Chicago Chamber Choir - Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye

Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye
Arranged by Alice Parker
Conducted by Timm Adams

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Johnny;
• Chicago
• Chamber
• Choir

[roselover411]

wow, diction is so clear. my only complaint is that the basses need to be a little bit louder. they're hard to hear most of the time.

[superalphageek]

So beautiful.

[melslave666]

this vid needs sum skin ed's and tattoos

[Supertomiman]

hmm sounds better with the irish accent...

[zxBLAXExz]

@geturfreakDNAaway ah, I see what you mean. and yah, listening to it again I agree

[geturfreakDNAaway]

@zxBLAXExz perhaps i was unclear in what i meant. i was meaning for the forte at "the legs with which you ruuuuuuuun!" (as the sopranos sing; but not just their line, the entire choir) to be a bit more forte. the piano was great, but in this version the forte seemed a bit... less powerful. hope that makes sense.

[zxBLAXExz]

@geturfreakDNAaway I disagree, only for the fact that a huge crescendo is written in there. If you started it any louder than they did the cresc. wouldn't have any impact. My choir sang this last year, that part gave me chills while singing when we did it right

[geturfreakDNAaway]

though at the same time i think "the legs with which you run" part should be stronger and louder because it seems like one would mourn that happening to someone close but that is just me. i guess i just view how our chamber choir sang it was, to me, the perfect dynamic interpretationof this song.

[geturfreakDNAaway]

this is the closest to how the chamber singers sang it at our spring concert and then it made me cry, as this song always does. i am too young to know that kind of love and mourning, though i have such a strong reaction to this song. its almost as if i can feel the exact emotions of someone who lost a love to war. I WILL TURN THIS INTO A RINGTONE FOR MY PHONE *insert determined face here*

[parkerct2]

Perfect.