St. Olaf Choir - "Flight Song" - Kim André Arnesen

[@ponyo7097]

also lets talk about this choirs tone because 👀👀👀👀👀👌👌👌👌👌👀👀👀👀👌👀👀

[@faeriecake]

THOSE CONSONANTS GIVE ME LIFE

[@JustGeneric734]

You should hear how he instructs us to sing them.😂

[@mateojames3231]

@@JustGeneric734tell us. I am an addict to choral diction.

[@laymeht]

it's 2 am on a school night and this is usually the kind of stuff I end up on. It's so beautiful

[@brooklyngamer2152]

Are you still in school 😆

[@bfskejhfb0]

wow their sopranos sound so good i'm dying this is a blessing to my ears

[@jurgenalbrecht]

Absolutely!

[@animelord2464]

What about the basses???

[@michellewoodruff604]

I’ll never forget when I stumbled upon this performance in PBS and I was stunned at its beauty. My search for it online took a bit of work but I’m so glad I can listen to it every so often. It still gives me goosebumps every time. ❤

[@mdafafirmansyah3005]

All we are, we have found in song; you have drawn this song from us. Songs of lives unfolding, fly overhead, cry overhead: longing, rising from the song within. Moving like the rise and fall of wings, hands that shape our calling voice on the edge of answers you've heard our cry, you've known our cry: music's fierce compassion flows from you. The night is restless with the sounds we hear, is broken, shaken by the cries of pain, for this is music's inner voice, saying, yes, we hear you, all you who cry aloud, and we will fly, answering you: so our lives sing, sing wild we will fly, wild in spirit we will fly. Like a feather falling from the wing, fragile as a human voice, afraid, uncertain, alive to love, we sing as love, afraid, uncertain, yet our flight begins as song.

[@maicohann1658]

M Dafa Firmansyah thank you

[@johnclements9085]

Thanks google

[@t.subhashri7887]

@@johnclements9085 HAHAHHAHAHA nice one

[@GC-hn3dq]

oh

[@mykkie100]

Thanks for sharing the lyrics. I read the lyrics before listening to this glorious choir. I have a mental health issue, though I have a minor in voice.For under 4 minutes, every fear, every debt, everything that gives reason for taking medication,did not exist. The Level Of anxiety that I have to endure, for 4 minutes, faded away. The lyrics,the interpretation, and the performance, did to my soul, what good music does. Thank you for touching my soul.

[@iqbalconan21]

Sung this beautiful Flight Song on my choir competition back in 2016 at Busan, South Korea. Conducted directly by Mr. Anton Armstrong

[@billiederham8398]

The pianist is accompanying this song so beautifully.

[@adelecappucci1919]

St Choir is a premier college choir I have loved for my entire life. Truly exquisite voices. and a privilege to see them perform live twice when my niece was a member.

[@dragonfire3871]

I actually met Anton Armstrong in person once and it was an incredible experience. He taught me new ways to sing and to be taught by him personally is truly an honor.

[@joeysalinas8056]

There's something about this piece (and performance, of course) that comforts me even in my worst hardships. I cherish this so much

[@lauriegravelle1856]

Glad to know I’m not the only one❤

[@dankramer6967]

June 2024 and this song still hits me every time. The beautiful voices, harmonies and dynamics are heavenly! Thanks for sharing your voices to minister healing to our souls!

[@minh-vanvo6575]

This song is my favorite, I listen hundreds of time and still loving it ❤‍🩹❤‍🩹❤‍🩹❤‍🩹❤‍🩹❤‍🩹❤‍🩹 Thank you St Olaf Choir🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@activistpanda70]

“Afraid, uncertain, alive to love.” Such a beautiful line

[@Churchcantor]

Highlight of my life was to be a member of this choir, 1990-1991, Anton's first year...

[@tearoses9940]

My high school choir did this song last spring! We were all standing angled inward for the whole concert, and then for “all of you who cry aloud” we would turn our bodies out directly to the audience to sort of show vulnerability there. Then at the very end of the song we slowly angled ourselves back in. Our director definitely knew what he was doing. One of my friends who was in the audience said she actually started crying during this song!

[@rebeccadegregorio5850]

I performed this song with the TMEA All-State Treble choir in February of 2019 under Dr. Anton Armstrong. Such a beautiful memory ❤️🎼

[@halledouglass5124]

Just sang this song in Carnegie hall on Sunday, directed by Dr. Armstrong. He did such an amazing job directing us, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to work with him.

[@SOGNN]

+Halle Douglass OMG! I was in the other choir, directed by Dr. Copley!

[@nelesedelky1008]

Oh my gosh, I'm a foreign exchange student and I'm in choir in my High School here and we're singing this and it's my absolute favorite! Makes me tear up every time. My favorite part: "We sing as love." It's so beautiful and our choir is already doing so good! Love it forever! ❤🎼 PS: THIS is true music!!🎶

[@Megansings01]

I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it. We are singing this for a college choir master concert in a couple weeks and I am so excited. It is one of the most beautiful songs and has such beautiful text. Thank you Kim Andre Arnesen for this piece

[@smallpotato5445]

I have been going through the songs for my choir season. When I first listened to this, I found it unimpressive. But then we listened to it again with the entire choir while looking at the score, and suddenly it came together, I got powerful goosebumps and I feel people next to me breathing with lots of quiet gasps and tears eyes even. It is such a big contrast and I am still thinking about it.

[@theyaredakota]

Easy to say tenors have one of the best lines in this piece. Sung this as a tenor in my freshman year of high school, very beautiful.

[@crixous8278]

i was at this performance with my choir. Since im in shoemaker high and stuff, this performance was beautiful and inspired me to stay in choir and keep working on my voice.

[@matthewhastings6940]

I see Altos, Sopranos, and Tenors...where are all the basses? Why aren't any basses getting love in this comment section?!

[@Z0mbi3bait]

Right Here!!!!!!

[@NuggetEternal]

Bass/bari right here

[@malikjulien8537]

Bass here!! Woot. 🙌🏾

[@rickdesignationc-1373]

Right here mate.

[@jamjamismycity2023]

Right here B), love your profile pic bro.

[@shorty4539]

The basses at the end... I wanna hug everyone one of you! LOVE THIS

[@jencypetersen3410]

I love how they all hold hands; it's such a sense of unity!! Beautiful choir with a great tone.

[@morgangreen8528]

Doing this song for highschool choir right now, every time we practice I get so tired afterward I feel like I'm going to pass out

[@mostlyoriginalpianomusic2174]

Just try this piece with Dr Armstrong directing. He expects so much out of everyone, but he makes you sound beautiful as a whole. I had the honor of being under his direction for the Missouri All-State Choir, it was truly an unforgettable experience

[@blytheganje8305]

​@@mostlyoriginalpianomusic2174I was lucky enough to have him for Montana All-State last year! He was amazing to work with.

[@alyssa9310]

i had such a hard time singing this for TMEA because i cried everytime we sang it. It's so good!

[@cbruman2]

I'm having the same problem! This song is just so beautiful and moving it brings me to tears. What a gift this man gave to the world by writing this song! So blessed to finally have discovered it. And good to know at at age of 67 I have not heard it all and we can still discover beautiful things in life.

[@gerloeffenmedia]

magnificent. my favourite. I want to listen to every day. greetings from the Netherlands.

[@Atehari_Saile]

Singing this with the Choirs of America at Carnegie Hall was truly an amazing experience.

[@greypriest9161]

this choirs expressive movement really brings out the flow of the music, makes you feel the beat more. beautiful.

[@oliviasanborn5970]

Ugh this year's TMEA lineup is sooooo good

[@curtisswalker2520]

The Heaven's Flock tho

[@cass6973]

true true true

[@jordanpennell859]

so much better than last year omg.... i cannot dance o lord MURDERED me last year

[@kalinafajardo3227]

+jordan pennell oh man I feel that in my soul me too

[@jordanpennell859]

SOP 2S WHERE ARE YOU

[@tionnalb]

Herrrrree!!!

[@sarahjacobson5014]

Here

[@hannahstewart1276]

Right here!

[@diavion2573]

I’m everything except bass!

[@Oddnichols]

whoop whoop

[@lokipokey]

St. Olaf's is amazing! I love the way you have relaxed faces and natural movement, and the joy you express. We won't mention the precision and musicality :)

[@jeffreysmythe1873]

Anyone know who the guy in the back row, 4th from right is (blonde guy with glasses)? He looks just like my cousin. Resemblance is incredible. People do have doubles. I always enjoy hearing the St. Olaf choirs sing. Such beautiful music.

[@katersss]

Anyone else's fav song out of all the pieces?

[@malikjulien8537]

Yeeeesss!

[@MisterMalleable]

I prefer weschellied zum tans

[@sarahjacobson5014]

Meeeeeew

[@palucheben]

Yes, we sang it last season in a newly formed Community Choir in Naples Fl under the direction of Todd Peterson.. Eager for the new season to begin.

[@kristine6153]

This song is too beautiful to describe with words. I love it! I sung it in region, and it was just breathtaking.

[@katherinethegrr8]

Just sung this at a concert! So beautiful

[@queent5089]

you guys sang it the best. no section trying to overpower the other. perfect blend and volume. so great

[@JBizzlerocks]

Was in the ANHE choir with Dr. Armstrong, we performed this song, which was quite beautiful, and I enjoyed it very much. Even though it wasn't anywhere close to my states honors choir , I will always remember it.

[@jaquan6499]

We are singing this for our concert this year! So beautiful

[@Gilmoro]

Has several little motifs that reminds me of "Dirait-on".

[@tvtimetravel]

Me too! That's a choral favorite of mine!

[@performingartist]

Just coming to the comments to say the same thing

[@kaigray4957]

my high school choir did flight song last year, and my college choir is learning dirait-on right now!!

[@JackMFromBoca]

same key too

[@bobareebop]

I thought the same.

[@meyercombrinck]

Beautiful performance, with such clear diction - well done to all involved!

[@elizabethlake3580]

I just got back from All Northwest (first time going, since I'm a freshman) and Anton Armstrong was our conductor for the weekend. That man is amazing. We sang this song, and Dr. Armstrong told us that Arnesen wrote it for him for his birthday. It was so cool.

[@joymartin9710]

St Olaf always brings tears to my eyes. The music is beautiful beyond words. It speaks to the heart and soul.

[@ohyeahVECTOR-q3p]

1:57 was perfect. I love this Choir. Their songs are always so majestic and beautiful.

[@NicolasKirk484]

This recording makes me really excited to sing this. We just got this at my choir. 😎😍😄😄😄

[@triciazuttermeister4824]

I read the title as "FIGHT SONG", so was expecting something quite different.

[@KenWAnderson]

Stunning. Just lovely! Superlative.

[@christopherblanchard536]

Transformative words by Euan Tait which are further transported by this ethereal music into the upper realms

[@whytho8008]

We're singing this for my choir teacher funeral tomorrow

[@oldtimedrumcorps]

Prayer sent

[@amberlynnjuarez8131]

Anyone else looking up the songs for all state choir auditions???

[@genabrie]

I absolutely love this piece. You sing it beautifully!

[@pyrogue7491]

TMEA was lit that year! I miss it so much

[@MadChristoph]

We're doing this song for our District Choir, when I first heard this song, I felt sad and relaxed at the same time, maybe it's because the piano in Db major really sets the mood

[@alecsaucedo492]

one of the best TMEA songs I have the honor to sing,hands down.

[@out.of.nowhere]

So beautifully done! Their vowels are incredible

[@urbandude823]

Amy! I see you Amy! Also this song is beautiful. And they sound absolutely stunning

[@markluebbers5781]

My favorite song right now. Beautiful St. Olaf!

[@crazycookie76]

This gives me chills, man....

[@Tuning-Out]

I'll be singing this with the ILMEA All State Honors choir in a little over a month 😍 SO so so excited.

[@melissamaddux7006]

This song is so beautiful...my choir is singing it this quarter and it is going to be amazing

[@tayxtalks]

This has me in tears, y’all! You all sounded SOOOO GOOD! 😻 amazing✨🙌🏼

[@MeredithAnne88]

Breathtaking.

[@oldtimedrumcorps]

Came back to listen and gaze once again to refresh and acknowledge the prayer in the future of mine and ours ......... soar upward . Thanks be...

[@rachel1152]

tmea 2017 anyone?

[@kornykornkenny]

Basically

[@phillipv6220]

team early start

[@Z0mbi3bait]

Adding this to my playlist right now.

[@tkrc1888]

SAME

[@joelonaroll]

+Rachel Greenwald There's already an entire playlist of the repertoire, bless

[@Oaktownrob]

I love you, St Olaf Choir, but I will have to keep my eyes closed at your concerts, when the swaying goes too far. It really does take my attention Off the music. Only said in LOVE!

[@cynthiapitts7487]

You're exactly right. Too much a distraction to the beautiful sound and faces.

[@calebstewart7464]

The swaying is a sign of unity, love, and trust inside a choir.

[@matthewharris1660]

Robert Harrison it also helps prevent tension, especially if they’re doing a 2 and a half hour concert like the one I just saw them do. It keeps them loose and helps them not to lock up their knees from the amount of standing or tighten their throats from the demand of their style of singing

[@peterwingate3999]

It doesn't bother me one bit.

[@bassethound1]

I’m sorry to have to agree. Said in love but it makes me seasick.

[@savvasconstantinou293]

Instant tears. So beautiful

[@marykatherinemitchell9548]

I was near tears! Beautiful!

[@lindseystraus9055]

Absolutely beautiful. We have two more practices and one final run through on Sunday morning two weeks from now. I can only hope we can sing it half as well as St. Olaf's.

[@meganallen5385]

Beautiful piece

[@adelinechoo5820]

Thank you for sharing this. I needed this ❤️

[@kadiecarrell3959]

Where r my soph 1 at

[@tayxtalks]

That’s crazy this is definitely one of my favorite songs now. Tfs 🙏🏼 ❤️

[@falcomgreear4042]

Gosh... so many memories from All national choir in 2016, to All northwest in 2017, to Oregon Bach Festival. It was an amazing experience to work with Anton Armstrong all three times 😄

[@PerryKassupo]

Wow amazing everything was connected and well balanced!!!

[@vr7037]

very similar to lauridsens setting of "sure on this shining night", no?

[@dear_totheheart]

Nice connection, it really does have a similar feel!

[@VanSensei]

Arnesen is very influenced by Lauridsen in this. D-flat major, the Lauridsen-esque use of added seconds, 6/9 chords, and the way Morten Lauridsen writes vocal parts, which feel not like vocal parts, but a mosaic of lieder. Every part is doing more than just harmonic support. Really, it feels more like Dirait-on. Both are also not afraid to get low for the tenors and sopranos.

[@ShinobiVocals]

Turbo Sheep agreed.😀

[@ssboooy4153]

"Alive to love, We sing as love. Afraid, uncertain yet Our flight begins...as song" Wow

[@peterwingate3999]

Perfect, all around. Although I admit that the altos really got my attention. Well done everyone!

[@rosadiaz2650]

omigosh i hope to be part of Dr.Armstrong's choir....he is great to work with....I love his choir and Dr.Anton is just a very nice person.🎶

[@emilehuston4662]

I sang this song with him in a state choir....he's such a great man. Really funny, too. He whipped us right into shape haha

[@ShootNowAskLater01]

+Emile Huston Come to Oregon Bach Festival and be a part of the SFYCA group. You'll really see what working with him can do for you there. It's a two-week academy where we work on challenging literature, including classical pieces like [this year] Brahm's "Ein Deutsches Requiem", a piece that lasts an hour and a quarter. Two years ago, the classical piece was Verdi's "Requiem," and last year it was Anton Bruckner's "Te Deum." It is well worth the cost, and you get to study with Anton and other well-known composers and conductors from around the world with 79 other high school students who are passionate about music. PM me if you'd like some details.

[@hannahstewart1276]

Just got chair 14 yesterday with this song and Sing Joyfully, and advancing to Pre Area :D

[@hettytermeer8627]

Deze "Flight Song" heb ik met het Tiels Vocaal Ensemble meerdere keren gezongen. Volgens mij, bij benadering, net zo muzikaal én zuiver. Ik hoop jullie versie nog heel vaak te mogen (na) zingen !!!

[@davisatdavis1]

That low D-flat bass at the end gave me chills...

[@winkie2018]

WHERE MY ALTOS AT?! edit: omg I've never gotten this many likes before!

[@kalinafajardo3227]

YOOO ALTOS

[@tkrc1888]

Alto 1 Here :)

[@AbbySitton]

here and loving the TMEA music!

[@kennanlukacs]

+Abby Sitton SAAAME.

[@amelia.landry]

Yep just super happy about All State songs

[@connorwalls.]

Singing this at region auditions this Saturday #bass

[@saramcadams7537]

me too but soprano 1

[@shoonebunsk577]

how did you do?

[@connorwalls.]

Shoon Ebunsk placed 35 bass 1 ... Did alright though

[@shoonebunsk577]

Nice. what state?

[@connorwalls.]

Shoon Ebunsk south east Texas

[@ktang001]

Beautiful!

[@kadarikeller1]

My goodness, that’s beautiful.

[@oldtimedrumcorps]

time passes quickly beauty lasts eternal

[@BroJoeBass]

Florida All State Concert Choir 2019 Did this song so well

[@livamoore5566]

Beautiful song!❤

[@jordanwilson1030]

Alto 2's, where you at?

[@mollycatherine3773]

took me forever to find an alto 2 comment! hello i'm here!

[@vdavis7509]

Gorgeous tone in all sections. Interesting, the swaying movement among the choristers. I can imagine that the singers are less tense having the freedom to move a bit, and the audience is also positively affected by it.

[@maddiemay446]

aye anyone else for tmea 2018-2019 and can’t find the ssaa version but also wants to relive 2016-2017

[@ponyo7097]

tmea 2017 is gonna be amazing!! #sop1squad B^)

[@elletaylor9711]

SAME

[@kailakitty9651]

you know it

[@paytonalaniz2759]

Same! ❤️ Dallas here!

[@connorwalls.]

Houston here #bass1squad

[@hannahschulze3849]

Corpus Christi here- sop. 1 for life ;)

[@oldtimedrumcorps]

Recital at U of Richmond '17 brought me here to reprise this very beautiful piece in which that blessing was performed by the Schola Cantorum Choir under the direction of Dr Jeffery Riehl

[@Ronald51302]

Where my bass 1s and 2s at?

[@alexandermei7111]

right here, bass 1 with bass 2 and tenor 1 range

[@SwampedBrine]

Right 'ere

[@guidetoanything]

yeah hold up some directions for the ladies B^)

[@rogelioserrato8488]

Ayyy

[@JackMFromBoca]

bass 1 here!

[@terryadal731]

C'est magnifique, et magnifiquement joli

[@dothatch5147]

So so beautiful.

[@thelilia54]

Just learning this with the chorus at the senior residence where I live

[@sallietaylor8503]

How very lovely.

[@aprilrogers8014]

we sang this in my chior and its so beautiful