King's College Cambridge Hark the Herald Angels Sing

[TheEvans1234]

One of my favourite Christmas carols, Merry Christmas from Wales

[samshrew12]

one of the best choirs in the world

[basicaa]

Let us rejoice in all He has given us and love each other as He loves us.

[videopoul]

Perfect setting for a magnificient musical experience.

[kapost01]

We went to this concert at King's College back in 2007....A most amazing experience. Add this to the unique events in that you have to attend in your lifetime. The quality of the music and the atmosphere are unparalleled

[crazy91kim]

Ha I have sang in there with my choir ! It was beautiful :)

[lewisnix]

Mendelssohn (German Jew) was commissioned by Fr. Wesley (Anglican) to write this music for Wesley's poem. In preparation for the compostion, he studied Bach, and was so inspired by Bach's love for Jesus, that he received his Messiah. So it is a Judeo-Germanic-Anclican-Method­ist-Lutheran celebration of Jeshua, who is the Christ!

[bostonbruinsfan100]

It's 103 degrees where I am right now so I thought I'd try to get into the Christmas spirit. lol Boy did this ever do the trick! Winter and Christmas cannot get here soon enough... Thanks for sharing this wonderful song!

[news672]

@bostonbruinsfan100 Glad you enjoyed it. If you haven't already have a look at the spiritdei channel.

[SultanaBranWthBanana]

@bostonbruinsfan100 haha same here! it drives me nuts. I just want winter now!!! especially since in Choir we're starting Christmas songs. :) lets get out of the 100+ degree weather!

[ominus011]

@bostonbruinsfan100 Congrats on the Stanley Cup.

[10i19002]

merry christmas from IIT Bombay,INDIA

[carcabe]

Such an extraordinary song.  Tells the essential story of Christmas. Glory to the Risen King!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[astroidstandards09]

Beautiful and  Truley Christmas ! From an Anglo Catholic !

[fatamorrighan]

anglican music? Isnt that keeping a narrow scope? How about christian music.

[Shanniquitie]

@fatamorrighan how about not broadening it to pander to (your?) ignorance? there is fruit, there are apples, there are varieties of apples. it's in your interest to inform yourself, not drag a discipline down to your level.

[jabahl]

Wow... Wish I was there..... Thanx ...

[blondiebabs]

my home  town ,,,,,love them xxxx

[IamHelenKeller]

Thanks for the beautiful upload.

Well Done ! : )

Warm Winter Wishes! : )

[1969Ragnar]

Das sehr schöne Lied hat auch eine deutsche Version: "Hört der Engel Bote singet" es sang Erika Köth; leider ist es in Deutschland nicht so bekannt;

man hört es sehr selten.

Durch englische Filme wurde mir "Hark ye Herald Angels singing" bekannt; ich liebe es!

[legolasdbk]

The Anglicans always sing so beautifully, as do all the Protestants, because singing is all they can give the Lord, since they no longer have the Sacraments.

[brassspitoon]

@legolasdbk As one of your far-right fellow RC priests (as you claim to be eleswhere on YouTube) likes to say: B as in B**L, and S as in S**T!

[khi590]

@legolasdbk even catholics try to sing beautifully and some even succeed :-)

[DAOFB]

@legolasdbk Our Lord also loves music, not only sacraments :P

[march131958]

Anglicans sure can sing.........We are not known for our voices...Catholic that would be..Moving.

[MarshFacev2]

Is it possible for the audio to be any worse?!

[ronnyp67]

Wunderbare Musik. Traumhaft. Im Himmel kann nicht schöner gesungen werden.

[magpie4321]

Wins the Blue ribbon!

[GuruTracey]

Isn't this great? I can see us singing this when Christ returns for us. When we are removed from this earth before the great Anti-Christ has his way with the world. Seems we are well on the way now. America is being destroyed from within by evil men and the call for world government is louder every day. Soon, we will be gone, according to the fig leaves, according to the red sky as the sun sets, according to John, and Jesus. Israel has become a nation again. That is a major sign.

[z3r0t0l3r4ns]

WOW

[gimmeachallenge]

@GuruTracey with all respect, I do wish you'd simply enjoy the glory of the music here and not use this as a forum to parade your particular brand of Christianity. In other words, shut up and let us enjoy this.

[lions153]

@gimmeachallenge Could not agree with you more!!

[killer8080]

lovely song but not good quality vidro so ruined a bit.

[DarkArchon88]

pity, great song but awful sound recording =(

[AvaCamalla]

awful din :( take it off..such a lovely choir and song but this ruins it..Im holding my ears

[wutheringhamsters]

Not using the 64' bass of the pedals eh?

[picardythirds]

does anyone know which arrangment this is?

[5311ATB]

@picardythirds

I believe this arrangement to be by David Willcocks

[DoubleOhSammy]

This is one of my favourite Christmas carols. Every Christmas I come to stay with my parents, and I usually join the Choir in their church for the traditional Nine Lessons and Carols. We always do this Carol right at the end (as tradition dictates), with full harmonies. I sing the tenor part, and we always put a lot of heart into it.

It sounds absolutely fantastic and brings tears to my eyes!

[Razsak]

Nice audio quality. :/

[kentingtonallen]

I pray God shall grant this old priest one more visit b4 my last hurray!! ;-) Anglican music and liturgy have been in my heart and soul since birth. Thank you so much for keeping me going!

Fr. Kent

[GothicSamuroo]

Meant to click 'thumbs up' but hit 'thumbs down' instead. Sorry! I appreciate your sentiment and will pray for another Christmas for you!

[jettkrash]

@kentingtonallen God Bless you Fr. Kent,

I hope you made it through another year and will experience the joy of another

blessed Christmas.

[birdiedetemmerman]

@kentingtonallen For your info: this is not anglican music by origin, since composed by German composer Mendelssohn

[victurner35]

@birdiedetemmerman lighten the fuck up its christmas :L

[claseturista81]

@kentingtonallen Hello. This is a Christma`s masterpiece. Allow me to indicate that "Hark! the Herald..." is not Anglican but Methodist. It was composed by Charles Wesley in 1739.

Merry Christmas from Argentina!

[loupblanc26]

Magnificent performance! Thank you

[19571022]

Gyönyörű!! Angyalok hangján zeng ez a kórus! Köszönöm szépen!

Thanks for your angelic voice.

[organmusik777detox]

Fantasztikusan árad ez a gyönyörű karácsonyi ünnepi emelkedett hangulat ebből a csodálatos liturgikus előadásból!

Jó lett volna ott lenni közöttük!A kórus zenei hangmagasságai a mennyeket súrolja.Szerintem fantasztikus.

FANTASTISCH! No comment... :)

[realtimepower]

I would like to show you something ..

Search for a singer ***Beato Biagio***

Listening to you sometime .....

[brock999]

if you are the one who reviewed Strong's tavern----and posted it on

Cityview.....take my word for it-------you write like an idiot.

[womanindeed]

Excellent! Merry Christmas to all in Jesus name.

[CleverCAB]

Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon sa inyong lahat (Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone) from the Philippines!!!

[0zerodegrees]

JOY TO THE WORLD. PEACE ON EARTH.

[firebreathone2]

2 days to go!

[skebo32]

9 days to go!

[VivaceSubito]

I love it all year round too. My favorite composers are Mendelssohn, all the Baroque composers, & Sir David Willcocks. I also love Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony. I asked for a CD of the Italian Symphony for Christmas. And if angels can actually appear to people at Christmas I would like Mendelssohn to do so...& I want him to sing, too! I can't sing, but I do play the piano & organ, it is my favorite hobby in addition to reading. Thank you for the lovely tune, Felix Mendelssohn!

[IndustrialMuffin]

I love this carol and sing this song all year round. Ah! christmas

[arantux]

@IndustrialMuffin me too!

[Yip1982]

This is an exceptionally lovely version of the carol, and it's great to hear a pure, unexpurgated version, especially when Cleobury and King's perform it. Yet, though I'm used to Cleobury's descant to Hark!, I tend to favour and prefer the Willcocks descant, as it just seems to lift you closer to heaven.

[Yip1982]

Mendelssohn originally wrote this tune for a cantata that celebrated Gutenberg, but he felt it was unsuitable for sacred words. Only W.H. Cummings matched this tune to the text. Nevertheless, all humanity has felt so enriched by this carol. I wish we didn't need to discuss politics, but we could discuss the music - and I know the Willcocks descant is the best for this carol.

[mogemoets]

Ol' Felix was silll a jew. As regards politics----what I post is not political. It's not even racism. Or anti-semitism. It's "realism..." One cannot separate the jew from the music. Walks like a duck... Quacks like a duck... LOOKS like a ducks... SEEMS like a duck... You can be sure it's a jew...

[Lotiolenti]

What year was this in?

[Knappa22]

I prefer all the Willcocks descants too.

Cleobury, like his predecessor at Kings, wants to make his mark, but his descants will never become commonplace.

Nearly every church choir uses the "Carols for Choirs" books which have all the Willcokcs descants in them.

[Yip1982]

I really admire Cleobury's conducting style. It's as if he has built on the heritage of Willcocks and Ledger, and made the choir's sound more open. Granted, I would have preferred the Willcocks descant in this carol as well as in O Come all ye faithful, but I'm used to this particular descant even if I don't consider it my favourite for this carol.

[MassimoofItalia]

I composed a better part for the descants

[mehx0r]

Thanks for uploading! I watched it yesterday as well.

[normanholmes192]

There can be no better way to celebrate Christmas Eve ..... across the land and sea, even here in Tinsel Town, the Cambridge choristers delight and cause the shedding of a tear or two.......