Dan Forrest's setting of Jake Adam York's poem, "Abide", performed by the BJU Chorale, April 2016. Published by Hinshaw Music.
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@BenjaminNaman Жыл бұрын
My college just performed this tonight. I went to my car and immediately searched for a recording. It's music like this that fules my desire to become a film composer. This piece touched me very much. Simply Breathtaking.
@oucutie15 жыл бұрын
Dan Forests music is ethereal! Straight from Gods pen to earths paper!
@jessicathompson8365 Жыл бұрын
That's the War Memorial Chapel in my alma mater, BJU! I have sung in that chapel, and it is a gorgeous experience.
@eustace98 Жыл бұрын
Great Composition, I am enthused to resurrect my choir...
@TimMackFamilyEnterprises7 жыл бұрын
Forrest & Rutter, are two of my many favorite contemporary choral composers.
@waltertheus34675 жыл бұрын
At our church we have sung many, many pieces by Forrest and Rutter over the years (including the Rutter Gloria and Requiem). Recently we have sung a lot of music by Phillip Stopford, a young English composer who writes very much in the Anglican tradition. He led a two day workshop for our choir late last summer. He is churning out a lot of music, and it is uniformly good. You can find it on KZbin.
@Jenifer.flute205 жыл бұрын
Werd
@RZMc Жыл бұрын
Rutter is "contemporary"?
@abicheleadugba36627 ай бұрын
“Forgive me if I forget with the birdsong and the day’s last glow folding into the hands of the trees, forgive me the few syllables of the autumn crickets, the year’s last firefly winking like a penny in the shoulder’s weeds, if I forget the hour, if I forget the day as the evening star pours out its whiskey over the gravel and asphalt I’ve walked for years alone, if I startle when you put your hand in mine, if I wonder how long your light has taken to reach me here.”
@ninaalfa7975 жыл бұрын
I was invited after a long day at work to listen to the choral of Millikin school performing at a church in Decatur IL. They performed this hymn at that time and it was the first time I have heard of it , and all I can say that I could feel my soul being lifted out of my body to somewhere magical. These are the most touching words I have heard in a hymn and the melody is multiplying the words by like a thousand. We all have these moments where we forget the beauty of what is around us, Busy with life, stress ,errands and sadness but this hymn always reminds me of how beautiful this world is and that it is worth living for.. if there is heaven and an after life , this is how angels would sound like ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@susannluckmann7705Ай бұрын
It sounds like a very nice "Feierabend" 🥰
@galaga87694 жыл бұрын
I sang this with my choir and it is amazing.
@georgiagrace88295 жыл бұрын
i got to listen to this song for the first time at a choral festival just a few days ago. i cried. what a beautiful piece.
@bigoof25083 жыл бұрын
I will never forget hearing this song for the first time in my highschool chorus, how this song stunned me with its beauty and still does. Unfortunately we didn’t sing it for our concert and I graduated but I will never forget this song or my highschool chorus, the best part of school by far! :(
@eleazarevanmoeljono88046 жыл бұрын
Forgive me if I forget with the birdsong and the day’s last glow folding into the hands of the trees, forgive me the few syllables of the autumn crickets, the year’s last firefly winking like a penny in the shoulder’s weeds, if I forget the hour, if I forget the day as the evening star pours out its whiskey over the gravel and asphalt I’ve walked for years alone, if I startle when you put your hand in mine, if I wonder how long your light has taken to reach me here. -Jake Adam York
@Fonzygirr6 жыл бұрын
Eleazar Evan Moeljono thank you!
@eleazarevanmoeljono88046 жыл бұрын
Fonzygirr you're welcome. 😁
@halwilliams16822 жыл бұрын
I used to sit in War Memorial Chapel and look at those paintings by Benjamin West. Never dreamed that such beautiful music would come from there.
@KeithFinkFamilyFarm5 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Fabulous, Dr. Cook and choir.
@sarnicm5 жыл бұрын
just beauty at her best
@8toberistAlt3 жыл бұрын
four years ago my school choir sang this song. i have never forgotten it and i dont think i ever will. i have so many fond memories of this piece
@ariahhernandez29576 жыл бұрын
singing this in my choral class and I'm a soprano and they are really good it is hard to sing these notes absolutely love love love this song its so beautiful
@texomahog7 жыл бұрын
Going to do this in the Fall. Absolutely beautiful.
@craigevins50686 жыл бұрын
Dan Forrest and the BJU chorale are unmatched in their professionalism and excellence. But, the camera work the BJU people do at War Memorial Chapel tops this off. The paintings-the placing of the cameras is exquisite. Every detail is thought about at BJU. Makes this not just about the sound but the pictures as well.
@gialollobrigida17135 жыл бұрын
Its beauty brings me to tears...
@chaarlesbechtler50652 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, Dan Forest at his usual best!
@msatolentino Жыл бұрын
beautifully made, gloriously sung....thank you...
@amandamader38724 жыл бұрын
Ethereal composition...beautiful sung and played.
@willberman15626 жыл бұрын
I sang this in my sophomore year of high school, and I’m so grateful I did. Performing it changed me into the singer I am today. This is the hardest song I’ve ever sung in a choir, as well as my favorite.
@Icemansam443 жыл бұрын
It’s like the Olympic marathon for singers. That’s what my friends who have sung it said.
@willberman15623 жыл бұрын
@@Icemansam44 marathon runners get water while they run tho lmao
@mlfclevel3 жыл бұрын
Stunningly beautiful
@Roc1n8 жыл бұрын
I am so impressed the more I listen to this composer. Good performance as well. This piece reminds me of fall for some reason. But wow, I mean something great, I'm excited to hear more. The chord structure in bits throughout remind me of Whitacre. The whispers are a nice touch. Bravo to BJU.
@archie119415 жыл бұрын
Me too and it's 2019. How have I missed his music? I know, today's directors.
@Jenifer.flute205 жыл бұрын
Everything I've heard from Dan Forrest is amazing, I've yet to be disappointed. This last season alone, we sang Lux: The Dawn From On High, and Requiem For The Living, and the first season I joined the Salt Lake Choral Artists, we sang his arrangement of O Little Town of Bethlehem, which started a love affair with his music.
@henryikeakhe38157 жыл бұрын
Heavenly....Beautiful rendition.
@sarahs.92174 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, this is the BJU choir!! I sang with them as a high schooler! Absolutely amazing conductor/teacher, amazing singers, beautiful room! It’s called the Warhall something or other
@savs67624 жыл бұрын
War Memorial Chapel. Best place to sing ever.
@Icemansam443 жыл бұрын
Wow that’s so cool!
@pietroricchiuti50625 жыл бұрын
Meraviglioso...Buon Natale Dan Forrest!
@scholaezike28506 жыл бұрын
This is so heavenly!
@meganrozinski35924 жыл бұрын
Yes, altos!
@timfalch19697 жыл бұрын
The accompanist here has such great touch!
@kenmatesevac Жыл бұрын
She's actually the wife of the conductor. They work quite well together.
@jefferdavecagubcob68193 жыл бұрын
I got goosebumps. :)
@jamalscott72937 жыл бұрын
I love dan forest my favorite composer 😍😍💕💕 omg this is breath taking 💖
@LeonardoLLeuci6 жыл бұрын
The first time I ever heard a piece by Dan Forrest was my junior year of high school. I was in a choir in New York and the men were doing one piece and the women were doing Psalm 8 (Adonai Adonenu) to be performed in Carnegie Hall. The way that piece resonated through that space was like nothing I’d ever experienced.
@nellyhoccarzh60837 жыл бұрын
композитор прекрасно выражает свои замыслы через хоровое звучание, композиция действительно певучая, музыка полны философского спокойствия, как бы отстранена от жизненных перипитий...славит свет высокого человеческого духа
@alisalavine10525 жыл бұрын
Love the alto solo. Actually, I love the alto part period!
@marielharris18277 жыл бұрын
perfection
@andywaynick52017 жыл бұрын
Beautiful text, beautiful composition, beautiful performance. Is there anything that Dan Forrest touches that does not become beautiful? If so, I have yet to hear it.
@oucutie15 жыл бұрын
Andy Waynick Am new to Dan Forrest so have much learning to do, however, from what I have heard so far, his transcriptions and compositions seem to not have emanated from this earth. I do believe Dr. Forrest receives his inspiration from the other side.
@eleazarevanmoeljono88046 жыл бұрын
Forgive me, O Lord!
@Fonzygirr6 жыл бұрын
Eleazar Evan Moeljono before you utter a word, he knows just what you'll say! Praise be to God! Be blessed.
@user-uo2qy9ki1g11 ай бұрын
Juste magnifique !
@katieforrest8488 Жыл бұрын
These concertos are so influenced by the dance, I can't sit still! Even my eybrows are dancing!
@marcelussantos79177 жыл бұрын
Love
@andressanchez94275 жыл бұрын
es muy bueno en inglés porque te lo aprendes
@aglyvert662 жыл бұрын
What a nice composition! And a good execution
@_wade_morgan6 жыл бұрын
BJU has the most beautiful buildings known to man
@TimChampion11123 жыл бұрын
BRAVO
@hannahscott55767 жыл бұрын
Overall it is beautiful! Flawless harmonies. One thing that I would fix is the slight sliding on the word "abide" sung by the sopranos.
@bluejwolf86983 жыл бұрын
Really fun to learn. Sight reading this is another story. The amount of accidentals is strange and the amount of key changes makes it harder. But it is a good song, and has some real good harmonies
@Dark_Knight9502 жыл бұрын
Very good
@Icemansam443 жыл бұрын
Put this in Reach remaster as the main title theme sequence or in a new ODST
@brunodelconte3 жыл бұрын
Vaya!
@calbobb58674 жыл бұрын
Who is the pianist?
@susanflakes696810 ай бұрын
12:12...
@richardmathew202010 ай бұрын
Beautiful musical score but the text is lost in poor, horrible choral diction. Lyrical text is totally lost in this performance - how sad!
@rngaming80338 жыл бұрын
Overall good but that tenor part gets kind of drown out and you can't hear
@patrickosinski96816 жыл бұрын
RN Gaming that’s the story for any choir lol.
@richardmathew2020 Жыл бұрын
Dynamics extremely well executed but diction and enunciation totally unintelligible. Extraordinary accompaniment.
@kentonunruh482 жыл бұрын
Don’t wanna brag but this is the place to do it. Dan Forest wrote my schools alma matter🥱