St Pauls Cathedral Choir: God So Loved The World John Stainer

[nixymagoo]

I feel deeply touched...... like the rest of the choir

[singlaughsmile1]

My choir is doing this song & it is lovely!!! They do a great job... but its sounds a lot better when you sing it from the heart, (I can tell some some of the guys did!! :) ) Sing for the soul!!! This song is so, so powerful!! How could this song not move you? It is awesome!!! :)

[donalor3uk]

I've had the pleasure of singing Stainer's Crucifixion with my choir at various venues

over the past few years. God So Loved The World is part of that. The rehearsals were tough but the performances were worth it all. Beautiful music. Thank you for the memories.

[anapplegeek]

Hey, is it okay if I download it? Thanks in advance. God bless!

[fannykeith]

I once sung in this cathedral as a guest choir member from HK... Strikingly wonderful dome

[TVWriterGuy]

Sublime. Simply sublime.

[ScottMacFie]

CHRIST IS RISEN !

[livetosing4him]

BEAUTIFUL i love their vowel placement and wow... awestruck! when one of my friends saw this she said that she actually prefers boys to women because their voices are pure and ours are full of vebrata

[Stewbone]

@livetosing4him Well, not always. . . It just sounds different. Boys have vebrata sometimes. It's true, though, it has a much different sound than just girls or mixed choirs. It does sound more purer, too.

[Super7551]

I am so touched, it's incredibly wonderful acoustics and the best choir ever

[2025Stingray]

How do I purchase this beautiful piece

[5AmSuN]

... I feel like I've died and gone to heaven :P. Beautiful!!

[bed2258]

St. Patrick Parish in Lawrence MA will be singing this over the Easter week. Very nicely done here.

[accousticdecay]

Absolutely stunning!

[chalkyness]

I love the way the director paces the piece to really use the acoustics of the cathedral. It brings out just how precise a cathedral choir has to be just to produce an acceptable performance, let alone an utterly beautiful one like this.

[writingguy1]

@chalkyness Not only did the director use the acoustics of the cathedral, the COMPOSER did, too! Stainer was at St. Paul's for a good portion of his career and wrote this while serving there. And now you know why the half rests exist in the score.

[akindo01010101]

素晴らしいです。今度、我が聖歌隊でも奉唱しますが、私には暗譜­できないかも・・・ from Tokyo

[rogersreggiori]

All honor and glory be to God! Amen

[Ascaidh]

Terrific music!

[punkjunkie10930322]

wow.

this was a favorite in my old choir... i tabbed in just to listen to it, and didn't realize until the end that the upper voices were young boys.

absolutely pristine.

[d00gyv]

Sublime. I'm amused that in the first 30 seconds the boy front right (as we look at him) can't help scratching himself!

[timothyj1966]

ANGELS

[Stepan0306]

No good reason for this dress,,, just looks pretty :)

[organpipe8]

I've heard this performed hundreds of times and I used to enjoy performing it myself as Choir Master and Organist at my Church - but this is the most beautiful I have ever heard, thank you for sharing - Lance

[sophelet]

I love watching my friend the countertenor in this video. Wish there were more of these concert on YouTube.

[dwgalviniii]

I can't watch this without crying. God's love to me is made so real through this Scripture in song.

[YouAreSoRight]

@dwgalviniii

Why cry, be happy !

[bristolsb]

Why would they mime this when they can sing it perfectly? Getting the boy choristers not to sing it while pretending to would be much harder. The techniques of TV god-slots are for much lesser choirs than this.

[YouAreSoRight]

@bristolsb Yes, you are quite right and they wouldn't be able to stop laughing, either.

[yean221030]

i love god 

[cookieshort]

I am a chorister right now, this is my last year :(!

[HaleyJMusic]

good lord this is absolutely beautiful.

[bachzzz]

make me cry

[bachzzz]

感動

[TheDrMatt]

seems like a carol, Mr Stainer was no very genious composer.

[brassspitoon]

First, thanks to InQuires for posting. Second, and to take nothing away from the quality of the singing, I noticed how the floor marble compass pointing in all directions goes well with the theme of the hymn. Where were the microphones used to record this as it does not appear to be dubbed in a studio?

[mcsw99]

@brassspitoon The sound was probably recorded in a separate and different session (in the Cathedral) and then the Choir was robed up and filmed miming to their own recording. That's how soloists and sometimes Choirs are filmed for BBC "Songs of Praise" these days, I understand...

[mcsw99]

@brassspitoon The sound was probably recorded in a separate and different session (in the Cathedral) and then the Choir was robed up and filmed miming to their own recording. I understand that's how soloists and sometimes Choirs are filmed for BBC "Songs of Praise" these days.

[daliafayek]

wonderful!!

[philjo3]

Beautiful, says it all!

[hisclmuscl]



[edmundmb]

Great! Wonderful!

[Idazil]

Maravilhoso, magnifico, explendido.

[AnoukaKC]

what accent is that? they don't sound like native english speakers. it's very beautiful. something is different about it.

[nickoicool]

The way you're supposed to pronounce all choral music, but rounding the vowels. Notice the oval shape of their mouths...

[Bachaelder]

@AnoukaKC This is St Paul's Cathedral Choir in London, so yet they are native english speakers. They just have very very good diction for singing.

[armstrongariz]

Totally, totally beautiful and proof, if proof is needed that we are capable of so much more than the daily mediocrity we appear to be content to put up with.

[32ContreBombarde]

@armstrongariz You are so very correct!

[choirboyfromhell1]

@armstrongariz HEAR HEAR!!!!

[Oaktownrob]

This is the ultimate in choral performance.

[ncguy207]

Totally stunning

[garawall]

I watch in astonishment

Jaw dropped...Speechless

[MegaLol54]

Amazing!

[sierracanon]

Anybody know when this was filmed??

[buzato]

gorgeous !

[awuy08]

another example of perfection indeed.

@ thugskate11: what an expserience!

[thugskate11]

i am an ex chorister of this choir and am in this video:) at 1:48 i am 2nd from the right on the front row:) i miss those days, st pauls was an amazing choir to sing with

[MrAlsterama]

@thugskate11 I was not so blessed to sing in one of the Great cathdral choirs such as St. Pauls, but i was in the Calgary Cathedral Choir for 30 years. I too miss those days so very much. May God Bless.

[kirinphoebe]

Stunning. Would very much like to see more of this performance. Very nice to see the whole choir and not only the trebles in this video.

[treblechoir99]

Of course, great singing here on a piece from angland music.

[ffchoo79]

i really love this choir... they sounds like angels on earth. o by the way, King's College Cambridge Choir is also my fav. i agree with 'octave' male treble produces better resonant and deep voce with less vibration.

[syarararara]

クワイアでこの曲をやったけど、本当にキレイ。

しかも、アカペラはなおステキですね。

[loupblanc26]

Magnificent performance! I love their ruff Thank you Inquires

[churchlad]

it is popular in england

[Ferncost20]

So I have to congratulate them!

[Musicmonk84]

Well done.

[bec4547]

this is actually a pretty good version (although I think some of the tuning drifts a little) - all the others I can find seem to be american!

[hugecashfan]

We sang this in our cathedral choir today we did a great job but this is also fabulous.Once you sing with feeling and love it will sound fabulous it is a beautiful hymn.Thank you God

[HabTasianet]

We just sung this today for Easter, i always get shudders when i sing it because it is just so great!

[Ferncost20]

They´ve got a divine voice... really amazing.

[octavebasse8]

It's because there are no women. The young men produce a much more round sound v.s. women. The other part is probably the training and their accent.

[Babejuda]

Beautiful piece and performance.

[135yearswaiting]

This work is so beautifull, the choir at my local church always sang it at Easter in full, it is indeed a pity it is so neglected.

[magpie4321]

Beautiful!!! Why are they all dressed like Cardinals though?

[InQuires]

That is their concert dress. As near as I can tell they only wear the surplice for services.

[magpie4321]

Thank you very much. Sorry if I sounded critical.

It is beautiful, no outstanding voices and a beautiful blend!

[fishvail]

How absolutely breathtakingly beautiful! The tones in those voices mixed with the splendor of the music and words are awesome!!

[nickmeredith002]

Simply... Wow. My college choir sung this and the tenners really had trouble with that top G but that was just all fantastically brilliant. Bravio

[ValkyrieRides1966]

Absolutely lovely. My Dad sang this back in the 50's with 1500 public school kids in Minneapolis in one grand choir.

[iprefernot2]

Our choir sings this also. One of my favorites.

[sarahrchds]

A lovely performance - but what a pity there are almost no other extracts from this unjustly neglected work. I did this with my own choir some years ago and it is full of rich, passionate and unashamedly emotional music, and I recommend it to any lover of 19th century religious music.

Sarah

[kempedkemp]

Ditto Sarah. I learned it in high school nearly 40 years ago and just pulled it out for my church choir. It is certainly one of Stainer's great masterpieces.

[bobareebop]

The entire cantata/oratorio is a masterpiece and is now rarely heard, at least in the States.

[bobareebop]

The entire cantata/oratorio is a masterpiece and is sadly rarely performed, at least in the States.

[geoadvocate]

Our church choir in NJ is performing a version of the whole thing except the congregational hymns on Good Friday. Granted it won't be nearly as gorgeous as this version, but I'm glad to have come upon it, I'm very fond of some of the other movements. Thanks for the comments, and for the post, InQuires!