My friend died at Christmas, and wanted us to share the festive spirit with her in her passing. So, we sang carols at her funeral. This one included. A beautifully performed version, lovely to hear again - if difficult.
the harmony is the chorus/refrain isnt falsetto! these are young boy trebles, this is their natural singing voice. 100 times more beautiful and pure than any falsetto could ever be.
Been ill this Christmas so my darling niece decided to send me the best the very best gift, an English choir , there is nothing more beautiful on earth , a bit of heaven , my niece is very special leave it to her to send this glorious music ❤️
You'll be able to see them after this short time on Earth, don't be too sad. Although I wouldn't be able to empathise with you, so I'm not sure if not being "too sad" is so easy.
I always accepted that young boys could sing as high as soprano, but these young men singing as high as they do in their solos is amazing. I'm a baritenor and I couldn't dream of hitting a lot of these notes. Merry Christmas, everyone.
@@lostmangos For the younger boys, their voices just haven't changed yet and so they're "boy sopranos," but the grown men singing in that range are countertenors.
Just gotta flex that falsetto. The more you use it, the better it gets. I'm a bass, can't even hit tenor range in my regular voice, but every Christmas I sing the soprano descant parts of various carols in full voice! :D
@@TheRealestKuni that's awesome, I know there are some good falsetto singers like Frankie Vallie or Freddy Mercury, but it generally has a slight goofiness to it. Choir singers are something else.
It's January and I'm still listening to this repeatedly. I think I'll revel at this beauty of sound and human achievement into Spring, then Summer, through Autumn and eventually just in time for the next time the holly bears it's berries.
Which times have not been troubled since the dawn of man? These carols/vespers reveal the inner-light of God, that shines in all hearts, whether you're Christian or other.
Truly the peak of civilization's achievement for this year. I am very blessed just to be able to hear this choir from my New York home on Christmas Eve. Thank you from the debts of my spirit and soul.
This acapella version of this song is a truly soul lifting experience. If this is a prelude on how we will hear music in heaven than I am for it! Praise be Jesus! Thank you for sharing this beautiful melodic experience! 11 years ago? Really?
I love Christmas carols.I have been known to listen to them all year round when I need a reason to smile.I don't go to church or have any strong beliefs,one way or another,but when I hear these moving words,they call me to believe in someone higher then ourselves...
Carols were first sung in Europe thousands of years ago, but these were not Christmas Carols. They were pagan songs, sung at the Winter Solstice celebrations as people danced round stone circles (The word carol originally meant to dance to something). ... The word Carol actually means dance or a song of praise and joy!
Christmas is my favorite time of year, and it’s the middle of July. I am returning to this to remind myself of the joy approaching in just a few months ❤
We have deer running in the back yard of our new house now. and not only at the rising of the sun. They just appeared for the first time on Christmas eve. Now all we need is a merry organ and a choir! But after this difficult year, I'll settle for the deer. Hoping they're a good omen for 2021!
I have waited far to long to hear this the most splendid of carols. Then I remembered utube and the incredible access it allows us. I am lost for words, always one weakened by great beauty. Weakened because we grow in awe at the finest arts of our world. Joyful that they sing out. All the expression of the higher soul. The tradition of the Kings Choir:la crème de la crème. The discipline and devotion. The voices that aspire to angelicness. The glorious voices. Yes I'm speechless and I have seen Black Sabbath and other greats.
I really loved listening to these singers and this song, that I hadn't heard since I was a little nipper. Been having a little bad luck recently, so out on my walk yesterday, collected a few sprigs of holly and some ivy, goodness knows why? Put them in a glass tumbler on my window ledge, then read about holly and ivy, and how it can bring some luck and ward off bad things. I wonder if it'll work? :)
I too happened to stumble upon Kings College Choir and am so blessed! This song from this video literally brought me to tears! I tried to find this version on iTunes, and while they do have two versions of the song from the Kings College Choir, none of them matched the quality found in this video! This is the best by far. God bless!
Y'all betta have this Harmony!!!!! I was having a horrible mental moment , and singing all the songs from concert choir just soothes my soul. This was amazing
Dear LE R.... The Christmas 'spirit' is not relegated to winter months, Jesus Christ was actually born in June if you read all of your true History. They transplanted his birth to supplement the Pagan Holidays.
I know how that feels. I spent 6 years in Australia as a teenager (many years ago). My first Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere after all that time was a time to remember. Hope it snows for you.
Absolutely Beautiful! I must listen to this year round to lift my spirits and restore thankfulness into my heart. What a blessing classic choral music and wonderful voices provide!
It's amazing, if you keep your ears open, & with a little luck, a new ( for you ) Christmas song / hymn can enter your life. In 2009 I attened an Advent Lessons & Carols at a small Church here in Edmonton Alberta, and heard One Small Child for the first time.
Thank you, spiritdei! I'm not a native English speaker and my country does not have a tradition of Christmas carols. It seems like every Christmas time I find out a new English carol! This year it's this one. I'm also researching and learning more about this splendid choir. Who are the young gentlemen harmonizing? Are the older boys considered the Choir Scholars? Thank you so much for taking the time to post this. It's truly uplifting :)
Vincent Vargas Please do not pollute beautiful Christmas music with a ridiculous comment that attempts to promote a multiple-adulterer, and lying revolting individual Trump.
He's also supposed to have written "Greensleeves" too (he didn't write either but he did compose some such as "Pastime with Good Company" which is sadly not one of the classics.)
My friend died at Christmas, and wanted us to share the festive spirit with her in her passing. So, we sang carols at her funeral. This one included.
A beautifully performed version, lovely to hear again - if difficult.
ThePsychicChickpeas Sorry for your loss, it was a beautiful idea to sing carols at the funeral.
I'm sorry to hear of your friend I hope he/she went away happy
ThePsychicChickpeas I like the Christmas songs
Thats sad incident, May he Rest in Peace with Jesus!
Bless you.
My favorite Christmas Carol reminding me of my childhood in South Yorkshire 55 years ago.
Days gone by which brings joy to your heart.
That falsetto harmony is gorgeous.
the harmony is the chorus/refrain isnt falsetto! these are young boy trebles, this is their natural singing voice. 100 times more beautiful and pure than any falsetto could ever be.
I was referring to the falsetto of the older lad singing in harmony with the young lad. 0:39
@@steveopenshaw1219 oh yes, that was the one bit of falsetto. apologies
Best version that exists. Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas.🌲
Been ill this Christmas so my darling niece decided to send me the best the very best gift, an English choir , there is nothing more beautiful on earth , a bit of heaven , my niece is very special leave it to her to send this glorious music ❤️
Nothing can the beat the Brits (especially Kings College Cambridge) for Christmas Carols!🇬🇧🇬🇧👍👍
Estella, I beg to differ there are choirs around the world who sing with such beauty and grace as we se here.
Estella979 Bianchi even though I’m American I have a vast majority british ancestors I’m proud of the isles.
For goodness sake, why the triumphalism? Yes choral music is very good in Britain, as in Estonia, Finland, Hungary, etc?
I am British I have called America my home for 45 years.I am also a singer , at 73 years young I have never lost my voice.
@@leehealy1 Aren't we allowed to be proud of our own people when they excel ?
The purity of these voices. Two minutes of sheer beauty...
Word Shane!
I want my mum and dad back on earth when I hear this.It is so wonderful.
God bless us all this Christmas season.
You'll be able to see them after this short time on Earth, don't be too sad. Although I wouldn't be able to empathise with you, so I'm not sure if not being "too sad" is so easy.
I always accepted that young boys could sing as high as soprano, but these young men singing as high as they do in their solos is amazing. I'm a baritenor and I couldn't dream of hitting a lot of these notes. Merry Christmas, everyone.
What is the name for the unusual voice singer? Any idea?
@@lostmangos For the younger boys, their voices just haven't changed yet and so they're "boy sopranos," but the grown men singing in that range are countertenors.
@@Bootus123 I wouldnt have said they were grown men, their voices arent as deep as grown men.
Just gotta flex that falsetto. The more you use it, the better it gets. I'm a bass, can't even hit tenor range in my regular voice, but every Christmas I sing the soprano descant parts of various carols in full voice! :D
@@TheRealestKuni that's awesome, I know there are some good falsetto singers like Frankie Vallie or Freddy Mercury, but it generally has a slight goofiness to it. Choir singers are something else.
Praise you, Jesus!
Tyler Burns Jesus is love personified
It's January and I'm still listening to this repeatedly. I think I'll revel at this beauty of sound and human achievement into Spring, then Summer, through Autumn and eventually just in time for the next time the holly bears it's berries.
lakenvelder0pandora :)
The voice of the soprano soloist in spects is utterly incredible
Which 1 is that?
That of course is the poignancy of a boys voice, for it does not last.
Incidentally, in England, a boy is not a Soprano, he is a Treble.
@@alexandrumanta1439 Correctamundo! By now, that lad is probably a baritone - :-)
This is one of my favorite Christmas songs and Kings College does a spectacular job singing this beautiful song. Their voices are angelic! 🥰❤️🙏🏻
listening to this on christmas eve, 2019... a beautiful night, a beautiful song.... perfect for these troubled times. Bravo
Which times have not been troubled since the dawn of man? These carols/vespers reveal the inner-light of God, that shines in all hearts, whether you're Christian or other.
2020: "Troubled!? I'll give you troubled..."
This has been my favourite carol since I was very young. I play it even if Christmas is a summer away.
It can be listened to at any time it is a song of light out of darkness.
@@MaceSwinger1 haha 2020 bad 😐
Truly the peak of civilization's achievement for this year. I am very blessed just to be able to hear this choir from my New York home on Christmas Eve. Thank you from the debts of my spirit and soul.
This acapella version of this song is a truly soul lifting experience. If this is a prelude on how we will hear music in heaven than I am for it! Praise be Jesus! Thank you for sharing this beautiful melodic experience! 11 years ago? Really?
All the soloists in this performance are utterly phenomenal
Probably the greatest English Christmas carol!
I love Christmas carols.I have been known to
listen to them all year round when I need a
reason to smile.I don't go to church or have
any strong beliefs,one way or another,but when
I hear these moving words,they call me to
believe in someone higher then ourselves...
Beautiful things are meant to remind us that there is something greater than ourselves. :)
+Summer Reyes You sound like many believers actually, and you are right, about a Higher being in the form of Jesus Christ. Happy Christmas !
+Jo Sparkes Summer has described the difference between being religious and being spiritual.
Carols were first sung in Europe thousands of years ago, but these were not Christmas Carols. They were pagan songs, sung at the Winter Solstice celebrations as people danced round stone circles (The word carol originally meant to dance to something). ... The word Carol actually means dance or a song of praise and joy!
Thanks for your comment Summer Reyes. When I started the channel, I hope to bring people together year-round, so glad you enjoyed and enjoy!
Christmas is my favorite time of year, and it’s the middle of July. I am returning to this to remind myself of the joy approaching in just a few months ❤
We have deer running in the back yard of our new house now. and not only at the rising of the sun. They just appeared for the first time on Christmas eve. Now all we need is a merry organ and a choir! But after this difficult year, I'll settle for the deer. Hoping they're a good omen for 2021!
Every once upon a Christmas, I come back to this to remind my sanity.
THIS IS THE ONLY VERSION WORTH LISTENING TOOO
There is also a lovely version by Ars Nova Copenhagen. Although, I could only find it on Itunes and don't know the arrangement
This version is wonderful, but there are others that are also superb.
Any version of this wonderful carol is ... I have no words just the song.
Listen to the Mannheim Steamroller version... you won’t regret it!
Westminster Abbey Choir sing a beautiful version of this carol too..🎄☃️
All the words of Jesus are eternal and infallible truth.
Astounding how the harmony and the melody sound so sweet
Very lovely music...May our Lord Jesus Christ be praised and glorified. May we walk in His care and loving kindness.
Isaiah122 Jesus is love personified
Amen
Is it August while I'm listening to this? Why yes it is... yes it is.
Yeah I'm listening to it in June 😂 Still have half a year to go 🎄
It is a carol, the best one and you should listen to it whenever you want.
No wrong time to rejoice.
I have waited far to long to hear this the most splendid of carols. Then I remembered utube and the incredible access it allows us. I am lost for words, always one weakened by great beauty. Weakened because we grow in awe at the finest arts of our world. Joyful that they sing out. All the expression of the higher soul. The tradition of the Kings Choir:la crème de la crème. The discipline and devotion. The voices that aspire to angelicness. The glorious voices. Yes I'm speechless and I have seen Black Sabbath and other greats.
Wonderful, beautiful performance and voices. I remember my grandma teaching me this song when I was little. Brings back memories.
Breathtaking stunning truly stunning
Absolutely breathtaking and ethereal. Like a choir of angels!
Beautiful voices, beautiful Christmas song. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I keep coming back to hear this again and again. I don't have the right words to praise it properly. Thank you.
So thankful for choirs. These gentlemen are amazing.
The tenor has a down-to-earth quality that I like very much.
This _never_ fails to send shivers up my spine.
One year later and this is still fantastic. Stay well. Praise our Lord even in these tough times.
Wow. This is fantastic. True "sweet singing in a choir"
Beautiful... my favourite Christmas carol 💕💕💕
I really loved listening to these singers and this song, that I hadn't heard since I was a little nipper. Been having a little bad luck recently, so out on my walk yesterday, collected a few sprigs of holly and some ivy, goodness knows why? Put them in a glass tumbler on my window ledge, then read about holly and ivy, and how it can bring some luck and ward off bad things. I wonder if it'll work? :)
sang this in the choir at xmas in ealing london church. my favourite
Hold fast, God is our refuge and strength and our Anglican Church defines us as a people free from false doctrine and error.
The treble soloist makes this the best year EVER for them. It's my new dream to meet him.
Absolutely gorgeous singing. Thanks for the post! ♥️🇨🇦
So beautiful. Praises unto The Most High.✨🙏✨
Merry Christmas! My favorite rendition of my favorite Christmas tune!
This is nothing short of MAGNOFICENT.
Beautiful old English Carol
My favourite carol since I was 5 give or take. Your old comment sums up why this song steals your heart.
Ohhhh how very very lovely!! I love this song so much...and to hear these young fellows sing it is just a beautiful blessing.
I too happened to stumble upon Kings College Choir and am so blessed! This song from this video literally brought me to tears! I tried to find this version on iTunes, and while they do have two versions of the song from the Kings College Choir, none of them matched the quality found in this video! This is the best by far. God bless!
I can hear the crunch of snow under my feet xxx
Y'all betta have this Harmony!!!!! I was having a horrible mental moment , and singing all the songs from concert choir just soothes my soul. This was amazing
I learned this Carol in Elementary School, always love singing it, but sure don't sound near as Angelic as
this choir, Beautiful!
It's July... This song randomly gets stuck in my head any time of year lol! Beautiful! Ps why would anyone dislike this?!?!
one of my favorite xmas songs. a British classic
Absolutely stunning arrangement
I want to come back in the next life British. (Upper class, only)
I love it. It sounds beautiful and also shares the message of Jesus.
Very nice. Not sure why I"m listening to Christmas carols today. Must be "Christmas in (almost) July."
I don't know why I'm listening to this either. and it's not even July anymore :/
listening and singing along loudly. This December will be my first winter christmas (in the North Hemisphere) in 5 years. and i cannot wait!!!!!!
Dear LE R.... The Christmas 'spirit' is not relegated to winter months, Jesus Christ was actually born in June if you read all of your true History. They transplanted his birth to supplement the Pagan Holidays.
I know how that feels. I spent 6 years in Australia as a teenager (many years ago). My first Christmas in the Northern Hemisphere after all that time was a time to remember. Hope it snows for you.
Magnificent, glorious, heart opening. Such beauty. THANK YOU!!!!!
Stunning version! Such beautiful singing.
Such a simple song. Yet it can have such an impact.
Nothing beats our cathedral choirs! Superb.
Absolutely Beautiful! I must listen to this year round to lift my spirits and restore thankfulness into my heart. What a blessing classic choral music and wonderful voices provide!
last year for our chistmas concert I went on videos I saw me singing I cried and I remember it 😢😢
Listening to this tonight, this is the sound of all my christmas mornings so it carries some magic to me
I just learned of this carol last year by watching Rick Steves European Christmas. And now it's become my favorite.
My wife has been trying to track it down this week, she too discovered it via Rick Steves European Christmas on Amazon.
Rick Steves travelogue series is amazing
It's amazing, if you keep your ears open, & with a little luck, a new ( for you ) Christmas song / hymn can enter your life. In 2009 I attened an Advent Lessons & Carols at a small Church here in Edmonton Alberta, and heard One Small Child for the first time.
Oh that’s a shame it’s taken so long for you to find. This is a firm favourite in British schools in the run up to Christmas at school carol concerts
Utterly brilliant.
Nice hearing this
I still find this fantastic.
you can also find it in 101 Carols for Choirs
both are edited by John Rutter and David Willcocks
..the playing of the merry organ! Sweet singing in the choir.
WOW! I luv....d voices! Softens my heart when I hear it. Amazing would be an understatement! Thanks Spiritdei
It's the H Walford Davies arrangement and scored for SATB with the verses done as solos/duets. You can find it in Carols for Choirs book 2
Thank you. :)
Listening on October 23rd. December 1st is less than 40 days away.
Thank you, spiritdei! I'm not a native English speaker and my country does not have a tradition of Christmas carols. It seems like every Christmas time I find out a new English carol! This year it's this one. I'm also researching and learning more about this splendid choir. Who are the young gentlemen harmonizing? Are the older boys considered the Choir Scholars? Thank you so much for taking the time to post this. It's truly uplifting :)
The trebles are choristers, and the young men are the choral scholars.
Have you received The Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour?
Beautiful, beautiful and beautifully rendered
Very fine singing, simply beautiful !!!!!!!!!!
It is so beautiful...thanks❤
My favorite carol. Thank you.
'tried to sing along' 'voice cracks ' ' cries'
I know the feel ;_;
Tears... God is good to bless us with these voices
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Raise your soft pallate, use breath.
Love the ending, harmonies on fleek!
absolute banger
that made me lol....
@@croydonrudeness merry crimbo ;)
@@wetigaz a merry Xmas to you too :)!
Glad you like it, its one of my favourites!
I would love to be in a choir like this :)
So beautiful!
Wonderful .
Beautiful
beautiful
@nocturne163
Glad you liked it, the setting is wonderful as well.
This version was only written for a boys chorus, but there are many excellent versions to choose from.
SUCH A LOVELY SONG! MY FAVORITE THIS TIME OF YEAR. M.A.G.A 2020
Vincent Vargas Please do not pollute beautiful Christmas music with a ridiculous comment that attempts to promote a multiple-adulterer, and lying revolting individual Trump.
@@Peter_Kalve BETTER THAN THE SATANIST BABY KILLER ANTI CHRISTIAN PEOPLE YOU PROMOTE.
No words. Just perfection.
I was hoping someone would comment on this clip. It was my favourite carol of the evening!
Ten years ago? It's an absolute favorite, but I don't know the lyrics. Can anybody help me out, please?
I have always loved this carol. Interesting that Henry V111 is said to have composed it.
He's also supposed to have written "Greensleeves" too (he didn't write either but he did compose some such as "Pastime with Good Company" which is sadly not one of the classics.)
Thanks for posting the music of nice lessons and carols.
I love that and was hoping to hear the current version.
Very nice...
@TheDLIV I'm glad you liked it. My intention was the share the pleasure!
Beautiful. Brings back some very fond memories. Thank you for the upload
SIGNIfies the Holiday Season to me
Here after watching Anne with an E season 2 for the 5th time. It's September which means it's almost Christmas and I can wait
You're welcome! Since you've asked I will upload the readings. I wasn't sure if there would be any interest.