Sissel Kyrkjebø - Going Home - 2007
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- Sissel Kyrkjebø performing "Going Home" at Norwegian Television in 2007.
"Going Home" are based on the Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's famous "Largo" theme from his Symphony No. 9 (From the New World), Op. 95. His symphony was composed while he was in America and was first performed by the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall on December 16, 1893. It has been said that Dvorak's themes in his symphony were inspired by American folk melodies, especially Afro-American or American Indian. The lyrics for "Going Home" was written by one of Dvorak's pupils, William Arms Fisher (1861-1948), who adapted and arranged the Largo theme and added his own words in "the form of a Negro spiritual." This song especially became known as a spiritual after the death of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940s.
This is part of what Fisher wrote in the published sheet music of his song, "Going Home" (Oliver Ditson Company):
"The Largo, with its haunting English horn solo, is the outpouring of Dvorak's own home-longing, with something of the loneliness of far-off prairie horizons, the faint memory of the red-man's bygone days, and a sense of the tragedy of the black-man as it sings in his "spirituals." Deeper still it is a moving expression of that nostalgia of the soul all human beings feel. That the lyric opening theme of the Largo should spontaneously suggest the words 'Goin' home, goin' home' is natural enough, and that the lines that follow the melody should take the form of a negro spiritual accords with the genesis of the symphony."
-- William Arms Fisher, Boston, July 21, 1922.
Sissel, the international singing sensation and national treasure of Norway, is established as one of the world’s leading crossover sopranos. Her angelic and powerful voice has made Sissel a national institution and she has sung all over the world, selling over ten million solo albums. She has contributed haunting vocal tracks for the soundtrack to Titanic and The Lord of the Rings, and has been performing duets with singers like Charles Aznavour, Andrea Bocelli, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Mario Frangoulis, Josh Groban, Brian May, Neil Sedaka, Bryn Terfel and Russell Watson. In 2005, she was knighted by the King of Norway, as the youngest ever to receive this honour. And in 2006, her album 'The Spirit of the Season' with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir went to number-one on the Billboard Classical Charts, and received a Grammy nomination. A very remarkable voice that only comes once in our lifetime.
One of my very favorite songs performed by Sissel, who has one of the most incredible and beautiful voices I have ever heard in my 83 years.
Oh, that voice. Suits this wonderful song perfectly. She’s a favorite.
She's 55 now. Can you believe that?
@@shiannamariestentt And still so beautiful. It's neat how a beautiful singer's beautiful voice seems to keep them unchanged in our perspectives.
I think I’ve listened to this every day for the past two months and have never tired of listening to the beauty that is Sissel. The best voice I think I’ve ever heard in my 66 years. Angelic puts it too mildly. She is the pinnacle of perfection.
I believe she is deeply spiritual and this transmits to her interpretation of classics
My Favorite Song The Snake Pit😢 play for me at the end!!!
God has given us an Sissel, with a voice like an Angel and phenomenal talents....God bless Sissel.
Very well said.
You are sooo beautiful Sissel, not only in form but the beauty of your soul, your expression and your spirit is a healing experience. You are unique in your genre of music. Thank you for the peace and kindness that you bring about!!! Infinite blessings and love
Of all the sopranos on RUclips I've listened to, Sissel sings with the smoothest voice of all. She shows no stress and hardly any effort- - - the words and sounds just smoothly leave her vocal chords.
How could anyone dislike this song sung by this beautiful lady, very special
Pity anyone who claims to dislike this beautiful song and singer They are just sad and lonely people
Sissel's rich mezzo-soprano voice and the music and lyrics of this classic ballad are a perfect match.
Just pure magic, a voice of a true angel which Sissel resonates in all her song. Just wonderful and peaceful.
My dearest love, it's been a year to the day and nearly to the hour since you went home. A few days from now it will have been one years that in a little Montana cemetery the casket with the most beautiful woman I ever knew was lowered into the earth.
Many times I said that I didn't know about "Love at First Sight" but I do know about Love At First Kiss. Our first kiss was on our second date- July 12th, 1968. I miss you so.
Laurence Lance ✨✨✨May you always walk with our Lord, ✨and then return to the Soul ✨of your Love, that went home, before you.
I am so sorry for the loss of your beloved. I know , though, that you feel comfort in remembering the love you shared.
Ivan Granger Beautifully said my brother.
Ivan Granger Our Lord is so good to us even those among us who sadly do not believe in Him. He gives us the beautiful voice of Sissel, the art of Leonardo da Vinci, the perfume of a rose, the Beauty of a sunrise and sunset, the joy of a new baby and His son that we may know Him the one true God.
Sissel's voice is something special 🌝🌝
This lady has a voice that just will not quit! Love it!!!
This is so beautiful, I literally sobbed with the gravity, the beauty, the memories, the love of those golden days past, days of home and the people that made it home.
I was looking for this song when I discovered Sissel and have tried to listen to everything she has ever performed since, but this remains one of my favorites. If I have music at a funeral, this would be it, but I listen to it as I think of my own death and it gives such comfort. Sissel's voice is that of an angel and I will carry it with me.
Lucie I have done exactly the same as you, I've told all of my children and grandbabes Nana wants this at her funeral, everyone knows, then I found Sissel ❤ 💙 and this is the beautiful version, this and none other. Amazing 🕊
When I’m listening this song I think the same.
My very sentiments.
What an angelic voice when it is my turn to go home I want this played at my Going Home.♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏😇
This is the pinnacle of perfection.
Amen. As is the Gorgeous Sussel ❤❤❤❤❤❤
From my old eyes, almost everything and sodium chloride springs water. This voice is above any adjective🇵🇹🕊️
tears in my eyes that was sung so beautifully it was played at my moms funeral
As I have contemplated the Brightness and Splendor of Sissel's Life and her Person, I have considered that she is but one small ray of the Divine Splendor. If SHE shines so, how bright and glorious must be the Source of that Light !! 🥰🥰🥰
When I listen to this selection -- the haunting, ethereal quality of her voice and singing, and the almost other-worldly beauty and expression of her face -- something rises up within my heart and spirit. It is a combination of joy-longing-aching --- that brings both a joyfulness to my heart and tears to my eyes at the same time. SURELY the Spirit of God moves through this beautiful vessel of His Beauty, Joy and Love !!
God has given the world and Angel 😇 with sublimes in her voice...!!! Thank You God for Sossel...!
Im with you on that. Never ever get tired of listening to this.
She takes my breath every time I hear her sing.
another sissel fan i am sitting here tears streaming down my face just listening to absolute perfection
She is still the best-the GREATIST BBUCK
I continue to absorb and infiltrate the totality of this gifted lady.
she portrays warmth and a power, that pleasantly mesmerizes
the soul of this being.........Thank you Sissel
louiis manuel the song has a whole diffrent desspressing meaning
louiis manuel )
One of my all time favourite singers!!!! Sissel knows the deeper meaning to this song, ie; discovering your true self, and that is reflected in her performance. Pure joy, bliss, whatever that means to you. Thank you sisselfan.
This is one of the greatest renditions of Dvorak"s work. It perform to a gratifying and mesmerizing height, the like of which I have never seen or heard. Truly Sissel is so warm and comforting as she does the greatest of justice to this song..Wonderful
Ich kann machen, was ich will! Wenn ich dieses Lied mit dieser "herausragenden" Stimme höre, bekomme ich Gänsehaut! Großen Respekt!
So tender and beautiful - thank you . . .
Just now I discovered this beautiful voice! beautiful!. I don't understand why Celine Dion is more popular! No! for me, and I think for many people Sissel is the best! Wow! what a voice!!!
Norma Cazangian : Yes, Sissel is a better singer and with a lot less drama than Celine Dion.
Beautiful woman and a voice to match ,in love !!!
She had the opportunity to go to the states to further her career but declined it . That's also what makes her very special.
She's not from the states, Norma. However if you listen to her in interviews you would most certainly think so as she speaks absolutely perfect English. Besides her beauty and her magnificent voice she has charisma & is the most expressive artist I've ever known.
@@leecowell8165 Thank you! for your comment after 2years! Yes ,you are right she is beautiful!
We must also thank all the wonderful and gifted musicians.
Lee Huck Tee we played it yesterday at my mother’s funeral in Church
*****Sissel is such a great artist, I admire her with deep respect.
Ine RP Braat0u
So beautiful. Very relaxing to listen to. I enjoyed the Melody, the lyrics, and of course Sissel’s beautiful voice
Hi Sue hope you're okay?
Without a doubt Sissel is one of the very best.
What a perfect beautiful voice this is! Love it!!!!!!
Stunning
I love her voice as clear as a bell! Efforless!👏
Hi Jean hope you're okay?
Beautiful voice and beautiful woman.
Sissel is just the best.
Sissel performed "Going Home" with perfection
Wow. I love Dvorak's Largo. It is unique in classical music in that it projects visuals. Fisher's lyrics just add so much more depth and emotion. Sissel's performance is incredible.
I love playing this tune on my bagpipes...have for years. In all that time I've never taken a moment to dig into the words to the song!
Listening again, I love her voice, and reminds me of stories my grandad told me of his mates in the Great War
Most beautiful voice! Clear as a bell!
No overwhelming vibrato. Just pure note holding. Powerful voice, brilliantly controlled.
told family i would like this played at my funeral ,whenever that may be
THE LYRICS ARE SIMPLICITY ITSELF!
Going home, going home
I'm just going home
Quiet light, some still day
I'm just going home
It's not far, just close by
Through an open door
Work all done, care laid by
Going to fear no more
Mother's there expecting me
Father's waiting, too
Lots of folk gathered there
All the friends I knew
All the friends I knew
I'm going home
Nothing's lost, all's gain
No more fret nor pain
No more stumbling on the way
No more longing for the day
Going to roam no more
Morning star lights the way
Restless dream all done
Shadows gone, break of day
Real life begun
There's no break, there's no end
Just a living on
Wide awake with a smile
Going on and on
Going home, going home
I'm just going home
It's not far, just close by
Through an open door
I am going home
I'm just going home
Going home, going home
❤
beautiful, adorable Sissel sings just like the beautiful angel that she is
One of my favourites, very moving and up lifting. Thank you.
Her voice is just velvet
beautiful and so lovely
I just found an angel 😍
Lovely Sissel!!!
Quando tornerò a casa anch'io, ascolterò la tua voce Sissel. (When I go home again, I'll listen to your Sissel voice.)
Absolutely beautiful. Heavenly.
😭😭😭😭 So beautiful!! I watched The Snake Pit yesterday and that melancholy song has been running through my head and heart.
Another master piece
Simply the best.
I would want this to be sung at my funeral
As the song implies, "This life is but a dream - Going HOME - REAL life has just begun". Interesting - "Going Home" suggests that we had been there before - somewhere left, somewhere lost - returning BACK again !!
Jesus Christ calls out to us, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened (and weighted down with the cares and burdens of this world), and I will give you rest. Take my yoke on you and learn from me because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry." 🥰🥰🥰
A voice quite like Julie Andrews. Very clear and precise.
I want this played at my funeral.
God i love her voice, thank you.
You can feel the joy in her face as she sings - and oh my, how this lady sings.
wonderful song!!!!!
What a Powerful Voice!
Ur Not Only Beautiful Stunning But U Have A Beautiful Stunning Voice To Match Love You Princess XX
Love that voice! yes I do!
So beautiful.
This is the BEST version I've heard on RUclips so far of 'Goin Home'. It's a little bit too 'folksy' BUT it is both reverential and solemn. She needs to smile less and it would be almost perfect 👍
I can not cry this much.
Beautiful lady with the voice of an angel
Beautiful.
I love it! It’s pretty, calm, slightly bright, and slightly sad!
A cantora mais completa que já conheci, além de belíssima e completa profissionalmente .
sempre bellissima voce ....
This was wounderfully soothing
C'est très beau !! Merci 💌
Love her singing
Don't go home any time soon Sissel, unless we can hear your glorious voice in heaven!
Beautiful version of this song
always remember our fallen brothers who gave the utmost sacrifice. amen
Angel voice ... Beautiful
About as lovely as it gets!!
love them violens
love them violins
Lovely presentation. Thank you e.conboy
Sorry about that Neil. Get well soon. You are in our thoughts and prayers at this time.
Her voice matchers her external beauty.
Have a merry Christmas. Lots of love, John God bless.
Angelic voice beautiful
Extraordinary
Beautiful
Amazing how women can have such a variety of tone to their voices - ranging from say from opera to this and others like Judy Page of S African in the sixties an sventies,
so sad but so beautiful!
Hope you didn’t mind I couldn’t resist it❤
Zo mooi❤
Soo haunting!! Beautifully performed.
Sencillamente hermosa voz y cancion
Which is more lovely? Her voice, or her smile, or those dazzling eyes??
The woman is exquisite! ‘Nuff said.
The base music is from Dvořák Symphony No 9 "New World" Largo. It's been played also in quite a few movies, some science fiction, some drama movies as well, and in British and other advertisements. It is unusual to some to hear lyrics being placed to it, yet it is superbly done by the lyricist and by Sissel and her beautiful voice.