King'S College Choir - Samuel Barber - Agnus Dei

[decoader84]

So peaceful makes you forget for a brief time what a cruel world we live on, gives you goosebumps

[721rem]

3 ppl are fans of rap crap

[harveyrem]

Amazing! simply amazing! this calms my mind and body!

[axolotyl36]

This has to be one of the all time greats for switching all the lights off and sitting back with your eyes closed with a glass of good whisky! Oh, and you need the volume up high. The only thing (at the moment) that comes near is Arvo Part's Magnificat.

[Canuckmom1958]

If you like Barber's Adagio for Strings you'll probably like this piece too - Gregorio Allegri's "Miserere Mei". Also very moving and beautiful - sung by one of the best Boys/Mens choir ever: just type Miserere Mei Deus- King's College Choir into your search line.

Enjoy !!

[niceonemicky]

@Canuckmom1958 okay but fuck off to sweetcs2006

[outlookesp]

@niceonemicky your offensive language has no place on this site. Children could be watching this. If you have nothing to say without using offensive language then you have nothing to say.

[sweetcs2006]

Please don't curse or use profane language while watching and listening to music as Holy as this! From the Book of John - Behold the Lamb of God which Taketh away the sin of the world

[sweetcs2006]

Please don't curse during music as beautiful and Holy as this!

[sillybabybunnies]

it makes me sad as shit, but I still can't stop listening to this.

peace to the world we're in

[sweetcs2006]

Please don't use profane language while listening to music this Holy. Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. From the Book of John.

[sillybabybunnies]

@sweetcs2006

sorry jeebus! I'll fucking try not to god-damned curse anymore while listening to this beautiful-as-shit music.

thanks for the heads-up

[sweetcs2006]

Please don't curse or use profane language regarding music this Holy. Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the World. From the Book of John....

[maestroskillz]

I LOVE this. Did anyone notice the overtone at 8:04?

[syndetic]

I've been listening to the string version my whole life, but I have to say, I find this vocal version better. The human voice is an amazing and most intimate instrument. I think this is breathtaking.

[didycone]

Beautiful masterpiece. Thanks for uploading.

[goku12380]

Its strange how this piece makes me feel good, unlike the strings; so depressing but great at the same time...

[pluggedin2u]

DIVINELY INSPIRED. THE VOCAL INTERPRETATION IS JUST AS SUBLIME AS THE STRINGS INTERPRETATION. IM SURE GOD IS PLEASED WITH THIS COMPOSITION. THE WORDS ARE VERY CHRIST CENTERED AND OFFERS PRAISE AND WORSHIP UNTO THE HOLY LAMB OF GOD. RIGHTFULLY SO!

[Nexius8]

(not to start a debate) but everytime I listen to this I imagine where we have come from, have evolved to and will acheave in the future; space travel and touching the stars (thanks to Homeworld, the burning planet is from that game and the song on the sound track)

[Bruce88keys]

An enduring testament to the great of musicI

[youknowit5mil]

I want to go to heaven, humans made this beautiful piece, imagine what the Heavenly Choirs of Angels could make us feel. Gods presence alone would inspire even greater emotion than this.

[Bruce88keys]

I weep always with this piece

[LIgirl527]

I've heard a few different choirs perform this and I think Kings College does it best.

[acdcrocksinkc]

Wow! Beautiful blending of voices."Behold the Lamb of God"!

[edmundnschrag]

This is the best sound recording of this marvelous work I have ever heard.

[obeissance]

This is just achingly beautiful. How anyone can not be moved by this piece is completely beyond me. The section beginning at 6:37 makes me weep, no matter how often I hear it.

[SarahGibsonXD]

Thing brought a tear to my eye and I'm just 15. i love this music so dearly!

[albanman]

@robertiacomacci The Catholic Church did not throw out this kind of music, so stop being so melodramatic.

[robertiacomacci]

@albanman Ummmmm, melodrama? You are right it did not throw it out. It replaced it with Here I am Lord, and How Great Thou Art, Amazing Grace. Maybe the Sanctus of the Peoples Mass comes close! Spare me and stop defending the indefensible.

[Pedun42]

Whoever disliked has no soul

[grittygreenhorn]

What are the English lyrics to this song?

[nsgredler]

@grittygreenhorn It is the Agnus Dei from the Catholic Mass Ordinary.

"Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis."

"Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us" is a rough translation of the Latin.

[erscott13]

@nsgredler Nothing ordinary in this recording! Thanks for the translation. Elise

[robertiacomacci]

I can say this, imagine throwing this music out for Amazing Grace and Kumbaya and guitars? My Church the Roman Catholic Church did just that.

[albanman]

@robertiacomacci No it didn't, so stop being so dramatic.

[RonJoe223]

@northb100 On the contrary, look at the audio information for this video. It clearly says "The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge"

[SMSProductions1]

@RonJoe223 Sometimes that is wrong. On some of the bootleg Wicked Defying Gravities, it credits it as Idina Menzel even though it clearly isn't.

[szmataty]

God exists.

[babak147]

@szmataty And how did you get to that conclusion ? Remember Samuel Barber was gay, Last I checked Church and homosexuality are not good friends, I doubt it that Barber composed it while having superstition in mind.

[Pedun42]

@babak147 Remember the translation of the text? Of course not. Here it is:

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, have mercy on us.

Lamb of God, you take away the sin of the world, grant us peace.

[bidhendy]

It's so beautiful and moving because this amazing music is being made by people. No instrument but the human voice.

[Lagerweij1983]

happy!?!?!? i get so emotional... tears come out of my ears...

This is such beautyfull music...

[RonJoe223]

This isn't King's College Choir, but Trinity College Choir. Although they are both of Cambridge, they are not the same by any means.

[northb100]

@RonJoe223 I think you will find this is King's College. This choir does not have the soprano voices of the Trinity College Choir. It is still an awesome recording of a most beautiful piece of music.

[nsgredler]

@northb100 at 1:34, that's definitely a soprano voice. This is Trinity College, most likely.

[gamersuic]

@nsgredler He isn't saying that there aren't any soprano voices, he is saying that the sopranos in Trinity are better than King's and that based on the quality in this recording, it is King's.

[daadambomb93]

at 6:48 what is that in the backgroung? it sounds like a dog barking...other than that this is AMAZING!!!!!!! I could this to this for days without end and i would never get tired...simply angelic..i love it

[youknowit5mil]

this is astonishing. the name is Agnus Dei? is there any more to this song? is it on iTunes? i love it.! this one goes to favorites

[apacheslim]

@youknowit5mil

Adagio for Strings

[huntinboat]

truly awesome thank you for posting

[timpaws]

Thanks for posting though, tintins. A pleasurable listen, as always.

[timpaws]

As a Roman Catholic I'd be the first to confirm that the Anglican church have always had the leading edge over Catholic church choirs. So, not sure why tintin felt it important to label this worthy Anglican choir with a Catholic suffix then? It's like badging a VW as a Skoda. . . oh, wait a minute. . .

. . . and before anyone remarks on pre-reformation history, why didn't the Catholic church keep up the choral tradition to the same high standards then?

[choirboy526]

Westminster Cathedral Choir (catholic) is beginning supersede the Anglican choirs.

[timpaws]

I was at Midnight Mass at Westminster Cathedral last year - the Magnum Mysterium was amazing, but actually not a patch on St Paul's Cathedral Evensong last Thursday. One was a highlight of the liturgical calendar, the other a routine daily service (albeit they installed my friend as a canon during it). Can't help thinking the RC's continue to lack a certain. . . something?

[singer1924]

@timpaws As far as I know, the complete name of the Anglican Church is 'Anglican Catholic' (as opposed to 'Roman Catholic'). Some even say the Anglican are catholic, protestant and orthodox at the same time, as having kept the faith, rites and traditions from before the Church split up. Though I am a 'Roman Catholic" I can't disagree with this. Anyway the one eternal Church is where the angels sing. Good to be so close.

[daadambomb93]

1:40...wow...the soprano part...amazing...breath taking

[jentlee1]

How marvellous the Agnus Dei is, sung by this Choir.

[jentlee1]

As in The Creed, one Catholic Church, meaning universal, relating to all Christians. When I am asked which church I belong to my only reply is always Christian.

[clubcardpoints]

how high and mighty of you. Soon, church will become a euphemism for the village hall.

As realisation that god(s) do not and have never existed spreads through humanity, music like this will

[jentlee1]

I did not mean to distress anyone, just the opposite. If it matters, I am Anglican and believe in only one God for all. If you like Church Music, look at "Saint Pauls Cathedral Choir : Psalm 150" Astonishingly marvellous. Bless you.

[jennywren413]

This piece is devastatingly beautiful. King's, as always, is flawless but so expressive. Thank you so much for posting!

I feel a bit banal saying this, but you do know that this choir is Church of England, not Catholic, right? give credit where it's due :)

[taywil64]

Many Anglicans consider themselves Catholic just not "Roman" Catholic.

[jennywren413]

That's a good point, but calling them catholic could be a bit confusing to people who don't know the catholic/roman catholic distinction.

[dknj1976]

No one will ever perform this piece better. This recording has been in my top ten for years.

[rdrjames]

Reminds me in a way of the masterful Kedrov Lord's Prayer.

[Shrbarnett]

This song definitely puts you in touch with the spirit....absolutely magnificent peice of art-and the man who wrote it was pure genius.....

[mogly195]

i heard this song at s1m0ne and thout it would be the theme song xd ^^

[anthonya13]

wow. th part at 7:00 is F*CKING GLORIOUS

[bilbobagins1951]

i am sitting on the rock by the waters edge listening to the waves looking up to the sky and thinking how small we all are in the big plan of things

[alexthecasualgamer]

Is anyone else in bliss after hearing this piece of music?

[kmprman]

Actually, I feel emotionally destroyed. At the same time it is very inspiring. Barber at his finest. May he rest in peace.

[flyingfisbeefilms]

@alexthecasualgamer Very very sad...It sums all the woes of the world for me ...it's still a masterpiece of musical composition but I feel sad after listening to it.

[remyrico321]

Best Verison I have heard!!!

[breaux2000]

I agree chorally but instrumentally i have to go with the BBC Orchestra right now.

[tuboflub4081]

I don't agree with the images on this video.

For me, when I hear this song, I think of the three ranks: the clergy, the monarchy, and the peasants, all singing together for a common goal. To grant them peace.

I would really love to stage this.

[anthonya13]

i dont agree with human ranks, the only authority is nature, whether we or our "gods" believe in it or not. Btw, This piece is beautiful for voice!

[gc5484]

Hits my heart every time I hear this. Thanks for uploading.

[hwoarang256]

Superb !! 5*

[creativecraig999]

This is the best performance I've heard of this piece to date. Most choirs rush so much that the subtle changes and progressions are a blur, especially the climax. Images fit the tempo nicely as well. :-)

[Smehsplableh]

Wonderful, the most moving piece in music.

[brassspitoon]

Sorry my Dutch brother, but Kings College Cambridge England is Anglican, not Roman Catholic. However, we are very close in theology and Anglicans often use RC Mass music.

[Tintins]

Thank you Vanze. Everytime I start this piece, I get happy :)

[hiroshi2020]

@Tintins

I say this song even cheers up the depressed of the depressed. The is the Glory of God!

[VoiceofReason06]

@Tintins Every time I start this piece I get sad!! The most depressingly beautiful song ever I think.

[Vanze42]

Solitary, just as Samuel Barber was. Thank you very much for sharing such a great video.