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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2018
  • In celebration of Black History Month, here is our interpretation of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” arranged by Roland M. Carter.
    The Aeolians are headed to South Africa for the 2018 World Choir Games! However, we need YOUR help to make this trip possible. Next week we will release more information on how you can contribute, so stay tuned!
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  • @TSquared2001
    @TSquared2001 4 года назад +98

    As an HBCU choir alumni, it's safe to say this piece is seared into the consciousness of all of who have performed.

  • @khigrant1983
    @khigrant1983 Год назад +14

    Just how they articulate "God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way..." really touches my core.

  • @mocitydon9325
    @mocitydon9325 6 лет назад +208

    Black excellence overload. I can't take it 😭🙌🏾✊🏾

    • @Adeliegentoo
      @Adeliegentoo 4 года назад +8

      Excellence overload. Not just black. They'd be great whomever they are.

    • @Imissingu2001
      @Imissingu2001 4 года назад +8

      Absolutely BLACK EXCELLENCE!!! BEAUTIFUL

    • @irenewilliams2306
      @irenewilliams2306 4 года назад +3

      Glory To God

    • @robertewebb2able
      @robertewebb2able 3 года назад

      Nearly in tears every time I hear them.

    • @cinemeleon2808
      @cinemeleon2808 2 года назад +1

      @@Adeliegentoo BLACK EXCELLENCE!! They didn't mince words. You clearly don't have an understanding of our purpose for saying that, so please don't attempt to correct what you don't first understand.

  • @professordavid2008
    @professordavid2008 5 лет назад +18

    Top of the line. Off the chain. Anything and everything beyond excellent describes their performance. Can’t believe there are fools who gave this a thumbs down. Clearly they’re tone deaf. Superior job all the way!!! Principal James Weldon Johnson is in heaven applauding this choir for fiercely beautifying his work.

  • @Future-zx9ts
    @Future-zx9ts 4 года назад +34

    I just clapped in my living room all by myself listening to this! Now THESE are some voices!

  • @shanhun770
    @shanhun770 3 года назад +5

    LORD the basses!!! their blend !!!

  • @henryvermeer7816
    @henryvermeer7816 3 года назад +11

    I wish more choirs sang like this... tons of vibrato and such a beautiful, full sound. Gives me chills

  • @leonietaylor7054
    @leonietaylor7054 3 года назад +6

    I have enjoyed so many of their concerts.I have met quite a few of the choir members.Delightful humble sweet respectful Christian kids.God bless you for blessing me❤
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  • @greggsorensen7588
    @greggsorensen7588 2 года назад +9

    This performance of Carter's arrangement is truly extraordinary. It's the best one out there and they made it their own.

  • @chal8495
    @chal8495 4 года назад +37

    Whew!!!! That diction and oneness of voice....so clean!!!! Absolutely beautiful!

  • @kathleenmeo5283
    @kathleenmeo5283 3 года назад +19

    One of the greatest choirs I have ever heard/seen, hands down! Amazing work, everyone. WOW.

  • @babylove617
    @babylove617 3 года назад +6

    That resolve at 3:39 made me lift my hands in worship... it was soooooo smooth!!!!

  • @hewittgage2364
    @hewittgage2364 3 года назад +5

    Was blessed to sing this under the direction of the arranger Dr Roland Cater at Hampton! This choir is amazing. Love everything they do.

  • @bennjohnn22
    @bennjohnn22 4 года назад +6

    Beautiful American Voices singing a beautiful hymn.

  • @user-ee7kb6sf5g
    @user-ee7kb6sf5g 4 года назад +13

    we love a strong and balanced mens section!!! Their blend and dynamics were killer 😍

  • @grantoros2960
    @grantoros2960 4 года назад +7

    Thank you for sharing. I am learning, growing. Happy Juneteenth.

  • @akirahrenee7166
    @akirahrenee7166 4 года назад +7

    Keep music excellence alive!!!!!

  • @ZacharyDial
    @ZacharyDial 2 года назад +3

    The dude in the hoodie is my hero. 😂
    I have listened to a few of their songs and every one of them has me in tears. 😭 They're exceptional.

  • @Gerald2988
    @Gerald2988 5 лет назад +28

    OMG! Listening to the Aeolians sing is such a blessing! My heart and my mind are so filled with HALLELUJAH (God's Praise) every time! You are truly "#1". Thank you.

  • @mrbigg151
    @mrbigg151 4 года назад +41

    Good LORD I was NOT READY for this arrangement! My ears were in musical heaven from the pianist, dynamics, blend...I mean just pure greatness!!!

  • @potratzg
    @potratzg 4 года назад +24

    Love the uptempo, upbeat, spirited opening of this arrangement. A terrific performance throughout! Wow!!

  • @elcafejapones
    @elcafejapones 4 года назад +44

    I am a choral director. I would LOVE to sit and observe your rehearsal one day... I wanna know how you work on the music. You are so great.

    • @emmanuelsolomon9977
      @emmanuelsolomon9977 3 года назад +3

      I totally agree! Justice was done to the piece. Best choral rendition I've listened to so far.

  • @MrNancyv9
    @MrNancyv9 4 года назад +6

    Splendid! Absolutely Bel Canto!
    Pristine vocals and award winning interpretation - Dr. Ferdinand!

  • @janiceblackmon5936
    @janiceblackmon5936 4 года назад +12

    Beautiful and amazing. I so enjoy hearing these young gifted...well trained members of this choir. God bless for sharing this special rendition of Lift every voice.

  • @abbieamavi
    @abbieamavi 5 лет назад +71

    *y'all need to post more videos, I cannot get enough of hearing!!! surely angels on earth, my ears have been blessed now!*

  • @rebeccaflaherty5020
    @rebeccaflaherty5020 2 года назад +7

    Still the best performance I can find on RUclips! My 4th and 5th graders are inspired by y'all every year.

    • @rebeccaflaherty5020
      @rebeccaflaherty5020 2 года назад +2

      I have to add: Other choirs on here sound wonderful, but I love how the faces of these singers are sincere. They believe the words they are singing. Thank you for being all in!

  • @jeweltones5437
    @jeweltones5437 3 года назад +8

    Awesome song. Powerful powerful. God bless the conductor, pianist and amazing participants!!! (side note - almost choked laughing at the sweatshirt 2:44 "Sorry I'm late - I didn't want to come." 100!!!

  • @sandragemmet-baker9231
    @sandragemmet-baker9231 4 года назад +14

    Oh my word...EXCELLENCE on every note...I LOVE THIS CHOIR and THIS ARRANGEMENT!!!

  • @latalullah6655
    @latalullah6655 4 года назад +5

    Really the best performance. Love this conductor and what an exceptional group of voices

  • @consuellayates4323
    @consuellayates4323 4 года назад +10

    Beautiful!!! That young man on the piano is truly tickling the ivory.

  • @nothingwasted-faithwithwor4263
    @nothingwasted-faithwithwor4263 2 года назад +1

    The absolute best performance of this song I have heard in my 60 years of living!

  • @Psalm_27.4
    @Psalm_27.4 11 месяцев назад +1

    This is, hands down, the best rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” that I’ve ever heard. The composer, Dr. James Weldon Johnson, would be so proud of you all!! The students’ voices have beautiful tonal quality. I’m going to listen to other pieces they have done!!
    Thank you Aeolians!!!!!

  • @ShanardDSeabrooks
    @ShanardDSeabrooks 4 года назад +8

    I remember singing this song back in high school and I could still remember the notes for Bass! This is a song to remember until the day you die!

  • @andrewnichols1240
    @andrewnichols1240 Год назад +1

    So heavenly. I pray my white acc heart. Will be aloud to share a place among gods spiritually atoned performers

  • @you2candoit
    @you2candoit 4 года назад +26

    Awesome interpretation! "Lift Every Voice and Sing," Aeolians! Singing of the highest class and fantastic precision and unusually exact intonation!

  • @garettheysel6867
    @garettheysel6867 4 года назад +5

    Beautiful and uplifting. Thank you.

  • @eligahmurrayjr1541
    @eligahmurrayjr1541 4 года назад +5

    Flawless...u have a new fan! 1love n JESUS CHRIST

  • @donnawilson5577
    @donnawilson5577 4 года назад +10

    beautiful choral sound-such a unified sound. thanks for posting.

  • @aurelnpounengnong3720
    @aurelnpounengnong3720 4 года назад +6

    Could not have come at a better time right now... oof what a rendition!

  • @ThomasBias
    @ThomasBias 5 лет назад +14

    Marvelous rendition, both the arrangement and the performance.

  • @R3XoXo
    @R3XoXo 4 года назад +82

    Tried to sing this years ago with my highschool choir... them notes ain’t easy on the throat let me tell you😂😂

    • @Iyuanawilliams
      @Iyuanawilliams 3 года назад +4

      Singing it in college as a 1st soprano, I got winded every time 🤣

    • @leonietaylor7054
      @leonietaylor7054 3 года назад +1

      My daughter sang in a sda choir and she used to say after she carried the big high notes how tired she was.It felt like work😂😂

    • @iykedave1547
      @iykedave1547 3 года назад +1

      😂😂😂

    • @domr7409
      @domr7409 2 года назад +1

      Big oof im doing this in college rn

    • @shorebaby826
      @shorebaby826 2 года назад +1

      Our Church choir sings this for MLK day and yes, we first sopranos feel it! But what a blessing to be able to hit those notes!

  • @GlendaSiagian
    @GlendaSiagian 3 года назад +3

    Absolutely beautiful voices ❤️❤️

  • @amoswellington9399
    @amoswellington9399 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you all so much. I know as performers you get a level of satisfaction with great work; but I need you to know that I'm sitting here in my office at work in tears. Lest we stray? Lest our feet? Drunk with the wine of the world we forget thee? True to our God true to our native land!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God bless and keep yall wherever you may be now.

  • @mktejeda
    @mktejeda 2 года назад +1

    Top notch all the way. Intonation, dynamics, diction - all spot on. Bravo!

  • @Memphisgirl-jk5tq
    @Memphisgirl-jk5tq 6 лет назад +58

    Beautiful harmony. Lovely pianist.

    • @Memphisgirl-jk5tq
      @Memphisgirl-jk5tq 6 лет назад +2

      Outstanding!

    • @jobucats2166
      @jobucats2166 6 лет назад +4

      I agree. Major kudos to the pianist. His accompaniment is more than just a bunch of notes as he delivers such passion as he plays. I always look forward to the RUclips videos where he is accompanying this blessed choral group.

  • @Canuckmom128
    @Canuckmom128 2 года назад +1

    Goosebumps !! Absolutely stunning, from start to finish, and your pianist is SO good. “Lift Every Voice”…indeed.

  • @UsherFan05
    @UsherFan05 5 лет назад +35

    He PLAYED HIS BEHIND OFF!!!!! Their voices have the blood of Jesus on them. When you cough on key, when you sneeze in perfect, THIS is where you belong lol

  • @reggie5519
    @reggie5519 4 года назад +3

    Absolutely beautiful. My God!!

  • @tiffinihall
    @tiffinihall 2 года назад +2

    Chills!! 🎶❤❤❤❤

  • @t.j.7789
    @t.j.7789 4 года назад +6

    THIS is what I wanted!!!! Finally!!! Love the way you guys sing it!!

  • @thomastutwiler9648
    @thomastutwiler9648 3 года назад +1

    Superb work by these wonderful choral singers, their conductor, and accompanist of this fabulous arrangement! Congratulations all!

  • @therapeutic4u
    @therapeutic4u 4 года назад +4

    Got chills

  • @shoepixie
    @shoepixie 4 года назад +7

    Needed this now more than ever today. Thank you so much!

  • @sanelekhumalo6901
    @sanelekhumalo6901 3 года назад +1

    Thats why they world champions.

  • @professordavid2008
    @professordavid2008 5 лет назад +9

    Stellar performance all the way. I’m sharing this. Makes me so proud to be appreciative of music and the creativity of my fellow brothers and sisters. Love love love this!!!!!

  • @laurenonly6196
    @laurenonly6196 5 лет назад +20

    Goosebumps!!

  • @vladmenard1930
    @vladmenard1930 5 лет назад +6

    🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 black excellence

  • @pennyhouser4637
    @pennyhouser4637 3 года назад +1

    Weeping, so... beautiful

  • @mutalemutale4142
    @mutalemutale4142 3 года назад +2

    Simply beautiful

  • @veronicaburroughs5043
    @veronicaburroughs5043 2 года назад +2

    That was amazing

  • @filledesprit
    @filledesprit 4 года назад +3

    This is indeed nourishment to the thirsty soul. I see this video is from 2018. I wonder how they did.............. They are certainly a talented ensemble. (and I LOVE the sweatshirt that kep popping into view "sorry I'm late. I didn't want to come.' Oh man; I wish i could give those out to my students!!! )

  • @dutchbri
    @dutchbri 3 года назад +2

    So beautiful, love it would love it to be our national anthem

  • @alexmojapelo6780
    @alexmojapelo6780 3 года назад +2

    This is beautiful singing,

  • @inthemindofkenzi8294
    @inthemindofkenzi8294 2 года назад +1

    singing along... so many memories at Hampton university.

  • @renatofreitas1354
    @renatofreitas1354 4 года назад +3

    Perfect... Brazil love yours

  • @rachealjones6882
    @rachealjones6882 3 года назад +1

    I grew up singing this in a baptist church and we growled them notes

  • @dontworry9372
    @dontworry9372 6 лет назад +32

    Outstanding choir.

  • @matthewcaseylangston3578
    @matthewcaseylangston3578 4 года назад +2

    What a choir!

  • @ironeagle7458
    @ironeagle7458 5 лет назад +3

    Truly lifting everyone's heart. Outstanding choral 'master class' that so recharges my soul!

  • @bethjensen2712
    @bethjensen2712 3 года назад +1

    Sung from the heart.

  • @jeannie1renee2
    @jeannie1renee2 4 года назад +5

    Wow! What fabulous voices!

  • @mb3164
    @mb3164 6 лет назад +62

    Those Sopranos!

  • @Nubianskin901
    @Nubianskin901 4 года назад +3

    That was so beautiful...wow!

  • @soniaa2327
    @soniaa2327 4 года назад +1

    Blown AWAYY!!!

  • @kennethj.benton8641
    @kennethj.benton8641 4 года назад +7

    Awesome performance, arrangement, and piano accompaniment.

  • @ThandileTibini
    @ThandileTibini 3 года назад +2

    Beautiful 😍👏🏽👏🏽

  • @ez344
    @ez344 5 лет назад +10

    This formation you have to know your part lol beautiful!

  • @lynndavist
    @lynndavist 9 месяцев назад

    This is anointed, amazing, and from the Spirit. Touched my soul.

  • @user-cm9tp9wb1s
    @user-cm9tp9wb1s 4 месяца назад

    I wish i could just listen to them live

  • @josephjohnson4885
    @josephjohnson4885 5 лет назад +4

    Yes, yes yes yes yesssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!

  • @johnw.davison1561
    @johnw.davison1561 3 года назад +1

    Some awesome sopranos!

  • @sibusiso_ashley
    @sibusiso_ashley 3 года назад +1

    James Weldon Johnson, J. Rosamond Johnson
    Lift every voice and sing
    Till earth and heaven ring
    Ring with the harmonies of Liberty
    Let our rejoicing rise
    High as the listening skies
    Let it resound loud as the rolling sea
    Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us
    Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us
    Facing the rising sun of our new day begun
    Let us march on till victory is won
    Stony the road we trod
    Bitter the chastening rod
    Felt in the days when hope unborn had died
    Yet with a steady beat
    Have not our weary feet
    Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
    We have come over a way that with tears has been watered
    We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered
    Out from the gloomy past
    Till now we stand at last
    Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast
    God of our weary years
    God of our silent tears
    Thou who has brought us thus far on the way
    Thou who has by Thy might Led us into the light
    Keep us forever in the path, we pray
    Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee
    Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee
    Shadowed beneath Thy hand
    May we forever stand
    True to our God
    True to our native land
    Our native land

  • @chloewalker8694
    @chloewalker8694 4 года назад +4

    Love it 💗✨🙏🏽👏🏽😊

  • @triciazuttermeister4824
    @triciazuttermeister4824 5 лет назад +4

    So beautiful

  • @TheWebgecko
    @TheWebgecko 4 года назад +2

    This is beautiful

  • @shanhun770
    @shanhun770 4 года назад +1

    JESUS... listen here... i thought the tempo was too fast but yall put a HOLE in that bridge .. .. jaw dropt!!!

  • @christopherjohnson8262
    @christopherjohnson8262 6 месяцев назад +1

    ❤❤❤

  • @ransfordaddae8071
    @ransfordaddae8071 6 лет назад +15

    Jesus Christ! This is great

    • @lindagibson744
      @lindagibson744 4 года назад +2

      Can you use another name. The name you use is Holy.

    • @gmcneill5562
      @gmcneill5562 4 года назад +1

      @@lindagibson744. Thank you Linda. That Name of the Lord Jesus Christ is forever to be praised, reverenced and bowed down to ... worshipped. Thank you.

  • @estellastar5051
    @estellastar5051 2 года назад

    Yassss naomiiiii 🥰🥰🥰🥰

  • @escmaryland9135
    @escmaryland9135 4 года назад +1

    love this arrangement!

  • @jdkey76
    @jdkey76 4 месяца назад

    Jesus!!!! ❤❤❤❤

  • @shannasansom
    @shannasansom 6 лет назад +4

    Wonderful!!!

  • @charlettacoleman2755
    @charlettacoleman2755 6 лет назад +5

    Beautiful❤️❤️❤️

  • @glenyspierre2255
    @glenyspierre2255 6 лет назад +7

    Beautiful . I wish I could be a part of this what day

  • @charitykemunto7875
    @charitykemunto7875 5 лет назад +3

    Heavenly😇

  • @dannieellis5581
    @dannieellis5581 4 года назад +3

    This is amazing 😉

  • @rhondarobinson8443
    @rhondarobinson8443 10 месяцев назад

    Beautiful!! 👋

  • @Human_folly
    @Human_folly 5 лет назад +3

    Sublime !

  • @kalblinen-yates5724
    @kalblinen-yates5724 2 года назад

    Still listening to this🤎

  • @elormfrancis3101
    @elormfrancis3101 6 лет назад +4

    Amazing.....