RIVER IN JUDEA (SATB Choir) - Linda Marcus/Jack Feldman/arr. John Leavitt

[@mr.shinypikachu4351]

I'm gonna cry. I miss high school choir so much. This song was one of my spring concert favorites.

[@zenith3594]

Put that in #vent

[@kayleezajac1317]

Same imma def cry my senoir year

[@ljh123]

I did this in middle school last year in 7th grade OMG it was a blast

[@stephaniefitzpatrick7412]

I’m doing this song rn for middle school choir 😊

[@stephaniefitzpatrick7412]

@@ljh123I’m doing that rn!!

[@brynneward4315]

i will be graduating high school in a year, but i will never forget singing this in middle school. such a good piece!

[@eyrene10]

I graduated high school 8 years ago 😅 but I too sang this in middle school choir! I'm here reminiscing. It's a beautiful song and memory, cherish it!

[@MaryGomez-xn3gq]

Oftentimes I dream of music, Of the river that freely flows. And it sings a song sweeter than honey, One everybody knows. Late at night, I hear it singing. Then again when I wake at dawn. And it fills me up with hope and goodwill, The will to go on, Go on. (Chorus) There is a river in Judea That I heard of long ago. And it's a singing, ringing river That my soul cries out To know. I believe it keeps on trav'lin' But it rests on the Sabbath day. And the time when it pauses in stillness, I almost hear it pray. When I'm weary and downhearted, How I long for the song it sings, For the calm within its gentle blue, The peace that it brings, it brings. (Chorus) There is a river in Judea That I heard of long ago. And it's a singing, ringing river That my soul cries out To know. May the time not be too distant When we meet by the river (meet by the) shore. 'Til then dream of that wonderful day As we sing once more, once more: (Chorus) There is a river in Judea (hallelu) That I heard of long ago (hallelu), It's a singing, ringing river That my soul cries out (my soul cries out) To the river in Judea. (optional repeat) Hallelujah source: www.lyricsondemand.com/f/feldmanjacklyrics/riverinjudealyrics.html

[@owenlocke7119]

It literally says it on the screen

[@jamiecochran7195]

@@owenlocke7119 Some can't read it aka me. So :P

[@scottchancey1034]

I remember being in a choir course in college for two semesters and this older gentleman who was a second bass like myself actually had a smoother voice and for our Christmas concert he was sick so I was in the back basically alone but we got to know each other and he was very kind... The next semester he passed away and we sang this song in his memory and never had a concert that semester. He is truly missed.

[@Keaant3]

i feel bad for the people who can’t sing this because of the pandemic, it was a truly beautiful song to sing.

[@carmendelgado105]

Bravo!!!! I sang this song with my high school choir almost 30 years ago and I was humming it this morning and now listening to this rendition brings back memories! Thank you for uploading this video!

[@Hailey_Paige_1937]

We just started learning this in choir today. I can’t wait to sing this for our concert!!!

[@Emmy01077]

Hailey Paige me too! Im glad Dr. Barton picked this for world piece day!

[@Emmy01077]

I love conducting this piece!

[@avadakedavra9500]

I’ve sang it twice and conducted it during rehearsal, it is truly a joy to perform and conduct! Can’t wait to do this with my students when I start teaching!

[@Emmy01077]

@@avadakedavra9500 I agree. Today was our concert for the college! I can't wait to do this with my future students. The video of me conducting this piece is on my youtube channel!!!

[@lollipoplaila4167]

My concert is Sunday!

[@maycennnw7864]

My middle school choir has a "Shindig" at the end of every school year. It's a concert where we pretty much turn into a giant glee club, singing mainstream music with choreography and everything. At the end of the concert, the 8th graders get up on stage and sing this, as a way to kind of send them off... It always sounds beautiful but it could be so much better, if it weren't for everyone on stage, including our teacher, bawling. Alumni of our school sing with us, too. My teacher started playing it on the piano today because we had free time and me and a friend of mine just broke down because we knew we would sing it this year.

[@ilvramen0140]

idek but like, u go to robinson, like we just sang this like tonight and its still exactly how u explained it....if u went to robinson lol

[@rashodbest612]

I remember singing this in my middle school choir 28 year ago and it's still just as great of a song now as it was then I get that same joy and happiness now when I hear and sing it just as I did then

[@ReneeS77]

I cried singing this in chorus too ❤️

[@RogatkaWR]

This is one of my favorite songs in my Choir class, the parts blend very well. By the way, I do the Baritone part.

[@DannieGaming17]

This song makes me cry it reminds me of childhood memories

[@hannahl1313]

My choir is singing this tonight!

[@saravictoria5256]

I miss choir sooo much i hate this quarentine crap

[@doodlcakes]

:( graduated last year. I underestimated how important choir was to me

[@colbyhanes3537]

Sung this at the memorial of my late headmaster quite the emotional piece

[@zenith3594]

Sang*

[@liannarivera5358]

My theater sings this song along with the luckiest by Ben folds before every show It gets me teary eyed

[@barbaramartin8553]

Love this-- singing 🙏🎶it and listening to it!

[@jjaagg5050]

I purchased this for our church choir. Can not wait to sing it in our service!

[@EvokerDaVex9009]

Me too

[@upfrontmonkey9203]

I was a Tenor II in high school my senior year, in 2002-2003. This is still my most memorable and favorite song we did, besides the SATB version of "May It Be" from lord of the rings. I still know my whole part by heart and haven't sang it in years. It used to almost bring me to tears singing it. Thank you for posting a version of this that sounds how my very talented choir did back then.

[@ghunter182003]

upfront monkey I sang this my senior year, except it was SSA version. And then I sang it again in college! And I hated saying it 'Ju-dee-ahh'.🙄🙄🙄

[@lissyk.4134]

I sang this with my school's choir in freshman year of high school and it is still one of my favorite songs to this day. It is incredibly fun to sing and I just can't get enough of it

[@Pieman6711]

I haven't sang this song in eight years, boy did all that emotion come back.

[@rachellee2926]

We did this in our towns children’s choir and I sang soprano for it, it was one of our favorites!

[@Nick-cm7ig]

I loved this song! I sang it last year as a 7th grader in the Alto part! We did the SAB version i cant find on youtube music

[@gailwood5736]

Bravo (brava?) to the accompanist. I always search for this particular performance because of the masterful piano.

[@hallieharker4384]

I agree! That was some PLAYIN'!!! 👏🏿👏🏻👏🏾👏🏼👏🏽

[@prometheusrex1]

Agreed. The piano here is just top-notch. Wow. Perfect gospel/soul style that carries the entire choir.

[@joshwhitver859]

This is a great reference recording of this piece. Would love a transcription of this specific accompaniment - it's got some great licks that I'd like to learn. :)

[@prometheusrex1]

The pianist here is badass. Just so full of soul, heart, skill, and love. The pianist makes this piece.

[@catahlersmeyer6192]

So we all had the same spring Choir concert?

[@TheNoah-rp7ik]

I got the solo in this LETSS GO

[@steinwaygoat]

What a piano player!!

[@prometheusrex1]

The pianist makes this song. Such soul & spirit.

[@rye2973]

We sang this at our Spring Concert at my High School. Tonight we are singing it at our High School's Baccalaureate.

[@PScooter63]

I accompanied this piece for a choir decades ago, then my director whipped this demo recording out tonight... WOW! The enhanced dynamics of the choir (not in the published score) and THAT PIANO ARRANGEMENT really takes this piece to a whole new level. Someone here suggested a transcription a few months ago... I wish there was the corporate will to pursue this. And if there were only someone with the skill to actually do it [walks away, whistling]...

[@EnderSh4rk]

gotta sign this for choir this year gonna cry !

[@helenmaksymicz6996]

My choir sang this once and it became one of my favorites

[@i-campbell2271]

I remember singing this in high school in the soprano section. 😅

[@tannerdickerson3080]

Where are my fellow basses at??

[@kenzahora9167]

Love the piano accompaniment-bass line.

[@prometheusrex1]

Yeah, it's genius playing. Exactly on point.

[@feloniousCephalopod]

man, i gotta see the river for myself! if it’s even half as good as the song is i’m in good shape.

[@prometheusrex1]

💙

[@austintaylor5399]

Graduating high school this year this is still my favorite piece from sophomore year

[@hihowareyou8473]

I’m singing this for my sophomore year and I love it, kinda scared for the future but learning to live in the present :)

[@barbaramartin8553]

Love this! Words so appropriate for the struggle through Covid lockdown, deaths, all.

[@seansutton4507]

I’m really feeling old even though I’m not old

[@justahilltopguy5418]

We used to open choir practices with this song to get us in the mood for music and set our hearts and minds in a collective direction.

[@msatchmo]

Bert Van Dyke best High School Choir Director to grace this earth

[@dallascowboytouchdown4319]

My church choir sang this at the funeral of a fallen choir member. Rest in peace comrade.

[@TimothyOnline]

Seventh grade all over again. Who else here was a 90s teen?

[@bralaney]

I’m in 7th grade doing this

[@bralaney]

I don’t like it... it’s too gospel for me

[@sootierpluto]

we live the same life 30 years apart?

[@williesimpson6757]

I ❤️ LOVE this!

[@Scrumdumn]

takes me back to middle school, i’m a junior now :(

[@treys1607]

We sang this 4 the Homecoming Concert in 7th grade along w Homeward Bound In Flanders Fields and Siyahamba

[@maddykramer2239]

Love this song! We're singing it next Sunday ☺️

[@juliananton7800]

Sang this in April 2018 with the chancel choir. But for some reason it feels like something sung at a funeral. Maybe because we couldn’t stop crying?

[@SamStanell]

This was my favorite song to sing in middle school choir

[@imgracesingh9197]

Dude dis this my favorite song. So Don't be a copycat

[@SamStanell]

Foreversisters 711 this should be EVERYONE’S favorite song

[@imgracesingh9197]

I Don't care

[@SamStanell]

Foreversisters 711 you should it’s a great song lol

[@imgracesingh9197]

I'm I love the song only me not everyone

[@lauriegravelle1856]

Fabulous!

[@InsaneShrub]

Singing this song in forte was so awesome, sounds a bit weird when it’s not bass

[@russellgrimes3491]

I sang this in 1991 or 1992 for high school choir.

[@kimsmith6064]

I love it

[@Christina-rr2og]

This was our song for region. And it was so pretty. And I was in 7th grade remembering now as a junior in high school

[@venomousviperkin]

This is a song I remember well in choir. I was a tenor. If any choir directors are reading this comment, know that Judea can be pronounced Ju(dee)a or Ju(day)a. Neither is more correct than the other but I personally prefer Ju(day)a, it sounds nicer.

[@LifeOfKade08]

Doing this for Fall Concert in High School rn😂

[@BruhMoment-rw3sm]

this song slaps

[@niinestormtv2331]

This song always made me think of liminal spaces, especially with that echoey piano

[@kexeyebags]

In 7th grade and learning for my concert tomorrow and finally got that last note right

[@Ok_koVal]

Ah this is the song that I’m doing rn in middle school lol

[@frostmoon6]

Same

[@imgracesingh9197]

I love dis song but not the ending. (Sorry for being mean I'm Catholic ) not really!? 😁😁😁😁

[@donknowsall5956]

Me and my choir were gonna sing this for the concert. But now we cant because of that stupid virus. :(

[@KrabbyLama]

Sorry to hear that, bud. As far as I'm concerned, my school still has that concert go underway in May and we're performing this song too. Who knows...

[@donknowsall5956]

@@KrabbyLama wow. Well hope the concert goes well

[@jimb9709]

I hate the dynamics in this arrangement! Especially the piano banging on through the entire piece. Lovely song but YIKES!

[@AyeCarumba221]

We did it in church about 4 months ago. A wonderful piece!

[@2011kckim]

저는 바리톤이지만 발음이 좋으셔서 열심히 따라 부르고 있습니다. 감사합니다 ~~