My one true love died of cancer in my arms this most beautiful of Handles works perfectly fits my prayer till we meet again in heaven
@rayabraham6982 Жыл бұрын
Tears…celebrating Pure Love ❤
@timweston7219 Жыл бұрын
I had the same sentiment on the death of my wife from cancer T.W.
@jonathandoyle3481 Жыл бұрын
I also, on the death of my mother one week ago- will see her one day, glorified with the Lord Jesus in heaven!
@jacquelinekabugo-raderson18788 ай бұрын
❤ to you all
@wayne42596 ай бұрын
Your pain will ease with time. I promise
@andrewsmith74004 жыл бұрын
This man has a superb voice.
@VoicesofMusic4 ай бұрын
That he does, and artistry.
@musicfanBRA2 жыл бұрын
What a sweet voice, full of nuance and sensitivity, never overdone, what a wonderful singer!
@vha111 Жыл бұрын
This singer, and this whole group. So much talent.
@carollowery4173 Жыл бұрын
@@vha111 L
@annemackellar62934 жыл бұрын
Wonderful performance. Mr Cooley's voice is like honey to my soul. Could listen to him sing for ever.
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
:)
@slippers46484 жыл бұрын
Joy and tears
@stephendohnalek4622 жыл бұрын
An absolutely beautiful tenor voice which is accompanied by sensitive and evocative string playing. Just close your eyes and float away on some glorious music. Bravo.
@VoicesofMusic2 жыл бұрын
:)
@nadiasilvershine46302 жыл бұрын
Thomas Cooley, once again, hits it out of the ballpark!
@VoicesofMusic2 жыл бұрын
:)
@nickgooch93574 жыл бұрын
Why am I only discovering this wonderfully rich, yet superbly humble voice now: great gifts given in service of the music. You have moved me profoundly, Mr Cooley. Thank you
@dion1949 Жыл бұрын
If it weren't for Amanda Forsythe, I never would have discovered Mr. Cooley.
@Tinker19504 ай бұрын
What the hell is 'humble' about his voice. I bet you're American.
@filantonio61923 ай бұрын
@@dion1949...me too!!,for ,São Paulo,Brazil!!
@Shauna082910 ай бұрын
A perfect performance in every way. Thank you, Voices of Music and Thomas Cooley. (And GF Handel.)
@tonyeeferebo61843 жыл бұрын
I have been listening to this beautiful piece over and over again,I have been shedding tears all through. Kudos to Thomas Cookey.
@robbiwouters2 жыл бұрын
Hurts, doesn't it . . .
@fimetic Жыл бұрын
I'm right there with you :)
@shnimmuc4 жыл бұрын
Handel is a giant among composers, beautiful performance.
@didimagnin37443 жыл бұрын
As was Mozart. I keep watching the Making of Amadeus....
@nataliasilverland86122 жыл бұрын
Mr. Cooley, you put all your soul into this Händel’s aria. I have no words to express the emotion I feel when listening your impeccable interpretation. You are a great tenor. Thank you very much.
@elaineblackhurst1509 Жыл бұрын
It helps that this aria by Handel (sic) is simply sublime.
@kirathomsen-cheek98344 жыл бұрын
Welp, I am in tears. This is such a celestial, exquisite performance! THANK YOU.
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@redbrian36554 жыл бұрын
Thomas, your ornamentation is exquisite. Your sound is so relaxing. VOM you are all wonderful.
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@davidtinker21434 жыл бұрын
Very occasionally a brilliant soloist and a group of gifted musicians come to together to make for perfection. This is such an occasion.
@everettsantana60583 жыл бұрын
Instablaster...
@musicfanBRA Жыл бұрын
Plus the sound engineer! The sound of this video is magnificent.
@RhapsodyOfJoy4 жыл бұрын
Simply sublime 🌹
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@jasonhurd43794 жыл бұрын
A powerful and heartbreaking aria. Beautiful as it is, it depicts Jephtha's prayer for his only child as he prepares to murder her in a human sacrifice. All the musical excellence, rather than being an end in itself, is instead raised up in the interest of portraying a father's unimaginable agony as he is about to lose his child, and by his own hand. Cooley and the instrumentalists are incandescent.
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
Thank so much! Stay safe.
@jasonhurd43794 жыл бұрын
@@VoicesofMusic Thank you, and you!
@musicfanBRA2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot, Jason, I didn't have any idea of what he's singing about, now I looked it up and I know. Enriched my enjoyment of the music so much!
@captebbtide2 жыл бұрын
From the Book of Judges. Wonderful how some of Handel's greatest works are based on events found in the Scriptures -- Jeptha, Judas Maccabeus, Messiah, Israel in Egypt, and Samson, just to name a few.
@giorgio45 Жыл бұрын
❤ all perfect.....how a human able to do compose this....? not is not human, but only a spirit able to rich such high.
@fimetic Жыл бұрын
Wow! I can hear Handel applauding….. and rightly so!!
@hjkaye3 жыл бұрын
So rare I have found a musical group so bright with richness, depth and feeling, that I feel I must return over and over to enjoy these thrilling performances. I think I have listened to Thomas sing solo, Wafting us away with his soul searing rendition of Waft Her Angels, and with Amanda Forsythe stealing our Morn at least two hundred times, tears at each and every one. Cudos to your recording engineer. Combined those two probably account for at least a couple of hundred views. Bravo, Brava, Brillante! Thank you for the joy you bring.
@sheenahocking2 жыл бұрын
I am like that with Amanda Forsythe singing Sweet Bird so as to outdo all the actual birds.
@hjkaye2 жыл бұрын
@@sheenahocking agreed. Check out As Steals the Morn with Amanda and Thomas! Heavenly.
@jacintaaconng12 жыл бұрын
Great performance and wonderful voice.
@marcvcivsnoveboracensis Жыл бұрын
Truly a sensitive and wonderful tenor.
@drmaximus55254 жыл бұрын
Thomas, you're a beautiful instrument - master class. So stable and gentle sounding in high tones and so dynamic in the interpretation. Bravo, master of Baroque! I love your voice. Thanks to all the musicians and video-sound production. Your are great! Good job, folks.
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for listening!
@mikemccann75104 жыл бұрын
I love listening to Thomas Cooley. Thank you for sharing.
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure.
@mabdub4 жыл бұрын
What can I say after a performance like that; it left me almost speechless. The intimacy is overwhelming. Oh, thank you gang.
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome.
@paulinepask31682 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Such a wonderful voice and heavenly music
@jeanfrancoisbouvier67393 жыл бұрын
Il est indéniablement l 'interprète idéal pour le répertoire des arias de Haendel. Timbre très chaleureux et apaisant. On ne se lasse pas de l 'écouter..
@VoicesofMusic3 жыл бұрын
Merci!
@patrickshaw27045 ай бұрын
GLORIOUS tenor voice! Thank You for posting!
@piustwelfth2 жыл бұрын
This difficult aria requires tremendous range and breath control. He nailed it.
@VoicesofMusic2 жыл бұрын
:)
@amicidavinci2 ай бұрын
Thomas Cooley, you made me tear up with this one. Simply fantastic.
@lisadavis41334 жыл бұрын
Wonderful!
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
:)
@pierrelouis88773 жыл бұрын
Ce ténor est exceptionnel dans le répertoire handelien ! Quelle écoute aussi entre les musiciens. Félicitations à vous tous !
@andreamundt4 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah - you can´t do it better than that - this aria and Thomas Cooley´s voice are a perfect match ! Wonderful. Thx , VoM ! : )
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for listening!
@nwblacksmith3 жыл бұрын
I have to add: major kudos to whomever does your sound engineering. The recording quality is incredible. Has been incredible for all the videos I have had the pleasure to play. Acoustics, articulation, overall top notch. Thank you for your work - it is noticed...
@VoicesofMusic3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, we really appreciate it!
@roannair96284 жыл бұрын
Those ornaments were absolutely divine and authentic and so fitting for each phrase. I loved the way the tenor played with rhythm and different embellishments to decorate the melodic line so beautifully. The richness in tone across the registers were consistent and executed perfectly. I loved the tenderness brought out by the tenor and I also love how the orchestra followed the tempo changes organically yet so precisely. A marvelous performance!!
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@danielfryer96934 жыл бұрын
This is extraordinary - straight to the soul and straight to the spine. I have happy tingles and exquisite tears!
@mcudek4 жыл бұрын
brought me to tears - SOOOO lovely!
@fimetic Жыл бұрын
ditto :)
@Brace673 жыл бұрын
Magnificent performances by all of this beautiful aria from ‘Jeptha’ by Handel. The warrior leader receives his request from the Lord to win in battle but in return he must now sacrifice the most precious thing he has, his only daughter. He calls upon the angels to take her gently to Heaven.
@1earflapping4 жыл бұрын
So glad to have heard this. Beautiful melody, gorgeous voice. Thank you.
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for listening.
@pipergj334 жыл бұрын
As always, this is the height of musical excellence!
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Gorman! Best wishes from all of us.
@luiginosenzo3 жыл бұрын
Bravissimo, bravissimi. Aria di una bellezza unica.
@dhenschel4 Жыл бұрын
Where has this song been all my life? Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful performance! Waft her, angels through the skies Waft her, angels through the skies Far above yon azure plain, far above yon azure plain Angels, waft her through the skies, waft her through the skies Far above yon azure plain, far above you azure plain, Glorious there like you to rise, there like you forever reign. Glorious there like you to rise, there like you forever reign, Forever reign, there like you forever reign Waft her, angels through the skies Waft her, angels through the skies Far beyond yon azure plain, far beyond yon azure plain Angels, waft her through the skies, waft her through the skies Far above yon azure plain, far above you azure plain.
@VoicesofMusic Жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@grahamnancledra7036 Жыл бұрын
A performance that brings tears to my eyes.
@winter1970 Жыл бұрын
Снова и снова слушаю прекрасное пение Томаса! Всем благ и благодати божьей!
@nightowl62602 жыл бұрын
I attended "Jeptha" at the Music of the Baroque in Chicago. It was a challenging oratorio for me. But this jewel will enrich me the rest of my life.
@spartigerodimos90624 жыл бұрын
Glorious, Voices of Music, for ever reign! Thank you for your beautiful and impeccable renditions.
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for listening.
@musicfanBRA Жыл бұрын
Kudos to the sound engineer too. The sound of this video is magnificent.
@ellenmaccarrone49362 жыл бұрын
What an exquisite tenor voice, supported by excellent instrumental and vocal musicians! Joy at Christmas! Dec. 24, 2022
@AlmaCollegeChoirs2 жыл бұрын
Exquisite, beautiful singing!
@djperry2113 ай бұрын
This aria has been recorded by many artists though this is by far the best IMHO. The degree of spirituality and sense of grief emitted by Mr Cooley is outstanding. I hope he sees this comment, although he probably has a sufficiency of encomia to see him through his career.
@VoicesofMusic3 ай бұрын
We will pass it on!
@djperry2113 ай бұрын
@@VoicesofMusic Thank you
@hpthiruvalla57734 жыл бұрын
Amazing rendering!GREAT VOICE
@TitusLivy7773 жыл бұрын
Thomas Cooley can sing! And Voices of Music...magnificent! Thank you for bringing us these treasures, these little gems. Thank you for keeping great music alive.
@patriciarodriguezmartinez32334 жыл бұрын
Delicadísimo, exquisito, muy emotivo... Haendel siempre tan humano, incluso entre los ángeles!! Muchísimas gracias
@hiltonmarlton63734 жыл бұрын
Peerless performance. Sublime
@Charlie-fx9dp4 жыл бұрын
Handel for ever...good session.... From France.
@ruthboundy44294 ай бұрын
I’m still playing this piece so often and still it’s one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard. Please, please come to the U.K. one day so we can see you just once in person!
@nightowl626011 ай бұрын
Thomas, come back to Chicago and sing for us in the Harris Theatre. Please.
@thomascooley325911 ай бұрын
I am retuning in March for the St. John Passion!
@jacquelinekabugo-raderson18788 ай бұрын
So beautifully executed ... I am in floods of tears for my Sister who left in 2020. This is what I would wish ... for the angels to waft her through the skies. I could not be there at the end 💔💔💔. Love to everyone here.
@basilthrush35373 жыл бұрын
Wonderful. What a voice!
@DorothyOzmaLover4 жыл бұрын
Great tone that sounds clear and the performers are expertly in time keeping the beat that wonderfully complements voicing and melodies. As a composer of original music themes for book trailers about comics that are performed on the guitar, who trained on viola and loves music like this which will be mimiced in my original works, I adored seeing and hearing the sophistication and superior musicianship from all the musicians here. Such class that is pleasing to hear and inspires all who expereince the music.
Great singer, great composer, great backing musicians
@waldtraudblume38902 жыл бұрын
Diese Arie geht voll unter die Haut, einfach himmlisch. Danke ! 👏👍❤️🌻
@VoicesofMusic2 жыл бұрын
Bitte!
@Reptile61 Жыл бұрын
I love your singing, dear Tom
@billspeer83874 жыл бұрын
Such sensitive beauty is a blessing of joy!
@user-7H9H77 Жыл бұрын
Слушаю снова. И снова - голос,чувства - все проникновенно и искренне!
@janettewells4708 Жыл бұрын
I have asked for this to be sung at my funeral either live or a recorded version . I cannot think of anything more sublime than to be hymned to the eternal than by this sublime aria. No matter who sings it, it is the quintessence of musical genius. Handel in my opinion this aria is has never been surpaased in the Canon of musical composition.
@lorrainebrown72634 жыл бұрын
Perfection.❤️
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@coreywong4 жыл бұрын
This guy is wicked! The voice goes straight in my heart
@jimcrawford50393 жыл бұрын
this guy is wicked? jesus, enunciate in english please. The language is being murdered.
one of the very first Handel arias I ever heard after Messiah. Loved it then.... Love it now... by far the best performance (if it can be demeaned by calling it that) that I have ever heard of this aria.
@VagabondAnne4 жыл бұрын
Exquisite.
@rosemaryallen21287 ай бұрын
My beloved sister-in-law died today 14. O5. 24. Thank you, Judy. This most sublime music is for you.
@roseliajs9084 жыл бұрын
Tão sublime, tão maravilhoso... Genial Handel. Obrigada por compartilhar... ✨✨🎼✨✨👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@investmenttudor16594 жыл бұрын
Wonderful. Just close your eyes and let peace transcend.
@ryantownsendstrand44394 жыл бұрын
Congratulations! What waft!
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@miguelangelluzon84294 жыл бұрын
Sublime Mr. Cooley, gracias VOM
@zandor5657 Жыл бұрын
Sublime,sublime .........
@massimomancieri7125 ай бұрын
Bravissimo 👏 grande interprete
@tatalito4 жыл бұрын
bravo Mr Cooley and Orchestra !bravo bravo bravo
@philipchretienkarlsson81574 жыл бұрын
Heavenly, simply heavenly...
@loujan29454 жыл бұрын
Die Freude des Herzens !
@radel74514 жыл бұрын
Tek kelime ile müthiş... Paylaşımınız için teşekkürler.
@CarolineDunn-p9y Жыл бұрын
Sublimely beautiful.
@VoicesofMusic Жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@danielecornaggia62832 жыл бұрын
dreaming man!!!......what a voice and singing!....BRAVO
@jenniferbate9682 Жыл бұрын
This is perfection and divine. Thank you so much
@VoicesofMusic Жыл бұрын
You're so welcome!
@philipthonemann2524 Жыл бұрын
Beautiful - many thanks for posting this!
@VoicesofMusic Жыл бұрын
Our pleasure.
@kaloarepo2885 ай бұрын
Two of Handel's most profound and literally uplifting arias about angels are this one and another from the oratorio "Theodora" -"Angels ever bright and fair." Both are so moving that it actually becomes painful!
@alessiogiovanninegri11742 жыл бұрын
Handel talked to the gods and then wrote his music. Thank you.
@ronaldbarnett83132 жыл бұрын
Cannot be bettered surely. (Not to say that there are not also excellent renditions of this aria. I had the good fortune of seeing the opera performed by the English National Opera in London - an unforgettable evening - with one the UK's greatest contemporary tenors: a compelling and all-involving experience.)
@davidmcknlght27003 жыл бұрын
What a complete delight 😍😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️
@diegofonsecatenor4 жыл бұрын
Soooooo wonderful, thanks for this sublime work 🥰😍😍🥰
@dexterdavenport8600Ай бұрын
This warmed my heart.
@VoicesofMusicАй бұрын
:)
@ahmedalal8055 Жыл бұрын
ترانيم قمة في الجمال غاية في الروحانية و اللطف
@Tubomiro4 жыл бұрын
Heavenly
@VoicesofMusic4 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@Tubomiro4 жыл бұрын
Voices of Music I’m the one who thanks you all for bringing beauty to the much needed world.