I'm Gonna Sing 'Til the Spirit Moves in My Heart - University of Utah Singers

[edmunr]

This is actually very good! The bass were quite outstanding for me. Gr8 job :D

[DC11961]

@KatieCatification Go learn some science. Then maybe you'll learn the REAL truth.

[DC11961]

@KatieCatification So you're ENCOURAGING suicide then? You're not an Atheist so you should stop talking out of your ass and have some respect.

[DC11961]

@KatieCatification Oh HELL no. You know, I was just going to let it slide since we share the love of this song, but your comment offends me. CLEARLY you my friend need to go back to school to elementary to A) Be taught some tolerance and learn that Christianity/Catholicism are NOT the only religions on this planet, and B) Be properly educated on how to write proper English. "It's pointless to be an Atheist" I will let slide. "It's quite stupid, and nothing to live for." ...hmm. So you're ENCOUR

[TRob246]

So the ending was re-written?? uhmmm...no bueno!

[usrpasswordprotected]

great song!

but i think it would be better if the last part (obligato?) sang by one person only

[gDOMp1]

I think the song should've been a bit faster. Thus seems like a practice speed.

[hensleymar]

I love this song so much :)

[SobakPL]

Yes, why do You ask? ;)

[KatieCatification]

and im NOT an atheist, and i LOVE this song. go read a bible. its pointless to be an atheist. its quite stupid, nothing to live for. GO JESUS <3

[TheRushman75]

Man, that is too cool!

[666malian]

I am atheist too, and I love this song, and I love singing it with my choir. : D

[SobakPL]

@666malian exactly. me too :)

[666malian]

@SobakPL Are you singing in choir in Olsztyn? : D

[ninabean100]

I do NOT like the changes they made to the ending. (It's supposed to sound like a low and painful moaning...)

[ninabean100]

I do NOT like the changes they made to the ending.

[MyoclonicSlug]

Two people are atheists.

[SobakPL]

@MyoclonicSlug: What are You talking about? I hope that it was a joke. As example i'm a atheist too and i clicked green button ;) It's just good made song for me, not prayer or something of this kind.

[MelodiousTrance]

Chills. All I can say. 

[bballchick1241]

Some choirs can sing so well that it gives you chills... This is DEFINATELY one of those choirs. Love the literature the conductor chose, well picked.

[T3hXinro]

One of my favorite choral songs. I'm not religious, but I still think it's awesome music.

[idza777]

WOWOWOW that was a flawless performance! So powerful, awesome dynamics. Bravo bravo!!! :) :)

[cantantediblues]

Bellissima e bravissimi!!

[cellopiano1990]

CHILLS!!!!!!

[skeezicss]

that third solo sounded like he was trying to cover up a voice crack. unless he did it on purpose.

[mscolacoll2012]

Who is that conductor! He knows what the "fach" he's doing! YES!

[myvoicesodelicious16]

this was VERY VERY VERY good...i LOVE the solos in the beginning....they really show-cased their ranges...it was a overall good performance....KEEP IT UP

[TheKellybellyjelly]

amazing!!!!! great job!!!!

[ffreckles17]

2:29 oh snap.

[TheTasyow]

OMG i love the improvisation! great tenors ;)

[jonnyboygq]

Genius writing on the part of moses hogan! He was so very good at painting a picture musically within the text as it is so evident on the phrase "cant you feel it moving" and how the upper parts dp malismatic passages painting the picture of wind blowing like the spirit.JUST GENIUS I TELL YOU! and it was exhibited well with this fine choir!

[jonnyboygq]

the solos were very good! alot of variety that i havent heard from this choir in other "gospel" songs that have been done and recorded!!

[dimensionalharmony10]

ima tell the solos are pretty good dont get me wrong. but they could have put alooot more soul int it the vows are baaaaaadddd. and your movig this song extremely slow why its boring . bass are pretty good the tenors need jesus. idk wats wrong with your sopranos but they also need jesus. other than that the sound in its self was good bbut could have been better

[MillieAzure]

@dimensionalharmony10

Dude. It's a spiritual. You don't use the perfect choir vowels when you sing a spiritual. It just sounds stupid. Their vowels for the spiritual sound awesome. Now, yeah, I agree that they need more soul, but for a bunch of white college students, they did pretty well. And the sops weren't THAT bad. Those aren't easy notes that high. Especially when you aren't the only one singing them.

[Cooliem4]

@MillieAzure Absolutely correct, I hate it when people don't realize how you're supposed to sing a piece like this... we performed this just recently, I'm in high school though. So we had the younger tone, but we were really good none the less. However our teacher tries not to change a piece when we perform so we didn't have the bluesy sort of tone this choir did.

[456704]

@MillieAzure I LOVED IT, i overlook their lack of movement, but that's how most abroad (by abroad i mean england, europe, area, where most classical singers come from) people sing.

[stacedog1]

@MillieAzure I think they sounded wonderful

[lemonarizonatea]

@MillieAzure

And as a sop. 1 who has sung this, I can say that it is incredibly hard to blend when singing a Bb or a C above the staff. The only "improvable" thing I noticed was the sfp attack at the end. This choir's performance was fantastic.

[pinksugar55]

@dimensionalharmony10 That's the written tempo, actually. My choir recently started working on this song.

The soprano really wasn't that bad, and in fact did a great job for the highness of those notes.

Also, if you didn't like the way those soloists did the intro, you'd hate the way Hogan's choir sings his other works.

(And one more thing: "the tenors and sopranos need jesus." Because apparently jesus is the only thing that could make this choir sound better to you. Ha.)

[IrishSinger18]

This is awesome!!

[Dakrayzsinga]

Those that dislike because of the changes they've made are missing the point. It's music and it was expressed musically, that's what matters!

[sncoolguy93]

2 people must have missed the like button on this video because it is absolutely >>>BRILLIANT!!!!!<<< LOVE,LOVE,LOVE THIS!

[italiangirl789]

How did this choir get the permission to change the ending it sounds great and our choir is still trying to figure out if we can do that

[iGookin]

@italiangirl789 The conductor can interoperate the song however he wants.

[italiangirl789]

@iGookin that is only on select pieces this particular one requires permission to change notes around like that th end is compeatly different

[iGookin]

@italiangirl789 the end is not completely different. They just did a variation on it.. They same the same lyrics, just a couple different notes.

[italiangirl789]

@iGookin thats wut im saying they cant change the notes... and its not just a couple its the whole ending

[iGookin]

@italiangirl789 they changed 5 notes and added a soprano to the end.

[kiosumiutaki]

Oh my goodness I got chills with the solos at the beginning! and that third guy solo.......well lets just say I'd marry that guy if he sang to me like that, every day XD

[LilRed2Head]

@kiosumiutaki im so with you on that!!!!!

[TheLunarCHawk08]

<3 the bluesy touch at the beginning of it.

[hut765]

eveytime i hear this i spaz lol

[italiangirl789]

wow my choir just began to learn this one yesterday and wow i wish we could learn too sing it that well

[music7maker7]

Though it is basically flawless pertaining to diction and other chorale intangibles, it lacked the feeling and gusto that should accompany a gospel song such as this.

[TheTasyow]

great tenors!

[AllThat77]

The choir's blend is great! The sound is energetic, full of motion, but this arrangement is not what Moses Hogan wrote...at all! As lovely as the choir sounds, in my opinion this was done in poor taste.

[TRob246]

@AllThat77 - Totally agreed! You can't just decide to rework what the composer has created. Solid sound but bad decision!

[KenJ1208]

wow this was amazing

[rcharla1]

That was NICE! Some really good voices.

[anakinfan12002]

WOW. That's all i can say.

[Margaux3200]

Omigoodness! This was a wonderful rendition. Thank you so much for sharing with us. We're singing this on Sunday and I hope we do as well. And, yes, it DID move my heart.

[MommeeMadre]

Like "Amazing Grace," any variation gives me pause, but oh how beautiful it was! I think Brother Moses would have been pleased and I am sure happy to know that Jesus was proclaimed in Slovenia. Well Done!

[tibordp]

@MommeeMadre The majority of population here IS catholic :)

[MMMazing15]

The third soloist gave me chills. Straight up INCREDIBLE!

[edmonk13]

Wow that ending is completely different from what I've seen/sung. It was pretty cool, I have to admit.

[davidkiller15]

I just don't have words to describe it! Wonderful! My spirit moved inside of me!

[KibaxHinaluvr]

I got chills. Absolutely amazing.

[tibordp]

the 3rd soloist nails the dynamics oh so fckin well :D

[baldiny]

Interesting interpretation of the piece!

[rrrjjjyyy]

this was perfect and honestly i think the group of soloists in the beginning add uniqueness to the otherwise repetitive start. the solo and ending left me with the chills!!

[harmyharm]

Great job!!

[EditaNight]

a bit too fast and why would you need a group of soloists? shouldn't there be only one (one really good)?

but i did like the ending...slightly different than ours but more...haunting :D

[tibordp]

no offense but I think that the ending is EPIC - way better than yours (judging from what I saw here on Youtube) but I'd drop that solo from the ending - just the escalade and then finish on the final chord.

[RenegadeArms09]

@EditaNight No that's the tempo. Jus cuz you did it slow dont mean thats how its done.

[JustCallMeMONS7ER]

this made me happy, thank you.

[expertonmyself]

nice basses.

[Limeade04]

Very Interesting rendition of this piece...

[oplatre]

@Limeade04 yep that ending was .......different

[singerboi588]

good, but you only really need to have one person being the leader...who can swing it like a black man!!

[oplatre]

@singerboi588 O m g!!!!!!!!!!! That is hilarious!! No the song calls for a group of tenors not a soloist...lol!

[UnderEja]

Perfect!

[carrotcait]

Ooh, loved the end. Haunting.

[gntraning]

to many leaders but good all the same

[bigmanbass09]

GreaT job!!!!!!!!! to slow for my taste kind of lost the excitement!.

[tibordp]

Interesting - I deem it slightly too fast. =)