On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss

[@thewallopinwebsnapper]

Last year, one of our fellow band members commit suicide, and it was pretty sad, it had a very big impact on many of us, we were learning this song when he died, it was freshman year and we were struggling with this song, so we mastered this song for him. My director said 2:57 - 3:20 was where it should represent all the good that the student did( he was a brilliant kid! And it was too bad we losses him, but he is still with us in our hearts.)

[@madridla711]

Story is. A man had gotten a paid vacation for him and his family but his job didn't allow him to leave the day he wanted to. Him and his family were going on a cruise and when the man found out he couldn't leave with his family, he told them to go on and he'd meet up with them. His son and two daughters were killed on the ship. They drowned and the man didn't know until he arrived on a separate cruise ship. Wen he got to the place where his family had drowned, he saw them and was inspired to write his piece. He thought about commuting suicide but this song helped him pull through it. The part where it speeds up is where he accepts that god has taken his family into his hands. Very emotional...

[@drybowserman9091]

+andrea lezama I think his wife survived. I'm not sure.

[@abbi5780]

it is well with my soul in jesus name

[@cupkakee7]

This song/piece is truly beautiful. When I play this or I hear it, I instantly get chills. This song/piece helps me get throughout the day knowing that everything's gonna be okay. It helps me understand where I am in life and who helped bring me where I am today. I love this song/piece because he helps let me live & realize what i want in life.

[@quartermaster19k]

This is a strong emotional piece. When i played it. I put my soul into it

[@Bloop9604]

When I was in high school, someone died in my school and he was the best guy always helping out the marching band

[@awesomeboy79]

i'm playing now in band class as 1st clarinet, my favorite song so far this year :D

[@EITSlover91]

in my opinion, the only band on youtube that plays the song with the heart and emotion that was intended for this song. an almost flawless performance. Im usually not much of a woodwind fan, but man woodwinds rock this song. The moving clarinet parts are simply gorgeous. and when its backed by low brass, Bass Clarinets and other low reeds. wow....powerful stuff

[@patriciamerivictoria]

Our middle school will be playing this as a flute choir when we go to Seattle in November. Our director told us this story as she did through tears. She hasn't had and easy past two years. When composers take a story and make it a piece that's where it's easy to "make MUSIC" not just play it but to make it beautiful with emotion and movement and do our job as musicians.

[@Tactical2Wheels]

how could people dislike this video. The music is played spectacularly!

[@AdonTimasu]

This composition swells up so many emotions at once - anger, patriotism, honour, courage ... I can barely contain myself.

[@Duderonittv]

My school and I played this at our friend's father's funeral today. Beautiful song.

[@btomlin2383]

Truly a beautiful piece of joy, peace, and sadness based on a hymn of the same qualities. We played this in highschool, me on alto sax. One of our teachers passed from cancer and we performed this with a small group at his funeral. The whole place was crying by the end of it.

[@frenchiegirl09]

I played this song my junior year in high school. I had the horn solo. Makes me get all goose-bumpy everytime I hear it. After hearing the story behind it and then playing the most emotional song ever, I'm truly blessed to be a musician :)

[@antoinecoulter6079]

Every time I played this song all I cwn think is bout elementary and high school and college whenni played this what a wonderful masterpiece.

[@NathanLarsen1]

Thank you so much! I played tuba in this ensemble for the recording. Feel free to peruse the other recordings I have of the Concordia College Band! -nllarsen

[@barrelchick240]

the first alto sax part for this is awesome. this has to be my favortie concert tune for our band this year. =) go GHS

[@ashleyhoff2299]

I still have this memorized as well for the Horn part :) I will never forget this song.

[@Muzikkidd901]

I played this back in 2002! This was a wonderful piece.

[@Jenie50]

i played this my freshman year. i had alto sax 1 and desperately wanted 2nd because it sounds beautiful. one of my favorites by far :)

[@mellowStorm]

This is an award winning Piece for our band

[@victoriabrown6900]

My band director has a story behind it as well he played it at his moms funeral and if we play it just right, we might just catch him. Yesterday I saw a tear floating down his face :) I would say success :) my favorite piece of music I've ever learned. Even though I play trumpet and we don't have parts much, I like to listen to the beauty

[@AfraidofMonkeys14]

We played this today for the Arizona Honor Band. It was so fun.

[@SetoJoeyy]

I am the only clarinet on first part in my small band and I love it! This is the most amazing woodwind song I have heard yet. It's not all high and squeaky, it's low and beautiful! Can't wait until festival, we are going to rock this piece!

[@nbtf01]

I remember playing this in middle school for concert contest and the praise I got for my horn solo from all the other band directors.

[@RaccoonGoon93]

Great song. Love it. Played it 9th grade as Euphonium TC. Made me wanna bawl right there.

[@No2clarinet]

OMJ i love this song. and Holsinger is the conductor for the Alabama All-State White Band this year and i'm so excited and ready to meet him!!!!! =]

[@Simskid999]

The gold band played this song in the honor band. It was so beautiful to hear for the first time, that I needed to listen to it again. Unfortunately, I was in the blue band and didn't get to play it :( I hope I get the chance to some day.

[@theobsessedsimmer]

This song is a beautiful song. Our band is playing this for a festival as well as "Adventura" and "Joy Revisited".

[@pinkc91]

I love this song :) my high school band this a last years 9-11 ceremony. Amazing band playing

[@couchspud95]

Aaaah we played this at Festivals of Music 2010 and I was the only tenor sax lol i had to switch to that from first alto. We made my band director cry at our dress rehearsal and that was the best we ever played it

[@suzsnooze]

Ooof! I love this song! We played it for our band competition! & got a 1! Whewt

[@Lorkdemper]

Such an amazing song... And so well played.

[@tobenchick14]

I love this song. Our band is made up of about 25-30 people. Whenever the french horn comes in, it sounds so pretty with just him. And then I'm the only trombone on the 1st part, so it's even prettier with us two!

[@wildgummybear]

I love this song!!!!! My school's concert band is playing this in their festival set. They are also dedicating it to a student at my school, who recently died.

[@Tigerfencer2003]

I played this piece in HS, we got a good score on it at our festival! We also played this at a concert, there was NOT a dry-eye in the room! A beautiful piece of music indeed!

[@Schmuley5180]

im a tenor sax player in an 8th grade band and we are a really small band but we did really well playin this piece in our concert. it wuz prbly our best piece in the whole concert. we playin it for MPA's this month and im hoping to kick ass in it

[@bellakurosaki]

Clarinet section sounds so nice!

[@hawaiianpunch12]

I played this for Concert season and got first chair French Horn so i had the Solo at the begining! It was amazing!

[@ElixerOfAlchemists]

I remember playing this piece earlier this year, a very beautiful piece of music if you ask me! Our entire classes hearts just dropped when our Director told us the story behind this piece of art. FLUTE PLAYERS FTW!!!

[@Elisekimopie]

Wow! This takes me back to middle school. I loved playing it then and I really love hearing it now. It makes me want to go get that old flute out!

[@slowmosun]

Playing this getting ready for concert

[@Fisharoni]

I loved playing this song last year as 7th graders. I live in Montana, and I am first chair French horn (haha, we only have two, but I am a very confident player and I use a lot of air). This year our band teacher is having us play On a Hymnsong of Lowell Mason. =]

[@alexpizzulo8422]

Going to play this song in band concert such a grate song !!!!

[@silverifle]

This song is beautiful. The story is sad. I think im going to cry now.

[@TehPheonixmaster]

We played it yesterday at festival, thanks to this song, our school pwned.

[@princessnmg]

I played this song so much in high school I cant get it out of my head! fav song to play though! Big ups to the clarinets and flutes!

[@Twitch2jenkins]

This song is played and sung every yr at the Memorial day ceremony here at Ft Sam. SUch a powerful story.

[@TheBebe976100]

i played this french horn solo at our festival and we got all superiors from the judges. not to mention there were other schools that played this song we only heard one other school's version but she didn't play her solo better than i did and i was glad!!

[@Kerpaltheballer]

i loved this song! I played the french horn solo my sophomore year in high school!

[@242Joe]

i must say i love this piece. it has so much power in it and it moves me in so many ways...i love listening to it and i loved playing it even more.

[@SarahEmma2010]

we are playing this for our MPA as well. It is an amazing piece. =)

[@noahgipson8641]

This song is so indescribably beautiful! My high school has a Wind Ensemble that is going to MPA the second week of March and this is the ballad we are taking. It's the first time my high school band program has been for a long time. I play the 2nd trombone part and from 2:36 to 3:20 with the brass, it is so perfect and I love that piece of the music especially.

[@pendancer4994]

I'm thinking about suggesting this to my band director for MPA this year. She still hasn't found a ballad and I think this would be perfect. She hasn't chosen the march either yet 😂 but we are doing Prelude , Siciliano and Rondo(grade 5) and I think that and this would be a great selection

[@jgreig]

I've played this song on clarinet several times, played each part, I love this song.

[@ColdRain99]

Ah this piece was awesome. I remember playing it last year at Nationals. I was so glad that I pulled off my horn solo, :)

[@cloudrulez999]

the first trombone part from 1:05 to 1:18 is just incredible. This song is so amazing i loved playing this song it is incredible.

[@SurneySingh]

im in 7th grade and we are playing this i just adore ths song!

[@donfar19931]

i lived this song. played it for my winter concert

[@jnash12388]

I love this piece! We are playing this in our concert band for LGPE and for our concert piece. :) Love it!

[@4uclarinetlessons]

I had to play this for my Woodwind Ensemble one of my absoulte favorites I have ever played

[@Goldfish567]

Im a first violin and we played this for a contest concert. i really love the song! its so pretty

[@Safayans]

We played this song a few years ago. I sounds really good. I hope the best for your band!

[@corigomez6483]

sad story behind this doing it for my last concert for band its so beautiful

[@DeltaDarlin]

My band played this for the alumni concert. I was first trumpet, and we didn't have a french horn, so we played the beginning part. There were only us two first trumpets, me and and my friend :3

[@Katiegirl1313]

Played this in 7th grade along with Rampage. It's really easy on trombone but it's also a fun and beautiful piece to play.

[@FunkkyPanda]

we sight-read this in my 8th grade year when I played clarinet and i LOVED all the low-reeds and upper-woodwind parts

[@schauer93]

An absolutely beautiful song! :D I LOVE IT!!!! Plus... All the hymns mixed in throughout it gives me goosebumps!!!! :D

[@rraacchh2]

I love this song!!!! It has alot of great clarinet parts in it which, being a clarinet player, i love!

[@bboneDawg]

this song is awesome. i play 3rd clarinet in it in my high school band and i LOVE IT

[@iedkfj]

i love this song wit a passion

[@GeorgePatmas]

I love this song! especially this because the key is in C#, had baritone sax on it which made it even better!

[@4evapyro]

Heard this performed by some Junor High kids at a festival, they did an incredible job with it.

[@MrJessecoker]

This song has a huge meaning for my band and i was so nervous and sad i couldnt even play the triangle part correctly but never the less love this song. R.I.P. Lei

[@musiciansports]

this truly is an amazing piece. We are also playing this in band right now. I love it.

[@NoodlePowa]

Absolutely magnificent.

[@guitarmaster7d]

the most beautiful song i have ever heard :)

[@Poprox95]

we're playing this song in band right now for ajudication. that means were getting judged for it. but that's in april...but we're playing other songs like braveheart. this is one of my favorites.

[@dragonzproductions]

We Played this beautiful today in band once our new band director told this. My new director has played this song for 8 out of 10 years of teaching because 1. He likes it 2. Someone in the Band dies 3. Someone in the Band's Family dies 4. His Grandfather died We played it for the third time ever today and it was incredible. The sadness that some of the most amazing music ever crafted is about tragedy. But those are the songs that you feel the most

[@CatiJayyy]

Played this last year with my band, Flute

[@AlaisDahen]

that was beautiful played this song back at district festival last year :)

[@loIUGoToWNeD]

im playing this song in band and we all love it

[@hlslayer123]

my 8th grade band played this...I just love it. We were even invited to Chicago...too bad since im eight grade, I don't get to go >

[@LyssaBriBoo]

such a beautiful piece i have to go to disney to play it! im also a clarinet player . at the end i have a cool part all eight notes because im the 3rd clarinet! i lovee this song! (:♥

[@Brookfieldsanity]

Absolutly amazing!!!!

[@murdog3000]

Im playing this for my handbell group and i love it. it's so much fun :D

[@leahsmith3294]

I'm learning how to play this song! I hope we sound this amazing

[@Anonymous58815]

When I first rehearsed this song, it seemed bittersweet; its relatively short length and undeniable eloquence seemed like an allegory for life. Short, yet beautiful while it lasts. I understood why when I learned that the hymnsong this was based off of was written after a series of tragic events befell Horatio Spafford, particularly the great Chicago fire and the sinking of the SS Ville du Havre.

[@abyssmalrock300]

@MrLyons77 omg i loved the fact that I played tuba for this i could sit back and enjoy the song. and don't forget what our notes meant to the song! we were the transition! we made it move! so beautiful :,)

[@pokeelyy15]

This song bring me to tears. every time. I'm not sure why though...

[@EquestrianBallet]

This band is amazing and I would love to be in it :)

[@suzsnooze]

We played this song last year for contest and got a 1 rating! The best we've ever had! :D I lovee this piece soo bad! Sucks that we can't play it as good as this anymore..Because our seniors graduated and we only have me, the alto player, and my cousin for clarinet. All the rest is the new kids which are annoying >.> Music has like..disappeared in our school =[ its really sad, but i really look forward to neo and contests because we go out and when i hear this kind of music..i feel sooo happy =)

[@belongtobill]

me and my senior concert band played this for the remembrance day assemblies... I almost cried the last time we play it. :( but i hate that the flute dont have more part in it.

[@musicmanbassclarinet]

H20skier... I don't care what you say. This is a song. The words are memories that flow through me as I listen to it. To me those memories are more powerful then any words out there.

[@ArellaErin]

We played this at county band this year. I think I started crying halfway into the french horn solo.. doesnt help that I was the one playing it xD Yay for french horn players!!!

[@grooms63941]

The French Horn almost makes me cry it's sounds so nice...

[@NathanLarsen1]

That's such a great story! I played tuba for this recording, and this piece is definitely one that I listen to when I need to calm down. Thanks for commenting, and feel free to check out other videos of The Concordia College Band!

[@TehPheonixmaster]

This was played perfectly.

[@mah81164]

Had to play this at a concert yesterday with a REALLY small band (1 flute, 1 clarinet, 2 saxophones, 1 trumpet, 1 oboe, and 3 percussion people) It was kind of hard but we got it eventually. I'm the clarinet player and I barely got any time to rest in the song so afterward my lips were feeling like jello lol. Anyway thanks for uploading :)

[@DONUTBOY1o1]

this song is beautiful and moderately easy to play

[@eagle8948]

Easy to play rhythmically and note wise, NOT musically.

[@RashaadCalaham]

Love 2:36 to 2:45...that release is gorgeous!

[@lostinthought14]

just thought id also share that my school's band is playing this for our winter concert. i play bass clarinet