VocalEssence - Carol of the Magi by John Rutter (American premiere)

[BlaE532]

Either the sound is off, or that conductor needs to learn how to conduct.

[geordie33333]

One of the nicest choirs I have heard. Really switched on.

[twhditto]

Absolutely beautiful. Have been listening to it on the Album BEHOLD THIS HEAVENLY NIGHT. Maybe our Chorale can perform this next season! (Fort Smith Chorale) Thanks for posting!

[dashl58ify]

That cellist is my cousin!

[kagondo]

I love Philip Brunelle! is simply the magician....oops I meant to say the genius! Minnesota at its very BEST!

[thedavidlawrence]

the second ever performance of this in britain was my school choir last christmas (after the Albert Hall!) :P i loved this piece so much!! so beautiful...

[stoutishpayload]

the john burroughs highschool powerhouse that was on oprah

[stoutishpayload]

my frend had this solo on bari sax and it sounded so good and on top of that our schools choir sang this and their amazing

[thecellist1985]

I got hired to play the solo cello part for this and was skeptical, but after hearing this I'm really excited about it.

[bobbeta30]

My chorus is singing this the 14th. I love singing it!

[officialjohnfaris]

This song is so beautiful! We're performing it at Highland Community College in Highland KS on Wednesday the 8th of December, 2010. Many thanks to the one who posted this on here. :)

[msussams]

i played this in the very first performance, not soo keen... Rutter has done some better carols....

[2Dchan]

Beautiful!

[singerboi588]

Words cannot begin to explain how moving this is. My choir is singing this for our Christmas Cantata in a few weeks, and I have the solo for this, and being able to put the love and emotion in this and very touching. I love this song now.

[bubbleguminator]

This is such a beautiful piece. I literally teared up when we sang it for the first time.

[Tanysh22]

THIS IS JUST TO EPIC!!!!!! BEAUTIFUL MELODY!!!! THE HARMONY IS JUST PERFECT!!!

[momsings32]

So beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[oneafternine]

overall after a second listening i give this song a C-

just because it is john rutter doesn't make it good.

[stoutishpayload]

@oneafternine we obviously dont care what u rate it cuz its beautiful

[oneafternine]

this song does not translate online. john rutter tends to be a heavy composer, so it is not a surprise it doesn't sound out as his best... we get it, you like the cello and unified voices.

[Eurofrank1]

The opening few bars.....gentlemen, singing softly doesn´t mean without focus and conviction.

[nickers17]

@Eurofrank1 i totally agree with you on that one...the opening few bars just don't match up with the rest of the magnificent song

[allenmusicman]

Beautiful music, wonderful tone color by the choir! Fabulous cello! Thanks for sharing!

[clinkercorp]

I am so proud of my colleague Jane and her husband. A wonderful Chrismas present.

jenaro,

Guatemala City

Central America.

[sitarooman]

That cellist is my dad!

[lovetori49]

@sitarooman DUDE! THAT'S EPIC! i getta play that song (on the cello) at my bro's high school choir concert! :D can't wait!

[afields92]

@sitarooman your dad's a great cellist! I'm a cello performance major at Florida State and I'm playing this with my choir tonight. He sounded so great!

[faerenach]

@sitarooman

Kudos to your dad, then! That piece is not easy!

[Haynkekai00]

Stunning!

[jcirmsa]

Holy goodness that was amazing!