A thread for music that is religious or spiritual

[Aladdin]

Starting with Gregorian chant.

Just so beautiful.
Apparently Gregorian chant slows the heart rate and blood pressure. I just find it beautiful and peaceful music. The pentatonic scale used well.

 

[Santino]

 

[yield]

 

[zahir]

Syriac hymns from Abeer Nehme

 

[Aladdin]

 

[Aladdin]

 

[Knotted]

Here's a little video essay about Jewish religious singer Hazzan Elliot Portner. There's a rather rambling interview but where he sings it's breathtaking. Out of this world.

 

[Saunders]

This version of the Carol ‘While Shepherds Watched’ is the one I grew up with and sang at school. I always love hearing it and joining with the descants a bit piecemeal

 

[kwaimaisabai]

 

[DotCommunist]

Came here to post this. My brother likes to sing it with me somtimes.

 

[Aladdin]

 

[story]

By coincidence, sacred music was the topic of discussion on Beyond Belief today.

Beyond Belief - Sacred Sounds - BBC Sounds

A university student wanders into a cathedral and is transformed by the music he hears.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[story]

This is one I listen to sometimes.

 

[story]

This is another that I keep going back to

 

[scifisam]

Gregorian chant is hypnotic. Heard in person, it's far moreso. I've only heard it in person a couple of times and I think, if I make a bucket list, hearing it again will be on the list.

This never fails to make me cry. It's in Aramaic, and is unusual for having a girl sing the main parts. The song is beautiful, but this particular rendition, with the small girl and the old men, elevates it. (It's mislabelled - it's not Our Father, it's a different hymn).



If you look at the comments, it's all "this converted me," and "this shows the beauty of God," but to me it's people creating beauty, no God needed.

 

[story]

My Great Auntie Gail introduced me to Mahalia Jackson.

 

[story]

This never fails to make me cry. It's in Aramaic, and is unusual for having a girl sing the main parts. The song is beautiful, but this particular rendition, with the small girl and the old men, elevates it. (It's mislabelled - it's not Our Father, it's a different hymn).



If you look at the comments, it's all "this converted me," and "this shows the beauty of God," but to me it's people creating beauty, no God needed.

Oh yes, good call. I was going to post this one too. Some beautiful versions out there.

Your link doesn’t work for me though.

 

[Humberto]

Blind Willie Johnson

Samson story

 

[story]

This may be contentious but I find a lot of Jesus Christ Superstar very moving. Might be because I was taken to see it live when I was very young and it had a profound effect on me.

 

[scifisam]

Oh yes, good call. I was going to post this one too. Some beautiful versions out there.

Your link doesn’t work for me though.

Does this work?

 

[story]

Does this work?

It does. Thank you.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Arvo Part Te Deum

 

[Aladdin]

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[Aladdin]

scifisam




these are 40 monks who live in an Abbey about 40mins from my home.

 

[Cloo]

Bach wrote some of the most stunning and moving music ever inspired by religion. My choir was rehearsing this as my grandfather lay dying in hospital and even though I'm totally atheist every time we sang the bit about 'I wait for the Lord, my soul waits' that really got to me

 

[petee]

Here's a little video essay about Jewish religious singer Hazzan Elliot Portner. There's a rather rambling interview but where he sings it's breathtaking. Out of this world.

you may also like this which unfortunately I can't find on the web.

A Cantor's Tale - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

i was in a boy choir, when I was a boy, and sang lots of SATB, but you don't have to be catholic to do that

 

[petee]

i was put onto this by someone at this here message board but i can't remember who

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I've subscribed because I love this sort of stuff and need to keep it on my radar. Can't listen to all of it now.

 

[rubbershoes]

Doing it appalachian style