Sonos Handbell Ensemble Performing the Allegro Maestoso from Handel's Water Music

[acer0607]

soo soothing..

[xolitaire]

Beautiful!

And to the whole "Malmark or Schulmerich bells" discussion: the Schulmerich bells do NOT sound "thin". They have a much warmer and more well rounded sound than Malmark. Our choir has used Schulmerich bells for over 20 years now compared to that Malmark bells sound very metallic. I would always prefer Schulmerich.

[MsMirandaXoxo]

Handbells :*) such beautiful music in 5th grade my school was hosting a handbell choir it was 5th grade only and you had tohave goodgrades andbehavior and i got in i played the C4and D5 i wanted to do the big onesbut dang thoseare heavy! Wesounded beautiful but not ascloseas these guys :D

[525Stella]

NICE!!!!!!!!

[WolfgangFierce]

they keep swapping bells i get it!

[WolfgangFierce]

zomg it sounds amazing! and someone coughed at 1:22!

[WolfgangFierce]

it's not conducive to turning the sheet music pages especially for the big bell @ 0:40 but all due respect it sounds great! i thought the guy with the dickie-bow dropped his bell near the start

[WolfgangFierce]

wtf lol

[Matsuilunar]

spsosoosooooo uber cute!!1

[ariastoteles]

¡Maravilloso!

[achngaitube]

a well-layered performance with percision of synchonization.

[kerumble]

blimey, great ensemble on those contrapuntal runs. that must be really tricky

[AnonymousFreakazoid]

holy poop cakes that looks complicated.

[camaroon4me]

That was really beautiful. Thanks for recording this and sharing. God Bless all of you.

John V.

Roseville MI

[jbdmed]

saw them at a Prairie Home Companion performance in Ann Arbor.. An amazing performance of Bach's Toccata and Fuge in D minor. They were Great! Nice to see them again Thanks for posting!!

[chenpchien]

GOOD

[ladysun1969]

@timtoring -- this was released as a VHS recording; I'm not sure how it was digitized, but that's why the sound is less than optimal.

[usblueflyer]

SUCH an incredible sound!! I have so much trouble finding handbell music! It's beautiful!! Thank you SO muc for posting!!

[wildeygirl16]

i havent played that in a while,lol i love to play that song it sounds really sweet.

[kchuvala]

Excellent! A real pleassure to listen to.

Is this a commercially available arrangement? I would be a challenge for our choir, but we've been known to tackle a challenge from time to time. Either way, I'd love to suggest it to our director!

[timetoring]

Their bass bells sound really funny. Very thin sounding. What's up with that?

[NunoMiguel]

The bass bells are the only Shulmerich handbells on the table, the rest of the set is all Malmark. You may be hearing that, I don't think you would be the first to call Shully bass bells "thin" sounding. They are in fact several pounds lighter ;-)