I'm Gonna Sing 'Til the Spirit Moves in My Heart - University of Utah Singers

[@chelseyhussein7899]

I'm singing this song with my choir, and I am singing the soprano obligato part, the higher one that hits the high C, it's so fun(: you all sang it beautifully

[@goldfish8700]

I'm singing the obligato as well :P 5 years late but better late than never

[@UofUtahSingers]

The very nature of gospel music is free and moved by the spirit. We believe that Mr. Hogan would've enjoyed this as much as our audiences all over the world did and would not be nearly as worried about a few different notes/rhythms or our skin color as so many commentors on KZbin are. Music (especially gospel/spiritual music) is about so much more. This was a very heart felt performance and we feel the original message/feeling of the piece was delivered, even with a few "unnecessary" changes.

[@brotherdaggett5961]

This is the most amazing version of the song ever heard.

[@Vonnie_Wonnie]

1:57-2:09 lawd I can't get enough of that part ♥♥!!

[@briangruenewald7536]

Three things I wanna say: 1) I sang this during my freshman year of college, and it was so much fun! Great piece! 2) That same year our college went on a music tour (band went with the choir). The band hadn't heard this piece before, but after they did hear it they raved about it. They thought "Oh my Jesus" sounded like "Oh my Cheez-Its"... and one band member went so far as to buy a box of Cheez-Its and have the kids on the band bus sing about the Cheez-Its to this song. IT WAS HILARIOUS!!! 3) Is it just me, or did the lady with the short red hair on the bottom left side of the right block of people wake up when the choir started the "Shout" verse? Take a look (2:11). Again, great piece :)

[@Kekekero994]

By far the best group to sing this

[@jmcalhoun]

This choir did a fantastic job generally speaking. I like the opening solo's. Conductor's drive me crazy changing the ethos and mournful quality of the ending. That makes this piece unique and makes the simplicity of Moses' Hogan's ending stand out among concert spirituals. I suggest conductor's think about scoring their own arrangement as opposed to changing someone else's.

[@jonnyboygq]

Genius writing on the part of moses hogan! He was so very good at painting a picture musically within the text as it is so evident on the phrase "cant you feel it moving" and how the upper parts dp malismatic passages painting the picture of wind blowing like the spirit.JUST GENIUS I TELL YOU! and it was exhibited well with this fine choir!

[@thekid112489]

This literally brought me to tears on twice in a row. Excellently done.

[@T3hXinro]

One of my favorite choral songs. I'm not religious, but I still think it's awesome music.

[@mdgtube2010]

Excellent job! I love the tenor solos!

[@Lcg_fgc]

I’ll never forget this piece in college choir. So fun to sing in concert 😊😢

[@sncoolguy93]

2 people must have missed the like button on this video because it is absolutely >>>BRILLIANT!!!!!

[@shellyeatsbabies1]

My chior is performing this song for the spring concert and our choir intructor showed the choir this video today at the end of class, I fangirl'd at the guys in the begining and then I kinda cried at the end. Well, not really cried, but tears came out. Haha. It was powerful and full of emotion. >.< amazing interpretation!

[@msquitad746]

Very often I have seen choirs that sing this song to technical too “clean” sounding. You all did this justice. The enunciations were great. You all have soul!

[@Wahiahi]

This was absolutely beautiful!

[@DavidBerto]

I just don't have words to describe it! Wonderful! My spirit moved inside of me!

[@MsBeanie417]

This was a pretty good rendition of the song. I'd never heard it sung quite like this. Ps: Solo-soprano-singer-lady did really good on those high notes!!! Those particular notes, if not approached correctly, could cause one's voice to crack and go out for a couple days; but she did really great.

[@Margaux3200]

Omigoodness! This was a wonderful rendition. Thank you so much for sharing with us. We're singing this on Sunday and I hope we do as well. And, yes, it DID move my heart.

[@hensleymar]

I love this song so much :)

[@MMMazing15]

The third soloist gave me chills. Straight up INCREDIBLE!

[@stefluvsmusik]

The third and fourth soloists gave me chills

[@jonnyboygq]

the solos were very good! alot of variety that i havent heard from this choir in other "gospel" songs that have been done and recorded!!

[@teikouarc]

I got chills. Absolutely amazing.

[@LiMCRiMZ]

One of my favorite songs to this day, I performed it in Athens GA with the GMEA All-State men's choir when I was in high school

[@TheTasyow]

OMG i love the improvisation! great tenors ;)

[@CATCH6th]

i love this recording!!!

[@drilladise]

turnup sopranos LOVE IT

[@emmaross3476]

YOURE LEGENDARIAS

[@JoanChorus]

Very nicely done! I do not know the original. This was wonderful and very felt by the Spirit!

[@oisinryan150]

Placed 2nd at a Feis recently with this song. Such a great SATB tune.

[@MommeeMadre]

Like "Amazing Grace," any variation gives me pause, but oh how beautiful it was! I think Brother Moses would have been pleased and I am sure happy to know that Jesus was proclaimed in Slovenia. Well Done!

[@TheKellybellyjelly]

amazing!!!!! great job!!!!

[@lemonarizonatea]

@MillieAzure And as a sop. 1 who has sung this, I can say that it is incredibly hard to blend when singing a Bb or a C above the staff. The only "improvable" thing I noticed was the sfp attack at the end. This choir's performance was fantastic.

[@tmac50488]

I was trained by Mr. Hogan and have two aunts that were in the original Chorale as well. I have to disagree. I think that the ending was very much in keeping with his other arrangements and the overall style that he has become famous for. While I prefer the original arrangement (especially on "sing till-my-Jesus" of the last line)- I do not feel that this was so far off as to deserve the criticism shown on this page.

[@smithereens6669]

We will agree to disagree.

[@woutervangucht]

Prachtige uitvoering. Proficiat!

[@blue_jezuz]

im lovin' it

[@cellopiano1990]

CHILLS!!!!!!

[@8006kayla]

First off I want to say that the choir did an amazing job. Point #1 no one can speak for Moses Hogan because first off he is deceased and therefore no one knows what he might of said about them having changes added to this piece. Point#2 Stop riding them and appreciate them. I don't understand why people have so much negative things to say all the time. The defintion of a spiritual is pertaining to the spirit or soul. Gospel is a form of spiritual music rooted in the solo and responsive church.

[@MelodiousTrance]

Chills. All I can say.

[@Limeade04]

Very Interesting rendition of this piece...

[@buckeye936]

@ninabean100 right! It's supposed to be a jazzy "I'm gonna sing till my Jesus" then the basses are supposed to sing "till He comes" while the choir hums

[@booduh11811]

yeah it's too "English" for me

[@IrishSinger18]

This is awesome!!

[@cantantediblues]

Bellissima e bravissimi!!

[@luciaizzolo3920]

very awesome

[@JMountainPlace]

@Joe: I think one of the reasons endings on spirituals tend to be big is because it's often a finale, and they want to end with a "wow."

[@456704]

@MillieAzure I LOVED IT, i overlook their lack of movement, but that's how most abroad (by abroad i mean england, europe, area, where most classical singers come from) people sing.

[@zacharylavender1568]

Very nice!

[@TheTasyow]

great tenors!

[@ykalantzis]

Maestro is doing a fine job in UfU!

[@mavicguimaraes]

nossaaaaaa. é de arrepia!😱😍

[@mavicguimaraes]

fantástico

[@baldiny]

Interesting interpretation of the piece!

[@renuahuja43]

hats off !!!! wow

[@a.deewai3181]

Do Not be a silent witness of the Lord Jesus! Shout it from the rooftops if needed for He is coming Soon for His own! BE A WITNESS! Talk the talk AND WALK THE WALK!

[@annabella7456]

I love that. We always need people to remind us of stuff like that. Thank you.

[@edmonk13]

Wow that ending is completely different from what I've seen/sung. It was pretty cool, I have to admit.

[@Honeykissfire]

Loved the beginning, that was a nice touch. The ending kinda threw me off a bit, but I can't knock on the fact that the song as a whole sounded great.

[@armygurl95]

I Applied to this college just because of this music program.

[@kdub8305]

Reminds me of my days as a Fisk Jubilee Singers!!!!!!!

[@Bmonet22]

yeah thats the same thing I was saying But I do LOVE this song !

[@jpleroy10]

brilliant!

[@ERFFiles]

The Best... i realy loved it

[@dan0711123]

0:36 that man has a set of pipes

[@lilycarrillo7140]

A M A Z I N G

[@kylekyla6656]

That bass tho

[@nuestroverano]

impresionante

[@Drkyle7824]

The soloist

[@wigwagstudios2474]

Our teacher says not to make T consonants stand out and it makes no sense to me. Does anyone else find it weird?

[@masterjedi343]

WOW. That's all i can say.

[@LilRed2Head]

@kiosumiutaki im so with you on that!!!!!

[@tibordp]

the 3rd soloist nails the dynamics oh so fckin well :D

[@anklestevie1840]

My choir will be singing this piece at Six flags come April

[@hut765]

eveytime i hear this i spaz lol

[@iGookin]

@italiangirl789 the end is not completely different. They just did a variation on it.. They same the same lyrics, just a couple different notes.

[@anthonydixon8602]

Wow loved everything but the two “solos” that’s not in a he music. My voice teacher always would say “you don’t have to add to Handel he had a clue” and so did Moses Hogan.

[@RenegadeArms09]

@EditaNight No that's the tempo. Jus cuz you did it slow dont mean thats how its done.

[@iGookin]

@italiangirl789 they changed 5 notes and added a soprano to the end.

[@expertonmyself]

nice basses.

[@hut765]

I love the changes I bet Moses Hogan would like them too

[@smithereens6669]

No he would not have. Moses wrote what he wanted sung.

[@SobakPL]

Yes, why do You ask? ;)

[@iGookin]

@italiangirl789 The conductor can interoperate the song however he wants.

[@willij08]

This is wonderful. What's the tempo on this?

[@ShootingStarsGirl]

The feeeeeeeels.

[@orientalmarolop9988]

Nice song.. how to get song music book..

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[@SobakPL]

@666malian exactly. me too :)

[@ffreckles17]

2:29 oh snap.

[@pinksugar55]

@dimensionalharmony10 That's the written tempo, actually. My choir recently started working on this song. The soprano really wasn't that bad, and in fact did a great job for the highness of those notes. Also, if you didn't like the way those soloists did the intro, you'd hate the way Hogan's choir sings his other works. (And one more thing: "the tenors and sopranos need jesus." Because apparently jesus is the only thing that could make this choir sound better to you. Ha.)

[@usrpasswordprotected]

great song! but i think it would be better if the last part (obligato?) sang by one person only

[@tibordp]

no offense but I think that the ending is EPIC - way better than yours (judging from what I saw here on KZbin) but I'd drop that solo from the ending - just the escalade and then finish on the final chord.

[@JulianOmiela]

I wish the bass's solo after the first verse moved a little more. It was very monodynamic. With this song, the spirit needs to move, so how is the spirit going to mover is the words dont? Hypothetically speaking.

[@erikpowell8287]

UGH COMPUTER!!!! Let me hear this louder >:(

[@SobakPL]

@MyoclonicSlug: What are You talking about? I hope that it was a joke. As example i'm a atheist too and i clicked green button ;) It's just good made song for me, not prayer or something of this kind.

[@Detroit4547]

Overall, it sounds good but the original had a certain texture or mood that I prefer.

[@JMountainPlace]

The original ending is rather subdued, and would be a perfect segue into another more hushed Moses Hogan setting, say, Lord I Want To Be A Christian. These changes to the ending are great for a concert closer, and I like them for that reason. The comments suggesting these changes don't "fit" the style (too "white?") are the same arguments I have heard about Hogan's settings: that they are more concert arrangements than the original style of spirituals a century ago. It's a matter of taste.

[@tibordp]

Interesting - I deem it slightly too fast. =)

[@kariziebarth7581]

Wonderful. Recording sucks, though. Needs better recording software.

[@8006kayla]

so therefore, there is no difference.

[@rayparker8802]

1:38 Clackamas A choir

[@rayparker8802]

1:30

[@skeezicss]

that third solo sounded like he was trying to cover up a voice crack. unless he did it on purpose.

[@tibordp]

@MommeeMadre The majority of population here IS catholic :)