Let My Love Be Heard - Jake Runestad

"Let My Love Be Heard" by Jake Runestad. Performed by the Bob Cole Conservatory Chamber Choir. Dr. Jonathan Talberg, conductor. Presented in memory of Nohemi Gonzalez.
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"Angels, where you soar
Up to God's own light,
Take my own lost bird
On your hearts tonight;
And as grief once more
Mounts to heaven and sings,
Let my love be heard
Whispering in your wings."
(From "A Prayer" by Alfred Noyes)

[@willhupp2857]

When there are no words to speak, there is music.

[@bret6484]

I agree, but also these lyrics are beautiful

[@paulopaulo1563]

U

[@bret6484]

@@paulopaulo1563 no u

[@itxdoubleh5727]

Righhhht

[@kathyaolson]

In Spring 2019 my choir was performing this piece. My husband was losing his battle with a brain tumor. We performed it 6 days before he passed away on Good Friday. I continue to be humbled by its beauty.

[@JakeRunestad]

Thank you, Kathleen. I'm so sorry for your loss.

[@kathyaolson]

@@JakeRunestad Thank you Jake. Your words mean a lot. I sing with the Two Rivers Chorale and Tim Sawyers continues to give us your meaningful songs to perform. Thank you for your gift!

[@markkennedy1022]

I can only imagine what that must have been like. Beautiful but so very sad. This Good Friday just past was 5 years to the day since we buried my beloved wife. We lost her to a brain tumour. Listening to this piece and this performance again today, I meditated on the words in a new way. Lots of tears, but what a gift to have music that helps us to feel, and to release. To be. Thanks @Kathleen Olson for sharing, and thanks @Jake Runestad for your beautiful composition.

[@Psalm_27.4]

@@markkennedy1022 I send my deepest sympathies to you for the loss of your wife. 🌹🥀🌹

[@Psalm_27.4]

@Kathleen Olson Deepest sympathy to you in the loss of your beloved husband. 🥀🥀🥀

[@jebediahhonker-tonker5901]

I almost cried several times while listening to this. You can feel the aching and grief in this song. I wondered how the choir could acheive such a sound, and after hearing the story, it makes sense. Rest in peace.

[@knowzyvlogz9774]

Literally,

[@kadi2420]

Jebediah Honker-Tonker This brought me to tears, I heard all the emotions and by the end of the song I just thought about everything, just everyone emotion came crashing down

[@kgillon]

the voices in these choirs over the decades have preserved all that is light in love in my tiny heart with their blending of voice to unearth emotion! Amazing desire to transmit and rebirth!

[@TMIMMM]

I love reading comments like these as a person in choir

[@earldaniels9115]

How is it that pain and sorrow produces the perfect sound… I listened to this so many times and each time I shed a tear or rather many… absolutely love this… the first time I listened to this I had to sit down afterwards because it felt like I was holding my heart in my hands, couldn’t move for a while…❤ thank you choir for doing this, for singing this…

[@crust43]

This song, my god. They did a great job of making me cry in the middle of Algebra...

[@crust43]

Listen, there were tough times in the kingdom.

[@jordanklotz1944]

@G G Something much important than algebra (in my opinion)

[@jaketaylor8176]

Are u sure algebra didnt make u cry?

[@crust43]

Jacob Taylor A little bit of both

[@knowzyvlogz9774]

Right?!?! I was in govt/econ doing an essay while listening to this and i'm just in class crying looking at my computer screen like what xD

[@TanyaTaylor]

Choir - thank you. Tenors - you shall all go directly to heaven for your work in this piece.

[@zaimzibran6601]

HAH! Tenor here - you got me laughing. That high A is something else

[@raskullsshako]

I feel like tenors are so under-appreciated. Y’all got the best parts of every song and you really carry the power in those high notes!!! ✌🏼✨

[@shawnaweesner3759]

The tenors are amazing! ❤️🙏

[@philliprobertson]

The basses and sopranos as well

[@kristine6153]

Does anyone else think the picture of the choir seems to be a moving video at first glance if you're not paying attention?

[@TripleThicc]

IlIl IlIl This entire time I didn’t know it was a picture..

[@lenie.kreide4350]

It was exactly the same when I watched it! Only halfway through I realised it was a picure and not the footage of the recording. Strange.

[@cleoedler9375]

I watched the whole thing and didn’t notice until I just came down in the comments

[@matts156]

Same here!

[@hunterk7838]

It took me like five seconds while I tried to figure out why the conductor was frozen in such an awkward pose.

[@HOLYCOWofthesea]

By far the best performance of this piece. Nothing can ever compare to the emotional depth and strength of this performance. It should be regarded as a pinnacle of choral determination, and should serve as an inspiration to any group. This, is how you perform music. This is how you bring music to life.

[@genevahicks8945]

Ikr

[@hannahlomara6517]

AND THEY LEARNED IT IN ONE REHEARSAL

[@andymilstenmusic8520]

Hannah Lomara I WAS ABOUT TO SAY😲😲😲😲😲

[@joshnicolepepito4040]

I agree

[@kristianappel6676]

This is just a bit better: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWOQiWOvhchmftU

[@matti5870]

I don't know how I'm going to perform this without crying on stage! Honestly one of the most beautiful and heartfelt songs I've ever heard.

[@haileybritt4552]

Coming back to this song after learning of a miscarriage in my family, I wanted to play this aloud for that little baby I will someday meet in heaven🤍

[@captainkunucky]

When the tenors go up to that high A on the last "be heard", TOO GOOD

[@guibox3]

It's even better singing it! Check out Prairie Voices and Konektis on here singing it together. I am in Konektis (the salt and pepper beared guy on the far right). So much fun to crank out those notes. Incredibly powerful to sing!!

[@captainkunucky]

guibox3 alright you have forever earned my respect 😊 my high school choir hasn't done this nor am i a tenor sadly but i would like to sing this just because how amazing the piece itself sounds!

[@aeknipp7606]

I sang this tonight. As a tenor... I was n tears. this piece of music is so moving.

[@tranq5244]

@@aeknipp7606 I've sang it as a baritone and every time I hear it I'm longing for the opportunity to sing it alongside my choral brothers and sisters once more.

[@christianfarrace5230]

The falsetto had to come out when I sung that

[@josiahgarcia2791]

I LOVE when the choir gradually get louder at 3:45- 4:35! and the Tenors! I could listen to this everyday...

[@Hshennags]

Jc Garica I think anyone can

[@dodgedemon3690]

I love the whole part, rocks

[@Kxnnyyyyy]

The section gives me goosebumps every time I listen to it. It’s so incredibly powerful and you become embraced by the emotion of the song and it’s absolutely astonishing.

[@jordangraves4606]

I woke up this morning, my heart heavy from the loss of lives in Florida. I was listening on my way to school, and was weeping. Thank you Jake. Beautiful.

[@JakeRunestad]

[@ellebelle25]

My choir performed this song as a tribute to the Florida shooting victims. 💛💛

[@utzjustin]

This piece is absolutely sublime. It is as though the voices of Heaven touching down to Earth. I can't explain it, but it is superbly ethereal and an absolute masterpiece. An incredibly moving tribute to Nohemi. The text speaks so powerfully from the yearning of the heart to the angels. The chords move me to tears every time. Thank you for this piece, Jake Runestad.

[@jg8358]

Justin Utz your words moved me to listen to this piece.

[@weefolk3715]

This song is medicine for my heart today. Stunning to listen to, and to sing. Thank you.

[@musicallyintimidated3803]

My choir was rehearsing to perform this piece in March. Two weeks before our scheduled performance, the Coronavirus caused the shutdown of most of the country...I’m a 2020 graduate. For me, this song is a quiet remembrance of the lives that have been lost, and a reflection of my last year of high school. This is one of my absolute favorite choral pieces.

[@kristine6153]

Thinking about how this song is representing the yearning to have your passed away loved ones hear your love for them makes me so emotional. And when the choir gradually gets louder and higher at the peak of the song, with “let my love be heard” being repeated, it’s like it’s your love desperately trying to reach the deceased, and with each repeat, it tries harder and harder, never giving up. Whether or not it actually reaches is up to debate, but either way, it makes me cry every time. This song is absolutely beautiful, and I want it played at my funeral

[@NolnMcBeyersdorf]

I’m a college student at Northern Arizona University. Dr. Talberg was the conductor for the Arizona All State choir when I was in it. This song reminds me of why I’m going into education every time I hear it and I cry just as hard now as I did the first time. I’ve never had such a beautiful experience singing and have yet to enjoy that again. This song gets me through very hard parts of my life. Thank you, Jake Runestad for composing this masterpiece and thank you Dr. Talberg for the unbelievable experience of singing it.

[@SMmarcus100]

I'm so glad we still have people from the Arizona All-State Choir going to this as a constant reminder of why we keep perusing our paths in music! Thank you for being one of the 200 others singing this with me; and thank you Dr. Talberg and Jake Runestad for experiences I'll forever cherish!

[@GoldenSpiderMonkey2480]

I had the great pleasure of having Jake Runestad come and conduct my choir for a rehersal of this piece. It’s still in my memory, and I’m grateful that we got to have such a close connection to origins of the song. I hope any that are grieving can find peace ❤

[@jenna5260]

im a senior in hs and we’re singing this. i’m going to bawl on the risers as i’ll be singing for my school for the last time. i couldn’t ask to be gifted a greater song to end to.

[@motocaleb7508]

Going into my junior year of hs, my teacher refuses to do this song though. Kinda sad its my favorite one

[@shawnaweesner3759]

To @jenna5260: High school age is too young for this song.

[@shawnaweesner3759]

@@motocaleb7508 Your music (choral) teacher is correct. This song is too emotionally advanced for high school age young people, during this time in history. They can not do it justice.

[@geenskeen]

@@shawnaweesner3759 do you think there aren't high schoolers who have experienced the loss of loves ones??

[@offesetorin]

@@shawnaweesner3759do you think people only gain emotional intelligence when they graduate? it is formed through the accumulated knowledge of your youth, learning of love, life, and death. high schoolers are more than capable of doing it emotional justice

[@mossbased]

this song is just so beautiful im in a high school choir and i remember traveling and hearing a college sing it and the sound just filled the entire room and it was the most beautiful and powerful thing ive ever heard in my entire life

[@henrygao34]

Dr. Talberg just flew into Shanghai and was the guest conductor for our choir festival. We sung Nyon Nyon and Lift Mine Eyes-- it was amazing. I told him that I set my alarm clock to this recording every morning and he was like ECSTATIC! Love your music!!

[@zachskiles8059]

Henry Gao My choir did Nyon Nyon last year, such a strange but fun song

[@MCNinjaCast]

This amazing man was our guest conductor for our 2018 ccsd all-state choir in Las Vegas, Nevada and I remember him telling us about a boy he had met in Shanghai who told him how that boy would wake up to this recording every morning and I cry and feel this song everytime I hear it.. singing has it been An amazing honor and it’s such a coincidence that you have commented this because those were one of the many stories that he has told us that I remembered. :) did u write it on a index card and told him? Or did u just come up and tell him? Lol he would use index cards because he doesn’t like it when people raise their hands during rehersalss 😂😂 anyways I hope you had an amazing time with Dr. Talberg as much as I did and I hope you keep singing!!

[@phillysnowguy]

I cry every time I listen to this. This particular performance is so good. It is not rushed and the blend of the voices evokes such power. You can’t rush grief nor can you really show what it feels like, but this song gets so close.

[@SamB-fv6su]

Incredible music and a tribute to their friend. This singing made me cry for those in my life that I have lost. It feels as though G-d can hear these voices and the departed can appreciate our love for them

[@morgannoorda7881]

I had chills up my spine the whole song...every note is haunting and beautiful and I truly felt a prick in my heart while listening to this

[@ari-tj5pj]

almost a month ago, my high school choir had the pleasure of being apart of the adopt-a-choir program at Texas Christian University, and the TCU University Singers sang this song for us in a small, dome auditorium. it echoed throughout the small space... there’s nothing more ethereal than hearing this sound vibrating all around you with so much passion. if i could go back to that day and sit in that moment again, i would. it’s something you could never forget.

[@jessehiggins6018]

Thank you so much for this song. It helped me through the grieving process of my cat passing.

[@hadleehofman]

I'm so sorry for your loss ❤️

[@dannysoderberg9051]

4:27 ... oh man

[@alexanderbruno]

I feel like I've seen you comment on a lot of choral music

[@lenie.kreide4350]

At this moment I get goosebumps every. single. time.

[@ishfahahmadsyawaqi6186]

I don't know how to explain it, but when it comes to 3:12, I can imagine the sound as prayers and thoughts that we send for the lost ones being brought up by the angels, and finally reach God at 4:30. For me, that section is the most emotional part of the song. Thank you for creating such a beautiful and heartwarming music, Jake.

[@jordanklotz1944]

That's an amazing way to view it. It changed my perspective on the piece.

[@ShepMaestro]

Powerful observation bless you Ishfah

[@ishfahahmadsyawaqi6186]

@@jordanklotz1944 Thank you Jordan

[@ishfahahmadsyawaqi6186]

@@ShepMaestro Thank you Terrance

[@johnniestoker2933]

Just recently came across this video and it sent tears streaming down my face. I am a member of the Salt Lake Vocal Artists and I need to bring this song up to my director. I would love to sing this beautiful piece of music. And what an amazing message this video brings to the world. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@JakeRunestad]

Thank you so much! I'm a big fan of SLVA!

[@johnniestoker2933]

Jake Runestad And we are a big fan of you! We are singing Peace of Wild Things at our concert this Saturday :)

[@Emmy01077]

Johnnie Stoker SLVA is phenomenal!!!! I would love to hear you guys tackle this piece

[@stephaniebennion1916]

YESSSSSSSSSS

[@Opielove12]

Did you end up singing it? :) Its truly a beautiful piece and even more wonderful to sing.

[@BreKBre]

Wow!!!! This is heavy. I’m listening and In tears. Absolutely beautiful. Rest in Love Nohemi! 💛💛💛💛

[@reeseeldert-moore7910]

Sang this at my school...Very powerful and moving. Made my dad cry...he never does.

[@yukow0w601]

i performed this with an incredibly talented choir and i'll never forget my first time making audience members cry. This is just the most beautiful piece.

[@allyllorens3305]

I am in absolute awe. No words can describe the presence this song brings. The emotion and connection brought through this piece of music is something unfathomable.

[@jonathonedwardmiller]

Knowing the background of this song makes it not only really sad and beautiful, but it makes it an absolutely ESSENTIAL song for every professional choir to perform at some point

[@trippypages7309]

This should have been the sound of Paris Olympics 2024. Not that controversial stuff that was meant to be for the enjoyment of an specific group. I think this song is universal.

[@bassbaritoneguy]

Such a beautiful, powerful piece. I lost my boyfriend of three years on September 28, 2016 and it's music like this that helps get me through the day. Thank you for sharing your gift with the world.

[@JakeRunestad]

I'm so sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing your story and how the music affects you. It means so much to hear that.

[@amazingyear9042]

ThankYou Jake Runestad. 🙏🏻ThankYou BCCCChoir. 🙏🏻ThankYou Dr. Talberg. 🙏🏻

[@jackyoungs3337]

Literally brought me to tears I faking love choral music and the community in side it

[@SinnohStarly]

Convinced our choir director to purchase this music, can't wait to perform it!

[@makaylaanos]

My sophomore year of high school my director's father passed. We recorded a video of the choir singing this piece. From a technical perspective, it was nothing to marvel at, but it was emotionally powerful. Every time I hear this piece performed I am reduced to a puddle of tears. This piece is truly wonderful.

[@creativeflame_]

So happy to be doing this in choir it’s such a gorgeous piece, and that A the tenors have literally COMPLETES the chord

[@HOWBAZARY]

I am balling my eyes out, gut wrenching happy and sad at the same time.

[@brucemcdowell7329]

This piece moves me deeply every time I hear it. It respects my sorrow, them takes me to a deep peace, combined in the heart in a way that only music can. Then I go to the shimmering transcendence of the crescendo, moving me closer to God. This is what it means to be swept away. Thank you Mr. Runestad. Thank you.

[@nicoleagpaoa8938]

We just perform this song last night at Windermere Fundraising Choir Concert. Still gave me goosebumps when i hear/sang this song.

[@candyswirlz2232]

We performed this piece for KMEA All-State Choir this year with Dr. Jeffrey Redding as our conductor. There were a few moments rehearsing this song that had tears running down my face as we sang. I'm never going to forget the feeling. 200 people singing in a room and every one of us could feel the emotion in our voices. Absolutely incredible.

[@candyswirlz2232]

jessiocia yes! He is one of the most incredible people I’ve ever met in my life. I really hope I get the chance to work with him again. Each rehearsal was an experience in and of itself. He helped us all connect with this song on such a deep level. Honestly the weekend I spent working with him and our choir is the most right I’ve felt in my life. Music is my passion, and working with this man who inspired others by giving them all of himself made me feel like I’d found my place in the world. Overshared a bit whoops but yeah I still get emotional just thinking about it.

[@JakeRunestad]

Thank you so much! Jeff Redding is amazing!

[@adrianmartinez4718]

I performed this song at Carnegie Hall with the Honors Performance Choir with Dr. Redding as my conductor! Easily one of the greatest experiences of my life

[@RobCauser]

Phenomenal choir! Astounding piece of music and text. My heart is full!

[@cck523]

That build up....THAT IS HOW YOU GRADUALLY CRESCENDO TO THE CLIMAX!! Beautiful executed and emotionally sound ❤️❤️

[@madisynrooney8824]

I can't wait to perform this song for my grandmother

[@nikkifeltman8523]

I just absolutely sobbed during those beautiful chords. Wow.

[@MsThabi]

I can’t stop crying 😢

[@ericcolborne5045]

Thank you so much for this amazing gift! I cannot even begin to explain the joy it brought to my ears and to my heart.

[@davidboyter9674]

a bucket of love from my tears after this ...

[@OmegaManXD]

I sang this piece at the North Carolina Honors Chorus, and even in the screening, everyone was in tears. I would be lucky to even write a piece that did the same thing. Thank you for this. This is my favorite piece.

[@OmegaManXD]

Please never stop writing music.

[@JakeRunestad]

Thank you so much -- I'm glad to hear you connect with the music.

[@fsc4823]

to be able to perform this song this well with just one rehearsal is insane.

[@avalynjames1924]

a very close loved one passed away a few weeks ago. this song breaks and heals me simultaneously.

[@AtmosPheare]

I did this for the Nevada All-state 2018, and I still cry and get chills from this. Such a powerful song.

[@Cannon819]

Just sang this for state contest, and it was the most moved I've ever seen an audience. Our school is know for being really good so we had probably around 200 people come to contest to hear us sing and It was so amazing to be apart of.

[@em20231]

sang this in 2019 senior year of high school. It was the most amazing moment of my life Isn’t it truly such an amazing song to be able to sing and be apart of?

[@emmacarlson2151]

I'm doing this with a choir that I have an internship in. I first heard this when another choir performed it by before we went on stage. I was in complete tears. I have no words on how to describe how this piece makes me feel

[@JakeRunestad]

It means so much to hear this music touches you. Thank you. Keep singing!

[@lovemorechauke9821]

I'm always in tears listing to this song , the grief in the song

[@Chap2960]

I feel like during this COVID-19 time, we all need reassurance. This song is my re-assurance, and I honor those who have passed away in the past, and now. Thank you for this song.

[@DavidParker-cf2km]

Wake up, it's a media-demic. How many piles of bodies have you driven past? This is all a smokescreen to cover who the federal reserve system is bailing out this time.

[@DavidParker-cf2km]

@@Chap2960 I did not bring up the covid hoax, I merely reacted to that official lie. I suggest you keep your political intrigues out of it.

[@DavidParker-cf2km]

​@@Chap2960 Then why are you reading comments? And the fact that there is no pandemic is not "my idea". The "idea' that the Covid-19 hysteria is a media-demic comes from those medical doctors who refuse to be coerced into repeating official lies, the doctors who actually see patients unlike Fauci who hasn't seen a patient in his entire 52-year career as a bureaucrat. With the current estimate of some 45,000,000 million babies tortured to death through legalized murder, "we" are ripe for judgment, but the SARS COV 2 virus is not that judgment. The judgement is what the demons who have perpetrated this hoax plan to do next. "Lockdown" is a prison term and dissenters, other that the fake "Black Lies Matter", are already being persecuted and prosecuted. But you are listening to the peaceful song, so this comment won't affect you.

[@DavidParker-cf2km]

@@Chap2960 You believe there is a "COVID-19 time" and that is 100% political indoctrination, not fact. You posted it as a primary comment, there for all to see, including me, who gets very upset at people who acquiesce to official lies. The popular submission to the perpetrators of the covid hoax put a majority of the world population in danger of starvation next year and has impoverished the majority of Americans, those who live from check to check at minimum wage jobs. Wall Street recipients of the "bailout trillions" are flourishing. Does that not hint that covid-19 is a smokescreen to distract from nefarious trillions (23 to be exact) in financial bailouts to the "too-big-to-fail" financiers? Those trillions are to be collected from common people in the form of the "hidden" tax of inflation plus direct and indirect taxation.

[@DavidParker-cf2km]

​@@Chap2960 Peace is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoa7kKqrqciJbpo "I feel like during this COVID-19 time, we all need reassurance." is purely political. I have not altered my life in the slightest to conform to lawless dictates from stuffed shirt bureaucrats. May your chains rest lightly on you as you obediently cover your face and wash your hands diligently in this world full of bacteria and virus that you have lived in for years and that has not changed.

[@katiefelkel9264]

I'm part of a community choir and we performed this recently. It is a beautiful piece.

[@colemckillip5080]

Sang this with Concert Choir last year at West High. Still one of my favorite pieces ever. Always gives me goosebumps when listening and singing it. Love it so much. Thank you so much for writing a beautiful song.

[@noodle7806]

my concert band is playing this song, one of my favorites because of how deep and emotional this song is

[@DonJay130]

Amazingly beautiful and deeply moving. 💕

[@thomasduffy1484]

I could listen to this song over and over again for the rest of my life and it wouldn't ever become any less amazing.

[@hexrtlxn840]

We performed this piece when I was in the high school Chior. By far the most incredibly beautiful song we ever performed. This is pretty much the only song that stuck with me 4 years later.

[@TheLovingWorks]

Seeing this video every time brings back memories and my faith and reason as to why I am now dedicating my future to music. Thank you so much for inspiring so many of us at the Arizona All-state Choir festival and blessing us with such a wonderful piece to perform. I will never forget that night when we performed this along with Shenandoah.

[@SMmarcus100]

You and me both! That festival is something I will never forget!

[@TheeOriginalLolo]

God I miss this singing this song.

[@sydneymitchell5115]

I recently went to a state choral performance where a bunch of colleges throughout the state performed for each other. And one of the choirs did this piece, and it was the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard. It was so ethereal and I was speechless

[@Christina-ww3yp]

It’s hard to imagine the amount of stagger breathing they had to practice to get to this perfection. Truly a piece that touches your heart and can be interpreted individually for each and every listener.

[@madchoirboyproductions]

I cried onto my music... what a deep song with even deeper meaning.

[@isabellebonilla6184]

my high school chorale group is singing this piece and it gives me goose bumps every time we sing it & i'm 100% positive i'm going to cry when the time comes to perform it

[@JakeRunestad]

I wish you the best with your performance. Keep spreading the love!

[@holyman3331]

I'm doing this song justice with my choir this year. This is such a beautiful piece, I can't wait to sing it! It's one of our most emotional pieces that we've done, and I hope we all don't start crying on stage.

[@delaneywright1469]

I cry every time we sing/ listen to this song

[@lunahymnpala3081]

I remember singing this in HS, and this was the video our director used to introduce us to this piece. To this day, all these years later, I still come back and listen to it. It still channels all the emotions that I dug into when singing as an S1, a range I’ve lost to damage and time. I mourned then the people I’ve lost in my life, and now the person I used to be as well.

[@darls93]

Tears flowing down my face... Such a beautiful piece. It will be such an honor to perform this next Sunday at NYSCAME All state music conference

[@michaelurrutia568]

This musical piece is beautiful piece. I had the opportunity of performing this song with the Alaska All-State concert choir and it was the most amazing feeling singing it with so many other people around our state. It’s a masterpiece :,)

[@jewelranay2000]

This is my favorite piece and words can't describe how breathtaking it is. I have been begging my choral director to let us sing this for about a year now, so hopefully we come across to it. Thank you Jake for being so inspiring and amazing at what you do! You're such an inspiration to young musicians and my absolute favorite composer!

[@JakeRunestad]

Thank you, Julia. I hope you're able to sing it soon! :)

[@jewelranay2000]

Jake Runestad , it’s been 3 years since i first heard this beautiful piece of music, never having the opportunity to sing it in high school; and somehow, well enough, it’s the first piece i get to sing entering my new chapter in college. an amazing coincidence, i know. i am absolutely blessed and grateful to say i can finally sing one of your pieces AND get to perform at ACDA as well. it’s incredible the way god works his miracles and i couldn’t be more happy with the outcome. again, thank you for your incredible music that never fails to inspire me, i’m forever grateful for you.

[@noneofurbisnis]

this is such a beautiful piece. my chamber choir preformed this song at two funerals last year. one being the mother of one of our seniors and the other being our theatre directors husband. brings me to tears every time i hear it.

[@JakeRunestad]

I'm so sorry for your losses.

[@julierose4337]

I'm not crying....you're crying! This is one of the most beautiful songs on the planet. Truly. Goosebumps.

[@jordanjackson4840]

The song is sung so majestically that it transcends itself from a song to an artistic masterpiece. You can feel the raw yet controlled emotions that they are trying to convey to the listener. Remarkably well done.

[@hopathor]

I’m crying like a baby. She will forever be remembered because of you all.

[@nicolewerner2970]

I sang this in my choir in community college for our previous student’s memorial service, as he ended his life. it was tragic, as he wanted to be a professor in music and he was a true mentor to most of us. His memorial service was on his 24th birthday. we all held hands with tears running down our faces, but we sang with such power and passion and grief. his parents were in the front row. We all sobbed during and after singing. my voice silenced out and i mouthed out the words because the pain was too much my voice just stopped, but as a performer you keep going. in a few days, it’ll be 2 years since we all found out he passed away, and I found myself being guided to this song recently. Maybe it’s him telling me he was there listening and he’s reminding me, saying thanks. ❤️

[@creativeflame_]

Truly beautiful 😢 similar story here, performing this in community college soon to commemorate those who found their way into a dark place 💔

[@siviwenjajula5844]

Amazingly beautiful piece of music, we need this kind of music in my troubled country. I Will surely recommend it to my conductor for the Nelson Mandela University choir. And to all choirs singing at the 2018 World Choir Games in South Africa, looking forward to listening to your beautiful music.

[@susanflakes6968]

MWWTW is going through almost exactly what I went through in the late eighties...plus I was forewarned by OUR HEALER and DELIVERER. Yes, the LORD is good. He is amazed I understand and I pray, comforted...

[@itxdoubleh5727]

Omg this is just beautiful im literally crying

[@robalvarado7745]

I cry every single time I listen to this. You can really hear the pain and sorrow in their voices. This song is just so unbelievably beautiful, words cannot describe! I had the privilege of singing this with the 2018 NYSSMA All-State Chorus, and now I’m singing it with my school’s Concert Choir. It’s so hard for me to sing this piece without crying. Thank you, Mr. Runestad for blessing us all with your music. :’)

[@loreleidowland2679]

I know I am late to this video but it is just beautiful. It’s amazing how wonderful it sounded in such short notice. Such a beautiful job, I got chills and goosebumps the whole video, bringing me to tears. One of my favorites!

[@benp3485]

Subbed, I first heard this from the Philippine Madrigal Singers during the European Grand Prix. Goosebumps! Thank you Jake for writing this amazing piece for the world to enjoy

[@nic.ole.ve2060]

All i can think of is my family in Ukraine right now. earlier this year i had the honor of singing in the FL 2022 concert choir, and we performed this song. tears were definitely shed. Thank you Jake.

[@promisebrooks6439]

I love this so much! ❤️❤️

[@normdevol9155]

Wow! I’ve been sucker punched to the core of my being. I couldn’t hold back the emotion I was feeling with this piece and cried my heart out. This is an amazing work that encompasses every feeling one has when we have lost loved ones and friends. It’s been a while and I’m still crying!

[@michaelfrancisdeacon7607]

Jake Runestad is in Australia and this sublime composition will be performed at the Sydney Opera House on July 17th.with all proceeds donated to The Red Cross .

[@madeline1812]

I’m performing this piece with my university choir this year and this is my last semester before I graduate in December and man I just know I’m going to start bawling on stage because this song is just so beautiful and evokes those emotions that everyone can connect to 🥹🩵

[@Aliebalie16]

Those basses are KILLING IT 😍

[@jamesbow5916]

My obsession right now. Jake, thank you for writing such an inspirational and moving piece of music!

[@31Elie]

Beautiful!

[@dv6000islame]

Beautiful! I love the climax at ~4m 30s. Thank you for sharing beautiful choral music.

[@krisma12234]

Oh I just realized it was an image: probably because this song moved me so much I thought the image was moving! :P Anyways this is an amazing/powerful piece!

[@foliea]

I was crying in less than a minute. Beautiful.