Sure on This Shining Night - Samuel Barber

[Malignus68]

Magnificently effective dynamics!

[minkamagalah]

What a warm and musical sound. Sopranos somewhat flat at times.

[lokipokey]

Beautifully done! The Taiwanese seem to have combined the best of hard work and discipline from Mainland China with the creativity of the U.S. in so many endeavors. I love Taiwan! (from an Iowan)

[beautifulblue89]

really beautiful, great diction on this difficult piece as well! this is one of my favorite choral pieces and you sing it very musically!

[choirabells]

Your English is fabulous. Great job. And lovely musicality.

[cazrb22]

I have performed this as a soloist and as a chorister and also conducted a youth choir singing Barber's masterpiece. This is one of the most musical performances I have heard. The conductor has done an excellent job with the choir's sound (esp. pure vowels) and with their musicality. The dynamics (esp. crescendos and decrescendos) are excellent. Well done!

[stacedog1]

This is a beautiful arrangement, but personally i like Morten Lauridsen's much better

[iSadiee14]

Chills.

[ulaca]

Marvellous to hear - and to watch!

[LCMurtha1]

It is easy to see that the choir director truly loves this piece of music. And she has done a fine job in bringing out the best in her people.

[FaithoftheAir]

你是中文或泰文，因为你的描述是中文。不管怎么说，这是华丽。我­很喜欢。完全没有语言障碍。

คุณจีนหรือไทยเพราะคำอธิบายของค­ุณอยู่ในจีน Anyways นี้เป็นรูปหล่อ ฉันรักมัน ไม่มีกำแพงภาษา



[CflounderB]

Beautiful ,Thumbs up if agreed

[girlcalledkevin12]

beautiful sound :) i love it!

[aliberrii]

Great sound, but I don't like the tempo at all

[KerraaaaaaA]

our choir does the SA version, so it's nice to hear tenor and bass in it too. very nice :)

[Candlelightuponyou]

By far, this is the best one I've seen because it follows how the chorus is actually written :D

[MrTarantula1956]

Great diction, great voices! One of my favorites.

[joinchoir]

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[Heinrichgermany]

Beautifull.

What a large feel in their voices.

I heard this song many different but never with the soul like this thanks

[hgsbeauty]

I miss you so much, conductor Wong.

[BuckshotLaFunke]

Beautiful. I know Barber's 'Knoxville' and 'Summer Music', but you have acquainted me with this song, many thanks.

[Lyden93]

it's good, but I don't like how they sped up the tempo. it's SOOO much more dramatic when the tempo is a little more drawn out. it felt to quick and almost emotionless through the whole beginning. But they have really good counting and pitch. it's actually sort of rare to find a choir that doesn't sing flat. well done:)

[SunaNoSiren]

Beautiful. And this isnt even an english school right? I did this song for Tri-county in my state. It sounds great!

[mariathijssen]

good conducting. I want to find the sheetmusic.

[envyofuall]

IM doing this as a solo in my school :D I hope I'm as good.

[xSingForAbsolutionx]

wow brilliantly done.Fantastic idea

[Heinrichgermany]

I heard many variations of this " Sure on This Shining Night" , but This is the absolut best of all.

Thank you

[lornabegbie]

Wow - beautiful - thankyou!

[Weillfanatic]

Where can I find an mp3 of this? Simply stunning!

[MyndSurfer]

Wonderful.

[lh19918]

Love love loved it! Oh my goodness, truly beautiful

[leecallender]

Very very lovely and highly expressive.

I love the joy on the directors face..

[SHines01]

There's an old conductor's saying: "What THEY see is what YOU get"

[ninjatenor17]

i like this saying and its true if you as the singer cannot feel it neither can the audience even if they know it

[Shifterred]

Can you please explain this saying to me in more detail? I am really intrigued, but with Youtube's typical inability to categorize responses and posts together, I am unsure what this was in reference to. However it seems like a saying I could benefit from as a performer....

[SHines01]

What saying is that? [If you post with the 'reply' buttin your comment gets attached to the original]

[gitasong]

Wow--This is the first choral YouTube video that has left me stunned. Absolutely lovely.

[bloodofpandora]

Beautiful. Both versions. I am learning the other version with my college choir currently. Excellent pronunciation. Can hardly tell the choir is Taiwanese!

[Opera88]

Oh gee! I think that i cried! Absolutely lovely!

[nostalgiaopera]

So beautiful, what a treasure to find. Brings back such wonderful memories. Thank you!

[fluffymufti]

Beautiful - thank you

[furculita1]

awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!magica­l

[charld2b]

excelent

[deetak]

wow I never heard the choral version before, but I like it just as much as it sung solo

[10theoneandonly10]

By far the best version of this song I've heard on youtube performed by a choir. There doesn't even seem to be a language barrier! Well done, excellent.

[riversideharp]

Thank you very lovely

[zbig57]

Excuse me! - my fault, I should check it before my comment. But your voices were so sweet...

and I forgot.

[zbig57]

Tears are in my eyes when I hear this song.

It's beautiful, Spring is coming , live is blooming... You are wonderful, my japanese friends. Greetings from Koszalin/Poland

[kaohsiungchamber]

Thank you so much for your comments. But, we are Taiwanese.

[TREY4LIFE1000]

@kaohsiungchamber LMAO aha idk i just found that funny. great video though i get chills everytime i hear this wonderful piece of music . 

[mochaman15]

@zbig57 I"m coming to Krakow in september. Got any suggestions as to hotels? thanks.

[jakem1000]

Oh my god.....I sang this song for my Governor's Honors Program audition. I find out if I got in in a month. It's such a wonderful song, but it makes me crazy every time I hear it because I'm so nervous. This choir does a fantastic job with any language it comes across! Keep up the good work!

[ctaskins]

I'm totally singing this, probably for a recorded BYU audition (assuming I didn't get in in my January audition), and it is a gorgeous piece; and this is a lovely choir! Samuel Barber + my soul => exceedingly great joy.

[taedbaed]

This is a hard piece to perform, it is a little too fast at times thought!

[hainstol]

The Barber version is so much more difficult to sing, I think. They do a wonderful job here, wish the sound was a little better.

[UET2]

Gorgeous performance!! It's so nice to hear the choral version of this song for a change.

[marktqm]

This is not the Morten Lauridsen version.  This is Samuel Barber's.