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  • I had the amazing privilege to sing this beautiful piece in 4 different European countries in some of the most beautiful (and most acoustic!) cathedrals in the world while I was in High School. Sure brings back memories!!!

  • We're singing this in my choir. I sing the Bass 2 note at the end hahaha. This song is just so peaceful and it's get me pumped for graduation coming up in less than 4 months.

  • That song was really enjoyable, I think our group has the ability to surpass this group in many ways. It will be fun and exciting to see what our group is capable of when performing this piece.

  • Pretty good job overall. I think they have a slightly childish sound to them, I would like to hear a richer tone from a group like this. I also noticed that their facial expressions sorta bored me, I would have liked more emotion in there faces! Again, a great job by this group, but I would like to see more from them.

  • Great Performance! -Hallef Rodrigues

  • This is a great song. If only they added more phrasing, and kept their shaping on certain words with wide vowels (my, travail, stay, heart, may), this would turn this performance from great to exceptional. but that's just my opinion

  • This song demonstrates how words should be sung. I feel like if I were reading this poem, this song would be how it sounded in my head.

  • I had a friend who died a few years ago. He was in our high school's choir, so we sang this song at his funeral. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do in my life. This song still brings back some of those memories. What a lovely melody and poem this song has.

  • Wish all music could be as beautiful as this <3

  • Heartbreaking. And still so amazing.

  • This Song is Awesome.

  • absolutely beautiful 

  • we're singing this in my choir for our fall concert this year. such a pretty song!!!! <3

  • My chorus is currently learning this for Practicum, and just listening to the whole piece brings tears to my eyes. I have no idea how I'm going to sing this without crying!

  • @theCazoozalerz if you sing long enough.....soon you will be able to sing anything with a depth that is so powerful....... :)

  • my chorale sang this song the year we got straight 1's across the board in class AA :D

  • I'm currently singing this in my womens choir. It's so pretty, I can't even describe my love for this song.

  • this is beautiful

  • I sang this song in 8th grade all state in georgia, 2008 i think. I have song many many pieces and have been in many concerts. but not a single piece but this one will make me cry i third way into the song. i cant seem to sing it anymore because i tear up. It is the one thing that has set in my heart so deep. i will never forget the magic i felt singing this that one evening. It will stay with me the rest of my life

  • In fifth grade I remember I was in a choir as a soprano and my choir had been practicing this song for months and was avery advanced choir and I was very overwhelmed by the beautiful emotions of this masterpiece yet whenever we were going on a trip to Boston I said no because I didn't really like anyone in the choir very much but I loved the music so I quit before we preformed. Today my dream is to preform this masterpiece on stage with a choir so I can know what it would be like to sing magic!

  • i love this song. my choir sang this my senior year, i am pretty sure all of us cried after we sang it.

  • prettiest song ever. ♥ my choir did this! it sounds sooo pretty. :)

  • Wow. My choir sang this song last year and this brings back so many emotions and memories of singing my heart out and being so physically and emotionally exhausted after singing this song. We really made magic with this one. Yall did an amazing job with it too! The tempo was slower but it was good.

  • were singing this at our graduation!!! woo senior chorus members!!!! :)

  • @rawrBrittny huh....i did too, it was my school's seniors and chamber singers' members

  • Darn cell phone at 2:40. Other than than blatant disrespect, this is simply beautiful.

  • Their balance is wonderful. My school just did this, and we sucked so bad.

  • this song is just simply amazing! my chorus class is singing it for our spring concert and maybe at our graduation too. this group did a great job with it <3

  • 4:40 is incredible. So powerful.

  • I love this song! My choir is doing it for our last concert! It's a beautiful song!

  • we're singing this for gaduation i think

  • @kaitlynbelieu23 Same here

  • @StSundae same haha

  • @kaitlynbelieu23 We're also singing this at our graduation. XD Sooooo stoked! Have you heard of The Awakening?

  • @worshipme513 LOVE THE AWAKENING!!!

  • my choir is singing this for our next concert and it's probably one of the first songs i've felt comfortable singing out on

  • this chior is amazing great job singing this song :D Your men really help bring out the song i sang this song last year and i enjyoed it

  • the echo at the end is intenseeeeeee

  • i really like this my choirs doing this right now. thanks for the help.

  • This is the best version I've ever heard - including my choir's own, I'm sorry to say. ;)

    Great job!

  • This is the best I have ever hers this song sung.

  • they look and sound bored please put some emotion in this

  • We're singing this for graduation. It always makes me cry.

  • we just did this for the steuben county music festival concert today. Its a beautiful song with the guys singing with us!!

  • I sang this song at the last concert of my senior year in high school and it was so beautiful! I cried everytime I sang it! This choir is so wonderful, the song still brings tears to my eyes!

  • We are singing this for festival as well as graduation. I cry every time I sing it.

    :)

  • This choir sings pretty much all the songs that my school choir sings. And they're really awesome. This song is so gorgeous...I wish we'd sing it again!

  • Honestly i've been in chorus for 8 years and this is the only song that actually brought me to tears, its so beautiful :/... I don't know if its because i'm going through a terrible time right now but i just lovvee this songg. :)

  • singing this song tomorrow for the last time it's my senior year in high school been singing it every year since 8th grade we get the 2 middle schools and the 3 high school choirs together and sing it at the pops concert there'll be over 100 of us it's very emotion

  • This never fails to bring a tear to my eye.

  • When I was going through bootcamp, I received a letter from one of my choral friends, and she included the lyrics to this song. Throughout bootcamp, I'd mull the words around in my head over and over, and it became one of my driving factors to finish my trials. Hearing it for the first time, its beautiful..

  • @ghostlat That's great to hear! We sang this for my high school two years ago, and we all loved it. It's nice to hear that someone outside of a choral program appreciates it as much we do!

  • my choir cried when we sang it lol

  • we're singing this song for competition. I love it!

  • Love this song, so BEAUTIFUL. It was my Graduation song.

  • i get to sing this song for choir this year, uber excited!!!

  • such power at 4:35-4:45 simply beautiful

  • my choir done this last may for senior night & us seniors in choir sang it! i cried ...i miss choir in high school

  • Beautiful!

    Our advanced choir sang this last year for our MPA. I specifically remember one rehearsal when we ourselves were so moved by the words that we literally were stunned into silence for a good 30 seconds after it was all over with. This really is a fantastic piece to bring choirs together. It's become our new anthem now so to speak. =)

  • Our all District choir got to sing this song and our director was Randal Stroop and it was amazing!!!!!!! I absolutely loved singing it.

  • absolutely beautiful song. I loved loved loved singing it.

  • My choir did this last month at our concert I just love this song. I am a tenor and this is one of my favorite tenor parts ever it is so fun to sing! Out of all the ones on Youtube I have heard this is the best version I have heard. Being a tenor I love at the end you guys didn't let the sopranos out sing you. GREAT JOB!

  • @MechaProductions I agree!!!!

  • my all district choir sang this today :)

  • I love this song! My choir is also singing this song for our anual Christmas concert, except we have the SSA edition. :)

  • hey i am singing this in choir

  • LOVE THIS!! I DID THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE ADVANCED CHOIR!!

  • This was so good! my choir is singing this song when we compete in florida in march!

  • @susleslie With the womans choral workshop ? Thats awesome Im going too!

  • there really good...im doin this song wit my choir next thursday :) SHS choir!

  • we just had our first concert, we sang this, its my favorite song. BVNW :D

  • my chorus is doing this but our blend is no where as amazing! you guys ARE UHMAZING!

  • our choir sings this :)

  • LOVE IT!!!!! Cant stop listening to it ^_^ its awesome...this choir group I'm in this year is going to sing it and i hope it sounds at least a little like this one!!! lol...

  • Love this song!!

  • i go to harbour view to and we sing this and were like awesome

  • Im in the choir at Harbourview High school , and we sing this song too ! :) .

  • @Crateness96 im in that choir 2

  • Love love love! Vowels/consonants, and dynamics are wonderful!!! Sang this as well about a year ago, very beautiful piece indeed :)

  • I sang this for all state and will never forget it... this choir sings this with flawless beauty... snaps for central islip!!!

  • My chorus is singing this :D I absolutely love it!

  • gorgggg.

  • AMAZING. Of the many years i've been in choir's this is one piece that i'll never let go.

    

  • This is a beautiful piece. We are singing this in choir. I love it.

  • dang. lol even after 3 years i still kow my tenor part. lol awesome song. lol we sang it at the festival of gold 2007 in new york. lol best years of my life. =] omnia sol temperat absense in remota amame fideliter fidem me an noto.! hehe i love latin.

  • I LOVE THIS SONG!!! Your sound is so beautiful and pure! Every time I listen to this I want to cry because it is so beautiful! You must be an amazing director to have a choir that sounds like this. The FMEA All-State Middle School Mixed Choir's women sang this song and it doesn't even compare to the beauty there is here! Now I don't want to go to Melbourne HS next year as a freshman I want to go to your school! For the chorus program! I LOVE CHORUS!!! I have already promised to be a HS director.

  • love this song. Having trouble getting that last VERY low bass note. i didn't hear it in this recording. was it cut out of the song completely for this?

  • sung this song with my chior beautiful job

  • I played this song on the flute while our chorale sang along. It was really good but it sounds even better here because of the guys singing. (our chorale is all girls)

  • juust sang this tonight with our choir, love the song

  • Oh, i love this song. I'm a sophomore, teaching this song to my friend who's a senior, for the senior showcase final song. i can't wait to hear her choir singing it. <3

  • i love this songg <33. I'm using it to try out for one of the choirs at millbrook (=.

  • I love this song so much I think its beautiful. The choir sounds wonderful. I sing this song in my own high school choir and my only criticism is that the diction could be a lot better I found it hard to understand the words at the beginning even though I sing the song myself, but the pitch and quality is wonderful.

  • The tenors gave me goosebumps <3 soooooooo goood

  • we're singing this song this year for graduation, i'm gonna cry. bye bye high school :(

  • Amazing job, choir! Too bad the video quality wasn't all that great. =/ people were whispering all over the place and the camera clicked a lot. Otherwise it would have been perfect!

  • We're doing this for districts, I'm first soprano and it gets soo High... Its amazing though

  • @reeces451 Ugh, I know buddy. We are also doing this for a concert coming up, that freaken' high A gets me every time.

  • @reeces451 XD i know what you mean, i love it though XD when we sang it, my friends and i loved the highest note in this song, it was magical :3

  • beautiful song!

  • I did this last year in my choir class and I fell in love with it, it's so powerful and emotional <3 we were going to do this at my graduation but we didn't have enough time, I was so sad.

    AMAZING JOB!

  • superb!

  • This song means so much to our choir. We traditionally sing it at graduations and such and recently one of our '08 graduates was killed in a car accident. He had a very active role in our concert choir so we all sang this at his funeral. It was very moving, and I think it's the first time I actually took the time to listen so deeply to the words here. They really strike a cord with the heart. But I defiantly know this song has sooo much more meaning to me now.

  • GOOSEBUMPS! and i almost cried! i've been listening to this song constantly because we're doing it in choir, but i always get moved.

  • I am singing this song in march !! :) for our H.S choir and it's really pretty !!! :) this song is soo emotional. And I love it !

  • Such a beautiful piece of music. We're singing this for graduation this year.

  • Digging that echo near the end. I get to sing it with my college choir this semester, though it won't be nearly as impressive as this performance since we have such a small number of people.

  • Amazing song, very few songs get an emotional response from me, but this one does.

  • my freshman high school choir sang this song! everyone LOVED this song including me and we sounded awesome...just sayin :)

  • This is a beautiful song! We're doing this in Choir at my school! :)

  • beautiful. :)

  • Latin Translation:Omnia sol temperat- "The sun warms everything" Absens in remota- "even when I am far away." Ama me fideliter- "Love me faithfully" Fideme anoto- "and know that i am too."

  • This moved me to tears. This is such a beautiful group of people! What a fabulous performance...thank you for sharing this stunning work of musical art with us!

  • this is one of our honor choir songs this year

  • @daughtrylover4

    Us too! Concert choir has been trying to convince our director to let us for AGES! what school do you go to?

  • this is gorgeous.

  • i love this song :D

    i'm singing it for my Choir Concert !!!

    &i find you guys AMAZING at it.

    Big inspiration :)))) i love it.

  • I'm not about to argue about pronunciation or speed at all...I think one of the best things about this song is that it can be interpreted in a variety of ways and still be beautiful in each of them! Good job!

  • it sounds completely better slower.... adds more emphasis!!

    This song means a lot to our choir. We sing it all the time at special events like choral festivals or our high school's graduation. Everyone always ends up in tears.

    Lovely job though~

  • beautiful.... i love this song so much i am a freshman and i am singing this in choir and its just so beauiful. me and my bestfriend love this song so much.... good job!

  • i prefer the slower speed, honestly. it's much more beautiful...relaxed feeling

  • This song brings tears to my eyes every time i hear it. We sang it in honors choir and our high school choir my senior year and i love it so much. this choir did an amazing job...

  • It sounds better faster, especially at the climax. Also, they pronounce remember wrong for a singing group it should be pronounced rimember or a long e sound, you never hold out the normal e sound in a song it sounds bad

  • Actually I heard a choir pernounce it rimember, and it sounds terrible, even in a good recording...

  • @lostsoul114 dude i wouldn't try to correct Mr. Anthony here... seeing as though he is arguably one of the best high school directors in America right now... I know his group is the best I've seen so far.

  • No offense but i think it's a bit too slow. You guys sound good tho.

  • My school is singing this tomorrow night. My mom died last year, so when we first started to learn it [and still today] I get teary eyed and fake sing it. God this is such a beautiful yet sad song.

  • Fantastic! You guys even made an overtone! Love it.

  • Beautiful. Absolutely stunning! I have tears in my eyes!

  • this reminds me of my choir we sounded just like this i wish i coulda put it on here but your choir sounds just as soothing i love it great job ^_^

  • every time i hear//sing this song i almost cry. especially at "to life we sing...o stay your soul and leave my heart its song" love it

  • Great job, i love this song. Its sad for me because my choir sang it at a fellow choir members funeral.

  • My choir's singing this song! I love it!

  • Wow. Amazing! My high school chamber ensemble sang this song. We sang it on our last day of school as seniors and everyone was crying by the end of the song. It's so perfect. This choir does an absolute fantastic job!

  • WOW!!! Such feeling and technique! Awesome!!! 10/10

  • Best version on Youtube, even though this one could use a little bit of help. I love the fortissimo part at the end, the acoustics makes it 10x better.

  • gorgeous. the best version i have ever heard.

  • i love this song!!!!! :)

  • This song is beautiful. We sang this in my college's choir my freshmen year. There were times when it brought me close to tears.

  • great performance!!!

    for some reason i hate this song but it was performed so well

    (i dont like the actual SONG, but i love your choir!!)

    my choir at camp did  it and i couldnt stand it :/

  • we sang this at our high school graduation over 2 years ago..still remember all the words..makies me want to cry.

  • amazing.. Great piano playing also

  • love this song!!! (:

  • This is such a beautiful piece, VERY fun (although at some parts difficult) to sing.

  • yeah, i agree. I sang the bass part in my school's choir. It was pretty hard to stick to your part.

  • Yeah me too.

  • Naw, the hardest part I think is tenors and they're not far from the bass.

  • we did this last year for the seniors, so awesome

  • This was performed at my Baccalaurete yesterday. I had tears in my eyes. This song is so beautiful.

  • we did this for the graduation ceremony the band and choir together. i was a flute. so beautiful

  • well you try to hit those notes and not be loud.. you have to give them a little credit

  • You have a really good point. My choir is singing this and I am on the top part. It's really hard to not sing loud on the high notes, because otherwise, they can't be hit.

  • awesome

  • i agree, very well done, i still think the tenor part should be slightly more prominent when the whole choir is singing, the sopranos could be slightly over powering at times....agreeing with JAnthony37, each to their own.

  • this is so beautiful

  • wow, my choir did this but it didnt sound this good. my compliments

  • This song is awesome me and my choir are gonna sing it and I'm excited.

  • this is beautiful.

    my choir is singing it for graduation.

    i almost cried the first time we sang through the whole song.

  • omnia sol is a beautiful song my choir is doing it. its amazing.

  • my god they are better than the choir I am in!!

  • My choir is doing this song

    Amazing song :)

    goob job :)

  • my choir performed this at contests yesterday. we werent as good as these people. this song is amazing and sad

  • no way in hell this is a highschool. lol.

  • Good choir and one of the better pianists I've heard playing this song.

    You're all very precise with your notes, it sounds amazing.

  • when that cell phone goes off, i die a little.

    but this is fabulous!

    my choir is singing this for our spring concert.

    lets just say they'll probably be more sobs than singing.

    but yeah, this is beautiful

  • we are learning this in choir right now. i hope we do half this good!! good job!!

  • We are singing this in my high school choir and HOPE we can be at least as half as good as this!

  • your diction and dynamics are perfect, my jr high is doing this song for festival ( but its 2 parts not 4)

    you guys are amazing

  • amazingg..im singing this in chorus now and you guys are much better than we are..awesome vid though =]

  • simply amazing! The dynamics are excellent!

  • my high school is singin this song

    absolutely beautiful

    your blend and tone is amazing

    God Bless you

  • wow. This is beautiful. 'Nuff said.

  • We have 2 on it, so its a lovely little harmony, though we have 2 basses, and they're on the low one, so its not much of a sound, but the chord sounds pretty nice.

  • Wow, Mr. Anthony, you have an amazing choir. Very beautiful. Bravo.

  • amazing...I remeber I did this my sophmore year in high school and did it for competition...we went to state with this peace! I'm now a senior in high school, and I must say...the best song we every sang!!!