VOCES8: Lully, Lulla, Lullay - Philip Stopford

VOCES8 sings Philip Stopford's setting of 'Lully, Lulla, Lullay' in St Stephen's Walbrook Church, London.
Lully, lulla, lully lulla
By by, lully lullay
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
By by, lully lullay
O sisters too,
How may we do
For to preserve this day
This poor youngling,
For whom we sing,
By by, lully lullay?
Lully, lulla, lully lulla
By by, lully lullay
Lully, lulla thou little tiny child
By by, lully lullay
Herod, the king,
In his raging,
Charged he hath this day
His men of might,
In his own sight,
All young children to slay.
Lully, lulla, lully lulla
By by, lully lullay
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
By by, lully lullay
That woe is me,
Poor child for thee!
And ever morn and day,
For thy parting
Neither say nor sing
By by, lully lullay!
Lully, lulla, lully lulla
By by, lully lullay
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child
By by, lully lullay
By by, lully lullay

[@r.benjaminbarkow8231]

This song got me through a recent miscarriage. I listened at least 20 times a day and grieved. This song spoke to me. I felt connected to the process of saying goodbye to a child that would never grow up. You all sang it beautifully. You captured the nuance of sounding strong in the midst of a horrible ordeal, yet overcome with grief. Thank you so much. It may not sound like much, but your gift really helped me in a very dark time.

[@lukedunham4461]

👐👐👐👐 im sorry to hear this. I hope that you continue to find peace and healing. 🦋💙🦋

[@kwood9955]

❤️😟

[@samlancaster1277]

God bless you.

[@kingjackupeace5844]

My prayers are with you, please know that. I can't give words of healing, I can only let you know that you have my support, love and prayers. 🙏❤️

[@emncaity]

It sounds monumental to me. God give you peace.

[@marie777alyssa4]

Mass of the ages got me here. How hauntingly beautiful

[@jaredjagiello9882]

And MOTA is one of the most beautiful documentaries I've ever seen. So haunting the begining of episode 3

[@GerardoGarcia-xc2gl]

Same

[@LindeW]

Praise be the Mass of the Ages! Praise be this music en this choir

[@Sam-o1c]

For 25 years my school had a very good choir and 5th grade teacher who was one of the best musicians I will ever know this was one of his favorite pieces and we sang it every year at one of our special Christmas productions as of this fall 2024 I am one of the last 50 sum students who had him fully. this year we told our new choir director that no matter what we would sing this song at Christmas in his honor.

[@ClintK.]

Being a male growing up in the culture I was raised in, I struggle to let out my emotions through crying. Reading the lyrics and listening to this song gives me the ability to cry that otherwise I wouldn't be able to do. Thank you for the spiritual and emotional release. Your choir is a gift!

[@NinjaHeart]

I a, so glad that tjos helps you. It I also love how it puts everyone in a calm like state, I sang this for my choir [saprano two] and seeing that everyone was calm and peaceful, they keep talking through out the whole thing but when we preformed this song it was silent. So happy it helped you!

[@luiscalderon7251]

Jesus himself wept, so don’t be afraid to let those emotions come out when you feel the need.

[@cfban]

In manlier cultures of old, crying (when there was a legitimate reason) was not a shameful thing for a man. Losing their temper was seen as much more shameful. Pick a book from the XIX century or older; you will see that the heroes sometimes cry, but they never give themselves to anger no matter the circumstances. The villains, on the other hand, are prone to fits of blind rage at the smallest provocation.

[@Glandulf19]

Same here, good music like this never fails to help one cry even if we were raised not to ❤

[@octoberlaylow9177]

we sang this in choir last year for adjudication. the most beautiful piece ive performed to this day.

[@michaelvalencia1784]

There is no musical instrument more compelling and profound than the tactfully constructed human voices in harmonic unison!

[@elleryseadust458]

I just realized at the end those really long high notes are almost like screaming. Like anguished screaming as a mothers child is killed

[@meekhouse]

Yet still so beautiful

[@philolson5110]

I vote this the best performed/recorded version of this song in existence. The acoustics are exquisite and the balance between men and women is perfect. World class voices on display here.

[@GabrielduViolon]

This performance is beyond moving. The line "All young children to slay" brings tears to my eyes every time. The way they hold back at "all young children" and then bring out the word "slay" with a sharp, bladelike "s" and intense tone is exquisite. I cannot stop coming back here.

[@andrewscollick]

LYRICS & EXPLANATION: An ancient Carol from Coventry, reworked in the 21st century. British composer Philip Stopford composed this version of the Coventry Carol in 2008. The original Coventry Carol dates from the 16th century and was traditionally performed in Coventry as part of a mystery play called The Pageant of the Shearmen and Tailors. The rocking lullaby tells the story of the Massacre of the Innocents - when, after the birth of Jesus, King Herod ordered all male infants under the age of two to be killed. It's sung though from a mother's perspective, as a beautiful lament for her doomed child. The words are: Lully, lullay, Thou little tiny Child, Bye, bye, lully, lullay. Lullay, thou little tiny Child, Bye, bye, lully, lullay. O sisters too, how may we do, For to preserve this day This poor youngling for whom we do sing Bye, bye, lully, lullay. Herod, the king, in his raging, Charged he hath this day His men of might, in his owne sight, All young children to slay. That woe is me, poor Child for Thee! And ever mourn and sigh, For thy parting neither say nor sing, Bye, bye, lully, lullay.

[@ClintK.]

Thank you for the words. It makes this hauntingly beautiful song very meaningful

[@tweenbean9911]

💔😢💔

[@xxxxxx-hx3vp]

Thank you for all the information. Your comment is soooo underated....Thank you☺️

[@christophgollinger7551]

Thank you very much! This is the information we all love to get.

[@courtneyjohnson3833]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us, it enhances the song to understand it’s origin.

[@elleseraphina6521]

The most beautiful, moving, emotional song I have ever heard. Brings tears and gives me goosebumps everytime. Praying for all the innocent children all around the world. May our beloved Lord and the Holy Mary protect them all.

[@ruthjohnson9393]

I held my first grandchild for the first time yesterday and this song kept resonating in my heart. Her precious cooing is somehow entwined in these gorgeous tones! ❤ Stunningly beautiful!

[@skybluepete7565]

It’s just stunning How can something like this exist and people not know about it? Stroke of luck to find it on Spotify

[@thenickelplatedcondor8444]

Something about this choir. They're just something else. Absolutely breathtaking.

[@sunflowerfields4409]

They are incredible.

[@emncaity]

You said it. See separate comment above (or wherever it ends up). Just saw them live in a stroke of luck so huge I don't think anything in my musical life will ever match it. Not even close.

[@carolinefiorentini3233]

And they are also all very friendly and accessible. I have the chance to sing with them every summer at the Milton Abbey summer festival for 7 years now and it's a blast. This year it was cancelled due to the pandemic and that's a huge moment of my summer missing

[@benbork9835]

Yes I find it equally breath taking. But lets hope they don’t lol

[@eyesopen1850]

My wife comes from Coventry. She lost her sister just after Christmas last year and this Carol means so much to her.

[@haileyvick9436]

I've never heard a soprano with such control and clarity. The men are steady throughout and it's difficult to detect any breathing. Beautiful work.

[@drdalewisely]

America should get a full-time queen and Queen I ought to be that soprano.

[@gitasong]

Andrea Gaines is a wonder.

[@AdrianMelia-0]

I listen because of the exquisite sound of them breathing out.😊

[@860anthony]

Why do most Christmas Carol's make me cry? Powerfully beautiful.

[@_215Juice]

i be askin myself the same thing. and i dont know the answer.... when im alone with certain music is the only time I can cry

[@domenicabux894]

​@@_215JuiceCredo che la nascita di un bambino porti sempre con sè commozione. Un bambino e' un dono del Cielo, le nostre lacrime di gioia ringraziano il nuovo esserino, augurandogli una vita bella🎶🌿🌟

[@meekhouse]

​@@_215JuiceSame!

[@serbancentea]

We should all support these musicians. Through their artistry and craft - in normal times or pandemic terror - they give us light and beauty. They make us better, so we owe them.

[@katharinabode2497]

This is what heaven sounds like.

[@cfban]

This is a very sad song. In Heaven all sadness is washed, cleansed and transformed into joy. Which you could argue that this song does.

[@gerardorivera4127]

I love all their voices especially the soprano. Her voice is soft, gentle, clean, and clear.

[@fairdistrictsfornewmexico8447]

I am always near bursting into tears with this song. I was born on the day of the Feast of Holy Innocents, which I learned after age 50. I often cry with this beautiful hymn, which will last for as many days as music remains on the Earth. My church choir recorded it during Covid outdoors in a parking garage and it's equally beautiful and haunting. Bless us.

[@animewaifulover1337]

Hauntingly beautiful piece and rendition, and the soprano solo is otherworldly.

[@michaeljungen2966]

Unbelievable - Lets pray for peace as long as we are living - How could it be done better than through such a wonderful soulful vocal performance

[@ThePhil737]

This sweet yet somber lullaby played in my head while seeing the Pieta in Rome last year. Very powerful. Jesus’ entire life pointed to the Cross and the Blessed Mother knew that her heart would be pierced yet still beautifully and joyfully ponders. This song portrays this paradox so perfectly.

[@tomsport4537]

Thank you for your rich comment. May God bless you!

[@elizabethmorales811]

Certainly captures the mystery of life, the Cross and suffering.

[@BraydenJennings-kw2du]

I’m not catholic but I love catholic and orthodox hymns their so beautiful

[@kevinbrennen6773]

Diction, Vowels, Balance, Rhythm, Intonation, etc etc.....perfection

[@rdc8089]

There must be fools that run around on KZbin clicking "thumbs down" randomly on whatever they come across because there is no way, unless you're utterly tone deaf or just plain malicious, that a person could honestly find this anything less than deeply, hauntingly beautiful!

[@greenghouls]

It's bots unfortunately, but you're correct

[@AdrianBarnes-o6w]

I had the luck 45 years at school really to study english church music at A level (passed Grade B) You are the new perctionists!!!!

[@directionofease]

@ 3:40 final soprano descant captured perfectly in passing by cameraman - props to the crew for a beautiful production.

[@emncaity]

Get this: I had been listening for a few months, increasing in fascination with them to the point of near-obsession with the absolutely insane level of what they're doing, and then I looked at the schedule for a local privately sponsored concert series at a huge Methodist cathedral downtown where I live, a city of about a quarter million in the middle of farm and ranch country (but with a major university with a well-regarded school of music, so we _do_ get some seriously good artists here), and...they were on the schedule for a Christmas concert. Not until the point when they walked out and took their places last Sunday evening did I think it was actually going to happen. If you're wondering (like a lot of people have) whether they could possibly be this good live, they are. It was pure indescribable beauty. I still can't believe they were here. The selection was the best for any Christmas concert I've ever been at. And yes, they did this Stopford piece (and another one too) -- this haunting, pure, transforming thing. Got to meet them afterward, even. I'm still wondering how it happened.

[@philipstopford]

Imagine if Philip Stopford replied to you comment - haha! So glad you enjoyed my pieces! Philip :-)

[@emncaity]

@@philipstopford Well, that would be brilliant, if a thing like that happened. ;-) I'm a fan for life. Not that you needed more, but still. This piece has so many right decisions you can't count them all, but the one that encircles all of them is this insistence on going to the heart of what makes the melody and the meaning in that carol what they are. Cannot get it out of my mind. No complications, no technical embellishment, just simple and pure, like the poem that finds worlds in exactly the right few words. I just think it's so rare to find a composer who understands the heart of the thing like this.

[@philipstopford]

@@emncaity Thank You :-)

[@ericabunce1489]

stephen f such an amazing experience! I am an Ohioan and plan on attending their concert in Rochester, NY. I pray they sing this. Philip Stopford...absolutely brilliant composition. Thank you!!! Brings me to tears.

[@emncaity]

@@ericabunce1489 "Amazing" is only a start. I don't usually gush about stuff like this. I was a vocal major at one time and am totally comfortable talking about good performances that had flaws, and still enjoying them tremendously. This was another thing entirely, it really was. I'm serious about this: Send them a message on FB and a tweet to ask them to be sure to sing "Lully" in Rochester.

[@durhamgrigg3125]

Dear Voces 8, Thank you! This is my all-time favourite song in your entire repetoire of - all my 'favourites'!!! The words and music, and your combined musical skills in performing them, in this wonderful space - spaced out in the circle as you are - and all singing out into God's world (within and beyond the physical space) - this message of utter pain, evil and grief, yet, with an equally complete assurance & message of hope that "where two or more are gathered together in my name, there am I in [your] midst!". Truly a song and message for us all, for eternity! I was delighted (finally) to get to see and hear you in person in Buxton (Derbyshire) just a few days' ago, & to say hello!!! I am still savouring the experience!! Thank you all, for all you do to bring such moving, and uplifting experiences through music, words and voice. Your - forever - Aussie fan, (in 'sunny!!' Buxton (not!)) Darcey xxxxxxxx PS: Get well soon Andrea - your stand-in was fabulous, but you are simply my personal best of the best!!! (& heart-throb!!) PPS: I discovered that I'll be singing as a 'real (low) bass' with the Halle choir at the Proms (later on the same day (Sunday 21 July), when you will all be singing your own Proms (while we are travelling down from Manchester!!!) We are saying farewell to our much loved Sir Mark Elder, & singing a specially commissioned choral work by Sir James MacMillan: we love it, and hope to sing it with joy and love and fond forever-memories. (It will be broadcast live on BBC 4 TV!! (I'll be the good looking (fe-male) singer among the 'male' basses!!!) I do hope you may get to see and hear us: we'll be giving of our best!!

[@Ashton123082]

It appears that I have a bona-fide obsession: I've listened to this on repeat about 20 times and have been listening for about an hour and a half. I just can't get over it. I don't know if someone should send help or join me.

[@markroush9120]

It is a haunting yet beautiful piece of music. Look up it’s origins sometime, and it may touch and haunt you even more.

[@letsnotgothere6242]

I'll join you. It sets the most beautiful mood

[@MrAppoline]

@@letsnotgothere6242 Me too. Listening to this after the death of someone close. Music delivers where words fail.

[@vwissler5470]

This melody is an earworm, like Pachelbel's Canon. Just go with it. It's so much better having this banging around in your head than commercials and top 40.

[@rosemarydwyer5604]

joined

[@brettcody76]

Every vowel: unified. Every consonant: unified. Every timbre carefully orchestrated. This is THE premiere choral ensemble! Thank you, Voces8!

[@durhamgrigg3125]

Simply the most beautiful song I’ve heard …. Ever …. sung perfectly! Thank you V8

[@TheresaNelson]

A recent devastating loss led me back to this performance which I first heard about a year ago. Heartbreakingly beautiful and so emotional, perfection in vocal music. I cried and was comforted.

[@G-Cutti]

I return and listen to this on a weekly basis. This is the best rendition I have ever heard. Hauntingly beautiful! Well done!

[@tyger2891]

Hats off to that Soprano. So pure.

[@charlynecox]

This is absolutely gorgeous! I love Philip Stopford's music. VOCES8 are outstanding!

[@brycedixon6559]

I can’t stop listening to this.

[@nedhorner]

How did they burst out in tears while singing this?!!! it's so sad.

[@chrisbaker3896]

I love this make me cry sometimes but knowing there safe in heaven and where they belong love ur children and protect them

[@durhamgrigg3125]

Simply my favourite song in all the world sung by my favourite vocal group in their ultimate member combination ever!!! Thank you.

[@arsenaldelta3493]

This song just help me to carry on during hard times, loss of autonomy and intense pain. It sounds like an hymn for hope. When I lose faith in humanity that kind of songs that travels through space and time touch my soul. Thank you deeply for this priceless feeling, angels voices.

[@jillshinn8515]

Beautiful beyond words.. warmed my heart ..

[@danlandis3006]

So beautiful; this brings me to the brink of tears every time I hear it. Thanks to Eleanor for singing the descant so effortlessly; you float to the high "Ab" magnificently and flawlessly, while not rushing it. Thanks to all for the exquisite performance. Many thanks to you and Mr. Stopford for bringing the pain behind the biblical text to memory in an awesome and simply wondrous way: it causes one to think and meditate. I'd give you a thousand "likes" for this performance if I could. God bless you all.

[@johnmiloscia]

I sang this song in a choir and I was fighting to hold back tears I managed to not break key but it was very difficult .one of my favorite songs

[@rememberxiii]

I was legit crying like I haven't cried in a long time. My soul ached for these children.

[@susannanolt1868]

This song is an emotional part of the Christmas Story. Not a part we like to think about. But a part of it, nonetheless. Amazing interpretation of this song!

[@maryelisabeth7167]

28th December. Childermas.

[@toniquebrown387]

The fact that they can do this without looking at each other is amazing.

[@monicadaley4564]

Thank you this song speaks to me of love and loss and grief we avoid talking about at Christmas. It also speaks of hope...

[@katespalding2134]

In this utterly crazy world that we’re living in at the moment, Voce8 bring calm and serenity

[@matthyde3138]

If you are in any kind of pain listen to VOCES8, it will definitely heal you. Wow!!!!!!!!!

[@bettyh.3656]

Oh, Matt that's true. Even I was the member of the University Chember Choir - Voices 8 are really excellent, we can feel their souls and hearts. Thanks.

[@mechthilds5083]

Thank you so much. Thanks, merci beaucoup, obrigada, danke.

[@kotetsu131]

3:39 oh man wow....the purity of that one note. Incredible.

[@suziclark4244]

i've re-watched just that one part about a dozen times. Her voice is so beautiful.

[@donna30044]

@kotetsu131 Listen to their recording of the Miserere Mei by Allegri. Wear a sweater, because it will send chills through you.

[@euuuelios]

It made me dizzy when I heard it 😭💞

[@RutabagaPaddlesports]

Yeah, that's Eleanor. She's a gem of a person too.

[@veritasas]

On 5th of December i have been in the concert of Choir Bel Canto and Voces8 in Vilnius, Lithuania. All concert was so pure and amazing. Voces8 startated to sing Philipp Stopford Lully. I am speechless about my feelings then. And final of this song with Andrea’s high notes WOW. Thank You Philipp for the song. Thank you Voces8 for performing this song. Be blessed all +

[@philipstopford]

My pleasure :-)

[@leonunez2964]

4:19 the bass’ Db with the tenors’ C create one of the most beautiful dissonances i’ve ever heard

[@madonnahood3381]

Beautiful rendition of this carol.

[@maryfesta1480]

My school choir did this and we sang it for our Christmas concert and a few of us sang it at the March For Life. This is the best song in the world!

[@kimmysophiabrown4807]

Your voices are holy, a comfort, a calming. I wish all the other noise of the world besides nature could be turned off so the ears of the world could hear this music and be healed. Thank you for contributing to the healing of the world. I love the Coventry Carol, I never heard this version. I wonder how god-like you must feel with voices that come out of your throats sounding like this, it's such a gift to you, and to all of us. PS. I respect the fact that none of you scratch your face or fidget, if I were one of you I would have such a hard time standing still with my arms at my sides, that is a talent too!

[@jackwallen]

This is one of the most beautiful choral pieces I've ever heard.

[@AlottaDixonCider]

my favorite performance from these masters

[@luyanda_kazi]

How am I seeing this in 2021, a beautiful piece that was released on May 24, 2019 and today is May 31, 2021… so beautiful ❤️❤️

[@edwardwilkinson6923]

Such lovely sounds echoing through my heart. I was so disappointed to hear the screaming advertisement from KZbin before I could adequately think to pause the play. Please KZbin... rethink what you are doing with these obnoxious advertisements and do not desecrate the solemnity or sanctity of the after-moments of performances such as this miracle of sound. Think harder about what you do. But thank you VOCES8 for sharing this with us.

[@philipschrantz8402]

Mastery at so many levels. And serious thanks to the recording engineers for doing this justice....

[@Alexis-zs3xt]

crying because my choir sang this song last year and i cried on stage the last time we sang it.

[@CamoFlex]

Honest question, why did you cry? What makes us react this way to such beauty?

[@amyberesik9902]

@@CamoFlex Perhaps the tragedy of the story compounded by the haunting way the brilliant writing brings it to life?

[@marcotuliomacedobicalhomar8320]

@@CamoFlex This music is a picture of a mother's mourn for her children assassined by Herod's order, during the persecution he made because of the announcement he received by the Wise Men of the born of the King of Jews. All kids younger than 2 were killed at Bethlehem. This music puts us in the scene, make us participate in this grieving, the last goodbye for a child who will never grow.

[@manodesanta6240]

I think it makes us cry even without knowing the lyrics, which I hadn’t understood until today (I am not English). It’s the emotion we feel when we listen to such beautiful song performed by this amazing choir. Something happens inside us that triggers the tears coming to our eyes. This is just pure emotion, touches our soul and we recognise it

[@DrWaters100]

These people can sing. Absolutely fantastic.

[@the_wingman]

This is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

[@larikipe940]

That is so lovely it hurts.

[@davidfrech9176]

Voces8 --- exquisite sensitive choral singing that comes from each one of your souls. Absolutely a personal listening experience every time you sing. Seamless glorious sound beyond words. This is a beautiful composition that is sung with sincerity and a command of musical interpretation, blend, pitch, lyrics and dynamics. Thk you!

[@pogbruh1289]

This song is absolutely stunning!!! It sounds like a song you would here while peacefully ascending into heaven.

[@antoinettedesportes-davonn5553]

C'est superbe! Les chorales anglaises chantent vraiment très bien! Nous avons écouté l'ensemble vocal britannique Apollos au Collège des Bernardins: une pure merveille!

[@MrFreaklex]

Close my eyes and feel magic everytime i listen to this wonderful angle voices. Gives me a kind of power, let me cry and feeling good at the same time. It`s like a cleaning of my soul. Thank you for this!

[@jamesbarclay9265]

I'm now a lifetime fan of Voce8. thank you so much.

[@happyperson7663]

This song is so simple, yet not very easy. You have to sing with a hollow sound and a straight tone which can be hard. They did a very good job. So crisp, clear, powerful, yet gentle. And nice dynamics and emotion 👍

[@emmanuelleserrano9719]

Yes vibrato strictly forbidden !😉

[@RiffRaffAK]

Exquisite on every level. Each voice is beautiful. The fact that you sing absolutely in sync while facing AWAY from each other astounds me. The acoustics of the church are luscious. High accolades to VOCES8 recording engineers for their wonderful capture of these voices!

[@susanbofinger1415]

The most perfect singing group I have ever been blessed to hear.

[@donnelldorsey54]

My goal is to build a small ensemble of passionate vocalists like Voces8. I absolutely love to listen to and sing choral music of every era.

[@dedbaka]

Go do it! My best wishes for you!

[@spectralmelodies5979]

Same here, it's been hell finding singers interested and even mildly competent in this style.

[@bree4926]

It would be fun to be in a group singing these songs.

[@juliannedeibert5778]

I’d certainly be interested! That’s been my dream too! 😃

[@Rumptertumskin79]

go for it, bro!

[@tonyhedrick237]

Beautifully stunning.

[@vk2787]

THIS IS beautiful, gives me shivers. A very emotional song, I felt the emotions before I knew what it really was about!

[@HelenMyers]

So beautiful. Thank you..

[@sarahcollins6378]

Autumn 2020 How I miss singing in person with my choirs....this is heartbreakingly beautiful on many levels today. ❤️😥💔🎵🦠

[@lampedepoche5170]

Yeah same I miss them too 😔

[@derekdee9592]

It’s wonderful gorgeous singing such soothing music, Bravo !

[@thisjustin6600]

Because I needed a good cry today. That was gorgeous. I sang this song many years ago but a very different arrangement. This arrangement is stunning. Thank you. Always.

[@Liko81DJ]

Yes, this is Stopford's rearrangement of the classic Coventry Carol. Absolutely haunting, especially in the hands of master choristers like Voces8.

[@spectralmelodies5979]

Now I'm going to have to find the other arrangement lol.

[@marieconstantia4441]

Lol I need a good cry frequently also.

[@bobwalker5564]

No eye to eye contact must be very difficult...

[@jackarts6901]

Heard this for the first time at midnight mass tonight at St. Aphege Church in Solihull and was just like wow....what is this? After googling it its actually an ancient carol from just down the road in Coventry re-arranged by Philip Stopford recently. Really beautiful, the chord changes in the chorus just sound soooo good. This group do it very well. Already my favourite carol and the first time I think I've ever paid attention to choral music.

[@mmoo1954]

So miss singing in choirs; this is a stunningly beautiful piece, superbly done.

[@benvanniekerk5973]

THE ENDING GET ME EVERY TIME!

[@etsunny2008]

ME 2!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ixsingxtenor]

I am going through an excruciatingly painful time in my life. I want you to know that I keep coming back to this specific recording. You have blessed me, Voces8. You will never know how much.

[@Ashton123082]

Hugs to you. I'm having a hard time, too, and am grateful for beauty like this. A comfort...

[@ThomasMcGuire-ge3kn]

My school is currently practicing this song in music class for our upcoming concert. So far, it sounds pretty much just like this. Nice job 😃👍

[@fotophool]

I just re-watched this many times again tonight while trying to catch up on some work. The entire piece & performance is magnificent and simply world class... but then the descant comes in at 3:40 and nothing else matters anymore. It happens every. single. time.

[@Liko81DJ]

My favorite setting of this carol, sung by my favorite choral group. Deceptively simple in construction, ridiculously difficult to pull off to this level. Wonderful

[@JustMc11]

Stunning. Literally comfort to the soul. I truly hope to hear you all live someday soon!

[@polixeni8312]

That feeling of having your head & heart rest for a while. Where you are safe and you can just enjoy the moment. To me feels like: I’m in between trees and sunbeams are falling from everywhere, it’s still dawn but the sky is clear. I have arrived at my destination almost. It’s that perfect step before arriving, where the storm is gone (struggle to keep moving on your journey) but you are enjoying the last part without having to move on to the next phase, so you rest at that moment.

[@saetmusic]

The usual flawless ensemble and intonation by VOCES8, which should not be taken for granted, but this is also some brilliant camera work, making the singers seem to spin even as they stand still ( I had to wonder if it were more difficult to be singing separated and facing away from each other.) and beautiful use of the late afternoon sun through one window to highlight the singers.A gorgeous video!

[@loriputnam9054]

Has there ever been vocal music better/more beautiful than what this group produces? I think not. What a joy and blessing, and a healing of heart, to listen.

[@johnconnor5823]

Kyle Reese: (reciting John Connor's message) Thank you, Sarah, for your courage through the dark years. I can't help you with what you must soon face, except to say that the future is not set. You must be stronger than you imagine you can be. You must survive, or I will never exist...

[@brookethebook5692]

My choir director told us we were doing this piece for our Christmas concert this year and showed us this video. I teared up. I'm so so excited to learn and perform this!

[@cyppy7473]

Ayyy. Our madrigal choir is singing this this season. And it’s sooooo beautiful

[@KitsuHimeyoutaite]

Ayyy you talking about St Henry Chamber

[@Audileee]

My Acapella group is singing this and I’m so excited to perform it

[@lenorafagan2342]

Its such a beautiful song 😊

[@dusanpetrovic1181]

I am beyond words, beautiful.

[@MatthewAHaas]

Beautiful piece. Stunning performance.

[@valerioangioletti8820]

Semplicemente meraviglia allo stato puro fantasticiiiiiii.

[@JulieGaulke]

Philip Stopford + Voces8 = heavenly bliss!