self reflection on personal sins and failures. Yet the divine beauty of the music, overwhelming our mortal sense and stirring such passion that we're carried high in the clouds with the notes towards Heaven. I imagine a curious angel parting the gates a bit to test the sound, allowing the deep humility of the choir to resonate within paradise itself, setting the frame for the soloist to beg penance in audience with God Almighty, for the whole of humanity. All of us. How could the judge of mankind find fault in this honest attempt at redemption? Finally as her query reaches its climax and the last echos fall silent beneath the supporting framework of voices and music, the conjured mood grips both heaven and earth in poignant understanding. Not a breathe is dared which might alter the moment. Thoughtfully mindful not to place any expectations upon the King of Kings, Mozart completes the magic in a musical form of exhaustion, lest any hint of insincerity break this sentient, lyrical spell. A final tone to silence all else carries us back down to earth, floating, falling, where my very soul trembles at the fervent experience. And our Heavenly Father can wipe away all imperfections with a smile. Tragic indeed, it's our nature. Yet this example transcends all wrongs for an instant, a masterpiece for all times and certain proof that we are children of God.
This music sends my soul on a rollercoaster ride and sparks such a powerful longing in my body. It is both glorious and tragic, beautiful, lonely, simple while incredibly profound. This is the music sung by angels for God in heaven. To play a part, sing the words or just sitting back to absorb every bit of the sound would be a great reward, a magnificent way to spend eternity. The next song would be from Snoop Dogg of course but this really is the opener.
@@eduardoguerraavila8329it's not really fair is it, when Beetboven studied him for 30 years , learning all his techniques, ideas, etc, while mozart was dead and couldn't get better himself. Mozart was 35 when he died, and Beethoven barely had his 3rd symphony written by age 35. Beethoven simply "sucked" at writing for the human voice. It's just a fact. Maybe he got lucky here and there when he went with his truck load size musical notebook he had. If you want drastic instrumentation, some feeling, irregular beats and harmonies, and mastery of string music, you can feel good about Beethoven. BUT, if you want a glorious, singable , astounding music with melodic content, transcending, effortless transitions, and be In complete awe, you listen to mozarts works for human voice . There is a reason he is #1 or #2 ever for human voice compositions. Beethoven fans have zero mozart respect. Lol Beethoven himself adored the guy. Mozart was living rent free in Beethovens head the rest of his life. A man who helped finish the bridge from classical to Romanticism was still scratching his head studying mozarts dissonance quarter on his death bed 34 years after his death. I think you know my answer on whether this piece is better than any choral work Beethoven wrote. :)
@@beethovenlovedmozartTruly a matter of opinion, I don’t know why that you are going around stating your opinions as fact when they’e entirely subjective
what a delight and what a choise professionalism on behalve of the conductor to dirige such a perfectaly skilled musicians,singers ....fabulous ...the soprano is unforgettible ;the director is magninifique;thx to post .After all some of us made this world more beautifull!!!
Congratulations for such a fantastic performance!. I think there are very few more satisfying sensations than hearing these masterpieces, although it must be even better to be able to sing them.
Fantastic rendering of what I believe to be the most inspirational Kyrie ever composed. Here there is no grovelling before a fierce and judgmental God - but a CELEBRATION of the essence of the Christian faith - that we are truly LOVED by God. This is the true Gospel!
@frankhillebrand7682, I agree there's no grovelling at all in this Kyrie; ❤️I hear tremendous Joy celebrating the Mercy and boundless love God freely bestows when we ask His Forgiveness ❤️ promising to "sin no more."
@@OceanSwimmer The Kyrie sung by the chorus is plenty doom-laden for me, but when the soprano takes up the Christe the mood changes completely. This is precisely what Mozart intended, and it's got very little to do with religious belief. The story behind it is as compelling as the music itself, IMHO. Wolfgang married Constanze without his father's permission, which in those days was a serious insult. To make amends, he wrote this mass where the Kyrie chorus represents Wolfgang on his knees, beseeching his thundering father Leopold for mercy, followed by Constanze with the beguiling Christe solo. But all for nothing; Leopold never did warm to Constanze.
Спасибо большое за это видео. Прекрасное выступление, я получила удовольствие. И вспомнила свою молодость, когда дирижировала эту мессу на экзамене по хоровому дирижированию. Здорово!
I'm a Mex-American who grew up in two cultures, Rancheras and heavy metal but over the years, I'm 56, I've grown to live the arts, still listen to thrash by the way, and got to appreciate the beauty in music
