The Lord Bless You And Keep You - John Rutter arr. Bobby Goulder (one-man choir)

www.bobbygouldermusic.com/
I was commissioned to arrange and record this piece for the memorial of somebody close to a friend of mine. It was the middle of the 2020 lockdown so in lieu of getting a real choir to sing it, I decided to experiment with a video technique I'd not tried before!
I layered up all the vocal parts, filmed each voice in different positions from different angles with the help of the highly skilled Ali Webb, and used a masking technique to edit the footage together.
Special thanks must go to St. Mary's Church, Saffron Walden for letting me use the beautiful space for the filming.

[@hlondon2408]

Love this a capella choirpiece...all perfirmed by the same man. Unbelievable. Beautiful .. beautiful. Thank you for this blessing.

[@lizsletten5784]

U is polo

[@hlondon2408]

@@lizsletten5784 U is ???????

[@kevinmorrill8347]

9 voices sung by one man. Beautiful harmony and lyrics. May the Lord Bless you and keep you as you listen today.

[@oceanwanderer8065]

I had this lovely music played at my dear Husband's funeral 13 yrs ago now and this young man has certainly done it justice.

[@anshvashisth103]

He is at peace with the lord❤ 🙏🏻

[@mariettaalexander7064]

The richness of this exceeds anything I have ever heard

[@jemazodnem7148]

I didn't realize that only one person is singing all those voices until 1 minute of watching and listening to them. That is so impressive. Very talented. May God bless and keep you.

[@BP-jf6og]

Oh ok I was like why do all the faces look the same

[@zhmw]

@@BP-jf6og I've never seen a church choir where they all looked exactly alike. Usually they all wear robes exactly alike but their faces are different. This one man choir is absolutely beautiful and inspiring.

[@SparrowHymn]

This could be made by After Effects

[@fredphilippi8388]

It drove me nuts wondering how there could be nine (9!) identical twins....

[@fidelisfriaswandi]

N i just realised that, after read ur comment, eventho i play this so many times...

[@lindashorrocks920]

We chose this for my mum’s funeral. A beautiful piece of music.

[@Lakeslover1]

What a beautiful piece you chose. 🌹

[@jcbslytherin269]

I can't stop watching this

[@nistorgxx1]

Please, when you have time, record more and more of Rutter's music. This recording is indeed sublime.

[@yossibar-negev6784]

Please keep making more of these kinds of videos. I’m sure it took a tremendous amount of time and effort. Beautifully done.

[@brandonmarlow2266]

This moves me to my soul. Thank you Mr. Goulder.

[@marilynwoolford-chandler1161]

This blessing popped up on my phone when I should really have been going to sleep after a hectic period in my life. Thanks be to God for this gift.

[@davidkarram9158]

Thank you, Bobby! This was excellent in every way! May our Lord Bless you and Keep you!

[@jcbslytherin269]

Omg the voice of an angel, it makes me want to cry. So so beautiful. I miss my choirs so much , even more so now. I can’t wait for all this to be over and gets back to my choirs.

[@user-kb3iw7ql7o]

성모마리아 예수님의모친☆¤~~성령하나님의일하심 요한계시록완성 목소리! 음성!육의것을말하는지? 또는영ㆍ의것을말하는지? 목소리톤은 천차만별이다 아~~~목! ㅋㅋ 수요셉! 성요셉 🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪🚪득¤=생각이 들었다 아 🤦

[@edmondfung6579]

Me too

[@theraptureisnearbelieveinj7695]

Why wait? Now is the time.

[@sancraft1]

We sang this in my chorus, The Conyers Covington Choral Guild. I miss it. The darn pandemic. Anyway, I love this piece. It is so beautiful.

[@elkescheibelhut1209]

I Love this song Super Performance Be blessed from Germany Thanks

[@cynthiashantakumari5655]

Beautiful'. Ilove this dong

[@letyourlightshiningprivat2093]

Wonderful!!!! I feel something like god, the father in heaven, in this voice. Go on and fight peacefully with songs like this around the world! God will be everytime with you! Eva- Maria from Germany, bavaria

[@524kirkd]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! My college choir ended our concerts with this piece almost 40 years ago. So lovely to hear it again. Very touching for me. Thanks.

[@balareyouready-gcsemathema5650]

Stunning! Beautifully executed, thoughtful harmonies and moving intonations brought tears to my eyes and joy to my heart. More please!

[@SwissOnZ]

This is like my favorite song right now.

[@carollyon4755]

Well, I'm amazed!! First I thought these young men were brothers or related. Then I realized they looked exactly alike. To put this all together is true genius. And his voice is a special gift from God...😇

[@marilynwoolford-chandler1161]

Part of the gift this singing gives on you tube is to see the joyous comments from so many around our precious globe.

[@kateheekyungkim3921]

I cry and pray listing this, so beautiful and give me a comfort. Bless you.

[@littlewing6385]

Im in wonderfull god bless now. Thanks for sharing, and sure Thank you Jesus

[@charliechandler9328]

I’m speechless at the beauty of both the song and the performance.

[@marilynwoolford-chandler1161]

Not to mention the technical skills required to do it. I ❤️ following the little indicators such as a head nod or hand gesture.

[@slm3913]

Thank you for doing John Rutter's arrangement of this beautiful hymn justice. Absolutely Brilliant. It fills the soul with hope and comfort. Amen.

[@michellesmith8663]

Wow! Pure genius how you put all of that together! It was so uplifting and I felt the Lord blessing me while I was listening!

[@marilynwoolford-chandler1161]

A superb selection for these dark days. May the Lord Bless You and keep you also

[@enidmitchell7878]

Amazing. The wonders of modern technology.

[@bratschespieler1]

Thank you, A timely reminder of the instinctive musical genius of John Rutter!

[@williamhoward2731]

I wish to thank you for sharing this awesome Christian music video with me .

[@carolbenson3756]

This was unbelievable! What a awesome idea and beautiful use of God given talent! He is wonderful!

[@johnstrong9154]

I felt like God was indeed making His face shine upon me as I listened and watched. Thank you and blessings on you!

[@mikeacord5329]

Beautiful arrangement, Bobby. E Major suits your voice very well. You handle all of the voice parts beautifully! I've shared this video with many of my friends. Thanks for sharing your talent with all of us! Please do more!

[@mikeacord5329]

100,000+ views!!! Congrats! Well deserved!

[@michaelacord228]

@@mikeacord5329 It's been four months since I first listened to this beautiful arrangement. I (like many others) have probably listened to it over 50 times by now. What a blessing! And over half a million views! Much deserved!

[@creswick100]

A lot of hard work, patience, and talent, combined to make this such a superb Benediction.

[@lawrenceelliott350]

How incredibly lovely and moving. Thank you for this great gift.

[@gertanckaert3023]

always grateful for my choir director who opened this music to me

[@Future-zx9ts]

SIR!!!! You are so talented! Rutter is one of the best modern composers, in my opinion, and your arrangement of this was superb! And that is not even taking into consideration your fabulous voice AND the excellent videography and editing! Thank you very much for sharing with us!

[@megb3984]

Oh a double portion! - the Aaronic blessing, and John Rutter! Beautiful, thank you

[@DanDanPlaysMusic]

Impressive lows with such a flexible upper register

[@drewkovach9951]

A beautiful interpretation of John Rutter's wonderful piece.

[@margaretkangethee]

Angelic voices..may His face shine upon you all.

[@tiddlewink9143]

Beautiful labour of love. So beautiiul. God bless you and may you do great works with this God given talent

[@midhunjose6381]

Rejoice the lord jesus. Stay blessed my brother 🙏✝️

[@TheHelsbyOswald]

Very very beautiful Bobby!

[@lynda.grace.14]

Absolutely exquisite in every aspect--arrangement, delivery, gentleness and blessing.

[@HTX_Son]

Thank you for introducing me to this beautiful hymn. God bless you.!

[@Itsmahere]

This is one of my favorite choral pieces ... and you (and you and you and you and you ...) sang it beautifully!

[@vanessadobbins2963]

Beautiful harmony by the clone brothers! God bless you brother!

[@jefryrompas2095]

Jesus bless you all.. From Manado-indonesia

[@laurellemenne6725]

Thankyou and Bless you...So wonderful to see the Younger generation involved in such a Beauriful rendering of this Hymn

[@paneethaameresekere1615]

Thank you and God bless, from Sri Lanka

[@sead705]

Absolutely brilliant! Fabulous sound, wonderful voice. Keep going. Do more like this. You’re on to something and we love it!

[@j.s.oliveiracarvalho845]

Het is of ik naar Engelen zit te luisteren. The Lord bless and keep them all. 🙏🏽 ❤️

[@brandywineblogger1411]

Total Perfection! Thank you! "The Brandywine Balladeer" B.S. Mus, M. Mus.

[@Tudebekkie]

Wow. Just... wow!

[@devkenn]

Les Paul and Richard Carpenter---the "founder" and greatest user of "vocal stacking", multiple track recordings used concurrently on top of one another would be very impressed, I think.

[@sharonstromley9350]

My absolute favorite choral piece by John Rutter. Amazing that a person who is a self described agnostic could worship so beautifully but there it is. I'd say John is not far from the Kingdom.

[@judypreston3264]

Very beautiful! Amazing what one person can do with technology.

[@lynda.grace.14]

We are all in the "Kingdom" however we might self describe. No judgement needed.

[@AquilaRossaVideo]

I recently had the privilege to ask him how could he musically describe Heaven so perfectly without believing… and I was immensely happy to hear his answer: John Rutter now believes in Jesus! 😇

[@cavadecor01]

God Bless You!

[@conniechan3280]

Thanks. You reminded me in 1982 .my cell group learned to sing this song 4 parts . GOD BLESS ALL OF HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE .

[@urszulam.4592]

what a range................................I could listen to this for hours! More please!!!!!!!

[@BubblesJNF]

A beautiful blessing before bed. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@daughterofthemosthighfrey752]

Perfect...wonderfull...excelent...uplifting..thanks...i enjoied it very much...

[@Bianca-sn3rq]

Sehr einfühlsam und berührend, bitte noch viel mehr, es ist wunderbar

[@WilfritesImbert]

un beau cadeau pour pouvoir m'endormir avec 9 bobby dans la tète....ce soir il est 21h22 en france en Avignon pour moi au moment de l'envois... comme quoi nous sommes capable de bien grandes prouesse avec nos cordes vocales beau travaille d'harmonies.....

[@NinaHansen2008]

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music! You’ve sung it so well. Thanks from Arizona, USA.

[@JudyCHill]

What a fabulous production! Judy

[@sheiladowdall4284]

Amazing and beautiful, congratulations .

[@JeffWardMusic]

Very impressive, both artistically and technically!

[@petraodenthal1409]

So wonderful!! It is a gift in this special time for all. Thank you very much and God bless you.

[@louiseheiner1394]

Beautiful, it brought tears to my eyes.

[@aimardom]

Beauty will save us. Thank you.

[@corrieboomgaard9205]

Heavenly! A very beautiful voice. Just what I needed to hear today! Thank you!

[@theresecaotdcao8526]

Wow, thanks God for your beautiful voice!

[@deldridg]

Good lord, what a performance (or, performances). Incredibly well produced as well. A beautifully musical and sensitive treatment of Rutter's work. You have a musical family of fans now in Sydney, Aust! Cheers - Dave

[@catherinesinclair7727]

Absolutely glorious. Thank you. Peaceful. Uplifting.

[@bella-bee]

I love these multi virtual recordings because the vowels all match and the voices blend! The diction tends to be clearer to. Naturally. Just wonderful, thank you

[@janielin9460]

The singers are awesome !

[@marlenegold280]

For someone with a higher toned voice to sing such a low rumbling bass is amazing.

[@tomperyer5561]

Terrific - what a talent. And of course a great Rutter piece.

[@sherryparriott1163]

Rutter by this talented voice such a calming pleasure here this evening in early fall, Illinois farm country.

[@helennutman2525]

I came accross this piece and found it so beautiful. John Rutter at his best and beautifully performed

[@gwpj51]

Indubitable! Immaculate! ! Impeccable! ! ! Inspiring! ! ! ! Excellent! ! ! ! ! Etherial! ! ! ! ! ! El Perfecto! ! ! ! ! ! ! El Profundo! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! El SALVADOR ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[@crisnaska3498]

God bless you for sharing your great talents. You have wonderful voice

[@gisellegrape4953]

Absolutely phenomenal!!!

[@LadyHoozer]

I just got chills with that harmony! Beautiful!

[@carolfolger-brown6340]

Beautiful. Always loved singing this at the end of special services!

[@lanalight471]

Absolutely amazing flawless retention of a great ever written song 🎵❤ God blessed your labor 🙏 All the voices are beautiful. Pure joy to hear it. Thank you. Glory to the Lord.

[@marias.6955]

Dear Bobby, you sure turned this into a musical jewel! Wao, just as Geoff Fiddian commented: the heck of a lot of love, patience, perfectionism and countless hours of work must have gone into this beautiful creation. A worthwhile & splendid "carrier" for this blessing! Thank YOU for sharing it with a wider audience here on KZbin! Such a balm for heart & ear & soul!

[@anshvashisth103]

Praise the greatest King ❤ our holy lord

[@79BlackRose]

That is a wonderful arrangement and performance. And the video editing is so effective. 😍

[@MrMagusperde]

Superb....

[@crochetcatcrafty]

Amazing!

[@dilakshisilva7301]

Wow ..... such a wonderful 👏 with this hymn. God bless you 😘

[@trudyhopkins4049]

This is a brilliant masterpiece, so beautiful, it must be heaven-inspired.. Thank you.

[@shoshannafachima1306]

Absolutely beatiful Bravo

[@24brii]

This is incredible. I got shivers!!!

[@user-so6td9jl3p]

자연스러우며 내면적 힘이 느껴지는 아름다운 음색과 선율이 큰 감동을 줍니다 감사합니다 하나님의 복이 함께 하시기를 기원합니다

[@choral3911]

Fantastic singing and brilliant use of the tech!

[@martinguerre8220]

Excellent. Glory be to God.

[@margaretannecook6134]

Heart achingly beautiful. Thank you so much.

[@elijrodriguez]

Absolutely stunningly beautiful!!

[@marianarkun6656]

Beateful gratings fr Gotland fr Sweden

[@annirvin2508]

Just beautiful! Thank you.

[@personalnotesmusic]

Incredible!!! Thanks, Bobby!

[@noejoseblanco]

Wow! That's beautiful!