This is My Father's World

[JimPanse2k8]

Why? I simply don't get it.

[Intimacythroughmusic]

who is the composer?

[Kansasman4Jesus]

Who is that young man who sings the early solo? The Lord has given him a grrrrrreeeeeaaat voice. Tempts one to covet! He sings "This is my Father's world..." The Lord must have place for him as a soloist to the next Billy Graham!

[alexanderhleb]

lol 

[jlandz09]

With that glorious swell that gets me every time on "Why should my heart be sad?!"...

...How can you claim that the interpretation doesn't reflect the text?

[kingfisherfd2]

IWU Chorale Theme song. All chorale alumni are invited to join the chorale for this one song.

[TheArnoldo16]

oii oo===please how can i get this music sheet..please help me to get it..

[TheJosephYip]

Good Job! Andrew Clark!

[TinTiger81]

the choir is great but the arrangement.....not the best solution

[iamwerido]

@generalludd its how the composer understood the music... idk it doesn't speak to everyone in the same way

[vernaongyiqi1998]

I also feel that their forte, dynamics, expressions and tempo are wrong. Some are appropriate but pls do not sing too fast! It does not sound nice!

[vernaongyiqi1998]

Bravo! It was lovely! I enjoyed it!

[MJJProductions1724]

this gave me chills.

[flagella1337]

generalludd nailed it.

[queenybreeny13]

That's the whole point though to try something new so people will listen

[b0rnag4in4ever1]

Amazing!

[firefighter40ish]

ok strange um ........ok lol

[Calphool222]

I am truly impressed with this choir's tightness and skill. I don't really care for the arrangement though. The original hymn is one of utter reverence and speaks to the eminence of the Creator, so the abrupt changes in dynamics and tempo are a little weird (I agree with generalludd). Still, an amazing demonstration of vocal control and synchronicity.

[epi8]

wonderful arrangement. I like the hint of spice amidst showers of honey.

[kekru184]

very beautiful! 

[luther894]

The choir does some very good things within the piece however, I have to add my opinion - based from the arranger Paul J Christiansen. When we sang it, it was in manuscript form and was not intended to be sung this fast. More attention is needed for the audience to hear all the chord progressions going into verse 4. You have some good voices - so don't take me wrong. It's only the interpretation that I would change. (And that comes from the arranger!!)

[istworkable]

Excellent job guys!!!! Amazing interpretation!! Shows you that beauty is not stereotyped!!!!!

[CamiliaSTar]

@generalludd If I may, while there was certainly some interpretation, we were following the piece as written. And I feel the message of the lyrics is still quite prominent. There's no reason to always sing an old hymn the same way over and over.

[roejames12]

Oh wow. I'm sure they could do much better, not only that, but like already said, they just butchered it, they butchered a good song! I can't believe I got even 23 seconds through this. :/

[berkeleymac]

oh my lord! Fantastic!! Thank you!

[StannMarsh1]

blehh. OK choir sounds great. That being said, rendition was awful. Totally wrong for this song. I just do not agree with the directors' interpretation of it....

[kayla543215yahoo]

i absolutely LOVE this arrangement!!!

this is my favorite song and it is so inspiring to her it like this

[ToxicPopsicle]

I love love love this. I find it interesting though that on the "Deep River" video you said that the last chord made it all worth it, which I agree. But the last chord of this just gave me chills all over. Bravo. I'd love to hear more.

[TheArnoldo16]

bravo que maravillosa interpretacion me puse como piel de gallina jjaja gloria a DIOS por este coro que le halaba sigan adelante

[AmericaTops]

Great job, Andrew Clark!  Bravo.

[spartacusrockes]

Love it!

[deutch0ist0besser]

It almost feels as if the director was doing this song during rehersal and is checking to see if the chior was watching or paying attention, it's wierd didn't like this version at all

[chachadogdemon]

@deutch0ist0besser yeah same here!

[545cy]

oh this was arranged??..it's pretty good..but..i like the priginals of it..anyways..it's nice to hear...keep it up..

[MissJessable]

Wow! I would have liked it a ton more without the stacco parts though!

[lindalkeeler]

I think it awesome that Ken Burns picked this hymn as part of the background music for the PBS National Parks series.

[Dmanu22]

You're relating your view of a Heavenly Father to your earthly father. I'm sorry if you feel your father is less than great but God the Father will never fail you.

[Flossferry]

My father's world

We'll my father is sleepingg on the sofa after a few beers and G+Ts and he'll no doubt wake up for a piss in few minutes.

The father-god thing is a bit delusional, dearies!

Actually God is female - yin energy - which explains why the world is such a fucking mess. No man would so this! Like DIY really.

[DonFonzie11]

The choir is fabulous! The interpretation is so different, the different tempos and marcatto accents. I prefer it to be a little more straight foward without all of that...and the soloist was great...overall good job.

[Yagobad]

love it , it's just different

[xXImBkanXx]

Is it illegal to download hymns? copyright got me confused is it illegal if you download for personal use? or just selling them is wrong? Could these even be recorded in the day? If somone is dead is it ok? I have alot of questions about copyright when giving credit is it considered not stealing or somthing ppl just do ect. ect. the questions go on and on so if somone can answer that thnx

[fellowbear]

This hymn was composed in 1901. The copyright of this hymn ran out over 20 years ago. It is, as we say, in the public domain. It can be recorded, downloaded and uploaded.

[olegishche]

Bravissimo!!!!!!

[ozzie679]

the choir is amazing. but the arrangement stinks.  they did the same thing with a mighty fortress. this isn't barbershop. just sing the song!

[garylongden]

First class performance, a great arrangement.

[894luther]

Excuse me, it was Dr. Christiansen, not Christian.

[894luther]

I have sung this arrangement under the person who arranged it, Dr. Paul J. Christian. He did not take the "staccato-ness" style as one person put it, however I find this director's interpretation to be very uplifting and enjoyable to listen to - as long as the technique doesn't take away from the text.

[Volvo745T]

Also don't care for the arrangement ... but wow, what a choir!

[saxguy08]

..............different.......­..but very good sound. if you ever get a chance, listen to the all ohio state fair youth choir, I sang with them this past year, and this is probably one of our best songs we did

[iwusinger]

Why does everyone have to be a critic? For the love... Thanks for posting these Scott.

Just because one doesn't like a conductors interpretation doesn't mean that its bad. The beauty of music and the reason people write new arrangements is for to create unity and variety. That's what makes music so interesting. Just because someone thinks a song should be a certain way doesn't mean that is the only way that a song should always be performed.

[DocPsychoWife]

Is this a college or a church?

[tiernan87]

this is the Indiana Wesleyan University Chorale.

[libertyvz9]

Amazing choir just not a great arrangement. This song is so powerful without the speed up and soloist. No offense. Great vocals though!

[blindcattalking]

i do not like the speed change but the annunciation and the volume is great! The soloist is fantastic and gorgeous.

[bluegrandpiano]

I'm sorry if I offended anybody regarding the choir. I thought the phonetics and the overall sound was great. I just didn't not like what the director had the choir do to this piece. The song was originally composed with such power -- these changes just simply took it away. To conclude, this is a great choir, just a mediocre performance.

[ozzie679]

such a beautiful song ruined. this choir is better than the arrangement.

[tersaseda]

This is one of my favorite hymns...not one of my favorite arrangements. I felt that the staccato-ness (sorry, not really a word) wasn't quite right, though executed perfectly technique-wise.

Nice voices, though--you can tell this is a good choir regardless :)

[EWSUnholy]

yes, other than the staccato parts, i thought the song was absolutely great. It should have all been legato. But a very talented group indeed

[paintthesky128]

GREAT performance, terrible arrangement. tempo changes are fine but here they just sound like a tape on fast forward.

[Lealan786]

Uggh, I agree.

[matttheone10]

that soloist has an amazing voice...thanks for the upload

[37tomate37]

I feel that by changing those elements the Director is trying to exalt his personal style and the voices (which I think are very good indeed) of the choir and not the person of The Lord. In my opinion this hymn does not need new life. We could agree to disagree though! :)

[dlewis94]

Interesting in deed. Very outside the box. Way to go guys! I thought it was beautiful.

[SweeneyJekyll]

Absolutely Gorgeous!

[acslater017]

i agree, this isn't the best rendition i've heard...they have great voices, but that fast-slow dynamic thing seems so contrived...i have half expected them to go into "jingle bells, batman smells"...

[cbrinkman04]

I saw this group at a Music Educator Conference in Indianapolis last year. They were absolutely amazing. I know there are only about 2000 students at IWU and over half this group is non-music majors. Literally, these guys blew me away and I can't wait to see them again.

[moron732]

Anyone else notice how the LOTR theme and this hymn have some similar themes ?

[Horse1888]

Yes, that was an entirely intentional musical allusion on Howard Shore's part. Tolkien's trilogy has deeply imbedded Christian themes, so Shore's use of this melody was quite inspired, I thought.

[bluegrandpiano]

I'm sorry that the director "mis-directed" the members by taking the choir in the wrong direction and convincing them, or at least they seemed convinced, that what he was having them do with this piece was good. If they weren't convinced, then kudos to they they for being great actors.

[tiernan87]

uh, yeah. too bad the director, dr. todd guy, is one of the most sought after choral directors in the country for all-states and he is continually turning down offers from the greatest choral programs....he must really not know what he's doing.....

[bluegrandpiano]

This isn't that great at all. The only thing I appreciate with this performance is the consistent congruity. I HATE the interpretation and this rendition.  It sounds immature for what would be considered a "professional and educated interpretation" by going fast then slow then fast then slow. The dynamics are rediculously misplaced in some phrases as well as the tempos. Annunciation and blending is well done.

[noleboi2006]

way too gorgeous, what a wonderful choir!

[MaakasuSWE]

Very nicely sung :)

[huskerswon]

Who is the composer?

[mogemoets]

Authur Sullivan is the composer of the hymn (the same Sullivan of Gillbert and Sullivan). I don't know who wrote this arrangement.

DARLINGS------you guys have GOT to work on those vowels! The consonants are OK----overdone in some places and underdone in others----but sweeties----just LISTEN

Loose the vibrato----

Otherwise it's fine

[UnAshamed2010]

wow--AMAZING.

[svote1]

it was so great to stumble across your videos of this choir. i used to be a member back in 1980 and 1981 - actually when prof guy was also a member. we also sang this song back then too!

[NJLouis66]

Marvelous! Glory to God. Thanks for posting. There are so many things about this that are so good.

[Fozzybearo]

Awesome!

[lilbm2001]

I agree. I am a tenor myself but the basses did a great job with this piece.

[chiken900]

nice basses!!