Listened 4x in a row, this is a VERY good rendition.

Fortunate to have sung this piece in High School with the Connecticut All State Choir in 1996. What a song. Our director slowed the tempo of the last few measures significantly, and when I hear a more crisp ending like this it throws me off a bit haha! All to one’s interpretation of the sheet, of course. But Anyway - this rendition is wonderful. Thank you 🙏

Bravo

Absolutely lovely voices...such beautiful tone, balance and blend. Congratulations on a wonderful presentation. Barber would be pleased with your offering.

Von Herzen vielen Dank!

We sang this at Washington University.a long time ago. Brings back great memories. Excellent performance!!!

I feel this in my chest and my eyes.

I hope that I get to sing it at Christmas this year! I'm one step closer to the doing so.

Magnifique 🙂

Lovely

Can you stretch out how far away each bulb is from another?

After a minute and some change. Had to try and figure out which one was hitting the high note. had to re-watch it again. Then I seem her. She can hit that note with ease. Good job kids.

Where did you find the sheet music for this. Ive been looking everywhere for it and I can’t find it

Hightower is such an amazing director and conductor. What an honor to work with him while at UNT

I sang this in Honor Choir summer before my senior year and it was gorgeous

How cool is it to get your song covered by an entire choir

This is actually Weep Not For Him! Such an amazing piece!!

One of my favorite pieces 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

This is extraordinary! I have followed the music of Argento for many decades, ever since I sang the Gloria from the Masque of Angels in undergraduate school. Complex sonorities, with his own way of using the piano. But it is his unerring clarity of imaginative word setting, matched now with your brilliant recording, in which I can hear each word of this fine poem. Going to post this on my FB page today. It needs to be heard!

so beautiful.... God bless you all....

My grandfather passed in 2017 and this song was the only one I remember being played at his funeral (I was young then). Listening to this song makes me feel closer to him. Thank you.

Harmony To Open The Gates of Heaven 🎶 ✨ 🙇

Best version on the internet. Superb. Thank you.

O results

“THUNDERCLOUD!”

Beautiful tone with a smaller choir. Well done

✨Incredible!!👏🏼👏🏼🙌🏼✨🕊️

🤍✝️✨So beautiful.

Very beautiful ✨🤍🕊️

Wonderful!!✨✝️👏🏼🙌🏼

Governor's School West - 2024 - 61st Session. I'll keep this bookmarked for when I'm feeling Nostalgic.

I repeat listen to this beautiful piece and superlative rendition. Thank you singers and Allen Hightower!

Glorious.

Magical! Just gorgeous voices singing challenging harmonies. I had the chance to learn and perform this music with our local chorale before the pandemic! Britton's festival has become a favorite and was the last performance I was able to participate. Thank you for sharing this sublime performance! Merry Christmas always and forever! ❤🕊️

2:14

Every time I listen to this recording I feel the same: an overwhelming with the meaning and the beauty of this song and performance. Thank you

Love this! Our high school choir sang this version many years ago 😊😊

It's a few more months since I wrote some words some three months ago. The sense of both grief and determination to do this carol - somehow - remains intact and I remain that resolute to do so! I hope that I get to do it! God willing I will!

We sang in Vermont All State Choir in 1988 ❤😊

it,s not boys though, not the same though this group are very good.

one of my all time favorite hyms I sang this for my foster mother's funeral

Marvelous!

Very nice indeed!

I've listened to the King's Singers version of this so many times I've forgotten how it sounds with a full choir. Props!

The lyrics are from George MacDonald's "Diary of an Old Soul" (the numbers indicate the date of the entry) Jan 11. I thought that I had lost thee; but, behold! Thou comest to me from the horizon low, Across the fields outspread of green and gold-- Fair carpet for thy feet to come and go. Whence I know not, or how to me thou art come!-- Not less my spirit with calm bliss doth glow, Meeting thee only thus, in nature vague and dumb. Jan 5. Thy fishes breathe but where thy waters roll; Thy birds fly but within thy airy sea; My soul breathes only in thy infinite soul; I breathe, I think, I love, I live but thee. Oh breathe, oh think,--O Love, live into me; Unworthy is my life till all divine, Till thou see in me only what is thine. Jan 6. Then shall I breathe in sweetest sharing, then Think in harmonious consort with my kin; Then shall I love well all my [earthly friends], Feel one with theirs the life my heart within. Oh brothers! sisters holy! hearts divine! Then I shall be all yours, and nothing mine-- To every human heart a mother-twin. Amen, amen…

I thought this would be for the one piece song lol

Wonderful. A proper bonnie song!!!

BEAUTIFUL !!! listen

Simply wonderful... thank you for sharing.

I love everything Thompson wrote. Lovely singing. I have used this piece as well as others of his throughout my career, which has been varied and kind of amazing.