Auld Lang Syne - The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

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  • Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2020
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    Auld Lang Syne
    Scottish Traditional (arr. Desmond Earley)
    Text by Robert Burns
    The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
    Solo: Kiri O’Neill
    Released on Signum Records
    Website: www.ucdchoralscholars.ie
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    Twitter: / ucdchoral
    Instagram: @ChoralScholars
    For decades, on these islands, the passage from the old to the new year at midnight has been celebrated by singing Robert Burns’ poem. This was first printed in 1788 although the author himself acknowledged that its origins lie in an earlier Scots-language ballad printed in 1711 by James Wilson. In this graceful arrangement, we hear the standard English version of the text set to a traditional Scottish melody. Sopranos and altos predominate in the four verses, sometimes in unison and, at times, underpinned by a Scottish- sounding drone. In contrast, the chorus is richly sung by the full complement of voices.
    LYRICS:
    Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?
    Should old acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?
    For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne.
    And surely you’ll buy your pint cup, and surely I’ll buy mine! And we’ll take a cup of kindness yet, for auld lang syne.
    For auld lang syne ...
    We two have paddled in the stream, from morning sun ‘till dine; But seas between us broad have roared since auld lang syne.
    For auld lang syne ...
    And there’s a hand my trusty friend! And gi’es a hand o’ thine! We’ll take a right goodwill draught, for auld lang syne!
    For auld lang syne ...
    Executive Producer: Desmond Earley
    Directed by Matthew Leigh
    Director of Photography: Andrew Cummins
    Produced by: Nodlag Houlihan
    Associate Producer: Gavin Coll
    Edited by Emmet Reddy
    Make Up Artist: Amanda Conlon
    Audio Playback by Kevin Whyms
    Ensemble Manager: Aoife Perry
    Vocal Coach: Síle McCarthy-Cannon
    Recording Producer: Nigel Short
    Recording Engineer: Andrew Mellor
    Shot in Memorial Hall, Richview under strict COVID19 protection measures.
    ©℗ The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, 2020
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  • @UCDPerformingGroups
    @UCDPerformingGroups  Год назад +361

    Thank you to all of our followers for watching 'Auld Lang Syne' - it's one of our favourite songs. We're working on some exciting new projects (includin g new videos!). If you'd like to support our artistic projects, please consider a monthly or once-off donation to Choral Scholars. All support is greatly appreciated and goes directly to our projects and artistic development. Thank you! choral-scholars.raisely.com/

    • @Aleskinskymonstr
      @Aleskinskymonstr Год назад +2

      One mulo opposition 😅😊😊😊ooo😊ooiolk

    • @yokon8153
      @yokon8153 Год назад +1

      😊

    • @2023japan
      @2023japan 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@yokon8153蛍の光や別れのワルツは日本国の曲じゃなく原曲はイギリスのスコットランドの曲です!元祖はスコットランドの国民的な曲でスコットランドの伝統楽器バクパイプで演奏するのが有名です!蛍の光の四拍子や別れのワルツの三拍子の原曲はスコットランド民謡のAuld Lang Syne(オールド・ラング・サイン)が原曲で英語の歌詞で歌われてます!世界ではAuld Lang Syneで知られて認知されてます!日本国の蛍の光や別れのワルツはAuld Lang Syneを日本語の歌詞を付け編曲した曲です!日本国では終了や別れを惜しむの意味で別れの時や終了の時や各種式典の終了時間の直前や卒業式や公共施設や商業施設や店の閉館・閉店時間の直前に蛍の光や別れのワルツを流されます!スコットランド及び世界ではカウントダウン年越しの時に年を越した新年になった瞬間にAuld Lang Syneが歌われてます!🇯🇵記載日は2024年、令和6年、1月13日、土曜日、記載人は🇯🇵日本国🇯🇵JAPAN🇯🇵 !🇯🇵記載国は🇯🇵FROM 🇯🇵JAPAN🇯🇵TOKYO🇯🇵

    • @frankrosewich6167
      @frankrosewich6167 4 месяца назад +2

      Really you have Angel voyces

    • @user-fv5ms4sz8e
      @user-fv5ms4sz8e 4 месяца назад +4

      You should stick with, old songs, traditional folk music and new songs that compliment those styles. With so much "change," going on, groups like yours could be instrumental in preserving our history and heritage. Auld Lang Syne is an eternal tune and will never become outdated. Bravo 👏, you guys are top notch.

  • @alkatraz8163
    @alkatraz8163 3 года назад +1626

    Very touching. As a man entering my " golden " years and all of my elders having passed on, I find this reviving some fond memories of my youth and a time long gone. Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year to all.

  • @Eibhlin7
    @Eibhlin7 Год назад +287

    Your version of Auld Lang Syne has made it a lot easier to face 2023, also wonderful to find fellow Irish singing so majestically.

    • @Healthymama79
      @Healthymama79 5 месяцев назад +6

      I hope you came back to this video at the stroke of midnight
      on 31st December 2023
      Happy 2024🎉🎉🎉

    • @miguelorlandozamoraguevara4589
      @miguelorlandozamoraguevara4589 5 месяцев назад

      Preciosa despedida del 2023.
      💛💛💙❤️

  • @chrisryan9191
    @chrisryan9191 5 месяцев назад +63

    I come back here every new year. I enjoy this rendition. Happy 2024 to everybody here - my brothers, sisters, and friends :)

  • @gregorybogdanich3999
    @gregorybogdanich3999 5 месяцев назад +21

    I've never heard anything so beautiful in all my 75 years. It is angelic. Thank you and bless you all!

  • @mikebhuskie1
    @mikebhuskie1 Год назад +169

    This is probably the most timeless song in human history and this is by far the best version I've heard or will ever hear. God speed to all in the coming new year.

  • @Peter-ts6wb
    @Peter-ts6wb 3 года назад +1304

    This was sublime. Those high notes from the soprano are exquisite. The faces of the scholars may change but the quality is constant.

    • @audrinaparshall3294
      @audrinaparshall3294 3 года назад +21

      Yes! I was thinking I missed the familiar faces but they are just as talented :)

    • @hagendf
      @hagendf 3 года назад +24

      New crew, same magic.

    • @seanlong6578
      @seanlong6578 3 года назад +1

      @@audrinaparshall3294 pppppppp

    • @mjw12345
      @mjw12345 3 года назад +19

      It's a university - mostly, students graduate. In the old days before tuition fees it was possible to hang around nearly indefinitely (personal experience).

    • @ty9884
      @ty9884 3 года назад +5

      Like Keats' nightingale. The voice I hear this passing night was heard
      In ancient days by emperor and clown

  • @FransJSuper
    @FransJSuper Год назад +53

    As a Dutch citizen at work in the UK (1995/1996) I had the honour of hearing precious pub folk sing Auld Lang Syne. I went straight trhough my veins, into my heart and never left. Thank you for your beautiful performance!🥰😍🤩😘

    • @dennismeurs9736
      @dennismeurs9736 4 месяца назад

      Andre Hazes - Wij Houden Van Oranje
      Samen zijn we sterk
      Eendracht maakt machtig
      Hoe een klein land groot kan zijn
      Is dat niet prachtig
      refr.:
      Nederland Oh Nederland
      Jij bent een kampioen
      Wij houden van Oranje
      Om zijn daden en zijn doen
      Straks als het rood wit blauw
      Voor ons wordt gehesen
      Dan zijn wij een groot gezin
      Met goud zijn wij geprezen
      refr.
      Nederland Oh Nederland
      Jij bent een kampioen
      Wij houden van Oranje
      Om zijn daden en zijn doen
      Van de tribunes
      Klinkt het Wilhelmus
      Nu nog mooier dan voorheen
      Ach wie laat geen tranen
      2x refr.
      Wij houden van Oranje
      't Is de ware kampioen

  • @user-dl5kp9iw3d
    @user-dl5kp9iw3d 5 месяцев назад +41

    As I listen to their beautifully singing Auld Lang Syne, I feel “ Purity and Peace” are being harmoniously melted into like an eternal crystal in my heart ❤

  • @sannebruijn4110
    @sannebruijn4110 2 года назад +2329

    My grandmother passed away last December. She was not Scotish herself, but her granddaughter (me) was born in Scotland and she had held an affinity with it ever since. She wanted Scotish music for her service, but due to the service-providers we couldn't. Her ashes will be scattered tomorrow, at the place where she was most happy. I won't be able to be there, but I suggested to my family to play a nice version of Auld Lang Syne. My dad asked me if I could find a nice and appropriate version. This rendition made me cry. It is gorgeous. Thank you for making me feel I could be part of her send off.

    • @TheGeorge2277
      @TheGeorge2277 2 года назад +76

      May she rest in peace, and her memory live on.

    • @marsyl12
      @marsyl12 2 года назад +48

      May God keep you all in peace.

    • @SpArX0110
      @SpArX0110 2 года назад +24

      Much love to you and your family... may all of you find peace. Please cherish her memories and pass them on for the rest of your life, so she will never be forgotten. My dad died two years ago and I am trying the same. I love you all :-*

    • @CardinalKaos
      @CardinalKaos 2 года назад +15

      Gum bi i beò nad chridhe

    • @ChronoTango
      @ChronoTango 2 года назад +22

      They aren’t Scottish, but The Elders have a song called “Men of Erin”. Bagpipes are the main instrument and it brings a tear to my eye so much I can hardly bare to sing to it. Beautiful song.

  • @yizheli1499
    @yizheli1499 2 года назад +471

    We call this song "友谊地久天长" in Chinese, which means "friendship forever". Thank you schloars from UCD to reminds me of my childhood and all these years I have been through. And to everyone who seeing this comment, no matter what age, gender, nationality and religion you are, I wish you to be happy.

    • @draexian530
      @draexian530 Год назад +20

      From the States, I raise my pint cup to you, my friend. It was a hard one.

    • @deniseshum
      @deniseshum Год назад

      Chinese version. 3 male singers ruclips.net/video/DpjFTz3tEGE/видео.html

    • @yg-dn5ms
      @yg-dn5ms Год назад

      Thank you 🥹

    • @anne_anne
      @anne_anne Год назад

      友誼萬歲!

    • @bswmq3
      @bswmq3 11 месяцев назад

      also korea

  • @AllieOopsTK
    @AllieOopsTK 2 года назад +947

    My brother lost his battle with depression on May 18th, 2021. This song is incredibly hard to listen to, but it reminds me to not forget the memories. He won’t be with us on Earth for 2022 but he will in spirit, and I will never forget how awesome he was. He only lived to be 32 but I treasure every year I had with him.

    • @Curios_Cat
      @Curios_Cat 2 года назад +39

      My condolences, may your brother no longer know pain. Wherever he is now. ❤️🙏

    • @Mauser_.
      @Mauser_. 2 года назад +14

      I am so so sorry for your loss. I hope he's in a better place now free of pain, and may he continue to live forever in your heart and the hearts of all the people who knew and loved him ❤️❤️🙏🙏

    • @edwinweekes9130
      @edwinweekes9130 2 года назад +13

      Sorry for your loss. My deepest condolences to you and your family. He lives on in your heart, and you will treasure all the memories you had with him.

    • @williamsmozart
      @williamsmozart 2 года назад +13

      Sorry for your loss. Wishing you strength and peace.

    • @zahrahjaun4115
      @zahrahjaun4115 2 года назад +10

      I’m so sorry for your loss may your brother rest in peace this is such a sad song I don’t know why I feel sad when it’s played on NYE. My cousin is in a hospice right now and we are waiting for God to take her, what a tough year for a lot of us. May 2022 be better.

  • @EuroRaver1
    @EuroRaver1 5 месяцев назад +34

    Beautiful!!! Happy New Year 2024! ✨💫

  • @littlebird4515
    @littlebird4515 5 месяцев назад +97

    The end of 2023 marked the end of the first full calendar year without my son's presence in this earthly world. When the clock struck midnight, I stood on the walkway in front of my house under the giant old maple trees, and listened to this play quietly as revelers throughout the valley set off fireworks in the distance, and a soft, light snow began to fall.

    • @JasonTurkMusic
      @JasonTurkMusic 5 месяцев назад +3

    • @christianhansen6508
      @christianhansen6508 4 месяца назад +3

      Que hermosa reflexión.♥️

    • @genghisthegreat2034
      @genghisthegreat2034 4 месяца назад +1

      ❤. You'll be lead into the Presence of your loving Father, by your son, when your own time comes.

    • @OdysseyStoriesUntold
      @OdysseyStoriesUntold 3 месяца назад +1

      @littlebird4515 Thank you for sharing your experience it was truly touching to read about. May all the days that lay ahead be better than those gone by.

    • @Healthymama79
      @Healthymama79 2 месяца назад +3

      The soft snow was your son’s presence and love falling on you.I don’t know the pain of loosing a child and my heart goes out to you❤️🙏🏾

  • @Offical_RemyKWNicholls
    @Offical_RemyKWNicholls 2 года назад +37

    My God.
    This is THE most beautiful version of Auld Lang Syne I have ever had the plessure of hearing.
    Hats off to everyone involved.

  • @swa1ban
    @swa1ban 2 года назад +187

    We call this song "hotaru-no-hikari" in Japanese.
    This song remind me of a graduation ceremony or commencement.
    They move me extraordinarily.

    • @martaleszkiewicz5115
      @martaleszkiewicz5115 2 года назад +6

      What does "hotaru" mean?

    • @swa1ban
      @swa1ban 2 года назад +17

      @@martaleszkiewicz5115 Hotaru is a firefly and hikari is a glow in Japanese. Namely, hotaru no hikari means fireflies' glow.

    • @JohnWilson-zh3il
      @JohnWilson-zh3il Год назад +7

      Oooooh that is fantastic. The playful flickering of firelight to hold memories but no current heat. Thank you for the metaphor.

    • @ongngo9750
      @ongngo9750 11 месяцев назад +1

      The Japanese supermarket uses this song to close their store 😂

    • @wdas3063
      @wdas3063 8 месяцев назад +1

      Naruto opening..?

  • @jhgraf3
    @jhgraf3 3 года назад +231

    Many new faces, same wonderful sound.

  • @TheColorHopeIsBlue
    @TheColorHopeIsBlue 3 года назад +38

    A small drop of brightness in a world that’s very dark at the moment. My heart thanks you and so do my ears.

  • @chancewatkins5071
    @chancewatkins5071 5 месяцев назад +43

    This poem always spoke to me. God Bless and happy New Year!

  • @ronaldpetrin5823
    @ronaldpetrin5823 2 года назад +43

    A heartfelt New Year in harmony as one. "Take a cup of kindness..."

  • @adrianturner7308
    @adrianturner7308 3 года назад +95

    The saddest song I have ever heard. I cannot hear it and think of old friends and lovers. Some still alive and some passed. Never fails to bring me to tears.

  • @lucchang
    @lucchang 3 года назад +364

    I recently lost a friend, we were 3 and we used to be called 3 musketeers... Now he's gone. The beauty of your song reminds me we shared precious moments, the beauty of your voices tell me maybe i can meet him again in an other world one day.

    • @lotteleeuw-kroon9874
      @lotteleeuw-kroon9874 3 года назад +15

      Sorry for your loss... Hope he's watching over you..

    • @lucchang
      @lucchang 2 года назад +2

      @@lotteleeuw-kroon9874 thank you for your kind words, hope you are fine

    • @user-ql9ce6ng4i
      @user-ql9ce6ng4i 2 года назад +1

      @@lotteleeuw-kroon9874 At a time when there was no national music source in Korea, it was also called the national music source.

    • @edwinweekes9130
      @edwinweekes9130 2 года назад +1

      Sorry for your loss. My condolences to you.

    • @n.9707
      @n.9707 2 года назад +1

      For sure you will be reunited one day again xx

  • @prenpnishi5448
    @prenpnishi5448 Год назад +31

    I m from Kosovo but Love extremly Scotland Music. Bravo very heart touching👉🏽❤️👍🙏🏼

  • @pikapika4240
    @pikapika4240 Год назад +88

    The finnish national broadcasting company YLE chose this version of this song to honour the memory of Her Majesty. I am glad for this, as I discovered this beautiful choir.

    • @TraeSMR
      @TraeSMR 2 месяца назад

      Hilarious.

  • @alexander6399
    @alexander6399 3 года назад +45

    I’m a bricklayer and this brought me to my knees. There was me thinking I had a heart of stone. Thank you.

    • @WhatIsThisForAgain
      @WhatIsThisForAgain 3 года назад +9

      All hearts are soft friend... It depends on the touch

    • @rouchar
      @rouchar Год назад +1

      I guess it would be ideal to listen to this when first few rows are being layed 🤔

    • @tylernorman3870
      @tylernorman3870 Год назад +1

      @@WhatIsThisForAgain this song will help break the stone

    • @JohnWilson-zh3il
      @JohnWilson-zh3il Год назад +1

      All hearts can be remolded if only we yield them to He who made them. He who has an ear, let him hear.

    • @tylernorman3870
      @tylernorman3870 Год назад

      @@JohnWilson-zh3il right

  • @victoriamarsh9176
    @victoriamarsh9176 5 месяцев назад +29

    Absolutely love the version. Am sharing with my family. Happy New Year and God Bless all of you today and always.

  • @haitolawrence5986
    @haitolawrence5986 5 месяцев назад +4

    Beautiful. Now, save your city. ☘

  • @hagendf
    @hagendf 3 года назад +139

    Masterful. They bring the old Irish and Scottish songs into ethereal places.

  • @xpendabull
    @xpendabull 2 года назад +40

    "Remember George, no man is a failure who has friends."
    -Clarence Odbody

    • @micro_my_blood
      @micro_my_blood Год назад +2

      In today's context, the word friendship has lost a lot of its inherent meaning though!

    • @OlavGordon
      @OlavGordon 2 месяца назад

      @@micro_my_blood keep believing someday we will meet our true friend brother, my the universe bless your journey

    • @mazdaman2315
      @mazdaman2315 Месяц назад

      I’ve given up on friendships I’ve been stabbed in the back so much that the next time it happens it will pierce my heart and I’ll never get back up

  • @22aardvaark47
    @22aardvaark47 Год назад +10

    Üdvözlet Magyarországról! Gyönyörű dal. Mi magyarok is muzikális nép vagyunk, a történelmünk pedig sokban hasonlít a skót és ír nép történelmére. Emiatt is kedves nekünk ez a dal.

  • @Capybarra
    @Capybarra 7 месяцев назад +5

    My 8 month old son loves this song. This version particularly. It's his lullaby. We listen to it on repeat. Thank you for soothing my baby when I can't.

  • @BSlade-mh1mm
    @BSlade-mh1mm 5 месяцев назад +10

    Can’t stop crying. This song has always touched my heart. It’s happy and melancholy. Reflective and pensive. So much hope lies within it all. It also has the feeling of resolution & closure. 🥹🫂

  • @JurassicRaptor1993
    @JurassicRaptor1993 3 года назад +311

    Perhaps the best version of this song I have ever heard.

    • @blazedknight9061
      @blazedknight9061 3 года назад +3

      Same man

    • @romagman
      @romagman 3 года назад +1

      @@blazedknight9061 I agree

    • @bee2731
      @bee2731 3 года назад +2

      Check out home free’s version

    • @elioveiga6665
      @elioveiga6665 3 года назад +2

      Watch the movie "It's a wonderful life". They sing in the final scene. The best version

    • @kingzeus9532
      @kingzeus9532 2 года назад

      same

  • @karlo6862
    @karlo6862 3 года назад +217

    Perfect!
    Now, as the tradition is with all the previous songs, its time ti re-listen this for about a thousand times.

  • @ottomanosman2463
    @ottomanosman2463 2 года назад +22

    I am Turkish and strangely I have a passion toward everything Celtic. You know, it is so beautiful 🇹🇷❤️🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @electric.nachos
      @electric.nachos Год назад +3

      Not that weird, the celts (Galatians) actually expanded in to Anatolia at one point.

    • @FarisDzenetovic
      @FarisDzenetovic 7 месяцев назад

      Me too. I love everything Irish and Celtic. I'm a Bosnian, went to Trinity College Dublin for my uni, played Rugby and Gaelic Football as a student, support Fermanagh GAA, etc.

  • @CessBee123
    @CessBee123 2 года назад +428

    I might be a 19 year hard rock fan but this is the most beautiful thing I have ever heard

    • @camkav2456
      @camkav2456 Год назад +25

      I’m a 21 year old hardcore raver but this is still epically world class

    • @cleetorres1351
      @cleetorres1351 Год назад +3

      A

    • @DoahnKea_Tuber
      @DoahnKea_Tuber Год назад +2

      Angelic

    • @imperialofficer6185
      @imperialofficer6185 10 месяцев назад +6

      in 30 years you people will still be in the comments saying "omg guys I'm only 50 but I like classical music, I was born in the wrong generation"

    • @CessBee123
      @CessBee123 10 месяцев назад +3

      @imperialofficer6185 not saying I was born in the wrong generation, I just think this song is beautiful

  • @johnpinckney7269
    @johnpinckney7269 Год назад +6

    What a beautiful set of young people. May they find God's Blessing and wonderful spouses and live wonderful lives.

  • @coreytzeo
    @coreytzeo 3 года назад +13

    Brings me back to where I was a kid sitting in front of a warm fire place in the living room with Mom, Dad, and family during X-mas.

  • @christygum3384
    @christygum3384 Год назад +24

    Moved my heart as a child, though I didn’t why. Know much older it means so much more and now I’m most oft moved to tears.❤️

  • @Selfbuiltcampers.
    @Selfbuiltcampers. 2 года назад +11

    I have not Scottish family that I know of, but 2yr ago I lost my sister at 26yr old and always listen to this and for what ever reason gets me everytime . this songs digs deep in your mind and brings things back to life ..... thank you

  • @Ingenting
    @Ingenting 3 года назад +17

    Marvellous!

  • @waynecliburn2749
    @waynecliburn2749 3 года назад +45

    I'd call that perfection. And as so often experienced, Desmond Earley's arrangement for the UCD Choral Scholars is of another world, and this performance by each and all of the singers beakons our hearts to join them in that very place. Trip to the Emerald Isle anyone? Wonderful indeed. Thank you.

    • @xvier25
      @xvier25 2 года назад

      This version is in fact perfection Mr. Cliburn. Happy Holidays…

  • @lorrainemurphy2010
    @lorrainemurphy2010 Год назад +12

    From an American Irish gal, this is worth every wave and tide across the seas!

  • @Miveth07
    @Miveth07 2 года назад +29

    I don't think I have ever heard a more beautiful rendition of this song. VERY well done young ladies and gentlemen.

  • @danmcgov123
    @danmcgov123 3 года назад +695

    If this doesn't give you chills, check your pulse.

    • @ROMA--AETERNA
      @ROMA--AETERNA 3 года назад +20

      …or you must come from a culture that rejects music-and those cultures are horrible.

    • @Bendigo1
      @Bendigo1 3 года назад +10

      i got hypothermia from it

    • @k_taaro
      @k_taaro 3 года назад +3

      @@ROMA--AETERNA there are cultures that do that?

    • @jolly_roger1021
      @jolly_roger1021 3 года назад +1

      @@k_taaro I hope not! (And wish to remain ignorant of music-rejecting cultures.)

    • @Vlackeo
      @Vlackeo 3 года назад +6

      this ain't it chief, some people with depression have difficulty feeling emotions at times even for things they enjoy

  • @johann.9271
    @johann.9271 3 года назад +21

    I'm writing this particular version into my will. To be played as the last hymn at the service. All royalties to be divided between these divine singers.

  • @cadz4me
    @cadz4me 9 месяцев назад +8

    This has to be the most incredibly moving & most spectacular song I have ever heard in my entire 63 years of life! I have tears pouring down my cheeks . . . I feel like I’ve entered a magnificent cathedral & this stunningly beautiful chorus of angels was waiting to greet me. Thank you for such a timeless piece of musical perfection. 🙏🙏😇❤️

  • @dominiksuk7261
    @dominiksuk7261 2 года назад +10

    No wonder there's not a single dislike. Flawless arrangement, flawless performace. Flawless music. And sympathetic people there.

  • @seabeebuilder1486
    @seabeebuilder1486 3 года назад +146

    Like a choir of angels. Beautiful

  • @tillerman7272
    @tillerman7272 Год назад +15

    I cry for Scotland. they have had such a sad history yet have made such fantastic contributions to mankind

    • @johnavery3941
      @johnavery3941 7 месяцев назад +1

      I do not think we have a sad history, just history but yes we have made a great contribution to the world

    • @ianmacfarlane1241
      @ianmacfarlane1241 2 месяца назад

      I cry when I watch them playing football - another year, same garbage.

  • @happyhankjr
    @happyhankjr Год назад +6

    BEAUTIFUL....This song brings back memories of loved ones and special times from my past 70 years. THANK YOU.

  • @truthseeker3031
    @truthseeker3031 Год назад +20

    I've listened to this song almost every years for over 6 decades, and this is one, of not THE most beautiful version that I've heard. The beauty of the music supports the feelings of hope and happiness for a new and better year! Thank you for sharing!

    • @ohioguy215
      @ohioguy215 Год назад +5

      This IS the most beautiful version I've ever heard. I love choral music. Happy New Year.

  • @bdc2178
    @bdc2178 3 года назад +253

    My Irish pride swells when I hear the choral scholars sing - I have been watching the videos for years - this was beautiful !!

    • @dieminervaeule
      @dieminervaeule 3 года назад +10

      Mine too. And I'm not even Irish.

    • @dieminervaeule
      @dieminervaeule 3 года назад +5

      @@alankilen6646 Someday I'll be there for sure. Thank you!

    • @jb76489
      @jb76489 3 года назад

      Why? Do you not have any accomplishments of your own?

    • @bdc2178
      @bdc2178 3 года назад +19

      @@jb76489 I don’t quite understand how a compliment to a chorus group inspires you to write a underhanded slap back to me? I guess one of my accomplishments is not to be an ass while online - too bad you can’t say the same.

    • @jb76489
      @jb76489 3 года назад +1

      @@bdc2178 oh go cry to someone who cares. I asked a simple question. Why do you feel pride in something you have no connection to?

  • @aknightofcamelot
    @aknightofcamelot Год назад +29

    May everyone find pace this Holiday. God bless

  • @raugasai9135
    @raugasai9135 2 года назад +12

    This song is synonymous with New Year's celebrations but this particular rendition, to me at least, sounds heavenly & ethereal. It's what I would imagine a choir of angels would sound like.

  • @Skyfalcon12345
    @Skyfalcon12345 Год назад +5

    The opening is....ethereal in its beauty. I felt like I was in a cathedral and hearing the voices of angels.

  • @point177
    @point177 3 года назад +48

    Incredible layering of harmonies, accents, and love the natural reverb of the room. keep up the great performances!

  • @mauryvictoria1801
    @mauryvictoria1801 Год назад +28

    When I find videos like this Im just so blown away by the beauty and the culture in this song and performance.. human beings are capable of such wonderful things especially during this time of year it's absolutely such a blessing that we can be able to share culture and music and art and love and happiness between one another.. happy holidays everybody God bless.!

  • @treky4life488
    @treky4life488 3 года назад +64

    So good I'm listening to this twice, back to back, in June.

    • @jd_27
      @jd_27 3 года назад +1

      how does June feel about that?

    • @3Xplitiv3D373t3D
      @3Xplitiv3D373t3D 3 года назад +1

      I see a pattern forming 👀

    • @STMARTIN009
      @STMARTIN009 3 года назад +1

      Same here.

    • @STMARTIN009
      @STMARTIN009 3 года назад +2

      Half New Years day is on July 1st and half Christmas is on June 25th so no problem at all.

    • @3Xplitiv3D373t3D
      @3Xplitiv3D373t3D 2 года назад

      I've been listening to this a lot too...
      My adoptive father, Darrell and my ma's brother, Richard both passed away recently and this has been kinda my go to when I hit the low - lows.

  • @unraged6004
    @unraged6004 Год назад +4

    This song reminds me of the fact that nobody is unimportant. You may be forgotten forever but what you do while you're alive WILL matter. Weather it be you, your family your child grandchild or friend. what you do will eventually lead to something important. We all leave a legacy behind.

  • @daveyyoutubey5686
    @daveyyoutubey5686 2 года назад +16

    Love it - simple, traditional, beautiful. Their voices move. No flash or over the top.

  • @MichaelWallMusic
    @MichaelWallMusic 3 года назад +96

    My father passed away on New Year's Eve 2016 so this song brings us so many emotions for me. This was perfect. This sounds like Heaven.

    • @Mauser_.
      @Mauser_. 3 года назад +5

      May he rest in peace

    • @MichaelWallMusic
      @MichaelWallMusic 3 года назад +1

      @@Mauser_. thank you for your kind words. :)

    • @aspiringscientist1616
      @aspiringscientist1616 3 года назад

      @@MichaelWallMusic Did he die from covidHoax? Plz plz plz plz reply

    • @user-wk4ml5td1g
      @user-wk4ml5td1g 2 года назад

      @@aspiringscientist1616 От Ковида? Это официальная версия? Нет ковида

    • @aspiringscientist1616
      @aspiringscientist1616 2 года назад

      @@user-wk4ml5td1g What mate?

  • @RantaHun
    @RantaHun 2 года назад +8

    as long as there are these bright faces and such songs are sung, the end of the world will not come.

  • @a.i17
    @a.i17 Год назад +12

    My Grandparents used to play this. I still have no idea why almost 30 years later, I still break listening to this.. Beautifully beautiful..

    • @deblosey811
      @deblosey811 5 месяцев назад +1

      Because you loved them. And love never forgets. It never fades. It never dies.

    • @a.i17
      @a.i17 5 месяцев назад

      @deblosey811 Thankyou. You are right, albeit, I soon discovered it was because of heritage. My Homeland, and how it had been destroyed. 2024 will be a revival year.

  • @rockinrio96
    @rockinrio96 5 месяцев назад +5

    Oh my god. Just absolutely gorgeous performance.

  • @joshdunne
    @joshdunne 3 года назад +75

    This is my favourite song-even since I was a kid, I have said I would like this sung at my funeral. This is the most beautiful version I have ever heard, it moved me to tears. Aside from Covid, this year has been the worst year of my life, after my partner of 15 years left me, and I’m stranded overseas in the US (I am from the UK) and can’t travel home because of Covid. It’s been so hard and lonely. But this, this right here, moved me to tears and gave me some peace during an awful period in my life. Thank you.

    • @florimond.
      @florimond. 3 года назад +2

      @Laura Elliott I'm 14 and I thought the exact same thing about the funeral. 😅

    • @catholicrugbyfan1635
      @catholicrugbyfan1635 3 года назад +1

      Hi Josh D, will keep you and your partner in my prayers when praying the Rosary.

    • @kenmesa8435
      @kenmesa8435 3 года назад

      find your strength back, Bro. Praying with you right now. email me if you can kcym2012@gmail.com. Much love, Bro.

    • @helenaville5939
      @helenaville5939 3 года назад +3

      @Josh D. Just remember, the lowest ebb is the turn of the tide. Best wishes sending across the waves from Ireland.

  • @arunavobhattacharjee1098
    @arunavobhattacharjee1098 3 года назад +669

    Hearing this beautiful rendition reminds me how badly we all want this damned year to end

    • @inception6657
      @inception6657 3 года назад +28

      Be strong and courageous.
      Don't let anything get the best of you,you will make it out alive.

    • @gregmeyer1826
      @gregmeyer1826 3 года назад +10

      Amen!!

    • @AnniversaryRoad
      @AnniversaryRoad 3 года назад +24

      2020: This is your warning.
      2021: Buckle up kids!
      2022: You should have listened.

    • @McHughFilmCompany
      @McHughFilmCompany 3 года назад +9

      @Bob Mathews It certainly will with that attitude! :)

    • @nyctophiliac4354
      @nyctophiliac4354 3 года назад +5

      Hope things become beautiful once again...!!

  • @kathymeinberg191
    @kathymeinberg191 2 года назад +13

    Wonderful! Such a hauntingly beautiful rendition, redolent of Celtic sweet melancholy, truly moves the heart.

  • @peterpierce9233
    @peterpierce9233 2 года назад +14

    For Betty White. RIP. A true Lady.

  • @Theo1505
    @Theo1505 3 года назад +360

    There are moments in life when you see or hear something so exquisitely beautiful it gives you hope for the human race.
    This is one of those things.
    Thank you.

    • @edwardsethaphanich9568
      @edwardsethaphanich9568 3 года назад +8

      The world will get back up on it's feet. We just have to all work together despite our racial, religious and political differences.

    • @STMARTIN009
      @STMARTIN009 3 года назад +4

      They did a great job.

    • @Tekhaus
      @Tekhaus 3 года назад

      a choir of priviledged white people singing old songs, missing their meaning, gives you hope? yeahh... well. I hope you will lose all hope, dude.

    • @moritzkopp7042
      @moritzkopp7042 2 года назад +12

      @@Tekhaus Oh my god, people like you are the reason why there is so much division and hatred in the world.

    • @alwayserik
      @alwayserik 2 года назад +5

      @@Tekhaus You are sooo racist!!! What is wrong with you? Let me give you some context: You do know this is an old english/scottish song right?.... It was historically sung in old Europe. It's literally the equivalent of a black choir singing old gospel songs. sheeeesh.

  • @veniquaererevidi7777
    @veniquaererevidi7777 3 года назад +235

    merry christmas to all in these difficult times

  • @jimmclean9312
    @jimmclean9312 2 года назад +5

    Next to "Happy Birthday" Robert Burns immortal words are probably sung more than any other song in the world. Love the UCD choral scholars rendition.

  • @benjaminiiisipin3743
    @benjaminiiisipin3743 5 месяцев назад +14

    Happy New Year 🎉 2024

  • @paulzeitoun4819
    @paulzeitoun4819 8 месяцев назад +6

    I am French and I thank my teacher of English to have taught this song which yet goes straight to my hart.

  • @MUSICSTATIONBAND
    @MUSICSTATIONBAND Год назад +17

    absolutely beautiful. a heartwarming rendition in a crazy world.

  • @JP-hz5zb
    @JP-hz5zb 2 года назад +8

    Beautiful young people, beautiful voices. If I were one of their parents, this recording would be a lifelong treasure.

  • @CAPTAINEdju
    @CAPTAINEdju 5 месяцев назад +4

    I can't describe the emotion your singing evokes. For some reason my eyes leak when listening to this. Simply beautiful! Thank you.

  • @kyrie8837
    @kyrie8837 3 года назад +16

    My 91 year-old grandfather thought this was absolutely brilliant ! Thank you so much to all of you, angelic voices, for offering us such a precious gift ! May you have a very merry Christmas and a blissful & happy new year !

  • @kwfruitkiwi6845
    @kwfruitkiwi6845 3 года назад +8

    The MOST beautiful version of Auld Lang Syne!! I’d love to meet them!! They sing like angels 👼👼

  • @mikewest1874
    @mikewest1874 5 месяцев назад +6

    Remember your friends, and loved ones. Time passes so very quickly and we are here for just a short time. God bless you and help you find your way to Him.

    • @educatingourworld
      @educatingourworld 3 дня назад

      Amen, amen, and amen. And thanks for this beautiful rendition….

  • @languagegeek892
    @languagegeek892 Год назад +7

    UCD's choir is really awesome. Wonderful voices which make this version of Auld Lang Syne awesome.

  • @petermuller844
    @petermuller844 3 года назад +37

    0:53 what a beautiful and pure voice. I still have goose bumps

  • @Holdfast1812
    @Holdfast1812 3 года назад +13

    Absolute perfection! Without doubt the best arrangement and rendition I've ever heard in my 65 years. Even the acoustics were beautiful. Well done!

  • @SoraIV
    @SoraIV 2 года назад +27

    I lost my partner March 11th of 2021. This song is emotional. He won’t be with us in 2022 but his spirit lives on forever.

  • @user-eb1ib1bd3w
    @user-eb1ib1bd3w 5 месяцев назад +3

    I remember watching this few years before. Things for me has changed for the better definitely. I hope 2024 will be better for me and for everyone else

  • @uwegernoth9103
    @uwegernoth9103 3 года назад +11

    Stunning vocal harmonies, brilliant changing levels of sound. Compliment to a perfect arrangement by Desmond Earley, performed by an outstanding choir, another milestone of choral music.

  • @edouardwillemin
    @edouardwillemin 3 года назад +41

    I will never get tired of listening to this song, once, twice or ten times in a row. The interpretation of this choir is unique, divine and deeply moving. Un immense merci depuis la France.

  • @takahashidai6951
    @takahashidai6951 2 года назад +13

    I’ve listened to this song many times with many versions. However, this one is best. So beautiful.

  • @francescolaurenzano8154
    @francescolaurenzano8154 Год назад +13

    Amazing, marvelous, excellent, wonderful, really touching, heartbreaking. Thank you for this great interpretation!

  • @csabasomogyi8141
    @csabasomogyi8141 3 года назад +5

    Please do not ever delete this video, I'd like to watch and listen it in my whole life and after!

  • @whorooo
    @whorooo 5 месяцев назад +24

    A very happy new year 2024 to all reading this.

    • @MsTbony
      @MsTbony 5 месяцев назад

      Thank you! Wishing the same for you! ♥️

    • @user-wc5go9sb5j
      @user-wc5go9sb5j Месяц назад

      Great globalist finance controls politics (conservative, labour, SNP, greens are full of great finance puppets) and wants to destroy family (gender theory, LGBT ideology, pornography, ...) because family is the greatest obstacle to the full control of people; muslim immigrants in Europe are also instruments for this satanic project; SNP has nothing Scottish about it (except the name). Read G.K. Chesterton, a great defender of family and freedom. Wake up Scots: protect your families, children and freedom!

  • @NativeTexanCrawdaddy
    @NativeTexanCrawdaddy 10 месяцев назад +4

    This rendition lifts my spirits every time I hear it, and I have played this dozens of times over the past few years. Thanks to all those who were part of the sharing of these God-given voices with the World.

  • @chanphi25
    @chanphi25 2 года назад +14

    It's a blessing to be able to listen to such a beautiful song sung by such beautiful voices ☺ 💙

  • @kevinkunze8177
    @kevinkunze8177 3 года назад +55

    Einfach wunderbar. Mit den besten Segenswünschen von Deutschland nach Irland.
    For auld lang syne, my dear, for auld lang syne, we’ll take a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne.

    • @Darkehuman
      @Darkehuman 3 года назад +3

      Stimmt! Die beste Rendition des Lieds, die ich mal gehört hab. Freut mich sehr, dass so viele auf der Welt das Lied zusammen genießen können
      Grüße aus Australien :)

    • @bradyrice6631
      @bradyrice6631 3 года назад +1

      Frohes neues Jahr von Amerika!

  • @THEfamouspolka
    @THEfamouspolka 3 года назад +14

    When I hear the phrase, "heavenly concourses of angels" my mind immediately thinks of The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin!

  • @larrystreehouse1124
    @larrystreehouse1124 Год назад +5

    2022 has been a horrible year for me. I quarrelled with my friends, all my family members and relatives due to current social issues and mandates. I sense isolation and powerlessness when I reconsider my career path development. Most importantly, the vaccine mandates are recalling my past traumas on startup failures, broke-ups and ..bullying. Current ease of covid restrictions cancels my isolation. And recognition among my colleagues about my work and contribution reassure myself suitable in IT industry.
    Your choir song 'Auld Lang Syne' revitalises me and recalls my life going to worships and churches, and most importantly the faith to Jehovah upon the darkest hours. under the gentle guidance and amazing grace of God, I am determined to make 2023 better. As I’m listening to this, I feel peace and hope for the new year and reap what my sow by my flowing tears and continual conviction or belief to Jesus Christ.

    • @Healthymama79
      @Healthymama79 Год назад +1

      All the best to you Larry🙏🏾
      May life treat you kindly ❤️

  • @user-fv5ms4sz8e
    @user-fv5ms4sz8e 4 месяца назад +1

    I'm listening to this from the great Lone Star state of Texas. Very impressive singing. Very clear, true tones, no distortions or competition, but an expert blend and nice harmonies. The closest thing to a Heavenly choir.

  • @l.c.8475
    @l.c.8475 3 года назад +7

    I think we all need this song right now, this year has been rough, and we shouldn't forget those we lost contact with during lockdown or those we lost for good this year, best wishes for the next year
    And finally a version that doesn't abandon the beautiful melody

    • @llyunker
      @llyunker 3 года назад +2

      Amen!! My thoughts exactly. Happy New Year !

  • @AbsentWithoutLeaving
    @AbsentWithoutLeaving 3 года назад +11

    Here's to all of us on this ride together, friends old and new, and as yet unmet - and here's to the new adventure we start, in just a few hours time!

  • @mountainfarmliving1535
    @mountainfarmliving1535 4 месяца назад +4

    Tribute to my dear companion Wallace Li, who passed away on 10/31/2023, gratitude for being able to share our time and love together and all the lessons we went through. Missing you so much