I have been singing in choirs for almost 60 years. This piece is my favorite. It always brings me to tears. The sopranos soar, the tenors complete it, the bass line sustains, but the altos are beyond sublime. Thank you Eliza, thank you.
Which note are you talking about? I mean, there are a lot of strongs F2 but it's not that low (it's impressive because it's very well projected, but it's not that low). Did I miss a low C or something like that?
It's not especially log, but his projection is beautiful. When I performed this piece, I hope that we Bass 2's carried our part with this much clarity.
It’s Andrew Miller (the one who posted the video) he is right in the middle of the choir. He was our artistic director. Source: I am a tenor in this video with glasses and sorta spiky hair.
Ooh... Mother mary, full or grace, awaken, All our homes are gone, our loved ones taken, Taken by the sea, Mother mary calm our fears, have mercy, Drowning in a sea of tears, have mercy, Hear our mournful plea, Our world has been shaken, We wander our homelands forsaken, In the dark night of the soul bring some comfort to us all, O mother mary come and carry us in your embrace, That our sorrows may be faced, Mary fill the glass to overflowing, Illuminate the path where we are going, Have mercy on us all, In funeral fires burning, Each flame to your mystery returning, In the dark night of the soul your shattered dreamers, Make them whole, O mother mary find us where we've fallen out of grace, Lead us to a higher place, In the dark night of the soul our broken hearts you can make whole, O mother mary come and carry us in your embrace, Let us see your gentle face, Mary. Ooh.
Oh my goodness tthis is one of the most s beautiful and heartfelt and emotionally profound pieces of choral music that I have listened to, and I am moved to tears
Our church choir sang this piece during worship this morning. When we first rehearsed it, I was in tears. Today, many in the congregation came up to us after and told us how beautiful and moving it was. Incredible piece. Powerful. Haunting. The ebb and flow of the music so beautifully makes one think of the waves, gently rolling once the tsunami subsided.
Performing this piece for my University Choir this weekend, and no pieces, except for Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral for band, have ever made me break into tears in the middle of a run-through like this one. Truly beautiful, as simple as it really is.
I'm singing this in choir for the second time. The first time I sang this song I was in 7th grade. I am now in 11th grade (Junior Year) and the words and sound of the song still gives me chills. I love this song and can't wait to sing it with my choir of around 100 students.
Im in eighth grade and I'm learning this song for a performance. Definitely my favorite song this year. Cant wait to sing it at a casmec performance with my 128 member choir.
I sang this in college with the University Choir, and this was not that long after Katrina. After we finished singing it, I don't believe there was a single dry eye in the audience.
I sang this my senior year of high school with my concert choir. This song will have a very special place in my heart as a fellow classmate passed away that year and we sang this song at his funeral. Brings me to tears still four years later.
Is it possible that these composers knew that our “hearts” needed this. I feel a deep sense of longing when I hear these pieces. Lewis states that the greatest proof for eternity is that we are aware of it. This song seems to prove this point.
A song that is religous,a song that has perfect tune,a song that is for sadness,a song that gives chills,is this song,a song so beautiful that it makes me want to cry,gives me shivers,and has me wanting to sing it again and again,for choir or for church,this song is beautiful
It does sound beautifully haunting. I heard my college's rendition of this piece and I cried. It gave me the feeling of what the victims must have felt, during and after the tsunami.
Hello Rachel, I was looking this song up for that reason! It's so beautiful. I've sung this piece before, but to sing it again (I hope soon) I can't help but to think of what's going on in the world right now, you're so right. We need music like this. Hope your students enjoy this piece and that they can share this with others by singing it. Hope you are ok after the storm.
We’re doing this piece for our last concert of the year. Listening to it for the first time with the rest of the class was so moving, I almost shed a single tear because of how beautiful this piece is, how deep the lyrics are, and the emotion just hit really hard. Overall, super excited to sing this piece!
Sang this song last year with my schools choir and it was one of my favorite songs we've ever sang. Listening to it now after the loss of one of my greatest friends from that choir, it's really getting to me. Such a beautiful piece. RIP Eden
This song....this song....words will never be enough to express the deep meaning of this song has for me. Thank you. You used your heavenly voices to express what my heart wishes it could say. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
This song is beautiful because it is not only somewhat literal at times but also spiritual and meditative. This song could be sung almost anywhere, and that is the mark of a truly amazing piece.
my high school choir sang this on an alumni trip in europe this past summer... I remember when we sang this in L'Eglise Saint-Severin in Paris, a woman in the front row was sobbing by the end. most touching moment of my life. i'll never ever forget it
I love playing this every chance I get! Not only is it absolutely beautiful, but it also reminds me of our dear deceased friend, David Crowley, since he was the one who shot and made this short video. Of course, this venue was a fantastic place to hear you in concert,
Thank you, Donna. Thank you for being a part of this magic moment. Every single element of this video is full of amazing energy. The music, every phrase of the piano, so moving! The choir’s voices, their faces, their connection and musicianship and the video. A magic moment.✨ So thank you to your late friend who filmed it. I can only image how it was to be a part of this moment in life. I just discovered this video, but I will come here often. Thank you!❤
This is the most incredible version of the song that I have heard. I can't stop coming back to it. I sang this three years ago and it touched my heart so greatly...it brought tears to my eyes then, but this version brings so much more to me. Thank you. Thank you so much for this.
A most gorgeous rendition of this beautiful song. One of the best, if not the best I've heard. We sing this in our choir, The St Edward's University Masterworks Singers from Austin, Tx where we're very proud of Eliza Gilkyson and Craig Hella Johnson, both Austinites. Bravo!!! :)
This is such a beautiful piece our show choir is doing this song which is 7- 11 graders as of now and this is the most amazing choir I've heard sing it! Goosebumps throughout!!!!
Heard this performed at a UTEP Student Choral performance in honor of the all of recent Hurricane victims and those who lost their lives in Las Vegas. A compelling performance of a gorgeous song.
I'm going to study with my chorus in Turin this beautiful and amazing song.....and we like it much ...it's sweet ....touching and Eliza Gilkyson is great !!! I like your performance..♫♫.Greetings from Italy ♫♫
I sang this song back in December 2008 when my choir deparments' mother and son were both killed in a botched home burglary. Since that day i always love to hear this song and I love making arrangements of this song!! :)
Since I performed this with my choir a few years ago, I have desperately tried to find a youtube video of this song that I feel reflects the song not only with wonderful musicianship, blend, and timing but also with the beautiful passion the song so deserves.Stunning. Breathtaking. Perfect. Makes me wish I was there to see it live or even standing beside you all.
I absolutely LOVE your performance of this song and am so happy to see it here on RUclips! --In addition, I was in attendance at this particular event and I thought it was probably the very best of the From Age to Age concerts that I have attended. I would love to have a CD or DVD of this performance and I very much look forward to hearing this group again in the Bascilical.
Your welcome. Keep singing, it's gorgeous. Props to you for not changing the lyrics like so many others have done with this inspired piece of music. Ms Gilkyson is very gracious to allow it but really it is a plea invoking the Feminine, the Mother of us all, Mother Mary was who she chose and she is not a "religious" person.
I’m singing this in choir this year in my high school, and I feel like I might cry as I’m singing honestly. I am a tenor right now, I’m also in 10th grade (Sophomore Year) in high school. But R.I.P to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami victims 😔😢😭
My daughter's chorus performed this last night. Her choral director claimed that the references to Mother Mary aren't religious references. Not only did the piece have me in tears, but the fact that there was a little speech beforehand to explain away the religious overtones of the poem/song saddened me.
I love this piece and will be singing it with the university choir for a candlelight service. I believe that the director might have been explaining that since a lot of people might find the religious reference to be offensive. I guess kind of like the reason why people have to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" at supermarkets. I don't, however, understand why people would find the content offensive. I am not a very religious person, but I can still appreciate how beautiful and meaningful the piece is.
+Suzanne Charpentier The good intentions behind the lyrics speaks for themselves. I'm not catholic, but i don't need anything explained away, it's a beautiful song, and the intentions are good. That's all that matters! I think the Choir director should just had done his job waving those hands instead of talking ;) !
This is the first time I've ever heard of this ensemble and watched your performance on RUclips. The music is so profound and your singing is so beautiful that I nearly cried. Thank you for uploading this. By the way, my ensemble, the Formosa Singers, is visiting the States this July. I hope to buy some of your CDs then because it's probably hard to get any in Taiwan.... Please tell me where/how I can find your CDs. Thanks again. Love and regards from Taiwan.
I have been singing in choirs for almost 60 years. This piece is my favorite. It always brings me to tears. The sopranos soar,
the tenors complete it, the bass line sustains, but the altos are beyond sublime. Thank you Eliza, thank you.
Altos rule. 😊
@@txmedic37 I'm a Bass 2 married to an Altoid and I can confirm: ALTOs RULE.
@@DMLand LOL
Me: I’m reading this and laughing at the comments below it..
Also 😭 it’s my goal to sing for more than half my life, so good job!!
I sung this in choir about 8 years and still remember all the words. This song has stuck with me
Whomever is hitting that super low bass note I CAN HEAR U
Which note are you talking about? I mean, there are a lot of strongs F2 but it's not that low (it's impressive because it's very well projected, but it's not that low). Did I miss a low C or something like that?
It's not especially log, but his projection is beautiful. When I performed this piece, I hope that we Bass 2's carried our part with this much clarity.
It’s the basses!🤗
It’s Andrew Miller (the one who posted the video) he is right in the middle of the choir. He was our artistic director. Source: I am a tenor in this video with glasses and sorta spiky hair.
When singing the my choir likes to Say “the bass will be bassing”
This piece makes me feel like I'm about to pass out from the beauty
I remember crying while performing this in high school. It's just such a beautiful and moving piece.
Me too...so hard to sing without choking up :(
Me too😭
My choir is singing it this spring. I’m fully prepared to bawl out loud!!😭
@@jendesi4893 I can’t even LISTEN with a dry eye!
Literally same.
Ooh...
Mother mary, full or grace, awaken,
All our homes are gone, our loved ones taken,
Taken by the sea,
Mother mary calm our fears, have mercy,
Drowning in a sea of tears, have mercy,
Hear our mournful plea,
Our world has been shaken,
We wander our homelands forsaken,
In the dark night of the soul bring some comfort to us all,
O mother mary come and carry us in your embrace,
That our sorrows may be faced,
Mary fill the glass to overflowing,
Illuminate the path where we are going,
Have mercy on us all,
In funeral fires burning,
Each flame to your mystery returning,
In the dark night of the soul your shattered dreamers,
Make them whole,
O mother mary find us where we've fallen out of grace,
Lead us to a higher place,
In the dark night of the soul our broken hearts you can make whole,
O mother mary come and carry us in your embrace,
Let us see your gentle face, Mary.
Ooh.
naomi check thank you.
Thank you so much for the lyrics
Oh my goodness tthis is one of the most s beautiful and heartfelt and emotionally profound pieces of choral music that I have listened to, and I am moved to tears
If there's anything I love just as much as hearing people sing soulfully
It's watching them sing soulfully
I sang this in Choir last year. I still love lisening to it.
Our church choir sang this piece during worship this morning. When we first rehearsed it, I was in tears. Today, many in the congregation came up to us after and told us how beautiful and moving it was. Incredible piece. Powerful. Haunting. The ebb and flow of the music so beautifully makes one think of the waves, gently rolling once the tsunami subsided.
Performing this piece for my University Choir this weekend, and no pieces, except for Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral for band, have ever made me break into tears in the middle of a run-through like this one. Truly beautiful, as simple as it really is.
I'm singing this in choir for the second time. The first time I sang this song I was in 7th grade. I am now in 11th grade (Junior Year) and the words and sound of the song still gives me chills. I love this song and can't wait to sing it with my choir of around 100 students.
Im in eighth grade and I'm learning this song for a performance. Definitely my favorite song this year. Cant wait to sing it at a casmec performance with my 128 member choir.
I just got the chills listening
I sang this in college with the University Choir, and this was not that long after Katrina. After we finished singing it, I don't believe there was a single dry eye in the audience.
Beautiful song and interesting as a Catholic.. really struck a chord in my heart. Prayed it every time we sang it. Meant it. ❤
Learning this in choir rn
I sang this my senior year of high school with my concert choir. This song will have a very special place in my heart as a fellow classmate passed away that year and we sang this song at his funeral. Brings me to tears still four years later.
Is it possible that these composers knew that our “hearts” needed this.
I feel a deep sense of longing when I hear these pieces. Lewis states that the greatest proof for eternity is that we are aware of it. This song seems to prove this point.
The tempo is perfect on this version!
LOVE that they didn't rush the tempo. Should sound like a prayer and heartfelt, not like you're trying to get finished. Great job guys
I’m currently in advanced sinfónico choir at Eldorado highschool in LV and I’m so excited to be able to sing this!! So peaceful and emotional
A song that is religous,a song that has perfect tune,a song that is for sadness,a song that gives chills,is this song,a song so beautiful that it makes me want to cry,gives me shivers,and has me wanting to sing it again and again,for choir or for church,this song is beautiful
It does sound beautifully haunting. I heard my college's rendition of this piece and I cried. It gave me the feeling of what the victims must have felt, during and after the tsunami.
Im singing this for choir as a tenor,but the beginning ooo's are challenging,but then its worth it after the piece is finished
Milkninjas the oos are only for sopranos though... why are you singing it as a tenor?
Diana Bui idk
Diana Bui
on the CHJ arr. : altos only on the 'ooo's'. but if a tenor can sing it! bring it! :-)
this song will remain one of my absolute favorite songs to sing.
I'm a choir director in Houston, TX. What we are experiencing right now, needs this. A gorgeous piece of music that I will share with my students.
Hello Rachel, I was looking this song up for that reason! It's so beautiful. I've sung this piece before, but to sing it again (I hope soon) I can't help but to think of what's going on in the world right now, you're so right. We need music like this. Hope your students enjoy this piece and that they can share this with others by singing it. Hope you are ok after the storm.
Such a moving and powerful song.
We’re doing this piece for our last concert of the year. Listening to it for the first time with the rest of the class was so moving, I almost shed a single tear because of how beautiful this piece is, how deep the lyrics are, and the emotion just hit really hard. Overall, super excited to sing this piece!
Sang this at my Honor Chorus. Such a nice piece and I got tingles singing and listening to it.
I did also back in high school. Such a haunting, but beautiful song.
Sang this song last year with my schools choir and it was one of my favorite songs we've ever sang. Listening to it now after the loss of one of my greatest friends from that choir, it's really getting to me. Such a beautiful piece. RIP Eden
This song....this song....words will never be enough to express the deep meaning of this song has for me. Thank you. You used your heavenly voices to express what my heart wishes it could say. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
This definitely pulls at my heart. I miss many of you!
This song is beautiful because it is not only somewhat literal at times but also spiritual and meditative. This song could be sung almost anywhere, and that is the mark of a truly amazing piece.
This is a beautiful song
Stunning! Thank you!
Beautiful!❤
my high school choir sang this on an alumni trip in europe this past summer... I remember when we sang this in L'Eglise Saint-Severin in Paris, a woman in the front row was sobbing by the end. most touching moment of my life. i'll never ever forget it
I love playing this every chance I get! Not only is it absolutely beautiful, but it also reminds me of our dear deceased friend, David Crowley, since he was the one who shot and made this short video. Of course, this venue was a fantastic place to hear you in concert,
Thank you, Donna.
Thank you for being a part of this magic moment.
Every single element of this video is full of amazing energy. The music, every phrase of the piano, so moving! The choir’s voices, their faces, their connection and musicianship and the video. A magic moment.✨
So thank you to your late friend who filmed it.
I can only image how it was to be a part of this moment in life.
I just discovered this video, but I will come here often.
Thank you!❤
Perfect rendition, thank you all!❤
How beautifu! It takes one's soul to a higher place...
This is the most incredible version of the song that I have heard. I can't stop coming back to it. I sang this three years ago and it touched my heart so greatly...it brought tears to my eyes then, but this version brings so much more to me. Thank you. Thank you so much for this.
A most gorgeous rendition of this beautiful song. One of the best, if not the best I've heard. We sing this in our choir, The St Edward's University Masterworks Singers from Austin, Tx where we're very proud of Eliza Gilkyson and Craig Hella Johnson, both Austinites. Bravo!!! :)
This song makes me cry...
I performed in Australia at the Sydney Opera House under Craig’s direction in 2018. So much talent and awesome person.
listening to this in Ireland...words cannot describe this video...I will simply say stunning,awesome,.........perfect!!!!!!
I sang this with my high school choir. It's so beautiful!
+Walter “TheOneWhoKnocks” White So did I brought us to tears every time we sang it
Same here
This is such a beautiful piece our show choir is doing this song which is 7- 11 graders as of now and this is the most amazing choir I've heard sing it! Goosebumps throughout!!!!
soprano section sounds like one angelic voice, i love it
Heard this performed at a UTEP Student Choral performance in honor of the all of recent Hurricane victims and those who lost their lives in Las Vegas. A compelling performance of a gorgeous song.
I'm going to study with my chorus in Turin this beautiful and amazing song.....and we like it much ...it's sweet ....touching and Eliza Gilkyson is great !!! I like your performance..♫♫.Greetings from Italy ♫♫
Beautiful and comforting! Thank you so much for all the hard work you put in bringing this lovely healing music to us!
Why do those 14 people dislike this song. It is so beautiful and dedicated to the 2004 Asian tsunami victims.
Very beautiful song!
Sublimement beau ! ! !
my chamber choir is singing this song and the words are just amazing
My sisters choir just sang the song Thursday it is really beautiful
I sang this song back in December 2008 when my choir deparments' mother and son were both killed in a botched home burglary. Since that day i always love to hear this song and I love making arrangements of this song!! :)
My HS choir preformed this as a group number with all 300+ of us for the hurricane Harvey victims, my favorite song in my 8 years of choir
I sang this song two years ago with Borah High School and I still cry listening to it
Since I performed this with my choir a few years ago, I have desperately tried to find a youtube video of this song that I feel reflects the song not only with wonderful musicianship, blend, and timing but also with the beautiful passion the song so deserves.Stunning. Breathtaking. Perfect. Makes me wish I was there to see it live or even standing beside you all.
this song is so beautiful. I am crying now
God has stricken my feels... They are shattered, now... Brilliant... :,)
I absolutely LOVE your performance of this song and am so happy to see it here on RUclips! --In addition, I was in attendance at this particular event and I thought it was probably the very best of the From Age to Age concerts that I have attended. I would love to have a CD or DVD of this performance and I very much look forward to hearing this group again in the Bascilical.
OMG...ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!!!!!
Merci c'est très beau
I'm learning this song and it's amazing to hear when we perform it.
I am so excited I get to sing this in my choir
We've been learning this in my choir - brings me to tears everytime
so simple yet so moving
Beautiful, simply, beautiful.
such a beautiful song, gives me a tear every time
Absolutely stunning.
My school chorus is singing this song for our show case concert and for MPA's and I'm so excited to learn it!!!
Your welcome. Keep singing, it's gorgeous. Props to you for not changing the lyrics like so many others have done with this inspired piece of music. Ms Gilkyson is very gracious to allow it but really it is a plea invoking the Feminine, the Mother of us all, Mother Mary was who she chose and she is not a "religious" person.
Painfully beautiful!
Goshh goosebumps😍🥰😘
Magnificent, haunting, inspirational.
You're right Paul. I have updated the information. Thanks for catching that for us!
We are singing this song for All- County Chorus :) I love this song
I'm doing this song for my choir concert it's a sad song but I like it
I’m singing this in choir this year in my high school, and I feel like I might cry as I’m singing honestly. I am a tenor right now, I’m also in 10th grade (Sophomore Year) in high school. But R.I.P to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami victims 😔😢😭
Unbelievably intense!!! Absolute beauty.
This brought me to tears today it was so beautifully sung. Thank you for sharing this video.
We sang this song at Downtown Disney. Memories.
Thank you for this wonderful gift.
The a capella section at 3:44 breaks my heart every time: whether performing or listening to this piece.
Magnifico!!
I dont know why but this song came back to me after hearing about Notre Dame today
the choir group sounds amazing.
I think it's beautiful/eerie that in the very beginning the statue of Mary is the only one brightly illuminated
My daughter's chorus performed this last night. Her choral director claimed that the references to Mother Mary aren't religious references.
Not only did the piece have me in tears, but the fact that there was a little speech beforehand to explain away the religious overtones of the poem/song saddened me.
I love this piece and will be singing it with the university choir for a candlelight service. I believe that the director might have been explaining that since a lot of people might find the religious reference to be offensive. I guess kind of like the reason why people have to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" at supermarkets. I don't, however, understand why people would find the content offensive. I am not a very religious person, but I can still appreciate how beautiful and meaningful the piece is.
+Suzanne Charpentier The good intentions behind the lyrics speaks for themselves. I'm not catholic, but i don't need anything explained away, it's a beautiful song, and the intentions are good. That's all that matters!
I think the Choir director should just had done his job waving those hands instead of talking ;) !
Lovely
what an incredible song about such an awful tragedy
Tears
I performed this at UNA this year.
those F2's 😍
The best
sang this at a dear friend's funeral
You have to wonder who the 13 dislikes came from
Their Lip Readers
Tom Shiveley people with no taste?
People who didn't like the video, no du
that soprano is amazing! 2:05 you'll thank me
DAT BASS!
I don’t believe in god or any religion but I love this song.
This is the first time I've ever heard of this ensemble and watched your performance on RUclips. The music is so profound and your singing is so beautiful that I nearly cried. Thank you for uploading this. By the way, my ensemble, the Formosa Singers, is visiting the States this July. I hope to buy some of your CDs then because it's probably hard to get any in Taiwan.... Please tell me where/how I can find your CDs. Thanks again. Love and regards from Taiwan.
SUBLIME ! ! ! ! ! !