Hear my prayer (O for the wings of a dove) - Mendelssohn

Second part of Felix Mendelssohn's Hear my prayer and commonly known as O for the wings of a dove.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBYYM2B41-U - first part
A change in choir compared to the first part I uploaded. Sung by 'The Choirboys'.

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• hear my prayer
• mendelssohn
• felix
• choral
• choir
• treble solo
• O for the
• wings of a dove

[ewokmusic]

beautiful hymn....well sung!!!  perhaps a little more rubato and expression by the singers would be PERFECT!!

nonetheless it was very very well sung esp with the ANGELIC voices!!!!

the soloist doesnt sound english ya, got some italian slang ( i may be wrong)

[morphthing1]

@ewokmusic  The boy singing is English.

[swazi7sista]

@morphthing1 Are you sure? Could he be Welsh? I could also be wrong, but he sounds more Welsh than English...

[morphthing1]

@swazi7sista Accordinrg to wikipedia they are all from England, Ben Inman (the soloist) is from Yorkshire.

[Sammybear513]

Do you have the first part because I can not find it?

[morphthing1]

@Sammybear513 Unless I am mistaken it is at the top of the suggestions list to the right...

[nickmeredith002]

That boy Soprano was amazing! It really didn't sound live because he was ansolutly pitch perfect!

[JuanCarlosPUCP]

Indeed Mendelssohn was one of the greatest composers of all time!

[bubblefyfe]

4.13 - captivatingly beautiful!

[moondoggyJ55]

autotune

[MrMarbles0000]

@nickmeredith002

a little *too* pitch perfect, i think. i'm pretty sure i can hear an auto-tuner in use :(

[MariposaRedimida]

I was also wondering wether the soloist was British or from where, but only because of the sound of the *r*, but I did notice some of the British don't roll their *r*s that much, for example, when Mrs. Dumbledore said: very, haha, anyways, I loved this version, I sang it in German and didn't know how beautiful it sounded in English, and loved the orchestra too, beautiful.

[magpie4321]

Attend to me, and hear me; I am restless in my complaint, and moan noisily, Because of the voice of the enemy Because of the oppression of the wicked; within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling have come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me. So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. Indeed, I would wander far off, And remain in the wilderness.

[magpie4321]

Psalm 55For they bring down trouble upon me, And in wrath they hate me.

My heart is severely pained Give ear to my prayer, O God, And do not hide Yourself from my supplication.

[IpsaPaphum]

@swazi7sista In normal speech long vowels in English are always slightly diphthongal. If you keep them purely monophthongal, as singers tend to do in classical music, and you throw in some trilled r's, you're bound to sound foreign (or Welsh)!

[escuain]

@iamnjxd

Hi, this is verse 6 of Psalm 55. This Psalm is a prayer for deliverance in the midst of great danger from evil men and this verse is an expression to the desire to escape from all those circumstances --- and be at rest. But in the context of a prayer addressed to God for deliverance through God's intervention against treacherous and murderous people.

[CSPlayerDamon]

Hey, check out Oliver Putland on this as well...He was in the Angels Choir back in 1992 or so..Even though this is amazing as well, I believe his rendition will leave you more than speechless.