Requiem -- Luther College Cathedral Choir

[Angel88878]

I want my choir to sing this next year. It's just so beautiful!!!!

[mardamidet]

My church choir sang this today, March 11, 2012 in honor of the victims of the

March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

[ProjectionFilmTech]

WAY too fast

[Angel88878]

@ProjectionFilmTech i don't it should matter whether it is too fast or too slow, either way the song is very beautiful and very moving!

[SquidLickShaun]

nice cough at 3.10! good piece though, very good

[MastermewtwoALPHA]

My chorus is singing this. Definitely one of the most moving pieces I have ever heard.

[SprodeBoy]

I'm not religious at all.... but this song means something more.

[beckst04]

Was watching a video from another song that I absolutely love (The Road Home in case you're wondering) when I stumbled upon this video. Little does Youtube know that I just got home from accepting a scholarship to Luther. Coincidence? Yes. Really fucking awesome. Oh yeah.

[MastermewtwoALPHA]

@beckst04 Congrats on getting that scholarship!

[lilihuang101]

This is wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing. Bless you all. :) 

[dajf95]

Theres a song i thought was called requirem and the lyrics were "(begining) do not stand att my grave and weep......(end)do not stand at my grave and cry i have not died" but every song i find is not the same rythrm and version. Help?!!

[InoYamanaka112]

@dajf95 Do not stand at my grave a weep...thats the name of the song actually :p our choir sang it once. Just look up Do not stand at my grave and weep choir

[Leafga]

@dajf95 The song is actually called "In Remembrance". Hope this is what you were looking for. Should come right up if you search it.

[SprodeBoy]

I need to record my choir....

[JustBeingMys3lf]

and held the notes correctly

[JustBeingMys3lf]

if they followed the commas correctly, then it would be good :)

[honeybee1018]

I performed this once with an honor choir and all I can remember is feeling the room vibrate with beautiful sounds and even more beautiful feelings. Gorgeous song and performed so breathtakingly. I do wish that they had taken a greater pause before the final "Mary" or even taken it just a tad longer. Such a precious song deserves an emotional and heart felt end. I felt it was a little rushed, but wonderful none the less.

[machinegrl]

My choir is doing this for the choral fest Im so excited

[Benny6502]

Where do u find the lyrics... because I want to shiw this to my Choral teacher!!!

[71259mark]

@Benny6502

Google:

Lyrics - Eliza Gilkyson: Requiem – CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON

[storychanger]

Extremely stunning...I loved it.  Thank you for posting and filling me with the spirit of this blessed and lovely season. :)

[CynderSkunk01]

OMG

We did this song in choir last year. Sang it for the Concordia Honor Choir that I was in too... I cried like a baby. <3 it though.

[2BAMastah]

I sang this in our county's District 1 Mass Choir

[bigboss58]

I was apart of a state honor choir that preformed this and other songs, this is by far my favorite song that I have ever sung, I love the bass part in this more than any other song.

[demond6602]

we did this piece in our choir. and i telling you it will for sure touch you and your audience pretty and powerful song... i'll sure do it when i become a choral director one day

[kortda01]

So many memories with Cathedral Choir that year. I think this song topped it though, and was very happy to sing this with a great choir and also an excellent choir director

[OhHayyItsRicky]

I'm going to sing this song in my choir either for the December or Spring concert at my school. I think this is a very beautiful song, reminds me of Wayfarin' Stranger which we sung a slow and sad version of the song last year. Songs like these make me tear up because of how touching they are. Can't wait to sing it <3

[Brockett122]

Charming. I think I'll just run out and buy a Hallmark card or something else touching.

[Kayla4741]

we are singing this for our japanese exchange students :,) bless their hearts.

[sly1cool54]

We're doing this in my youth choir as well

(i'm in the same choir as soooroxursox actually...)

[Johnny0797]

so beautiful just those few words mean everything to me right now

[rueckerc1]

I'd have to say this is the best version I can find on youtube. So beautiful.

[wolfman801]

My brother sang this with a concert choir at his school. They sang it in remembrance of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, where they turned off all the lights and the students stood in the aisles holding candles as they sang this. It was an incredibly moving, emotional experience.

[TheOwelstein]

@wolfman801 that seems like a great idea for us to do at an upcoming concert at my high school

[SoooRoxUrSox]

We're singing this youth choir<3

[jamilialovesyou]

We r singing this song n my choral class sjcca arts! But this is amazing love it!

[chixy2304]

how 1 person can dislike this?????????:O

[HLeeD18]

Sang this in my college elite choir, i had a hard time keeping it together when singing these words. This song is so beautiful

[johnonbroadway1]

i had the privilege of singing this song in an all state choir earlier this year, and it was such a moving piece to perform. what an amazing song..

[ActOrBeActed01]

power



[VinceRussoLovesMusic]

this song is being done by our high school choir. It brings so much out of the human heart, and is such a gorgeous piece.

[bluepunk95]

We chose to sing this song, and performed it days after the Japan incident occurred. However, at the time, we had no clue the following events would take place until they did. It's crazy, considering the goosebumps I've gotten from it before.

And now?

Forget it. I'm in tears from the very mention of this song.

[DreamslikeCoins]

i was thinking WOW they stand so still! but then i noticed it was just a picture :-) haha

[captainkoo]

@DreamslikeCoins yes....and they are great ventriloquists, too!!

[basshunter12]

sooo awesome, my choir performed this a few months ago but at a slower tempo and i think that really stretched the emotion, i would have loved to hear this at a slower tempo..i prob would have cried

[monkeygrl196]

My choir is singing this, and our teacher specifically chose this song for Japan. :) So pretty.

[Thelonedragon161]

o my god if you dislike this song your a real critic because if you listen to the text this was apperantly after a big disaster and there prasing mother mary for protection and wow i cant belive a dislike....

[369Kaos]

I LOVE IT I THINK THAT THIS KIND OF SONGS IS WHAT KEEPS THE WORLD GOING...

[369Kaos]

I LOVE IT I THING IS THIS TYPE OF SONGS THAT KEEP THE WORLD GOING

[MaxxMomentum]

Singing this for japan in choir

[landersom]

My choir is singing this for district music contest this year. So beautiful.

[nickk342]

i sang this in a district honor choir last year. it is so beautiful.

[Sherman3822]

can't wait to sing this in a couple weeks. unreal

[fabi1995]

prayers go to japan

[bewareofplastic]

when i heard about the tsunami in japan i automatically thought of this song.

[KCSROXX]

my prayers exactly for Japan <3

[jesssicaa816]

Beautiful. I almost cry everytime I sing this in my choir.

[bubblewrapses24]

this song is absolutely beautiful. the a cappella choir at bhs (my school) sang it and it almost moved me to tears. this song is amazing! <3

[BrightEyedMusicLover]

Our choir just started this song, I love it so much! It is so deep, and emotion filled, this is an awesome performance.

[mollyXC19]

My chamber choir is doing this. I tear up everytime I hear it.

[jhiti26]

this song is so extremely powerful. i feel at peace every time i listen to it

[cheapxlovexsong]

My high school choir is singing this for choral festival, and it made one of our football players cry. Word.

[AngelBareSkittelPak]

im singing this song in one of the next concerts at my school. i love this song. its so beautiful, and sad..

[themonaghans]

Stunning

[shelbymefine]

perfect.

[tuskPDX]

I honestly believe these 167 words heal the world.

[Anneliselove]

except they held out the last "Mary" a lot longer. Sounded so much better. The really quick cutoff here sounds awkward. I love the rest of it though

[kimhaeun2010]

@Anneliselove i agree, that would make it a bit better, but other than that, this song is soooooooooo beautiful

[Anneliselove]

One of my school's choirs performed this song last year :)

[TGuynable]

The most simple, and yet beautiful song I've heard in a long time. a REALLY long time.

[ashleyloree]

i'm obsessed with this song. i love it sooo much <3

[love0music0dance]

Absolutley goregeous. This song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. They sang it beautifully.

[stickzrockerondrums]

Simply beautiful