In my humble opinion arguably the finest male chorus live recording ever put on tape/digital media. Tone, phrasing, arrangement, everything pretty much perfect but the overriding thing is the impact of the emotional delivery of these men- it’s so powerful. A very special piece of choral work and very hard to match anywhere.
So blessed that I was able to be a part of this choir and this performance and let the Spirit of our Lord touch ears and hearts even today. One of the greatest experiences of my life.
It was the Priesthood Session. The conductor at the time, Rosalind Hall, led the Men's Chorus and the Concert Choir. So most of the people in this group were from her choirs. She did most of our rehearsal and teaching of this song. We had a small number of men from Dr. Staheli's University Singers with us also. This was Dr. Staheli's arrangement, so, logically, he led the group in singing. However, since Sister Hall was a woman, she wasn't invited to even come to the Conference Center to hear us live. She later said she had to listen from the back of her stake center overflow and she was so proud of us.
Hank Smith and John Bytheway suggested that we listen to this powerful plea for God to stay by our side from 2 Nephi 4. My heart and soul are encompassed by the depth that these young men performed 9 years ago. I pray that they have continued on in their lives true, faithful, believing, and sharing the sacredness of the importance of having our Lord be present in all that they do and are. President Nelson's prophetic that we will not be able to stand without an active abiding faith and the constant companionship of The Holy Ghosts' guidance for protection, he is the very best friend one could ever have, I know this to be true, for sure. President Nelson also said that being a comfortable Christian as was in the past doesn't work for the time in which we now live. So many disruptive oppositions are being imposed on the human mind. Thank you for this powerful music.
Easily one of the most beautiful mens choir pieces i’ve ever heard. And they happen to be singing an adaptation one of the most powerful chapters in the Book of Mormon. Doesn’t get much better than this.
I play this song at least 5 times everyday, especially in the morning and before sleep. Thank you for reminding me to be thankful to my God everyday. I love this choir.
Discovered this at the invitation of Hank Smith and John Bytheway in their podcast “Follow Him”. What a great song! I had never heard this, and it is powerful. I love the Lord as well, and am so grateful for His Redeeming Love!
I remember watching this live when it was broadcast. It is the only time a choir left me in awe. I was shocked at how good this was. Incredible performance that is, to this day, the best I have ever heard.
Two things come into my mind as I hear this piece of spiritual manna from heaven: 1 - I literally thank God for my beloved mom, who taught me to appreciate good and uplifting music. Never do I hear beautiful music without saying a silent prayer of gratitude for her wisdom. 2 - I thank my Heavenly Father for His Son, Jesus Christ, for without Christ there is simply no goodness and beauty, and therefore no reason to sing. I owe you both, everything. Thank you.
This video has just over half a million views... and I'm willing to bet I've personally accounted for at least 100K of those! Such a beautiful arrangement and extremely talented choir.
That last cord was ethereal!! I love this sooo muuuchhh!!!! It’s so real. If I was the one making the part where they sing about being in a world of sin, I would make it less intense because I feel sad about it so it would be a particularly gentle part. Yeah I love the Lord too and I have been sad about being in this world my whole life. I miss Him from premortal life even though I don’t remember.
Who in the world would unlike this performance? Ther are 47 Thumbs Down. Rediculous. I was in the building for this very performance. Seeing it on youtube is nothing like being there live. Words cannot describe how wonderful it was.
I agree. I too was there, and I've never experienced anything like it. At the end, it's like we were all speechless. I turned to my friend (he and I have sung together multiple times, and know music) after about a minute and asked him, "What just happened?" It was incredibly powerful!
You can find anything good here on RUclips or anywhere else for that matter and always--always--find people who simply do not, cannot, or refuse to see/hear/taste that which is truly good. I, too, am with you. It is just a mystery to me why anyone would thumbs down this music, this arrangement, this choir, this performance, this power, and this message. Unfathomable.
@@charlotteadamson638 It was performed in the Conference Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in downtown Salt Lake City on March 31, 2007, as the closing number at the priesthood session of the Church's April 2007 General Conference. You can download at no charge the album that contains the audio for this recording at setapartalbum.byu.edu/
I was at a Priesthood Session of General Conference where after the closing prayer they sang this. The whole audience in the Stake Center I was at stopped in their tracks to listen to this. It is so beautiful and meaningful.
Listening to this beautiful choir I can remember my late mother who loved hearing the melody of this hymn and loved even more seeing and hearing this beautiful choir sing. It seems like I can hear her: They sing so beautifully, right my son?!?! Your praise to the Lord Jesus is a balm for our hearts! Please, never stop praising the Lord because that is what your heavenly father chose you for!
I love this hymn "I Love the Lord." I believe in God and He helps to sustain me each day. Through my prayers andmy human interactions I try to show people the love of God. Thank you so much BYU Mens Choruses. Sincerely, Robert S. J. Hu November 23, 2018. Special thank you to Dan Sage and others who made this vid.
I wish after the tabernacle choir or byu choir sing we just give like a 5 minute standing ovation like the churches choirs are astounding!! Thank the LORD for the restoration!!!
Honesty this is one song that I can’t get over, even as an exmormon. It is the haunting and rhythmic melody that makes my heart feel light. This song and “Savior, redeemer of my soul.” Are two of the best songs Mormons have produced.
these words are so inspiring they remind me of how my low moments in life he is still there listening and he is always there. That is a peace that is indescribable.
What a beautiful hymn and sung with such spiritual power! Whenever this comes up in my feed, I listen to it and feel so thankful for my Savior and His atoning sacrifice for me and for each of us.
When I here these men sing this song, it confirms to me that I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints and it's the Lord's Church and it's true!
I am just speechless and teary eyed listening to this choir. Such a beautiful hymn and so well performed. All of you sang from your heart with perfection. Thank you so much and God bless you all!
Please plan to come to Kenya some day. I hope to watch you live here in Kenya or wherever I will be able to catch you, and maybe sing with you some day. God bless you. you bless me.
This tune is part of the great composer Jean Sibelius "Finlandia" .Telling the story of Finlands struggle against an invader who wanted to take our freedom.Please listen to the whole konsert.feel the thunder out in the world,the coming of the enemies,the fighting and the sighing from a country in despair and THEN listen carefully to the softer music when you can imagine an army in torn uniforms kneeling in the battlefield praying for help from Above and THEN comes this beatyful tune with comfort and promise of help. You will never forget this tune after that!! The original words are freely translated : O,Finland see Your morning light is rising You see the hostile night is fading out The night is gone again You freely breathe Your morning's braking o Fatherland. We got a country out of many countries It is our home it is our heart so near Here are our roots here our hands are meeting This barren country so dear to us!
My peace destroyed, my enemies previal. So much truth in this sentence. An the part about being in someone's thrall. 👌 The harmony in the whole chorus, perfection.
"For straight is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life and salvation; and few there be who enter therein." = if not sure which way is right, at least the majority will inadvertently give you clues ;)
That is the way it should be all should lean on and press into the word of God woe to them that disregard God in disrespect and insult the very nature of his ways.
This is absolutely beautiful! Both the words (adapted from the great psalm) and the arrangement of the familiar hymn and the masterful performance of these young men. Incredibly touching and inspirational. At what occasion was this performed?
Só Deus sabe o que vai no coração de cada um. Não cabe ao homem julgar. Deus não salva igrejas. Salva pessoas que tem no coração o verdadeiro amor dado por ele!
Isso é verdade, não podemos negar que esse coral é maravilhoso, provavelmente se dedicam muito ao que fazem. Só Deus mesmo que sabe o que se passa no coração de cada um..
Do the subtitles have to be so big? It takes some pleasure away. You hardly need subtitles anyway - their pronunciation is perfect - which is no small feat for a choir. Just fabulous!
I used to not be a fan of subtitles; however, being that I am more of a visual learner/receiver, the visual texts assist me in focusing more on the message of the lyrics. You are so right that their pronunciation is very clear.
In my humble opinion arguably the finest male chorus live recording ever put on tape/digital media. Tone, phrasing, arrangement, everything pretty much perfect but the overriding thing is the impact of the emotional delivery of these men- it’s so powerful. A very special piece of choral work and very hard to match anywhere.
I was there. It was my greatest honor to sing in that priesthood session.
I couldn’t agree more! The trump of angels!
@@gumwap1 this song is beautiful, it has brought joy to me to hear it. Thank you.
100% agree, without question. Simply the best!!!
I couldn't agree more.
So blessed that I was able to be a part of this choir and this performance and let the Spirit of our Lord touch ears and hearts even today. One of the greatest experiences of my life.
Thank you!
Yes, Thank you! Which session of General Conference was this?
It was the Priesthood Session. The conductor at the time, Rosalind Hall, led the Men's Chorus and the Concert Choir. So most of the people in this group were from her choirs. She did most of our rehearsal and teaching of this song. We had a small number of men from Dr. Staheli's University Singers with us also. This was Dr. Staheli's arrangement, so, logically, he led the group in singing.
However, since Sister Hall was a woman, she wasn't invited to even come to the Conference Center to hear us live. She later said she had to listen from the back of her stake center overflow and she was so proud of us.
Thank you I am in tears
Hank Smith and John Bytheway suggested that we listen to this powerful plea for God to stay by our side from 2 Nephi 4. My heart and soul are encompassed by the depth that these young men performed 9 years ago. I pray that they have continued on in their lives true, faithful, believing, and sharing the sacredness of the importance of having our Lord be present in all that they do and are.
President Nelson's prophetic that we will not be able to stand without an active abiding faith and the constant companionship of The Holy Ghosts' guidance for protection, he is the very best friend one could ever have, I know this to be true, for sure.
President Nelson also said that being a comfortable Christian as was in the past doesn't work for the time in which we now live. So many disruptive oppositions are being imposed on the human mind.
Thank you for this powerful music.
Contrabass. Intonation. Bones vibrating. Real music. Every voice matters. Gods Ears must be pleased :)
Easily one of the most beautiful mens choir pieces i’ve ever heard. And they happen to be singing an adaptation one of the most powerful chapters in the Book of Mormon. Doesn’t get much better than this.
I play this song at least 5 times everyday, especially in the morning and before sleep. Thank you for reminding me to be thankful to my God everyday. I love this choir.
do you still listen to it even after all this time
His Word [s] have become "delicious" to you, as Alma promises all of us in 32:28.
Beautiful and inspired. I'm so thankful that this is still available to view and hear. We still need to hear this again in today's world.
Discovered this at the invitation of Hank Smith and John Bytheway in their podcast “Follow Him”. What a great song! I had never heard this, and it is powerful. I love the Lord as well, and am so grateful for His Redeeming Love!
I remember watching this live when it was broadcast. It is the only time a choir left me in awe. I was shocked at how good this was. Incredible performance that is, to this day, the best I have ever heard.
I played this video for my beginning men's chorus (mostly 9th graders). Most of them were in tears by the end of the piece. Absolutely beautiful.
You are very wise to choose such a beautiful and touching piece. Crying because beauty touches your soul is what real men do.
You gave your ninth graders the greatest gift of all...This they will remember for the rest of their Iives.❤
Two things come into my mind as I hear this piece of spiritual manna from heaven:
1 - I literally thank God for my beloved mom, who taught me to appreciate good and uplifting music. Never do I hear beautiful music without saying a silent prayer of gratitude for her wisdom.
2 - I thank my Heavenly Father for His Son, Jesus Christ, for without Christ there is simply no goodness and beauty, and therefore no reason to sing. I owe you both, everything. Thank you.
Spiritual manna from heaven! The reason to sing!
I am a member of the LDS church..yet I groan..But through the Love of my Savior..I will stay strong..Awake of my Soul
Rev. Myrtle Ethel Jackson was my godmother! Oh, how I miss 😢 😔 ❤️ her so!!!
This video has just over half a million views... and I'm willing to bet I've personally accounted for at least 100K of those! Such a beautiful arrangement and extremely talented choir.
That last cord was ethereal!!
I love this sooo muuuchhh!!!! It’s so real.
If I was the one making the part where they sing about being in a world of sin, I would make it less intense because I feel sad about it so it would be a particularly gentle part.
Yeah I love the Lord too and I have been sad about being in this world my whole life. I miss Him from premortal life even though I don’t remember.
This is just so stunning! Every voice as one! Masterful!
Who in the world would unlike this performance? Ther are 47 Thumbs Down. Rediculous.
I was in the building for this very performance. Seeing it on youtube is nothing like being there live. Words cannot describe how wonderful it was.
I agree. I too was there, and I've never experienced anything like it. At the end, it's like we were all speechless. I turned to my friend (he and I have sung together multiple times, and know music) after about a minute and asked him, "What just happened?" It was incredibly powerful!
You can find anything good here on RUclips or anywhere else for that matter and always--always--find people who simply do not, cannot, or refuse to see/hear/taste that which is truly good. I, too, am with you. It is just a mystery to me why anyone would thumbs down this music, this arrangement, this choir, this performance, this power, and this message. Unfathomable.
@@jefejivaro where was this performed?
@@charlotteadamson638 It was performed in the Conference Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in downtown Salt Lake City on March 31, 2007, as the closing number at the priesthood session of the Church's April 2007 General Conference. You can download at no charge the album that contains the audio for this recording at setapartalbum.byu.edu/
Truly magical. These young men sing from their heart felt testimonies as well as their beautiful voices.
Again listening to this MASTERPIECE!
I was at a Priesthood Session of General Conference where after the closing prayer they sang this. The whole audience in the Stake Center I was at stopped in their tracks to listen to this. It is so beautiful and meaningful.
Best male chorus I've ever heard. Incredibly uplifting.
Listening to this beautiful choir I can remember my late mother who loved hearing the melody of this hymn and loved even more seeing and hearing this beautiful choir sing. It seems like I can hear her: They sing so beautifully, right my son?!?! Your praise to the Lord Jesus is a balm for our hearts! Please, never stop praising the Lord because that is what your heavenly father chose you for!
I love this hymn "I Love the Lord." I believe in God and He helps to sustain me each day. Through my prayers andmy human interactions I try to show people the love of God. Thank you so much BYU Mens Choruses. Sincerely, Robert S. J. Hu November 23, 2018. Special thank you to Dan Sage and others who made this vid.
Thank Jean Sibelius, a Finnish composer who made this piece 'Finlandia'.
Aloha to you Juhotikka96684. Thanks for informing of Jean Sibelius's contribution to "Finlandia." Robert Hu Sept. 11, 2023.
I wish after the tabernacle choir or byu choir sing we just give like a 5 minute standing ovation like the churches choirs are astounding!! Thank the LORD for the restoration!!!
Very good voice ever hear, God bless and bring peace of the world Amen,
I love it! I love how they adapted Nephi's words as a hymn. I've always loved Nephi's psalm, wonderful job!
Honesty this is one song that I can’t get over, even as an exmormon. It is the haunting and rhythmic melody that makes my heart feel light.
This song and “Savior, redeemer of my soul.” Are two of the best songs Mormons have produced.
Hopefully one day you will decide to be an ex-exMormon .... sending you love brother.
@@lukehales5023 and sing praise to the man who raped a 14 year old and cheated on his wife? No thank you.
Good luck on your faith journy!
@@willis873 thank you!!!
I start every day listening to this song. Beautiful song and message.
powerful, exactly what I need to repent daily of my sins!
We sang this for our stake conference … i think our director got this exact arrangement. It’s just beautiful and I love that I can listen to it again.
these words are so inspiring they remind me of how my low moments in life he is still there listening and he is always there. That is a peace that is indescribable.
Thank you John Tanner and Ronald Staheli for your consecrated talents to make this masterpiece a reality! And thanks to the singers as well!
Thank you…. All glory to Jesus Christ the only Son of God… now and forever.
I have never heard so many voices sing with such feeling as here. They really move me...
What a beautiful hymn and sung with such spiritual power! Whenever this comes up in my feed, I listen to it and feel so thankful for my Savior and His atoning sacrifice for me and for each of us.
Goosebumps and tears!!! Mmm Mmm Mmm
I listen to this song every morning to prepare for the day, reminding me of the choices to be faced. Brings peace to my soul. I do love the Lord!
Beautiful -- touched me deep to the soul. Thank you for sharing~
GOD BLESS U SIS
When I here these men sing this song, it confirms to me that I belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints and it's the Lord's Church and it's true!
Cooper Blueshoe Amen
Amen
Very Spiritual. I have listened to this beautiful performance many many times.
What a spirit touching song, Beautifully done!!!!
Again I am listening to this master piece.
This is the best of the best
I find peace in this song.." I love the Lord".
Thank you..GBU.
What a wonderful message to hear so soon after the death of my mom
This overshadows the world news of the day by helping me focus on what Samuel Johnson called "last things."
So much comfort in these words ❤️❤️
I am just speechless and teary eyed listening to this choir. Such a beautiful hymn and so well performed. All of you sang from your heart with perfection. Thank you so much and God bless you all!
perfeita harmonia. 👏♡♪♪
GOD BLESS U SIS
Please plan to come to Kenya some day. I hope to watch you live here in Kenya or wherever I will be able to catch you, and maybe sing with you some day. God bless you. you bless me.
GOD BLESS U SIS
This tune is part of the great composer Jean Sibelius "Finlandia" .Telling the story of Finlands struggle against an invader who wanted to take our freedom.Please listen to the whole konsert.feel the thunder out in the world,the coming of the enemies,the fighting and the sighing from a country in despair and THEN listen carefully to the softer music when you can imagine an army in torn uniforms kneeling in the battlefield praying for help from Above and THEN comes this beatyful tune with comfort and promise of help. You will never forget this tune after that!!
The original words are freely translated :
O,Finland see Your morning light is rising
You see the hostile night is fading out
The night is gone again You freely breathe
Your morning's braking o Fatherland.
We got a country out of many countries
It is our home it is our heart so near
Here are our roots here our hands are meeting
This barren country so dear to us!
Yes, but this is a "contrafactum" (same melodia and different text). In this case take the text of a mormon book Psalm.
Quite interesting
The words of this song come from this chapter in The Book of Mormon: www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/4?lang=eng
beautiful singing.. good performance !
it's like angels singing and praising God. so beautiful
My peace destroyed, my enemies previal. So much truth in this sentence. An the part about being in someone's thrall. 👌 The harmony in the whole chorus, perfection.
Impressionante a harmonia........
'Oh sinful man am I. Who shall deliver me out of this body of death? I thank God,through Jesus Christ our Lord...'
one of my favorites
I love all their performances. Isn't this to the tune of "be still my soul"?
+TIFFANY PERSAUD Yes it is.
GOD BLESS U SIS
More accurately, from "Finlandia" by Sibelius
Yes, arranged by Ronald Staheli.
Justin Biber...45 million views. The undisputably most miraculous, amazing, and undeniably inspired of God music, 2,553
"For straight is the gate, and narrow is the way that leadeth unto life and salvation; and few there be who enter therein." = if not sure which way is right, at least the majority will inadvertently give you clues ;)
Especially when they sing" going home" it's just beautiful
Simply beautiful beyond anything...
Wow. Can't find the right words. Men's choruses rock!
Господь, благодарю Тебя за эту красоту! Лишь в Тебе успокоится душа моя!
Beautiful words and harmony- such a powerful testimony
Absolutely amazing in every way. So inspiring.
WOW QUE HERMOSO ARREGLO! me llegó mucho a mi alma Gracias
Very soul touching. Love this choir.
Need to become a singer again. Just love those moments.
Powerful esp. at "Awake, my soul!" around 3 min.
I so love the song. Touch to my soul
este canto es muy bonito y inspirador .......
Beautiful song
qué hermosa letra basada en el Salmo de Nefi!!!
Beautiful i love it
Hino lindíssimo e maravilhosa interpretação.
Very well done!
Another hymn using the melody of Sibelius's Finlandia! It's infectious alright. I can see why it inspires devotional singing.
I believe God smiles when hearing this.
My gosh. This is exquisite.
WHat a performance. Potent!
wonderful choir !
I love this song.💙
beautiful, beautiful, beautiful 😢
its awesome
This is awesome 😍
This is actually an adaptation from Sibelius's - "Finlandia"... Cheers! Nice work!
WONDERFUL. I'd love to get this Arrangement.
amazing! I felt the spirit!
Amei, amei e amei!
this is amazing.
This is a Finnish composer Sibelius's - "Finlandia"!
The best of the best.
That is the way it should be all should lean on and press into the word of God woe to them that disregard God in disrespect and insult the very nature of his ways.
This is absolutely beautiful! Both the words (adapted from the great psalm) and the arrangement of the familiar hymn and the masterful performance of these young men. Incredibly touching and inspirational. At what occasion was this performed?
General conference preithstood session
chorei lindo d+
Só Deus sabe o que vai no coração de cada um. Não cabe ao homem julgar. Deus não salva igrejas. Salva pessoas que tem no coração o verdadeiro amor dado por ele!
Isso é verdade, não podemos negar que esse coral é maravilhoso, provavelmente se dedicam muito ao que fazem. Só Deus mesmo que sabe o que se passa no coração de cada um..
GOD BLESS U SIS
Finalmente brasileirk
I usually write to challenge the church to make better decisions. But I love my time in the Ensign College choir!
Do the subtitles have to be so big? It takes some pleasure away. You hardly need subtitles anyway - their pronunciation is perfect - which is no small feat for a choir. Just fabulous!
I used to not be a fan of subtitles; however, being that I am more of a visual learner/receiver, the visual texts assist me in focusing more on the message of the lyrics. You are so right that their pronunciation is very clear.
Perfect
Part of Finlandia by Sibelius. Some people wanted that such song should be anthem of Finland.
Perfect.