She is divine. She make others sound mono-chromatic. She uses vibrato like an assassin uses a knife - straight to the heart.

One of the best performances of this piece I have heard. For those arguing about the pitch, there is/was no such thing as "Baroque pitch". Saying it should be [A-440] G# is as arbitrary as saying that RGB(255,0,0) is "red". Pitch varied widely and wildly across Europe in that period, and continued to do so into the 1930's and beyond. Pitch in Baroque North Germany was generally higher than that in its south; Rome's pitch was quite low, while that in Venice was very high. Johann Gottfried Walther (Bach's cousin) suggested (and Leibniz somehow "proved" mathematically) that A4 should be tuned to what would be the G below A-440. For some unknown reason, if you ask me to sing a "tuning" A4, I will give you that G4 [391.995 Hz], so, at least for me, Walther & Leibniz were right. "Perfect pitch"? Shmerfect pitch: Just sing in tune, wherever you put your A.

I'll say it. An incredibly lovely woman with a heaven bound lyrical voice.

I love her voice ^__^!

She has to be my favourite soprano. She combines astounding clarity with a rounding warmth which goes to make the perfect voice in my opinion.

@therealtornadosam

4 жыл бұрын

She is outstanding, but listen to Emma Kirkby if you haven't already.

@mckavitt13

4 жыл бұрын

@@therealtornadosam I know Emma Kirkby v well & like her but honestly prefer Lynne Dawson... a marriage of beauty of tone, technique, feeling, a certain poignancy in her interpretation that does not belie the glory of the moment. Her personality is strong but warm, like the sun, & shines through all she sings. In a word, heavenly.

@therealtornadosam

4 жыл бұрын

@@mckavitt13 I can understand that. She also has an excellent voice, and she gets a lot of solos in this performance!

@mckavitt13

4 жыл бұрын

@@therealtornadosam Sure does. Lucky we!

How lovely she is! Amazing voice.

I am just now noticing the call-and-response between the soprano and the strings. It adds a nice extra energy and sociability as if they were friends.

I saw the live performance of Handel's "Messiah" when I was very young, and it made a permanent impression on me. I absolutely love it. In my old house I would take my morning coffee on the back deck and listen to this piece. One morning while in the kitchen waiting for my coffee to brew, the song had already started on my boom-box outside and as I watched, the entire railing became lined with birds. All around. They flitted as near as they could to the music as if transfixed. It was amazing.

@mckavitt13

4 жыл бұрын

Dana Buinicki What a gorgeous, uncanny experience! Birds know their stuff, do they not? 😊

@therealtornadosam

4 жыл бұрын

Very strange! But also interesting.

@mckavitt13

4 жыл бұрын

Tornado Sam Not strange at all, to my mind. But always interesting, to use your adjective.

@therealtornadosam

4 жыл бұрын

@@mckavitt13 Indeed. Maybe 'odd' is more the word I was looking for.

@Dragonrdh

2 жыл бұрын

A neighbourhood cat used to come running every time I played Handel with the patio door open.

This is absolutely sublime. A national treasure! Thank you Lynne!

She shows such command and grace.. what a delight to watch.

Lynne Dawson is magnificent! How wonderful and, at the same time, ironic, that in today's day of swiftly moving technology - an instant-gratification world where rehearsing and perfecting performances over long periods of time is becoming passe - we have this tool which can show us a multitude of classical performances - instantly - at our fingertips! I have performed Messiah (as a violinist) for the past 15+ years, and never tire of it. As a work of pure genius, it reinvents itself yearly.

@mckavitt13

4 жыл бұрын

V nice (& coherent!) comment.

@elaines5750

4 жыл бұрын

@@mckavitt13 thank you ❤

One of the very best singers to come our way. And the 'period' pitch sits well for this listener. Bravo.

@lialiniawatychristian.

4 жыл бұрын

ajhiflyer yup. Bravo.

Sublime. Magnificent. The best rendition of this aria I've ever heard.

I'm just a voice student researching this song cause it was assigned by my voice teacher and this video was beautiful to listen to but made me even more nervous to sing lol.

@jojowisa1270

2 жыл бұрын

Keep being an angel making the world happy

@ivangranger8494

Жыл бұрын

Sing it. My nerves caused me to lose an opportunity in life, given by the person that recognized, my voice. I regret not having the faith that would sustain me, in my youth. Fight through it. You will persevere.✨✝️✨

@catherinehawkins3211

Жыл бұрын

I’m a soprano too: don’t be scared of this aria. immerse yourself in the ecstatic joy it conveys and let it fill you up. Use that energy to sing it. And the long coloratura sections are a marathon, not a sprint: practice them so often you can easily get them on the breath whatever you are doing: in the shower, peeling potatoes, vacuuming the living room… Don’t worry about getting them right the first 20 times. Keep it relaxed. You’ll get there. Make sure you enjoy it, that is what it was created for. Your enjoyment will translate to your audience. And: Haendel understands sopranos: he wrote it for us.

This is my favourite version! The Beautiful pure voices of Barouqe!

@paralaile

7 жыл бұрын

+1

Beautiful Lynne...praise God.

@glynnwright1699

6 жыл бұрын

There are some wonderful singers of The Messiah here on KZread but, to my mind, God shines through Lynne's voice more clearly than any other.

Superb. A difficult aria and she nailed it. Especially the run toward the end. I used to work on this in my younger days.

This was incredible- placement and breath support and pitch unmatched

What a music and wonderful Singer!!!! When I'm listening again and again, expierence heaven on the earth, even through the ages you can feel God! "

This performance has never been bettered.

Wonderful text for Palm Sunday! "SHOUT O DAUGHTER OF JERUSALEM!" I always see the children shouting "Hosanna to the Son of David", waving their palm branches, and skipping along to this glorious music....Thank You, GOD, for pouring out this blessing through old Brother Handel! :-)

Learning this song right now for the first time as a young vocalist. So difficult... This version here is brilliant. I love her voice! We'll get there someday. For now, I'll sit here and practice my runs.

I absolutely love her voice!

I have to learn this for my singing lessons! Along with "I know that my Redeemer liveth"!

Staggeringly beautiful. Am knocked sideways! Lynne Dawson is one of the most beautiful voices of our time &, in my opinion, the most beautiful voice of her generation . And despite her artistry, she has a straight-forward approach, no showing off... despite her considerable gifts as a lyrical coloratura soprano. Her sincerity is poignant. You cannot help but love her.

Great performance and the performer is just as beautiful as Jerusalem.

I think this probably the best version out there. Baroque music is not for everyone

a student could not ask for a better example of how to do it right. Maestro Stephen Cleobury, the Brandenburg Consort and Lynn Dawson...what a fantastic combination. Thank you so much for posting!

What a blessing to hear this, and a beautiful voice!!!

She sings the runs cleaner than anyone I can remember.

@MrPauldcarr

5 жыл бұрын

It's interesting to contrast this performacne by Jeanine De Bigue. Maybe a little too operatic for some, but she nails the ornamentation. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lHyF0seAqszVZM4.html

@mckavitt13

4 жыл бұрын

We see "ear to ear" :-))))

Elevates my spirit and of the Whole World. Thank you.

I have this on a CD recording with Lynne Dawson singing. It is nice to watch her perform. Beautifully performed!

@mckavitt13

4 жыл бұрын

It is, isn't it?

You people with "perfect pitch", this IS the right key. Period instrument are tuned ca. a semitone lower than modern instruments. Before you criticize, get your facts right, please.

@sophie-wf1kg

6 жыл бұрын

is that what you'd call 'Baroque pitch' rather than 'concert pitch'? just wondering because I'm relatively new to the concept

@hayleyvoss5969

6 жыл бұрын

I believe so.... I believe it really does come down to preference, though.

@frequencyhunt4882

5 жыл бұрын

having perfect pitch and recognising this isn't in the [modern] equivalent pitch isn't really the same thing as knowing or not knowing the semitone difference

@ehwald1

5 жыл бұрын

Ganz meine Meinung, Bartolo!!!!Alles Gute zu Weihnachten!

@DavidMorganThomas

4 жыл бұрын

I just heard an authentiv version by a very creditable English conductor at A = 443!! Way up in E major!!

Reminds me of the wonderful Elly Ameling performance with Marriner on the old Argo recording of so many years ago. Absolutely sublime.

@mckavitt13

4 жыл бұрын

I love Elly too.

She's incredible.

absolutely beautiful

Lovely aria and performance!

I love her. By far the best British soprano around. She is beautiful and classy too. Her performance at Diana's funeral of Verdi's Requirem tore my heart out.

@mckavitt13

4 жыл бұрын

Well, Kiri was great. New Zealand is part of the British Commonwealth. Lynne Dawson reminds me of Kiri too... except crystal clear.

Lynne Dawson's Handel performances are really without peer I think. Beautiful tone with seemingly effortless production. Her German version of "He shall feed his flock" is one of the most exquisite performances of vocal music I have ever heard (and I don't speak German!)

@heidig.3054

4 жыл бұрын

♥.♥ Where? I want to hear that one German version!!

a truly remarkable singer.

For some reason I like how she places her "t" of "shout" RIGHT as she flips the page at 3:26....just for that extra bit of flair. The rest of it is pretty darn good too. =)

Such a lyrical voice 💘

que bello espectaculo ! para la vista, el oido y el espiritu.

Lynne Dawson's relief at 4:24-25!!

I agree with bigredsoprano. This IS very good. A good friend of mine was doing this piece over and over, and she would sweat bricks.

just wonderful

I think her voice in this performance is more beautiful than the Diana Damrau rendition. Brava!!!

@rugby8-Philadelphia

5 жыл бұрын

Why DO that? If you like her, Great! Why *denigrate* someone else??? ......wow.😞

@Ladiopfa

5 жыл бұрын

Rugby8: ... because people can’t stop comparing - and no perfect peach will ever be peachy enough!

My favorite rendition! Brava!

Beautifully done.

This is such a lovely performance! I recorded this version of "The Messiah" on VHS when I was in high school (ten years ago) and loved to play it every Christmas while doing stuff around the house. Dawson gives such a fresh, easy, spirited rendition of these baroque gems.

vocalvideos wrote: "Has anyone ever notice that this is sung with the starting pitch of an E intead of an F? [...]" Many period-instrument groups/conductors (e.g., The English Concert/Pinnock, English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner, Ensemble 415) performing Baroque pieces frequently use a pitch of A = 415 Hz instead of the modern concert pitch of A = 440 Hz. (continues . . .)

She is so lovely!

she gave me goosebumps!

So divine ✨

Studying for music 100. Shout out to Professor Soto who nailed it on Saturday's performance!

beautiful gifted voice there heads up handel

I love her!!

EXCELENTE Y HERMOSA VOZ QUE CONMUEVE.

Bravo !

I wish I could find Lynne singing Gluck's "Iphigenie en Aulide." Mind blowing.

@mckavitt13

4 жыл бұрын

@Trevorhorn Found it here: www.amazon.co.uk/Gluck-Iphig%C3%A9nie-Aulide-Christoph-Willibald/dp/B000005E5N

beautiful and clever singer

Lovely singing!

this is a singer that is singing in the english style .emotions has to be in control however her color and her way of doing is touching

One voice for Handell

@itz_serenie3200

3 жыл бұрын

tysm!

Perfekt....ganz perfekt! Danke sehr.

Chills!

Heavenly!

Par Excellent!

I would have held that last phrase out just a little longer on the Rejoice Greatly, aria, but the performance otherwise is flawless. The phrasing is some of the best I have ever heard and the interpretation entirely unique for both arias. I love the robust execution in which she sings with so much passion, joy, and sensitivity that if I had roses I would throw them at her feet

@mckavitt13

4 жыл бұрын

Some people might call her interpretation "flawless" but it's a question of taste.

The Best!

(. . . continued) This downward shift in frequency of 25 Hz corresponds to a drop in pitch of about a semitone, which is the difference in pitch between an E and an F. It is probably this which you are noticing. log_base_2 of (415/440) = -0.0844, which is approximately -0.0833 or -1/12

It may possibly be easier to define and describe the differences in pitch from US (where concert-A is 440 cycles per second) to the European Union countries where A varies according to the instrument -- by utilizing the 100 cents per octave... and expressing the variances made by "just temperament." But either way - the music is beautiful! Do we seek perfection? The "stone which the builder rejected" is also personified in a block of marble which is now "David" in the Museum Academia....

This version fo "He shall feed His flock..." had to have two singers. But Lynne Dawson is perfect alone.

@therealtornadosam

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Cleobury really spoiled her, she gets so many pieces to sing, probably more than anyone else in this performance. Fun fact: "He shall feed his flock", and the preceding recitative were originally written for soprano, but later also written so that the alto could sing the entire thing or part 1 of the aria.

@tylercesario1427

4 жыл бұрын

@@therealtornadosam I agree she is stunning, I do wish she would've sung the duet with Hilary summers who is a fabulous baroque singer. You guys should also check out lucy crowe singing this.

@therealtornadosam

4 жыл бұрын

@@tylercesario1427 That would also have been interesting. Hillary Summers is also outstanding, very powerful voice. But this version of "Messiah" it seems does not include that version of the aria.

@tylercesario1427

4 жыл бұрын

@@therealtornadosam Yeah I'm a little obsessed with Hilary Summer's cadenza in "But Who May Abide." The one at the end.

@therealtornadosam

4 жыл бұрын

@@tylercesario1427 I know what you mean.

lynne also teaches at the royal northen college of music where i study. i'll see her tomorrow so i'll ask her if chicago is on her to do list! love this recording. =)

@mckavitt13

4 жыл бұрын

She heads the vocal & opera departments now there, no?

beautiful !! I like her version so much better. Very natural way of singing!

perfecta

@inwit Looks like the orchestra is playing on Baroque instruments. I think that is why the pitch is different. Back in that time period, and A was not tuned to 440Hz. Oh, looks like you figured that out already. But darn, I was looking for a recording to practice my violin part with!

❤❤❣

3:38 was genius.

December 2020 refreshing ❤️ God bless Your Christmas 🎄 Hanukkah 🕎 and other Holidays!!!

@littlebrabbel I agree with you about memorizing. However, IIRC, when the oratorio form emerged in the late 17th century, there was concern the performances not become a mini religious opera (theatrical vs musical focus). IMO, holding the score in your hands (or in this case, having it on a stand) helps maintain the quiet dignity befitting the subject matter; it prevents dramatic movement, theatrical gesturing, etc. that otherwise might creep into performances over time.

@inwit damn. touché

nice

I'm going to do this piece in December and it's really hard. Those runs are very difficult it made my solos in Vadaldi's Gloria and Hyden Creation seem like I was singing Twinkle, Twinkle littel Star and I founf them difficult. The second solo she does I can do in my sleep but that's because I have going over it time and again for the past year

does anyone knows what genre for each song for baroque?

Haendel siempre y si es Clepbury y el King de lo mejor

can someone post the lyrics for this one? thanks !

??? it is a semitone below ???

Niet normaal gaaf

beautiful - I was asked to sing this at our Messiah concert.... Not my best but I was happy.... I attached a video response, I hope you acccept. Thanks!

is this the recording philip langridge was on? one of the greatest tenors i have ever heard

@k.auan2375

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/amGht7aDosrFmbg.html

The sound and picture are slightly out of sync throughout this video, but it is very clear that Dawson is singing the recitative. Summers sounds completely different, as she is a contralto with a totally different sound from Dawson, a soprano.

does anyone here know who wrote the lyrics to this per chance?

@bethanyjones2414

6 жыл бұрын

The entire Messiah is written to prophetic texts from the Christian Bible (the King James version.)

She has a beautiful, spectacular voice of sterling high quality. The only question I had about this performance in particular is why is she licking her lips, or pucking, etc., at 3:35. So far as her interpretation is concerned, she has a formal quality that lends itself to conveying and important message as revealed in her direct look into the camera that is filming her around 1:58 or so. Nice performance overall.

@mckavitt13

4 жыл бұрын

I think it's natural & not at all discomfiting.

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whats genre?

@RockerGirl985

7 жыл бұрын

Oratorio

Too funny!

1:10, behold 1:40, B Teil 1:50, 2:40, Reprise

How strange! This is indeed a marvelous rendition of "rejoice" but when, in this performance, the recitative switches to the alto soloist, in this recording the singer is the alto Hilary Summers ---- how and why is Lynn Dawson superimposed on the picture? It is clearly visible that starting with "Then shall the eyes of the blind..." the words coming out of Lynn Dawson's mouth are "sync'd"

@claregooing1591

4 жыл бұрын

No, it is definitely Lynne singing it. In some versions the soprano sings all of 'He shall feed his flock '

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