VOCES8: The Road Home - Stephen Paulus
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- VOCES8 performs 'The Road Home' by Stephen Paulus at the Gresham Centre in London.
Tell me, where is the road
I can call my own,
That I left, that I lost
So long ago?
All these years I have wandered,
Oh when will I know
There's a way, there's a road
That will lead me home?
After wind, after rain,
When the dark is done,
As I wake from a dream
In the gold of day,
Through the air there's a calling
From far away,
There's a voice I can hear
That will lead me home.
Rise up, follow me,
Come away, is the call,
With the love in your heart
As the only song;
There is no such beauty
As where you belong;
Rise up, follow me,
I will lead you home.
(Michael Dennis Browne)
We need more music like this in the world.
Vuyo Sidinile there is more of this then anything else. It’s just not what’s popular or known about unfortunately
And the people who write, perform and/or direct it don't get paid enough for it.
Much, much more 👍🏻😊
@@jermaine8107 amen!
This. I regularly listen to classical radio hoping to spot one of these gems I never heard of
Genuinely one of the most phenomenal singing groups to ever exist, I dont say that lightly.
Hugo Dalmar I couldn’t agree more.
Them and The Kings Singers are my top 2 :)
I agree 100 percent. One of a kind they are!
I agree. The soprano Andrea is singular with a wonderful and pure voice.
No autotune, no beatbox. Just beautiful acapella music. Thank you!
i hate to break it to you but this is almost definitely pitch corrected/autotuned, as is pretty much every good acapella music video you will ever see. that’s how it works & there’s nothing wrong with that.
The descant in the final verse is spellbindingly good
I am still trying to find the beauty of where I belong, but until then, I have the beauty of this music.
❤
I don't think there is a person alive who can not emotionally relate to this song. It's somber tones tell me that there is an understanding, a sense of consoling, and a faith that says, l know where I can find peace. This is how I feel about this piece. The beautiful thing about music is that everyone's own personal interpretation is just as valid. Isn't Voices8 a tremendously talented group!
No matter what they sing, it is always exquisite. Be it Renaissance, 20th century, jazz, pop, it sounds pure and genuine. They sing as one voice and yet each brings something to the group that if it were not there, would change the entire sound.
This channel is an oasis of beauty in a world of hate and shallow entertainment.
So true
I agree. From Brazil
@@JCleggy so we ALL keep hearing. But it might as well be TRUE Reality. After All. It's nowhere to be found
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Brothers and sisters, I'll put this song in my playlist on my way back to the Lord!
Fantastic, and the Lord is always so patient with us!
Seems fitting.
I thank the day that I 'discovered' VOCES8. I have been treated to the very best of A Capella singing since that day. This style of singing has long been my favourite expression, VOCES8 perform it to perfection. Pure joy.
@Jilly Pepper My wife enjoys A Capella too but I am wearing her patience a 'bit thin'. I am repeatedly playing, in particular "The Road Home" and "May it be". All of their tracks are worth listening to, but I have to admit to being a bit of a softy, I love these two particularly. No one voice is more necessary than another to obtain the beauty of their sound, I have to admit a soft spot for the two sopranos simply because I love to hear soaring high notes. Long may they continue......
My HEART 😭😭
This was my high school choir's theme song, and I'm now in school to become a choir director. Thank you for this.
And the circle is rounded, full circle back home again. *Well wear !*
Where was your high school?
@@tawnteens I'm presuming you are asking @Melinda Efta !
Hi! I went to Lake Brantley in Central Florida!
each time I hear this it takes my breath away - beyond beautiful, touching a higher reality
It is hard to avoid getting teary-eyed and deeply moved when I hear VOCES8. And what a beautiful song!
👍👍👍👍Stephen Paulus! Harmony could not sound better with a 100 voice choir!. ❣️❣️❣️❣️
Exquisite and pure.....like stars in a midnight sky. As comforting as a loved one's arms wrapped around you.
My god. Never have I heard voices so pure, gentle, and divine. You have once again proven your rightful place among the most elite of the vocal community, as only eight. Bravo! ❤️
Pls pray for the world, we surely need to find the road home😪
God bless, my Dad is getting really old. He won’t be here with us much longer. 🙏🏼
The resonant brush strokes that soprano paints with are incredible.
I was going to sing this with my senior choir class, but we never got the chance because of quarantine
You will be singing like an angel before you know it. Chin up 😄
Me too! Everyone in my choir loved to sing this one and we would always beg our conductor to let us end class with it. Those were really great times.
This group is an inspiration to me as a younger guy who wants to keep singing throughout mt life. The bass in this group is particularly excellent in his ability to project so well in his lower notes and yet still blend well with a smooth tone. But then again, the entire group is just absolutely phenomenal so it makes sense that there would be such a high standard for a bass singer.
Sublime
truely i loved to find that path that I lost
Wow, the timing of this release is absolutely perfect. Today is our high school graduation and every year at the ceremony our choir performs this song, so it clearly has a special place in the hearts of our choir members. What a beautiful performance of this song. Absolutely stunning. And like I said, the same day release just could not be more perfect. Thank you, Voces8 for your gorgeous voices and music!
VOCES8, I am so glad to meet you. It feels like meeting God's children on this earth.
Who are the 48 ppl who thumbed down? What is wrong with them? This group is perfection.
Listened to this 4 times in a row, gave me shivers and brought tears to my eyes every time. Beautiful rendition, well done.
Put it on a loop and listened to it for hours. thought it would send me to sleep, but it just made me cry for three hours with pure joy...
This song always reminds me of my son and daughter in law on 2020 they had a still born baby girl Lola and we were playing this 😢❤xx
Beautiful song. Beautiful arrangement. Lovely voices. And lovely lyrics.
"There is no such beauty as where you belong." I think this simple message inspires more hope and love than nearly any other inspirational quote or message I have seen distributed through media.
A Blessing to us from The Good Lord Jesus!
this is an awesome song
Surely Mr. Paulus is smiling in heaven hearing this sung with such purity by mere mortals.
I love this expression of appreciation.
So lovely and comforting.
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Tell me, where is the road
I can call my own
That I left, that I lost
So long ago?
All these years I have wandered
Oh, when will I know
There's a way, there's a road
That will lead me home
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
After wind, after rain
When the dark is done
As I wake from a dream
In the gold of day
Through the air there's a calling
From far away
There's a voice I can hear
That will lead me home
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Rise up, follow me
Come away, is the call
With the love in your heart
As the only song
There is no such beauty
As where you belong
Rise up, follow me
I will lead you home
They also have the text in the description on every song
@Kate Petty Thanks for that info. Good to know.
I listen to this beautiful piece almost every morning. It serves as a constant reminder that I have perpetual access to the One who leads me back to the road I need to be traveling.
It reminds me of listening "The Kings Singers "
Cambridge
I live in Minnesota and our local community chorus practiced this for an upcoming concert of Minnesota choral composers. COVID-19 interfered and we have to save it for another time. But I did have the pleasure of hearing Voces8 sing this in concert before everything fell apart. This will forever be one of my favorites.
All of them... I want to hug and kiss!!! Thankyou!
A wondrous talent for the benefit of mankind.
Lately overwhelmed... with circumstances personally, emotionally, bigger picture, world... Listening to you here is balm ♥️ so beautiful 🌹🏡 Rest in Peace, Stephen 🕊️
This is one of the most beautiful and emotional works I have heard in my 80+ years. Like others, upon retirement we moved to a warmer climate. But I miss our children and grandchildren and this music really struck a nerve within me. It is beautiful and I thank VOCES8 for sharing it.
So I sung this song this past 2019 Spring semester with University Singers of Georgia Southern University, and it just brought me to tears like it did in our performance. Such a moving song and to hear it again, warms my heart.
VOCES 8, you’ve blessed us once again
Kenan Drisdom the gsu choirs are awesome!!!
Sarah McHan Trust me, I know! Have you seen them perform before?
It amazes me how songs can hold such powerful memories!
@@kenandrisdom9351 AMEN and Awomen
I don't think I would be able to get through a performance such as this (if I were even capable of it) without breaking down in tears. I don't know how you can do it. God bless you 😢
Andrea, that is such an incredible version of that solo. I get chills listening to the way you soar over the line. I close my eyes, and I cannot tell that isn't a boy chorister (meant as a high compliment). The style for which most of these pieces are written, is as close to perfect, sometimes perfect, as it gets. I wish I could sing in a group like this, it could be my life. You all are so lucky. Keep it up. I really enjoy hearing all your work.
A lifetimw favourite. Sang this piece with Mascato Youth Choir and it always melts the audience's hearst. This is such A beautiful perfromance by this group
It's absolutely sublime!
Amazing! Very, very beautiful!
Have a Merry Xmas for everyone🎄🎄🙏🙏
Thank you.
questo gruppo, mi fa amare la musica ancora di più
Beautiful.
Good GOD -- that soprano who's the soloist! I've NEVER heard such pure straight-toned singing... and so high! What a gift!
Overdone for my taste, not a natural sound.
@@nonenoneonenonenone Oh, go on, you don't really mean that do you! T'was ***BEAUTIFUL***
Dude, you are so not wrong.
Thank you soo much for this wonderful piece! I have been singing this at the top of my lungs! I would love to sing with you guys!
Outstanding!
OH how fabulous! What a wonderful group.
I can now say I have heard total musical bliss.
How can one not be moved to tears by such voices? Even the very stones will weep and be moved.
This song is beautiful! My church choir sang this right before lockdown last year. It is my favorite song we ever sung. This song helped me get through 2020. This is perfect!
It isn’t very often that music brings me to tears, but yours does. Somehow I had forgotten that such beauty still exists. Thank-you!
GORGEOUS !
This was the song my high school choir sang at our senior year graduation and every time I listen to it, it takes me back to those same moments of adolescence. Thank you for a wonderful rendition.
Absolutely SUPERB singing. Thank you 💜💜💜
I tried to sing along but some of those notes, almost broke down. I need more of this.
“There is no such beauty as where you belong”
😩😭😭
Beautiful lyrics
So poignant and true....
I was privileged enough to go to a VOCES8 concert this weekend, and let me tell you, this beautiful song is even better when heard live 😍
Pure beauty xx
Everything about this is the most beautiful music I've probably ever heard. Bravo VOCES8!!
Brilliant.
Thank you VOCES8.
Thank you!
So holy.
This. All of this. Perfect marriage of text and music.
Oh, that final bass note!!!
Oh my goodness these singers are oh so good pitch perfect, wonderful !
Beautifully done, as always. Stunning interpretation and harmony, almost like angels
Who are the 28 frozen soulless individuals who gave this thumbs down? SMH. This is simply wonderful music, lovingly and ravishingly performed.
I love it. There’s something about listening to a superb ensemble from London combined with the excellent studio engineering quality that makes this piece new all over again.
For a recording you might need studio engineering, i just heard them live, no mics no engineering, just perfection in choral music
Voces8 are without doubt to my mind the most superb choral group around at the moment, followed by Tenabrae and an American male group I have forgotten the name of!
Gorgeous!!! In high school, my advanced choir had the opportunity to sing this with the Yale Glee Club while they were on tour which was very special. It's wonderful to hear it sung by a professional choir. Your balance, blending, and musicality are unmatched.
"There is no such Beauty
As where you belong"
Most intensive...
I had chills the WHOLE time. Sooo pretty!
everytime this comes up on my feed, I start to cry. So beautifully done 💓💓
I love that song. ❤️
Superb!!
Thank you for this precious gift. It touches me so profoundly.
This is a song I have never heard before until now. Truly heart-tugging and sweet.... I get chills when I listen to the voices of Voces8. Literally I am moved beyond explanation. Your beautiful and amazing voices of expression in music are beyond special to me. Thank you for the precious music, faith and peace in what each of you do together.
Fantasticiiiiiii.
Incomparable singers 💟 💎
We are not worthy...
This morning there is thick fog. Voces8 gives me the light to look beyond it.
Absolutely beautiful !
A year later, it's even better, if that were possible.
Thank you Covid thank you insidious and painful disease. For without you, I doubt seriously that I would have found Voce8 on the internet, and especially on UA-cam. The voices of Andrea, Eleonore, Emily, Katie... someone pass me a church fan. Lest i forget, let's give it up for the fellas too. Jonathan, your non-assuming presence and arranging skills are legend in my heart. I have family back in the States I would like to see, but I can't because of Covid. So in the light of a 40 watt bulb, I hear you all sing: "There's a way, there's a road
That will lead me home?"
Yes, you takeme home with this song, and your others. Bless you as you bless me.
Gracias, muchas gracias. Sois maravillosos! Tampoco me canso de escucharla y de escucharos. Graciasssssssssss
This is my favorite song 🥺♥️
Thank you VOCES8 😍
I sang this in college and it made me tear up all the time lol
This is one of the few songs about leaving and coming home that touch me. I almost brings me to tears just listening to it.
Nice to see come Minnesota representation in their repertoire :) and a brilliant rendition, as well!
MrDualock yes Minnesota representing!
@@bk29929 and MrDualock: There are many awesome Minnesota choral composers, conductors, and arrangers that will forever be part of the international music scene: Paulus, Dickau, Runestad, Warland, Brunelle, Tackach, Jennings, Clauson, Ferguson, Christiansen, Armstrong, and others. We may be flyover land in other ways, but the Land of Sky Blue Waters will always be known for its elite vocal music.
@@davidhoadley39 Paul Manz?
@@margaretkuwata6794 Adding him to the list, thank you!
I sang this every year in my chamber choir. It was truly a family to me, and it’s the last song we sing at every senior concert to say good bye to the seniors. It’s always very tear-jerking for us, I even teared up listening to this.
I have found a new favourite group. Love from Switzerland.
Heavenly. I am enveloped by the warmth. Thanks for enhancing my life AGAIN x
My gosh. I never tire of listening to these angels sing.
Awesome arrangement! Terrific group! Love their blend!🎹💪😇 thank you🎼
RIP Stephen Paulus. I can’t explain the depth of how you touched, shaped, and changed my soul and life. The same year that you gifted out culture and state with your opera, i met this amazing group. It was almost fate. Thank you.
Strikes a wonderful yet melancholy chord with how I feel right now. You guys can lead me home any day