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The velocity of the first 4:30 is insane....

Mahler would’ve loved this

I attended the Distant Worlds concert in Seattle back in January, I wasn't expecting the Final Days to be played, but when it did, Holy Crap! I totally lost it!

❤

Nicest looking drum major, ever! Screaming trumpets are great as well.

i get emotional hearing stuff like this. Takes me right back into the lot and I never even marched Cadets OR hornline lol. just one of my alltime favorite warm ups

Powerful !! And those mello’s… wow !

HOLY NAME!

Crushed it at Herndon, thx Anthony

The “whooshing” absolutely transported me. Phenomenal job. I sang this in a high school honor choir in IL in 2013 or 14 and I remembered almost everything, but forgot about the whooshing. Made it absolutely magical.

warning, this video has REALLY BAD clipping....

I was in this choir! I specifically remember spending hours rehearsing the couple seconds leading up to the resolution at 2:01. One of the best weekends of my life!

my choir sang this for my sister’s graduation class. then again today three months later for her funeral. perfect song for both occasions, it’s so emotional and powerful. by far the most beautiful piece i have ever sang or even heard.

What the hell 😍

I would pay money to get my hands on the full recording of this performance! Every now and then the practice tracks will still come on when I have my iPod on shuffle.

I was there that night 13 years ago, and I still remember how deeply moving it was to me as a parent... and how important these memories continue to demonstrate the depth of love and respect and community with which Mr Ehrlich has graced so many lives. Bravo👏👏👏👏👏👏

3:30 has to be one of the most powerful moments in modern tonal music. Absolute chills

My jazz choir and I sang this for our district festival, and I remember the atmosphere that was on stage. I'd been singing with most of these people since we were in eighth grade jazz choir and if was now our last festival performance for senior year. We'd gotten a new teacher that year and all of the students immediately looked at the music in a different way. We got to, "I watch the wind bow down the grass," and our conductor starts sobbing into her other hand and conducting with the other. I remember, "And the grass rise," was the most powerful we'd ever sang it. I was crying and so was almost everyone else on stage that was singing. I knew in that moment that this is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I'm currently about to finish my freshman year, I'm studying in Korea. For some reason I woke up this morning and thought about this song... I'm in tears yet again. I hope when I come back home to visit for the holidays that our conductor still has the video saved.

Jeez

I always had this weird plot of songs in my head... For my winter concert, we sang a song called "Autumn" and a song my director arranged himself titled "I Heard a Bird Sing". And I always felt as if the songs were connected. The song Autumn told the story of looking past at Summer and missing the past memories of Summer, of joy and passion, now slowly fading with the leaves losing color and life. A beautiful female solo at the beginning would start with "Alone... Alone..." Then "I Heard a Bird" would start with the words of "I Heard a Bird Sing in the dark of December", soon going to the words of "We are nearer to spring", as if the person from Autumn had found others. Then this song. Like they made it through the harships of winter, and though they have the past memories of Summer, they can now look forward to the future in spring and is once again inspired and will thrive again. But that was just my over imaginative mind connecting various songs in my choir class. But... Those stories I'd make we're the kind that made me love choir so much. God I miss highschool choir so much.

Dang

My junior year of high school we had three boys in our community pass away in a car accident. This song was my personal tribute to them. I can never listen to this with out thinking of them. Rest easy boys.

I am singing this song for concert choir contest

I performed this shotylu after my grandmother died. I was crying by the end

I can't believe I found this song! I was in this choir back in 2009 my senior year of high school and this was by far my favorite song out of all those we sang that year. Still makes me tear up hearing it years later. Thank you to whomever still had the cd since I lost mine.

This song is worship to me!!! Describes how heaven will be!!!

Virginia All-District performed this just this Saturday, February 11th. I was an Alto 2. It was my favorite song to perform

Senior year GMEA Honor Choir , This song slayed

I can't sing or even listen to this song without bursting into tears. I remember performing in front of hundreds of people, singing this song. I sang passionately, elegant tears streaming down my face as I did so. It was a heavenly experience. So emotional.

Wow. This takes me back seven years. This was one of my favorite pieces I performed in high school. Virginia did wonderfully on this piece!!

Representing NJMEA Allstate 10/10 guys, GIVE ME AN A HARDHEADS

I sang this in my concert choir at a district contest and received a superior rating my junior year in high school. Oh how time does fly. Kinda sad to think about, really.

My freshman year Honor Choir's clinician was Mr. Barnum. It was amazing to learn this song under him. Today for Honor Choir we sang two Ames pieces under Dr. Ames. It is amazing to meet these talented men.

The director was phenomenal that year

oh wow I'd forgotten about this piece. Thanks for sharing. Such an emotional piece

I miss this so much, best memories ever!

@Aaron Pritchard I was about to comment on how amazing their basses sound!

This piece is so beautiful. The piano too, is just, delicious. We sang this at milikin vocal fest and for IMEA. Amazing to sing, loved it!

This is the most emotional beautiful song I have ever sang in choir

This is so beautiful. ;'(

I heard other choirs sing this song but this version by far is the best! The conductor directed beautifully to show the real artistry behind the music! i love it :)

The part that always gets me is the "I watch the wind bow down the grass".. Just the way those 3 parts harmonize is so beautiful and I still tear up whenever I hear it. Thankfully I sing the Tenor part so I don't do anything during it c:

Singing tenor instead of bass for the first time this semester and I love singing this piece so much.

hey same here, tenor 1

Just did this for milikin vocal festival and it it's one of the greatest choral experiences I've ever had

I was in this choir years ago.. and I must say.. It is still the most beautiful poetic piece I have ever sung with a choir

IMEA is doing this song for 2013. Amazingly beautiful song, but very difficult actually.

My choir did this at All-state. It was my favorite song

So beautiful

I think part of this was because we just wanted to get through it. It was the last song of our last concert, and the seniors were all bawling at the end. :)