I play this every night as a lullaby to my grandson following the death of my son. This brings a peace to the end of the day before the dreams that bring torment.
@scotthopkins94582 жыл бұрын
I am so sorry for your loss.. I too have lost someone very close to me two weeks ago. And it was my girlfriend. The love of my life. At the age of 26
@mezzomama32 жыл бұрын
@@scotthopkins9458 Prayer for you both. I am so sorry. 2 Cor. 5:21, Mark 1:15
@davidkariu2330 Жыл бұрын
Namaste 🙏🏽
@jamessullivan7549 Жыл бұрын
When I heard this the first time, I was broken. The loss of my son just came flowing up. It is better now, no less beautiful.
@RobMathMiller Жыл бұрын
Praying for you. May God comfort your heart.
@milkgaming30298 жыл бұрын
Anyone else getting more or less constant goosebumps throughout this?
@johnroberts84138 жыл бұрын
+Ross Goold Buckets of tears.
@sassmafrass8 жыл бұрын
@John Roberts: Absolutely. Exactly.
@maryalexander80182 жыл бұрын
Me, definitely. Every time. And I love this recording and tend to play it over and over once i get started. I have sung soprano in this
@specialenvy242 жыл бұрын
It makes me realise why we are human. Enough of the materialistic crud that goes on...this stuff is what matters and transcends every day life.
@NorthToSouthChannel12 жыл бұрын
This song translates into the story of the birth of Christ... when I listen to this, it's not the generic "Christmas story" feeling... it's the feeling that something of an unfathomable greatness has happened, and yet, I'm surrounded by peace and overwhelming joy... Brings tears to my eyes every single time hear it.
@Martin-nl7zr Жыл бұрын
Thank you, that’s how it makes me feel.
@paullewis377111 ай бұрын
Me too
@paullewis377111 ай бұрын
I grew up choral and he's my favorite
@SalemMusicNews10 ай бұрын
YES! Spot on!
@NorthToSouthChannel10 ай бұрын
I posted this comment 11 years ago, when I was only 18, and I still feel exactly the same way.
@MrKain100013 жыл бұрын
I just heard Lauridsen talk about this piece last night at the PSU Choir concert in Portland. He mentioned the pain and suffering he went through writing it...Saying that it kept him up weeks at a time. There's only one accidental in the whole piece, and it's given to the altos. It represents Mary's suffering. Lauridsen is a genius. How he can make one note so powerful in a sea of beauty is astounding.
@BenjaminGessel3 жыл бұрын
😊😊😊😊😊😭😭😭😊😊😊😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@dahawk8574 Жыл бұрын
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@EdwardPrah Жыл бұрын
Luke 2:34-35 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.” I can see what brings me to tears when I hear this song now... May the Lord Jesus redeem Israel and the Church, His Bride.
@michaelmcgowan6703 Жыл бұрын
That is an amazing story which will enhance how I hear forever . An old , dying musician who is reduced to his knees at every listening .... the Great Mystery of the Human Experience 🙏
@dustyspeakers Жыл бұрын
Whats an accidental?
@sarahsays742010 жыл бұрын
I sang this years ago as an alto 2. It's is such a beautiful song and when you experience singing it with all the other voices around you, it creates an energy like I can't even describe. Beautiful performance
@sarakendrick336610 жыл бұрын
Been there, done that. Truly amazing. And the alto is the most fun part to sing (in this alto's opinion...)
@msukunda10 жыл бұрын
Sara Kendrick tenor 1 is pretty nuts too
@sargothi10 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I sang tenor in this and it's quite an amazing feeling that can't be put into words.
@johnfrank177410 жыл бұрын
I never liked being a Soprano, but I've grown to accept it as it is the Highest
@bethsharp427610 жыл бұрын
My choir sang this two years ago. I'm a second alto too. The only thing is that it wasn't my choir two years ago so I didn't get to perform it. I really wish I had because it absolutely gorgeous and it would be an awesome experience to be a part of it.
@MusicForMedia10 ай бұрын
The first time I ever heard this was at a live concert and I literally had tears of joy running down my cheek by the end. I simply could not comprehend the sheer beauty of the sound I was experiencing.
@anthonyrispo12299 ай бұрын
I love seeing this. I share that feeling.
@kacver8 ай бұрын
Amen! The first time I heard this song I was so entranced, but couldn’t comprehend the lyrics. Then I found it and have been crying every time I listen/sing this song ever since. The sound and the meaning of the music is so breathtaking beautiful to be unmoved!😭🥰
@charleslavers45638 ай бұрын
Amen!
@hollychartier26437 ай бұрын
Good description of hearing this the first time. My first time was the prelude music played at my daughter's wedding. I sobbed my eyes out.
@cameronmetz99334 ай бұрын
I cry every time. I can’t recall anything more beautiful that I’ve listened to in my life.
@KEISEMANN164 жыл бұрын
Balm on the soul during Covid-19 times
@flchalice83396 жыл бұрын
Everyone better respect the amount of energy this piece takes to do. My choir sang it and my lungs felt like bursting from all the sustaining and dynamics this song takes. Bravo for the director and choir for bringing this piece to another level.
@joannemcgrath50453 ай бұрын
Yes!❤
@GazpachoFlannery9 жыл бұрын
I can't describe how this piece makes me feel. If I had one chance to show someone that humanity wasn't all bad, that there could be good things we make, I would use this piece. It's the most beautiful sounding song in the world. This is what good music is. This is art.
@zoopyjoobles9 жыл бұрын
Even if I know I shall never change the masses, never transform anything permanent, all I ask is that the good things also have their place, their refuge. Richard Wagner
@scriptmusiconline9 жыл бұрын
Mack Hintze have you listened Durufle's Tantum Ergo? I think that one is also a great Masterpiece and a beautiful sounding song for sure.
@cristinalopezgevers52846 жыл бұрын
This creation gives sense to life. Harmonic beauty gives hope for a better humanity
@billblack57503 жыл бұрын
Brilliant description of.most beutiful sound
@HeavenlyLights2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully expressed💞
@martinpig78112 жыл бұрын
This was the last piece my mother sang in her final concert, suffering from Altzeimers She died a few years later, having lived a full and beautiful life, including constant music I chose it to open her memorial service Wonderful
@trp81558 жыл бұрын
Something cool that I have heard: This entire piece contains no accidentals except two; only the two G-sharps on the word "virgo," which means "virgin." Mary was pure and was chosen to bring Christ into the world, yet she suffered great pain because of it. Aside from the physical pain of childbirth, she had to witness her Son's death and suffering on the cross, which caused her unimaginable pain. Lauridsen said he wanted to highlight this pain in the tension that lies between the Alto's G-Sharp and the Soprano's A. Pretty cool musical concept.
@amberbella137 жыл бұрын
And those accidentals create the two most beautiful moments in the piece. It's masterful.
@elli42107 жыл бұрын
Singing that G# was one of my favourite parts of the piece.
@MN-lo3xv7 жыл бұрын
The accidentals were my conductor's favorite part of the piece. Mine too, probably!
@tatianacueto68157 жыл бұрын
I never knew this wow! Thank you for sharing!
@PDPickering6 жыл бұрын
It's too bad this is all a myth. Virgins don't get pregnant. There are god-man myths all over the world, and the English-speaking world tends to like the Jesus story to which you refer above.
@videoket Жыл бұрын
This music is holy. (Whether we are religious or not, we can all agree that this song transcends SOMETHING!) Having this come on my playlist at a quiet moment was so beautiful.
@michaelodonnell6078 Жыл бұрын
Yes, am confident this music is a gift from heaven. I have just heard it today for the first time and I was so moved that I suddenly realised I had tears streaming out of my eyes at the sublime magic of what I was listening to….how I have not heard it before I can’t say but I feel good that I can enjoy it from now on and will encourage people to listen to this if they’ve not had the experience. Powerful and quite spiritual I’d say.
@TealStarSusan Жыл бұрын
@@michaelodonnell6078It is indeed a gift from heaven! I sang this as a soprano 1 in my choir in Scotland many years ago. Being immersed in the sound and being part of that sound is definitely even more..emotional, transcendent, beautiful…words fail me. And I’m sure you understand! This just is heaven! ❤
@Marilyn4Bach7 ай бұрын
I am basically an atheist, but this music is spiritual for anyone.
@seadog36512 жыл бұрын
This has seriously got to be one of the best pieces of choral music ever written. Simply stunning.
@boltonwandererskings14 жыл бұрын
I want this version played at my funeral as my coffin is carried into the church. I have performed it twice and have listened to it over and over again and it gets better and more beautiful every time
@Bouncing_Bub4 жыл бұрын
Who knew a song I had to listen to for homework would be good
@miketausig42053 жыл бұрын
Your teacher, most likely😉
@eltonprince62573 жыл бұрын
@@miketausig4205 stole the words right outta my mouth.
@freelanceangel896211 жыл бұрын
You don't have to be Christian to love the music. It's truly beautiful!
@keithpeterson51272 жыл бұрын
Christian's created such wonderful music out of their love of God in the Christ.
@austinhernandez27162 жыл бұрын
@@keithpeterson5127 your point? Christians also called jazz and rock and roll the devil's work
@keithpeterson51272 жыл бұрын
@@austinhernandez2716 Extreme right wing/fundamentalist Christians mostly but they don't like anything that is not based on morality. Don't judge all Christians equally.
@EternalExodus2 жыл бұрын
I'm the furthest thing from a christian, and I think this is the most beautiful piece of choral music ever written.
@cecik55782 жыл бұрын
@@EternalExodus creatures can’t help but be drawn to their Creator…❤
@timowalker248 жыл бұрын
i had the EXTREME pleasure of hearing my son's high school choir sing this one song in the in the Sistene Chapel in Rome in 2001. enough said as my eyes were so full of tears that i could not see the chapel with all of it's glorious Michelanglo art work...
@tatianacueto68157 жыл бұрын
tim walker what an amazing honor! That must have been truly awe inspiring.
@abigaildevoe9 жыл бұрын
I just got the sheet music for this at chamber singers rehearsal last night, I was curious about what it would sound like so I looked it up and found myself here. This is quite literally the most beautiful piece I've heard in my entire life. I'm so lucky to have the opportunity to perform this masterpiece.
@keithwilks40158 жыл бұрын
+Abby Wilson We are a lucky, fortunate ...few :)
@mstralala757 жыл бұрын
I think it must be life changing to sing such beauty!
@joannaa50264 жыл бұрын
Wait until you hear “Home Is” performed by VOCES8. I confirm it is the most beautiful song in existence
@debbiepentland81814 жыл бұрын
I've just heard it on classic fm. Gorgeous spine tingling. 🥀🥀
@RosaGilbertHitchcock8 жыл бұрын
If God said, "You can listen to one piece of music for the rest of your life, what'll it be?" This.
@KelliTheOperaGeek7 жыл бұрын
Or Spem in Alium. Then I'm set
@jeffreygreiner7047 жыл бұрын
or simple song from mass
@richardmarriott31097 жыл бұрын
Difficult choice. I also rate 'Lo The Full Final Sacrifice' by Gerald Finzi.
@katarzynagrzywocz19237 жыл бұрын
Ja też tak myślę!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@VITOLLFOTOGRAFIA7 жыл бұрын
Or O Magnum Misterium by Victoria
@foxhillman14 жыл бұрын
truly the most beautiful rendition of the song which facilitated my re-conversion to Catholicism.
@drcardinalli7 ай бұрын
So glad you’re home, friend❣️
@leahd54908 жыл бұрын
As an Alto II, singing "Virgo" is my favorite favorite favorite part! It's so haunting and dissonant and so beautiful as it builds into the crescendo and it gives me shivers! (Dat low D tho)
@MademoiselleCrafty8 жыл бұрын
+Leah Duff as a Soprano I, I can guarantee that hearing the altos sing that part gives me the chills. Favorite part of the song!
@WinterSPF158 жыл бұрын
+Leah Duff f I know exactly what you mean! I got to sing this in highscool, and it was everyone's favorite part, including my own. Chills every single time.
@trp81558 жыл бұрын
+Leah Duff Something cool that I have heard: This entire piece contains no accidentals except two; only the two G-sharps on the word "virgo," which means virgin. Mary was pure and was chosen to bring Christ into the world, yet she suffered great pain because of it. Aside from the physical pain of childbirth, she had to witness her Son's death and suffering on the cross, which caused her unimaginable pain. Lauridsen said he wanted to highlight this pain in the tension that lies between the Alto's G-Sharp and the Soprano's A. Pretty cool musical concept.
@kaleyahhyuga9998 жыл бұрын
Yes, I'm an Alto 2 as well so I understand how low the most of the notes on this song can be. But, this song is so good!!! :3
@hawrnball8 жыл бұрын
We sang this my senior year in choir, and that was always my favorite part. It still gives me chills.
@markir19478 жыл бұрын
I am dedicating this beautiful arrangement to our only son Chris who we lost this summer in a climbing accident.
@markir19478 жыл бұрын
+A seeker Thank you. I appreciate your kindness.
@MsBlynn8 жыл бұрын
+mark kiryluk I am so sorry..
@ImJustJuno8 жыл бұрын
It's not yours to dedicate. (Also sorry about your son)
@markir19478 жыл бұрын
+Becky Michaca Thank you .
@markir19478 жыл бұрын
+Juno What does that mean???
@hollychartier26437 ай бұрын
I am heartbroken to hear that you are experencing this glory in a time of such horrific loss. But then,,,I know what this music is to me, and I rejoice that you have allowed your heart to honor the love between a parent and child. Bless you.
@81janbird4 жыл бұрын
An exquisite piece, and quite the most wonderful choral singing I've ever heard. On one level you can sense the many, many hours of painstaking composition and then rehearsal. On another, the music is angelic, and the voices seem to belong not to individuals, but to one source which splits like light through a prism before becoming whole again. Miraculous.
@EternalExodus2 жыл бұрын
accurate. this transcends space and time. lauridsen tapped into something divine here.
@81janbird2 жыл бұрын
@@EternalExodus He did indeed.
@barbarabeavis8258 ай бұрын
Haunting beautiful out of this world .
@townsvillian126 жыл бұрын
I had never heard of this magical piece until relatively recently when I heard a choir perform it in the ancient church of St Eanswyth in Folkestone, England. I almost fell out of my pew and staggered home in a cloud of wonder. My goodness me, beauty such as this is rare indeed.
@L1623VP6 жыл бұрын
town: I read somewhere that after this piece made its debut in a performance of Lux Aeterna by the Los Angeles Masters Chorale that someone said to composer, Morton Lauridsen, "People will be singing this five hundred years from now." Can you imagine getting a greater compliment as a composer?
@craigtalbott7314 жыл бұрын
On the evening the composition had its world premiere 25 years ago, LAMC music director (the late) Paul Salamunovich explained to the audience in attendance prior to its performance, “Until now, Victoria’s 'O Magnum Mysterium' has been the most beautiful and well recognized setting of this text composed to date. I predict that will change after tonight.”
@WigganNuG2 жыл бұрын
@@craigtalbott731 RIP to Paul Salamunovich! He was right, so right! This piece is absolute sonic perfection for the human voice. More importantly; it gives voice to the better angels of our collective human soul. If the God's were angry with humanity, and desperate to punish us or start over again; remind them that this piece was written by one of us, and sing it to them; It may be our only salvation. .. poop joke.
@carloskeith23377 жыл бұрын
Goose bumps all over from this song. The feeling can't be described. Brings me to tears each time I hear it.
@garnettlivingston37396 жыл бұрын
This is the best recording i have heard of this piece. The intonation and balance is incredible. Phrasing and dynamics so perfect. Congratulations
@L1623VP6 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. In lesser hands, this fine piece can become lethargic and muddy. These singers felt this in their souls and the precision and energy come through in every note.
@simtaylor42033 жыл бұрын
Take a listen to Polyphony’s version. I guarantee you won’t be disappointed
@miketausig42053 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. I have yet to hear a better version. Especially that G#.
@miketausig42053 жыл бұрын
And it definitely helped that Lauridsen himself was at the piano for this recording.
@chipmunkjohn14 жыл бұрын
This has got to be some of the most heavenly music known to man.
@ABoyNamedJoe Жыл бұрын
Beautiful. I am transported to the heavens. Glory to God.
@Savanners7 жыл бұрын
It's as if God himself wrote this. The beauty. Whenever listening, calm and acceptance washes over me. My mind clears. I feel actual angels are singing this. Also, this is merely a minute piece of the joy, and beauty of God's love that us humans can comprehend.
@HeavenlyLights2 жыл бұрын
Yes🙏🏻😇💞
@WigganNuG2 жыл бұрын
Fax.
@misterhowe799915 жыл бұрын
This choir's sound is like glass. I love how they maintain brightness in their tone - so many choirs focus so much on resonance that they sing in the back of the throat. This is a welcome change from that approach. The brightness really helps the dissonance to shine through. I also love how they don't seem rushed.
@Jbm023012 жыл бұрын
I hope my brother is hearing this and more in heaven. Rest In Peace 10-15-12.
@johnclauser73929 ай бұрын
Angels from heaven singing...... So beautiful
@lawrencewhyte1554 Жыл бұрын
I want to dedicate this to my paternal great grandparents, all though I never met you. You are the reason I am here. Thank you for your dedication during difficult times in the past, may you be rest in eternal peace.
@cassidypoerstel9 жыл бұрын
This is 6 minutes and 56 seconds of pure heaven. This is so gorgeous and beautiful.
@williammunson54328 жыл бұрын
Lauridsen makes me feel things I didn't know I could feel.
@joanharris63408 жыл бұрын
I can't find the right words! Nordic Chamber Choir are magnificent. Lauridsen's music takes my breath away and brings tears to my eyes.😪
@debbiebrett66895 жыл бұрын
At 11.30 last night, my oldest guinea pig, Percy, passed away on my lap while I gently stroked him. This beautiful music just happened to be playing on the radio as he took his last breaths. Whether it be human, cat, dog, guinea pig, mouse ........ every death of one who has been close to you is a an emotional happening.
@erismurphy42067 жыл бұрын
My choir sang this at Carnegie Hall last year. It is absolutely beautiful and brings me to tears every time I hear it. I love this song so much.
@cosmicathesongstress74665 жыл бұрын
Marie Willet You also went!? The choir I sang with went too! But of course I was excluded because of my anxiety... Nice.
@specialenvy24 Жыл бұрын
3.2million views and about one million of them are mine!
@grandmawatermelon13 жыл бұрын
Very Beautiful! I hear God in this song. The fact that humans can see, hear, and understand beauty proves that there is something different and remarkable about them. Normal animals cannot do that.
@paulelowe8 жыл бұрын
Music straight from heaven
@gemmag.29883 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@PredatoriaMoon9 жыл бұрын
This piece should be the end of every epic battle, to mark the beginning of a new era away from the dark times. This is beautiful.
@mjstockton68695 жыл бұрын
Yours is a very thoughtful interpretation. It is one of my short list favorites.
@funkuu79544 жыл бұрын
Let's go one step more.... Lets play this before any needless battle and this should change the violent outcome to a peaceful resolve. No needless bloodshed. Just my wishful thinking for supporting all our brothers and sisters in this wonderful world. Peace always.
@kydetoad3 жыл бұрын
Even as dark times follow us into further battles this music is balm for the soul . The soul that persists with a fierce patience and towards a crescendo of enlightenment .
@benjim83735 жыл бұрын
I'm a Muslim I don't understand what they're singing about but this music always attracts me, very deep and peaceful I always listen to it to meet myself.....goosebumps at 6:43
@Victor-sh1ez5 жыл бұрын
Hello - They are singing about the one divine God that all peoples of all faiths and those who believe those who do not believe is so loved beyond all human comprehension - the one God who is so magnificent and so mysterious and who loves all of us peoples on Earth unconditionally.
@mateojames32315 жыл бұрын
It’s about the Birth of Christ and how the animals and people should come and see the child and the virgin mother in the manger.
@ZinkZoodles4 жыл бұрын
BEN JIM same! I’m a Muslim but I sing this in choir (non-religious choir) and just the voices are so amazing!
@drcardinalli4 жыл бұрын
Hi friends! Actually, it seems they are singing about something even more amazing and specific. This piece expresses awe at the incomprehensible mystery that the all-powerful God should humble Himself so enormously in two ways: one, to be born as a little child, in our world so poor that even animals may look upon Him, and two, to come to us similarly in the Sacrament of His Body and Blood, even tinier, more vulnerable and humble than a child. Especially if you're Muslim, you might not be familiar with these Catholic beliefs as the reason we sing about our minds being blown! The sad thing is, lots of Catholics aren't familiar with them either, or have somehow become indifferent. Thank God for art like this to remind us! 💘 PS. Here's some info, or look up Real Presence and Eucharistic Miracles on your own: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foqmkHukbdF2fZI kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnrLZpuIocenqrc
@craigtalbott7314 жыл бұрын
O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger! Blessed is the virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord, Jesus Christ. Alleluia!
@mbmaccin55555513 жыл бұрын
Even though this song is a happy song, I want this played at my funeral.
@attacsloth15 жыл бұрын
To me, this is one of the most divine songs written.
@L1623VP6 жыл бұрын
Even as poor as this audio recording is, you can still tell how absolutely fantastic this choir is. This is easily the finest performance of this piece I've ever heard. The danger with this beautiful, languid piece in the hands of a lesser group is for it to get lethargic and muddy, but this performance remains precise and totally energized from beginning to end, from pianissimo to fortissimo. These singers felt this in their souls and every bit of it comes through in the performance. Bravo.
@peterputtock6649 Жыл бұрын
Listening to this has reminded me of the pure joy, pain and love that I felt in singing this. Luckily, I have had tthe chance to sing it a number of times, and I will cherish every rendition. Us tenors do get wonderful lines!
@RoneLuvSolitude10 жыл бұрын
I sang this song as part of the Cape Town Youth Choir in 2009. My soul transcends every time I hear this song, it is so beautiful and reverent and proof that our God is a true and living God of music, love, peace and grace.
@zandgall183710 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@coolprogaming53810 жыл бұрын
Hope you did it at Bishops or St Georges Cathedral with those heavenly acoustics.
@NeliaHenning9 жыл бұрын
Roné Herbst Was daar ooit 'n opname gemaak van julle. Sal dit verskriklik graag wil hoor.
@johannkuhne15019 жыл бұрын
Nelia Henning Sang this at the Potchefstroom University Choir in 2003-2004. One of the most haunting ly beautiful pieces that will forever be with me.
@RoneLuvSolitude8 жыл бұрын
Nelia, so jammer, ek sien nou eers hierdie boodskap! Ek glo nie daar was 'n opname gemaak nie. Die koor het tog wel 'n CD van Rachmaninoff se Vespers gemaak in Afrikaans wat stunning was. Mnr Leon Starker sal kopiee daarvan he**
@elle28717 ай бұрын
Hands up to every Madrigal who ever loved singing this ❤
@guidetoanything10 жыл бұрын
that last bass note. 10/10.
@ThatFunnyActress13 жыл бұрын
I close my eyes, listen, and I swear I am in a place as close to heaven as poets describe. My heart pulls from my chest in a yearning to return to where it belongs, but reclines again with newborn peace and hope that sounds like this will last for all eternity.
@amberdestiny1813 жыл бұрын
How can you listen to this song and not believe there's a God who created such beauty?
@philippacarroll97142 ай бұрын
I always think that, when I hear Allegri"s Miserere Mea ❤
@allantravers93112 жыл бұрын
Oh man, these notes are so close. Beautiful.
@Angelawolf1312 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of music that I love to listen to the most! These days teens are surrounding themselves with deafening "music" that just can't replace this music in any way or form. When kids my age ask me what I like to listen to, this is it. It makes me cry, brings me peace, and fills me with serenity that I just can't find elsewhere.
@Mattchudon9 жыл бұрын
I sung this piece as tenor 1 a few years ago with my college's concert choir. I might be biased, but the tenor 1s have the most awesome and most chilling part in this piece. It was hard for me to hold my bearings and not burst into tears during that soaring passage at around 4:39. This is a divine work of art that will forever be in my soul.
@SkiDaBird9 жыл бұрын
I sang multiple Soprano and Bass parts and I agree, the Tenors have the best lines.
@kateannvukovich69289 жыл бұрын
Respectfully, I disagree--the alto II part is truly spectacular. :) honestly, though--I remember talking about singing this with other members of my choir, and we all honestly thought our own lines were the best! Which was not usually the case. :p
@westindianson009 жыл бұрын
This song moves my soul whenever I hear it. I too sang tenor and I always cried when signing this. Wonderful song.
@alicesedgwick78259 жыл бұрын
Naaah I was an alto and we have the gorgeous g sharp on 'virgo', we bragged about that for months :')
@nantalagafirma33349 жыл бұрын
Alice Sedgwick Alice your too right. As an alto i also bragged about our parts... :-)
@christofpsarros33848 жыл бұрын
and to all Your people give Your heavenly Grace....
@johnsikorski54113 жыл бұрын
I'm wondering who the 377 people are that are not moved by this beautiful hymn giving it a thumbs down. It captures beautifully the the scene of the nativity of our Lord. "O Great Mystery" It lifts my soul.
@InARoundaboutWay3 жыл бұрын
Currently 379 people have lost their mind...
@kirkrelf14022 жыл бұрын
How ironic that I sought out this song after a very troubling couple of days on the anniversary of my father's passing. This song has always brought me such peace. We used to sing this in competition in high school and college. I still come back to it. My grandmother was indigenous Norwegian. So meaningful to find the Nordic choir singing this. A song from a mother on the passing of her son.
@trentsmith5184 Жыл бұрын
Pure HEAVEN. Love this piece, and this performance so much! On an unrelated note, "Marktoberdorf" sounds like what you call your drunk friend Mark when he does something stupid.
@kristymichel94597 жыл бұрын
I've been looking for a version like this for so long. this song brings me too tears every time
@michaelrhessmd70683 жыл бұрын
Grateful someone shared this piece with me. Reminds me I have a soul left to stir.....
@drcardinalli7 ай бұрын
So beautifully put, friend. I suspect you have an exceptionally beautiful one.
@kornstar04862 жыл бұрын
Though He does exist, this music makes you know and feel that His presence is always there. There is a one true God
@charlotteramez99839 жыл бұрын
This is clearly angel's voices. I sang this song once with the chamber choir of the High school of music in Nantes, France. It's probably, with Allegri's "Miserer Mei Deus", one the most beautiful music ever written.
@edielight12904 жыл бұрын
I’m like Pavlov’s dog, I start crying every time I hear this recording. Words can’t describe how I feel about this piece.
@tinotcg58159 жыл бұрын
This song reminds me that there is still beauty in this world...
@JoeCambo9 жыл бұрын
This song gives me LIFE
@muziquebox5 жыл бұрын
Joe Cambo, me too!!!! LOL
@edwardbak44592 жыл бұрын
This is incredible. The balance, the ensemble, the atmosphere of wonderment and reverence, the hushed awe. It seems like there is no other way. This must be how angels sound.
@yagizkart13 жыл бұрын
Not a Christian (or religious even), but I can say with whole my heart that Europan Christianity, inspired by the Greco-Roman choral tradition, managed to merge art and religion together in such a way that it produced one of the most magnificent, epic and beautifull vocal concepts in the world. Biblical inspired music is a world unto itself.
@samuelwolfe74654 жыл бұрын
That climax. That FREAKING CLIMAX!
@vinasinger7 жыл бұрын
Many years ago at the first rehearsal of this piece singing with the Pacific Chorale, I literally had to stop singing because tears clogged my eyes and my throat. I don't think there is a more beautiful choral work than this, with the third movement of Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna" a close second.
@robfriar65703 жыл бұрын
If we only knew the love God has for each one of us, we'd be transformed forever and never live the same.
@drcardinalli7 ай бұрын
So true❣️😭
@theoneeyedfool5 жыл бұрын
There are lifetimes upon lifetimes upon lifetimes worth of content here on KZbin. The best 6 minutes and 56 seconds of it all are right here.
@drcardinalli7 ай бұрын
What you said.
@marietaylor81449 жыл бұрын
We are singing this for Midnight Mass. I love the lyrics and the flow of the music. How wonderful that the animals in the stable were the first to behold the Baby Jesus. What a beautiful presentation of O Magnum Mysterium.
@thehydromaniac88688 жыл бұрын
Music like this do exist. Yet people choose rap, metal, and dubstep. What do they represent?? Just nothing. Songs like this actually have a deeper meaning. A meaning that is endless. We feel uplifted, liberated and stronger when we listen to music like this. That feeling that nothing can bring us down. The shiver down your spine that tells you that you're never alone. Ever. Songs like this have this spiritual power. And we instinctively know it. We recieve this power once we're baptised. Such positivity should never be sealed away like this song is. We are born under the same power and we should embrace it.
@funkypants72975 жыл бұрын
I love religious music but I don't think you need to believe in God to appreciate its wonder. I get what you mean though. I don't believe in God but I think spiritual power is certainly created by this music.
@thomasgillespie10292 жыл бұрын
Most beautiful music in the world. How can mere mortals create such beauty?
@memmori40852 жыл бұрын
Sacred and Beautiful...may I be found worthy to die a good and holy death to be greeted in Heaven with such awesome sound! Thank you for this. Deo Gratias+ God bless your voices forever+
@Blue_Lugia8 ай бұрын
I can feel some sadness when listening to this. Like when you los someone who was very important to you, you two were so close and had a strong bond (sibling, partner or best friend). It was.like the two of you were inseperatable, but then the other person passes away and you feel like you will never be yourself again and that you'll be broken for life. But then time passes, years pass and you start to heal from this loss. The person you loved will never come back, but YOU'RE still here. And you realize that you can actually feel peaceful and happy again and live with the fact that you will always miss this person, but it's possible to move on and be happy on your own.
@MsGettingBetter2 жыл бұрын
I used to listen to this all the time like 10 years ago and then I lost my KZbin account.. I just got it back today.. recently I have been going through a lot.. my grandmother passed away. And this is so healing
@ronlivaudais65236 жыл бұрын
Heaven brings her lips to kiss the earth. I am smitten!
@a_literal_brick4 жыл бұрын
A perfect musical manifestation of the glory of Christ
I first had had the pleasure of hearing/singing this song in high school. I was and still is one of my favorite songs that proved my love for music. Every time i hear it its as if its my first time all over again. I'm always hearing something new, and i could even bring my to tears still! ONLY IF I LET IT LOL. I love and thank you so much Mr. Lauridsen for composing one of the most beautiful songs of our time.
@JohnS06036 жыл бұрын
Wilson Bell: You nailed it.
@MrPoog13 жыл бұрын
This and the King's College recording are simply incredible. However, if this chamber choir was singing in a cathedral as well, there would be no comparison. This is the very, very best, by a very large margin. Absolutely gorgeous.
@MyKitkat3213 жыл бұрын
This seriously made me cry... ive been playing this in band everyday but have never gotten the same reaction i get from listening to the choir sing this
@gp10vrenen8 жыл бұрын
a little bit of heaven on earth - amazing
@augustnemeth73419 жыл бұрын
I'm playing this for my chamber orchestra and we recently found out that our teacher is leaving us. Hearing this song brings me to tears. But it's beautiful.
@tcharles24663 жыл бұрын
Truly Beautiful ...
@astralplainer5 жыл бұрын
How is it possible that a piece of music can have such an effect, that it makes a grown man cry?
@jonbaldwin4 жыл бұрын
Because it helps you to realise that what it's taking about is real.
@justinbright35358 жыл бұрын
I had the honor of participating in this song in high school and I still weep when I hear this arrangement. The most magnificent work of art yet.
@longforgotten48232 жыл бұрын
I performed this my very first year in university singers in Duluth. The sound of this piece produces when it’s all put together brings you beyond time and space. There is nothing more beautiful than a good choir singing this piece. It brings me to tears just thinking about it.
@jeffweber31355 жыл бұрын
If I could only listen to one piece of music for the rest of my life, this would be the piece. It haunts me.
@TheAltoSuperior7 жыл бұрын
Performed this when I was in my sophomore year of high school. Second Alto. I was so happy to have an Alto line Melody even if it only was for a little bit of the song. Wish I'd gotten a video. We blew this one out of the water.
@JeffL5710 жыл бұрын
The 30+ individuals who voted this exquisitely gorgeous song a thumbs down need to permanently lose access to youtube. Who could possibly not appreciate the amazing sonorities that this amazing choir is able to achieve throughout this stellar performance? Thank you for posting this to YT. It should be required listening to any person who needs a relaxing 7 minutes to sit back and bathe in the sheer beauty of his work!
@funkypants72975 жыл бұрын
Hopefully they were misclicks.
@benkane546710 ай бұрын
Simply stunning. I hadn't heard of it until the other day; it's on the song list for a concert by The Sixteen, a fantastic choir here in the UK. Very much looking forward to hearing it sung live in a few weeks, in December 2023.
@stephenweigel6 жыл бұрын
I love the sound this choir generates. So resonant, big, and unified. It's magic, and I can't get enough of this recording.
@pocobull15 жыл бұрын
This is what it sounds like when God is worshipped through music. God should always be worshipped, primarily through the preaching and reading of His word. When He is worshipped through music, this is what it should sound like. God bless.
@rodrigoantoniosilva76 жыл бұрын
This is the reconciliation of humanity with God! 🙏🏼
@Aelberson14 жыл бұрын
It's exactly what I would write too. That scandinavian choirs in general have a very high quality in tone colour, blending and intonation is enviable.