John the Revelator - Salt Lake Vocal Artists

The Salt Lake Vocal Artists perform "John the Revelator" arranged by Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory in the Auditorio Juan Victoria, San Juan, Argentina, under the direction of Dr. Brady Allred, live in concert on August 1, 2011.
Piano: Laurel Enke
Argentina Tour: July 28-August 13, 2011

[@abatteria523]

wow, the tenors are amazing

[@mysteriousmemethief8598]

abatteria523 yup

[@andrew24601]

Doing this for chorus this year, and that clapping is HARD. Clapping on the upbeat while the other sections are clapping on the downbeat isn't easy!

[@elenalofgren3199]

I'm doing it this year also in chorus.....it's really hard

[@ChaosGXProductions]

Clapping and singing isn't easy, but the bass part is easy to learn.

[@deborarf]

I'm doing this in chorus too. But I don't think clapping is hard, for me it is easy.

[@safety5261]

I know how u feel my chior summit mansfield kicks butt on this song we make it church.

[@joecambareri1090]

Amazing piano work. Nailed those runs even at this pretty crazy tempo

[@somerandomperson8859]

My high school did this last year and as a soprano 1 it was so hard on my voice! Still one of the best songs we’ve done!

[@ohmbettafish323]

I haven't heard this song in at least 5 years, but I started remembering bits of it recently.

[@nochillwill5903]

I'm a bass. This is the first piece of choral music I ever sang seriously in high school. I love it so much!

[@jayson6633]

Doesn't it suck if your choir doesn't get to do this song just because they can't clap

[@papajoshua9230]

This song gives me goosebumps like I cannot imagine!

[@ericfasley5647]

My highschool choir did this song in 2012, and it was the best song EVER!!!

[@aliyahhaun4776]

We made it to state with this song😍

[@theradicalace]

my high school's concert choir did this for the first concert this year, and i was absolutely blown away!

[@Videogamehero67]

First song i sung Bass 2 for. one of my favorites.

[@notthereallogic3840]

You know my teacher should let one our choir song this song because we listen to like every day

[@mermaidopulence8539]

I remember doing this back in 2011 when our choir went to Chicago to perform for a festival......I had the double claps part so that was fun lolzzz

[@sylvrain]

Heard this at the All-Northwest choir concert Sunday afternoon (I was in the All-State group) and wow what an incredible piece! And execution! I'm amazed

[@leagiesenkirchen2195]

Such wonderful song💛

[@mrjack4808]

Great seeing this choir clap their hands and sing this song.

[@shaneokeefe971]

The most talented person on that stage is the pianist!!!

[@sopraltenass13]

So much yes!

[@podunkpunk8759]

I'm gonna clarify this now to the people saying this is too fast... The thing is, there is no set speed in music, even with written tempos, it's all up to the musician's view. The thing is, written music isn't a guideline, it's not even a set of rules but instead a series suggestions. ~ya boi BISSA If i'm wrong correct me

[@mysteriousmemethief8598]

PodunkPunk you aren't

[@stevenfox9695]

I'm pretty sure this is the tempo suggested for the piece. This is about the same tempo we took when we did the song years back.

[@imjustdandy9799]

I sang this arrangement of the song and this is the “correct” tempo. I personally think its the best fast anyway

[@elizamalone8832]

It sure is snappy...

[@mahler1976]

Amazing!

[@susanflakes6968]

Welcome! Blessings!

[@deborarf]

Best song ever ❤️

[@safety5261]

this song and great god almighty in one concert would be too much.

[@grace.kurowski4232]

This is the song that made me join select choir

[@ChaosGXProductions]

At a certain point, there is some offbeat clapping, but that's written in the copies we use.

[@ricohoward675]

some of the upper structures in the vocal harmonies are insane! what is the last chord!? Looking at the score it looks like an AminMaj7 with a 9th in the sopranos stratosphere. Am I reading that right? Listening to it, sounds like some kind of 7th chord with a sharp 11. but wow

[@qwertydeluxe]

Rico Howard Yup, A minor, with sopranos adding in a major 7 and 9. The 11th flavor might come from the piano reinforcing those harmonies. The right hand just looks like a Cmajor7 augmented chord, but becomes the chord we named above because of the A in the bass. Funky stuff!

[@fznbaritone]

@Bowler It looked as though the sopranos were doing some offbeat clapping. It sounded like it was right. I don't think the audience really got in the way too much. Maybe that's just me.

[@brookswhitmore1539]

Who is the pianist? Credit?

[@CharlieNme11]

It’s in the description

[@ferdimlg]

yes the clapping section is great till the sopran shout A.

[@BrittanyNicoleHaase]

I actually like the off beat audience clapping. It gives it a cool affect.

[@tommybooker6377]

It's written in the music for one of the sections to start clapping off beat. You're welcome for the reply to a 5 year old comment :)

[@gunzfohire8666]

I hope my choir's interpretation of the song is just as good as this one.

[@BowlerX0001]

Great Job!!!! a bit faster than what i think it shoulda been done but still done very well. why did the audience have to kill the clapping section!!!

[@alanarenas9575]

Mmm... I dont think so

[@BlackSheepParty]

LOLOLOLOL....... catching breath..... AHAHAHAHAHHa This is the whitest thing I have ever seen.

[@bobdylansdaughter]

WAAAY too fast. It should lay back a bit.

[@victorianee8510]

pennylaneOnFire nope. Supposed to be this fast

[@bobdylansdaughter]

Victoria Nee Nope.

[@jacedickson2075]

pennylaneOnFire what the hell are you talking about??? This is the tempo the piece is written in

[@weeaboo_weirdo]

pennylaneOnFire no they did it correctly

[@podunkpunk8759]

The thing is, there is no set speed in music, even with written tempos, it's all up to the musician's view. The thing is, written music isn't a guideline, it's not even a set of rules but instead a series suggestions.