Shenandoah (2014) | The Tabernacle Choir
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2014
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The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square present "Shenandoah" arranged by Mack Wilberg.
Lyrics:
O, Shenando', I long to hear you.
'Way, you rollin' river.
O, Shenando', I long to hear you.
'Way, we're bound away,
Across the wide Missouri.
O, Shenando', I long to see you.
'Way, you rollin' river.
O, Shenando', I long to see you.
'Way, we're bound away,
Across the wide Missouri.
'Tis sev'n long years since last I saw you,
'Way, you rollin' river.
'Tis sev'n long years since last I saw you,
'Way, we're bound away,
Across the wide Missouri.
O, Shenando', I long to see you.
'Way, you rollin' river.
O, Shenando', I long to see you.
'Way, we're bound away,
Across the wide Missouri.
O, Shenando', I long to see you.
Across the wide Missouri,
O, Shenando', Missouri,
O, Shenando', Shenando'.
Episode 4408. Aired March 9, 2014
My mother died on Wednesday January 2nd. This song has been a comfort to me.
I am not Mormon (or even American), but I adore this piece of music so much. It's so beautiful and soothing.
So comforting! So soothing!
I feel the same. I lived in this valley for a short time. It's beautiful! A piece of heart is still there.
I’m not Mormon but I’ve never heard better singing 🧚♀️🧚♀️❤️
Being a native Virginian, I have marveled at the beauty and sereneness of that meandering river, especially in my youth, now...being so far away from my native state, my heart still goes back to those cherished memories of a place that I hold dear to me. My wife passed from this life two years ago, and every time I listen to this rendition of this beautiful song and music, by the choir, my heart swells with love and appreciation for my Savior and the peace he has given to me, to withstand these troubled times and the loss of my companion. All I can say is, there is NO other choir in this world for ours, that sounds so beautiful and calms the heart so well, as this one.
Marvellous, marvellous Richard and thanks!!! Sorry for the loss of your companion!!!
Had to write once again that your post is just Gold!!!
Richard Wahl I am listening to have peace after hearing that a good friend’s wife was suddenly killed in a car accident.
You’re right, this brings so much comfort for this kind of grief.
I’m so sorry about your wife.😞❤️
Zsu Zsu awww that’s amazing! He couldn’t have picked a more beautiful school ☺️ Go Dukes! 💜💛
I am from Virginia and live in Utah and I love this song
No one performs this iconic tune better than The Tabernacle Choir.
Being tired and broken the music seeks to help me and I pray I don’t fight it.
I can hear God in these notes and I am in bliss
I wasn't born in the United States but, to me, this is the song of America - that it speaks to what we deeply wish: for life to be filled with love, purpose, God and sweetness. In the end, love will take us back to Him who made us. Peace will help us to know how to do it. Thank you Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.
It is the MOST beautiful rendition of any music I have ever heard, 92 years old.
Sissel does a lovely this, with Paddy M. on the whistle.
When I am listening to this song again sung by the velvety voice of The Tabernacle Choir on the Valentione's Day in 2023, I am still feeling the Church-Hymn touch of the Holy Spirit! Thanks for sharing and thank the Choir! Peter Chen @ Taiwan
Makes me long to see my dad again. I miss hearing his voice. Love you dad😢.
I am only going on seven years here, but this is my home. I am so glad I came.
Welcome home, friend!❤
Without question, music is the universal language, and for the nearly 175 years since this magnificent choir was founded in August of 1847 it's been wonderfully used to communicate a message of divine love through songs that transcend, the divisions of politics, religion and culture. I'm not a Morman but remain deeply thankful for the ministry of song by their choir.
Sitting on the edge of an overlook along the road, overlooking the Shenandoah Valley, a Hawk soars overhead, a gentle breeze blows and nature calls out to you from this blessed place called Virginia. and a sense or peace and belonging comes over you and the spirit soars overhead with the Hawk. Come to Virginia and experience it for yourself.
Arguably one of the most beautiful melancholic true American pieces of music you will ever hear.
It belongs to the U.S. and has been sung around the world....and as such, belongs to all people. Like many of us U.S. Americans, this song is a blending of many cultures and stories. There is the story of first nation man Shenandoah who aided the new republic in defeating the British. Though he was true and valiant, he saw his people and lands ultimately diminish. It is said he stood 6'5" and was a great war chief. The story in the original version alludes to a seven year courtship a trader held for Shenandoah's daughter. He brought the chief a canoe full of gifts, but was rejected. Later, he brought liquor, and thus, when the chief was under the influence, he stole her away.
Shenandoah's life existed far away from the Missouri River. So how did this river become a part of the song?
Well, this song was a well used shanty sang by sailors who worked the boats from the Missouri, down through the Mississippi, and eventually onto the ocean faring ships....which made it a global song. Apparently, this is where the marriage of the river, the native princess and the men came together.
Apparently, the story of a man's love and his willingness to risk his life for that love was just too much not to sing about. It was a man’s song about a man, his desire and unfulfilled love. The river and its unrelenting power gives a beautiful metaphor for leaving, adventure and the power of love.
There are many versions. The original likely carried a medium upbeat tempo. The meanings behind all of the versions take on a certain abstract interpretation that transcends any one simple story.
But no matter the version, the tune stays constant, and sends the listener to distant places.
Like a great river, this song is a confluence of stories that by themselves are wonderful, but together make for something words cannot describe. It is a song for the world.
Mark Wade
Beautiful.
Mark Wade. Very beautiful Mark!!
Well said.
An un-established award of gentlemanlyness goes to you sir for your words and care of the great subject.
Good words, sir.
My late mother love this song . This would be apart of her journey through the heavens . Thank you .
Every time I hear this song, I *melt* into tears. My grandfather, who passed away four years ago and whom I miss dearly, loved this song his whole life, and this reminds me of him in a powerful, powerful way.
Ruben T I melt as well! I listen to this song regularly. And I'm sure your grandfather is right there with you as you
We just layed to rest my mom in law who i knew for 35 years. She was a very special friend and i will always have a special space in my heart for her. I found a special song for her that i think you may appreciate. It's called 'going home' by Cantus.
❤
One of the most beautifully sounding choirs in the world.
A taste of what it will be like to sing in the heavenly choir in the Celestial Kingdom.
I’m now 90 & into my 91st year and when my day comes I want this played. I play this song on my mountain lap dulcimer every time I play.. It makes my heart swell in so much love for my family..
Beautiful song and lyrics Touches the heart and soul of the human body
Yes I love it too. Lived in Lexington Virginia loved it Blue Ridge Mountains 😢 I’m 91 live in U.K. I miss USA LIVED IT THERE. HAPOY YEARS. ❤️🙏🙏😭😭
"It's been seven long years since last I saw you." Simply beautiful.
This is the singing from the soul of America - Land of Miracle! Land flowing with milk and honey! Land with lush green and flowing with mighty rivers.......
Instead of watching the beautiful video I scrolled down and read the comments made by people remembering family members or fallen soldiers. I think I'd cry my eyes out if I heard this at a funeral service.
Thank Thee Mighty God of Israel for this beautiful land or milk and honey! In the name of Jesus Christ, our Redeemer. Amen.
I miss the Shenandoah valley so much since moving to England. I used to visit it, often. Beautiful song
The greatest choir in the word!!! Amazing!!! Thankfully to all of you!!!
Enough to bring a person to tears. This song reminds of the beauty of this great Nation and all her peoples, of all colors and creeds, may God bless us all and bring us together.
AMEN.
AMEN.
Amen.
AMEN!!!!!
Amen
Ever seen the Shenandoah Valley? Walked that river? It is one of the most beautiful and terribly haunted places in this nation. It will take your breath away. And it will add unbelievable dimension to the experience of hearing this song so beautifully sung.
The writer's words tell of a longing to see his Shenandoah. It has been a long 7 years since last he saw her--across the wide Missouri. This extremely touching rendition washes over me, and I can feel the longing of everyone whoever loved his birthplace. How beautiful our land is. God bless the MTC and Orchestra for this compelling rendition about a beloved national treasure--Shenandoah.
I turned on C-Span this morning to watch the inaugural activities. In the beginning, the Navy Sea Chanters sang this song. I was so moved that I kept looking for it all day. This is the closest that I could find. Beautiful. It IS America.
There's something beautifully haunting in the chord dissonance at the beginning of each verse.
The great thing about the MTC is that they understand the underlying spirit of the music.
No words to describe how I felt listening to this. Beyond Peace.
This is very peaceful and I love to thank the choir and pray I can practise this hymn in memory of our loving Heavenly Father, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost.
So beautiful!! Can't get enough of this. I've been listening to it for a week on the way to work and on the way home on the 405 freeway Los Angeles.
I'd love to see Shenandoah. This is my favorite. 😢😊
There could be no words and this arrangement would still speak thousands
I have listened to this song dozens of times in the last 4 years and it always fills my heart with the spirit and brings peace to my mind. Weather it’s a tough day or life is falling apart…seek the spirit and you will be comforted, guided and strengthened.
I was in the Yukon a few years back and this hymn had such a powerful effect as I drove though the majestic mountains of the Yukon. I will never forget it.
This hymn takes me back to the day our son had his U.S. Navy Pass in Review at Great Lakes Training Center, Chicago. The recruit choir sang this. There wasn't a dry eye in the crowd.
I lived in Lexington Virginia with John my husband of 62 years my soul mate. We loved Shenandoah living not far such beautiful tranquility John lives in my heart just hearing this sung.
Gee, from a full grown man this gets me. This song comes up from the Earth and plays the American heart. Great job MTC.
Takes me back over 60 years! It's a strange feeling, sad yet so peaceful seeing all that have since passed and sharing in all the love of home we knew then and miss now.💛
Someday I will rest my soul in that beautiful valley beyond, beyond...
I love this song I listen every Sunday to their music
The Shenandoah Valley in Virginia was my Father's home. Irrespective of where his work and travels took him throughout the world, whether in the military during WWII or Korea, or in church ministry, Buena Vista, Virginia was home. And, it was there he was laid to rest in January 2016. As the eldest, I was so busy managing his funeral arrangements and service that I really didn't take time to think deeply about his life and grieve. This song was one of his favorites, and it helps me to do both. It has an uncanny ability to bring him back to me when I hear it; almost as if we're sitting together as father and son. Just talking, trading stories, or whatever. Hope to do that again someday.
When I listen any of the beautiful songs performed by our beloved Choir, I feel peace in my soul
I always think of my Loved Ones that have passed on........We miss them so much....our lives are just different without them....
I feel I am drifting on a cloud. That is how I feel when I hear this beautiful song
This reminds me of my grandad waiting to go over the top thinking of his home town. With loving memorys and his (remembrance.) of it no person can show greater love but to lay down his life for another .but to lay down your life for the world. r l love you Jesus always
One of the most evocative songs of America, the land we are blessed to call home--and a place many who come here are also blessed to adopt as home. Welcome to this precious land of freedom and opportunity!
God bless you, Larry.
Larry Thompson Àmen !!!
Larry, it's now July 2018. I wonder: do you still feel the same about our " precious land of freedom and opportunity" as "a place many who come here are also blessed to adopt as home"?
Yes...agree...
Regards from Costa Rica...🇺🇸🇨🇷
It is home calling us to come home
The Mormon choir is Always Great!!!
The best rendition ever. My son was blessed to have worked with a MTC director as part of the CA State Honors Choir some years back. The first time I heard them sing this at rehearsal, I bawled like a baby. Still do every time I hear this song. I can still hear my sons voice singing it, to t is day.
generations of humanity come to mind each time i hear this song❤️❤️❤️
A MAGNIFICENT MOMENT WITH TRULY YOURS.....CY BALDWIN....ENJOY....AND GOD BLESSES THOSE THAT SEND...
Thank you all singing heavenly!!! God blessing for All of you!!! For giving such peace love to all !!! I'm speechless!!!
This amazing spiritual rendition tugs at the strings of my heart every time I listen. I feel part of a union with God's children who love it too. There is power in good music. My husband remembered he was taught it at school in England more than 60 years ago. Long may the World's number one choir be blessed. Frances H Colchester, Essex
While studying at Wayne State University in Michigan I had an opportunity in 1960 to watch a Tuesday rehearsal of the Mormon Tabernacle choir and ever since then I am hooked up on this group
JG from israel
Whomever you are or where you're from in the USA, doesn't this just bring you to tears and plays your heart strings? This song speaks to us. I had to visit here again. I can't help it and it brings me such happiness and sadness.
I first heard this song from our high school choir. I was impressed and I still have that memory stuck in my head
I'm Brit of advanced years... ...we used to sing this song at my junior school...
Listening to this Choir brings peace and joy to me
If I ever make it to The States then I will simply have to experience The Mormon Tabernacle Chior in performance - one of the best Choirs in the whole wide world - beautiful and inspiring they raise me up. Glenn Morrison Sydney Australia
I live in the states and can't even afford to go there. I'm blessed to have UA-cam
I had the honor to go see them and went there 4 times to listen to them. This experience was out of this world. I imagine this is how angels sound when singing. I want to go back, it is on my bucket list.
A profoundly moving performance of a haunting American folksong. You have elevated the song to the sublime level of a testimony of your faith. You’ve put your hearts into it, and poured your spirit over it, and transformed the Shenandoah Valley and “the wide Missouri” into metaphors for a heavenly paradise beyond the River Jordan.
I’m not a Mormon myself, but I truly admire you folks, your lifestyle of self-discipline, commitment and mission. At a time when I’m hearing such dreadful, terrible things, every day, about the USA and the corruption of American values, your choir embodies THE BEST of AMERICAN VALUES.
America has given to the whole world a great prophet, Joseph Smith, and, as happens with all great prophets, the law of the land treated him with barbaric cruelty. He lives on, in your song, and in your shining faces !
In fact, if Jesus Christ were to walk on Planet Earth today, the law of the land, in ANY land, would, no doubt, lock him up in some dungeon, or in a psychiatric unit.
I’m writing to all of you from Belfast, in Northern Ireland, where I reside : Can YOU transform America, and THE WORLD, for the better ? Is there STILL some hope ???
As a member of the All State Choir back in 1970 we performed this beautiful song in The Boston Symphony Hall. It is filled with longing from the soul of the peace and tranquility we all seek. When I pass I want this song played.
Please, ask them to play the traditional version, it was beautifully written by the original artist! Like in 1970.
love this song .reminds me so much of all the loved ones and friends who have passed over the years.
Try Homeward Bound by the Tabernacle Choir. That one will get you too.
I love this one
Tony Rice was an American treasure. He left us on Christmas day of 2020. His rendition of Shenandoah is quite beautiful, as is this performance. Such a sweet song.
...crossed that wide Missouri many, many years ago from the midwest, looking back across from Alaska, the home that I left and that I miss sure comes out when I hear this one.
I came from Shenandoah, PA. I never did find out which Shenandoah came first. North or South. Beautiful 🎶 song, well presented on this post....peaceful....just like my hometown. ❤️🙏🏼 Memories! My final resting place with my loved ones, someday. 🛐 🇱🇹
So much thanks to Mack Wilberg and his amazing artistry
Our Lord's sacrifice was too great for a mere mortal such as I.
Thank you, Father. Thank you, Jesus.
With all my heart I love this beautiful song not just because of its lyrics but the choir can feel the poignancy of it and their emotions are in every note of it. How very lovely!
I feel peace and light whenever this chior sings.❤ Thank you!
We need this beautiful music in our lives. It's peaceful for heart and soul
Hello Maureen, How are you doing?
Yes we certainly do
The most beautiful words and lyrics😢😢😢😢😢I ever heard. Attribute to this fabulous country of ours. God Bless america.God Bless our freedom
I started my morning listening to this song this morning.... So many emotions...memories of youth and mom and dad.....and also very worshipful to our awesome creator. Based on the comments this song may have many meanings and touches people in many different ways. I love the arrangement and thank the Mormon Tabernacle Choir too. The faces of the singers and musicians are beautiful and priceless. One day we will be singing to our God day and night. To God be the Glory!
Transcends all earthly bounds with the sounds of heaven that only the MTC could create. The choir and this beautiful early nineteen century folk song defines
Americana and how truly blessed we are as a people and a country.
Rarely could I position any folksong equivalent to the Church hymn which makes me feel the direct touch of the Holy Spirit, but this is the exceptional one!
I keep coming back to this beautiful song, and choir. My favourite song from years ago, when I was a boy at school. Best days of my life. Thank you.
No worries or cares your singing fills my heart and soul
What a beautiful piece of music…I have always loved this song…So majestic…It truly illustrates God’s greatness in such a beautiful way!
This arrangement by Mack Wilberg (choir director) is my favorite. The lyrics speak of a person who has longed for seven years to see his Shenandoah, and at 3 minutes in, the superb height to which they sing gives me goose bumps! Absolutely terrific!
The spirit of our lord speaks through this song to all humankind and denominations under the same language: the love of our Heavenly Father to all his children.
Maybe through this beautiful arrangement of chords and melody and instrumentation.
This beautiful song reminds me of the happy days I had at Viewforth school, Mr Charters and Miss Bateman, seems like yesterday,44 years ago. Great song, Fantastic choir. Best days of my life.
You sang the original version, which is so beautiful.
I'm new to Virginia and I was on a 2 hour car trip...when I realized there was this beautiful river...Then I saw the sign...Shenandoah...I thought "I had no idea I lived so close to the famous river that inspired such a beautiful song!" what a wonderful surprise!
B-b-bbbut... Shenandoah is based off an Aboriginal chief.
I thought the river was the wide Missouri and that Shenandoah was a Native American tribal chief?
The Shenandoah Valley is spectacular to see. Awe inspiring!
@@jimnething1264 You are correct
Jim Nething I’m pretty sure Shenandoah is a native name (meaning daughter of the stars), the Valley and the River were named after the chief (I believe) but the song is definitely about the river and the valley :)
Edit: the lines-
“Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Away, you rolling river
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to hear you
Away, we're bound away, across the wide Missouri”
This song is soo beautifully sung. I just feel I am there beside the river
This is the most beautiful version that's ever been.
The beauty of God's grace I have just witnessed it again!!! Thank you and God bless you!!
How absolutely beautiful and so American!
The only time I have heard a musical presentation that matches the beauty of the Valley and River of the songs title. Magnificent.
BEAUTIFUL SACRED MUSIC ! !
This is truly lovely God given beauty in this sad world how it lifted my heart after seeing what is happening in India those poor people suffering so much Jesus come back soon
How is it that we never see choir or orchestra members wiping tears away? How do they bring such majestic music, without ever being overcome by their own emotions? Whatever the answer is, "Thank You." Please excuse me, I have something in my eye.
+UncleOafie Orchestra/Symphonic Band member here (flute, oboe, piccolo), though not for MTC. I'm sure your question is rhetorical but if you want an answer, it's basically that we've played it before, and often the playing of classical style music is pretty cerebral. We're focusing on dynamics, rhythmic accuracy, attack and decay, intonation, we're analyzing chords and cadences.
That's not to say it isn't also emotional, especially once you've got the mechanics polished enough to really feel the music, and I've definitely seen musicians with tears in their eyes. Soloistic lines (or actual solos) and improvisational pieces in particular are more likely to illicit this response. I play some jazz too, and sometimes you have to exaggerate your own emotion to get the feel right. At least I do, anyway.
Also, perhaps I'm biased, being someone who primarily performs in Wind Ensembles as opposed to with a lot of Strings, but wind instruments I think kind of channel emotion into the instrument. The sound is ultimately a modification of your own breath. Of course, the broad movements of a string player can be likened to a dance, which is also pretty emotional (for some people, I for one am a terrible dancer).
Anyway, an excuse for me to ramble a bit about instrumental performance, hopefully it was interesting!
I have been moved so much by music that I have rehearsed to the point of memorization. When performing, the emotion comes out in the music, not out of your eyes.
Singers cry during rehearsals so audience members can cry during the performance. Sometimes it hits you in the moment even so!
It happens during performances occasionally. It happened to me one time. It was like I was having an out of body experience.
It's called, PRACTICE!!!! My computer won't let me put the correct punctuation with practice. I know this from over 65 years of performing. This is Trish
The most beautiful rendition of this song that I have ever heard. You can tell great music when a "chill" runs up your spine while listening.
While on an extended road trip in 1994 I had the pleasure of seeing the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform during a Sunday morning rehearsal and taping of a weekly television program -- the name of which escapes me now. A very moving experience I had forgotten -- until I watched this clip.
Michael Quinn It was probably Music and the Spoken Word. You can find archived episodes here www.mormontabernaclechoir.org/videos?lang=eng&topic=music-the-spoken-word-current-episodes Thanks for sharing Michael Quinn!
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Yes that was the show. This song moves me as few do and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir does justice to it.
+Michael Quinn i totally agree.
I think it was Music and the Spoken Word?
I sang this version in my choir class. it NEVER fails to bring tears to my eyes.
This song makes me imagine the feelings of a southern civil war soldier looking out over landscapes like this during times of cease fire, wanting to go home, wondering if he'll ever see his sweetheart again. Almost like I remember the experience - and the music - from some other life.
James Everett j
Missing church today - thank God for you.
A most beautiful and peaceful way to bring the day to a close. Thank you, Mormon Tabernacle Choir for making real what Christ said that "Heaven is here."
Bonnie Scali youre welcome
Bonnie Scali bonnie
Hello Bonnie, How are you doing?
It has been said this chilling performance of the iconic folk song brought Ronald Reagan to tears one night at a live performance. God’s Choir of Angels’ finest hour.
The very soul of America, performed by the Saints. Blessed to be a member of the Church, and blessed to be a citizen of this great nation!
Einfach nur wunderbar! Mein Lob auf diesen wunderbaren Chor! Balsam für die Seele...
An exceptionally beautiful arrangement to an already beautiful song. I have no religious affiliation but that has no bearing on my ability to appreciate these people and their musical ability.
I feel exactly the same.
can't stop my tears ,spiritual music just too powerful for me handle Grateful to our Heavenly Father l for us his love is so powerful
Serrius LeDamaged their Spiritual Music superates any religious affiliation. Like Mozart, it brings to God.
Beautiful beyond measure
Great name!