Choose Something Like a Star

Choral setting of Robert Frost's Poem by Randall Thompson, performed by
Harvard University Choir & Murray Forbes Somerville.
Slideshow of found pics by me.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classical
• Choral
• Frost
• Thompson
• Birdsall

[theonlymusic1teach]

Thank you for this beautiful video. I am conducting this tomorrow and awoke early with it on my mind. The pictures you chose have been in my mind yet I have been unable to express. I "caught" my students singing it in the lounge and they were so caught up I was amazed- the gift of this poem and Randall Thompson's music is timeless.... and now I know some 18 year olds who love it! Mission accomplished,.....

[HDBirdsall]

@theonlymusic1teach

Thanks! This piece left a lasting impression on me when I sang it in college with the rest of Frostiana. I'm sure your performance went well!

[Jupetta]

This piece is simply top notch. There is nothing better out there to be compared to. The meaning is so deep, and the harmonies so rich. I can listen over and over and over again and still be impressed by it just as the first time I listened to it. It strikes a chord deep within my soul speaking to my deepest self. This coming from a 16 year old boy. Whenever I hear this piece I feel as if I've found something to base my life on. Whenever in harsh times I can "choose something like a star."

[Shortchecker]

Your video is cosmic. I choose something like 5 Stars for You.

[jbmanly69ify]

I was in a choir as a youth, that sung this song. The choir was unique, for it filled all the seats in the Hunstman Arena at the University of Utah. There were no spectators, only performers. The experience was so overwhelming that each time I hear this sung, it reduces me to tears, and heaves, which make it difficult for me to speak.

[BeesKnees405]

Of course, I love this song and listen to it whenever life gets hard or I lose hope, but I really like the pictures, as well. Galaxies and then trees. Beautiful. It's funny you put solar flares at "I burn, talk Fahrenheit, talk centigrade!", because it's what I always thought of when I sang this for my choir two years ago. Imagine that.

[4myenny]

I didn't understand this piece the first time I performed it. When I eventually realized that the star is a reference to God - or something greater that one has faith in - something more than our present physical state of existence that we all will become a part of after our work on earth is done - this work resonates with the true meaning of humanity, and stir one's deepest emotions.

[MsEnanus]

muy linda interpretación!

[lorenchristopher]

I first heard this piece 4 years ago while in college, after a special guest lecture the university choir came on stage and performed this. I cried my eyes out (I'm a guy and was 26 at the time, lol). So deep, so hopeful....it transports me, still, to a cosmic world of knowing everything is alright and always will be. Love love love this so much.

[DarkSk8erGurl]

@Jupetta Me and my chorus here in Franklin County, Vermont, sang this song this year. I hate it how the suprano's complain about the higher notes... This recording set my example of how the song should sound, and we did nicely but some killed it... This song strikes such a deeper meaning, something called 'hope' and 'faith.' You don't have to be religious, and you don't have to really be a follower of any theory. This song can still mean something to you no matter what. I am nearly 16.

[dewarfinch1]

Wonderful. I am captivated by the crossing harmonies. This piece has such a resonance and ambiance...

[PVcat1]

@keydet72 .........and globalists!