Believe in Jesus as your only saviour and confess that He is the Lord, The Son of Father God and you'll be saved! You will see The Creator then. I hardly wait until that moment
+Coopdizzle My dad battled cancer three times in his life and won. I wish you all the strength, faith, love and all that modern medical science can muster to see you through.
5,905 singers from 101 countries, singing together in a virtual choir. The next time I hear someone complain that the internet stifles human interaction, I'm pointing them to this...
There are more sides to it. Over-exposure to the internet for young people = bad. And, the internet is not universally good for everyone, for some, it makes them hurt, feel how actually people are so far away, and all that bad stuff gathered together and sensionalized. The internet's main effect is *connection* , be it of goodness or of bad. In a place where everything gathers, darkness is part of it too.
I’m one of the 5,000+ singers on this video. Watching again, over ten years later, I still get chills! I hope many viewers are inspired to lift their voices in choral singing.
This song is amazing. I have been suffering from depression ever since my only sibling and best friend passed away 3 and 2 years ago. The contrasts and crescendos fill up a part of my soul that has been empty for a while. This is the first comment I have ever written on RUclips, and I just want to give my sincere and heartfelt thanks to Eric Whitacre for the beauty he brings to the world. I had the privilege of singing Water Night with my high school choir, and I will never forget how it made me feel so alive. Thank you so much, Mr. Whitacre.
I felt the same. I listen to his creativity and imagination through choir and the holes, that are left in me by deaths that leave me orphaned in this world through shattered silenced, are once again filled.
my music teacher in elementary school showed me this video and i saved it for many years. I’m now a senior in high school and i come back to this every few years. glad it has stuck with me for all these years. makes me wonder where all the participants are now.
As one who participated in this mega event, I'm glad it has stuck with you both all these years. This was a wonderful thing to see when it first premiered and I hope many more get to see it in th years to come!!
@@brauljo Okay. I can tell you that I was very deeply involved with building and designing the city in this video, and the people are randomly placed all over.
Because .. this MEANS SOMETHING. Modern music on the radio is about $$ and ego.. not empowerment or meaning. Do I sound bitter? Some times the truth comes in a bitter pill.
Isaac White no and he only has 61k subscribers! To think idiots like pewdepie have 10million or whatever he has now. How do people not know of this man?
my choir teacher at my college cancelled class, and told us to watch his TED talk. I got to this video, and now I'm super inspired and energized about my future career as a teacher. to be able to conduct 20-30 voices every day would be so amazing. I would never get tired of my job
Omg omg omg my music teacher this is her brother!!!!! She fricken told us she got married so that is not her last name but that is in a place in Ohio she knows because it is her brother!!!!
fastfoodgaming sam my choir teacher did too and we practiced and we were amazing and she knew eric and showed him.. Hopefully your choir teacher did the same
Everyone you teach could be the one who saves the world, smartest person in the world clean the oceans find a new planet that could sustain life and find the ultimate cure for all deseases
It makes me strangely emotional to think about the fact that there are thousands of people from all over singing this. They all put this together without being anywhere close to each other. Music truly unites people.
Music is such a blessed gift! It takes you to places that would otherwise be unimaginable. As Eric Whitacre said in his original TedTalks … suddenly the world was in shocking technicolor. So true!!
Man, I wish I had access to this many singers. Seriously, half of what makes this sound so awesome is the sheer mass numbers of singers. Every tiny influction of every singer just adds this chilling effect. It doesn't matter if you are perfectly in tune. Heck, it's what makes orchestras have such a great sound when you have more strings. All it takes is 8000 singers and you have one of the most magical sounds that we could produce. Now imagine this live... *dies a little bit*
And all she ever thinks about Is being any other place than this Cause she remembers having wings But she's forgotten what its like to feel A paradise of bliss And all I want to do is Fly Just fly And all I want to do is Fly Just Fly To paradise Paradise, paradise Paradise, paradise Paradise, paradise Fly, fly, fly Fly, fly, fly Fly, fly, fly To paradise And all she ever thinks about Is memories and swinging through The sky Cause she remembers having wings But she's forgotten what is feels like To fly And all I want to do is Fly Just fly And all I want to do is Fly Just fly To paradise Paradise, paradise Paradise, paradise Paradise, paradise To paradise
I come back to this periodically and it takes my breath away every time. Amidst the world's turmoil, it's nice to be reminded that humans are actually awesome!
I remember being in high school and my choir teacher making us listen to this, and I remember just being emotionally OVERWHELMED because at the time I was a closeted bisexual and this song gave me hope that one day I could have the freedom to be myself and be happy. Just like. This song means everything to me.
My orchestra teacher showed us this about 3 years ago, and to this day, it still gives me chills every time I hear it. What an absolutely awe-inspiring, phenomenal piece of art..
If dubstep artists have vision and classical discipline of composers like Eric Whitacre, they *can* make great dubstep. But alas, most of them only have the discipline of high school children and attention span of clubbers on ecstasy.
Ahmad Deedat Ibrahim don't forget Whitacre's an alumni of the Juilliard School! 😂 so that explains a lot. Whitacre and John Mackey are my two favorite composers and they both went to Juilliard and they inspire me to go too! I'll be there hopefully someday.
Wow, it has been some time since I have listened to this. Thanks to all who have taken time to be so kind and jot down your positive comments. I discovered Eric Whitacre while just casually surfing the Internet for new songs for my voice students, right after his first Virtual Choir piece. The word was out and videos for a new piece called “Sleep” were being accepted. Who knew these would be so powerfully amazing. After participating in a few of these and introducing students and recording their videos for submission, I submitted an audition to sing in a production of Mr. WHITACRE’S at Carnegie Hall in the spring of 2013 and was accepted. “Fly to Paradise” videos were to be submitted that year and I auditioned for one of the short solos and much to my surprise was chosen to to sing those two words, “just fly” and at 3:26 I felt like I could have flown. It meant so much as I had met so many in New York that I had sung virtually with in previous productions. During the COVID Lockdown, we all came together, separately once again and did “Sing Gently,” the largest VC yet. Music has such a remarkable ability to accomplishment much in a person’s life. If you have the opportunity to participate in one of these productions, do it, everyone’s video is accepted and you will be forever glad you did it.🎶
Words can't express how much of an impact this song had... One of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard... Immense respect to the individual(s) who put all of these videos and voices together... My only question is why this song only has one million views at the current time... You all deserve so much more... Thank you so much...
I think the one thing that blew my mind the most is when I saw all those buildings and realized that every single window that was there was someone singing. Like damn.
I think the reason why this song has hit so many people emotionally is because in a since we all are angelic beings that chose to come to earth to live a human life and some where in the deep parts of our soul as a divine beings we miss being free and not being grounded to the earth. I have had flying dreams all my life and still do to this day.
Seeing everyone separated in the windows reminds me of the pandemic we are in now. However music continues to connect us. I hope everyone remembers to love on another and never give up on yourself.
This song came on my bluetooth speaker right as I summited a snowy mountain in the backcountry while tripping on mushrooms. Not the safest combination of activities, but holy hell the feeling of this song right before you reach the top of a mountain is incredible haha.
Every few month I come back here and think the same thing... how is it possible this has only milion views? Cute cats gather more views. This is a work of art and deserves more attention.
Every time I watch this, I get goosebumps and an overflow of emotion. Eric Whitacre, you are just simply amazing. I am so glad that I was able to be a part of this.
I am working to be a part of Virtual Choir 6, and this song is what introduced me to Eric Whitacre. My son marched in the Seattle Cascades Drum & Bugle Corps in 2017 and this was one of the songs they performed. So beautiful and touching.
10:42 I cannot believe it’s been almost a decade since this masterpiece was released. I’m honored to have been a part of this incredible production. I can only hope I’ll be able to partake in the next Virtual Choir whenever it may be. Thank you, Maestro Whitacre.
I still can't believe I was a part of this amazing project. The song moves me to tears everytime. And I'm lucky because my face is visible, so I was able to share it with my friends and family and say: Look it's true, I'm right there with the gigantic headphones!!!
Really great song and so many talented souls joining together to sing about the beauty of flight and a world better than this one ...hummm, sounds like heaven. How great it would have been if all this had been done for The glory of The Most High God. It's never too late, maybe the maker of this video will make future videos for that purpose.
First heard this about a year back. And every time I listen to it whilst driving it puts me in a fantastically positive mood, and .... even on a hot summers day, it gives me goosebumps. Quite probably the most perfect blend of choir and EDM I have ever had the pleasure of hearing. Utterly, utterly beautiful, I just don't have the words to adequately explain how much this song means to me.
My art teacher showed this to us when I first started college. She wanted us all to share a video that inspired us artistically, and this was one that she loved. It still amazes me.
If you want a hint what a choir of the heavenly host would sound like, this is a hint ... imagine the voices that have passed before us returning in song ... a touch of divinity, Eric, truly ... thank you so much for this and all your works here ... ONE PEACE at a time !
Wow, this is so beautiful. I'm in a marching band, and our show for this year is entitled: "The Call." It's a tribute to the men and women who were attacked in the events of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. On our closer, we play this masterpiece about halfway through the closer, and it blows me away every time I hear it. I absolutely can't wait till our band goes to Hawaii and perform this to the surviving veterans from WWII. God bless you to all those who served, or who are are currently serving. :)
This is definitely something that's inspired me to try something far more ambitious -- a choir of 10000 in all varieties of voices ... single-handedly. I've not yet gone over 60 but did so at a rate that would have allowed around 500 in a day.
The harmony of voices to me is a symbol of togetherness. This symbol is broken for me when in this video I see and contemplate these disembodied voices from remote locations singing what admittedly is very beautiful music.
Our HS Marching Band is playing this for our Closure this year. As of writing this, tomorrow'll be the last time we perform our show "The Next Step" and subsequently this song. This is definitely the most powerful song in our show, it's truly awesome.
I just rediscovered this on an old playlist. I think I haven't listened to this song in nearly 6 years, but after hearing the first few notes, it all came rushing back, spilling over and engulfing my whole soul. Music is the most powerful thing.
This song was nothing less than beautiful. I loved it. It had just the right amount of quietness and wonderful voices and then it just explodes with all this noise that I can't explain! It's *amazing*!
Even after watching the TED talk and the previous three videos, I've never been so emotionally moved by a piece of music or video. I was sobbing while listening to this. Eric and company, THANK YOU for such an amazing experience. Hoping to be a part of the next one.
I seriously had tears in my eyes while listening to this. People of all ages, genders, nationalities, religions, all united in creating this truly beautiful piece of music. Thank you. Thank you all. You're beautiful. You're amazing.
I remember listening to this in just the fifth grade and I still do occasionally now and I'm in eighth grade. Also I love reading the comments they're soooo inspiring. I love them. Their voices are absolutely beautiful aswell
and someday we will all be singing together in perfect harmony, With our creator and peace all around us beyond our wildest imagination. I am looking forward to this day of Hope.
Sorry. I didn’t read through all of the comments. That makes me feel like I’m intruding. I’m sorry for your loss . I’m glad that you have this piece of her with her music.
Mr. Whitacre Paradise Lost is a Masterpiece that did not get the credit it deserved. I cry every time I hear songs like Close Your Eyes, Forgotten and Bliss. Not to mention the Adrenaline from This is the Way and Libertas Imperio. It was your Magnum Opus.
I'm a writer and I'm scared that people will never know who my characters are. I don't even care if people hate them I just want them to strike the nerves in the hearts of people. What does that feel like?
So glad I got to be a part of this before I got cancer. I may not be able to sing now but at least I can look back at this and be proud.
No! I hate cancer! Please try to fight it away! I KNOW you can do it! You were so amazing joining this!
get well soon,I wish you the best of luck
Best of luck to you. Sending well wishes through the Internet :-)
Believe in Jesus as your only saviour and confess that He is the Lord, The Son of Father God and you'll be saved! You will see The Creator then. I hardly wait until that moment
+Coopdizzle My dad battled cancer three times in his life and won. I wish you all the strength, faith, love and all that modern medical science can muster to see you through.
5,905 singers from 101 countries, singing together in a virtual choir. The next time I hear someone complain that the internet stifles human interaction, I'm pointing them to this...
Paul, this is exactly what the Internet was hoped to be. I hope to take part in the next one.
There are more sides to it.
Over-exposure to the internet for young people = bad.
And, the internet is not universally good for everyone, for some, it makes them hurt, feel how actually people are so far away, and all that bad stuff gathered together and sensionalized.
The internet's main effect is *connection* , be it of goodness or of bad.
In a place where everything gathers, darkness is part of it too.
😀 you are so damn right!
So true!!!
Projects like this gives me some hope for the future. On top of that it is a wonderful vid and the music is beyond awesome!
This video is only 13 minutes long because a full 8 of those minutes are dedicated to the credits for all the singers. Mind-blowing.
Now I don't forget the people animating these as well.
Wow! That’s amazing!
I’m one of the 5,000+ singers on this video. Watching again, over ten years later, I still get chills! I hope many viewers are inspired to lift their voices in choral singing.
Was it 10 years ago?? Good grief!
My choir teacher is in this video!!!
Same :D
My choir teacher from like 4 years ago did too
SAME
Just found that out
My favorite choir teacher is on the new one
This song is amazing. I have been suffering from depression ever since my only sibling and best friend passed away 3 and 2 years ago. The contrasts and crescendos fill up a part of my soul that has been empty for a while. This is the first comment I have ever written on RUclips, and I just want to give my sincere and heartfelt thanks to Eric Whitacre for the beauty he brings to the world. I had the privilege of singing Water Night with my high school choir, and I will never forget how it made me feel so alive. Thank you so much, Mr. Whitacre.
I felt the same. I listen to his creativity and imagination through choir and the holes, that are left in me by deaths that leave me orphaned in this world through shattered silenced, are once again filled.
That's terrible:(. My dog recently passed away :.(
You need to sing more. Music is what has always helped me get out of depression. It’s the only thing that ever fills my soul.
I am playing this song as part of my marching band field show
@@EmmaHopman didn't the bluecoats do this a few years ago?
I was so pleased to have been part of this.
Is that you at 3:26?
Unfortunately, no, but thank you for asking. I was just one of many sopranos in those buildings.
I'm in that section from 3:25-3:30... bottom row all the way to the right lol
Bravo! So pleased for you.
Valerie Smith I feel like even though I'm in chorus, and I wanna be in one of these, of be so out of key 😂
I'd be like : FLUUY TOUU PURADIZZZZZ
my music teacher in elementary school showed me this video and i saved it for many years. I’m now a senior in high school and i come back to this every few years. glad it has stuck with me for all these years. makes me wonder where all the participants are now.
Same here! I saw this the year it came out in my last year of middle school, and now I'm a college graduate. It's always stayed with me
As one who participated in this mega event, I'm glad it has stuck with you both all these years. This was a wonderful thing to see when it first premiered and I hope many more get to see it in th years to come!!
Thank you one and all for your incredible Voices, you make my soule rise and praise your gifts!
SAME FOR MEEE
same my music teacher in elementary showed us this
Fun fact for you! Each building represents a different country, and all the singers on the sides of each building are from that country. *mindblown*
Alyssa Frantz I thought it was just singers from any country just put on a building
There's no truth to this statement what so ever
There is no proof to this statement but I wouldnt say its wrong. Might be. Anyways its epic as fork
@@kattenmusen10kofficial I mean the second one had different sized globes which were each of a country
@@brauljo Okay. I can tell you that I was very deeply involved with building and designing the city in this video, and the people are randomly placed all over.
Why don't I hear this song on the radio along side the other top hits? Damn! This is beyond good!
Isaac White because people don't know what true music is. They've been indoctrinated. They don't respect true music.
cuz modern rap takes the cake... apparently
Because .. this MEANS SOMETHING.
Modern music on the radio is about $$ and ego.. not empowerment or meaning.
Do I sound bitter?
Some times the truth comes in a bitter pill.
Isaac White no and he only has 61k subscribers! To think idiots like pewdepie have 10million or whatever he has now. How do people not know of this man?
Muse pewds deserves the subs.
The best way to listen to this is on a airplane looking out of the window and reminiscing in the glory that this world has to offer
Ben Petrmichl omg ur a genius
Marina Brouwer Omg you were so good
YASSSS
my choir teacher at my college cancelled class, and told us to watch his TED talk. I got to this video, and now I'm super inspired and energized about my future career as a teacher. to be able to conduct 20-30 voices every day would be so amazing. I would never get tired of my job
fastfoodgaming 20-30? Imagine 2,000-3,000 every day! Something to aim for. The very best of luck.
Omg omg omg my music teacher this is her brother!!!!! She fricken told us she got married so that is not her last name but that is in a place in Ohio she knows because it is her brother!!!!
fastfoodgaming sam my choir teacher did too and we practiced and we were amazing and she knew eric and showed him.. Hopefully your choir teacher did the same
Everyone you teach could be the one who saves the world, smartest person in the world clean the oceans find a new planet that could sustain life and find the ultimate cure for all deseases
fastfoodgaming a lot will be terrible
The chills are real! I repeat! THE CHILLS ARE REAL!!!
Proof positive chills exist. Meanwhile shills are having a hard time chilling out...
2:57 BAM feels
It makes me strangely emotional to think about the fact that there are thousands of people from all over singing this. They all put this together without being anywhere close to each other. Music truly unites people.
So does war,death and destruction. (: jk
Music is such a blessed gift! It takes you to places that would otherwise be unimaginable. As Eric Whitacre said in his original TedTalks … suddenly the world was in shocking technicolor. So true!!
This makes me super proud to be a human being.
Man, I wish I had access to this many singers. Seriously, half of what makes this sound so awesome is the sheer mass numbers of singers. Every tiny influction of every singer just adds this chilling effect. It doesn't matter if you are perfectly in tune. Heck, it's what makes orchestras have such a great sound when you have more strings. All it takes is 8000 singers and you have one of the most magical sounds that we could produce.
Now imagine this live...
*dies a little bit*
I actually just saw this live performed by a middle school choir and it was amazing.
+Reuben Spencer But they ARE all i tune thats whats great. They vibrato and stuff to change, but damn these guys are good
+Emily Sparks Haha my choir director did it last year too with his middle school choir, and this year he's doing it with the high school too!
And all she ever thinks about
Is being any other place than this
Cause she remembers having wings
But she's forgotten what its like to feel
A paradise of bliss
And all I want to do is
Fly
Just fly
And all I want to do is
Fly
Just Fly
To paradise
Paradise, paradise
Paradise, paradise
Paradise, paradise
Fly, fly, fly
Fly, fly, fly
Fly, fly, fly
To paradise
And all she ever thinks about
Is memories and swinging through
The sky
Cause she remembers having wings
But she's forgotten what is feels like
To fly
And all I want to do is
Fly
Just fly
And all I want to do is
Fly
Just fly
To paradise
Paradise, paradise
Paradise, paradise
Paradise, paradise
To paradise
I come back to this periodically and it takes my breath away every time. Amidst the world's turmoil, it's nice to be reminded that humans are actually awesome!
the soloist at 1:11 won my heart haha love the richness in her voice and her sweet smile!
I remember being in high school and my choir teacher making us listen to this, and I remember just being emotionally OVERWHELMED because at the time I was a closeted bisexual and this song gave me hope that one day I could have the freedom to be myself and be happy. Just like. This song means everything to me.
+Caitlin Edwards Fly!
Smsjsjsjms
I see this 7 times and I still crying
It's people like this with better visions for the world with using technology in a positive way for such a negative way to bring people together
It is odd that I can relate to this in every way shape and form?
i think to bring this a whole level up you should allow beat boxers to be apart of this too instead of adding your own drums
My orchestra teacher showed us this about 3 years ago, and to this day, it still gives me chills every time I hear it. What an absolutely awe-inspiring, phenomenal piece of art..
Three years? It's been out for two!
Really? My memory might be a bit fuzzy. Maybe its only been two. Sorry! D:
My music teacher had a chance to be in this.
ochoa wolf LOL then what do u identify as? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
whats ur teacher?
FOREVER WOKE coolll
Same.
That's great 😄❤️👏
I show this to my students every June - They think it's pretty amazing!!! So do I!!
Me too, lesson in the power of coordinated teamwork.
I'm playing this as a song for marching band
The thing is, though, that it's a great dubstep song, too.
If dubstep artists have vision and classical discipline of composers like Eric Whitacre, they *can* make great dubstep. But alas, most of them only have the discipline of high school children and attention span of clubbers on ecstasy.
Ayy
Ahmad Deedat Ibrahim don't forget Whitacre's an alumni of the Juilliard School! 😂 so that explains a lot. Whitacre and John Mackey are my two favorite composers and they both went to Juilliard and they inspire me to go too! I'll be there hopefully someday.
Love the Muslim women at about 1:14. Her smile is so beautiful. x
Wow, it has been some time since I have listened to this. Thanks to all who have taken time to be so kind and jot down your positive comments. I discovered Eric Whitacre while just casually surfing the Internet for new songs for my voice students, right after his first Virtual Choir piece. The word was out and videos for a new piece called “Sleep” were being accepted. Who knew these would be so powerfully amazing. After participating in a few of these and introducing students and recording their videos for submission, I submitted an audition to sing in a production of Mr. WHITACRE’S at Carnegie Hall in the spring of 2013 and was accepted. “Fly to Paradise” videos were to be submitted that year and I auditioned for one of the short solos and much to my surprise was chosen to to sing those two words, “just fly” and at 3:26 I felt like I could have flown. It meant so much as I had met so many in New York that I had sung virtually with in previous productions. During the COVID Lockdown, we all came together, separately once again and did “Sing Gently,” the largest VC yet. Music has such a remarkable ability to accomplishment much in a person’s life. If you have the opportunity to participate in one of these productions, do it, everyone’s video is accepted and you will be forever glad you did it.🎶
That short solo gave me chills, thank you 🫡
Just so beautiful! Voices that give me a feeling of elation hearing all of you.thank you ,thank you!
Words can't express how much of an impact this song had... One of the most beautiful songs i've ever heard... Immense respect to the individual(s) who put all of these videos and voices together... My only question is why this song only has one million views at the current time... You all deserve so much more... Thank you so much...
When you see this… it's makes you really believe that people can come together to create something beautiful -a better world ahead!
I'm just so amazed by this. And well, by all of your virtual choirs. I can't imagine the tough job your mixing engineer has!
Jennifer Thomas Or the video editor.
mixing engineer more tho, even in this video
Not to mention the one responsible for putting the credits in alphabetical order.
i think the split the work among multiple engeneers
I think the one thing that blew my mind the most is when I saw all those buildings and realized that every single window that was there was someone singing. Like damn.
Another cool thing is that each building represents a country, and all the singers on that building are from that country. MIND BLOWN.
I DID NOT CATCH THAT.
Right?! Isn't it awesome?!
My teacher played this for the class and i just loved it so much
It still makes my heart melt seeing my name on the list of this beautiful choir and masterpiece 🥲
only if everyone in the world could sing, the planet would make music that goes in space then spreads to other planets omg so crzy
Sadly, sound can't travel through space.
Tobin Bell so true
Tobin Bell sound is gods gift to humanity my friend, it shall be our alone to own.
too bad sound can't travel through space
Mikki Gordon So there's no sound on Venus, Jupiter or any other planet with an atmosphere?
I think the reason why this song has hit so many people emotionally is because in a since we all are angelic beings that chose to come to earth to live a human life and some where in the deep parts of our soul as a divine beings we miss being free and not being grounded to the earth. I have had flying dreams all my life and still do to this day.
What? We're not angelic beings...
lmao ikr. I hate these people trying to be all deep and completely failing.
We´re more than angelic! We´re children of God! :)
ThriftyWitch Uh, no, we aren't angelic, nor will we ever be. We're children of God, and humans.
Seeing everyone separated in the windows reminds me of the pandemic we are in now. However music continues to connect us.
I hope everyone remembers to love on another and never give up on yourself.
It was such a pleasure, and honor, to sing with these incredible people.
brings me to tears.. not the music alone, but the unity of the human spirit.
This song came on my bluetooth speaker right as I summited a snowy mountain in the backcountry while tripping on mushrooms. Not the safest combination of activities, but holy hell the feeling of this song right before you reach the top of a mountain is incredible haha.
I'm in this and so happy I did it...
May this be the future of music and art.
This was so fun to be a part of... can't believe it was 3 years ago. (You can find me from 3:25-3:30... bottom row, all the way to the right)
Listening to this.. is like biting into a york pepper mint patty! just chillingly beautiful and tasty to the soul ^.^
Haha, that's an awesome and unique comparison
thanks, I couldn't think of anything else other than that :P
***** And thats okay! XD
Yes this 🤣
Biting into a York is absolutely horrible not everyone likes mint. It was more like that feeling of being one of the best in your country/state
Another tear jerking E. Whit song. The man is a music God.
Once again bringing beauty to the world, for the world, by YOU and the world.
Every few month I come back here and think the same thing... how is it possible this has only milion views? Cute cats gather more views. This is a work of art and deserves more attention.
My teacher showed me this and for some reason I felt so emotional cause I understand what the song was showing
Every time I watch this, I get goosebumps and an overflow of emotion.
Eric Whitacre, you are just simply amazing. I am so glad that I was able to be a part of this.
I am working to be a part of Virtual Choir 6, and this song is what introduced me to Eric Whitacre. My son marched in the Seattle Cascades Drum & Bugle Corps in 2017 and this was one of the songs they performed. So beautiful and touching.
A perfect example of the good and productive power that RUclips can be.
10:42 I cannot believe it’s been almost a decade since this masterpiece was released. I’m honored to have been a part of this incredible production. I can only hope I’ll be able to partake in the next Virtual Choir whenever it may be.
Thank you, Maestro Whitacre.
This song makes me feel overwhelmed, every time I hear it I feel like crying, beautiful
This was four years ago. I can't believe where the time went. I am so blessed to have been apart of this.
Well, let's 'sing' this by our actions, by changing the world, by turning it into our paradise.
Well said.
Thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth and it is in Heaven.
Anyone watching this in 2020? 🥺
The world needs this right now. Thank you.
blowing me away---chills -- I think that this is what heaven may sound like.
This is pure beauty.
I still can't believe I was a part of this amazing project. The song moves me to tears everytime. And I'm lucky because my face is visible, so I was able to share it with my friends and family and say: Look it's true, I'm right there with the gigantic headphones!!!
Awesome achievement, you.
"I've never heard of a virtual choir. This came at the right time for me! How much of a beautiful blessing it is!! Thankx for sharing this with us!".
I don't know why, but every time I listen to this song I simply have to cry a bit... Just from the thought how this song would sound in a movie...
Damn . . . . tears streaming down my face . . . . 55 years old and im crying . . . .
Oh my God, this is so far beyond magnificent ... !!
humans can be an amazingly wonderful when they choose to be... :o)
I couldn't agree more :)
the problem is that too often the choose to be less than wonderful.....
***** problem is more often that they choose to be indifferent. Which is arguably worse.
My younger sister showed me this and she loves it and now I love it.
Really great song and so many talented souls joining together to sing about the beauty of flight and a world better than this one ...hummm, sounds like heaven.
How great it would have been if all this had been done for The glory of The Most High God. It's never too late, maybe the maker of this video will make future videos for that purpose.
Beyond the words of beautiful
First heard this about a year back. And every time I listen to it whilst driving it puts me in a fantastically positive mood, and .... even on a hot summers day, it gives me goosebumps. Quite probably the most perfect blend of choir and EDM I have ever had the pleasure of hearing. Utterly, utterly beautiful, I just don't have the words to adequately explain how much this song means to me.
If you like choral music blended with EDM you should also check out Michael Englehardt, particularly his Wayfaring Stranger.
Overwhelmingly beautiful. I'm crying.
you cryed on my dad's birthday just saying
My marching band did a version of this for the 4th movement of our drill this year. Love it!
My marching band did this piece in our 2nd movement and my friend sang the solos, it was awesome! beautiful to march to
***** My cousin was in a marching band that did this as the opener. Are you from Texas?
***** johnson pls no
Alexander Rosenwald What's wrong with CTJ?
We did this for our second movement this year! Truly and incredible piece
Words can not describe how breathtaking this is.
My art teacher showed this to us when I first started college. She wanted us all to share a video that inspired us artistically, and this was one that she loved. It still amazes me.
This song makes to want to fly to Paradise. Beautiful, I am sure this is what Heaven will sound like, many voices
If you want a hint what a choir of the heavenly host would sound like, this is a hint ... imagine the voices that have passed before us returning in song ... a touch of divinity, Eric, truly ... thank you so much for this and all your works here ... ONE PEACE at a time !
I DIDNT KNOW ERIC WHITACRE DID ANYTHING OTHER THAN ORCHESTRAL PIECES, THIS IS AMAZING
Wow, this is so beautiful. I'm in a marching band, and our show for this year is entitled: "The Call." It's a tribute to the men and women who were attacked in the events of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. On our closer, we play this masterpiece about halfway through the closer, and it blows me away every time I hear it. I absolutely can't wait till our band goes to Hawaii and perform this to the surviving veterans from WWII. God bless you to all those who served, or who are are currently serving. :)
This is definitely something that's inspired me to try something far more ambitious -- a choir of 10000 in all varieties of voices ... single-handedly. I've not yet gone over 60 but did so at a rate that would have allowed around 500 in a day.
How's it going?
Oh, after 6 years I see this for the first time, it's an honour to humanity to achieve this , my deepest respect
The harmony of voices to me is a symbol of togetherness. This symbol is broken for me when in this video I see and contemplate these disembodied voices from remote locations singing what admittedly is very beautiful music.
i also love how it starts in black and then it starts to gain more color as her wings grow!
I remember my choir teacher showing us this choir still today I can’t stop listening to this piece
Our HS Marching Band is playing this for our Closure this year. As of writing this, tomorrow'll be the last time we perform our show "The Next Step" and subsequently this song. This is definitely the most powerful song in our show, it's truly awesome.
True. My band used this song as a closure to our marching band this year as we flew to a paradise.
I just rediscovered this on an old playlist. I think I haven't listened to this song in nearly 6 years, but after hearing the first few notes, it all came rushing back, spilling over and engulfing my whole soul. Music is the most powerful thing.
Wow, just heard this due to taking a music class. This song is amazing.
dear lord! at 3:26 she has a wonderful voice at such an age. Everyone on this choir is an angel sent from heaven!
This song was nothing less than beautiful. I loved it. It had just the right amount of quietness and wonderful voices and then it just explodes with all this noise that I can't explain! It's *amazing*!
My teacher showed it to my class last year. Ever since my teacher showed it to us I've never stoped watch it. I love it!
Getting goosebumps. Multiple times. Me and my high school choir got to sing this, although this is definitely better.
the world has changed so much since we sang this...much love to everyone
Even after watching the TED talk and the previous three videos, I've never been so emotionally moved by a piece of music or video. I was sobbing while listening to this. Eric and company, THANK YOU for such an amazing experience. Hoping to be a part of the next one.
This always lifts my Spirit and makes me long to be Home with my Creator.
I seriously had tears in my eyes while listening to this. People of all ages, genders, nationalities, religions, all united in creating this truly beautiful piece of music.
Thank you. Thank you all. You're beautiful. You're amazing.
I remember listening to this in just the fifth grade and I still do occasionally now and I'm in eighth grade. Also I love reading the comments they're soooo inspiring. I love them. Their voices are absolutely beautiful aswell
music teachers seem to love it, wow, even my music teacher in 11th grade just played it
suhhh dude
OH MY GOD THERE'S AN ARMY HERE
Wow, this is giving me mad chills right now!
and someday we will all be singing together in perfect harmony, With our creator and peace all around us beyond our wildest imagination. I am looking forward to this day of Hope.
holy shit...that chorus was insane! This guy is a genius.
OMG so beautiful voices...
5,905 voices ...
Sorry. I didn’t read through all of the comments. That makes me feel like I’m intruding. I’m sorry for your loss . I’m glad that you have this piece of her with her music.
Mr. Whitacre Paradise Lost is a Masterpiece that did not get the credit it deserved. I cry every time I hear songs like Close Your Eyes, Forgotten and Bliss. Not to mention the Adrenaline from This is the Way and Libertas Imperio. It was your Magnum Opus.
I'm a writer and I'm scared that people will never know who my characters are. I don't even care if people hate them I just want them to strike the nerves in the hearts of people. What does that feel like?
Those solos though.
I’m so honored to have had the opportunity to sing this piece at the Master Chorale this year with Eric Whitacre himself conducting. Blessed!!!