Voktett Hannover & VOCES8: Agnus Dei (Samuel Barber) 

Is VOKTETT a made-up word, conjoining the English words (V)oices and OCTET ?

@@ColonelStraker Yes, indeed.

Congrats. Would love less pointed entries though and more tapered. The secret? Let the singing be the result of listening, not the other way around. Listen like you life depends on it. Blending then becomes like silk sheets. For what it's worth from an Irishman in Spain.

So so so graceful crossing paths of Light !!! Merciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

That is so Beautiful and sad make me think of love one's thank you so much. ❤️ and happy time so lovely

Because there are no children!! 0-6

And the caughers / sick people wisely stayed home. As they always should instead of going to concerts.@@FS02012

Improper comment. Snarky and careless at best. This piece was written for the God of Life, not the god of death. 🇮🇱✡️🇮🇱✡️🇮🇱✡️✝️🇨🇦​@@FS02012

In these videos I used to enjoy the clapping, but in recent years not so much.

They simply stopped breathing :)

Agnus Dei precedes the Lord's Supper. Perhaps the proper follow-up was completely missing.

Beautiful story

My husband was stationed in Vietnam too. He was a cable splicer for communications. He came home with scars we couldn’t see or fix. After he passed away I went to see Platoon too. I can still see the movie when I hear this music. It’s so beautiful and so emotional!

My Dad served in Vietnam. Fortunately he was stationed in Thailand and never saw combat. Thank you for your service.

Dear sir! Thank you for your service to freedom, democracy and justice for your country and the rest of this world. Your sacrifice is appreciated by those who enjoy the fruits of your efforts! Respectful greetings from just one average post-war guy in Norway...

Me too! ❤

Fill your ears, heart & brain with super music now! There's no way you'll here any at your funeral.

should be 'hear' not here............

Oh dear, you probably have got many days before you to live, before your funeral ceremony. My feeling is that it's quit ealy to dream and plan for thatfrom now. Anyway, whatever you plan or prepare, you will not be there to enjoy it. The plans of God for our lives, sometimes are far wider than we can ever imagine, regardless of our age or passion for life. Remember Elijah the prophet. He asked warmly to die, very tired cause of the conditions of his life. Despite that, God gave him strength, to go on, in order to fulfill His plans for Him. Much more glorious plans, that he could ever imagine. He met the God on the mountain, he did not die, but ascended to heaven with a fire chariot. And finally, he appeared on the mountain of Trasfiguration of Jesus, together with Moses. I used to pay much attention to my funeral ceremony. For its impression and also, for the words that other people, will say for me. But then I started to realize, that it's a kind of desire for legacy. A vanity without any value, comparing it with the reality of Eternity that I will belong to. The opinion of the other people for me, is useless, when the opinion of God is that matters. As he sees the deeps of my heart motives, for everything I do or think. Good or bad. And even He knows all my Truth, he accepts me and loves me unconditionally. Because Jesus on the Cross gave me the privilege to accept His gift, He to become my Fther. Even I don't worth it. The wedding ceremony, has nothing to do with the life in marriage. As well as, the funeral ceremony, has nothing to do with my eternal life. Sometimes, when I hear a music or a hymn, I dream my funeral ceremony. But then, I wake up and say, Jesus, my real treasure, is to walk with you and your Love in this life, under any circumstances, easy or hard. And to live with you in the Eternity. So help me to pay more attention to the eternals, than to the temporaries. And then, my soul is getting joyful and my heart prays for give me to serve Him, helping others, Not for me, but for them. I will not stop myself, to imagine my funeral ceremony day. But now, dreaming the presence of Jesus there and touching people to decide to walk with Him and be together with Him in Eternity, as I will be already there. The greater reward is to meet people that were saved by His blood through you. Something that we'll see only there, even we believe now that our passing from this life has not touched anyone. Never underestimate the power of your witness

I want I want . You should want for your soul to be prayed for and for your sins to be forgiven not some self indulgence that won’t matter once your before your maker

❤

Same here. Makes you feel closer to God, whoever yours may be. ❤️❤️❤️

@@OldRaver God for me is a Creator, and we a walking in his/her footsteps.

We can leave all this 'most' behind us :) We are like the shepards: When Gabriel wants to reach us... we can`t escape - and we do not want to... Love from here !

I love how the audience waited for the group's director to essentially "put down his hands" before clapping. You don't see that here in the states :/

@@rhinocerossel Indeed, that is usually the most powerful moment for a group where all the emotions of a locked in performance meet and is a memory that never leaves. As an audience as well!

They didn't know if it had finished or not 😂

I swear there was a moment where you could *hear* the air come back into the room. Only the best performances can do that.

I feel like the audience was just stunned by the astonishing performance they’d just heard and seen. Nothing short of miraculous.

I think you mean B-flat minor.

check out Vlaams Radiokoor's choir's rendition too

Magique, d'une totale sérénité

Very well expressed appreciation of this splendid group singing One of Samuel Barber's superb works

I can nothing but agree. Beauty in every moment of this performance.

@@staffanolofsson8201 ...'Beauty' that renders me 'mega goosebumps' each and every time I listen this Samuel Barber masterpiece. This is a masterful presentation by arguably the best 'combination' of professional voices you can get. Thanks for your supportive response...'ENJOY' it as I do.

@@tonymercer7759 ...only one small expression out of many, many more out there who enjoy and appreciate 'extra fine' presentations such as this. I would have to pay a lot to see such vocal/choral perfection in person; however, we have the internet to give us all this for our unending enjoyment. I'm in awe every time I listen to it, and I would like many more of such combined performances by these two 'ultra-superb' groups. I hope you agree...

Sehnsucht nach dem Himmelreich Gottes, ihm ganz nah und vollkommen von seinem Frieden eingehüllt und durchdrungen zu sein! Maranatha!

Spring 1970 my high school choir performed this piece while visiting another school. That performance was perfect. It is unfortunate that we never recorded it. This performance brings back such deep emotions. Beautifully done. Ausgezeichnet!

The fact is each individual voice is enhanced and sound collectively created together is magically improved by the harmonics of the choir as whole , that is the unique genius of Samual Barber. The choir gains energy from the mutual contributions of their fellow voices. Brilliant performance.

Please watch Following Padre Pio. (it was padre Pio who introduced me to my guardian angel). God bless. Please watch the warning or illumination of conscience by Christine Watkins. Then The Papacy can NOT be destroyed. Then Don’t call protestant’s Christian! If the building there in isn’t a Catholic Church then it’s a protestant Cult! And YES,Voces8,are phenomenal - truly God inspired.

I´ve never heard it with only instruments!

@@staffanolofsson8201 Oliver Stone? Platoon?

@@staffanolofsson8201 it is _Adagio for Strings_ if instrumental only. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y4PWdOoOQjI.html one of the many performances

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Please watch the warning or illumination of conscience by Christine Watkins. The Papacy can NOT be destroyed. Don’t call protestant’s Christian! Following padre Pio. In the footstep’s of padre Pio. Queen of Peace media”Francis Moscow and Garabandal”. I ask my guardian angel to help you with your guardian angel. (please look up padre Pio,and the guardian angel’s. And padre Pio,and the beautiful holy Rosary). God bless. Each time something happens to me which is horrible I say praise Jesus and Mary always!!!

@@simonslater9024 Religeous nonsense.

​@@simonslater9024 What a repulsive diatribe to post in response to such a heartfelt comment.

Amen

It must please the heart of God to hear these beautiful people and voices singing to His praise💘✨💘

Da fehlt nur noch die Lokation des Himmels. Fälschlicherweise wird dieser irgendwo außerhalb der menschlichen Erfahrungswelt gesucht. Er ist ein Zustand des höchsten Bewußt-Seins, was wir erlangen können.

Yes! have heard this so many times, and expecting every turn of the page, yet still on tendhooks approaching each change and THEN THRILLED as they hit it perfectly, so balanced, so clear, so certain of each turn and Andrea's effortless, precise controlled sustained high notes -- WOW! I think Barber would have been thrilled too. Hope your spine has recovered. What heights they took we the audience to, Thank God for the Artists who take pages of notes and breathe LIFE into them.

I’ve never heard it performed acapella before, divinely inspired, I don’t have the words to express the emotions the performance instills. Such pure beauty touches heaven and lifts our souls towards the incomprehensible for a few moments. Voces8 has given us a rendition that is absolutely stunning, even the audience didn’t want to break its spell with applause!

Henene

I agree. The human voice is closer to the sound of strings than any other instruments.

Acho que foi feita para vozes. O que a voz humana exprime nenhum instrumento consegue. Anjos de Deus.

Same here. Regardless of how often I listen to this, if the first high note is struck (beautifully), tears start to flow. I can't help it, and I don't want to.

Ya wir mussen viele Leiden aus diese Groupe herren.

Ya, mit noch nur 8 Leuten

Yes! That says it all!! A stunningly moving performance, both musically and spiritually. Truly inspiring.

Vielleicht ist die Musik auch einfach nur berührend. Ist ja schön für Sie, wenn das Ihre religiösen Gefühle bestärkt, aber das geht sicher nicht jedem im Publikum und vielleicht auch nicht allen unter den Sänger*innen so.