Little Road to Bethlehem

[@marionforde-tc6vs]

This is so heavenly. I love this carol.❤💚❤💚

[@lindabhong]

CaptainBetsy:I love to sing, I'm singing in a church choir and I'm a 29 year old woman from Norway. Of course I still can hit the high notes in this song quite easy, but that doesn't mean that I have the voice of a young boy. Boys' voices are really special, so clear and pure, and that is a thing boys can really be proud of. Listen to the songs of St. Paul's Cathedral Choir here on youtube; like Deo Gratias and Balulalow. There you can hear that special sound of the boy's voice! Happy singing!

[@thesaucegroup1877]

Absolutely amazing. I remember first watching this when I was 14. Now 23.....ahh time :)

[@myramike1996]

Michael Head , who composed this ,was my dear friend and piano teacher.

[@drwestbury]

No truer words have been spoken. No other singing can induce tears like this genre.

[@mattbod]

The most beautiful of carols and that young soloist is brilliant. I get pilloried a lot for saying this but a trained boy treble voice, just before it breaks particularly, is unique.

[@notyobs]

Too beautiful for words. There is no sound on earth to match organ + trebles.

[@lindabhong]

In all the discussion I can't belive that I forgot to say that this song is so beautiful; the Wells boys really sound like "a star of gold!"

[@sianwordsworth]

I was one of the first girl choristers at Wells and we were fab (I'm 26 now) - I'm very proud of my time at Wells and, although we were very different to the boys, we sounded great. And, after hearing the latest girl choristers, they sound absolutely stunning. Fabulous memories.

[@sianwordsworth]

@@thesaucegroup1877 😂😂😂😂 definitely not!

[@Hutzelschweiz5]

@cantorisdecani thanks a lot. I'm looking forward to hearing more of this amazing choir

[@picardythirds]

excellently trained voice in the soloist. beautiful recording.

[@1finch2finch]

One of my favourite carols currently on KZbin. I listen to it all year. Thank you so much for posting this.

[@ТатьянаМухортова-к8н]

Прекрасный голос и любимый гимн! Его исполняют все бой сорано!!🌹💐🌹💐🌹💐👏👏🌿🙏☀️

[@pl9989]

Breath Taking

[@rec22557]

The voices of angels...

[@lottiepeel975]

beautiful i am singing this tomorrow

[@mortondavid]

Okay, now you've done it, tears are streaming down my face.

[@jd7x7jd]

Oh dear God, the most beautiful thing I have seen and heard on youtube. Thank you :)

[@coloursofspring54]

Oh, so wonderful! I get tears in my eyes!

[@treblechoir99]

Tradition, just magnificent.

[@richardholford1901]

This is the best song out

[@StoppedQuint]

One of the most beautiful things on youtube!

[@drwestbury]

Heavenly, just heavenly. Thank you for posting.

[@karenthacker2877]

One of my favourite carols and a beautiful arrangement. Thank you

[@simonelatu1362]

this guy is so awesome way 2 go

[@paracletelux]

He has an excellent voice

[@cantorisdecani]

He sings solo on the Lammas Records CD "Chichester Psalms" in Britten's "Rejoice in the Lamb".

[@alonelychild]

Indeed. Thank you so much!

[@iltromboncini32]

Ha! I knew I was on KZbin somewhere! I'm the kid who gets centre-shot at about 1:34. This was some time ago - I turned 21 yesterday...

[@thesaucegroup1877]

Do you still sing?

[@desteddyeggroll]

THE HIGH NOTE AT 1:46 MADE ME SCREEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAMMMMMMM!!!!!!!

[@iltromboncini32]

I must have been 11 or 12 then. Fun times!

[@decimaquinta69]

Eccellente

[@kwhity]

This recordin was funny to do! cus we were all miming inj the video and the little boy who yawned is timohy kingston and this was in my first yr, while ago cus now were al leaving or have left the skl.

[@thesaucegroup1877]

Why were you miming? 😨😱

[@lizyates4927]

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[@loobylu789]

I Take Things Like This For Granted. Because I Hear It So Much. (I Go To Wcs) But My God They're Really Good! xoxoxox

[@KAK8327]

Can this recording be found on DVD or CD in the US or UK!!?? Absolutely amazing.....

[@ShantalMartin]

i have to sing this for xmas on the 27th of dec. :(

[@Hutzelschweiz5]

Fascinating voices. Absolutely amazing to listen. Where can I buy a CD with this coir?

[@Hutzelschweiz5]

Fascinating music and these voices are amazing. Where can I find a CD with this heartwarming music?

[@cantorisdecani]

Not a download. I taped it on VHS at the time and much later converted this piece with a Hauppauge TV card and VirtualDub. Is definitely Robert though.

[@collettec21]

brilliant sang this years ago at primary not as them though!

[@cantorisdecani]

@Hutzelschweiz5 : And if you want to hear more of the soloist: tinyurlDotCom/33n3nhb The CD is no longer produced but you can buy MP3s. Also, type "wells glorious renaissance" in Spotify to preview another nice album from this choir.

[@leacalais]

@Hutzelschweiz5 Hayley Westenra also does a version of this song - lower pitch and faster - it has a a much 'smaller' feel than this arrangement

[@TullyBascombe]

Didn't some professional organization in the UK do a test of girls and boy trebles singing and find that they couldn't tell the difference? OTOH the boys have such a short window during which they can sing as trebles.

[@jennywren413]

I'm a girl chorister too, and I agree that girls just don't get the training as much! by any chance do you sing at Christ Church Cathedral? When my choir sang there years ago I picked up a fantastic CD of the girl's choir- I didn't want to get back on the plane, I wanted to stay in Dublin and join that choir! somehow that didn't work out :)

[@alonelychild]

Are you singing? How old are you? When was this, each year?

[@cantorisdecani]

@48acar19 That has everything to do with tastes regarding one versus the other and nothing to do with girls' voices being "aggressive" or "lousy" as you claimed. If anything, girls tend to have a lighter airier sound than boys.

[@cantorisdecani]

Substitute an actual dot for the word DOT in the above URL and remove that loose colon at the front.

[@cantorisdecani]

Ah I had a closer look, no this particular song is not on the CD. Sorry.

[@donhenri01]

our choir director, master marchand always said that they was a big difference beetwin girls and boys voices (and he is a specialist from the paris music academy) its why there is so much non mists boys choirs

[@cantorisdecani]

@Hutzelschweiz5 : tinyurlDotCom/3xxz7g7

[@CaptainBetsy]

I understand that loads of people say boys are better singers, but I disagree, there are hundreds more boys choirs than girl's, so few girls are taught to sing this kind of music. I'm lucky enough to be in a very good girl's choir and we are one of the best in Dublin, plus I'm 16 and can still hit the high notes in this song!

[@mwnciboo]

Hitting the note is 20% of the job...I sang in a Cathedral (all male) choir, from 5 - 12 years old. Male Trebles perform better in descant. The tone and timbre changes with female trebles...not bad not worse just different and also less power in the range.

[@48acar19]

@cantorisdecani : If what you are saying would be true, then girls choirs would be successful too in Japan and other countries, including England. But this does not happen. You can find that boys' choirs are much more successful than girls' choirs, including financially!

[@48acar19]

Still, I almost cannot see girls' choires...it must be a reason why the boys'voices are more beautiful.

[@cantorisdecani]

That's rather harsh and unfounded. Girls' choirs may have a significantly different sound but they're no more likely to be lousy and they're most definitely not aggressive! They're a different musical instrument with their own sound.

[@48acar19]

How come boys' choirs sound so fantastically beautiful, while girls'choirs sound aggressive and lousy?

[@naomisimon4475]

I disagree but I guess it’s preference