Ward Swingle, The Swingle Singers - Michael Lawrence Films Bach Project

[WimGrundy]

And OH! The Swingles' "SPRING" by Vivaldi!!

[bumice911]

@bumice911 hahahha, i just read this comment and it was hilarious.. then i was like oh shit i wrote that...hahaha why dosent this comment have like a thousand thumbs up??

[winmacdon]

Really cool stuff. I would like my granddaughter to get involved in this kind of classical music. I think she could do it. She has a music video entitled "Absu Road" on YouTube.

[enioweb]

Uma aula do mestre!!!

[jasjjb]

How superb finding this video on YT - almost by accident. It brings back many great memories - I loved these Swingle Singers already so many years ago ( 1968 ?) back in Holland at the time. Could not stop listening !! Thanks for the upload !

[HolyMotherofGrid]

Me too!! I grew up listening to this kind of cool stuff - "Switched On Bach" as well - and E Power Biggs on the organ and Horowitz playing Chopin polynaises - but i'll always have a Soft Spot for the Swingle Singers!!!

[voyeurdug]

A Swingle Singer alarm clock sounds like a wonderful idea!

[robbourassaguitarist]

Ward is my greatest musical hero.

[bayenor]

"... extremely singable..." really...

[aigphoto]

Clearly, he's using a different definition of "extremely." (cough)

[AECSRQ]

omg, i first heard the Swingle Singers when I was a little kid and they're still going strong! God bless you Ward Swingle!

[luis1261]

los xconozco hace más de 20 años y siguen siendo algo especial

[slomoschon2000]

How sweet and joyful. It takes me back to the 60s

[stephenburtondepp]

You guys are so cool! I saw you on Thursday at the Broodamoor hotel and I absolutely adore your singing!

[miguelsantos33]

Indeed Joanna has a beautifull voice and she is my cousin.

[Friendulum]

You're that stunning soprano's cousin? (Joanna Goldsmith, is it?) It's hard for me to watch that Swingle Singers clip without slowly falling in love with her more and more each time. I assume she's married, of course, but... is she?

[Changles]

@Friendulum I believe she's married to tenor Richard Eteson. I'm as disappointed as you are!

[Scherzo567]

just incredibly, astoundingly talented musicians. wonderful series, Michael Lawrence.

[Friendulum]

That soprano singing the (solo) melody is astonishing: that tune is quite difficult to pull off (from both a breathing and intonation standpoint) and her lovely voice achieves this flawlessly. Mmmmmm!

[jarabass]

And she is really beautiful!!!

[Friendulum]

Yes, indeed: that doesn't hurt a bit either.

[FilHipRock94]

damn , Joanna Goldsmith has a beautifull voice

[p0lyph0ny]

What he says at 2:12 is so true...starting one's day with Bach sort of puts everything in perspective and allows one to carry out one's day in a more peaceful and (forgive the pun) well tempered way.

[TheSolidGloryisJesus]

Agreed. (My dad always started the day with classical music - not Stravinsky, but post-romantic and earlier.)