Miserere mei, Deus - Allegri - Tenebrae conducted by Nigel Short (REACTION) 

Beauty beyond words ....

This is one of my favourites it’s utter perfection, it’s nice to see someone listen to something a bit different.

Everytime I listen to this chant, I feel so peaceful in the mother nature♥️♥️🥰🥰

This is a setting of one of the psalms from the Bible, in Latin -- the text and translation can be found online -- Psalm 51: "Have mercy on me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness." The musical setting is split in three repeated sections -- a larger chorus, a chant with no harmonies, and a smaller chorus.

This was composed around1630 by Gregorio Allegri. There are a couple of myths attached to this piece. Myth One -- the Catholic pope at the time loved it so much he decreed it could only be performed in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican and for over 100 years it could only be heard there. Actually, scholars have found copies in various countries during that period. Myth Two --When he was 14 the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart heard it in the chapel a couple of times on a trip to Italy and then was able to write out all the parts from memory. He passed the music on to a music publisher, thus ending the pope's ban. While it's probably true that Mozart wrote the piece from memory after hearing it, the pope's ban had most likely already been ended.

5:03 this was composed in 1638 !! So its more then 400 years old . Also it was a song that can only been played inside the Vatican and Mozart heard it during a trip to Italy with is father and he copy it with only one hearing !

A very special piece of music that is centuries old. The first time I heard this music was in 1974 at age 10 or 11, listening to the radio with my family on a sunday evening. I can easily recall our shared reaction to the magic we encountered that evening. I believe (this was the information that came with the broadcast) originally it was sung at the Sistene Chapel, at The Vatican in Rome, during the Holy Week before Easter. I am sorry to say that this version doesn't do it for me. Here the choir exists of male and female singers. Originally there were no female singers at the Vatican of course. The version I experienced was sung by a purely male choir, including choirboys. When sung at the Sistene Chapel the male and boy choirs were split in bass, tenors, altos and sopranos and positioned throughout the chapel. The space in between them was part of the music. One of the boys sang the soprano solo far behind in the chapel. I never managed to find the recording we heard that evening. There is one that comes very close and I do think it is from the same director and choir, but they sing this piece not in Latin, but in English: Richard Willcocks, choirdirector and Roy Goodman, soprano(1963). ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-piPiVndX7kw.htmlsi=W2l7MHEaQcdVdM5x It has the same mysterious grandeur as what I experienced so long ago. A personal note: at our parent's funerals we had the English 1963 version played on entering and leaving the service. Shivers ran down my spine. And do so again, every time I listen to it.

What a beautiful piece of music. Very powerful! Why Pentatonix videos generate more views is baffling to me. Don't get me wrong, they are good at what they do, (mostly cover versions), but this demonstrates so much more talent IMHO!

not sure if anyone mentioned Mozart. Look into that. Most beautiful music ever. Wish more Latin was taught in schools.

this was made for a church, hence why their stood where their stood

It was great to see you fighting to keep your eyes open, when you really just wanted to close your eyes and be swept away in the moment. I've always insisted that no evil can touch anyone who listens to this. The Psalm is about asking forgiveness for any wrong you have done anyone. For many years this Psalm could only be heard in the Cistein Chappel in Rome, it was forbidden for it to be sung anywhere else...thank God that changed.

2:10 - in case someone says that rap is a 20th century thing😂

This was a secret song once, written to be only sung at the Vatican for the Pope. Unitll Mozart, as a young man, heard it once, written it down from memory, for all to hear.

🌀🌀🌀🎇 🌿🌴🥀🌴🌿🌴🥀🌴🌿🌴🥀🌴🌿🎇🌀🌀🌀 Via Wikiapedia and my thoughts . Miserere ( full title: Miserere mei, Deus, Latin for "Have mercy on me, O God" ) is a setting of Psalm 51 by Italian composer Gregorio Allegri. It was composed during the reign of Pope Urban VIII, probably during the 1630s, for the exclusive use of the Sistine Chapel during the Tenebrae services of Holy Week, The ending of this piece , is one of the most recognised and enduring examples of polyphony singing . The Miserere is one of the most frequently recorded pieces of late Renaissance music. At some point, several myths surrounding the piece came to the fore, stemming probably from the fact that the Renaissance tradition of ornamentation as practiced in the Sistine Chapel was virtually unknown outside of the Vatican by the time the piece become well-known. This alleged secrecy is advanced by an oft repeated statement that there were only "three authorised copies outside the Vatican, held by Emperor Leopold I, the King of Portugal, and Padre Martini." However, copies of the piece were available in Rome, and it was also frequently performed elsewhere, including such places as London, where performances dating as far back as c. 1735 are documented. From the same supposed secrecy stems a popular story, backed by a letter written by Leopold Mozart to his wife on April 14 1770, that at fourteen years of age, while visiting Rome, his son Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first heard the piece during the Wednesday service, and later that day, wrote it down entirely from memory. Doubt has however been cast on much of this story, owing to the fact that the Miserere was known in London, which Mozart had visited in 1764-65 . Leopold's letter (the only source of this story) contains several confusing and seemingly contradictory statements. There was talk that Mozart would be excommunicated for unauthorized transcription . But less than three months after hearing the song and transcribing it, Mozart had gained fame for his musical work and was summoned back to Rome by Pope Clement XIV, who showered praise on him for his feats of musical genius, and later awarded him the Chivalric Order of the Golden Spur on July 4, 1770. So myth vs. reality is debated . If you could only to one piece of music for the rest of your life what would it be ? For me , it would be THIS ...

don't ignore the lyrics here. if people payed attention to lyrics they might realy apreciate a song a lot better. get a translation.

What i noticed about these reaction vids to this....people tryin to react and speak....theres nothing to say, its beautiful, should be enjoyed and speak after

Josephine Stephenson has thee best voice i have ever heard, generally brings a tear to my eye.

I am subscribed for your Pentatonix reactions, but this is actually the kind of music I am mostly involved with -- music of the Renaissance, sacred and secular, and often a capella. I sang this piece at a workshop years ago. If you would like to react to more music like this, I can recommend plenty of good stuff. Here's one of my favorites, an Italian tarantella from 1673. Not a capella, but it is sung by an assortment of voice types, including male alto and counter tenors (like Mitch from Pentatonix). -- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2smRkigj_Kg.html

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It's wonderful to watch someone who has never heard this before. thanks for the great reaction

Saw a performance of this by an amateur student choir in a tiny 12th-century church. One of the best things (music or otherwise) I ever wittnessed. I'm amazed to see this on a reaction channel, but it seems so are you ;) The world of baroque music holds quite a few treasures

The performance requires 3 distinct parts. A choir in 5 part harmony, a quartet for 4 part harmony and a single singer for the plainsong section. The high C performed by the soprano in the second choir is actually the result of a transcription error in the 1800s. It's an octave higher than it was in the original. The piece, as is common with Christian music, ends with a IV-I chord change known as the plagal cadence, aka the "Amen cadence".

sancte deus, sancte fortis, sancte misericor salvator

If you liked it, you might also like: "Tavener: Song for Athene (King's College Choir, Cambridge) "

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If you think that one is good. check out Os Justi (Mouth of the Righteous) by the same group. I think it’s even better!

Tell me Catholicism is not the true religion of God. Any religion that can create this heavenly music has got to have something😊 right!