Hear my prayer (O for the wings of a dove) - Mendelssohn

[@MAKAADE]

I am 48 years old....a recovering addict who has found God. And his work in me, is His gift of my voice. And I will praise his glory through this song

[@Filomena9179]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@Filomena9179]

God bless you ❤❤❤ Everything will be alright 💞 You’re good enough ❤❤❤

[@MAKAADE]

@Wish8798 Thank You. God Bless

[@IrishHopper]

Excellent soloist with great diction and tone. I'm 66 now (and still singing tenor) but sang this a number times as a treble in the late 60's. Can't remember too much of those years but can still remember this in its entirety 🙂Funny how music does that!

[@EternallyHis1]

Haven't heard this for years but it came into my spirit today. Wonderful feeling of transcendance. Lovely singing

[@njlillycline]

This is one of those pieces that just transcends words; so light and simple, yet so powerfully uplifting that you feel as though you’ve really taken wing.

[@NellieKAdaba]

I agree 👍. I am learning it on piano 🎹.

[@Libbz3003]

I'm 13 and about to take my grade 5 singing exam - I can't believe that I can reach the top notes!!! Love it sooooooooooo much

[@ScriptureUnbroken]

How did it go? just curious. :)

[@destructionclan9246]

I know im late😅 But how did it go? (Im 11 now)

[@destructionclan9246]

@@ScriptureUnbroken Me too😅

[@johnnymax839]

That Sol?

[@s90417aj]

You're 19 now! Older than me even!

[@andrewm9221]

Having risen from sleep, I offer unto Thee, O Saviour, the midnight hymn, and falling down I cry unto Thee: Grant me not to fall asleep in the death of sin, but have compassion on me, O Thou Who wast voluntarily crucified, and hasten to raise me who am reclining in idleness, and save me in prayer and intercession; and after the night’s sleep shine upon me a sinless day, O Christ God, and save me. Amen.

[@basicaa]

"Many voices ask for our attention. There is a voice that says, ‘Prove that you are a good person.’ Another voice says, ‘You’d better be ashamed of yourself.’ There also is a voice that says, ‘Nobody really cares about you,’ and one that says, ‘Be sure to become successful, popular, and powerful.’ But underneath all these often very noisy voices is a still, small voice that says, ‘You are my Beloved, my favor rests on you.’ That’s the voice we need most of all to hear. To hear that voice, however, requires special effort; it requires solitude, silence, and a strong determination to listen. That’s what prayer is. It is listening to the voice that calls us ‘my Beloved.’" - Henri Nouwen

[@elsegee]

What profound words shared by you Judi. You really touched my heart. The voice of these boys and men sound Angelic and true to the words of the song! I am blessed.

[@IlanBoy2]

Thank you for your very inspiring words

[@rosssmith1062]

The voice in this song also deserves our attention! 😲

[@Gilfanon-2]

Well said, Henri!

[@nogaspains]

Mendelssohn used Psalm 55:1-7 for the text. In the first part, King David is in agony and asks God to listen to his petitions for relief. In the second part heard here, David yearns for rest and quiet. If only he had the freedom like that of a dove, he could escape his agonies. Even life in the wilderness is appealing to David.

[@missasinenomine]

Yes. Good comment. But don't you think that vss 4-5 are Messianic as well? A prophesy of Gethsemane?

[@RotaryNakuru]

Thank you so much for explaining this so clearly.

[@jucameron]

The treble singing the solo is Patrick Aspbury of the Ely Cathedral choir. For reasons that aren't clear boy chorister's voices are deepening at 11/12 today rather than 13/14 half a century ago so it will be rare in the future to hear the controlled and mature singing of a 15 year old boy (as Patrick was at the time of the recording). Eventually he left "The Choirboys" but in his early 20s he developed schizophrenia. Patrick was killed at Chelmsford station in 2107 when he jumped in front of an express train.

[@debkoster1837]

What a tragedy.

[@fran1294]

That's just awful! God have mercy!

[@robertfovargue636]

What a superb voice! Upon the loss of such a wonderful instrument, the shock to one's persona can be considerable and can lead to a huge loss of confidence and protracted periods of depression not in any way helped by the whole business of adolescence. Some of us (myself included) take a long time to assimilate all of this and, most tragically and through no fault of their own, one or two never do. My heart goes out to his Patrick's parents and siblings.

[@davidstevens7018]

Felix Mendelssohn; genius ! Memories of my choirboy days 😇

[@johnwainwright9313]

Exquisite voice exquisite melody. Thank God for Mendelsohn

[@bonnyprince43]

I was reading Psalm 55 as part of Nicky Gumbel’s Bible in one year programme. I recognised the line about the wings of a dove and wondered if this was the inspiration for that well known music. Ended up here. Beautiful.

[@lucasorsot3345]

Wow! Amazing composition by Mendelssohn.

[@diffusiventity]

Oh my god this is so beautiful.

[@s90417aj]

Hi its been a few years, how are you doing?

[@Highinsight7]

ALL of the FIRST CLASS Mendelssohn compositions... are up there with the BEST of the BEST!

[@RemovdSande11]

music is like a drug for me. This piece is one to keep. Thanks!

[@veikiekid]

one of the best anthem i've ever heard !

[@강현수-d6r]

Oh holy and beautiful~ I often listen to this music as if I pray to the God for my hope~~

[@adorablescorbunny6115]

The soloist is just extraordinary...wow

[@notyobs]

Wow, he sings it so beautifully.

[@AlessandroPasotti]

Mendelsohn: MAGNIFICENT COMPOSER EVER!

[@EForchetto]

Intrigued by the origin of the song played repeatedly on an ancient gramophone in the movie "Seance on a wet afternoon 1964" I found it...wonderful!.

[@PhillipShoultz]

Mendelssohn had a friend, William Bartholomew, complete the English text for him. (Bartholomew is the same person who translated Elijah into English for him). This is one of three pieces that he originally wrote for English audiences. He later completed his own German translation. To answer your question, I believe he did speak English reasonably well, too.

[@cherokeechung4368]

Phillip Shoultz hunger inerggbnmxames trrhvhunuefr

[@bubblefyfe]

4.13 - captivatingly beautiful!

[@francaimke3394]

Marvelous. Merveilleux. Haast te mooi om waar te zijn.

[@JuanCarlosPUCP]

Indeed Mendelssohn was one of the greatest composers of all time!

[@MAKAADE]

I am auditioning for the solo in my church choir....and I am amazed I get to the top notes! It's been a while since I have done choral music. Over 25 years....of undisciplined singing..... To auditioning for this.

[@telemachus53]

Its so beautiful I don't know what to write. - I just wrote it.

[@shrekenjoyer2142]

i just did this solo for a recording a couple days ago, it’s so beautiful.

[@StuartSafford]

My fondest wish. I stated this wish only this morning. I shall fly!

[@barbraann3330]

fantastic...my pa-in-laws fave composer...............

[@Christopher-h4z]

« And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.» (Psalm 55:6.)

[@junebungei5972]

I remember this from my highschool choir, good times.

[@avantifontana7214]

Thank you very much, very inspiring. To God be the Glory.

[@magpie4321]

Psalm 55For they bring down trouble upon me, And in wrath they hate me. My heart is severely pained Give ear to my prayer, O God, And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.

[@kyrieeleison7065]

In tears....

[@vocal2260]

Absolutely beautiful!!

[@annalindevandermark3991]

That begin is what i had to sing solo tomorrow. 🤗🤗

[@ViknAl]

this i a very beautyful song! I love to sing it =)

[@Choristenimes]

waouh ! Quelles voix !! Splendide !

[@bethanygent1408]

BEST SONG EVER

[@mtan0001]

beautiful solo!

[@bertusrabe]

no human can compose such Divine music. Only God. God certainly has "used" Mendelssohn as HIS Instrument to compose this beauty. Hearing this I am shivering all over and tears are rolling over my cheeks. a human mind is too limited to encircle this wonderful expression of Gods Love to man.

[@wiwipapillon6928]

Such a lack of respect for the thousands of hours Mendelssohn must have spent learning music and working hard to perfect this masterpiece .. Can't we just admit that there are just very few among us normal humans that are specially gifted? And give tribute to their life spent working to perfect their art? I don't deny your faith at all, but I don't think it has to be thrown around to justify anything and everything. With all regards

[@maureenclarke3735]

wonderful

[@iamlillian08]

Thanks for sharing. help me to practise for our choir presentation in 3weeks time! Beautiful glorious song. glad i am learning it. =)

[@MONA_BRISA-l]

Amo essa música

[@morphthing1]

@swazi7sista Accordinrg to wikipedia they are all from England, Ben Inman (the soloist) is from Yorkshire.

[@isaacsureshkumar8720]

I am 16 yr old boy. I can sing the G5 note with ease. It feels so good

[@ScriptureUnbroken]

What a tonic!

[@Lumisatmi]

You don't really hear it unless it is used to excess. I have to agree with MrMarbles0000 in that this indeed sounds "too perfect". It does not imply the singer is incapable of singing in pitch, it is simply something audio engineers do routinely in this sort of recordings.

[@Raichu234]

amazing and beautiful :D X

[@SiSoLFaMi]

MAGNIFICO / bellezza esiste!

[@rebeccahilliard6336]

4:13 is amazing

[@thomastidswell7310]

I was brought up on the performance by Earnest Lock in the 1940s. This performance was superb and better than that. Well done, lad!

[@frankiederbidge1024]

I am singing this solo on Sunday

[@LadyPemily]

Thank you x

[@kathrindannat4566]

Wunderwunderschön

[@MariposaRedimida]

I was also wondering wether the soloist was British or from where, but only because of the sound of the *r*, but I did notice some of the British don't roll their *r*s that much, for example, when Mrs. Dumbledore said: very, haha, anyways, I loved this version, I sang it in German and didn't know how beautiful it sounded in English, and loved the orchestra too, beautiful.

[@faramir]

An English choir would be trained to roll their rs and for example pronounce ts and ds at the end of words more clearly than would be normal in English speech.

[@noelleon2115]

Absolut GENIUS.

[@godelieveboone6581]

magnifiek !

[@escuain]

@iamnjxd Hi, this is verse 6 of Psalm 55. This Psalm is a prayer for deliverance in the midst of great danger from evil men and this verse is an expression to the desire to escape from all those circumstances --- and be at rest. But in the context of a prayer addressed to God for deliverance through God's intervention against treacherous and murderous people.

[@lordic1969]

Haunting, beautiful. And of course it is sung in english,not welsh.

[@zytigon]

Alternative modern day lyrics with the advent of hydrofoils for windfoiling, winging, sup foiling, kite foiling etc: Oh for the wings, for the wings of a hydrofoil Far away, smoooothly, I would glide. Oh for the wings, for the wings of a hydrofoil On a magic carpet, I would glide, like an albatross over the waves

[@morphthing1]

@maxjamesorgans Ben Inman who was one of the three 'Choirboys'

[@morphthing1]

@Sammybear513 Unless I am mistaken it is at the top of the suggestions list to the right...

[@regrettispaghetti2517]

Found this in an excerpt from Peter and the Starcatcher.

[@machorahandel3594]

1:23 it slaaaaaps ..❤

[@morphthing1]

@ewokmusic The boy singing is English.

[@morphthing1]

@u7alll sorry but comes out fine this end, you might want to check the settings/quality of your speakers or headphones

[@magpie4321]

Attend to me, and hear me; I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily, Because of the voice of the enemy Because of the oppression of the wicked; within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me. So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. Indeed, I would wander far off, And remain in the wilderness.

[@Buggaton]

@morphthing1 It's not. Searching for "Hear my Prayer Mendelssohn" does work equally as well though.

[@CSPlayerDamon]

Hey, check out Oliver Putland on this as well...He was in the Angels Choir back in 1992 or so..Even though this is amazing as well, I believe his rendition will leave you more than speechless.

[@iso2000zoe2006]

Thanks for the quality of the music you're posting. I'm doing a playlist for my sister's wedding music. Why did you choose the Choir boys for this part of Hear my Prayer? Rather than New College, I mean. Their (NCO) version is purer and more accurate, don't you think? I'd love it if you could post it!

[@fableuniverse7177]

I wish my voice could do that.

[@EduSilvaFarias86]

Donde puedo conseguir o comprar la partitura ?

[@u7alll]

amazing but i wish u made his voice louder so i could hear him singing the notes easier

[@DanielRivera-lg8wn]

What kind of music is this???

[@BenInman]

Daniel Rivera hey Daniel, this is choral music. Hope this message finds safe and well. I’m glad you enjoyed our recording of this piece. I’ve actually just set up my own channel with my adult voice to help raise awareness of mental health difficulties. I’d love for you to be one of my first 50 subscribers :) thanks, Ben

[@lefterisinnova]

You're not yelping... South Park

[@remyworldpeace]

3:00

[@missasinenomine]

Interesting how the soloist makes "rove" rhyme with "dove". (not Roave)

[@beatrixflynn5126]

Can anyone recommend a good version of this piece to listen to to help me learn the solo?

[@evperkins2947]

Beatrix Flynn The version by Eton college chapel choir

[@beatrixflynn5126]

Update: covid happened, I never got to do it. The recommendation was really good thank you though.

[@julianahill2399]

Who is the soloist?

[@bwebsclips]

Ben Inman, a star

[@bwebsclips]

He's a member of the Choirboys

[@dustybrownewell9817]

Peter and the Starcatchers

[@maxjamesorgans]

what his this boy's name?

[@serenedagamerxd3046]

Makoto James Ben Inman

[@iran4040]

reading about NATO phonetic language and end up here. it's a strange world.

[@SamoriahGames]

Is this a translation or did Mendelssohn speak English?

[@hoelital]

It is a translation. But that doesn't mean that Mendelssohn did not speak English

[@kevinwingfield2007]

hoelital Peculiarly he had a broad Glasgow accent despite (or maybe because) English was not his first language, he was much better at Portuguese and Swahili. He also had an obsession with birds, particularly doves and broke his arm jumping off his roof trying to fly like a bird.

[@nataliakalitsioti5412]

Libera

[@wojtas200255]

It's terrible to read a score without clefs, key signatures, accolades...

[@170358Chris]

He's very good but slightly fast :-/

[@moondoggyJ55]

autotune

[@shnimmuc]

Insiped

[@bantamblue]

I've been listening to classical music for years and I can say that this is autotuned.

[@BasileusR]

asshole impostor...

[@jonnyhibbsmusic4547]

No it's not!! It's just a young child with a clean voice.

[@marleylecter4268]

You don’t know anything about the human voice

[@MattA-nz9ze]

bantamblue um get a new set of ears

[@shnimmuc]

Not a phrase of originality, Get your sugar high.

[@macca5986]

one of field Marshal Montgomery's favourites

[@iso2000zoe2006]

Thanks for the quality of the music you're posting. I'm doing a playlist for my sister's wedding music. Why did you choose the Choir boys for this part of Hear my Prayer? Rather than New College, I mean. Their (NCO) version is purer and more accurate, don't you think? I'd love it if you could post it!