You can hear the voice of a famous English lutenist (JB). He is also a famous guitarist.
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Rick Beato brought me here. Brilliant playing and singing.
@nick3266972 жыл бұрын
We too..
@eleveneleven5722 жыл бұрын
And me.
@dianalyons43982 жыл бұрын
I love the fact that he appreciates John Dowland as much as Oscar Peterson, Tears for Fears or Led Zeppelin. I've discovered and rediscovered so much.
@nick3266972 жыл бұрын
My recorder group brought me here. I listened to Rick Beato too and his video on dowland
@beatesetzer24412 жыл бұрын
@@nick326697 Rick proves something that I learned a while back, which is that good music and performances occur in every genre, and can all be appreciated for the degree to which they are quality. He has broad taste in music, and I think that we might hear more of it if the rock/pop of the late 20th century wasn't so lucrative in the context of his audience.
@TamaraWiens Жыл бұрын
Can you believe this music is 500 years old?
@sonja_rademacher9 ай бұрын
Yes - centuries later, and John Dowland still weaves his magic.
@JOHN-tk6vlАй бұрын
Sure. It sounds like it is. 500 years isn't that long really. It's only some generations of people who are people.. like I am. It's not like some alien thing.
@CynHicksАй бұрын
"Better a thousand times to die than for to live thus still tormented. Dear, but remember it was I who for thy sake did die contented." Could not have said it any better.
@gregoryjclark813 ай бұрын
Ohne Musik kann der Mensch nicht sein. Danke, für wundervolle Gabe. John Dowland ist herrliche Musik und Julien Bream und das Ensemble geben es ebenso herrlich wieder.
@tomaxi007Ай бұрын
The great English Tenor, Robert Tear - 1939 - 2011
@stevecass7575Ай бұрын
Rest well, Master Bream.
@Altasren3 жыл бұрын
Rest??? His living on the other side and he is quite buisy as always!!!
@heyryvonheyryngen84692 жыл бұрын
@@heyryvonheyryngen8469 Forever Bream ❤️
@FrancoCarlo644 Жыл бұрын
@@heyryvonheyryngen8469 You are aware he comes from a country that proved all bollocks is not true , he is English , there is no soul , there is no afterlife , there are no miracles , he had a full life because he knew like all us English do , you only get one go at it and its here and now .
@ianmarshall91449 ай бұрын
So much beauty in this music. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to sit in a castle and listen to this 500 years ago.
@peaveawwii1 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately you'd have to wait over half a century until Dowland started to perform.
@billythedog-309 Жыл бұрын
Ah So true!!! I'd be there with you!!!
@fenderbass3847 Жыл бұрын
If you were wealthy, it would've be fantastic! If not....well 😅
@tomofield10 ай бұрын
Probably smelly and cold.
@tuxuhds695510 ай бұрын
It's as good as Shakespeare - especially his sonnets.
@travelbugse28299 ай бұрын
I never want it to end .
@goon1432 ай бұрын
Rick Beato is right. You can hear (british) Rock and Metal;). Beautiful.
@dr.m58042 жыл бұрын
I hear this in Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant....
@nick3266972 жыл бұрын
I hear Blind Guardian and Jethro Tull
@kirkmarshall28532 жыл бұрын
None of the above. lol wtf?
@dickrichard6262 жыл бұрын
@@dickrichard626 you lack imagination.
@daisychain86222 жыл бұрын
@@daisychain8622 Not for me to say, though I would disagree with the original poster in causality: it's THIS that one can hear in some British rock and metal, not the other way around. To suggest otherwise not only lacks imagination, but basic chronology.
@spb78832 жыл бұрын
I recall how traditional lutenists expressed their dismay that Bream's lutes were too large and too loud. When one hears however how his instrument is able to keep up in an ensemble in a large hall, one realizes that Bream was wise to commission such instruments. I'm thankful that I have a large-body Padua lute which was modeled after Bream's 8-course lute.
@guitarvlog16411 жыл бұрын
Nothing large about his lute. Turning ab the lute mic those the same trick
@heikorudi61053 жыл бұрын
The "purists" said the same thing about Wanda Landowska's harpsichord, when they should have thanked her for almost singlehandedly reviving the instrument.
@1963mathetes2 жыл бұрын
@@1963mathetes 100% agree..👍👍
@martinnewall53192 жыл бұрын
It still doesn't come forward, and that is with the other instruments holding back. Large body does not (on guitars), make a louder instrument. It comes down to the strings and the fingers, it does affect the production of the lowest fundamental.
@HondoTrailside Жыл бұрын
He plays it a litle bit like a guitar
@pie3566 Жыл бұрын
The tenor is fighting back the urge to dance. I wish that he could just let go and bust a move. This is awesome!
@Dashingdiva73 Жыл бұрын
haha at "bust a move"
@silence8806 Жыл бұрын
👌🌺👍
@janeamandaford419911 ай бұрын
He is not a tenor
@Will-thon10 ай бұрын
@@Will-thon 🤓
@michaeljones168610 ай бұрын
What, then?@@Will-thon
@joycefinn24736 ай бұрын
Holy crap what a voice
@goodknight37Ай бұрын
Gotta admit - Rick Beato brought me here. Julian Bream's guitar ability is other-wordly !! I can't even fathom being able to play a single bar of music like this...WOW is this STUNNING talent !!!
@EternallyThankful-os6pz5 ай бұрын
Got to.
@JOHN-tk6vl4 ай бұрын
Thank you for every, Julian Bream, nice flight, rest in peace.
3 жыл бұрын
For everything
3 жыл бұрын
Julian Bream is the greatest human mind ever touched string.
@bronx7886 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely the greatest to ever live.
@cookingnotes5 ай бұрын
DAMN. I could hear YES covering this.
@RebeccaLynnMusic2 жыл бұрын
Yes! I got gentle giant but agree
@stevecarter88102 ай бұрын
Lyrics: Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind? Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke? Must I praise the leaves where no fruit I find? No, no, where shadows do for bodies stand Thou may'st be abus'd if thy sight be dimmed Cold love is like to words written on sand Or to bubbles which on the water swim Wilt thou be thus abused still Seeing that she will right thee never? If thou cans't not o'ercome her will Thy love will be thus fruitless ever Wilt thou be thus abused still Seeing that she will right thee never? If thou cans't not o'ercome her will Thy love will be thus fruitless ever If she will yield to that which Reason is It is Reason's will that Love should be just Dear, make me happy still by granting this Or cut off delays if that I die must Better a thousand times to die Than for to live thus still tormented Dear, but remember it was I Who for thy sake did die contented Better a thousand times to die Than for to live thus still tormented Dear, but remember it was I Who for thy sake did die contented [In the interval between the two parts, they didn't sing the following: "Was I so base, that I might not aspire Unto those high joys which she holds from me? As they are high, so high is my desire If she this deny, what can granted be?"]
@Eyelash85 Жыл бұрын
So what I’m getting from this is a resolution that a loveless relationship is terrible. And that she should actually start loving him, or they should break up. In this case the singer is being dramatic by saying he would rather die than continue in the relationship. Unless they were married, which at the time would be one of the only outcomes.
@carissamace Жыл бұрын
It only shows how primitive contemporary lyrics are.
@defendfreedom1390 Жыл бұрын
@@defendfreedom1390 I wouldn’t say it’s primitive, not really. The meaning of the song is simple, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Songs don’t need to be grand or complex, as long as they get their point across. In fact, I’d say that meaning and lyric-wise it’s par with most pop songs. Which is pretty much what this was, anyway.
@carissamace Жыл бұрын
So metal
@chrisholloway4724 Жыл бұрын
Based lyrics. The author was no simp.
@yarpenzigrin1893 Жыл бұрын
What a perfect performance.
@terrymmm99056 ай бұрын
Rick Beato also brought me here. This really is mind-blowing ❤❤❤! I wish this was today's music!😢❤❤❤❤❤
@marialovespalmtrees9 ай бұрын
Julian Bream and Robert Tear. Two great artists. RIP
@tarakb76063 жыл бұрын
And the incomparable Robert Tear.
@peterthorpe89545 ай бұрын
Thank you Ric Beato.
@davidmatthews31312 жыл бұрын
What an absolute banger!
@Jellyf0xАй бұрын
Wonderful performance of John Dowland's masterpiece! Written more than 100 years before Bach! Thank you!
@nicka.papanikolaou9475 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely superlative! God, how I wish I could have seen this ensemble in person!
@richardmori1389 Жыл бұрын
I've always liked renaissance music. just so much depth to it.
@ironwork920002 жыл бұрын
These things he did with Robert Tear are so brilliant.
@jamesbottomley25962 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@matthewgilmore4307Ай бұрын
We saw the Julian Bream Consort in about 1985, in Pasadena CA. I think it was this same tour. Definitely all the same personnel, including the great Robert Tear. They were amazing. It was a memorable concert, and it's a joy to hear and see this performance again.
@jillrubio3269 жыл бұрын
Thank you for mentioning the name of the singer. I recognized that voice from other recordings, but didn't remember the name.
@TonBil13 жыл бұрын
I am envious in the nicest possible terms! What incredible talent!
@richardmori13898 ай бұрын
incredible beyond measure. Like a Renassiance jam session!
@uneedtherapy4212 жыл бұрын
Wonderful playing by Julian Bream, by the viols and other lutes, and wonderful singing by Robert Tear. Thank you,
@johnalexander8316 Жыл бұрын
Great soundtrack for the 1500s
@TottorulАй бұрын
why the hell does a 500 year old song slap so hard
@taxfraud56732 жыл бұрын
Tear left us too young. What a beautiful effortless sound, what text-sensitive phrasing! (I always thought he looked like Sean Connery's slightly less handsome but much more affable brother.)
@manthasagittarius111 жыл бұрын
Ton Bil Thank you for mentioning the name of the singer. I recognized that voice from other recordings, but didn't remember the name.
@TonBil13 жыл бұрын
@Tiger Man Robert Tear, a Welsh tenor singer, teacher and conductor. RIP
@justush112 жыл бұрын
❤ I always come back and listen to this rendition best from the best...Sting and co come a close second😂..although totally different .... Music of Mr Dowland is totally compelling❤❤❤
@gaillindsay17 күн бұрын
Bream is a historical version and that is above all its interest. Because his lute sound with a stop technique in the right hand and on a baroque lute for renaissance music is quite inaudible. As for Sting, the musician is so friendly and sincere that we forgive him his infatuation with Dowland and the accuracy of his voice, limited in this repertoire. Without being a purist, when it's just accompanied correctly on a renaissance lute and sung with a straight voice without operatic vibrato, it changes everything...And there is no shortage of good performers... In the instrumental versions alone, Paul O'dette is undoubtedly the most incredible lutenist having recorded the complete John Dowland (5 CDs which are a real treasure!)...For voices, countertenors are sometimes required. For this song by Dowland, Andreas Scholl is top notch !
@jean-francoisbedel89168 күн бұрын
A masterpiece. A work of genius.
@PatrickBateman191 Жыл бұрын
Which John Dowland was.
@JOHN-tk6vl22 күн бұрын
Marvelous performance. He's really singing this in character of Essex, the poor bastard. QEI ran Essex around unmercifully -- it is still an open question whether this indignant text is his and "dedicated" to her. Dowland had the sense (or survival instinct) to print only the song before the Queen's death, and the instrumental version with Essex's name on it after Elizabeth and Essex were both dead.
@manthasagittarius111 жыл бұрын
Bah. Devereux was a creep who thought he could bamboozle the old woman into giving him her kingdom. He flattered her to her face and made fun of her behind her back. He screwed up the assignments he was given, and finally actively plotted against her. She was patient with him far too long.
@alexandermackay-smith2364 Жыл бұрын
Oh, sure. He was a spoiled, entitled little brat who thought he had it all coming, and she played him like the rest of her courtiers. But you have to have a little sympathy. Or not, I guess . . .
When I hear music like this, I like to imagine lots of young people all sitting at tables, dancing, and drinking. Like it was just another Friday night down at the pub. And all the young people are out having fun.
@johnellison30303 ай бұрын
This was considered erudite music back in the day, so you would probably imagine middle-aged nobles having a fancy dinner while debating politics and with all the protocol, instead of seeing young people being wild in a pub, looool.
@robtoАй бұрын
Absolutely beautiful. Love the lutes. I play the oud. The lute same from the Arabic oud.
@Basim_Daoud2 жыл бұрын
I'm Brazilian! Beautiful music and viciant! Rick Beato brought me here! XD
@clestoon152 жыл бұрын
Ha ha. Me too! Such beautiful music.
@philipmulville82182 жыл бұрын
Serious shredding on the lute. Rockin!
@thegeniusofthecrowd354 Жыл бұрын
Meaning what?
@JOHN-tk6vl4 ай бұрын
@@JOHN-tk6vl shredding=fast ornamented playing, term from heavy metal Meanwhile, search up can she excuse my wrongs for the recorder version, which also, ahem, "wails"
@stevecarter88102 ай бұрын
Absolutely wonderful.
@kenbo-21794 ай бұрын
Cette interprétation a traversé le temps sans prendre une ride ! Merveilleux !!!
@huguesferrand1085Ай бұрын
Beautiful!
@aurawright21304 ай бұрын
He was a monster at whatever he played!
@stratowhore90512 жыл бұрын
Marvellous Performance !. Dear Julian and Consort. Keeping The Flame Alive. Absolutely wonderful !.
@johnfenner3475 жыл бұрын
Takes me back to the Oregon Shakespearian festival and the 'green show' that entertained us before the outdoor theater opened up. Not only were the instruments and music authentic. We got to see the galliard by around 6 to eight dancers performed in costume.
@BTURNER19612 жыл бұрын
Julian Bream. Maestro.
@planetgannet4 ай бұрын
Does it get any better than this? What an utterly delightful offering of subline Early English Music by John Dowland! I grew up with Bream, Parkening, and Segovia in 1969! I was a Segovia copycat! Can't wait to get to heaven to play with them! GOD bless them in the name of Jesus!😍😁🥰
@goscott4442 жыл бұрын
Music with period instruments is wonderful and beautiful!!!
@MichaelSchmalGuitar7 ай бұрын
Legendary piece, headed by an absolute legend.
@Alrukitaf2 жыл бұрын
So AMAZING! BEAUTIFUL!
@mariansmith76942 жыл бұрын
Thank you ichiro0065 for a beautiful video moment, & to Rick for sending us here! :)
@soundsurface48812 жыл бұрын
I'll be adding this to my favorites.
@direbearcoat75512 жыл бұрын
The best of the best. Perfection.
@stephenmartinez9355 Жыл бұрын
Lyrics: Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind? Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke? Must I praise the leaves where no fruit I find? No no: where shadows do for bodies stand Thou may'st be abus'd if thy sight be dim Cold love is like to words written on sand Or to bubbles which on the water swim Wilt thou be thus abused still Seeing that she will right thee never? If thou canst not o'ercome her will The love will be thus fruitless ever Was I so base, that I might not aspire Unto those high joys which she holds from me? As they are high , so high is my desire: If she this deny, what can granted be? If she will yeld to that which reason is It is Reason's will that Love should be just Dear make me happy still be granting this Or cut off delays if that die I must Better a thousand times to die Than for to live thus still tormented: Dear, but remember it was I Who for thy sake did die contended
@Onetwelvefourth9 ай бұрын
The old English language really articulates and translates better than modern day…. So magical yet powerful
@frusciantesplectrum79805 ай бұрын
Thanks. Being non-native English speaker I could barely make out just a couple of words.
@MrKotBonifacyАй бұрын
Always a masterful musician, Julian Bream was a hottie back in the day - still is.
@dolinaj17 ай бұрын
CAWsome!!! Just sublime I just now learned who this Master was, CAWnt wait to learn more!
@Littlewing42012 жыл бұрын
A lively little tune. I keep thinking, “ Bring out the Holy Hand Grenade!”
@joer5627Ай бұрын
Even if he is not as disheveled as the lutenist of Shakespeare, I love his music!
@frederiquealinefiorente48996 жыл бұрын
It is nice to see so many people (and guitarists) learning about this music from Rick Beato - much respect. And while I love everything Julian Bream plays even his lute music, I do have to point out that he does not really play properly (I know that sounds nerdy inside stuff) He plays like a modern classical guitarist and even the lute he had built (the one in this video which is a baroque lute) was built very much like a modern classical guitar. He uses nail and strikes the strings in a very hard manner. Also, the fast notes are usually played alternating thumb and index finger, not index finger middle finger. Of course he needed to keep his nails for is main gig so I get it. Also, he was so popular his adopting Renaissance music really helped bring it to the forefront, so he is important just from that point. But if interested try to seek out performances where they use the more accepted period technique. It really makes a difference. The instrument sounds much more intimate. Here is a video by lutenist Jacob Heringman. He has amazing technique. This really is such wonderful music and I think has a pathos much needed today. kzhead.info/sun/dseQksaFgoxpfoU/bejne.htmlsi=NJJCMZJZpqi-t1qB
Remove the sentiment that this is an ueber fancy song and you realise that it was a pretty great rock song of its day.
@mishapurser4439 Жыл бұрын
Thanks to Rick Beato we are here.
@beachguyla2 жыл бұрын
Beato brought me here. It's amazing!
@NandoZurcson2 жыл бұрын
Love this, thanks so much! 🌟
@ElisPalmer2 жыл бұрын
Rick Beato brought me here too ! Amazing !
@deborahwatkins95572 жыл бұрын
Wow! Composer, luthist, singer… what a performance!
@stevenschilizzi4104 Жыл бұрын
Lutenist.
@JOHN-tk6vl4 ай бұрын
Wonderful !
@robertclark77725 жыл бұрын
Dude shredding like it was 1699
@MbahMu9829Ай бұрын
Beautiful
@thomaszaccone39602 жыл бұрын
Wonderful.
@betterthantelly29935 жыл бұрын
What lovely music.
@susannabonke85529 ай бұрын
this song is also called "Can She Excuse"
@healingbrain7 жыл бұрын
Same here ....Thanks
@Sydney22175 ай бұрын
Pure Dowland....
@d.m.23157 жыл бұрын
I looked this up because Rick Beato mentioned it in a discussion he was having with Ted Gioia.
@kathryntitus96472 жыл бұрын
This was the oddest referral by Rick Beato! This is an awesome, beautiful piece ❤... And the Interpretation is phenomenal .😮 I wonder about the syncopas if they were in the original mensur(?) Notation as there are different interpretations out there... Anyway, just 👍 RIP😢Julian Bream and Robert Tear
@helgedoc16 күн бұрын
So good.
@Chesterton7 Жыл бұрын
The prog rock of its day.
@stevecavell44799 ай бұрын
Bravo! )
@brianshoubert78035 жыл бұрын
Magnifique performance !
@KalamityStorm6 ай бұрын
Thank you
@dominickthibault88252 жыл бұрын
So metal.
@Stream_KingАй бұрын
Rick Beato brought me here. These folks seem like some good folks I'd want to hang with... if I had a time machine that is. Seems like it's in the key of G major no?
@frooke22 жыл бұрын
G minor I think.
@winandcallebaut45412 жыл бұрын
@3tfre4u Thank you. Great singer!
@peghead3812 жыл бұрын
Fabulous.
@helentaylor1222 Жыл бұрын
Coming back to this since it reminded me of Danza Alta by Francisco de la Torre.
@tuxuhds69559 ай бұрын
Yes, Robert Tear
@drdrwoland12 жыл бұрын
consort participants are the same, as in the 1987 RCA studio recording. re-issued in mid-nineties as 'Julian Bream Edition, Vol.7' that release has depicted almost all of them on the cover in the same costumes except Jane Ryan: Julian Bream, lute Catherine Mackintosh, treble viol Nancy Hadden, renaissance flute Jane Ryan, bass viol James Tyler, tenor viol, cittern Robert Spencer, pandora, lute with Robert Tear, tenor, as the soloist
@alcofribasnasier27326 жыл бұрын
RIP 2011..)
@TheMeskies5 жыл бұрын
素晴らしい演奏です。
@Clara_34 жыл бұрын
I'm Tearing up over not reading the names of his fine musicians, other than Julian Brian. I'm absolutely sure they have names, and it would be absolutely delightful to know them. As this transmission goes out into Einstein's universe, I'm sure beings in other galaxies would like to know, as well.
Rick Beato brought me here. Brilliant playing and singing.
We too..
And me.
I love the fact that he appreciates John Dowland as much as Oscar Peterson, Tears for Fears or Led Zeppelin. I've discovered and rediscovered so much.
My recorder group brought me here. I listened to Rick Beato too and his video on dowland
@@nick326697 Rick proves something that I learned a while back, which is that good music and performances occur in every genre, and can all be appreciated for the degree to which they are quality. He has broad taste in music, and I think that we might hear more of it if the rock/pop of the late 20th century wasn't so lucrative in the context of his audience.
Can you believe this music is 500 years old?
Yes - centuries later, and John Dowland still weaves his magic.
Sure. It sounds like it is. 500 years isn't that long really. It's only some generations of people who are people.. like I am. It's not like some alien thing.
"Better a thousand times to die than for to live thus still tormented. Dear, but remember it was I who for thy sake did die contented." Could not have said it any better.
Ohne Musik kann der Mensch nicht sein. Danke, für wundervolle Gabe. John Dowland ist herrliche Musik und Julien Bream und das Ensemble geben es ebenso herrlich wieder.
The great English Tenor, Robert Tear - 1939 - 2011
Rest well, Master Bream.
Rest??? His living on the other side and he is quite buisy as always!!!
@@heyryvonheyryngen8469 Forever Bream ❤️
@@heyryvonheyryngen8469 You are aware he comes from a country that proved all bollocks is not true , he is English , there is no soul , there is no afterlife , there are no miracles , he had a full life because he knew like all us English do , you only get one go at it and its here and now .
So much beauty in this music. I can’t imagine what it must have been like to sit in a castle and listen to this 500 years ago.
Unfortunately you'd have to wait over half a century until Dowland started to perform.
Ah So true!!! I'd be there with you!!!
If you were wealthy, it would've be fantastic! If not....well 😅
Probably smelly and cold.
It's as good as Shakespeare - especially his sonnets.
I never want it to end .
Rick Beato is right. You can hear (british) Rock and Metal;). Beautiful.
I hear this in Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Gentle Giant....
I hear Blind Guardian and Jethro Tull
None of the above. lol wtf?
@@dickrichard626 you lack imagination.
@@daisychain8622 Not for me to say, though I would disagree with the original poster in causality: it's THIS that one can hear in some British rock and metal, not the other way around. To suggest otherwise not only lacks imagination, but basic chronology.
I recall how traditional lutenists expressed their dismay that Bream's lutes were too large and too loud. When one hears however how his instrument is able to keep up in an ensemble in a large hall, one realizes that Bream was wise to commission such instruments. I'm thankful that I have a large-body Padua lute which was modeled after Bream's 8-course lute.
Nothing large about his lute. Turning ab the lute mic those the same trick
The "purists" said the same thing about Wanda Landowska's harpsichord, when they should have thanked her for almost singlehandedly reviving the instrument.
@@1963mathetes 100% agree..👍👍
It still doesn't come forward, and that is with the other instruments holding back. Large body does not (on guitars), make a louder instrument. It comes down to the strings and the fingers, it does affect the production of the lowest fundamental.
He plays it a litle bit like a guitar
The tenor is fighting back the urge to dance. I wish that he could just let go and bust a move. This is awesome!
haha at "bust a move"
👌🌺👍
He is not a tenor
@@Will-thon 🤓
What, then?@@Will-thon
Holy crap what a voice
Gotta admit - Rick Beato brought me here. Julian Bream's guitar ability is other-wordly !! I can't even fathom being able to play a single bar of music like this...WOW is this STUNNING talent !!!
Got to.
Thank you for every, Julian Bream, nice flight, rest in peace.
For everything
Julian Bream is the greatest human mind ever touched string.
Absolutely the greatest to ever live.
DAMN. I could hear YES covering this.
Yes! I got gentle giant but agree
Lyrics: Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind? Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke? Must I praise the leaves where no fruit I find? No, no, where shadows do for bodies stand Thou may'st be abus'd if thy sight be dimmed Cold love is like to words written on sand Or to bubbles which on the water swim Wilt thou be thus abused still Seeing that she will right thee never? If thou cans't not o'ercome her will Thy love will be thus fruitless ever Wilt thou be thus abused still Seeing that she will right thee never? If thou cans't not o'ercome her will Thy love will be thus fruitless ever If she will yield to that which Reason is It is Reason's will that Love should be just Dear, make me happy still by granting this Or cut off delays if that I die must Better a thousand times to die Than for to live thus still tormented Dear, but remember it was I Who for thy sake did die contented Better a thousand times to die Than for to live thus still tormented Dear, but remember it was I Who for thy sake did die contented [In the interval between the two parts, they didn't sing the following: "Was I so base, that I might not aspire Unto those high joys which she holds from me? As they are high, so high is my desire If she this deny, what can granted be?"]
So what I’m getting from this is a resolution that a loveless relationship is terrible. And that she should actually start loving him, or they should break up. In this case the singer is being dramatic by saying he would rather die than continue in the relationship. Unless they were married, which at the time would be one of the only outcomes.
It only shows how primitive contemporary lyrics are.
@@defendfreedom1390 I wouldn’t say it’s primitive, not really. The meaning of the song is simple, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Songs don’t need to be grand or complex, as long as they get their point across. In fact, I’d say that meaning and lyric-wise it’s par with most pop songs. Which is pretty much what this was, anyway.
So metal
Based lyrics. The author was no simp.
What a perfect performance.
Rick Beato also brought me here. This really is mind-blowing ❤❤❤! I wish this was today's music!😢❤❤❤❤❤
Julian Bream and Robert Tear. Two great artists. RIP
And the incomparable Robert Tear.
Thank you Ric Beato.
What an absolute banger!
Wonderful performance of John Dowland's masterpiece! Written more than 100 years before Bach! Thank you!
Absolutely superlative! God, how I wish I could have seen this ensemble in person!
I've always liked renaissance music. just so much depth to it.
These things he did with Robert Tear are so brilliant.
Fantastic!
We saw the Julian Bream Consort in about 1985, in Pasadena CA. I think it was this same tour. Definitely all the same personnel, including the great Robert Tear. They were amazing. It was a memorable concert, and it's a joy to hear and see this performance again.
Thank you for mentioning the name of the singer. I recognized that voice from other recordings, but didn't remember the name.
I am envious in the nicest possible terms! What incredible talent!
incredible beyond measure. Like a Renassiance jam session!
Wonderful playing by Julian Bream, by the viols and other lutes, and wonderful singing by Robert Tear. Thank you,
Great soundtrack for the 1500s
why the hell does a 500 year old song slap so hard
Tear left us too young. What a beautiful effortless sound, what text-sensitive phrasing! (I always thought he looked like Sean Connery's slightly less handsome but much more affable brother.)
Ton Bil Thank you for mentioning the name of the singer. I recognized that voice from other recordings, but didn't remember the name.
@Tiger Man Robert Tear, a Welsh tenor singer, teacher and conductor. RIP
❤ I always come back and listen to this rendition best from the best...Sting and co come a close second😂..although totally different .... Music of Mr Dowland is totally compelling❤❤❤
Bream is a historical version and that is above all its interest. Because his lute sound with a stop technique in the right hand and on a baroque lute for renaissance music is quite inaudible. As for Sting, the musician is so friendly and sincere that we forgive him his infatuation with Dowland and the accuracy of his voice, limited in this repertoire. Without being a purist, when it's just accompanied correctly on a renaissance lute and sung with a straight voice without operatic vibrato, it changes everything...And there is no shortage of good performers... In the instrumental versions alone, Paul O'dette is undoubtedly the most incredible lutenist having recorded the complete John Dowland (5 CDs which are a real treasure!)...For voices, countertenors are sometimes required. For this song by Dowland, Andreas Scholl is top notch !
A masterpiece. A work of genius.
Which John Dowland was.
Marvelous performance. He's really singing this in character of Essex, the poor bastard. QEI ran Essex around unmercifully -- it is still an open question whether this indignant text is his and "dedicated" to her. Dowland had the sense (or survival instinct) to print only the song before the Queen's death, and the instrumental version with Essex's name on it after Elizabeth and Essex were both dead.
Bah. Devereux was a creep who thought he could bamboozle the old woman into giving him her kingdom. He flattered her to her face and made fun of her behind her back. He screwed up the assignments he was given, and finally actively plotted against her. She was patient with him far too long.
Oh, sure. He was a spoiled, entitled little brat who thought he had it all coming, and she played him like the rest of her courtiers. But you have to have a little sympathy. Or not, I guess . . .
Maestro Julian Bream! Always refining perfection..
A song from 1605. Well done!
What could be better than this! Nothing.
Bream's intensity! Great vocalist. Bravo!
When I hear music like this, I like to imagine lots of young people all sitting at tables, dancing, and drinking. Like it was just another Friday night down at the pub. And all the young people are out having fun.
This was considered erudite music back in the day, so you would probably imagine middle-aged nobles having a fancy dinner while debating politics and with all the protocol, instead of seeing young people being wild in a pub, looool.
Absolutely beautiful. Love the lutes. I play the oud. The lute same from the Arabic oud.
I'm Brazilian! Beautiful music and viciant! Rick Beato brought me here! XD
Ha ha. Me too! Such beautiful music.
Serious shredding on the lute. Rockin!
Meaning what?
@@JOHN-tk6vl shredding=fast ornamented playing, term from heavy metal Meanwhile, search up can she excuse my wrongs for the recorder version, which also, ahem, "wails"
Absolutely wonderful.
Cette interprétation a traversé le temps sans prendre une ride ! Merveilleux !!!
Beautiful!
He was a monster at whatever he played!
Marvellous Performance !. Dear Julian and Consort. Keeping The Flame Alive. Absolutely wonderful !.
Takes me back to the Oregon Shakespearian festival and the 'green show' that entertained us before the outdoor theater opened up. Not only were the instruments and music authentic. We got to see the galliard by around 6 to eight dancers performed in costume.
Julian Bream. Maestro.
Does it get any better than this? What an utterly delightful offering of subline Early English Music by John Dowland! I grew up with Bream, Parkening, and Segovia in 1969! I was a Segovia copycat! Can't wait to get to heaven to play with them! GOD bless them in the name of Jesus!😍😁🥰
Music with period instruments is wonderful and beautiful!!!
Legendary piece, headed by an absolute legend.
So AMAZING! BEAUTIFUL!
Thank you ichiro0065 for a beautiful video moment, & to Rick for sending us here! :)
I'll be adding this to my favorites.
The best of the best. Perfection.
Lyrics: Can she excuse my wrongs with Virtue's cloak? Shall I call her good when she proves unkind? Are those clear fires which vanish into smoke? Must I praise the leaves where no fruit I find? No no: where shadows do for bodies stand Thou may'st be abus'd if thy sight be dim Cold love is like to words written on sand Or to bubbles which on the water swim Wilt thou be thus abused still Seeing that she will right thee never? If thou canst not o'ercome her will The love will be thus fruitless ever Was I so base, that I might not aspire Unto those high joys which she holds from me? As they are high , so high is my desire: If she this deny, what can granted be? If she will yeld to that which reason is It is Reason's will that Love should be just Dear make me happy still be granting this Or cut off delays if that die I must Better a thousand times to die Than for to live thus still tormented: Dear, but remember it was I Who for thy sake did die contended
The old English language really articulates and translates better than modern day…. So magical yet powerful
Thanks. Being non-native English speaker I could barely make out just a couple of words.
Always a masterful musician, Julian Bream was a hottie back in the day - still is.
CAWsome!!! Just sublime I just now learned who this Master was, CAWnt wait to learn more!
A lively little tune. I keep thinking, “ Bring out the Holy Hand Grenade!”
Even if he is not as disheveled as the lutenist of Shakespeare, I love his music!
It is nice to see so many people (and guitarists) learning about this music from Rick Beato - much respect. And while I love everything Julian Bream plays even his lute music, I do have to point out that he does not really play properly (I know that sounds nerdy inside stuff) He plays like a modern classical guitarist and even the lute he had built (the one in this video which is a baroque lute) was built very much like a modern classical guitar. He uses nail and strikes the strings in a very hard manner. Also, the fast notes are usually played alternating thumb and index finger, not index finger middle finger. Of course he needed to keep his nails for is main gig so I get it. Also, he was so popular his adopting Renaissance music really helped bring it to the forefront, so he is important just from that point. But if interested try to seek out performances where they use the more accepted period technique. It really makes a difference. The instrument sounds much more intimate. Here is a video by lutenist Jacob Heringman. He has amazing technique. This really is such wonderful music and I think has a pathos much needed today. kzhead.info/sun/dseQksaFgoxpfoU/bejne.htmlsi=NJJCMZJZpqi-t1qB
Thank you Rick Beato for introducing this to me
Oh...absolutely beautiful! Superb performance Thank you!
Magnifici!!! Magnifica esecuzione!!! Goosebumps!!!
Beato sent me. Thumbs up.
Remove the sentiment that this is an ueber fancy song and you realise that it was a pretty great rock song of its day.
Thanks to Rick Beato we are here.
Beato brought me here. It's amazing!
Love this, thanks so much! 🌟
Rick Beato brought me here too ! Amazing !
Wow! Composer, luthist, singer… what a performance!
Lutenist.
Wonderful !
Dude shredding like it was 1699
Beautiful
Wonderful.
What lovely music.
this song is also called "Can She Excuse"
Same here ....Thanks
Pure Dowland....
I looked this up because Rick Beato mentioned it in a discussion he was having with Ted Gioia.
This was the oddest referral by Rick Beato! This is an awesome, beautiful piece ❤... And the Interpretation is phenomenal .😮 I wonder about the syncopas if they were in the original mensur(?) Notation as there are different interpretations out there... Anyway, just 👍 RIP😢Julian Bream and Robert Tear
So good.
The prog rock of its day.
Bravo! )
Magnifique performance !
Thank you
So metal.
Rick Beato brought me here. These folks seem like some good folks I'd want to hang with... if I had a time machine that is. Seems like it's in the key of G major no?
G minor I think.
@3tfre4u Thank you. Great singer!
Fabulous.
Coming back to this since it reminded me of Danza Alta by Francisco de la Torre.
Yes, Robert Tear
consort participants are the same, as in the 1987 RCA studio recording. re-issued in mid-nineties as 'Julian Bream Edition, Vol.7' that release has depicted almost all of them on the cover in the same costumes except Jane Ryan: Julian Bream, lute Catherine Mackintosh, treble viol Nancy Hadden, renaissance flute Jane Ryan, bass viol James Tyler, tenor viol, cittern Robert Spencer, pandora, lute with Robert Tear, tenor, as the soloist
RIP 2011..)
素晴らしい演奏です。
I'm Tearing up over not reading the names of his fine musicians, other than Julian Brian. I'm absolutely sure they have names, and it would be absolutely delightful to know them. As this transmission goes out into Einstein's universe, I'm sure beings in other galaxies would like to know, as well.
F’ing love this
the most British thing I've seen in a long time
Are we still allowed to say that?!