St. Olaf Choir - Ride on King Jesus

The St. Olaf Choir singing "Ride on King Jesus" at their home concert, spring 2007. Enjoy!!

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[Hawkzie]

Sounds like they have plenty of feeling of me. what were you listening too? screaming and spread vowels doesn't mean it has feeling... sorry.

[KeithB08]

the end DEFINITELY gave me chills. the sopranos are on point

[jpate1991]

@bigsick3270 For your information this piece is sang the way the composer a black composer MOSES HOGAN wrote it. Know the facts before you bash the choir and this piece. That is all.

[tiernan87]

@Lives4Christ73 i think anton armstrong knows a thing or two about african-american spirituals. particularly hogan settings......

[tbmmoe]

Great performance by one of the best choirs in the world, with one of the best conductors. Anton Armstrong knows more, and has more ideas about performance of spirituals, than any conductor I have ever worked with. For those of you putting it down, screamola performances, with poor vocal technique, do not a great performance make - regardless of genre.

[JarrodCanHasSinging]

@Lives4Christ73 thats why its gonna suck when we perform it in the spring. no black people in our choir :/

[tiernan87]

@Lives4Christ73 the art form of the CONCERT spiritual is far different from the "black gospel" spiritual. which are both completely legitimate art forms. this setting is a CONCERT spiritual. and, dr. anton armstrong is one the most authoritative interpreters of the african-american spiritual. this interpretation is DEAD ON. there is none better. bravo, st. olaf. heard you sing this in Kalamzoo, MI last year. i had chills the whole way through.

[matteomatwallace]

The legato that everyone is so concerned with I believe is a product of the acoustically live space. That being the case, I do agree that there could be more consonants to compensate for the acoustics. Still, stylistically on point for my ear.

[VanSensei]

Whoever talked about the high note, it IS a B-flat. High C is where it crosses the line from beautiful to downright piercing.

[evifnoskcaj]

Anton Armstrong personally knew Moses Hogan, and Moses Hogan respected his interpretations very much (sometimes in favour of his own performances). The apparent dragging of the tempo is a combination of hearing an accent and a tenuto being placed on the first note of the measure, and from the echo from that drawn out note. That interpretation very tastefully adds to the emphasize of the words and helps to create better melodic phrasing. In short, shove it.

[bigsick3270]

typical white choir singing a negro spiritual the white way..smh. its accurate and and boring. no emotion or actual style.

[Grondhog]

really bad