Kathleen Battle & Jessye Norman sing "There is a Balm in Gilead" at Carnegie Hall

[@LaverneMerrick-nc9nm]

we need this Balm in Gilead so badly in 2024 to heal this world that’s in turmoil. Thank you Ms Battle, and Ms Norman for standing on the shoulders of Marion Anderson, who was present to enjoy this ❤️

[@serious7179]

This has got to be one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard... like angels singing...

[@andreawally4488]

They reminded me of beautiful melodious birds. God be praised! I was blessed!

[@thetonibrelandagency3477]

Agreed!

[@kassimkhan5524]

Jesse Norman was a treasure she carried herself like a queen Yet she sang like a Goddess

[@Vejur9000]

My god, the phrasing, power and control in these voices. Angels.

[@jla3bc]

A song this soul-sick nation needs.

[@Coffee_n_Opera]

The amount of genius and technical skill in this video alone is breathtaking. Music kiddos… take notes… the Queens are showing you how to do it!

[@Vejur9000]

Amen

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

Absolutely!!!

[@thetonibrelandagency3477]

Coffee_n_Opera, what a wonderful comment!

[@greenbyrdd8308]

My goodness, these voices. Just masterful! R I P to the great Jessie Norman.

[@donnageorge2712]

They both look and sound like a heavenly pair of angels 💖 Their performance of this hymn is unmatched and beyond magnificent!!

[@joanhughes7742]

Their voices are absolutely gorgeous and they sing this hymn beautifully.

[@robertsmith8183]

Just wow. Rest in peace Miss Norman.

[@linanicolia1363]

Did she die ?

[@Julia_Coelho_Music]

@@linanicolia1363 In 2019....

[@robertsmith8183]

@@linanicolia1363 yes

[@robertfontello6286]

Yes,bless Jesse Norman's spirit in heaven I'm just sure she's in the heavenly choir now ! I just know it!

[@elainesteele2643]

Extraordinary performance by two extraordinary women.

[@geneokeefe]

One of the best singers EVER! She could sing Mozart through Verdi. We need more singers such as she was. Miss her greatly!

[@comachos]

My mother and I saw this when it was first telecast on PBS Great Performances and it remains a favorite.

[@levimiller5550]

Brought me to tears.

[@armywife2248]

Their voices complement each other's so well!!!

[@Onlyone-m6f]

💯💯💯

[@barbarawommack8369]

Perfect song for these days with outstanding women singing.

[@rev.margarethmccauley4903]

Inspiring, comforting, healing...a much needed blessing. Amen!

[@지-w3k]

So touching hymn and their voices Thanks.. There is a balm in Gilead To make the wounded whole; There is a balm in Gilead To heal the sin-sick soul. Some times I feel discouraged, And think my work’s in vain, But then the Holy Spirit Revives my soul again. If you cannot sing like angels, If you can’t preach like Paul, Go home and tell your neighbor, He died to save us all.

[@TheWriterWalker]

Thank you so much for providing these lyrics. I was about to look them up because I didn't know they were saying "sin-sick." But thanks to you, I have clarification. :-)

[@garyfreedman4389]

We miss you, Jessye Norman!

[@xavierw.richardson2380]

There is a balm (unison/octave) at 3:55 did it for me. That sound can only come from heaven and experience.

[@TheWriterWalker]

Xavier W. Richardson, bless you for giving technical language to the part of their singing that moved me so much.

[@niki-mars955]

Yes, the vocal arrangement is also so beautiful.

[@lorrainechandler7864]

Thank You for your beautiful description. Their singing is a transcendent expierience.💙🙏🙏

[@kimhoitomt8527]

@@niki-mars955 Our PBS just broadcasted this two days ago. The arranger was a child prodigy playing piano at age two they said. Her arrangements are exquisite. She has a beautiful voice herself too.

[@suzanne4504]

These are the two most excellent operatic performers in America.

[@tommuldoon5677]

Indeed wonderful. I admire both women. They give us what we need in 2020 - 2021.

[@allenpalmer5444]

I grew up Cathholic and learned this gospel song in the 7th. grade...my hearing is failing me rapidly and can not hear them sing their joy is enough for m....I love this song !!!!

[@andreajackson4764]

❤️🙏🏾

[@linanicolia1363]

Don't care for the words, cannot make them out, but the music is lovely and so are the voices.....beautiful.

[@sophiae.dorval3739]

🙏🏾❤️

[@edpeters6290]

Praying for improvement in your hearing.

[@deboraalhanati2776]

❤bem blessed.

[@zellenesmith5695]

This is the most beautiful song with so much meaning a song of Repentance and forgiveness and thank You John Newton

[@FootBall-ph1tb]

Author is Harry Thacker Burleigh who dedicated it to John Wesley Work of Fisk Univ

[@patricebrown777]

If this isn't the most beautiful offering, that ministers deeply to one's soul!! Breathtaking. Thank You, LORD for being the Balm in Gilead!!🙏🏽💖❤💖

[@highintrial]

This is what heaven must sound like.

[@Broadwaybuff-pi1qg]

THank you so much for posting this. My two favourite singers of that era and two of the great voices of the century, singing together. I remember vividly watching the concert on PBS when it first aired, and then rushing out to buy the CD when it became available. I was lucky enough to hear them on their own, singing with orchestra and in recitals, where they sometimes sang spirituals as part of the concerts. But to hear them together as they were here was a thrill, in such beautiful arrangements. Battle's silvery, angelic tone and Norman's warm, Earth Mother sound worked together so well. Brava. Still brings tears after all these years. From this concert, Battle's "Lord How Come me Here" was also one of her great performances ever.

[@lindaallen1883]

Such hope and joy! Thanks and God bless.

[@wildsarsaparilla]

That's the way you do it. Makes me weep every time. Love.

[@artopera676]

FANTASTIC VOICES Kathleen Battle & Jessye Norman. GOD BLESS YOU AND FAMILY.

[@antimatterwave3747]

I think i've never heard something more perfect than that

[@sportsbabe1125]

I needed to watch this today! Such beauty, grace, and elegance. Beautiful voices and marvelous singing.

[@johnhagans2190]

I am tone deaf but, I learned this song as a grammar schooler at The First African Baptist Church in Columbus, Ga. 😂 John Wesley Work Jr. props

[@florencejackson7905]

Absolutely beautiful

[@j.harperscott]

They are like Mother and Daughter. It's so beautiful to see the comradeship between them.

[@corneliaarendsen8215]

Beautiful. Two great singers.

[@juliamayes8004]

What a blessing!

[@sylviepoirier7123]

Vous êtes merveilleuses. On dirait des voix descendues du ciel. On ne se lâsse pas de vous écouter. Merci.❤

[@robertfontello6286]

So LOVE hear these two sing this song! Absolutely stunning!!

[@RadicalCaveman]

I don't know if there's a balm, but there are certainly two magnificent voices.

[@fraserreal8496]

Angels.

[@rhodagreen6496]

Such beautiful voices and phrasing! What a blessing to be able to hear this !

[@LeeAnnahsCreations]

Brought tears to my eyes... love this so much.

[@andreajackson4764]

It doesn't get better than this! So encouraging for 2020! ❤️

[@tamrameadows8014]

Tamra

[@carolanneposey5211]

Perfect voices; they blend together so marvelously .

[@racif]

My God this is nothing less than magical!

[@deltasquared7777]

Incomparably beautiful performance.

[@philrandolphperry2623]

This right here set my soul on fire! My Lord!

[@cathygarrett-davis7938]

Jessye Norman has such a beautiful songbird tone to her voice. A one-of-a-kind voice.

[@marybatistick4112]

Oh, how good that makes me feel.

[@traceeclay4056]

Remembering watching this beautiful performance on PBS around 1990💕💕

[@fawntolson9060]

Heavenly voices. 🌹💗✨

[@Marcel_Audubon]

Quite an astounding performance. Will never forget it.

[@DaveL1Jones]

I wept at the beauty of this. It so fits the background to our BLACK HISTORY MONTH here in the UK

[@sallymurchison3725]

Absolutely magnificently beautiful!!

[@aetion]

Absolutely amazing! Thank you.

[@kathyx5780]

Wow! I was looking for this song done in a Capella or larger group to really hear harmonies. But I got to say this was just Wow. Beautiful performance. I will be sharing!

[@traceybaker5764]

Try this one: I fell in love with it! I was asked to sing this at my husband’s uncle’s funeral and he loved opera and I grew up listening to Kathleen Battle but I really loved this a capella version I found as well! Enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpfGfqt_lJurqc0

[@AntonievanTonder]

It is so wonderful to hear the best sing the praises of Jesus!

[@steelclassicm890]

Just beautiful

[@patriciagraham2287]

Goosebumps

[@favioslipak676]

Im crying right now thank you my God ❤

[@Blessedlight1]

This piece is what the world needs to heal the world, just listening to the perfect tones of grace.

[@turnthepage867]

Spectacular

[@hbcc-pa2568]

Beautiful!!

[@manuelsuazo8521]

Just breathtaking ❤

[@acitipo]

Que maravillosa combinación , bellísimas voces una soprano ligera de altísimo nivel, voz de porcelana… y una hermosa voz de soprano dramática, de brillante carrera. Hermoso himno “Al suave bálsamo de Gilhead” Jesús El Señor!!!

[@patriciagraham2287]

So very lovely.

[@joyborum4180]

Gorgeous. Thank you.

[@margieguilfordwoman]

Not surprised by all of this...kinda knew it in my heart...

[@jonathanhodrick5911]

Absolutely beautiful!

[@themagicalvoices]

Who's here 😭😭😭 July 2021

[@adriennepender673]

Just... Glorious. Can't believe this got a Thumbs Down from anyone.

[@imkepena8777]

Hearing this as the Israeli hostages are released, may the healing balm of Gilead heal their precious souls…😊

[@Og-Judy]

First rime I heard this was with catholic nuns involved with the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement back in the 1970s. It touches the soul.

[@ameliajackson5752]

So Amazing‼️❤️

[@artishardwick5762]

This was absolutely amazing.

[@patriciajansen3002]

They both are angels. So beautiful. ❤

[@Gustavoalessandrom]

Maravilhoso!

[@carolinegoncalves5107]

woww the most beautiful thing i have chills all over my arms

[@carlawalgren4699]

WOW!

[@TheWriterWalker]

They did that thang.

[@jordanmccomb7992]

Literally perfection

[@amirat.9805]

Wow, that was really extraordinary. Brava!! 👏

[@etjeong2126]

After reading Kenzaburo Oe's 'Burning Green Tree', this ethereal song strikes me as a spiritual thunder!!!

[@shirleysimmons3553]

Thousands of years ago the question cried out was, is there a balm in Gilead and thousands of years later a people enslaved in America declared yes there is a balm in Gilead. Bless you Yahweh and our saviour Yahshua.

[@sosexymagazinerobinwatkins8467]

🙌🏽🙌🏽 Thank you for this Comment❤

[@marcelsmith5704]

This was arranged and orchestrated by Hale Smith.

[@normanbonk8064]

❤❤❤ Wow! Prayers.

[@janetbaker5962]

Missing wonderfu Jessye.

[@EddyLynnMusic]

Wonderful

[@tamrameadows8014]

Praise God

[@zellenesmith5695]

Merry and encouraging for us individually and collectively to our world today in to2022

[@Kevin-mw9yl]

Sublime.

[@lindaphillips4646]

After all the somewhat distracting aspects of the exquisite singing of this beautiful hymn are set aside, and i just listen to the beauty, there IS something that is most important: YES, GLORY TO GOD!, THERE IS A BALM IN GILEAD! ☦☦☦

[@estherwonderful6443]

Gracious goodness!

[@petrusasemicorma9290]

Fantastiche

[@mountainlinx]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@coup919062]

This should be played at Kamala’s inauguration 💙

[@ronbautista597]

Brava!

[@zellenesmith5695]

This song is a Negro Spiritual that we sang in high school glee Club

[@misstubbie1313]

What is this water coming from my eyes?

[@philiprandall473]

They are that balm