The King's Singers - The Long Day Closes

[Hartmutvolker]

I love this song! It is away from our world

[CiCilovesuAnd4eva]

i love this!!!! my 8th grade concert is going to sing this at our winter concert (:

[wenglishsal]

As always The King Singers never disappoint... Wonderful, sublime, exquisite and any other wonderful adjectives you can think of to describe this amazing singing... *sighs* .. I am a HUGE fan and have been since the late 70's...

No matter who leaves and I miss 'em all, the sound of TKS is always fantastic...

Philip Lawson 'baritone' is leaving this year, so I hope his replacement is given as much love and support from the 'fans' as Tim and Johnny have has thus far... :0)x

[iwanabana]

is that the recording equipment or are they really tuning a bit flat?

[Nintendozor]

@iwanabana Equipment.

[TVLIII]

I have a score for this. What seems to be the question. I was in a National Mens Honor Choir and we performed this. It was Engraved bu Nicholas McKaig and from what we were told by Simon Carrington himself (who stopped by while at the convention) said this was an authentic copy note for note. Your question is what?

[iwanabana]

@TVLIII not so sure that at 2:39 the chord on re-'poses' that either stephen is singing a C or and E. i heard an E tho

[twistoftime]

Actually, @Saanitonai, the term you're describing is called a Resultant, and the combination of tones must be a perfect fifth apart. On a pipe organ, this "trick" is often used to create the illusion of larger pipes, with a 16' pitch combined with a 10 2/3' pitch to create the illusion of a 32' pitch.

The phantom tone is the result of the "beating" of those two pitches, and as they overlap, they create a tonal node exactly 1/2 of the 16; pitch, hence an octave lower. It's actually an undertone

[wmhendobill]

I saw this group when I was about 15 yrs old and the blew me (and everyone for that matter) away!! I watch some of the best arrangers in the audience in shock with the quality of singing with these guys..I'm a huge fan...

[WaKaSaWaKaSaa]

they got old...

i almost got a little shock

[nonapetr]

Amazing!

[Guichotpresident]

My god, they all look... old!!!!!!

[BenJaminTunes]

In a word.... inspirational. Absolutely inspirational.

[wenglishsal]

Absolutely wonderful.. the harmonies, song and the overall effect.... so calming and serene... ;0)x

[Saanaitonoai]

Has anyone mentioned the beautiful undertone at 2:39?

[Spudbass]

@Saanaitonoai you mean combination tone? Yeah, it's gorgeous :D

[Sandraud]

@Saanaitonoai : Could you explain that to me?

[Saanaitonoai]

@Sandraud

When two tones are exactly within one octave of each other, they "combine" to form another audible tone which is one octave below the lower one.

[Luis52692]

3:54 amazing overtone

love these guys

[Sandraud]

@Luis52692 Could you explain what you mean? Thanks.

[Nichristi]

@Sandraud A good over/undertone is really hard to accomplish. the voices must be producing sound waves that vibrate together so completely that they vibrate against eachother. It's a testament to how well they're blending and how in tune they are with eachother.

[Ancalagon4554]

Absolutely gorgeous. The King's Singers is the best all male acapella group of all time. No doubt.

[jd7x7jd]

@Ancalagon4554 try "zero8 winning the gold"

[Mark26111984]

I might be wrong (which l sincerely doubt), but at 3:56 I can hear a beauty of a low note (don't know which one). It's hard to hear but it's there. I don't know how many times I saw this vid, but this is the first time I heard it. Listen closely!!

[sampster5000]

i must agree. i heard that too.

[RyanFlynn91]

I hear it, too. I believe that Stephen sings a C2, then as the other baritone continues to sing it, he drops down to the C1 for just a moment before reaching the tonic F1. Or, it could simply be the undertone from the 7th. chord.

Either way, awesome stuff! :)

[realias]

RyanFlynn91: I'm not sure if the british system is the same as the american one, but in that case, the C Stephen is singing is a C2, also called the "low C". C1 is the double low C which practically noone in the world can pull off in a natural voice. But otherwise it's just right, C3-C2-F2 (tonic :)!

[RyanFlynn91]

Good point, haha

[iwanabana]

@realias i believe wt im hearing is a low E instead.

a C major chord - first inversion with stephen singing E

but the argument is pointless until somebody comes up with a score of arthur sullivan's arrangement.

[spiffyacey]

@iwanabana It's definitely an E he's singing - I have my copy of the score right here. It can be either be an E3 or an E2, though the E2 is in brackets for those who can sing it. Stephen here is singing both :-D

[spiffyacey]

@spiffyacey Even more surprising, he's actually singing a C. Good Lord.

[ericabranagh1992]

@Mark26111984 i heard it too!

[Urgevich]

I believe it's a real low C.

[HolyMotherofGrid]

Great arrangement!!! Any idea who made it?

[bigjdc]

Arthur Sullivan of "Gilbert and Sullivan" fame.

[HolyMotherofGrid]

Thanks for this!! It has some elements relating to barbershop harmony - seems quite specifically designed for a male quartet in any case!!