Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal - St. Olaf Choir

[@brettk8157]

Thanks for sharing! I found this after singing it for our choir and I actually prefer this more solemn approach to the piece. The blending, the diction, and phrasing are all top-notch. Special call out given to that tenor response to the baritone solo, wowsa!

[@Marthurx2x]

Amazing. Best recording I've heard of this song and one of my favorite choral pieces. Glad I was exposed to it in high school and got to sing it with a great choir then. Every technique and style choice amazes me with their performance.

[@zacharylavender1568]

You may want to hear Robert Shaw and The Robert Shaw Chorale (check him out on youtube).

[@nathanswanson1040]

Rest In Peace Alice Parker. She gave the world such a gift with this arrangement.

[@robmack7382]

All generations shall call me blessed, for He who is mighty has done great things for me, and Holy is His name.

[@nathanjoerndt8804]

hello Mike!!!!!! My name is Nathan from Illinois!!! and man i remember years ago when i was in high school singing this very song in chorus!!! it was and still is one of my favorite songs!!! man i miss singing !!!

[@998711]

Beautiful voices singing. What could be more wondeful then that. Thank-you for sharing this.

[@desmondpierre-louis948]

Beautiful! One of my favorites!

[@gingerberglund1777]

Heard this concert live in Pasadena. Wonderful! Thank you for posting. This song was especially sweet since it is one of my all time fav's, and I'd sung it in the Ole Choir when I was there.

[@danis4898]

i like your legato take on the song. I think this song is meant to be like this!! the alto represented!! altos forever!!

[@carliquiel]

Dani S i was about to say the same thing! i sing soprano this year, but i was an alto 2 in the past. i absolutely love the alto parts in this song!

[@nathanjoerndt8804]

@@carliquiel i was a bass in chorus!!!!! and this was one of my favorite songs!!!

[@garethifan1034]

A new fan here from Wales, UK - What a treasure this is! Subscribed. Greetings to you all in the new world

[@tylerhorton4493]

Such GREAT tuning and resonance match happening in this ensemble. Anton is amazing!

[@bobareebop]

I was at this concert.

[@capt.macmillan5055]

Really??? O how i wish i could be there

[@robertbairdmusic]

Wonderful performance!

[@BriK33]

they crushed this song.... so awesome

[@michaelhaney3175]

Anton Armstrong and the choir work very hard and it shows in this performance. I would love to hear them live sometime. My only suggestion is to use a sound board and several Heil microphones to record so that it is not over modulated when the sopranos hit the high notes.

[@marcvcivsnoveboracensis]

Really nice performance; great phrasing and balance.

[@matthewquinn6172]

I had the pleasure of performing this with Parker conducting. She preferred a much slower tempo. It better suits the text, in my opinion.

[@zacharylavender1568]

Robert Shaw does a slower tempo as well.

[@evelynthibaudeau5719]

praise Him!!!!!!!!

[@skylarnorton5473]

Beautiful!

[@paulgaras2606]

Rose Nylund would be so proud that the choir has branched out from Scandinavian folk tunes.

[@Emmy01077]

Yassss Altos!

[@terrillwhite78]

Are the choristers swaying?

[@MrMetamorpher]

Terrill White You really can’t help it while singing this piece!

[@jsn9573]

Well...They are TRYING to do it...But as with most "White" choirs, they can't do it rightly... They should be swaying together-same direction, same time... Get a good "Black" Gospel choir singing most anything and you'll see it done right!! But at least they are NOT stamping their feet on the last chorus... Someone other than Alice Parker added that...but like a staph-infection it has spread and I've seen/heard it done in renditions of the Parker arrangement... Ick!!

[@gretchenpritchard4778]

@@jsn9573 I doubt they are "trying" to sway; probably trying not to, but involuntarily doing it anyway.

[@jsn9573]

Spurred on by your comment (Thank you...) I revisited the video... You may be correct... And if so, isn't that interesting? A DEEP "natural" human response to music...breaking through the convention and finding expression... That being said, I got quite seasick in six seconds paying close attention... I'll have to look at it more!

[@billyjrock]

From what I understand, St. Olaf Choir is known to hold hands while performing, and that creates a bit of a sway as people move a bit naturally, making others move as well.

[@3aperformancracing_team]

!!AMEN!!!

[@nickstaffa]

Where does it say "Legato"?

[@The_tomboy1234]

#sopranosforever 😁😁

[@evielovesrocknroll]

Where can I find the sheet music to this in F# major? I tried searching for it on Google, but all I could find was F major.

[@carloscamejo391]

+Eva Russell sometimes, conductors will transpose music up a step or down for various reasons (tone color, tuning, etc)

[@yufuyoshimura5426]

We have the music in F major but sing it in Fsharp.

[@NuggetEternal]

Very impressive. Very

[@cadenhasbapple2958]

yeah, get on my level yall not really like that fr 😤😤😤