VOCES8: Good Night, Dear Heart by Dan Forrest

[@justinewhite-hadley3138]

Perfection. ❤ Our choir is learning this song. The story behind it is heartbreaking. A couple was in the process of adopting a little 4 yr old girl from Ethiopia when she got terribly ill and passed away. She never knew how loved she was from afar. Their brother in law wrote this for them after seeing the words on Mark Twain's daughter's headstone. It truly is a song of love and heartbreak. ❤

[@KrayZRyder]

This is exactly why KZbin needs a love button, not just a like and unlike.I can't even imagine this beautiful a sound. Heavenly.

[@WadeHarmanwlh]

There is no better vocal group. Such beautiful people.

[@richardseewald4739]

I shall now wipe the tears and absorb this beauty again.

[@donnaj9964]

Music to break the heart...and then mend it again. Thank you.

[@brucealan6932]

What an AWESOME way to say Good Night to a Lady you are chatting with !!! Thank You !

[@TimMiddleton]

As an adoptive parent myself, this story has touched me very much.

[@newmonikermusic]

Same.

[@kalilavolkov9594]

Ditto to the love button! Oh my heavens, how Voces8 blesses the world. (Thanks to all of the incredible composers they choose of course.)

[@waltsmith9583]

What a wonderful story told by Dan Forest of this composition so beautifully rendered by Voces8. Love

[@edship4146]

We saw them last night Oct. 10 in Houston at Rice University. They were outstanding. The audience gave them multiple standing ovations.

[@alyosha.f.karamazov]

I was there too! Incredible. ❤

[@carlgeenen1654]

How could anything be more beautiful? VOCES8 never ceases to bring us beauty and joy. Sung so perfectly. Bravo and thank you.

[@herminelorang8068]

Barny ist Direktor und Conductor, er ist ein wundervoller Künstler. Schauen Sie genau hin. Er dirigiert mit seinen Augen und seiner Mimik.

[@jeffgorham8819]

Every time I hear a new song by this group, the more I appreciate seeing them perform in person a few years ago. Bravo the you all!

[@SimoneBernaldo-vc8hu]

Voces8 you always touch my heart so deeply❤ thank you

[@newmonikermusic]

This is so incredibly beautiful. This will be playing in my head all week. I do hope this is on the program when I see Voces8 perform live in 2 days! I am so looking forward to it!

[@BrickyardBoiler]

This performance is now the absolute standard for this piece! Thank you, Dan Forrest. Thank you VOCES8!

[@erwinneve4192]

Fantastic music. Fantastic choir. I sing it with my octet.

[@zacharylavender]

Absolutely lovely!

[@matthewmurdick]

Don't know that I've ever heard (or will ever hear again) a group so perfectly perfect. Bravo. Thanks for sharing your gift with the world, and for your foundation that allows others to explore their full potential as artists.

[@steveowen6830]

This is what perfection sounds like.

[@nopped7084]

One of my teachers is good friends with Dan Forrest and from what he heard directly was that Dan Forrest found this as the prime example of what his piece can provide. Truly a wonderful performance.

[@dirgamcbirink6836]

finally Voces8 sing this song.....🥰

[@MariaNew-cg1tw]

So very, very beautiful. Thank you.

[@leannamanuel1118]

A stunning piece of music, performed with such grace and sensitivity. Thank you for sharing this.

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

Ohhhhhh I came across this song a few years ago, and it quickly became a favorite, this is STUPENDOUS 😍

[@andrewnoteric]

I did not know that story! It adds so much to this beautiful piece.

[@brihath0805]

Gorgeous! I love Dan Forrest's music and VOCES8!

[@biggyiggy]

Beautiful as always. Love listening to you guys!

[@liavandam8871]

Soothing melody. Thank you for your beautiful voices and sound.

[@domenicabux894]

Grazie, buonanotte Voces8✨💫✨

[@miquelom]

We already know that God is everywhere, only that in some places his Presence is more evident.

[@chih-chaoyang5290]

This is so beautiful!! Can't get any better!!

[@arianswets8513]

I love this piece!!!!!

[@bluebelt224]

One of my favorite Dan Forrest pieces - became enchanted with it in high school and my love for it has never wavered, and Voces8 of course performs it magnificently! Bravissimo!

[@yjuenna]

How wonderful to experience God's radiance here through you. Blessings to you all.....🌌🌟

[@YannDortindeguey]

Sublime… Thank you 🙏

[@handelhan7264]

Beautiful sound

[@shimi_raikkonen]

This is on my daily playlist. Hope to hear this at a live performance, someday.

[@erwinneve4192]

this is really fantastic! voces8! We heard you live in tilburg last year. That was quite an experience. chapeaux!!! Keep singing please.👍😀

[@malc121]

Beautiful performance by you all 👏🏻❤️

[@DBBahnospherix-BahnAtmospherix]

Sehr schön

[@yurykondratyev1596]

Grazie! Thanks! Замечательно, Спасибо! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@mylessalmon2569]

Another wonderful performance. Great harmony.

[@lucianamattanathome9821]

Lindo, lindo, lindo. Gratidão.

[@bleujbirdpot-o-sky339]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ no words!❤❤❤❤❤

[@peterawilliams]

YOUR THE BEST THING SINCE SLICE BREAD ....i just can't stop listening to your perfect coral renditions of many of my favorite songs ( Singing with 12 and also a big choir about 50) THE RANGE OF YOUR SONGS IS IMMENCE) i ALSO I LIKE YOUR ACCIENT MUSIC WITH TRUMPET (i have written before on some videos but no word ccome out lost for words

[@DanSingsHymns]

The overtones at 3:20 lend such an etherial effect!

[@SempreGumby]

Dan Forrest! I click - surprise it's VOCES8!

[@sarahsingsforchrist]

Classic choir song ❤😭

[@danieburger2723]

As usual totally sublime ❤

[@aminesoufari]

Merveilleux ! Bravo à tous !

[@teunvanbergen3122]

What a performance again, and what a fantastisc song, de tone, balance, the singing, great fan of you all!! hope to see you very soon again in Eindhoven...you were fantastic last time. Many thanks for alle the music

[@mariasassin8268]

A beautiful song with such a sad story behind it...

[@michaelshepherd8521]

What is the story?

[@mariasassin8268]

​@@michaelshepherd8521 under the title you will find the button More or something similar, there you can find the story.

[@greekgirlsings]

One of Dan’s most beloved choral pieces, this short a cappella piece was written as a response to the death of an infant girl in Ethiopia who was about to be adopted by the composer’s brother and sister-in-law. Program Note: (May be freely copied for printing in programs, papers, etc.) Screen Shot 2014-03-12 at 4.12.04 PMA few years ago, my brother and his wife found out that the four month old girl that they were soon to adopt from Ethiopia had fallen ill and passed away. They had been making plans for her, staring endlessly at her picture, and loving her from across the ocean, so the news was devastating. God’s plans were not for her to ever see the people who had loved her from halfway around the world, but for her to be taken instead to His loving arms. For me, life circumstances (whether euphoric or tragic) don’t usually translate into musical inspiration; the two typically remain separate. The night they received this news, though, I found myself longing to pour out a musical elegy. My search for a suitable text led me to a picture from a cemetery in my hometown (Elmira, NY), where the great American author Mark Twain and his family are buried. My brother and I, from our youth, have known the poem that Twain placed on the tombstone of his beloved daughter Susy, when she died unexpectedly at age 24 and left him heartbroken. I was stunned by the bittersweet irony of this text being from our hometown, and in honor of a beloved daughter who died unexpectedly. I wrote this setting that night; it was quickly added to an upcoming concert and premiered only one week later, as an elegy for Etsegenet and a reminder of the orphans of Ethiopia. -Dan Forrest

[@greekgirlsings]

Just beyond tragic…

[@kao7976]

@@michaelshepherd8521 I believe that the original lyrics for the song come from a poem that Mark Twain wrote for his daughter’s grave when she passed away. She was 24 years old.

[@cmaitre2]

Que c'est beau ! ❤❤❤❤

[@ianhendra4836]

Sublime... thank you once more.

[@crytical_gerald]

Awww Such beautiful singing ❤

[@proCreationSound]

Beautiful! Thank you 😊

[@francoismolline9652]

Wonderful

[@kevinkaouthomn]

Still fitting the bells on the new additions... ;) 🦌 Congrats, again! 🎶 #pegasus

[@chrisodonnell7022]

Kori does a great job here. Wishing her luck in the selection process.

[@aremysanchez2946]

Los amo ❤, ya quería escuchar esto con ustedes

[@trime1851]

Eight angels singing!

[@durhamgrigg3125]

Thank you Voces 8 and Dan Forrest. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@jeffnewton4103]

Brilliant. As always.

[@laurelvig]

Absolutely gorgeous! :)

[@Roantraveling]

Amazing voices love it

[@GonzagueClermont]

Je l'attendais depuis longtemps ! Merci !

[@lyndamorgan4581]

As always - just lovely! ❤

[@luciasona2231]

Le voci angeliche sono tornate e insieme alla luna crescente mi augurano una buona notte. Grazie ❤

[@timothymalone7067]

Beautifully mournful

[@nursemily]

Lovely. Thank you.

[@kanealoha]

Stunning

[@lifeaccordingtocactus1311]

I type this with tears. I'm an Australian Singer/Songwriter/Composer living in Utah, USA. The mastery of your instruments; the unity of your performance; the sum of your sound has changed me this night. (I just bought tickets to your IA concert next year. Perhaps you could sing "Good Night, Dear Heart for a dumb Australian carpenter?)

[@corlisscrabtree3647]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@ChrisH-q5i]

This made me think of the famous poem by Victor Hugo about walking to his daughter's grave. She died by drowning aged just 19 and pregnant. It is a very moving poem and there are more than a few English translations (some better than others). Perhaps someone could set this poem to music. Or perhaps someone already has.

[@emilycastaneda2647]

true story i sand with them in high school 🥺

[@jondoyle44]

2:33 ❤❤❤

[@evelynap9728]

It is G O L D E N

[@thoughtspiremusic6669]

So bezaubernd!

[@wacawlubinski5218]

❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

[@Babbajune]

Ethereal ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@branislavpesev3239]

🎉🎉🎉 😊😊😊 !!!

[@frednerk8366]

Lovely, but what happened to Molly?

[@VOCES8]

Molly has left the group. We are currently auditioning for her successor, and expect to make an appointment in the next few months.

[@gritamozoliene1273]

❤❤❤

[@thomashamela612]

🌸🌸🎶🥰👏💐❣️

[@pputnam100]

Very nice. Where is the blonde who always smiles while she sings?? Looks like a new counter tenor too?? Wish I knew the stories behind personal changes

[@brucecampbell6133]

🙏

[@corocorachannel4235]

When are you comming to Germany again? You are one of those things in life, you must have seen

[@矢村]

肃然起敬🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚🧚⏲️🏞️

[@paularutecaeiro7806]

❤

[@MerricMaker]

Is the blonde gal the new Mezzo? I'm confused, since the stuff about the upcoming tour has Molly on the publicity photos.

[@shimi_raikkonen]

Looking forward to seeing who will fill the vacant spot, left by Molly.

[@d_g8302]

🥰👍🏼🥰👍🏼🥰👍🏼🥰

[@2wheelz3504]

I love Voces8. I have seen them live at Messiah University in America and the King's Singers in Virginia this past year. For the songs sung in English, I could understand the words of the KS while I never got the words of V8. V8 is all about musicality and tone and no one does it better. But, it would be nice to be able to have more focus on the lyrics. It wouldn't hurt to include a few more popular songs in their repertoire either. Love both groups.

[@maron3008]

🥰

[@יואלרובינשטיין]

May i ask how do you manage to close vowels strech time and sound with no conducting in a super clean way?? like seriusly how do you do it?

[@BlaBla-lm1gu]

Please, lux aeterna by ily matthew

[@molemontagnard435]

🎉

[@sarahsingsforchrist]

Can anyone tell me why Molly isn't in some of these videos? I feel like I'm out of the loop.

[@VOCES8]

Molly has left the group. We are currently auditioning for a new member and will be making an announcement in the next couple of months we hope.

[@sarahsingsforchrist]

@VOCES8 are you able to say why she left? Simply curious. I realize maybe it is private. Appreciate you responding!

[@VOCES8]

To pursue other opportunities

[@carlosrcc5822]

🎶🎶🎶🌈🧘🏻‍♂️🙏