VOCES8: This Is My Song (Finlandia) - Jean Sibelius arr. Blake Morgan

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @johnross4819
    @johnross4819 3 года назад +310

    I am the grandson of a Finnish fisherman who emigrated to America with his family. I am in years of honor as I hear this.

    • @LVaderM
      @LVaderM 3 года назад +12

      I am the grandson of a Finnish fisherman. I just heard this. ❤️

    • @KimAhrina11
      @KimAhrina11 2 года назад

      You're great

    • @catherinekane3382
      @catherinekane3382 Год назад +1

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 13 дней назад

      Yes. EASILY understood(!) My heart goes out to Finland! 🤍💙🤍

  • @davebradford8393
    @davebradford8393 6 месяцев назад +31

    I want this to be sung at my funeral. It is my dying wish that all the people on Earth could know that they are kindred.

  • @spmoran4703
    @spmoran4703 2 года назад +21

    A great Irish choir singing for love of the world . Peace is what we desperately need.

    • @peteg8920
      @peteg8920 2 года назад +10

      English , actually plus one American and one Scottsman.

    • @SkipSatterwhite
      @SkipSatterwhite 4 месяца назад

      @@peteg8920

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 13 дней назад

      Agreed. An understatement!

  • @jot518
    @jot518 10 месяцев назад +11

    Finlandia is used for the one of the greatest hymns - Be still my soul! I am a Finn/Swede and so love my heritage. Sibelius composed Finlandia and my great Grandfather is in the Sibelius museum "Bagg - Matt" Matts Lindbäck for playing the violin.

  • @topside1246
    @topside1246 10 месяцев назад +8

    It will never cease to amaze just how beautiful the Human voice can be.

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner День назад

      True...coming from a person who USED to only be fond of instrumental/orchestral pieces. I've awakened since!

  • @MeowfaceMusic
    @MeowfaceMusic 2 года назад +23

    The hundredth time listening to this will be the best.

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      THAT MUCH? Still, well understood! This piece seems to transcend the test of time!

  • @carollancaster2389
    @carollancaster2389 Год назад +46

    Absolutely beautifully done…another goosebump moment from VOCES 8! My late husband was born 6/26/1945 in Helsinki, Finland. He & his parents immigrated to (eventually) Windsor, Ontario. He was very proud of his roots in Finland. My father was a vocal music teacher in Royal Oak (just outside Detroit), Michigan. I remember as a child hearing his high school choir sing this song at their Spring Concert & thinking (as quite a young child) what an absolutely gorgeous song Sibelius had written. Well, many years later, on 6/26/2009 (the day after Michael Jackson had died) I had arranged to have this song played by the pianist as we left the Chapel on our Wedding Day. 2 weeks later my husband would go into surgery to have part of one kidney removed. We thought we had made it through “the difficult part”. But then on 3/8/2020 (at the very beginning of Covid) “they” found the Cancer had had time to spread to both lungs & his brain. So began our very slow downward spiral to his death date-08/29/2022. And we thought that “we had beaten it” only to find out that “we” indeed hadn’t beaten “it”.
    So this song will forever remind me of my Finlandian love 💕.

    • @ilwx9099
      @ilwx9099 Год назад +5

      I’m so sorry for your loss. I’m glad you and he had such a strong relationship to this song.

    • @shlumping_buddah
      @shlumping_buddah Год назад +4

      I am sorry for your loss. This song pays such a tribute on so many levels. Peace be with you.

    • @rafael_luscher
      @rafael_luscher 9 месяцев назад +3

      Thank you for sharing such beautiful story and feelings.

    • @rosemarieloxton3279
      @rosemarieloxton3279 8 месяцев назад +2

      That's so sad, I'm so sorry for your loss ❤

  • @richardwaugaman1505
    @richardwaugaman1505 3 года назад +212

    What a beautiful way to blend patriotism with respect for other nations!

    • @ryanweible9090
      @ryanweible9090 3 года назад +26

      thats what i like, we sang this in church today, and its love of homeland without the disrespect and chest thumping. you can love your home without putting down others homes.

    • @rrrjjj5572
      @rrrjjj5572 3 года назад +18

      Yes, I agree. This is what stays with me the most from this piece. Singing the praises of the beauty of one's homeland, and then in the next phrase reminding us that "other lands have sunlight too, and clover, and skies are everywhere as blue as mine." When I encountered this, I wept. I long for this humility and grace in the country I live in. We are so far from it.

    • @anneoppermann8012
      @anneoppermann8012 Год назад

      Exactly!

    • @richardwaugaman1505
      @richardwaugaman1505 Год назад +1

      I just researched these lyrics and learned they are a wonderful adaptation by Lloyd Stone. I apologize for not mentioning him before.

    • @MMG-q1v
      @MMG-q1v 5 месяцев назад +1

      This piece is in the Unitarian Universalist hymn book “ Singing the Living Tradition.” It brings me joy to sing it with my congregation.

  • @staffanolofsson8201
    @staffanolofsson8201 2 года назад +158

    As a Swede, a neighbour to Finland, I just can welcome and love this interpretation. In our times, when all is changing, I also remember old times, when all was changing. This changing is not a new thing. When Sibelius wrote this, Finland also had difficult times. So music perhaps make us remember our history, and our long journey to democracy.

    • @staffanolofsson8201
      @staffanolofsson8201 2 года назад +2

      PS This theme we can also hear in Sibelius Finlandia. DS

    • @staffanolofsson8201
      @staffanolofsson8201 Год назад

      @@EpicElephant111 Ja du har rätt! Och vi svenskar har inte alltid behandlat er som ett broderfolk. Men det faktum att vi i dag betraktar Sibelius som nordens största kompositör kan kanske i viss mån sona vår skuld. Den att vi inte ställde upp i vinterkriget, inte heller i fortsättningskriget. Finland har gått igenom en historia som präglat er, och som vi svenskar har varit förskonade från.

    • @rafael_luscher
      @rafael_luscher 9 месяцев назад

      Beauty and truth never change.

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 13 дней назад

      LOVE to Sweden. 💙💛💙

    • @staffanolofsson8201
      @staffanolofsson8201 12 дней назад +2

      It is a pity Finland didnt choose this as its National Anthem.

  • @mr.fordnite1909
    @mr.fordnite1909 3 года назад +1205

    For those that don’t know, the song is a Finnish patriotic hymn that was commonly censored by the Russian government. It was performed under aliases or embedded in other works. Often times when the melody of this tune would appear in orchestra settings, Finnish citizens in the audience would stand up and sing the words together, in defiance of their occupation.

    • @jonesnori
      @jonesnori 3 года назад +80

      I knew it was beautiful, and have loved it and felt the sentiment, but I did not know this history. Thank you. I am glad your beautiful country has its independence.

    • @Scriabin_fan
      @Scriabin_fan 3 года назад +51

      Composed by Jean Sibeius, one of my favorite composers of all time

    • @fraum.5927
      @fraum.5927 3 года назад +37

      Thanks for this interesting background information

    • @sueschmitt6294
      @sueschmitt6294 3 года назад +24

      Thank you for that information; I have always thought of Finlandia as the national anthem of Finland, and also as the tune for a hymn in my Lutheran Church ("We would be building, temples still undone, or crumbling walls.........") And I first remember playing Sibelius' Suite in high school band in the late 50's or early 60's.

    • @marinainfinland
      @marinainfinland 3 года назад +77

      An interesting story, thank you! One small correction: Finland was not occupated by the Russian Empire back then. Even vice-versa, Finns got autonomy and basis for future State.
      When the Russian Empire faught with Sweden, Finland did not exist as a separate state at all. And when Russia won, it took part of Swedish terrority according to the peace agreement - this part was where Finns lived. And under Russian Empire, Finns got so much autonomy that they have never had under Swedes, they were the most autonomous part of the Russian Empire back then), called the Grand Duchy of Finland. And this was the predecessor of an independent Finland nowadays.
      The above said doesn't cancel what you've told about some repressive actions at early 1900-s, this was a wrong intention from the Russian Government back then... But, as an upside, it raised the sense of Finnish identity, eventually.
      I'm not the most eloquent of a person, but this all is well-described in Wikipedia for those who are interested :)
      And it is really great to see what a beautiful, peaceful and prosperous countly Finland has become!
      I'm glad it's now independent :)

  • @gehe8929
    @gehe8929 3 года назад +159

    This is a hymn for the whole world. The heartfelt praise for the own country and at the same time recognition that other peoples feel that way too.
    "... and we don't want to be above or below other peoples ..."

    • @gehe8929
      @gehe8929 3 года назад +10

      Is this song suitable as a hymn for the UN?

    • @sonjalewis3047
      @sonjalewis3047 2 года назад +6

      @@gehe8929 Please, let it be so. But at least, it is sung in Unitarian-Universalist churches--and probably in other congregations, too : )

    • @deborahgressley1641
      @deborahgressley1641 Год назад +1

      I agree! Especially now, with Ukraine's courageous resistance against an invaider.

    • @angelalewis3645
      @angelalewis3645 Год назад +1

      As I read your words, I felt chills as strong as what I felt listening to the music. ❤

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 13 дней назад

      @@gehe8929 GOOD IDEA.

  • @kraka2oanIner
    @kraka2oanIner 11 дней назад +1

    After perusing MANY arrangements of this piece, I have to (so far) conclude that this is, far and away, the BEST arrangement and presentation of this work that I've heard! I'll make it a point to attend any of VOCES8 concerts, live. Is this the Finnish anthem? If so, the lyrics are utterly UNSELFISH. In that light, KUDOS to the genius of Sibelius.

  • @ankewunder7092
    @ankewunder7092 2 года назад +13

    Nur mit 8 Stimmen solch eine wohltuende Vibration zu erzeugen, DAS ist wahre Kunst! Gleichzusetzen mit den großartigen Pentatonix! DANKE!

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner День назад

      Eight voices, but with incredible integrity. A notch perhaps greater than the Pentatonix, but your point is nonetheless well taken! PEACE. 🖤❤💛

  • @avelai9216
    @avelai9216 2 года назад +337

    Hearing this, knowing that people I love are stuck in the Ukraine while russian bombs fall, fearing for their lives and losing everything they have, feels different. The lyrics song say it all: We all may be different, living in different places and countries, but we share so much - the same blue sky, the need for safety and a home, we are one as humankind and share beliefs, hopes and the feeling of love.
    Such a beautiful song and such a beautiful message.

    • @gracetalley-bailey2988
      @gracetalley-bailey2988 2 года назад +10

      I first heard this song 20 years ago and cried from the beauty of it.

    • @spmoran4703
      @spmoran4703 2 года назад +9

      I hope your loved ones are safe.

    • @spmoran4703
      @spmoran4703 2 года назад +7

      We have one thing in common . We are precious human life. Love to you and your family .

    • @bobbychambers890
      @bobbychambers890 2 года назад +3

      God bless us all!

    • @chankwaichoi1
      @chankwaichoi1 2 года назад

      UN resolution on "COMBATing glorification of Nazism, neo-Nazism and other practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of #racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related #intolerance"
      130 votes in favor
      51 abstentions
      2 against
      (USA n UKRAINE
      Vote *Against* UN Adopted Anti-Nazi Resolution,
      While ALL NATO MEMBERS *Abstain* )
      TIME's report ruclips.net/video/fy910FG46C4/видео.html
      BBC's report ruclips.net/video/5SBo0akeDMY/видео.html

  • @leechumbley5440
    @leechumbley5440 Год назад +23

    When I was a child, my father played the symphonic version often. It is therefore bound up with those memories. I am flabbergasted at the beauty and skill with which you sing this piece. A little humour: my father quoted Sibeliius: "I have been all around the world. But in all my travels, I have never seen a statue to a music critic."

    • @kelliatlarge
      @kelliatlarge 9 месяцев назад +1

      That reminds me of this from G.K. Chesterton: "I’ve searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees."

    • @leechumbley5440
      @leechumbley5440 9 месяцев назад

      @@kelliatlarge Thanks for sharing. Aren't VOCES8 wonderful!

    • @PaulPlamann
      @PaulPlamann 9 месяцев назад +1

      My Alma Mater, Capital University in Columbus, OH, uses this beautiful melody for our school's song. I sing along with the words of the song every time I hear the melody. It brings back fond memories of my college days many years ago now. Thanks for a beautiful rendition!

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 13 дней назад

      Good point. I've spent hours and hours writing and arranging music. It doesn't come close to this fine work...(!)

  • @sophiapostma4057
    @sophiapostma4057 3 года назад +83

    I played this piece in my youth orchestra. It was Mr Piipo's last concert after 20 years of conducting the orchestra. He is 100% Finnish, so this was basically his send-off. It is one of my favorite pieces that I've played and it will always have a special place in my heart.

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 13 дней назад

      I WANT to sing this. I would work on it, 'till the tears stop and I'm at peace.

  • @BlueSky-eb2sv
    @BlueSky-eb2sv 3 года назад +153

    Had to take a deep breath after 4:23. This is so incredibly beautiful. Voces8 must be something between Heaven and Earth.

    • @josecanale7055
      @josecanale7055 3 года назад +14

      It's obvious that God exists and Voces8 is one of his voices
      Thanks from Argentina

    • @fairlyvague82
      @fairlyvague82 3 года назад +3

      @@josecanale7055 Amen 🙏🏼

    • @sonjalewis3047
      @sonjalewis3047 2 года назад

      VOCES8's virtuosity attempts to heighten the beauty, but instead only weakens this anthem. Mr. Meier and Mr. Canale, if the words and melody bring an ache in your throat and heart, then YOU are the ones to sing this song, not the tricked-out VOCES8.

    • @MichaelEavesMusic
      @MichaelEavesMusic 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@sonjalewis3047 nope this version is superior

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      Hm! Kinda...BOTH! 😊

  • @mod.7866
    @mod.7866 28 дней назад +5

    interprétation sublime et si subtile. On ne se lasse pas ! Voice 8 nous emporte dans les sommets jamais égalés.

  • @RamblinRick_
    @RamblinRick_ 3 года назад +30

    Fun Fact: After the 9/11 attacks, a service was soon held in the National Cathedral. This song was the centerpiece.

  • @JohnRDallasJr
    @JohnRDallasJr 3 года назад +45

    Brilliantly executed and cleverly produced. Thank you. With world news growing more disquieting, “This is My Song” sung to the melody of Finlandia, with lyrics by Lloyd Stone, offers more than hints of calming perspective: “This is my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for lands afar and mine. This is my home, the country where my heart is; here are my hopes, my dreams, my holy shrine. But other hearts in other lands are beating with hopes and dreams as true and high as mine. My country's skies are bluer than the ocean, and sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine. But other lands have sunlight too and clover. And skies are everywhere as blue as mine. Oh, hear my song, O God of all the nations, a song of peace for their land and for mine.” Again, my gratitude for your supreme effort.

    • @robinhector
      @robinhector Год назад +1

      Thank you John for those words .

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      Your words are WELL HEEDED. Now, I'd like to visit Finland some day!

  • @hollyh501
    @hollyh501 7 месяцев назад +8

    Voces8 - the most beautiful choir I’ve ever heard.

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 13 дней назад

      MAJOR credit to them. Beyond professional!

  • @cindyjohnson4304
    @cindyjohnson4304 3 года назад +10

    On September 11, 2001, I was asked to sing this song at a community prayer service. Most appropriate song for such a sad day.

    • @bcgrittner8076
      @bcgrittner8076 3 года назад +4

      An extra large BRAVO to you.

    • @ginnyvibes
      @ginnyvibes 2 года назад +1

      It was just right then, and it's just right now, with Ukraine in mind (and heart).

  • @dillarddillard-p4e
    @dillarddillard-p4e 4 месяца назад +5

    Beautiful. Jean Sibelius is a composer forever loved by me.

  • @tundratunes
    @tundratunes 3 года назад +74

    Wow, watching this now from my home in Finnish Lapland and SOOOOO impressed! Something to simply marvel at during our long isolation during Corona times.

  • @andreahood8260
    @andreahood8260 Год назад +6

    I have always loved "Finlandia" and this coral version is beautiful!

  • @eissolbe
    @eissolbe 10 месяцев назад +4

    Vidunderlig vakkert.❤❤❤
    Jeg elsker denne, og hører den gjerne når jeg går til ro om kvelden.

    • @staffanolofsson8201
      @staffanolofsson8201 5 дней назад +1

      Ja, vi skandinaver må hålla samman. Och visst är den vidunderligt vacker!

    • @eissolbe
      @eissolbe 5 дней назад

      @staffanolofsson8201 😍😍

  • @jsguitargeek1432
    @jsguitargeek1432 3 года назад +100

    Goosebumps - from the first beat to the end. The - chords/lines/harmonies (not to mention voices!?!?!) - otherworldly. Thank you VOCES8

    • @sonjalewis3047
      @sonjalewis3047 2 года назад +1

      But this piece is totally WORLDLY. The message is not ethereal; the singing must not be, either. Find a few other caring folks, and just SING IT, pouring your heart out.

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      I was listening to various renderings of "Lo, How a Rose e'er Blooming" and stumbled across this GEM, which was the whipped cream and CHERRY atop my wanderings(!) I've sung in choirs and a cappella groups. I WANT TO SING THIS amazing piece...and soon!

  • @shan1721
    @shan1721 Месяц назад +8

    Turning to this today.

  • @GoGerman4
    @GoGerman4 3 года назад +89

    I didn’t know that I needed to cry today, but now I do

    • @nataliebasaraba1700
      @nataliebasaraba1700 3 года назад +2

      Same.

    • @isobelanderson9220
      @isobelanderson9220 3 года назад +1

      @@nataliebasaraba1700 me too.

    • @Winnepausakee
      @Winnepausakee 3 года назад

      Same here....3 bars in....( "Gulp"....gush)

    • @sonjalewis3047
      @sonjalewis3047 2 года назад

      Your best cry will come as you, yourself are singing it. This is not a song to daintily sing with dissonance.

  • @mariestein4026
    @mariestein4026 3 года назад +80

    ✨Thank you so much!✨
    🇫🇮 Greetings from Finland!

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад +1

      ...and LOVE to Finland! 🤍💙🤍

  • @enilegnave21
    @enilegnave21 2 года назад +28

    A real blessing in these troubled times; and such simple prayer of moving lyrics

  • @brendaord4282
    @brendaord4282 2 года назад +10

    Totally homesick hearing this, and I'm not Finish.

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      Wow...really, I GET what you mean.

  • @hallorama
    @hallorama 3 года назад +63

    This is pure musicality! Free from everything that is unimportant. It goes right into the center of my body.
    Thank you for making me happy for a while.
    Thanks thanks thanks

    • @michaelpinder844
      @michaelpinder844 3 года назад +4

      Beautifully said Peter. Remember that many of us are there at the centre, with you. Thank you.

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      The harmonies are RICH and appropriate for this eight piece ensemble, maintaining exquisite taste, throughout.

  • @jacekszczecinski2766
    @jacekszczecinski2766 3 года назад +58

    Wonderful celestial voices. Thank you! Love from Poland.

  • @terrygreene1395
    @terrygreene1395 6 месяцев назад +3

    These voices are the perfection of the human voices in song…….they bring tears to my eyes……and goosebumps to my skin.

  • @sheilafenn8013
    @sheilafenn8013 Год назад +1

    I'm a proud American Finnish woman who spoke the Finnish language first and still try to keep it up. I didn't know but by chance a relative sa g this beautiful song at my husband's funeral. I couldn't have been more proud.

  • @alsoncole
    @alsoncole 3 года назад +9

    This is one of the most beautiful melodies ever (along with “Shenandoah”), and they sure sing it to perfection.

  • @jefferyrowley8873
    @jefferyrowley8873 3 года назад +51

    Possibly the best arrangement of this moving piece and sung beautifully.

  • @kraka2oanIner
    @kraka2oanIner 13 дней назад +1

    This gives me major chills(!)...professionally rendered, and beautifully crafted by Jean Sibelius (& Blake Morgan!). What a superb work! I'd sure like to either transcribe, OR otherwise find this piece, so I might perhaps sing it! Where have I been? Better listen to more Sibelius, for certain. THANK YOU. ❤✌

  • @feliciaackerman8804
    @feliciaackerman8804 3 года назад +5

    I learned this song in primary school. This was over six decades ago, and I still think it's the best national anthem in the word -- the ONlY one with nice lyrics, in fact.

    • @neoone75
      @neoone75 3 года назад

      Except this isn't a national anthem 😉. I wish it was

  • @donna30044
    @donna30044 3 года назад +29

    A perfectly woven tapestry of sound. ❣

  • @markford6154
    @markford6154 3 года назад +36

    Exquisite harmonies from this group, as usual. It is very uplifting to hear such such talent and musicality.

  • @joukomaijala7422
    @joukomaijala7422 2 года назад +69

    Wonderful voices, wonderful Finlandia!
    Upeita aania, mahtava Finlandia! Greetings from Oulu, North-Finland. 🇫🇮🇫🇮
    SLAVA UKRAINI! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

  • @evdanker
    @evdanker 2 года назад +5

    This has been one of my favorite pieces of music ever since I first heard it many years ago.

    • @sonjalewis3047
      @sonjalewis3047 2 года назад

      Yes, yes, YES! And it is sung best by each and everyone whose throat aches and whose heart beats faster. It is NOT a melody to add fussy harmonies to!!

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      I stumbled upon it two days ago...this is a GEM that gave me profuse goosebumps(!) Beautiful.

  • @ronenborshevsky8144
    @ronenborshevsky8144 3 года назад +65

    Gorgeous harmonies by Blake and Spectacular Harmony by this sensational ensemble! You guys give us "mortals" a nearly impossible goal to pursue! please continue...

  • @beeble80
    @beeble80 3 года назад +184

    Didn't think this needed to be updated, then Voces8 arranges it and we're all the better for it. Brilliantly done. And such a needed sentiment now, in the midst of all that is unhealthy in our world. Thanks!!

  • @bluebelt224
    @bluebelt224 3 года назад +13

    I literally have not been able to stop listening to this -
    the tune; incredible.
    The arrangement; exquisite.
    The performance; captivating.
    You can certainly feel the emotion behind everything about this piece - it's impossible not to.
    Bravo VOCE8!

  • @dorotagregor6390
    @dorotagregor6390 3 года назад +8

    Perfekcyjne wykonanie !!!Nie wiem ,ktorego glosu sluchac,bo kazdy z nich ma fenomenalną barwę !!!Cudownie zgrane ze sobą ,wszystko dobrze współbrzmi,jest idealnie dopasowane.Dla mnie Fantastyczne !!!Dziękuję 💚

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      I HAVE to listen to the whole choir at once...at least the FIRST time(!) Then, I'll pick out this or that voice. That works for me, anyway.

  • @thomasm.1900
    @thomasm.1900 3 года назад +83

    I'm really musical, and it's not often that I come across a piece so extraordinarily beautiful that I couldn't possibly put it into words how majestic and awe-inspiring it is, even if I tried for the rest of my life. This piece definitely holds the majesty, pride, and absolute passion that I'm sure Jean Sibelius wanted in a performance of his song. One of the most beautiful arrangements of any song I've ever heard. Thanks for making my day! Lots of love from the US :)

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      I'm THIRSTING to learn and SING this one! I sing bass or baritone...

  • @karenjennings3239
    @karenjennings3239 3 года назад +11

    It is an absolutely gorgeous piece of music! It is one of my favorites and they sang it beautifully! Thank you!

  • @r1p2m32
    @r1p2m32 2 года назад +5

    As a Finn, having sung this N times... Hard to hear new arrangements. But this was really sweet, touching -- thank you!

  • @geoffrussell8501
    @geoffrussell8501 3 года назад +6

    This has long been one of my all-time favourite songs, but the arrangement and execution of this version is absolutely outstanding! Thank you.

  • @benedictus7081
    @benedictus7081 3 года назад +8

    Thank God that everyone is doing healthy and productive, even during this pandemic. I cannot wait to listen to more of VOCES8 music.

  • @Audrey-gk1dy
    @Audrey-gk1dy 3 года назад +3

    My favorite group singing my favorite song

  • @michellebyrom6551
    @michellebyrom6551 3 года назад +88

    As close to artistic perfection as any of us can hope to be. 💞

  • @dirkvaningelgem4389
    @dirkvaningelgem4389 3 года назад +17

    That is so wonderfull, to hear Sibelius with your voices ;-)

  • @soaringeagle123321
    @soaringeagle123321 3 года назад +7

    Nearest to the voices of angels that any mortals could ever attain! Simply breathtaking...

  • @jeandeblaize4175
    @jeandeblaize4175 Год назад +1

    Cet arrangement blesse les oreilles, l'harmonie est là en tension, proche d'une dissonance sans résolution

  • @JiiPukki
    @JiiPukki Год назад +4

    Jean Sibelius was The greatest composer ever!

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      I contend that there are a plethora of great and fantastic composers. That stated, THIS one sticks fast in my memory; a testament to the brilliance of Sibelius, and this piece in particular. I NEED to sing this one(!)

  • @z2010able
    @z2010able 3 года назад +7

    I'm old. This song rocked me (inside) when I first heard it years ago. Just wow. Thank you so much for this glorious performance - as I deconstruct...

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      I'm a senior, too (age 72)...some call me "old", others call me a "spring chicken"...go figure(!) An amazing GEM of a piece. I need MORE Sibelius!

  • @cathcort1
    @cathcort1 2 года назад +3

    transformative and mind-stilling - a hymn for all the Earth's people

  • @ulrichhobler8755
    @ulrichhobler8755 3 года назад +28

    This is breathtaking, beautiful, perfect!

  • @zensu-q8q
    @zensu-q8q Год назад +3

    I scrolled and didn't find anyone mentioning the modern-day hymn "Be Still My Soul." As a member of an a cappella group, we have sung this melody to the words of be still my soul. In any case though, VOCES8 performs this with incredible sensitivity and glorious harmonies. Thank you for singing VOCES8!

    • @Joshlama
      @Joshlama Год назад +1

      If it helps, I think Morgan was inspired by an SATB setting of "Be Still My Soul" (written by C. Rand Matheson, then a high school student) that Voces8 were asked to sing for a publisher.

  • @garyleek
    @garyleek 11 месяцев назад +1

    Great vocals, of course, and great arrangement too. Good work everyone!

  • @mikechristelow944
    @mikechristelow944 2 года назад +1

    A moment of rare joy finding this...

  • @alicegobelin4287
    @alicegobelin4287 2 года назад +3

    Stunningly beautiful, these voices are heavenly. A wonderful song they perform...

  • @valerioangioletti8820
    @valerioangioletti8820 3 года назад +1

    Fantastici straordinari musica meravigliosa coro nell'.. olimpo degli dei grazieereee

  • @fratertimotheusmariae2029
    @fratertimotheusmariae2029 3 года назад +2

    BEAUTY will save the world.

  • @EGM777
    @EGM777 3 года назад +21

    Es ist immer wieder ein Hochgenuss, euch zu hören und zu sehen. 👍😊

  • @leshelmuth8827
    @leshelmuth8827 3 года назад +14

    This song has just risen to a level of perfection and beauty! Thanks Blake & Voces8.

  • @CaresinVerse
    @CaresinVerse 3 года назад +8

    Every note I hear from VOCES8 makes me feel closer to God. How beautiful the music these gifted artists make! God bless them all, as they truly bless us.🎶

    • @samlancaster1277
      @samlancaster1277 3 года назад

      God bless you too Judith.

    • @sonjalewis3047
      @sonjalewis3047 2 года назад

      Okay, since I feel they destroy Finlandia, I've belatedly looked for another song they're known for. And I agree that "Sleep" is beautifully done! But Finlandia has an entirely different message, and VOCES8 is misguided on this one.

  • @larrysherk
    @larrysherk 6 месяцев назад +1

    Everything these guys touch is top of the line. Remarkable, one end to the other.

  • @tesslowry1692
    @tesslowry1692 Год назад +1

    Sibelius + Voces8 = perfection

  • @pekkapihka67
    @pekkapihka67 10 месяцев назад +1

    This gives me goose bumps every time I hear this. Great arrangement, so beautiful voices.

  • @NZRic001
    @NZRic001 3 года назад

    I find myself compelled to listen to this by candlelight - about 67 more times..... tonight...

  • @rachaelfitzpatrick8574
    @rachaelfitzpatrick8574 3 года назад +60

    The number of organs I would give to be part of this group is ridiculous. Absolutely stunning, and incredibly aspirational! ❤️

  • @pearlkt
    @pearlkt 3 года назад +1

    I found your music is awe.come distraction to my pain. Honestly can’t thank you all enough

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      I wish & hope your pain abates. This song at least heals my mind(!)

  • @josecanale7055
    @josecanale7055 2 года назад +2

    I hear this marvellous arrange every time as first, and it's a sort of balsam for my mind and spirit.
    From Argentina, thank to Voces8, really Angels in Earth.

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад +1

      Excellent! And...love TO Argentina! 💙🤍💙

  • @davidbrook7121
    @davidbrook7121 3 года назад +12

    2:30 and beyond! Precision-singing extraordinaire! The reharmonization is brilliant. Thank you, Voces8. If you ever were to perform it in Helsinki, I figure the entire concert-hall would levitate.

    • @ginnyvibes
      @ginnyvibes 2 года назад +1

      It's hard to think that they wouldn't be enthusiastic, I'd like to be there to witness it!

  • @beauxbaldwin5012
    @beauxbaldwin5012 3 года назад +10

    Had the original video of Blake singing all 8 parts saved in my Instagram for the longest time. So cool to see it come to life!

    • @trishreed1033
      @trishreed1033 3 года назад

      Any chance you could share that link?

  • @radaammar4337
    @radaammar4337 3 года назад +27

    This is your Song and our Song, a Hymn we raise together..for peace and love! So beautiful and true! Love you all! Deep thanks for this lovely Song and great performance! 🎶🎶🎶❤️💐🙏

  • @JayRudko
    @JayRudko 9 месяцев назад +1

    The tune of this hymn is also the Alma Mater of my high school, Miami Norland Senior High, Miami Gardens, Florida. The words are different, but the emotion is the same.

  • @andrewwhalley6172
    @andrewwhalley6172 Месяц назад

    So many beautiful Voces 8 performances out there. But this is the one I return to again and again. Perfect sentiments, performed perfectly.

  • @georgeparowski1420
    @georgeparowski1420 Год назад +1

    I wish all the nations in the world were as peaceful as Finland . Being content to live within their own borders. Respecting other nations right to exist.

  • @orgue3461
    @orgue3461 4 месяца назад +3

    Just incredibly beautiful. Thank you 👏👏

  • @robertwolz478
    @robertwolz478 3 года назад +39

    It's so wonderfully arranged, Blake! And who could sing it better than Voces8? You are all so great and amazing!

  • @sacsw81ga
    @sacsw81ga 3 года назад

    Have you ever ever ever heard a more beautiful modulation ... 2.30. I could dream into this forever

  • @helenakauppinen1918
    @helenakauppinen1918 3 года назад +3

    Beautiful rendition using Finlandia

  • @MHBoulton
    @MHBoulton Год назад +1

    Thi is one of my favourites! Voces8 does it justice!

  • @brittensmusic2692
    @brittensmusic2692 3 года назад +18

    Amazing.. so beautiful. well done Blake for a fantastic arrangement which has been treated with respect and given the VOCES8 sparkle

  • @alanchadwick9068
    @alanchadwick9068 2 года назад +2

    Exquisite harmonies, sung with perfect tuning and musicianship.

  • @Jnadki
    @Jnadki 3 года назад +7

    This is a breathtakingly beautiful setting and performance. I had trouble holding back the tears.

    • @MSOetjen
      @MSOetjen 23 дня назад

      Why did you try? Tears have great healing power.

  • @TheMusicscotty
    @TheMusicscotty 3 года назад +3

    2:37 the exact moment I hit the like button. Wow. A feast for the ears.

  • @kevinpilon11
    @kevinpilon11 3 года назад +2

    Something about the "mi sol, re re fa" of the melody captures my imagination. So beautiful.

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      Yes, that's a nice motif. I'll listen for it, again...

  • @wallydeschamps8664
    @wallydeschamps8664 3 года назад +5

    Beautifully and Brilliantly arranged and performed. I love VOCES8 and am honored to know them in person. Phenomenal artists!

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      Fantastic! I'm a smidgen envious. I'm hungry to learn this GEM (I sing baritone or bass).

  • @andrewwilliams2193
    @andrewwilliams2193 3 года назад +4

    I love this rendition. I have a copy of it as part of a choral subscription package written and arranged for piano, string quartet and SATB voices. It's my favourite piece of music. It starts off with just the vocals and then the piano and strings join in afterwards. Heavenly.

  • @redenico
    @redenico 2 года назад +1

    Me encantan todos los videos. Un cordial saludo desde Madrid (España) y FELIZ 2023.

    • @kraka2oanIner
      @kraka2oanIner 12 дней назад

      Agreed! Love TO Spain... ❤💛❤

  • @ZoltanTemesvari_temy
    @ZoltanTemesvari_temy 3 года назад +2

    I think Voces8 hit the jackpot by recruiting Blake

  • @BrianDavenport-tw2sn
    @BrianDavenport-tw2sn 3 месяца назад +2

    GORGEOUS!!!!!

  • @Apriluser
    @Apriluser 10 месяцев назад +1

    What an inspiring arrangement!