Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho

[lemonarizonatea]

This is fantastic. Those tenors were so kick-ass I had to listen twice before I caught the descant. And the tempo is perfect. :)

[codot5678]

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr­rrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[adriandedeful]

I think this might be Virginia Honors Choir 2006. I'm not sure though. =/

[24BaneDarth]

It's awesome but the tempos are screwy throughout.. there generally too fast

[ChocolateCaliente062]

@24BaneDarth The tempos aren't "too fast." Who are YOU to say that the conductor of an all-state choir, someone who has gone through 8 years of college, has made a mistake in their interpretation. When YOU conduct this piece, take it at whatever tempo YOU like. But until then, don't criticize the decisions of respectable people.

[ZimVader0017]

My choir director/music teacher said that we are going to sing this song in my High School Chamber Choir, which is just a fraction of 24 people from 115 people that are in the Complete Choir. So we have to learn the same songs as the big choir as well as at least 6-7 extra ones that we sing in chamber, including 3 of Moses Hogan's songs. *sigh* We have alot of work to do.

[hayhayapple11]

@ZimVader0017 im in middle school and we are singing this for our concert

[ZimVader0017]

@hayhayapple11 Cool, good luck! :D I showed this to my friends who are in the choir too and this was their reaction: O_O woah....those are some high notes....

LOL

[MsTaylorswiftlover]

I'm learning this in choir

[sportsfrieker1]

WOW! Kicked my high schools butt!

[Bakkabunny]

My choirs lerarning it too, its really cool xD

[AadenIgnition]

The girls' voices are haunting. 

[lottialolli]

My choir is learning how to sing this song, teacher let us listen to the song and every one loved it.

[ThezAtSUU]

My money is on the bet that Moses Hogan was a tenor. Because he gave the most epic line to the tenors "Joshuafitthebattlefitthebattl­eofJericho, Joshuafitthebattlefitthebattle­ofJericho!"

[thetrulyricist]

1:38-1:40... in love with the basses. They sound soooo powerful!!!

[kgartly]

AMAZING!!!! It makes my skin tingle, the harmony is just incredible!

I'm just speechless!

[sakuramizu122]

Oh. My. God. This is AMAZING. My middle school choir did this, but it was completely male. Still though. HOLY CRAP. It was like POP then drop then POP then glide. SMOOTH

[TurboCute3000]

1:17 Is one of the catchiest sounds I've ever heard XD

and the walls come a tumblin' dooown~ <3

[72DBig]

one of the bests versions on youtube. It had great dynamics in building to the end. All little more diction on the T's would help it have a better style. All the ones I heard have the same problem. Great balance. I hope our choir can sound like this at state contest in two weeks

[Bigstucci]

I like the vid but personally i think in this version its rushed way too much and you never hear the Bass 2

[MrFiendmummy]

My class is doin' this one now..But we have like..5 guys total, so there's not a bass. Not anymore.

[dewthedew072]

i have goose bumps. simply amazing. rock on tenors in the middle section!

[mauwmauwjo]

geniaal



[NJonaslover246]

This arrangement is amazing!

Our version we are doing is a lot...calmer. But I love this version!

[Transformers2Fan1]

I remember singing two different versions of this song. I think this one was in my sixth-grade choir. It's better than the one my high-school choir sang.

Along with Morning Star and Shalom (a Hebrew song), I remember this song for a LONG time.

[Bl00dyst0ner]

Thats really awesome!! i would say: "Joshua did some Metal in Jericho"-its very progressive.

Great arangement!

I dont mind if some G is missing. even the fades are really cool. way too much, but its a good idea.

[singerboi588]

also...where were the Bass II's? I did not hear their low G at the end...nor in any of the beginning on the F

[singerboi588]

way too much "sh" on joshua

[ChezMaestro]

Sounds like too many voices...especially in the tenor feature....more blending...sounds like and army of tenors singing that part.

[dewthedew072]

@ChezMaestro an ARMY of tenors? the song is called the BATTLE of Jericho. i like the sound and i think its done for a reason

[mrhugo1231]

I sang this song with my choir in 2009, but this one sounds better than our concert, it has more accent than what we had

[arnorsoldier]

that is really high for the tenor 1s on that one section

[darkinetix]

Men: Don't strain. It's urgent @1:20 but unnecessary to scream/shout/strain.

@1:15 Make the walls tumble by constructing them vocally on the top notes (and the *WALLS*) and hitting all the notes of this very important descent

Some of those notes around the climax @1:40 are being held too long and too straight-tone. Needs vibrato and dynamics. The song (wall) never truly comes doooowwwnnnn. (too fast @1:49)

Other than that, this is one of the better interpretations of this piece on Youtube.

[rlt08d]

This the Florida All-State recording. 2000 maybe?

[beaulolp]

We did too Saddalim :) We are singing this song but a simplified version. Same lyrics though haha.

[VaunTV]

my High school choir is singing this Thursday at out spring choir

[tdog0944]

i sang tenor 1 for this in the 2009 music in the parks competition in missouri. we won first overall first for our devision and had a superior rating... we got a 98.

[locokoko2493]

This doesn't sound like a TMEA all-state choir...

[Cieltsuki]

@locokoko2493 Never said it was TMEA :)

[matt22nesloney]

@Cieltsuki Go TMEA!

[locokoko2493]

This is amazing! Love it :)

[Jackiedog05]

Moses Hogan is so awesome. He guest-conducted a song at the Florida All-State Women's Choir and it was so much fun!

[LordEdwinem]

nicely done! I love it! the best part starts at 1:19.

We're singing this with our choir. I'M SO PUMPED!!!

[rachelmarie93]

we sang this last year. it was so much fun! :]

[johneuelcook]

This is the Georgia All-State choir from about 10 years ago. My brother was in this group and Moses Hogan conducted. Amazing performance.

[sexyking19]

this is not the GMEA All State Choir-this is the Texas MEA from like 2005 (i think thats the year) but my teacher use this recording for us aand their conductor for that year was Jo-Michael Scheibe

[narmolanya1]

@sexyking19 i think the year was 2007 but it was for TMEA. My school is singing this arr. for UIL.

[rachelmarie93]

thats so cool that they actually got moses hogan to direct it for them :]

[veelogs]

my HS choir sang this years ago, and i LOVE it still.

[lovealwaysLudy]

this is amazing!

we're doing the same songg.

we sound good. but it needs workk.

but we dont perform until october..

so we'll get there(:

[TenorZachB]

This sounds like an All State Choir. Not texas though.

[TenorZachB]

Wait. It is Texas. I found out! :)

[lporec4life]

holy crap. for an all-state choir this is an amazingly well done piece. great job.

[kaittyewebbley]

It's extremely well done by this Choir and your right Brittany Louise that's the tempo of the song.. although doing this piece that fast it's pretty easy to rush it...but if you sit back with the metronome they keep tempo all through out.

[Saddalim]

we've learnt another version of joshua with my choir, but this arrangement is simply amazing. it's a must. of course the performance makes a piece fantastic, and this performance is really fantastic.

[glennandshirley]

it really is. its an all-state choir

[pasta4life325]

We're learning this now! I'm so excited! My teacher described it as a gospel rap like haha ^_^ yay altos!

[ShonHizzle]

Oh thank God! We've been working on this piece for about two weeks and its been kind of iffy sitting back in the Bass section. After hearing this I know it sounds fantastic. We are finally going through a capella and its sounding better. Still need much work for us to sound that good, but our performance is Tuesday... I'll post a video of it up, hopefully Wednesday. Wish us luck, please!

[glennandshirley]

i really do hope that you guys do well. this song has go to be so fun to sing. i've never had the chance to but it's still one of my favorite pieces.

[Saddalim]

subscribed. i want to be the first who'll hear that ;-)

[glennandshirley]

its not crazy rushing through the whole thing but it definately picks up pace. its not necessarily bad for the piece but try directing it with this recording and you can definately feel it. or just start it again after you listen to the whole thing

[mysteryman2580]

it doesn't sound rushed, the tempos from the men and women are just a wee bit off.

[Osmc7]

I just love it a lot. I love the way the sing and i like it fast as they do... i am so excited when i hear this record.

[BrittanyLouise16]

The song is supposed to be sang at that tempo for everyone who says the choir rushes.... they aren't... that's the tempo it's set for...

Personally I think this choir did an amazing job with the arrangement!

[wwmsgal]

my school is singing this

[GormSim]

S-l-o-w it down.

Meh, everyone's gone and gotten them in some kinda rush. Oh, well.

[sexyking19]

yea i jst check cause i sang this my senior year in New Mexico All State 2007 and we did pretty good we were told by our conductor that we was the best choir she ever heard sing this song and she remembers when Moses Hogan came out with his choir singing this arrangement that he made himself during a choir symphosium...and Texas All State conductor was Jo-Michael Scheibe that year

[sexyking19]

damn damn dis is Texas All State...i forgot what year but this is Texas i think this was 2004 not really sure

[abritton5]

I'm not sure if this is the same recording, but I know that the Florida All-State choir did this version in 2006.

[glennandshirley]

it could be because the description said it was an all state choir

[000nour000]

haha wow never heard this version before lol who's arrangment is it?

[glennandshirley]

it's Moses Hogan

[derajrambo]

They have great enunciation and expression.

[Lookn4Laughs2008]

We sang this song in my high school choir but there was only about 85 of us but we still sounded amazing or at least the judges thought so at State Festival

[glennandshirley]

yeah, im pretty sure that any choir that can do this is pretty amazing. i want to sing so bad but i would hate it if it was bad. this choir is good but they rush pretty bad. listen to it and then start it again and its pretty obvious. its still my favorite choir song.

[Hendi32]

that is absolutely amazing... i was in a choir of about 500 and we sang this is china! it is such a great song!!

[glennandshirley]

that would've been really neat with that many people. I haven't ever sang it but i really want to. My choir right now is singing Elijah Rock