This Virginian thinks these boys did just fine. It doesn't matter whether you call it a spiritual or a folk song. It doesn't matter what place you call home , or what your native tongue. When sung from the heart and done well this music transcends all of those things. That is the only test. Job well done.
@JTB1956 I believe that this song sounds much better with fully matured male voices because you can augment the piece with alternative chords and walking tones.
Shenandoah ist ein amerikanisches Traditional und kein Spiritual. In der Sprache der Shenandoah-Indianer bedeutet es "Tochter der Sterne". Es besingt u.a. den Shenandoah-River und der hier gesungene Liedsatz von James Erb lässt den Fluss fließen. Sehr schön gesungen!
My chorus group did this song for graduation and for our spring concert last year. It is one of the most amazing choral pieces i have ever done or heard.
@4Topwood: Actually The New Christy Minstrels sang a version of this song that is spiritual. And a very good one I might add.
@ raderator; perhaps you suppose wrong and they ARE singing in English. Can you sing in German? And it is not just about the westward movement of "whites!" It is about the westward movement of Americans.
BTW: The Movie Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart is a classic! IMHO
@4Topwood: Actually The New Christy Minstrels sang a version of this song that is spiritual. And a very good one I might add.
@ raderator; perhaps you suppose wrong and they ARE singing in English. Can you sing in German? And it is not just about the westward movement of "whites!" It is about the westward movement of Americans.
BTW: The Movie Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart is a classic! IMHO
@4Topwood: Actually The New Christy Minstrels sang a version of this song as a spiritual. And a very good one I might add.
@ raderator; perhaps you suppose wrong and they are singing in English. Can you sing in German? And it is not just about the westward movement of "whites!" It is about the westward movement of Americans.
BTW: The Movie Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart is a classic! IMHO
Outstanding. Perhaps because of being German singing an American folk song, they put very much emphasis in lyrical clarity. Every word was crystally clear, bordering on clinical, as opposed to musical, or melodic.
The best I've heard so far -- many renditions hear I did -- was the one done by the Kingsmen of Columbia University in the Good Shepherd. Kingsmen's was by far the best: the arrangement, the harmony, the tenor, ...
Outstanding. Perhaps because of being German singing an American folk song, they put very much emphasis in lyrical clarity. Every word was crystally clear, bordering on clinical, as opposed to musical, or melodic.
The best I've heard so far -- many renditions hear I did -- was the one done by the Kingsmen of Columbia University in the Good Shepherd. Kingsmen's was by far the best: the arrangement, the harmony, the tenor, ...
That would be because the boys are literally singing those parts. My chambers is performing this acapella, and it's a wonderful song to perform once it all comes together!
Depending on where you are from, a folk song is a Spritual. The young men did a beautiful job especially considering the video quality and angle from which we see and hear.
disagree...they're singing in a language NOT THEIR OWN, in a very reverby space.Therefore diction and cut offs hard. The later round work gave the sense of a river moving. Lovely!
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mediocre. Care to teach these kids about proper vowel form? Also, try a few sustains for more dramatic effect. Watch the Randy Granger version and get blown away. Basses, you did well, but you have to put forth the passion in order to REALLY make it work. Tenors, same. My suggestion, do not join/participate in a choir if you are not going to give your all. The end was creative, but the rest was pretty lifeless. Also, work on the cutoffs.
@4Topwood I see your point but I like the versions done by choirs the most. It should be filed under folk song but I think the ideal performance is one with a huge choir.
Congratulations to this choir which is so talented in signing this haunting spiritual. This music reminds me of when I saw the movie Shenandoah when I was just a young girl....beautiful music and a wonderful movie.
I sung this some years back [Gods I'm getting old!] with the wake county all county chorus. It wasnt even the finally but we got standing ovations for it
I am in the Shenandoah Valley and I have to tell you that it is every bit as beautiful as this song portrays it. And this is so beautifully done. Well done and such a special treat.
Absolutely beautiful. Waldo99 said that this song is in no way religious but I, respectfully, disagree. It doesn't matter if the rolling river is the river Jordan or the river Missouri because we're concerned with heart-rending loss and separation that cannot be avoided. I think that I may ask them to play this at my funeral (many, many, many years from now).
This is one of the best recordings on YouTube I've heard. The resonance they get from the church adds a really beautiful legato effect that this song really requires. The dynamics are fantastic, the tenors don't go over the top as the pitch goes up (for instance 3:21), and even the younger soprano and alto boys are surprisingly accurate with the pitch!! Maybe the church does forgive a multitude of (choral) sins. Thank you for posting this - really really well done!
couldnt agree with you more, the resonance definently ads to the legato effect to the sound that has that inotation to ones ear that makes it a beautiful sound, but then again look at all your great tenors and sopranos of the world, their greatist concerts has always had thier voices projected in the sound of wall that just ads to the legato effect to their voices .
the "s"'s make a ssssss sound which sounds quite hissy and makes it hard to understand the words but it still sounds great. i'm singing it in a chior it's fantastic
this is beautiful, this is the best version 've ever heard!! i cant find the version i sang in chorus anywhere. the part where "away" is held out, we had 3 different parts that i guess isnt in the original.
i have to say truly the most remarkable rendition of shenandoah i ever heard , they definetly can hit the notes being the kids are so young,truly amazeing sound
tis seven long years since last ive seen you is the line for those who heard what Gexjo9 heard. Beautiful, maybe its the acoustics, but its definitely one of the best performances ive heard if not the best--too bad the recording starts about 1 min into the song and we hear clapping that sorta messes with the tranquility of the final chord. Amazing job, truly beautiful.
beautiful. i recently saw a much smaller scale performance of this song, and was moved almost to tears. the acoustics are better where these guys are performing, though :p
"'Tis seven long years since last I see you"? Is that what they said? Lol, I assume English isn't their first language? Anyway, that was a goregous performance! One of the best I've heard! thanks!
a little known choir in New Zealand called Con Anima of Saint Patrick's college wellington absolutely nailed this song. probably their 1997 version was the best. not in the traditional way its been sung from what I have seen thus far. but they sang it with sould, real island soul.
I have been looking for this arrangement of this song since I first heard it on the "Nixon" soundtrack. Did this choir perform it for the soundtrack? This sounds identical. Perfection!!! Simply perfect. Thank You so much for posting this.
if this fantaskit song does not touch the hearts of men then we shall all pas away for the beauty of this song preformed by this quire is absolutely beautiful
Great, but they're very often a hair flat. For the midgets age, i must commend their performance however the older ones have no excuse.
wowdanalise 1 month ago
My British grandmother loves it
ManchesterMan100 2 months ago
This is completely exquisite. The tones within this choir bring tears.
speedemon03 4 months ago
it's so touching!
rosamundech 5 months ago
such a sweet, otherworldly sound.
mannixisle 5 months ago
utterly beautiful, brought tears to my eyes..
juvserr 9 months ago 2
This Virginian thinks these boys did just fine. It doesn't matter whether you call it a spiritual or a folk song. It doesn't matter what place you call home , or what your native tongue. When sung from the heart and done well this music transcends all of those things. That is the only test. Job well done.
JTB1956 1 year ago
@JTB1956 I believe that this song sounds much better with fully matured male voices because you can augment the piece with alternative chords and walking tones.
speedemon03 4 months ago
This Is Better With A Mixed Choir, Like Mine, But Still Very Good
emypaigeandchloebug 1 year ago
VMI does it better ^^
smarzotais 1 year ago
Shenandoah ist ein amerikanisches Traditional und kein Spiritual. In der Sprache der Shenandoah-Indianer bedeutet es "Tochter der Sterne". Es besingt u.a. den Shenandoah-River und der hier gesungene Liedsatz von James Erb lässt den Fluss fließen. Sehr schön gesungen!
MsJanet1231 1 year ago 2
@MsJanet1231 DEUTCHLAND
johhndough 1 year ago
My chorus group did this song for graduation and for our spring concert last year. It is one of the most amazing choral pieces i have ever done or heard.
MrCandyman1900 1 year ago
I love this soooo much. :) I keep listening to it over and over again, haha.
blistersXsmiles 1 year ago 4
I had to stop, play it again, and watch to to see if it was really them. When I was over, I realized I had forgotten to breath. Absolutely stunning.
jezzbcawz 1 year ago 3
some of them are like 10! this is wonderful :)
cheesyimp 1 year ago
@4Topwood: Actually The New Christy Minstrels sang a version of this song that is spiritual. And a very good one I might add.
@ raderator; perhaps you suppose wrong and they ARE singing in English. Can you sing in German? And it is not just about the westward movement of "whites!" It is about the westward movement of Americans.
BTW: The Movie Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart is a classic! IMHO
bamadirtrider 1 year ago
@4Topwood: Actually The New Christy Minstrels sang a version of this song that is spiritual. And a very good one I might add.
@ raderator; perhaps you suppose wrong and they ARE singing in English. Can you sing in German? And it is not just about the westward movement of "whites!" It is about the westward movement of Americans.
BTW: The Movie Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart is a classic! IMHO
bamadirtrider 1 year ago
@4Topwood: Actually The New Christy Minstrels sang a version of this song as a spiritual. And a very good one I might add.
@ raderator; perhaps you suppose wrong and they are singing in English. Can you sing in German? And it is not just about the westward movement of "whites!" It is about the westward movement of Americans.
BTW: The Movie Shenandoah with Jimmy Stewart is a classic! IMHO
bamadirtrider 1 year ago
I supposed these idiot Germans think this is some kind of slave song. No, it's a song of the westward movement of whites.
raderator 1 year ago
Nicely done,,RWB
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Outstanding. Perhaps because of being German singing an American folk song, they put very much emphasis in lyrical clarity. Every word was crystally clear, bordering on clinical, as opposed to musical, or melodic.
The best I've heard so far -- many renditions hear I did -- was the one done by the Kingsmen of Columbia University in the Good Shepherd. Kingsmen's was by far the best: the arrangement, the harmony, the tenor, ...
yt91331 1 year ago
Outstanding. Perhaps because of being German singing an American folk song, they put very much emphasis in lyrical clarity. Every word was crystally clear, bordering on clinical, as opposed to musical, or melodic.
The best I've heard so far -- many renditions hear I did -- was the one done by the Kingsmen of Columbia University in the Good Shepherd. Kingsmen's was by far the best: the arrangement, the harmony, the tenor, ...
yt91331 1 year ago
hmzwer mag mit mir zu chatn oder camn sagt einfach bescheid ja ^^
JesseRiaseyfwi 1 year ago
This is absoulety beautiful awsum jub you guys i could listen to that song all day good job
carmon1616 1 year ago
Absolutely beautiful
liam5895 2 years ago 4
Omg...around 1:30 it gets freaking AMAZING
Jeez...how old are the tenors?
bluepunk95 2 years ago
wow. Absoulety gorgeous. Im playing this in my school for eighth grade and damn were not even close like them.
Eyedeekayyful 2 years ago
Incredible. I love this song, and this brought tears to my eyes.
wyldemannx 2 years ago
@wyldemannx - ditto !
DAToDATonian 2 years ago
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thank you. I enjoyed this.
septip123 2 years ago
this is just great!!!
nickflavin2 2 years ago 2
wooooooah. the acoustics are amazing
tigerswell 2 years ago
oh shanandoah i long to hear youuu AWAAAYY YOU ROLLINGG RIVVVAAAH
alisha2288 2 years ago
This is beautiful! Does anyone know who wrote this arrangement?
MrsE1vis 2 years ago
James Erb? I have sheet music for this but it's written for SSAATTBB...but it sounds exactly alike.
yoyogirl92 2 years ago
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That would be because the boys are literally singing those parts. My chambers is performing this acapella, and it's a wonderful song to perform once it all comes together!
trapkid2005 1 year ago
gr ave always hated thi song the notesz r mad high yo !
SHEKIM87 2 years ago
Depending on where you are from, a folk song is a Spritual. The young men did a beautiful job especially considering the video quality and angle from which we see and hear.
MommeeMadre 2 years ago
absolutely beautiful.
NicotheG 2 years ago
lcyveins, be honest, when's the last time you left your room? Creep.
marshfinch 2 years ago
disagree...they're singing in a language NOT THEIR OWN, in a very reverby space.Therefore diction and cut offs hard. The later round work gave the sense of a river moving. Lovely!
jimdivax 2 years ago
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mediocre. Care to teach these kids about proper vowel form? Also, try a few sustains for more dramatic effect. Watch the Randy Granger version and get blown away. Basses, you did well, but you have to put forth the passion in order to REALLY make it work. Tenors, same. My suggestion, do not join/participate in a choir if you are not going to give your all. The end was creative, but the rest was pretty lifeless. Also, work on the cutoffs.
Icyveins906 2 years ago
does anyone know if this is in duple or triple meter?
robbierobertson23 2 years ago
I'm singing this for choir [:
xofashionmakeupxo 2 years ago
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This song always gives me chills... it's beautiful.
ShadowKitten13 2 years ago
Beautiful song!
mammie64 2 years ago 4
Shenandoah is a folk song, not a spiritual.
4Topwood 2 years ago 24
@4Topwood I see your point but I like the versions done by choirs the most. It should be filed under folk song but I think the ideal performance is one with a huge choir.
GreenvilleGangsta 1 year ago
@4Topwood no really, it's a spiritual...
malle0the0fish 10 months ago
@malle0the0fish
I'm not going to argue with you since it's obvious you know little, if anything, about music.
4Topwood 10 months ago
@4Topwood
Works both ways
FIXEDBAYONETS 6 months ago
this is decent but ive heard better
orangepandas 2 years ago
ILL BE THERE WITH MY STEREO when you k
jajajaaaaaa
plugajawea 2 years ago
there seems to be a balance issue between lower and higer parts.
But I sang this version with my choir. Cept we had girls.
Rexyggor 2 years ago
this was really moving
Gregailicious 2 years ago
Great video, cept I don't think Shenandoah should be classified as spiritual.
meowsy1234 2 years ago
so beautiful!!!!
bear2836 2 years ago
Ha I had to sing this for choir.!
Very well done.!
dcdiamonds14 2 years ago
great song 1:29 is the best part
Sparafucile11 2 years ago
YES! i loved singing the tenor part at that spot. (not in this choir)
Rexyggor 2 years ago
2:10 and beyond is my favorite part. My school choir did this, but not nearly as well. Amazing!
zebraspirit 2 years ago
I love that reverb
scottiscool 2 years ago
This is awsome. Great job. I couldn't have imagined it better. :)
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billyisawilly213 2 years ago
This song is of loss and duty. It applies to every human. So beautiful.
mewling 2 years ago 2
Great song. It echoes transcendence.
cosette2193 2 years ago
LOL, it's weird to hear Germans singing about the Missouri River.
TheNilvarg 2 years ago 5
the shenandoah is in virginia
subcap90 2 years ago
This is anamazing version of this song. I cant remember how many times I listened to it.
sexymintstick 2 years ago
this is amazingly beautiful, we sang this in my chourus
LSBFF123 2 years ago
we are singing this i want the solo
kenz13west 2 years ago
We are singing this for my school concert right now, but i am a barry/tenor so i wont sound like this!
personofpa 2 years ago
Hauntingly beautiful.
xaxisxophiodes 2 years ago 26
Congratulations to this choir which is so talented in signing this haunting spiritual. This music reminds me of when I saw the movie Shenandoah when I was just a young girl....beautiful music and a wonderful movie.
AutismGrandma 3 years ago 4
I sung this some years back [Gods I'm getting old!] with the wake county all county chorus. It wasnt even the finally but we got standing ovations for it
NCTruSinger 3 years ago
nice..
cde123cde 3 years ago
i am a very high first soprano! I can sound like the high ones in this! We are singing this at my school right now!
iheartcheno 3 years ago
Wonderful. I wish I could sing remotely as well as they can.
Saggs22 3 years ago
we also sing this song with our choir...i love it so much
rendlikk 3 years ago
wow incredably beautiful with all thier voices
boogooboo21 3 years ago
Absolutely fantastic =*)
SweeneyJekyll 3 years ago
This is absolutely beautiful.
grainne62 3 years ago 2
I am in the Shenandoah Valley and I have to tell you that it is every bit as beautiful as this song portrays it. And this is so beautifully done. Well done and such a special treat.
bestpi 3 years ago 4
Absolutely beautiful. Waldo99 said that this song is in no way religious but I, respectfully, disagree. It doesn't matter if the rolling river is the river Jordan or the river Missouri because we're concerned with heart-rending loss and separation that cannot be avoided. I think that I may ask them to play this at my funeral (many, many, many years from now).
Moonlightcurves 3 years ago 4
I bet this sounded better live
hpa2005 3 years ago
Sehr gut!
fsoils 3 years ago
Absolutely wonderful. This is one of my favorite Spirituals.
wg5516 3 years ago
Not to be too picky, but I'd call this song a folk song more so than a spiritual. It does not touch upon god or religion directly or indirectly.
Waldo99 3 years ago
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lumberjavk 3 years ago
the great German coral tradition lives on
hpa2005 3 years ago 4
Fabulous. I rarely comment, but this is great.
OneCarolinaGirl 3 years ago 4
Phenomenal :P
erickarox11 3 years ago 5
This is one of the best recordings on YouTube I've heard. The resonance they get from the church adds a really beautiful legato effect that this song really requires. The dynamics are fantastic, the tenors don't go over the top as the pitch goes up (for instance 3:21), and even the younger soprano and alto boys are surprisingly accurate with the pitch!! Maybe the church does forgive a multitude of (choral) sins. Thank you for posting this - really really well done!
irishabel 3 years ago 5
couldnt agree with you more, the resonance definently ads to the legato effect to the sound that has that inotation to ones ear that makes it a beautiful sound, but then again look at all your great tenors and sopranos of the world, their greatist concerts has always had thier voices projected in the sound of wall that just ads to the legato effect to their voices .
lumberjavk 3 years ago
They have beautiful vioces! XD
haha9323 3 years ago 3
the "s"'s make a ssssss sound which sounds quite hissy and makes it hard to understand the words but it still sounds great. i'm singing it in a chior it's fantastic
33639856 3 years ago
1:30-2:00
gahhhhh this arrangement is fabulous.
bilbo41190 3 years ago 4
Wow...this is lovely. Awesome job!
ElphabaTheWicked 3 years ago 6
bravo!!
orange900966 3 years ago 4
not beautiful - BEAUTIFUL !!!!!!!!!!!!!
castillianwagon 3 years ago 5
Wonderful...
But who is the cameraman filming at the end....... nice shoes
bayref 3 years ago
Maybe he got awestruck and forgot his camera :) This is a magnificent rendition of Shenandoah.
VT401 3 years ago 5
beautiful
hpa2005 3 years ago 2
this is amazing!
what are the exact lyrics?
cobaltchroma21 3 years ago
i love how they echo! i wish my school chorus was this good, great job kids!
lzfly4 3 years ago
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And I bet if the younger kids make a mistake,the priest makes the kid suck his dick.
zentropa 3 years ago
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I pray to god that this ISNT a CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Or some of the younger kids are gonna be molested by some priests.
zentropa 3 years ago
What a horrible comment to post. You should read more and comment less.
pjthealy 3 years ago 5
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zentropa 3 years ago
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zentropa 3 years ago
wonderful! I love them!
periwinkle56 3 years ago
this is beautiful, this is the best version 've ever heard!! i cant find the version i sang in chorus anywhere. the part where "away" is held out, we had 3 different parts that i guess isnt in the original.
ecstaticterd 3 years ago
what made this clip so good is due to the awesome acoustics of the cathedral.
wyk84 3 years ago 3
i have to say truly the most remarkable rendition of shenandoah i ever heard , they definetly can hit the notes being the kids are so young,truly amazeing sound
lumberjavk 3 years ago 3
my hairs are standing great job by these kids
BlackRadical001 3 years ago 2
Very, very beautiful performance.
calhounchoir 3 years ago 2
I sing this song for school (I go to public)
SourSmith 3 years ago 3
tis seven long years since last ive seen you is the line for those who heard what Gexjo9 heard. Beautiful, maybe its the acoustics, but its definitely one of the best performances ive heard if not the best--too bad the recording starts about 1 min into the song and we hear clapping that sorta messes with the tranquility of the final chord. Amazing job, truly beautiful.
SirWatsonII 3 years ago 2
Those people sing awesomely.
AggieSis123 3 years ago
beautiful. i recently saw a much smaller scale performance of this song, and was moved almost to tears. the acoustics are better where these guys are performing, though :p
vengefulhamster 3 years ago
"'Tis seven long years since last I see you"? Is that what they said? Lol, I assume English isn't their first language? Anyway, that was a goregous performance! One of the best I've heard! thanks!
GeXJ09 3 years ago 3
a little known choir in New Zealand called Con Anima of Saint Patrick's college wellington absolutely nailed this song. probably their 1997 version was the best. not in the traditional way its been sung from what I have seen thus far. but they sang it with sould, real island soul.
kiwikoppa 4 years ago 3
Nailed it. One of my favorite recordings. Thank you
5isgrace 4 years ago 2
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFULL
twomoons4 4 years ago 4
Beautiful rendition. Excellent job by the director and the choir. I wish there was more like it!
marchingguy 4 years ago
Beautiful!!!!
I have been looking for this arrangement of this song since I first heard it on the "Nixon" soundtrack. Did this choir perform it for the soundtrack? This sounds identical. Perfection!!! Simply perfect. Thank You so much for posting this.
bublegvsmefever 4 years ago 2
Actually, I think the arrangement you heard on the "Nixon" soundtrack was performed by the Mormon Tabernachle Choir.
logancody07 3 years ago
Thank u for the clear up! I will look for that one too. Love this song!!
bublegvsmefever 3 years ago
poor sound quality ruined what would have been a wonderful experience
nzghostie 4 years ago
if this fantaskit song does not touch the hearts of men then we shall all pas away for the beauty of this song preformed by this quire is absolutely beautiful
jooesponge 4 years ago 2
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dude learn to spell
purp 4 years ago