Kathleen Battle - Rise Up Shepherd - Boys Chior of Harlem

[HarlemRen]

Oh wow! I can't believe that I found some footage of me. Do you know how long I was looking for some footage. Now I just need everything from the Christmas Tree lighting with Tony Bennett and footage with the great Lena Horne.

[1finch2finch]

It's a pity about the Boys Choir of Harlem. The group had the power to do such good for the children of the area and to produce such a lovely sound, as evidenced here. Wonderful performance all around.

[hfsaadiq]

Thanks for the post.!! A real treat. What year was this?

[JeeRant]

I'm not sure if you want to marry Kathy Battle.

[dollladie]

Beautiful arrangement. Thank you!

[Solidrock57]

Inspirational!

[eileenfleming]

On Thanksgiving Day 2009, this little one began listening and singing along with Bob Dylan's "Christmas in The Heat" CD daily.

On CHRISTmas Day 2009, all this little one has wanted to play/listen and sing to is Kathleen BATTLE's CD: "A Christmas Celebration" which features the Harlem Boy's Choir.

With great GRATITUDE-which is the highest expression of LOVE-this little one THANKS 'footcheck' for posting this!

xoxe,

WeAreWideAwake-which is a dot-organism!

[eileenfleming]

OPS!

I meant to write: "Christmas in The Heart" NOT "Christmas in The Heat"

But as i am a flaming Irish American dissident who has been to the so called 'holy land' 7 times since 2005-i think NO mistake @ all.

[molinmusic]

Gorgeous arrangement, pure inspiration!

[KikiSazuki]

I can only pray that when the Chariot comes for me..an angelic voice such as Cathy's can be heard in the distance.......5 Stars indeed!

[anoldnightengale]

I think I would rather listen to Kathleen sing than anyone else I can think of, her voice is so sweete, pure, and chrystaline!

Her stage presence is warm and natural as well! What an angel!

I haven't seen her live for 10 years or more, what an experience.

[capostatus64]

beautiful

[WESTFREE2]

I love Ms. Battle, but it is the choir that moves me to tears. Something about the unison of voices surrendering to hope that will summon the tear ducts to work overtime.

[BumperBabe711]

Totally agree with you... :)

[capostatus64]

that's an interesting interpretation of the sound of united voices. Thanks

[PinkAndBrownLover]

One of the Greatest Performances Ever!

Like to watch this video - especially over the holidays.

I love Kathleen Battle.

[jrak]

awesome.

[omixzoplex]

the experience of being in this choir was amazing, had alot of good times and some bad but mostly remmember humming and making jokes at teachers!!

[marcdaddy33]

Beautiful performance by both the choir and Kthleen Battle.

[brownpuzzy]

Beautiful

[marcdaddy33]

nice name... LOL

[JLI1976]

That was my very first perfomance with the Choir. It was so overwhelming to see so many of my former choir mates, some of whom are no longer with us. This is incredible. I can appreciate much more now.

[omixzoplex]

who is jli1976?, i feel the same way watching this footage, its floyd (the artist kid) hit me back if you can! you see chris and austin looking all crazy!! lol

[Jurneyman2]

Such passion and power with softness of emotion I love it. I am an x London Taxi driver who after work one night several years ago turned on the tv and saw the last ten fifteen minutes of a program about an american black soprano it was in black and white and I think it was from the 50/60 and she was about 19 they refused her a concert at Carnigie hall so she gave it in the open does anybody know who she was as I would love to obtain some of her recordings:)

[piustwelfth]

To Jurneyman2,

The singer you saw is the great Marian Anderson. She was a world class Black American classical singer when America was still mired in racial discrimination.

The incident occurred in the 1930s when she was denied the use of Constitution Hall. Mrs. Roosevelt responded by suggesting a concert at the Lincoln Memorial which drew a huge crowd.

There are many excellent recordings on cd. I especially love her recordings of "Deep River" and "My Lord, What A Morning!".

[piustwelfth]

To Jurneyman2,

I forgot to mention that Marian Anderson possessed a remarkable contralto voice. She also had the amazing ability to transmit deep feeling & emotion thru her singing. You can probably find some examples of her singing on this site.

[MaryamS1972]

That was a beauuutiful renditon, so clean... Kathleen Battle is so beautiful and feminine, and the young shepherds... :)... I give praise for our mothers and fathers

- a PROUD sister

[classyteacherdiva]

She is a true diva indeed! I had the pleasure of seeing her in concert at Carnegie Hall several years ago. She is worth every cent. Unfornately, I arrived a half hour late, but she gave a 30 minute encore! She appreciates her fans. I would go to China to see her!

[paulostroff99]

Makes me think of the incomparable Paul Robeson,and the dirty deal given him by his government of that day!

[gemalsm]

Being one of the young men in the video, I haven't seen this performance in close to 20 years. Brought back many memories. Thank you for posting.

[D9l3tt]

Hey! You were in the choir? You sound great!

[gemalsm]

Thank you but Ms. Battle was fantastic. It's hard to sound bad backing her up...

[D9l3tt]

Hey - what are your great memories about being in the choir? Was this a highlight for you? What was Mehta like? Do you still sing?

Cheers!

[gemalsm]

Too many great memories to count. Basically traveling around the world from age 14-18. I do remember Ms. Battle was one of the nicest celebraties we met so this performance was definitely a highlight. Gave up singing after graduating from the Choir. I'm an IT geek now...

[majoliemoi]

Are you still in Harlem? I live in Harlem and work as a journalist; I would LOVE to interview you---the Choir has had some rocky times and I'd like to get your opinion, and to just get down some of your experiences.

[D9l3tt]

Thank you so much for posting! Is there any way that you could post from the very beginning of this piece?, because the sound she gets on those opening solo notes is sublime. It would be much appreciated, thanks!

[tigerhernia]

I love these boys.

[TheAleph74]

Extremely moving. Kathleen doesn't only look exquisitely beautiful but her voice matches her physical beauty of course.