Nimrod: Lux Aeterna
July 6, 2017 11:22 PM Subscribe
A stunning vocal rendition of Elgar’s Nimrod. "VOCES8, considered to be one of the world’s most versatile and best-loved a cappella groups, performed ‘Nimrod: Lux Aeterna’ [YT] from the English composer Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations as a tribute on Armistice Day 2016."
An instrumental performance for comparison: Elgar - Nimrod Conducted by Daniel Barenboim with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
More Elgar: Why does Elgar’s Cello Concerto make us cry? Cellist Steven Isserlis explains.
Elgar Cello Concerto - Steven Isserlis
An instrumental performance for comparison: Elgar - Nimrod Conducted by Daniel Barenboim with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
More Elgar: Why does Elgar’s Cello Concerto make us cry? Cellist Steven Isserlis explains.
Elgar Cello Concerto - Steven Isserlis
Stunning. Thanks very much.
posted by ZipRibbons at 4:57 AM on July 7, 2017
posted by ZipRibbons at 4:57 AM on July 7, 2017
Wonderful! Words cannot express.......
posted by lungtaworld at 5:05 AM on July 7, 2017
posted by lungtaworld at 5:05 AM on July 7, 2017
Goosebumps.
posted by DrAstroZoom at 6:35 AM on July 7, 2017
posted by DrAstroZoom at 6:35 AM on July 7, 2017
Now that's an a capella joint I can get behind. Really fantastic.
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:04 AM on July 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by grumpybear69 at 7:04 AM on July 7, 2017 [1 favorite]
Oh goddamit now I'm balling like a baby..
posted by anguspodgorny at 8:23 AM on July 7, 2017
posted by anguspodgorny at 8:23 AM on July 7, 2017
I didn't cry but ...
Nimrod (a different version, I don't know which) was the soundtrack to one my life's more mystical moments. I'd just heard that my grandfather had died. After a long illness, so it wasn't a shock, more of a relief. I was maybe twenty at the time, prone to smoking a little marijuana and laying back with the headphones on, closing my eyes ...
Which is exactly what I was doing maybe an hour after hearing about my grandfather. It was a friend's mixtape of easy-to-listen-to stuff, ambient etc, so the situation was conducive to contemplation. Nimrod came on with its complexity of up and down motion and emotion and suddenly I was seeing my grandfather. Pictures, that is. Various photos that we had around the house, coming at me in reverse chronology -- the old old man becoming an old man becoming a middle aged man and so on back to early adulthood, which is the oldest stuff we had of him. A young man smiling at the world.
But the reverse chronology continued as did the music. Teenager, boy, small child, baby (all smiling). Then just light ...
That was about thirty-five years ago. If there's a God (and I've never been fully convinced that there isn't), I'm pretty sure She's got Nimrod on the jukebox.
posted by philip-random at 10:29 AM on July 7, 2017 [4 favorites]
Nimrod (a different version, I don't know which) was the soundtrack to one my life's more mystical moments. I'd just heard that my grandfather had died. After a long illness, so it wasn't a shock, more of a relief. I was maybe twenty at the time, prone to smoking a little marijuana and laying back with the headphones on, closing my eyes ...
Which is exactly what I was doing maybe an hour after hearing about my grandfather. It was a friend's mixtape of easy-to-listen-to stuff, ambient etc, so the situation was conducive to contemplation. Nimrod came on with its complexity of up and down motion and emotion and suddenly I was seeing my grandfather. Pictures, that is. Various photos that we had around the house, coming at me in reverse chronology -- the old old man becoming an old man becoming a middle aged man and so on back to early adulthood, which is the oldest stuff we had of him. A young man smiling at the world.
But the reverse chronology continued as did the music. Teenager, boy, small child, baby (all smiling). Then just light ...
That was about thirty-five years ago. If there's a God (and I've never been fully convinced that there isn't), I'm pretty sure She's got Nimrod on the jukebox.
posted by philip-random at 10:29 AM on July 7, 2017 [4 favorites]
Frisson!
posted by Vitamaster at 2:36 PM on July 7, 2017
posted by Vitamaster at 2:36 PM on July 7, 2017
It is remarkable what humans are capable of, from absolute cruelty to such ethereal beauty.
posted by 4ster at 3:20 PM on July 7, 2017
posted by 4ster at 3:20 PM on July 7, 2017
That was divine. It (the YT a capella link) really deserves quality audio gear to appreciate the acoustics of the church. Exquisite.
posted by iffthen at 2:03 AM on July 8, 2017
posted by iffthen at 2:03 AM on July 8, 2017
That's an amazing story, philip-random. Thanks for sharing!
posted by homunculus at 4:01 PM on July 8, 2017
posted by homunculus at 4:01 PM on July 8, 2017
In other news: Steven Isserlis misses KLM flight due to cello seat mix up: The British cellist was due to fly from London Heathrow for concerts in Denmark, but was told that his cello’s seat, which he had booked and paid for well in advance, had been cancelled
posted by homunculus at 2:15 PM on July 16, 2017
posted by homunculus at 2:15 PM on July 16, 2017
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