#the hilliard ensemble

[jt1674]

[caviarsonoro]

Cristóbal de Morales : Parce mihi, Domine ( Lux aeterna: A Sequence for the Souls of the Departed).

Parce mihi, Domine by Cristóbal de Morales is a work that demands restraint. Composed in the mid-sixteenth century on a passage from the Book of Job, its language is not one of sacred drama or easy consolation, but of the weight of a wounded existence. In this recent version by The Gesualdo Six, included in the album Lux aeterna (Hyperion, 2022), the piece is revealed with rigorous clarity and a kind of austere depth that is rare and welcome.

The direction of Owain Park, who also sings as a countertenor in the group, avoids any interpretative gesture that might distort the text. There are no embellishments or expressive flourishes. The polyphony unfolds slowly, with clean intonation and almost liturgical attention to detail. Each line is audible, each voice has its place, and the ensemble moves as a single breath. In this reading, emotion is not imposed. It is allowed to emerge through the structure itself.

Compared to the more widely known version of the motet, the one recorded by The Hilliard Ensemble with Jan Garbarek, this reading is more direct and more human. Garbarek, with his saxophone floating above the plainchant, created an atmosphere of contemplation, amplified by reverberation and mystery. It was an aesthetic reimagining that marked an era. But The Gesualdo Six return the piece to its original scale. No effects. No distance. Just six voices facing the text. The result is more intimate, more severe, and perhaps for that reason, more faithful to the spirit of Morales. A solemn plea, not spoken from heaven, but from the earth.

[musicollage]

Victoria; Palestrina + The Hilliard Ensemble —  In Paradisum. 2000 : ECM 1653.

[tejedac]

The Hilliard Ensemble Early Music (ECM): · Playlist Thomas Tallis · Perotin · Carlo Gesualdo · Walter Frye · Orlande de Lassus · Guillaume de Machaut · Nicolas Gombert, etc.

[0rph3u5]

Garbarek, Morales : Parce Mihi Domine

yer sunday sermon

[locksnek]

BRO.

I mean, this does track.

[mrbacf]

Arvo Part - Passio (Hilliard Ensemble)

[turangalila]

Johannes Ockeghem (ca. 1410–1497)

Missa pro defunctis (Requiem) [(125v—136). MS Chigi C.VIII.234 (Chigi Codex). Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vatican City, Rome, Italy]

— Introitus Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, / et lux perpetua luceat eis. // Te decet hymnus, Deus, in Sion, / et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem. / Exaudi orationem meam; / ad te omnis caro veniet.

— Kyrie

— Graduale Si ambulem in medio umbrae mortis, non timebo mala: quoniam tu mecum es, Domine. Virga tua et baculus tuus, ipsa me consolata sunt.

— Tractus Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarum: / ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus. // Sitivit anima mea ad Deum fortem vivum: / quando veniam et apparebo ante faciem Dei? // Fuerunt mihi lacrimae meae panes die ac nocte, / dum dicitur mihi quotidiae: Ubi est Deus tuus?

— Offertorium Domine, Iesu Christe, Rex gloriae, / libera animas omnium fidelium defunctorum / de poenis inferni et de profundo lacu. / Libera eas de ore leonis, / ne absorbeat eas tartarus, / ne cadant in obscurum. / Sed signifer sanctus Michael / repraesentet eas in lucem sanctam, / quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini ejus.Hostias et preces tibi, / Domine, laudis offerimus. / Tu suscipe pro animabus illis / quarum hodie memoriam facimus. // Fac eas, Domine, / de morte transire ad vitam, / quam olim Abrahae promisisti et semini eius.

_ Ockeghem – Requiem / Missa Mi-Mi The Hilliard Ensemble (1985, His Master's Voice – 27 0098 1)

[turangalila]

Maddalena Casulana (c. 1544 - c. 1590)

Morir non può il mio core

Il Desiderio primo liber. Primo libro de diversi eccellent.mi auttori a quattro voci, intitulato Il Desiderio [Giulio Bonagiunta] (1566, Venice. Girolamo Scotto)

Morir non può 'l mio core / E ucciderlo vorrei poi che vi piace / Ma trar non si può fuore / Dal petto vostr' ove gran tempo giace, / Ed uccidendol' io come desio, / So che morreste voi morend' anch'io. [Benedetto Pannini]

_ Italian Renaissance Madrigals. The Hilliard Ensemble (1992, EMI Classics – CDC 7 54435 2)

Maddalena Casulana, Morir non può il mio cuore

The Hilliard Ensemble 1992

[victoriansecret]

Evander Berry Wall was a famous sociality and fashionista in the late 19th and early 20th century, dubbed The King of the Dudes. Via wikipedia:

"Wall was a clotheshorse. He generally wore a "very extraordinary costume" such as the one pictured on the right: "a dust coat of a reddish havana brown, a suit made of a large grey shepherd plaid check; extremely wide trousers tapered at the ankle, and turned up several inches to display white spats and highly varnished shoes; a 'startling' striped shirt in red and sky blue, with very high false collar of a pattern different from the shirts, a striped vest and a widely spread stock-cravat." He was popularly credited with the possession of over 500 trousers and 5,000 neckties." ...

Wall was first proclaimed "King of the Dudes" at the resort town of Long Branch, New Jersey in the summer of 1883.

Wall was again proclaimed "King of the Dudes" in 1888 by the New York American newspaper. A journalist named Blakely Hall judged that Wall had won the "Battle of the Dudes" against Robert "Bob" Hilliard, another sartorial dude when, during the March Blizzard of 1888, he strode into a bar clad in gleaming boots of patent leather that went to his hips. Nevertheless, some historians still consider it was Hilliard who won that dude battle.

Wall won another fashion contest in August 1888, in Saratoga Springs, New York. To win a bet against John "Bet a Million" Gates, Wall changed clothes 40 times between breakfast and dinner. He appeared on the race track "in one flashy ensemble after the other until, exhausted but victorious he at last entered the ballroom of the United States Hotel in faultless evening attire."

Ever the fashion-leader, Wall is credited for having been the first person in the United States to wear a dinner jacket (tuxedo) to a ball. The white ensemble had been sent to him by the London Savile Row tailor Henry Poole & Co "to be worn for a quiet dinner at home or at an evening's entertainment at a summer resort." This was a time when tailcoat was still the rule, and Wall was immediately ordered off the floor.

Wall's financial life was not as successful as his fashion life. An ill-conceived stock-broking career and additional failures as a stable owner ended in an 1899 bankruptcy. Wall finally declared that "New York had become fit only for businessmen" and left for Paris in 1912. ... They lived in a suite in the Hotel Meurice, with a consecutive string of chow dogs named Chi-Chi or Toi-Toi. This was located conveniently near the bespoke shirtmaker Charvet, where Wall had his signature "spread eagle" collar shirts and cravats custom-made for himself and his dog. Wall always dined at the Ritz with his dog, whose collars and ties were made by Charvet in the same style and fabric as his master's.

[lesser-known-composers]

Antoine Brumel (c.1460-c.1512 - )O Crux, ave, spes unica ·

The Hilliard Ensemble

[jt1674]

[thesorrowoflizards]

shuffle your on repeat playlist and list the first 10 songs, then tag 10 people

thanks for tagging me @bytedykes :)

also i did 13 bc 13 is a lucky number and i felt like it. badda bing and so on.

Skin and Bone - The Mechanisms

Down Boy - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Firebrand & Angel - Elbow

Messe de Notre Dame: 1. Kyrie - Hilliard Ensemble

Alarm Call - The Correspondents

Debilitate - Palaye Royale ft. Pussy Riot

Devils Don't Fly - Natalia Kills

Suspicion - Sherwood Roberts

Do It All The Time - I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

C'est la vie - Weathers

Possibility - Autoheart

In the Reptile Room - The Gothic Archies

Maria - Aliceband

tagging: uhhhh @normal-thoughts-official @poisonousquinzel @mvshortcut @oflightningandstars @casismybestfriend @eryaforsthye @lotsofsq @sophieswundergarten @calix-amini @fade-in-the-dark @lassostark @politelymenacing @bookqueen101 and anyone else who wants to :) no pressure to do this though just . if you enjoy tag games lgfjh

[mcalhenwrites]

Graham and Vivian playlist

Playlists for Graham and Vivian, because… why the fuck not? I’m physically and mentally exhausted so this is a nice way of relaxing between laundry. So for Graham and Vivian separately, the songs are things I can see them listening to and enjoying. For the combined songs, I’m definitely thinking about their relationship and its various stages. Graham:

“Time in a Bottle” by Jim Croce “Father’s Son” by Tori Amos “Vakaren” by Katatonia

Vivian:

“Parce mihi domine” by Cristobal de Morales, performed by Jan Garbarek and The HIlliard Ensemble “Snow, Lots of Snow” by Mark Sparling “The Old Ways” by Loreena McKennitt

Both:

“Future Awaits” by Yasunori Mitsuda featuring Joanne Hogg’s beautiful singing voice “If we were Destined” by BEN “Feels like it’s Over” by Darren Hayes

[tejedac]

Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613)

Quinto Libro di Madrigali · https://spoti.fi/3kBnHOS

The Hilliard Ensemble: Monika Mauch (soprano), David James (countertenor), David Gould (countertenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor), Steven Harrold (tenor) & Gordon Jones (baritone).

ECM 2175 * Lp info

[0rph3u5]

Garbarek, Morales: Parce Mihi Domine Jan Garbarek · The Hilliard Ensemble

with a nod to @caviarsonoro and his post: https://www.tumblr.com/caviarsonoro/782357009909661696/crist%C3%B3bal-de-morales-parce-mihi-domine-lux?source=share