"He who sings, prays twice." - Saint Augustine

@williamlee140

Жыл бұрын

"He who farts, elicits stern looks." - Uknown

@Alanik06

Жыл бұрын

@@williamlee140 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@thomasdef634

10 ай бұрын

and she who sings ?

@williamlee140

10 ай бұрын

Is told to make haste back to the hearth and retrieve scrumptious morsels for hungry men.@@thomasdef634

@Eagle_Beak

6 ай бұрын

​@thomasdef634 please don't let your agenda scorn this beautiful quote.

This lyric was written by Kolbein Tumason, an Icelandic chieftain, Goði, in 1208 shortly before being killed in battle, the battle of Víðines. One of the most beautiful psalm written in Icelandic.

This is so well done that I instantly started to cry when I heard your absolutely beautiful singing. My father was a church organist for 39 years and this song was one of his all time favourites. When he passed away last year this was one of the songs in the funeral. Thank you guys for bringing back memories... and tears All the best from Iceland.

I absolutely love this. So beautiful to hear worship in the old tongue. If the northern lights have a sound, this is it.

@TalynStormcrow

2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully put.

@joshuamallory8107

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful comment.

@wyattmichaelproductions

Жыл бұрын

@@joshuamallory8107 Thank you!

@wyattmichaelproductions

Жыл бұрын

@@TalynStormcrow Thank you!

@gileslethbridge3581

Жыл бұрын

The Northen Lights were with us long before worship. Thank God. (Sic)

Coming from an Icelander: their pronunciation is very impressive!

@hannahmccoy8336

2 жыл бұрын

Please can you translate for us

@wyattmichaelproductions

2 жыл бұрын

@@hannahmccoy8336 Here you go. Hear, O smith of heavens, what the poet asks. May softly come unto me thy mercy. So I call on thee, for thou hast created me. I am thy slave, Thou art my Lord. God, I call on thee to heal me. Remember me, mild one, Most we need thee. Drive out, O king of suns, generous and great, every human sorrow from the city of the heart. Watch over me, mild one, Most we need thee, truly every moment in the world of men. send us, son of the virgin, good causes, all aid is from thee, in my heart.

@MojligheternasRum

2 жыл бұрын

Ja Thad er satt

@hannahmccoy8336

2 жыл бұрын

@@wyattmichaelproductions thank you

@justincombs7433

2 жыл бұрын

Your native tongue is hauntingly beautiful.

What an almost perfect pronunciation of this 800-year-old Icelandic hymn, together with a masterful intonation in this beautiful music from 1974 from Dr. Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson.

@esmeraldagreen1992

Жыл бұрын

It sounds a lot like renaissance music

“If it weren’t for music, I would think that love is mortal.” Mark Helprin

This makes my soul settle.

this song is lovelier and loftier than a cathedral. the sound itself is hallowed space. i want to live here, in the world of this song

Как же они чувствуют друг друга, это изумительно когда ты с другим рядом стоящим исполняет одной душой.

This song was played on my fathers funeral. Thank you for this beautiful piece of art.

@AnnaMaria-zm8cv

2 жыл бұрын

I had it also played at my uncles funeral, (by other performers though) which I couldnt attent due to covid, as I live in Iceland and my family in Netherlands. My uncle also had a weak spot for Iceland. My family played this song the night before he died, and he smiled hearing it, clearly he loved to hear it even if he was barely concious. We had it play when he was brought into the chapel during the funeral as well. I wish I was there in person. This song has always enchanted me, no matter who sings it, but for funerals it really is a miracle potion of giving strength and serenity.

@fenriseisensturm6687

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnnaMaria-zm8cv Absolutely right. A wonderful song. It was a good decision to pick it.

This is what Music is meant to do: to raise the level of conscious of the People. Thanks for your lofty mission

I can’t believe how Icelandic you sound! Please sing the other masterpiece of Icelandic choir music. Requiem by Jón Leifs.

I just wanna say thank you for doing such an amazing job at pronouncing everything!

The minor 9th tunings and balancing here is absolute perfection

@ohedd

Жыл бұрын

Yea the performance is great, but it's the composition that is actually magical. How people can even come up with these things is beyond my comprehension.

@_Cato_

Жыл бұрын

No earthly idea what that means but this piece of pure Heaven

They sing like real angels 😍🙏🏻Thank you God for this gift !

@ArcofNeptune

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed! Thanks be to God!🙏❤‍🔥

Icelandic: "Hear the heavenly carpenter". Exquisitely beautiful. God Bless You All.

The novelist William Styron said he was alone in his house and contemplating suicide, when he heard a beautiful piece of music on television, and rang a friend to tell him how bad he was feeling. He couldn't have heard Voces8, since they were not around then, but I would recommend them to anyone in spiritual grief.

I heard this on a 9-1-1:Lone Star Season 3 Episode 18- Season Finale: A Bright and Cloudless Morning. Captain Strand(Rob Lowe) is trapped in a building that collapsed due to an explosion. He is faced with a memory from his past, when he was trapped in the Twin Towers with a police officer. This music was quite moving and haunting. Something I could fall asleep to and that is saying something, being an insomniac. There is a calm...a sense of peace, when this song is sung. Such heavenly and blessed voices. Just Beautiiful.🇨🇦

@paulpearman2347

Жыл бұрын

I saw that same episode a few night ago on the TV here in Perth WA, yes very moving & beautiful piece that had me searching through my Voces8 albums for more of their tracks to listen to. I've played this piece over and over, puts me in a very peaceful place. Cheers Paul

Ye gods, this group is exquisite

An 800 year old piece of history so well performed.

Unbelievable what harmonies are capable of! My tears just came, and came, and came...

One of the best vocal groups ever!!!!

I suppose it's a sort of addiction, but the last thing I do every night is play this video at least once or twice (and probably more...)

@BlueSky-eb2sv

3 жыл бұрын

I'm doing the same.

@guitargirl7452

3 жыл бұрын

I hope this is what Heaven sounds like. So beautiful and deeply moving. Touches my soul. 💓

@BlueSky-eb2sv

3 жыл бұрын

@@guitargirl7452 0:40; 1:46; 2:26; 2:35 with these beautiful Angels 💖

I heard this song years ago. Years. I heard this piece in the haunting echo of a train station in a youtube video, and it has enchanted me since. And now I see that you have decided to cover this marvelous piece! My favorite piece with my favorite performers. What a wonderful day! I just can't possibly express how happy this makes me. It's like two spheres of heaven converged.

@mimzou

2 жыл бұрын

Fuck... Same here, exactly. You nailed it.

@Jonne2002

2 жыл бұрын

You heard the Arstidir version. Great band! You should check their stuff

@mimzou

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jonne2002 Already did of course.

@Jonne2002

2 жыл бұрын

@@mimzou nice :)

@brandovichb9045

2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree.

Kudos on the pronunciation! I am Icelandic, and I did not cringe this time.

Thank you for singing this classic and beautiful hymn from my country so very well. Hafið þökk fyrir.

Beautiful! Perfectly pronounced Icelandic. Thank you!

Just wow. Y’all remind me of the complexity and beauty of Earth. Many thanks.

I mean, on videos like this, there’s no need to have a dislike button. Ethereal and stunning.

@hckr_-gh7se

11 ай бұрын

absolutely right. and yet some goblins dare...

This is great! Captures the infinite wisdom and undying love of the eternal heart, the voice of God itself. A beacon of immortal light to guide the human soul through the turbulent storm driven waters of our dark world.

I love these beautiful people from Voces 8 because they put all the emotions in their faces. Watching and listening to this gives me inner peace. So beautiful! I never heard Icelandic before, such a beauty.

@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401

3 жыл бұрын

Closely akin to Danish. First Vikings to settle here. The Prime Minister's son, Thor, was in grad school in Denmark with my group.

@AnnaMaria-zm8cv

2 жыл бұрын

@@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 not at all. Its closer to old norse, which is this hymne sung in, as old Icelandic is quite identical to old norse. Danish is the second language here in Iceland as Iceland used to be part of the Danish kingdom, but they never managed to push their language as official, luckily not because celandic is too beautiful. Iceland was also not settled by Danish, they came after they claimed Iceland as their own, the settlers came mostly from Norway and brought slaves from Ireland, creating the genetic base of most Icelanders today. Icelandic is a beautiful poetic language that in spoken version is absolutely unique and unlike any other Scandinavian language. And sung its even more enchanting. Faroese may come close as a mixture between Danish and Icelandic.

Even though I cannot understand the words, I am trembling at the beauty of this rendition. Thank you for sharing it.

Exquisitely-done. Those suspended-fourths and tight-seconds (!) are brilliantly-realized. Your are true treasures, Voces8. One could meditate to the breathing. The deer on our hill draw nigh when they hear your music...

@1keithvincent

3 жыл бұрын

"The deer on our hill draw nigh when they hear your music..." What a spectacular compliment!

@DaughterofTheKing960

3 жыл бұрын

I Just noticed Last Autumn HOW MUCH DEER LOVE music!!, It's so CUTE and FUNNY!! I was AMAZED!!! I think animals, in general LOVE Music!!! Especially BIRDS!!🐶🐰🐷🐮🐴🐑🐼🐔🐬🐧🐨...🐦😄

Listening to this piece gives me goose bumps every time. Voices of angels...

Stunning performance! Goosebumps all over my body.

The beginning has the most perfect picardy third I’ve ever heard in my life. Beautiful

@brhbrh6326

6 ай бұрын

As an Icelandic classical musician and organist there is no Tierce de Picardie at the beginning.

@Mabbdaa

6 ай бұрын

@@brhbrh6326 0:32???????

@Mabbdaa

6 ай бұрын

@@brhbrh6326 0:32

this video should have millions of views!!! absolute masterpiece, i get chills every time!!!

This performance is the very definition of music. Which is to say, this performance evokes an emotion so beautiful, so deep, so transcend it is beyond the capability of any language to describe.

Devotional hymn Heyr himna smiður was written by the Icelandic viking Kolbeinn Tumason in 1208, and then set to music in the 1970s by Sigurbjörnsson. The text reads: Hear, maker of the heavens, what the poet asks. May softly come unto me thy mercy. So I call on thee, for thou hast created me. I am thy slave, thou art my Lord. "cantare amantis est.” “Singing belongs to the one who loves.” “For he who sings praise, does not only praise, but also praises joyfully; he who sings praise, not only sings, but also loves Him whom he is singing about/to/for. There is a praise-filled public proclamation in the praise of someone who is confessing/acknowledging (God), in the song of the lover (there is) love.” ~ Augustine of Hippo

Deep spiritual experience...

Beautiful rendition of this favourite piece. Spot on pronounciation of the Icelandic as well, bravo.

Un véritable avant-goût du Ciel ! Merci

beautiful dissonances. stunning performance!

This IS perfection, worthy of quiet meditation on both music and lyric. VOCES8...there is nothing better.

A new video from the 8!! Always makes my day!

Danke! 🙏

Everything you do is absolutely beautiful!

Loved! 😍🎶🎵

Oh, I haven't heard this in years. Used to have a recording of it with an Icelandic choir that I always listened to 20 years ago...

So beautiful. Thank you

Always Beautiful, thank you

wonderfully soothing, balsam for the ear and soul! thank you voces8!

One of my favorite choral pieces. Fantastic work.

Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you.

Lovely!

Wieder grossartig. Tiefsten Dank

beautiful as always! always beautiful

Beautiful.

AMAZING! ❗

Magical..💜

Absolutely lovely.

Stunning...absolutely stunning! Thank you!

Beautiful... as always, with Voces8!!

Amazing

Beautiful rendition. 🥰🙏

This is immensly beautiful. My heart seems to expand and I start wheeping at the same time.

@ArcofNeptune

2 жыл бұрын

I agree! See my reply to Michael Wyatt's translation in the comments 🥲🙏

Sublime !

Perfection! Bravissimo

BEAUTIFUL

Stunning 👌

Wunderschön. ❤️

goosebump moment! wonderful thank you

Egad, such beauty. The welkin reverberates with such sonority.

Magnifique !

Merci , une fois de plus ! ! !

Vielen Dank

Beautiful

Beautiful Harmonies

Absolute perfection!

This is soothing.Thank you V8

Bravo... excelentt

PERFECT!! since Háskólakórinn singing in Zionskirche and Árstíðir on the train station, that I needed a new Heyr himna smiður version... THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

@kitkatwelshlady8465

6 ай бұрын

And the Faroese artist, Eivor. You should check her out. Amazing. Sang for bbc Last Kingdom soundtrack and God of War 😊

"Oh wondrous majesty, eternal light, thou bringest the sweet smell and delight, of voices pure and bright"

Lovely! Well done... ☝️😎

Magnificent.

This is awesome......

I L-O-V-E this BEAUTIFUL Hymn SOOOO Much, I could listen to it ALL DAY LONG!!!👏👏👏❤💕❤💕❤😌💐💐💐💐

this is beautiful

Exquisite...

es sublime

Absolutely stunning, as per usual! 💖xx

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!

Wow, this is probably the best pronunciation I have heard from a non Icelandic group. My favourite piece to sing and this is a fantastic performance..

I have no more elevated adjectives left...'entrancing' will have to do!

Amazing!!!...I so love all your work... Ottawa, Canada

I've been in need of something beautiful and peaceful for these past few days. And then this showed up in my subscriptions. Thank you. :)

Perfection.....

Perfection

Maravilhosa interpretação. Alimento para a alma. Obrigado Voces8!