2012 Iowa All-State Chorus and Orchestra: The Battle Hymn of the Republic

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  • Опубликовано: 26 янв 2025

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  • @richardhastings6082
    @richardhastings6082 4 года назад +170

    Do you think that any one of those students ever forgot that experience. Not on your life!!
    How sad that so many school districts have eliminated music and arts programs from their budgets, especially when there is tons of evidence to prove that learning to sing or play an instrument improves overall academic performance.

    • @eyelessgame
      @eyelessgame 4 года назад +5

      I performed this exact arrangement when in high school in 1981 and I have never forgotten it. It remains one of the greatest performance experiences of my life.

    • @eyelessgame
      @eyelessgame 4 года назад +2

      @@ren-eo3im This song has an important place and meaning in American history that I would not expect other nations, each with their own different histories meaningful to them, to share.

    • @webwarren
      @webwarren 4 года назад

      Al Petterson me, too, in 1978. Nassau County (NY) All-County Chorus at CW Post College (now part of Long Island University). I don't remember the conductor's name offhand, but he had been one of Wilhousky's students, and dismissed one of our rehearsals so he could attend Wilhousky's funeral. I felt incredibly honored that we performed three Wilhousky attachments at that concert.

    • @eyelessgame
      @eyelessgame 4 года назад +1

      @@ren-eo3im I understand and agree with that. This song was written specifically during the American Civil War, but any performer or listener can find their own meaning.

    • @iansmith349
      @iansmith349 4 года назад

      Ian

  • @philshuster7463
    @philshuster7463 Год назад +47

    I wept as I heard this. Very possibly the best performance of the Battle Hymn of the Republic I have ever heard. One thing that adds to the balance and overall delivery of this song is the positioning of the singers, no two boys are standing together and no two girls are standing together. It is Soprano, Tenor, Alto and Bass, standing in that order that makes the delivery par excellence!!

  • @happycamper6890
    @happycamper6890 11 месяцев назад +11

    from 86-y-o in hoosierland, this gets me excited. i have recently gone backto my spiritual roots in the Presbyterian church, where i wear a choir robe an sing my little old heart out. Indiana state choral dept did this in 1954-55, at the fairgrounds colisium, minus instruments, but the original version,as i call it. i approve of the postioning of voices had not seen tht done til, today, Feb. 26, 2024,..let's hear it for live music..

  • @TomHoster
    @TomHoster 8 лет назад +119

    I LOVE how animated the conductor becomes at about the 4-minute mark.

    • @rickfranklin5116
      @rickfranklin5116 3 года назад +3

      He clearly loves conducting these kids in this song. I call him The Leaping Conductor.

    • @oriolesfan7807
      @oriolesfan7807 2 года назад +1

      Not animated, conducting fun instead.

    • @walterbalinski4625
      @walterbalinski4625 2 года назад +1

      👍😉

  • @rennietaylor2011
    @rennietaylor2011 4 года назад +83

    SPECTACULAR!!! These young people are the cream of the crop. I was as excited as their director. To think that they are our future, makes me even more excited about America in these troubled times. Great Grandmother Rennie

    • @pioamalraj9791
      @pioamalraj9791 2 года назад +2

      congratulations Madam. as a director you should be proud of this choir. to know these details is one of the beautiful things in life. thank Rennie - mother and grandmother. you are a blessing.

    • @millerman02311320
      @millerman02311320 11 месяцев назад +1

      The conductor was so excited, because he knew these kids nailed it.

  • @jencypetersen3410
    @jencypetersen3410 5 лет назад +77

    I have sung this song soooo many times in choir.... that high B flat has almost made me pass out many a time.

  • @JohnSmith-xw2dw
    @JohnSmith-xw2dw 8 лет назад +57

    This is one dang good high school choir.

    • @Itshollymoon
      @Itshollymoon 7 лет назад +26

      Dennis Smalley it was a collection of the best kids in all Iowa high schools. We auditioned every year. It was a big deal

  • @iconaclastor
    @iconaclastor 9 лет назад +107

    One of the best performances of this battle Hymn, no doubt!

    • @ryank1273
      @ryank1273 8 лет назад +4

      I love how they keep on saying "His truth is marching on".

  • @jimvanmatre5133
    @jimvanmatre5133 16 дней назад +1

    fabulous, fabulous - every time - when I directed this at our church with our 200 voices choir and orchestra - after the In the beauty of the lilies section into the last mighty chorus of glory hallelujah - I had a 50 foot American flag come rising up from behind the choir during all that final chorus - THRILLING

  • @roncrooker3010
    @roncrooker3010 9 лет назад +101

    To all you young ladies and young men - in the chorus and the orchestra, and those who supported the performance - I am proud of you all - you did good - no, better than good!

  • @pjs9265
    @pjs9265 4 года назад +73

    This performance leaves me breathless, having sung in choirs from elementary school through college this is an amazing performance with glorious voices and orchestra and they're kids 17 to 22 !!!!

    • @rickfranklin5116
      @rickfranklin5116 2 года назад +4

      Yes, a beautiful performance. These are high school students; age range is more like 16-18.

    • @LinaAnderson-e7k
      @LinaAnderson-e7k 3 месяца назад

      Exactly!!

  • @TxTrouble
    @TxTrouble 2 года назад +3

    Two bucket list items for this non choir parent from Texas..
    1. Be present in the hotel atrium for the Star-Spangled Banner as performed by the Kentucky All State Choir
    2. Attend the Iowa All State Chorus and Orchestra performance of the Battle Hymn

  • @millerman02311320
    @millerman02311320 10 месяцев назад +3

    Those trumpets say it all.

  • @Chris-op4ue
    @Chris-op4ue 4 года назад +26

    I remember singing this in high school (79-83). Every year, all the high school choruses in our county would get together and do a concert. This was always the finale. A beautiful, unforgetable arrangement.

  • @lindabrooks66
    @lindabrooks66 4 года назад +14

    As a member of the Iowa All State Band in 1984, I can tell you this is an experience these students NEVER forget.

  • @joeycentofanti1987
    @joeycentofanti1987 2 года назад +3

    Lincoln had tears in his eyes when he first heard been this song

  • @vinpepp
    @vinpepp 2 года назад +8

    As a Brit, superb, you are a credit to your state. Thank you. I remember this being sung at St Pauls on the event of 9/11, we are one nation divided yes, but one nation never the less.

  • @bgibson51632
    @bgibson51632 9 лет назад +49

    I was involved in the Iowa all State Choir in 1980. It was by far the highlight of my music life. It gives me goosebumps every time I hear it and America the Beautiful.

  • @AReneeDesign23
    @AReneeDesign23 4 года назад +6

    The chant of "Truth is marching, truth is marching, tuth is marching" is fabulous!

  • @gumballsrelative9197
    @gumballsrelative9197 8 лет назад +71

    The first verse always gets me.
    I am so proud to be an American.

    • @kalevala29
      @kalevala29 3 года назад +3

      you can't say that these days. kind of sad really

  • @williamdavidnew4719
    @williamdavidnew4719 2 года назад +15

    March 8, 2022 this video and performance pops up on my youtube recommendations. It brought tears to my 73 year old eyes, and a sense of calm to my soul. There is nothing this world can throw at GOD to stop HIS truth from marching onward even if we are blind to it. Well done band and choir, I just pray they all paid attention to the words they sang.

  • @yankeemike-so6jm
    @yankeemike-so6jm 4 года назад +33

    One of the foremost outstanding American traditions: Band and chorus, chorus and orchestra. Niiiiiiice!

  • @ruthmiller254
    @ruthmiller254 4 года назад +29

    I love the enthusiasm of this conductor! This is one of the best renditions and performances EVER!

  • @countingstrides4068
    @countingstrides4068 Год назад +3

    This is perfect, and exactly what I've been searching for. All other versions were lacking in something, though I cannot say what. This version has it, whatever it is. Love this and have it on repeat.

  • @davidsalati3257
    @davidsalati3257 10 месяцев назад +1

    I was in the New Jersey All State Choir in 1976. We sang the same arrangement (May Peter J. Wilhousky’s notes live forever), conducted by Karl Minor and the amazing Ernest Brahm. The experience of a lifetime! I can still sing the Bass II part from memory to this day. Bravo to this group of wonderful singers and musicians!!

  • @jay_jjacobsen6695
    @jay_jjacobsen6695 Год назад +2

    hope YT keeps this up on their site forever. So wonderful.

  • @oldink70
    @oldink70 Год назад +1

    Late in life I decided that I had to study the Civil War, a defining time in our country. I'm moving along with two biographies of Grant, a study of Grant and Sherman, their collaboration and friendship, and a shelf-full of books that I will read. I was born in Alabama almost 85 years ago. It's about time. It's about a time. I now understand that in that defining, horrible, unimaginable war, most of the dead were young, most of the 750,000 dead. Soldiers and those they left behind, also casualties of that war. Young, like the extraordinary members of the chorus, orchestra, band in Iowa. I tend to watch and listen to these young people at least once a day, these days, and I have heard several choruses and orchestras perform The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Not one of them touches these young people--and let's not forget the conductors. I've seen choruses with multiple soloists, seen the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, seen fireworks at the finale. This performance is definitive. Like the war. Thank you.

  • @SMcCaskill
    @SMcCaskill Год назад +3

    This is much better than any version I ever heard by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and I've heard their version several times. This beats them all!!!

    • @edwarddanielupedebone6387
      @edwarddanielupedebone6387 10 месяцев назад +1

      Have you noticed that everyone talks about the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's version? This is good, but the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is simply superior. Their music is like no other, and I can't help but get lost in their angelic voices every time I listen to them.❤️

    • @normcheers6870
      @normcheers6870 9 месяцев назад +1

      Agree. Close your eyes, listen to both. These kids are just as good!!

  • @genedryer-bivins8314
    @genedryer-bivins8314 7 лет назад +18

    For such a large festival chorus performing such a bigloudsplashy piece, the ensemble is quite remarkable, and the conductor paces it nicely. Congratulations to all concerned. First-rate.

  • @davegable6426
    @davegable6426 Год назад +1

    08/23
    Listened and listened and listened again
    Who’s the condunctor

  • @rnman99
    @rnman99 4 года назад +4

    We had the Wilhousky beat into our brains in Advanced Mixed Chorus. 40 years later I can still sing my part from memory

    • @gfrohling1
      @gfrohling1 3 года назад

      Same here but only 20 years later and i can still do my part from memory

  • @48islo43
    @48islo43 5 месяцев назад +1

    Cet Hymne à la fois patriotique et religieux est connu mondialement. Recemment je l'ai écouté chanté par une formation chretienne du Bengale. Il y avait bien sûr moins d'instruments mais presque tout autant de choristes. Là c'est une formation magistrale qui l'a Interprété et comme on dit en France "ça décoiffe ". On ne peut qu'apllodir ces jeunes choristes et ces jeunes musiciens.

  • @gabriellamar2683
    @gabriellamar2683 Год назад +1

    The Battle Hymn of our republic. May we always fight for America, the America envisioned by the brave soldiers and sailors who fought for the preservation of the United States and the freedom of every citizen.

  • @davidsalati3257
    @davidsalati3257 7 месяцев назад +1

    1976 New Jersey All-State Choir and Orchestra. Same arrangement. I can still sing it, and I still feel the same rush every time I hear it.

  • @davidkrugs6466
    @davidkrugs6466 6 лет назад +12

    6 years later and 1st time I saw this. What wonderful young people , just beautiful brought tears to my eyes. Gives you great faith in our young people.

  • @jimmorris1002
    @jimmorris1002 Год назад +1

    If only ALL high school districts would support Music in our Schools!

  • @normcheers6870
    @normcheers6870 6 месяцев назад +1

    Enjoying this rendition here on the 4th of July weekend. This is even better then the Mormon Tabernacle Choir verson in my opinion.

  • @rileymccoy1643
    @rileymccoy1643 3 года назад +1

    Where are my 2021 Iowa all staters at?

  • @aaronblanchard4259
    @aaronblanchard4259 7 месяцев назад +1

    I played this song at all state 2023 on clarinet. I was absolutely drenched in sweat but shivering from the beauty of the piece. It was absolutely indescribable

  • @marjoriekloster8949
    @marjoriekloster8949 4 года назад +6

    Makes me proud to be from Iowa

  • @infonut
    @infonut 5 месяцев назад +1

    Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
    He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored
    He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword
    His truth is marching on
    Glory, Glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    His truth is marching on
    I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps
    They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps
    I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps
    His day is marching on.
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    His day is marching on
    I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel
    "As ye deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal"
    Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel
    Since God is marching on
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Since God is marching on
    He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat
    He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat
    Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! Be jubilant, my feet!
    Our God is marching on
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Our God is marching on
    In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea
    With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me
    As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free
    While God is marching on
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    Glory, glory, hallelujah!
    While God is marching on

  • @ScottALaFollette
    @ScottALaFollette 2 года назад +3

    Approximately 10 years later…. My spirit rises to its feet applauding with gratitude. August 2022… 🙌👏🙏.

  • @buriedtreasr389
    @buriedtreasr389 Год назад +1

    2012 was Iowa's best concert hands down... i cried

  • @phillipschwartz4142
    @phillipschwartz4142 9 лет назад +14

    One of the best performances of this (my favorite) version of "The Battle Hymn" I have ever heard. Beautiful enunciation of the lyrics and perfectly balanced among the various sections throughout (especially for such a large ensemble where one section could easily dominate). As well, wonderful performance by the orchestra, especially the interlude before the men's "quartet."

  • @ronwelker3804
    @ronwelker3804 Год назад +1

    Very athletic conductor jumping all over the place

  • @stargazer2533
    @stargazer2533 Год назад +1

    I just love this! I can watch it over and over again!

  • @sambaritone
    @sambaritone 4 года назад +6

    The great Wilhousky version! I have sung this so many times! Beautifully done!

  • @kurtmorris454
    @kurtmorris454 Год назад +1

    Such a devastating time for me to find this video as only a couple of days ago several tornados ravished through Iowa leaving all sorts of havoc and mayhem behind, my thoughts and prayers go to the citizens of Iowa as I listen to this.

  • @chuckowen4738
    @chuckowen4738 Год назад +2

    Without question, this is the finest performance of this wonderful piece of music I have ever heard !!

  • @margaretgreen6962
    @margaretgreen6962 9 месяцев назад +1

    I have just been transported back to the 1960’s and singing “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Our Head Master (Mr. Bigger) had the entire school in the palm of his hand! Under his instruction we began singing in hushed voices, gradually building up to end the hymn in a massive crescendo! No practice, just sheer spontaneity, and boy “Battle Hymn of the Republic” has remained firmly in my heart and soul since. Thank you Leith Links Primary School, Leith, Edinburgh you taught me well🙏and thank you Iowa All-State Chorus and Orchestra, just sublime🫶🏽

  • @millerman02311320
    @millerman02311320 10 месяцев назад

    The conductor gets so excited towards the end, because he knows these kids nailed it!

  • @mattperis8972
    @mattperis8972 6 месяцев назад

    1988 Maryland All State Chorus. We did this song and just absolutely love hearing it. It’s a very nearly indescribable experience to be part of such a group. Vibrations to your very soul.

    • @mattperis8972
      @mattperis8972 6 месяцев назад

      Coincidentally where I met my wife. Been together over 30 years now! Yay chorus!!!

  • @bryanlequi1826
    @bryanlequi1826 10 месяцев назад +1

    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Adam-dv2je
    @Adam-dv2je 4 года назад +1

    While HE died to make men Holy, Let us Live to make men Free. While GOD is marching on.

  • @johnnynoonan0725
    @johnnynoonan0725 3 года назад +4

    I hope that everyone who sings this hymn or hears it that they know the origins of it and the powerful meaning behind it! I get emotional as I hear those words being sung.

  • @reknas78
    @reknas78 4 года назад +5

    OMG!!!! They will never ever forget this experience. Well Done!!!!

  • @jamesfriday5773
    @jamesfriday5773 2 года назад

    I was there in ‘73 and ‘74 and we sang it and remember it all our life.

  • @kerrykeel4686
    @kerrykeel4686 Год назад +1

    The mixing of the choir sections was impressive. More effort to maintain your part and not get mixed up is required. Excellent work by choir members and director. A hearty WELL DONE to all.

  • @thatdoppioguy1825
    @thatdoppioguy1825 6 лет назад +6

    I'M NOT CRYI YOUR CRYING!
    *The Imperium Approves*

  • @lisastevens682
    @lisastevens682 5 месяцев назад

    Brings back memories of singing this exact composition in a NW IA high school in 89. Then in a community choir in Missouri. Such a beautiful work. :)

  • @suicidalcobra4828
    @suicidalcobra4828 3 года назад +2

    I’d love to be able see this show in the future. Talented people I love this

  • @digitricks
    @digitricks 2 года назад +1

    Ahh!! Those glorious first soprano voices made me cry!🥲🎶

  • @lear1980
    @lear1980 4 года назад +1

    The choir at 3:00 brought me to tears.

  • @DoYouEvenRift
    @DoYouEvenRift 2 года назад +2

    Godlike rendition. Maybe the best I've ever heard

  • @AReneeDesign23
    @AReneeDesign23 4 года назад +4

    You are making me cry rivers for the beauty of the way you have composed this most amazing old favorite song that I have loved since a child! Oh my, be proud of your hard work and your great gift to the world. God bless you each! What a performance!!!

  • @javiermejia390
    @javiermejia390 8 лет назад +53

    It's true.....this should be the NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA......🇺🇸

    • @whdstudios2441
      @whdstudios2441 7 лет назад +5

      Make a 1 minute version, Send it to the U.S. Government, And make this a possibility.

    • @disneydanny2
      @disneydanny2 7 лет назад +6

      I'd be cool with that, but, then again, I'm related to Julia Ward Howe (she's my 5th generation great-aunt)

    • @unionlanding
      @unionlanding 7 лет назад +20

      Yes, I agree. But lets get it right. It's let us DIE to set men free. Not live.

    • @frankjoyce1436
      @frankjoyce1436 6 лет назад +8

      You are right. Someday it will be the National Anthem. However, there will be people who will object to that because the premise of the Battle Hymn of the Republic is that human rights come God, and not come from the state, and that it must be rejected for that reason. For them the state is the source of rights.

    • @retnabalan1842
      @retnabalan1842 6 лет назад +1

      This would have been apt for the US!!!

  • @philandeswilliams1975
    @philandeswilliams1975 4 года назад +4

    A beautiful rendition! May God Bless each and every one of those wo snag and played that day! As well as those present who sang in their hearts!

  • @optics2012
    @optics2012 4 года назад +3

    I am deeply moved, proud of being an american.

    • @stevegibson2255
      @stevegibson2255 3 года назад

      I am not an American but am proud to say I am also deeply

  • @foreversinging91
    @foreversinging91 4 года назад +3

    The blend of this choir and all of the voices is amazing

  • @tylery405
    @tylery405 2 месяца назад

    Beautiful version

  • @Shemaiah439
    @Shemaiah439 5 лет назад +4

    Best rendition of this song!

  • @kayleighbaker2015
    @kayleighbaker2015 4 года назад +1

    136,000 views and only 1,000 likes?! These Kids Did GREAT!!

  • @lorisharber9153
    @lorisharber9153 8 лет назад +3

    Beautiful! brings tears to my eyes... GOD BLESSED AMERICA & OUR NEW PRESIDENT TRUMP. PRAISE OUR LORD GOD (JESUS CHRIST) WE SHALL GIVE HIM ALL THE GLORY & PRAISE FOREVER AND EVER! BIG AMEN....

    • @zipzap8937
      @zipzap8937 8 лет назад

      God won't save you.

    • @lorisharber9153
      @lorisharber9153 8 лет назад +1

      HE ALREADY DID!! PRAYING FOR YOU! NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER! MAY PEACE COME TO YOU...AMEN...

  • @judygrubaugh5424
    @judygrubaugh5424 4 года назад +3

    Absolutely beautiful

  • @miker3875
    @miker3875 4 года назад +3

    Respect to Iowa.

  • @truthunfolded1300
    @truthunfolded1300 6 лет назад +2

    and the young lady on the harp. This hymn is a very charismatic one

  • @user96744
    @user96744 Месяц назад

    Beautiful and strong

  • @Belle23923
    @Belle23923 2 года назад

    I was in the Illinois All-State Choir in 1967...a proud day indeed. I wish we would have been able to sing this. This rendition is just beautiful and the kids so very talented.

  • @darrenheadrick3669
    @darrenheadrick3669 2 года назад

    Nothing but tears. It is bideo such as this that affirm my 20 years as military police was for not.

  • @jadg1242
    @jadg1242 2 года назад +1

    素晴らしい!!なんて美しいハーモニーと調和なんだ!!!!

  • @allanmoore4353
    @allanmoore4353 9 месяцев назад

    Oh my, how beautiful, wonderful rendition of the BHOTR, thank you.

  • @iduswelton9567
    @iduswelton9567 Год назад

    This was a very thrilling rendition of this song - i loved the spirit of the Conductor and it reminded me of when i sang bass/baritone in my high schools choir

  • @josephmoore9462
    @josephmoore9462 2 года назад

    Why the value of our flag never dies right here!!

  • @jimkollias1308
    @jimkollias1308 4 года назад +4

    Great job! Outstanding! Very moving!

  • @ronwelker3804
    @ronwelker3804 Год назад +1

    I am moved to tears. These young people are so inspiring and to thimk we hat an impact this. Incredible hymn had on the outcome of the civil war

  • @sandybrown259
    @sandybrown259 Год назад

    ❤ Now that was ABSOLUTELY AWESOME 🇱🇷🙏🇱🇷🙏🇱🇷🙏

  • @SharonOtt-u6w
    @SharonOtt-u6w 2 месяца назад

    That was amazing.

  • @ceejpins9526
    @ceejpins9526 3 года назад +1

    Outstanding!! From Philippines!

  • @jm2207
    @jm2207 9 лет назад +1

    Its great how well you can hear all the different parts in this video

  • @moniqueneagle7091
    @moniqueneagle7091 2 года назад +1

    Magnificent performance. Thank you so much for sharing. We used to sing it in college. Great memories back. 💕 👍

  • @antm64
    @antm64 Год назад +1

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY ALL!! I have chills at the sheer beauty of this fantastic rendition of this iconic composition! I think this is my all time favorite variation, even better than the Tabernacle Choir! WELL DONE!

  • @jonrabben3007
    @jonrabben3007 Год назад

    This was a professional caliber performance in every respect.

  • @Richard-q8g
    @Richard-q8g 7 месяцев назад

    Just wonderful

  • @ducatiman1309
    @ducatiman1309 9 месяцев назад

    Greetings from Scotland ! - loved this thankyou XXX

  • @joelewis1094
    @joelewis1094 8 лет назад +2

    Hallelujah, let this be God's "America the Beautiful. "

  • @charlottrkoehler8280
    @charlottrkoehler8280 8 месяцев назад

    Beautiful. Touches the soul as nothing else can.

  • @GEGE-bx3fj
    @GEGE-bx3fj 4 года назад +1

    RESPECT
    No words will suffice. Hats off 2 all

  • @kodiakhomesandgaragesiowa
    @kodiakhomesandgaragesiowa 2 года назад +1

    2011 was the best overall

  • @spidersinspace1099
    @spidersinspace1099 9 месяцев назад

    MAGNIFICENT!

  • @davus4242
    @davus4242 3 года назад +3

    Awesome performance! The singers and musicians were wonderful! And, whoever did the arrangement* and composition needs some huge accolades, this arrangement* and composition is majestic! Well done!!
    *Sounds likes Peter J. Wilhousky's arrangement.