Black is the Colour of my True Love's Hair - Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
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- Опубликовано: 17 дек 2018
- Appalachian Air of Scottish origin arr. Desmond Earley
From the album ‘Invisible Stars - Choral Works from Ireland and Scotland’
The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin
Artistic Director: Desmond Earley
Solos: Mark Waters and Emily Doyle
Released on Signum Records
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Credits:
Director & DP Ronan Fox
Focus Puller Shane Caffrey
Camera Assistans:
Wade Enright, Sadhbh Ní Nualáin
Sound Playback Trevor Cunningham
Two American melodies from Kentucky are widely associated with the lyric Black is the colour of my true love’s hair. The younger melody was composed by Kentuckian John Jacob Niles, collector and performer of Appalachian folk songs, and an important influence on the American Folk revival in the 1950s. In a biography of Niles-I Wonder As I Wander-Professor Ron Pen of the University of Kentucky has observed that Niles created a completely different melody from the versions he had collected in Kentucky in 1916. The melody used for the choral arrangement on this disc is the version sung by Irish singer/songwriter Christy Moore, who learned the song from Scottish folk singer Hamish Imlach in 1968. This modern Scottish song is a rendering of an Appalachian antecedent of Niles’ version collected by Cecil Sharp in Kentucky and published in English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians (1917). 
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No greater instrument than the human voice.
Agreed 110% ! Any mechanical instrument should be an _ACCENT_ to the vocal component of a song. That said, there are SOME tunes that are best as pure instrumentals, Canon in D by Pachelbel comes to mind immediately along with quite a bit of Wagner.
Nam0Bear Howdy what Bear Clan are you in?
Their music sounds like Heaven.
I dunno...the tuba is pretty nice too.
Agreed. We can never create an instrument to rival that created by God Himself.
Now THAT is an Irish Tenor.
Surely Ireland is of the Lord…!!!!
Tears brim over the downcast eyes of this old man
My wife is sleeping and I look in awe of her beauty. She is a wonder.
Happy for you. Lovely that you know what you have .
This was heartwarming. 🖤
I sang this in my A cappella group in jr high. That was 1987 and this song is still amazing. I suddenly want to hear Oh, Shenandoah. You all would be amazing at that.
'when she and I will be as one' the harmony shakes in the universal sob - for the loss of that one precious life- I hear these flickers of ancient whispers that must have had origin in Irish' Scottish caves and you bring them out into the light. For a second, time stops and beauty hollers out.
whenever i'm piss drunk i end up here and i'm certainly not mad
Know your feeling brother. ditto
I can’t get over how incredible this wonderful creation of music is. It has brought me to tears. The togetherness, the sense of longing, the choir supporting the solo as though they know his pain, the bass line holding everything in place like glue, the soprano descant. All of it was marvelous.
Beautiful in every respect. Y'all could sing the telephone book and leave me weeping . . .
Thank you for pointing this out. So true 🙏
Heavenly music sung by angelic voices.
This choir is a true gem of Ireland.
I hope to hear them in person one day.
Sláinte!
UCD Choral Scholars have a FANTASTIC version of "The Parting Glass" up on RUclips, with the same young man as the lead. What an awesome voice, and an outstanding ensemble.
Mo Ghille Mear is great too, same crew!
Theirs is definitely my favourite version, I've heard many but none that are as great as UCD. Love the voice of the lead, and how controlled he sings.
I know , this choir deserves a monetary uplift to the stars.....
What is the name of the male lead singer. Such a great voice as they all do!!
Mark Watters I think.
I HAVE AN ADDICTION TO CHORAL SCHOLARS OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN. I SEE SO MANY FACES OF MY PAST. BEYOND THE SIMILARITIES IN THEIR FACES, I HEAR THE SOUNDS THAT BRINGS HAPPINESS AND FULLFILLMENT...… JUST MAKES ME FEEL GOOD
Ed Greene Say hello to not recognising any faces from your past, with new immigration policies, no one will look like they’re from where you’re from :)
Everyone will be sub-Saharan.
And all this music... will be gone.
Are you just going to stand for that?
What a brilliant choir, hopefully can travel someday to hear a concert of theirs in person.
You won't see the same group of people as they are together for only as long as they are undergraduates. Mark Waters, the soloist here, had been working for the Irish government Dept of Ag for two years when this video was posted.
@@deadsparrow28 Any man working for the boys in Kildare Street is a national hero !
As a Scots-Irish descendant in America, this lifts my soul.
BEAUTIFUL rendition!!
Goosebumps every time I hear this.
Much LOVE, from south Florida, USA. 💚😷💚 (14 April 2020)
Go raibh míle maith agat!
you are not scots-irish. you are 50% cheeseburger grease and 50% saturated fat. go put a mcdonalds out of business fatty!
This is possibly the most beautiful song I’ve ever heard. Goosebumps all over my body and tears in my eyes. Wow.
You just helped me with my anxiety. I suffer from depression and your videos and especially this song with all those many voices, they just made mefeel a lot better. Thank you so much! ❤
I too Anne you're not alone
Hey guys, if this helped try pluck up the courage to join a choir when the world goes back to normalcy. It really helps with depression and anxiety
Ive been in ireland for only a week a few months ago. But listening to this moves a specific spot inside me. It reminds me to go back to this wonderful country again soon.
Best arrangement I have ever heard of this song. Unbelievable what the human voice is capable of. Breathtakingly beautifully performed
Oh my God! The harmony of this group!! 😯 I’ve gotten goosebumps. Superb!!
What a wonderful choir. They sing wonderfully, and convey the stories they sing about with such feeling.
Mark has the best voice ever :-)
For some reason, “Mo Ghille Mear” popped up on my suggested videos and I’m glad it did. I’ve watched all the videos on your channel and immediately downloaded your album. I only wish I lived in Ireland so that I could see you live.
Art Vandelay - Yes, but can you believe we can actually see and hear such performances whenever we want?
Exactly the same for me!!! In my case I was surprised I didn't get them recommended sooner, as 60% of all my RUclips views are Irish and Celtic music
@@akkariel8228 me too.
What a wonderful Christmas surprise so nice to see how some have aged and others joined this magical circle of the human voices. Thank you all!
Stunningly haunting descant ... just beautiful. The same goes for Mark's soulful tenor.
Hello from the United States! You guys sound fantastic, you all have amazing talent, and this makes me excited to see what you do next. There truly is no greater instrument than the human voice. Bravo!
I am not too sure you could get more beauty in one room.
These young people are a shining beacon for the best of European culture and spirit
This is now one of my favorite songs. I just connect to it.
this is one of those videos you just keep coming back to, and it’s just as amazing every time
Let me see, so Scottish influence, song of Appalachia, sung by amazing Irish artists. As a Scottish and Irish American, just makes me smile. Many thanks.
Both the choir and the lead have other worldy voices. Amazing sound
I love the sound of this choir, always looking for more videos from them!
Oh my goodness! Extraordinary tone, control, and pitch!
Who could possibly dislike this piece? The thumbs down are really beyond me...
More! More! More! absolutely gorgeous
The first song what i hear from this choir was Mo Ghille Mear and it was amazing. greetings from germany
Just listened to this through a great set of headphones, sublime, really get to hear the men.
As an American musician and singer I love the ties, musically, between our not-so-distant parts of the world. Our heartbeats are inextricable, one from the other. Christy's version is indeed the mark to hit, emotionally. You all have done quite nicely and thanks for the share!
One of my Top 5 Lovesongs ever in a brillant Performance. Greatings from Germany
Hauntingly beautiful. What it must be like to be a singer in this song , i would never be the same again.
haunting and evocative. Fabulous arrangement of harmonies weaving in and out of each other like a filigree layer of finest gossamer lace.
One of my fav choirs 😱
Love ole blue eyes....brilliant performance
Stunning. Beautiful. Congratulations to the choir and the director for another wonderful performance.
You're in a class of your own. Thank you, each one and, all of you.
So happy to know that in the making of this album, the Appalachian music of the Scottish settlers was not ignored.
Yessssss... I was so happily surprised to see the inclusion of evolved traditions that were carried over from the homeland. 💚💙
Would love to come to Dublin to see the choir in concert...please post a seasonal schedule.
dont go. as a fellow american, let me tell you that they dont make doors wide enough for our xtra heavy duty mobility scooters, and they do not allow the consumption of mcdonalds in the concert hall. 2/10 experience, would not do it again.
God bless Ireland…!!!!
2:22
The voice of an Angel
This soloist is excellent, such sensibility!
Beautiful! Incredible! I doubt anyone will ever top this performance of this great old song that is well known here in Virginia! - David B.
Incredible arrangement. And so beautifully performed, as always!!
This deserves a Grammy
Y'all are truly amazing singers. Y'all didn't just sing a bunch of words and notes, although that probably would have been faster, but y'all took the time to understand what y'all were singing, and I could hear that. Keep up the good work, Choral Scholars of University College Dublin!
You're incredible.
Greetings and best wishes from Ukrainian Kyiv Polytechnical Institute Choir.
How can something be this good? Seems unreal
Love this! A very beautifully written melody.The melody lines are so pretty from the very 1st note ,it pulled me in!!! I believe I've heard this one a few times at least before & a famous tune? The male lead vocalist did a real good job on this one than the other one I just saw/ watched/ listened previously to this! Well done! All sounds good!
Thank you God for these angelic voices!
Such a beautiful song, and so magically rendered. Brought tears to my eyes. Fantastic work!
Praise be to God
The music that you all produce is heaven to my ears. Brings back the most amazing feelings and emotions ! I hope to view you live one day !!
Wow, this is absolutely brilliant. Great voices, and the solos are outstanding. thank you very much.
I think the other part is called a descant
Atmospheric and mesmerizing. This is music that evokes true beauty.
Hauntingly beautiful. Thankyou 💚☘️
*The correct lyrics, as written in the official booklet of the album "‘Invisible Stars - Choral Works from Ireland and Scotland":*
Black is the colour of my true love’s hair,
Her lips are like some roses fair;
She has the sweetest smile, the gentlest hands,
And I love the ground whereon she stands.
I love my love, and well she knows,
I love the ground whereon she goes;
I wish the day soon would come,
When she and I will be as one.
I go to the Clyde and mourn and weep,
But satisfied I never shall be;
I write her a letter with a few short lines,
and suffer death a thousand times.
Black is the colour of my true love’s hair,
Her lips are like some roses fair;
She has the sweetest smile, the gentlest hands,
And I love the ground whereon she stands.
Why do I always get a bit teary when I hear beautiful voices singing like angels?
Brilliant. Every time I hear them sing my head buzzes for minutes after.
Das ist so unfassbar großartig! Tausend Dank!
Holy smokes... that was so good. The singing... oh the singing. Mark Waters was awesome. The camerawork was great. The choreography was superb... it all fit the song so well. I have a favorite video song file and this went in it. I have to listen to more of your group's work. Thank you all so much!
What a beautiful surname you have. :)
@@helenaville5939 Aww thank you!
Greetings from house Jessie of house Gaillard, long time fan
wow just wow. such beautiful voices so heavenly.
i can’t stop watching this
Thanks so much for this! I was looking for a pre-Niles version of this and everything I could find from the US was from the 50s-60s folk revival, that is, the Niles version. Beautiful!
I got chills…
I'd love them to tour the EU. Such gifted singers!
Wow! I got chills down my spine! One of the most beautiful interpretations I've listened!
Thank you so much, Mark...good job!👏👏👏👑🆒💓📌
Welcome back. Amazing as always!
Christie‘s version and this version are incredible! Mark Waters your talent is amazing.
This is such a joy to close my eyes to and to let all of me be immersed in. 🎶💞
I just happened upon this channel. And then this video. Omg! So so good. This one in particular I love so much... The reverb is so powerful. Thanks for all your hard work to make these videos and share this beautiful music!
Thank you to everyone for your support! We've opened up a virtual tip jar, any donation would be greatly appreciated :) Thank you from all the Choral Scholars. Stay safe :) www.paypal.me/choralscholars
Beautiful!
Love the venue, the photography, chorography! Wonderful piece.
Beautifully done
AMAZING!
Lots of love from south africa.
Hi south Africa... warm regards from south Florida, USA. 👋💚😀
Absolutly amazing 😍
Thank you so much
Stunning. Timeless.
Wow! Incredible performance as always!!
Absolutely Brilliant.
This is a stunning rendition of this classic song. Extraordinary!
Can't wait!
Love it!
Exciting!
This video is a work of art. God bless Eire and you all
Hauntingly beautiful!
I am speechless!! Go ahead
Absolutely beautiful. I'm very familiar with this song and first heard it sung by Hamish Imlach in the early 70s at the MSG folk club in Manchester. I've also got it on a Christy Moore CD. The arrangement and singing here is sheer perfection.
The first time I heard it was from the Voices of Liberty, the A Capella group at Epcot in Florida that my wife auditioned for, and got to sing with during the holidays way back when. (She sang in a group like this when she was in college in Massachusetts.) I love both versions, but my wife, although an obviously huge fan of the Voices of Liberty, prefers this version to theirs!
Please make more videos! these are amazing