Namárië - "Galadriel's Lament" - J.R.R. Tolkien

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This is a song that I posted a few years ago, but it was taken down because of a copyright dispute. I didn’t think my performance was particularly good, so I made no attempt to settle the dispute or to put the video back up on KZread.
In the intervening years I have received a couple of hundred inquiries from people wondering what happened to the video, and asking me to put it back. Since the dispute is resolved I have just re-uploaded the video.
The instrument I am playing is called “l’orgue de cristal” (French for ‘the crystal organ’). It was originally invented by the German scientist and musician, Ernst Chladni (1756 - 1827) and since the 18th century it has undergone all sorts of modifications and alterations. The principle, however, remains the same.
The instrument produces a huge volume of very intense sound, and one of the objections I have to this performance is that a lot of sound leaks into the vocal microphone and IMO things tend to get acoustically “mushy”. There doesn’t seem to be any way around this if you are going to play “l’orgue de cristal” and sing at the same time.
Anyway, for all you Tolkien fans, here is my version of “Namárië”, which means “farewell” in the Elvish language known as “Quenya”.

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  • @seepooha
    @seepooha11 ай бұрын

    Somehow Peter uses weird or rare instruments to create another dimension where these songs sound native and absolutely authentic. This is a divine skill!

  • @naiomik6179
    @naiomik61798 ай бұрын

    The audio bleeding actually adds to the experience in my opinion. Rather that soinding mushy it sounds weirdly majestic; I feel it fits the song and the character.

  • @TheCellarGuardian
    @TheCellarGuardian Жыл бұрын

    This is High Art

  • @Kyle_Spivis

    @Kyle_Spivis

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Art! I’m dad

  • @theyoten1613

    @theyoten1613

    5 ай бұрын

    Well I sure am high. And this is art.

  • @XiaoJohnkLing
    @XiaoJohnkLing Жыл бұрын

    Peter, you are someone that-I would say-is extraordinary. Being someone to be able to revive these old songs that are in completely different languages with perfect pronunciation...just amazing. Keep up the marvelous work, man! May you be blessed by God!

  • @XiaoJohnkLing

    @XiaoJohnkLing

    11 ай бұрын

    @@thelonejourney I've...never thought about that. But what you say is true. Regardless, this song gives me a reassurance that the "paradise" you speak of will return one day. And we'll all be free people of the government. Thank you!

  • @moonbubbles3046
    @moonbubbles30469 ай бұрын

    Peter - you are magical. I was given a terrible diagnosis this year and it has been a struggle some days just to stay afloat. Your music soothes me so beautifully and makes me feel connected to something greater than this shell. Thank you.

  • @rafaelbastos8713

    @rafaelbastos8713

    6 ай бұрын

    May you heal from whatever is happening to your health right now! Wish you the best

  • @moonbubbles3046

    @moonbubbles3046

    6 ай бұрын

    @@rafaelbastos8713 thank you. Unfortunately it is terminal but I’m doing my best to stay above water 💚💚

  • @TheEmeraldMenOfficial

    @TheEmeraldMenOfficial

    4 ай бұрын

    @@moonbubbles3046 Terminal isn’t always truly terminal. Fight back with all you have, and perhaps you will make it through.

  • @Grimpen0

    @Grimpen0

    2 ай бұрын

    @@moonbubbles3046 may you find tranquility and peace wherever your spirit dwells. When I listen to Peter Pringle's ancient reconstructions in long dead languages, it does give me a sobering sense of the passage of ages. I pray you get a reprieve from you diagnosis, but ultimately all any of us can hope for is to live a good life.

  • @locsalkey2594
    @locsalkey25949 ай бұрын

    I am convinced he channels and communicates to spirits of other worlds and time. No way a this would come ordinarily. I dont think many realize the magnitude of him and what he is in possession of.

  • @mamelucoderribado
    @mamelucoderribado Жыл бұрын

    Certified Pringle classic

  • @alexanderdavies7337
    @alexanderdavies7337 Жыл бұрын

    Peter, truly, never stop singing. I’ve never heard a voice with such passion behind it, or seen an artist as willing to lend his talent to so many genres.

  • @riley3054
    @riley3054 Жыл бұрын

    Holy shit, I did not expect this! It is awesome! From one Tolkien fan to another, I salute you. Namarie, Peter Pringle.

  • @athos401

    @athos401

    11 ай бұрын

    namárië means farewell though. I would use Elen síla lúmenn'omentielvo

  • @riley3054

    @riley3054

    11 ай бұрын

    @@athos401 I know what it means. I even used it correctly, I had watched the video, commented and moved on to something else.

  • @isaackellogg3493

    @isaackellogg3493

    11 ай бұрын

    Mae govannen!

  • @susah135

    @susah135

    7 ай бұрын

    Havo dad, Legolas.

  • @Barutokun
    @Barutokun8 ай бұрын

    Tolkien would have loved this rendition. It's reminiscent of gregorian chant, which is what he himself imagined it to be like, but it has this alien, otherworldly quality as well..

  • @AndreaColombo-fx1wh

    @AndreaColombo-fx1wh

    7 күн бұрын

    Well, it sounds like Organum... Because of the parallel fifths!

  • @nachtschatten8710
    @nachtschatten8710 Жыл бұрын

    Welcome back, oh Master of vocal enchantment, you and your art have been sorely missed. This rendition of Galadriel's lament is stunning on multiple levels, I find. The crystal organ lends a heavy 'voidedness' to the verses,- I think, I have never heard anything so truly darkelvish ever in Tolkien's adapations. I cannot even process it,- let alone the fact that hearing you sing it, makes me want to double check whether I really hear Quenya or not rather Sumerian or Old-Egyptian. A great piece, Peter. Thankyou.

  • @ikoparurottenheart4953
    @ikoparurottenheart49537 ай бұрын

    I know how hauntingly beautiful this portrayal is because when I started listening to it, my wife came from the other side of the room to ask me what I was listening to .... I explained it to her with a tears in my eyes and she understood. May we all find Valimar in the end. Love to all!

  • @MandaLynn8
    @MandaLynn8 Жыл бұрын

    All your work is incredible. I'm so glad you uploaded again. You open up different worlds for many of us

  • @thesnowfox7262
    @thesnowfox7262 Жыл бұрын

    Such a cool instrument I see for a first time! Combining both the singer's voice and him "playing" it, in a vibrating melody that causes me to shiver!

  • @TeaTemptress
    @TeaTemptress Жыл бұрын

    The number of historical instruments you play is astounding. I wonder if you recorded vocals separately and then overlay did that have the same effect? I read here you aren’t happy with it. No one else does what you do. Your music is always a gift.

  • @MrInsaneA
    @MrInsaneA Жыл бұрын

    My boy back at it in the studio. This what we like to hear P Pringle. What we like to hear.

  • @Mandragara
    @Mandragara Жыл бұрын

    Peter: "I didn't think my performance was that good" Audience: "Floods him with hundreds of emails asking for it" The brain of a musician haha

  • @Faus4us
    @Faus4us11 ай бұрын

    I always preferred Sindarin. Even if it's Quenya, it's still just as beautiful lol. This crystal organ sounds ethereal and divine as well as the octaver effect on your vocals. In tandem, you two sound like beings from another world. Wonderful!

  • @victorkreig6089
    @victorkreig6089 Жыл бұрын

    How dare those buffoons strike your original upload. They're probably just mad that nobody is buying into their marvelized tv show and lashed out at you. Oh well good excuse for me to listen to it again, all the best Peter

  • @brandonm.6604
    @brandonm.6604 Жыл бұрын

    Came in for the Mesopotamian memes. Subscribed for the amazing music.

  • @PleaseNThankYou
    @PleaseNThankYou11 ай бұрын

    I think the ability to chew gum and walk is a fine human characteristic, so speaking Quenya while playing an obscure instrument is beyond anything I could hope to do, however... I know this lament to be yearning, sorrow, and regret. An acceptance of the pay-off after years of choices, good and bad. This sentiment is no where evidence in your composition, eerie, cold, yet beautiful but lacking the emotion of its namesake. That is not lost on me, sir, as I enjoy the fruits of your life-long labor, nearly every other contribution you have offered, and will not let one apple, perceived by me to be bad, upset my cart! Namarië

  • @volvagianintendo6465
    @volvagianintendo646511 ай бұрын

    Yay! At last, my years long biding hath ended! I ever loved this performance! 😍

  • @maryfrance9783
    @maryfrance978311 ай бұрын

    Epic worthy and Tolkien worthy. The chosen instrument, your voice, and musical composition of Tolkien's song take the spirit of the lament to another level of interpretation. The lament as you have created it, hearkens back to the beginnings of Tolkien's universe with harmony overwhelming the void, much like other ancient stories of light overwhelming the darkness. Pythagoras' harmony of the spheres also comes to mind since Tolkien was well versed in classcial literature. A side note: Hildegard von Bingen, a Medieval mystic, believed that evil was devoid of music. In her musical passion play, the devil shouts his part. When reading Galadriel's Lament, these other associations do not come to mind. By adding music to Tolkien's verses, a universe is revealed and expanded. Thank you for sharing your visions and artistic talents. They bring joy and contemplation.

  • @birovius8314
    @birovius831411 ай бұрын

    I am delighted that you re-posted this wonderfully inspired interpretation of Tolkien's poem. This version is certainly more polished and I remember the original performance, it had an edge to it, perhaps greater pathos and intensity due its imperfection (if that's what you wish to call it) it had great urgency and depth. Both recordings are astoundingly beautiful...

  • @mofforium
    @mofforium8 ай бұрын

    I'm so glad this is back up!! oh, how I missed it, and somehow still had it memorized from all my listening of it two years ago. such a stunning performance I will never forget 🙏

  • @SMERTRON426
    @SMERTRON426 Жыл бұрын

    Hantanyel feanyallo Peter, Mai Acáriel! (I thank you from my heart Peter, you did excellent)

  • @sarahbreisch4750
    @sarahbreisch4750 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for being a light in dark places.

  • @baraskparas9559
    @baraskparas9559 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, what a gifted individual. History, music and languages lessons for the world and cultural preservation.

  • @Somebody_else_u_know
    @Somebody_else_u_know14 күн бұрын

    Thank you, Sir. Your Art is beyond comparison. 🤝

  • @Cocarat206
    @Cocarat20611 ай бұрын

    Even if you aren't happy with it, I am happy to have this video back. I used to play it on occasion to put me into a "Middle Earth" mindset and was bummed when I couldn't locate it on KZread anymore. Appreciate everything you do!

  • @topkek7372
    @topkek73728 ай бұрын

    The reverberation in the voice caused by the crystal organ only adds to the otherworldly experience you're putting here. Simply phenomenal.

  • @Luciferianful
    @Luciferianful Жыл бұрын

    thank you sincerely for restoring this masterpiece of your singing expressing all the gamut of human emotions about being depart. Blessed be by the Gods

  • @jpegPS1
    @jpegPS1 Жыл бұрын

    This is incredible! I started reading Tolkien after your Arthurian tales songs and here it is!

  • @popcornappreciator6453
    @popcornappreciator645311 ай бұрын

    Incredible stuff. It’s a lot to ask, but if you ever made a rendition of the Song of Eärendil I’d be ecstatic.

  • @dmitrysofronov8624
    @dmitrysofronov862411 ай бұрын

    Wow! That's more than I expected even from you Mr Peter Pringle sir! Thank you!

  • @fentoncallahan7673
    @fentoncallahan7673 Жыл бұрын

    this is music we needed

  • @Lady_Flashheart40
    @Lady_Flashheart409 ай бұрын

    This is wonderful. I think the "mushy" sound you pointed out heightens the mystical feel to the song, which is very fitting for Galadriel. You are an inspiration to me, thank you for all that you share with us.

  • @cashcarrillo6557
    @cashcarrillo6557 Жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad this video is back! I'd been looking for this version for months wondering what had happened to it! Love your performances, and I'm glad the dispute was resolved.

  • @SkylordNiko
    @SkylordNiko Жыл бұрын

    What I would do to hear more Tolkien lays or laments from you, absolutely incredible

  • @0rt4l3s
    @0rt4l3s Жыл бұрын

    Tremendo banger

  • @tess-waterofawakening1288
    @tess-waterofawakening1288 Жыл бұрын

    I have no words 🙏🤍

  • @herolais781
    @herolais7813 ай бұрын

    This is pure beauty.

  • @theyoten1613
    @theyoten161311 ай бұрын

    This is a pretty cool guy making some really nice music. Honestly quite the inspiration.

  • @theverdantfern
    @theverdantfern Жыл бұрын

    Peter, will your album Dancing Alone ever come back to streaming services? If not to stream, at least so I can buy it? It got me through a year, but it’s been removed everywhere & I’d love to purchase a copy, lest I never get to hear it again. Much love!

  • @saltyarbyss5143
    @saltyarbyss5143 Жыл бұрын

    Another banger as usual

  • @Rodrifuuu
    @Rodrifuuu Жыл бұрын

    Wake up babe, a new Peter Pringle video was dropped.

  • @Roldanmattei
    @Roldanmattei Жыл бұрын

    This is simply as-to-ni-sh-ing! I'd love to see a video giving tips on how to construct your own crystal organ like that one, plis. Danks!

  • @monkeywritingshakespeare9744
    @monkeywritingshakespeare9744 Жыл бұрын

    Every post is a banger, King PP

  • @cuitaro
    @cuitaro2 ай бұрын

    You released this on my birthday! (unfortunately I'm discovering this a year later)

  • @Supahdave1000
    @Supahdave1000 Жыл бұрын

    THE RETURN OF THE KING

  • @oddcrafter1270
    @oddcrafter12706 ай бұрын

    This is downright magical!

  • @lombardmordesian
    @lombardmordesian Жыл бұрын

    Peter, YOU ARE SO GOOD! you're able to play every kind of strange or ancient instrument and you're so good at singing in every kind of ancient or strange language! Thank you so much for your wonderful artistic work!!!

  • @user-xg7ys4qf6d
    @user-xg7ys4qf6d7 ай бұрын

    Неужели она снова открыта, боже. Я уже потихоньку сходил с ума в попытках найти её в интернете, и тут внезапно увидел что она снова доступна, как же хорошо то!

  • @firetreehawkpath
    @firetreehawkpath Жыл бұрын

    WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES!!!!!

  • @chessmusictheory4644
    @chessmusictheory4644 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant. I love your work's, especially Enki's hailstorm .

  • @marcust43
    @marcust4311 ай бұрын

    Amazing performance!

  • @Eli-qr9hc
    @Eli-qr9hc10 ай бұрын

    God bless you indeed!

  • @real_crypto_hitman
    @real_crypto_hitman10 ай бұрын

    ancient voice from heaven. thanks

  • @justinparker4476
    @justinparker4476 Жыл бұрын

    I am so happy to see this back up. I love it!

  • @TheMonadPress
    @TheMonadPress7 ай бұрын

    Wow! Awesome! ✨sounds multidimensional 🌌

  • @Tipi_Dan
    @Tipi_Dan Жыл бұрын

    After listening to this rendering I wanted Tolkien's world to be real more than ever before. I still think we should discard alphabets for the Tengwar. Its systematic calligraphy linking shapes to phonemes would, through the script's visual connection to the sounds of speech, refine understanding, make reading more enjoyable, and kick literacy up to a higher level, once learned and universally applied. Legendarium aside, I think the Tengwar is Tolkien's greatest contribution to world culture. Or it should be.

  • @elmoteroloco
    @elmoteroloco Жыл бұрын

    Spectacular and majestic, as always, the fantastic art of Mr. Pringle amazingly timeless and exquisite ¡Bravo!

  • @00Hundert
    @00Hundert Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for reuploading this, Mr. Pringle.

  • @meditationsoundscapes5203
    @meditationsoundscapes5203 Жыл бұрын

    thanks for reuping.. i admit i had a copy but only audio

  • @salemgothic9436
    @salemgothic9436 Жыл бұрын

    FANTASTIC! I was absorbed! Almost as if I was in the books for the first time again❤

  • @FreddyFuFu
    @FreddyFuFu Жыл бұрын

    Another great contribution to music! I love it. Your music is therapeutic as it is beautiful.

  • @thenecrolept
    @thenecrolept6 ай бұрын

    Thank you for putting this back up! One of my favorite renditions of Tolkien poetry.

  • @quinn3334
    @quinn3334 Жыл бұрын

    this guy always knows what i need

  • @fluthgaifluthgai
    @fluthgaifluthgai Жыл бұрын

    I have no words to describe such beauty.

  • @ArtyFartyBart
    @ArtyFartyBart Жыл бұрын

    This is amazing. I was looking for your crystal baschet version of this song recently, but it seems to have disappeared.

  • @monty125874693
    @monty125874693 Жыл бұрын

    Always a delight when the bard uploads

  • @dolphingoreeaccount7395
    @dolphingoreeaccount739511 ай бұрын

    Nai hiruvalyë Valimar! Nai elyë hiruva!

  • @craigjoiner08
    @craigjoiner08 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, great to see it back here online.

  • @wendypeterwendywendy
    @wendypeterwendywendy Жыл бұрын

    Oh my! How relaxing is this to listen to ... Thank you 😊

  • @r.b.antunes1768
    @r.b.antunes1768 Жыл бұрын

    Peter, make a song about the Shahnameh please! No one has made something with its verses yet

  • @theonlycatonice
    @theonlycatonice Жыл бұрын

    This instrument was super cool to hear and your voice having that otherworldly tinge is beautiful!

  • @StalkerQtya
    @StalkerQtya Жыл бұрын

    Tempest there is me in!

  • @maxsteele4555
    @maxsteele455511 ай бұрын

    Amazing.

  • @simbelik6864
    @simbelik6864 Жыл бұрын

    Yesss! New music from Peter Pringle!

  • @vaahtobileet

    @vaahtobileet

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a reupload

  • @simbelik6864

    @simbelik6864

    Жыл бұрын

    @@vaahtobileet New to me.

  • @dorukbalkaya
    @dorukbalkaya10 ай бұрын

    Your music is magical Peter! 💫

  • @Bardcore
    @Bardcore11 ай бұрын

    Wow, wow, wow... Superb as usual...

  • @CapitanFantasma1776
    @CapitanFantasma1776 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic! Thank you!

  • Жыл бұрын

    Gratidão! Muito lindo! Parabéns!

  • @EngineerNick
    @EngineerNick Жыл бұрын

    Very cool :)

  • @thalassa2889
    @thalassa2889 Жыл бұрын

    Will you ever release an album?

  • @CristiNeagu
    @CristiNeagu Жыл бұрын

    Very nice rendition. And it's really impressive that you got to use the glass organ.

  • @amabilemente
    @amabilemente Жыл бұрын

    I would like so much to hear you live 😍

  • @AnonymousAutumn
    @AnonymousAutumn Жыл бұрын

    SO SICK MR PRINGLE

  • @nobody27019
    @nobody27019 Жыл бұрын

    Incredible.

  • @ricardoortega5691
    @ricardoortega5691 Жыл бұрын

    thanks master!!

  • @BaTrU
    @BaTrU Жыл бұрын

    Epic of Gilgamesh again please please

  • @marklammas2465
    @marklammas246510 ай бұрын

    Nice one Peter. In a language which both does, and does not, exist... I reckon you're an elf yourself; a musical one. I've a lady friend who might like to try singing this.

  • @Makkaru112

    @Makkaru112

    8 ай бұрын

    Make sure she uploads it. ❤

  • @xaviganjam
    @xaviganjam5 ай бұрын

    Ou yeah ❤❤

  • @gjcarpe
    @gjcarpe Жыл бұрын

    Bravo!

  • @ethanpayne4116
    @ethanpayne4116 Жыл бұрын

    I think I prefer the Tolkien Ensemble's version but this is still a great interpretation! Very unique and refreshing take on this song.

  • @lm7338
    @lm733811 ай бұрын

    big + that you are nailing the pronunciation

  • @Necrontir
    @Necrontir Жыл бұрын

    Awesome❤

  • @Raycheetah
    @Raycheetah Жыл бұрын

    Simply enchanting! Enjoyed, liked, shared! =^[.]^=

  • @gosialife
    @gosialife Жыл бұрын

    😮 I love it

  • @thehandlesticks66
    @thehandlesticks66 Жыл бұрын

    You are divine

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