2500 Montréalers sing L. Cohen’s “Hallelujah” in perfect harmony at Place Des Arts

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  • @ajds7597
    @ajds7597 Місяць тому +1196

    I was there and can tell you what it was like. We practiced it a couple of times and they gave us directions for the harmonies and the crescendo. Then we sang it a final time for the video. 2500 strangers with brief practice and limited instructions and listen to us, we nailed it! Unified, disciplined, everyone trying to do their best, taking it seriously, and most importantly having fun. In the video when it goes black at the end you can hear us cheering… we were cheering for each other, applauding with hands clapping over our heads, turning in every direction. We were so happy and proud. And hearing it back, wow, we really were good!!

    • @juju-es4ug
      @juju-es4ug Місяць тому +14

      Nachdem man uns 2 Jahre lang verboten hat AEROSOLE auszuscheiden😢 😮 durften wir unseren Frust lauthals rausschreien und gemeinsam wieder singen 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @oerli9034
      @oerli9034 Місяць тому +50

      And you had any reason to be proud, it sounds fantastic!

    • @phyllissanders8797
      @phyllissanders8797 Місяць тому +38

      This was beautiful. You had every right to be proud.

    • @bobmcnew2954
      @bobmcnew2954 Місяць тому +30

      Something mesmerizing about this song !

    • @lawrencetelford9974
      @lawrencetelford9974 Місяць тому +17

      This was beautiful and I even fell in love with one of the ladies shown.

  • @philipvanderwaal6817
    @philipvanderwaal6817 21 день тому +465

    Leonard Cohen is smiling in heaven

    • @ocomin8089
      @ocomin8089 19 днів тому +3

      @philipvanderwaal6817 And my 1st thought was, Jesus & Our Father would love it also, because we do know, that there is NO distance in the spirit. ❤👍🙏

    • @TampaDave
      @TampaDave 19 днів тому +12

      Yes, it was a truly deserved great tribute to him.

    • @dominicbrant1968
      @dominicbrant1968 18 днів тому +1

      although he's probably keeping a keen eye on his royalties :)

    • @jacquelinebataille8106
      @jacquelinebataille8106 18 днів тому +5

      And I on the other of the Atlantic am crying and singing along. Humanity at its best.

    • @jacquelinebataille8106
      @jacquelinebataille8106 18 днів тому

      ​@@dominicbrant1968I 've just realized we have to pay a fee in heaven.😇🤔🤫

  • @simplicity6564
    @simplicity6564 Місяць тому +787

    It's moments like this when we come together as humans. No color. No race. No politics. Just humans harmonizing and creating a life memory, a moment to share, a reminder of what life is actually about. Beautiful!

    • @JJ-oi5vo
      @JJ-oi5vo 23 дні тому +21

      Everything quiet but the music 🎶✨️💫🌟

    • @brianmcallister114
      @brianmcallister114 21 день тому +31

      I couldn't agree more with your comment. And it's because of the sentiments you expressed that I believe that man's greatest invention was not the wheel but music.

    • @jeffhodge7333
      @jeffhodge7333 20 днів тому

      The crowd looks homogeneous, by which I mean white.

    • @whitehawk6373
      @whitehawk6373 19 днів тому +8

      Music is like glu for us. Beautiful.

    • @RomyHouston-y9v
      @RomyHouston-y9v 19 днів тому +13

      We choose heaven or hell every day and this is heaven!

  • @johnthomson7696
    @johnthomson7696 20 днів тому +226

    No I'm not crying, someone's chopping onions. The best song ever.

    • @ocomin8089
      @ocomin8089 19 днів тому +5

      @johnthomson7696, onions here too 😢🥰

    • @RickTheClipper
      @RickTheClipper 19 днів тому +5

      The same here

    • @TampaDave
      @TampaDave 19 днів тому +4

      My mom used to pretend to sympathize with them when she cut them. "Poor onions! Poor, poor onions." 😅
      The tissue paper industry wins on both onions and this video. 😼

    • @randybrodie2945
      @randybrodie2945 17 днів тому +1

      Ditto!! Lol

    • @Fernscape
      @Fernscape 15 днів тому

      As The spirit moves you

  • @alisalyons7122
    @alisalyons7122 Місяць тому +385

    A beautiful tribute to Montreal’s native son Leonard Cohen

    • @ew2170
      @ew2170 Місяць тому +7

      ❤❤❤❤

    • @prometheusrex1
      @prometheusrex1 23 дні тому

      Sad. I've never liked the song; it's not a hallelujah (praise to G-d) at all. It's a song of despair. Instead of a worship session, this is sad paganism.

    • @lynnroney1234
      @lynnroney1234 22 дні тому +9

      @@prometheusrex1 You can feel sad. But the rest of us are moved by the beauty of the music itself.

    • @prometheusrex1
      @prometheusrex1 22 дні тому +1

      @@lynnroney1234 Setting aside my arguments on the religious component, do you agree that there's a fair amount of despair in these lyrics?

    • @lynnroney1234
      @lynnroney1234 22 дні тому +6

      @ I have no idea what Leonard Cohen is saying/meaning in so much of his work. I go with how it moves me. I have at times found hope in something that talks of despair. So often we bring our own views on what a poem means. My BFF babysat for Micheal Ondaatje. Her assignment was to choose a poem and analyze it. She chose one of his and asked him what he was referring to/thinking/imagining in the poem. Not what anyone, including her, the class, the teacher thought. It’s all about where you’re at.

  • @WatcherOfYT
    @WatcherOfYT Місяць тому +556

    Look at what we can create when we all leave our differences at the door. Beautiful. Thank you for making me shed a tear and smile all at the same time. ❤

    • @MerelynAla-n8k
      @MerelynAla-n8k Місяць тому +8

    • @pasinggas2713
      @pasinggas2713 Місяць тому +17

      When are we going to realize we are one?

    • @anndaniels3545
      @anndaniels3545 Місяць тому +4

      Me too

    • @vickichristensen422
      @vickichristensen422 Місяць тому

      That's true but the democrats have lost their minds and any common sense and morality, some people u just have to walk away from, pray 4 them but not be in relationship with. Just saying. Tired of ppl pretending light and darkness can stand together.

    • @MerelynAla-n8k
      @MerelynAla-n8k Місяць тому +3

      @@WatcherOfYT 😊😘

  • @mikeparker9287
    @mikeparker9287 Місяць тому +408

    Every once in awhile you see something on UA-cam that makes you so grateful for the platform and makes you say Hallelujah!!

    • @abdulhafezabdoolah1375
      @abdulhafezabdoolah1375 Місяць тому +8

      It's very emotional to see all these people with one harmonised move to sing something which most of them do not even know what this imperative order comes from and what is it's real meaning...

    • @prometheusrex1
      @prometheusrex1 23 дні тому

      Do you indeed praise G-d? Hope so 💛

    • @TampaDave
      @TampaDave 19 днів тому +3

      I bet the tissue paper industry made out on this video. For those of us who have loved this Cohen for decades, there wouldn't be very many dry eyes and clear sinuses among us.

  • @nadiaakalittlemonster4749
    @nadiaakalittlemonster4749 Місяць тому +362

    I was there and my sister, her husband and uncle will never forget that evening. It was magical.

    • @amienunez6255
      @amienunez6255 Місяць тому +17

      I'm from Montreal and I wish I was there to sing this blessed, my favorite 🎵 song "Hallelujah " imagine with 2,500 singers.
      Where they sang this song is a huge place.
      God bless bthen all 🙏.

    • @islandyyt
      @islandyyt Місяць тому +16

      Just so lovely! The faces of the singers are so joyful.

    • @ZooZoo293
      @ZooZoo293 Місяць тому +13

      Now I'm a lot jealous! You all made beautiful music, thank you 😊

    • @smithj706
      @smithj706 Місяць тому +9

      Amen ✝️🙏, Hallelujah!

    • @rusticatanjuatco3907
      @rusticatanjuatco3907 Місяць тому +3

      Very solemn. ❤😊

  • @Pattigardner-si6fz
    @Pattigardner-si6fz Місяць тому +282

    Well done Montreal! Leonard Cohen would be proud.

  • @bradsaunders257
    @bradsaunders257 Місяць тому +250

    Take a bow people.. thank you Leonard.

    • @ew2170
      @ew2170 Місяць тому +4

      Yes. I'll miss him forever

  • @janicelicata6383
    @janicelicata6383 Місяць тому +168

    That was BREATHTAKING!! Brought tears to my eyes. Kudos to everyone who participated.

    • @Fernscape
      @Fernscape 15 днів тому

      decouvrezquebec.blogspot.com/

  • @ElizabethS-wv2ge
    @ElizabethS-wv2ge 20 днів тому +217

    Pray for us 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸, beloved Canada! Because you’ve already given us your gift of song and I thank you profoundly!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

    • @gurmeetkubicek5665
      @gurmeetkubicek5665 18 днів тому +14

      You have always been the best neighbours. Many of us are very worried for you and ourselves.
      What happens there will ultimately happen here.
      I don’t know when many of us will feel comfortable coming there like we used to
      Trump has to be off the stage of politics.

    • @ElizabethS-wv2ge
      @ElizabethS-wv2ge 18 днів тому +9

      @ well said! I am a 60+ yo gal from the coast of South Carolina , so I well remember when we had Can-Am weeks to celebrate Canadians coming to visit. Really & truly, I believe God will let us enter into a new phase after this frighteningly close “flirt” with authoritarianism. I know damn straight that the US isn’t the “ bestest” country in the world, but by God, now & then, we have been in the truly awful darkness.i think we still have that flickering flame that’s going to flash forth. I believe. I hope but moreover, I believe. Pray for us!

    • @monah5532
      @monah5532 17 днів тому +11

      Sending love from Montreal. I am trusting the universe that things will be set right for you tomorrow: May decency, kindness and hope win over greed, hatred and willful ignorance

    • @Jennith777
      @Jennith777 17 днів тому +6

      A dose of hope. I cried. Thank you so much. 🪷🌅

    • @karphin1
      @karphin1 17 днів тому +4

      🇨🇦🇺🇸

  • @critterkarma
    @critterkarma 24 дні тому +114

    From one across the border in Connecticut, so grateful to come upon this beautiful reminder that when we put aside our differences, we can create beauty and harmony. 🥹 Heaven knows we need these sharings more and more. 💜

  • @phyllisg6217
    @phyllisg6217 20 днів тому +66

    Leonard’s gift to the world. Every time I hear it I thank him…

  • @lisegirard4670
    @lisegirard4670 Місяць тому +265

    J'espère que le monde entier écoute cette chorale et supporter la PAIX dans ce monde si troublant. BRAVO MONTRÉAL, simplement magnifique. ♥️🌹🇨🇦

    • @jacquesdrapeau1369
      @jacquesdrapeau1369 26 днів тому +3

    • @ocomin8089
      @ocomin8089 19 днів тому

      @lisegirard4670: I love that sentiment, however, millions will, BUT, not all, why? Because not all are fully human. And to explain that would require a dissertation.

  • @Lara-eu9sk
    @Lara-eu9sk Місяць тому +244

    The choir director was magnificent! The choir itself amazing! Thank you! Hallelujah!!!

  • @stellaolejar9007
    @stellaolejar9007 Місяць тому +134

    I have goosebumps listening and crying at the same time. This is exactly what we could accomplish if we just respect and care for each other. Thank you for this, it was and is needed.

    • @andreaprivate
      @andreaprivate Місяць тому +3

      Oh I was bawling! Someone was definitely cutting onions, lol. Such an amazing gift they shared with us on You Tube ❤️

    • @ocomin8089
      @ocomin8089 19 днів тому +2

      Likewise ❤

  • @anastasiabeaverhausen8220
    @anastasiabeaverhausen8220 17 днів тому +42

    Love you, Canada. Never been, but wish I could. Leonard Cohen is responsible for writing several of my all-time favorite songs.

    • @freedomlife3623
      @freedomlife3623 15 днів тому

      Come visit, Canada is a beautiful country.

  • @KarenBKatie
    @KarenBKatie 20 днів тому +53

    Thank you, Montreal, Place de Arts, and Leonard Cohen! Love from a person born in Ontario living in USA.

  • @jeancriner9378
    @jeancriner9378 21 день тому +43

    With all the turmoil and dissention in the world, this video couldn't come at a better time. It brought tears to my eyes. Thank you and the people of Montreal!

  • @MsCoffeecol
    @MsCoffeecol 7 днів тому +7

    My cat is here next to me listening as I am tearing up. Beautiful and thankyou!

  • @tommore3263
    @tommore3263 18 днів тому +74

    As an English speaking Catholic raised in Montreal how wonderful to celebrate our divine milieu with the wonderful Jewish poet Leonard Cohen and all his brothers and sisters at the Place des Arts. What art exists for. God bless you all.

    • @Fernscape
      @Fernscape 15 днів тому +1

      decouvrezquebec.blogspot.com/

  • @Dziemionnianin
    @Dziemionnianin Місяць тому +43

    Nice performance for 90th Anniversary of birth of Leonard Cohen (born 09.21.1934)

  • @karinfindling3391
    @karinfindling3391 21 день тому +59

    Ich hatte Gänsehaut von Anfang bis zum Ende und Tränen in den Augen. WUNDERSCHÖN ❤❤❤

  • @alphacentauri3665
    @alphacentauri3665 9 днів тому +7

    Humanity at its best. I think my heart burst as I experienced the sound of so many people being together and sounding so amazing. Thanks to the 'conductor' also. Love.

  • @mjk4147
    @mjk4147 Місяць тому +106

    One of the best performances of this song...ever that I've heard.!! Congrats to all.

  • @RiseAboveTheNorm5934
    @RiseAboveTheNorm5934 Місяць тому +96

    WOW!! That was AMAZING and certainly no small feat to get a group this large to harmonize so well!! Very well done for such a beautiful song.

  • @louiselevine3028
    @louiselevine3028 29 днів тому +30

    The rest of the world could take a lesson from this..strangers joining together and doing something positive. Smiling, singing and not a grump in the bunch. Well done

    • @Rhmadz-s8l
      @Rhmadz-s8l 15 днів тому

      🍇THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the last age brought by Christ to purify man with His Word"
      Almighty God said
      When God speaks, it usually COMES FROM HEAVEN to EARTH, and sometimes from the earth, leaving all people unable to understand the MOTIVES and origin of GOD'S WORDS. "When I am in the sky, the stars never feel afraid of My presence. Instead, they focus their hearts on their work for Me." Such is the state of heaven. God is methodically planning everything in the THIRD HEAVEN, with ALL SERVANTS SERVING GOD DOING THEIR OWN WORK for GOD. They NEVER DID ANYTHING that was DISOBEDIENT to GOD, therefore, they did NOT FEEL the FEAR that GOD SAYS, but INSTEAD they set their HEART on their WORK; There has NEVER been any CONFUSION, and thus all ANGELS LIVE in LIGHTof GOD. Meanwhile, because of their disobedience, and because they do not know God, all people on earth live in DARKNESS, and the more they oppose God, the more they live in darkness. When God says, "When the heavens are brighter, the earth beneath is darker," He is referring to how the day of God is drawing nearer to all mankind. THEREFORE, the 6,000 years of GOD'S TROUBLE in the THIRD HEAVEN is NEARLY OVER. 🔴🙏
      ALL THINGS ON EARTH HAVE ENTERED THE LAST CHAPTER, and are about to be REMOVED from GOD'S HAND.
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      NOW, God says from the beginning, because of the current MENTALITY OF MAN, the NEW LIFE OF MAN IN THE FUTURE. This is the emergence of the spark of LIGHT, which GOD SPECIFIES. What GOD SAYS in the beginning is what GOD WILL ACHIEVE IN THE LAST, and the FRUITS of GOD'S VICTORY AGAINST SATAN: "I move over all people and I observe everywhere.
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      From "The Word Appears in the Flesh"
      Fulfillment of (John 1:1) and (Revelation 18:9,13)
      The Savior has returned and He or Christ fulfilled His building of the kingdom/church on top of the rock or standing in the worthy holy place in the air/UA-cam! When He came He fulfilled what was prophesied in the book of Revelation and from there it is recorded that He changed a new name and the name of His city from ("THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐) "The Epistle to the church of Philadelphia" "The one who overcomes is I will make a pillar in thetemple of my God, and he shall not be removed from it forever. I will engrave on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that will come down out of heaven from my God. I will also engrave him with my new name. (Revelation 3:12). ... "The Reign of the Prince of Peace" "For a baby boy is born and he will rule over us. He is the wonderful counselor, the Almighty God, the eternal Father, the Prince of peace." (Isaiah 9:6). ... "For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their SHEPHERD. He will lead them to springs of life-giving water; and God will wipe away the tears from their eyes." (Revelation 7:17).
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    • @jacquirimown3886
      @jacquirimown3886 14 днів тому

      Even could Quebec politicians could learn something.

  • @CindyHammett-f1k
    @CindyHammett-f1k Місяць тому +77

    Choir Choir Choir is a gift. It was a special night.

  • @ChristinaSchwekendiek
    @ChristinaSchwekendiek 10 днів тому +4

    My heart breaks and smiles at the same time whenever I hear this song. This rendition is no different. It's a joy. It's God's gift to us. Thank you, Mr. Cohen!

  • @Lori-PAX
    @Lori-PAX Місяць тому +37

    I wish Leonard could have heard this wonderful tribute. 🙏

  • @susanparker9877
    @susanparker9877 22 дні тому +26

    Place des Arts has the best accoustics! The best place to do this for our Leonard, a Montreal man. My home town.❤

  • @Amy-z2d4l
    @Amy-z2d4l 19 днів тому +17

    I was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2010. I have an implant to help control the seizures. It has unfortunately paralyzed my left vocal cord, resulting in my not being able to sing any longer. It is one of the worst things that has ever happened to me. Every once in a while, when I heard singing this beautiful I come to total tears. Oh, what I would give to be able to sing again, especially in something like this!

    • @ellenboehmer6280
      @ellenboehmer6280 16 днів тому +1

      Well God loves to hear you sing. Peace to you.

    • @LizBramsen
      @LizBramsen 16 днів тому +1

      🙏♥️😭♥️🙏Praying that you will sing again.

    • @gudrunkropp2872
      @gudrunkropp2872 3 дні тому

      In der Ewigkeit-die im Heilsplan Gottes am Ende der Zeit vorgesehen ist, werden wir alle wieder gesund sein-fern aller unserer körperlichen und seelischen Beeinträchtigungen. Alles Liebe für dich! ❤❤❤❤

  • @janeevans5132
    @janeevans5132 19 днів тому +4

    It gave me chills listening to such a wonderful crowd of people sing my favourite song. Magnific

  • @footballlvnlady
    @footballlvnlady 17 днів тому +72

    I’m crying watching this and crying from Wisconsin. So much stress with Trump these past years! This just makes my heart happy! Thank you!

    • @manonsinclairladyofblairad9675
      @manonsinclairladyofblairad9675 17 днів тому +7

      I'm Canadian and I'm stressed because of Trump! I hope he's defeated, bigly as he would say.

    • @seventhdayissabbath8747
      @seventhdayissabbath8747 16 днів тому +6

      Move to Canada if you're that stressed... Daniel 2:21 ..he removes kings and sets up kings.. God will have in place who is needed for a time such as this.

    • @footballlvnlady
      @footballlvnlady 16 днів тому +2

      @@seventhdayissabbath8747 Well I have ties to Canada. My hubby is from Toronto and his siblings still there! They were not happy in 2016 when Trump won. Here in Wisconsin there is record turnout! I don’t usually drink but if Trump loses I’m having a couple tonight!

    • @seventhdayissabbath8747
      @seventhdayissabbath8747 16 днів тому +2

      @@footballlvnlady I hope either way that you can find some peace, I try not to get too worked up about politics anymore, no matter who becomes the next President I will be praying for them.. Hang in there!

    • @lindabriggs5118
      @lindabriggs5118 16 днів тому +2

      I live in North Carolina, but my parents are from Quebec. Yes, they both spoke quebecqua. But they didn't teach me because the Catholic Nuns told them it was too hard on children to learn English and French. They later admitted that those nuns were stupid. But found this and listened to it, as it is a favorite of mine. You all sang beautifully. I needed to here this, as these elections are giving me fits and raises my blood pressure. LOL

  • @createone100
    @createone100 21 день тому +20

    Boy, did this make me cry. We are all broken.

  • @antm64
    @antm64 11 днів тому +5

    The human voice is such an amazing instrument! Wonderful arrangement...powerful, emotional performance by all in attendance. Chills as I could feel tears welling. Very moving video. Thank you!!

  • @JhomarCruz-g6r
    @JhomarCruz-g6r 7 днів тому +2

    I can hear angels singing...Close your eyes and you can feel the heavens vibe.

  • @donaldisraeljosephlegault4250
    @donaldisraeljosephlegault4250 25 днів тому +12

    This Tops maple syrup. This is the most beautiful thing , Canadian I’ve seen in my lifetime. Thank You Montrealers.

  • @marieslabbert6009
    @marieslabbert6009 18 днів тому +7

    I was a member of the Pretoria University Church years ago. Each Sunday between 3,000 and 4,000 people will gather for the service. What made it so exceptional that I still remember and cherish my time there, is that the organist was world class and the University Choir sang with the congregation. The exceptional organ music with the thousands of voices accompanied by the amazing voices of the choir, from baritone to sopranos, came together as the most incredible sound one can imagine. I often cried while singing, because it was just so emotional to hear this incredible sound in praise of God.

  • @kateijsland1245
    @kateijsland1245 Місяць тому +27

    2500 angels singing ❤️💖

  • @christinemaudet3494
    @christinemaudet3494 14 днів тому +4

    ❤❤❤❤❤j en ai les larmes aux yeux 😊😊😊vive l l'unite 😊

  • @22RosesGrow
    @22RosesGrow Місяць тому +29

    "Even though it all went wrong..I sang before the Lord with song."🕊🎶🎇Love love love Hallelujah. This is beautiful.

  • @JanLee-vj3hh
    @JanLee-vj3hh 16 днів тому +4

    I love the diversity of the singers. Wonderful,!

  • @maw6456
    @maw6456 Місяць тому +17

    We are definitely stronger together 🙏 beautiful

  • @pbinsb3437
    @pbinsb3437 Місяць тому +48

    We've come a long way since the days of Covid where now thousands of people can come together indoors and sing. Hallelujah.

  • @cardsaremycanvas9065
    @cardsaremycanvas9065 22 дні тому +43

    This was amazing and so proud from my fellow Canadians So needed in these times! Hallelujah 🙏to all of you❤️

  • @Tinyteacher1111
    @Tinyteacher1111 16 днів тому +6

    I have goosebumps! How absolutely beautiful!
    I love humanity during times when love prevails!

  • @kristofnijs2460
    @kristofnijs2460 Місяць тому +8

    Goosebumps! Especially when the sound volume of the different voices goes up in such a warm manner around the 3:35 mark.

  • @believeintheimpossible
    @believeintheimpossible Місяць тому +58

    As a Québécoise living in the Canadian prairies and currently going through the grief of losing a beloved aunt, my heart needed that…. Quebec and its essence is in my heart, always

    • @sunlion9676
      @sunlion9676 Місяць тому +6

      I’m sorry to read of your Aunt’s passing. 😢 sending my condolences & best wishes. 🥰

    • @ZooZoo293
      @ZooZoo293 Місяць тому +6

      Aunts are so special; they love unconditionally and are always a safe place to land. My own Aunt helped me through a very difficult time when I was young and I don't what I would have done without her. Im sure both of our aunts are singing this song in Heaven. Sending love and healing to you ❤

    • @believeintheimpossible
      @believeintheimpossible Місяць тому +5

      @@ZooZoo293 thank you so much for sharing your story 💕🙏, I appreciate it greatly and I send you peace and love as well
      God bless you for your kindness

    • @daniellefrechette900
      @daniellefrechette900 Місяць тому +6

      My heart goes out to you from Toronto. Much love your way.

    • @believeintheimpossible
      @believeintheimpossible Місяць тому +2

      @@daniellefrechette900 merci beaucoup 😪💕🙏🌻

  • @heartwithnocompanion
    @heartwithnocompanion 17 днів тому +4

    It's so beautiful and touching! This performance makes my cry. Great montrealer Leonard Cohen wrote true masterpiece!

  • @effiemooney8477
    @effiemooney8477 Місяць тому +38

    Phenominal...God bless you all!!!❤❤❤

  • @kimhenry5658
    @kimhenry5658 23 дні тому +7

    Well done everyone, Leonard would be proud. I’ve loved his music from the beginning regardless of my peers having a low opinion. That’s gone now leaving a towering respect for his music and especially this song. Best regards from Tasmania.

  • @SissyHausmeister
    @SissyHausmeister 17 днів тому +3

    Mr. Cohen R.I.P.!❤🙏 He would have loved that...

  • @AnnelieseHerrmann
    @AnnelieseHerrmann 11 днів тому +3

    Gern wäre ich dabei gewesen, Danke!!!

  • @margaret7120
    @margaret7120 22 дні тому +42

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏Bravo I had my graduation at Place des Arts. Memories.
    Rest in Peace Leonard Cohen. Truly an inspired song. I hope it brought you closer to God. ❤️🙏🏻🇨🇦🍁
    Lest we forget 🌺

  • @cornelia9778
    @cornelia9778 22 дні тому +13

    A real Montreal moment! Congrats.

  • @margaretlecuyer9474
    @margaretlecuyer9474 Місяць тому +110

    This shows you just how people can gather leave their differences aside and join together for the love of God and country❤️

    • @socorrogarcia1877
      @socorrogarcia1877 Місяць тому +7

      Harmony in all it's glory!

    • @anndaniels3545
      @anndaniels3545 Місяць тому +4

      Beautiful Biblically

    • @vickichristensen422
      @vickichristensen422 Місяць тому

      Not liberal democrats! Light and darkness cannot coexist.

    • @eugeniaaycock7896
      @eugeniaaycock7896 Місяць тому +3

      I wonder how many races, cultures, and nationalities are represented here. If the entire world would work together like these people did, what a wonderful world it would be.

    • @eugeniaaycock7896
      @eugeniaaycock7896 Місяць тому +2

      I should have said in my previous comment that the entire world would be as harmonious as this marvelous choir is.

  • @alexandrebarros4188
    @alexandrebarros4188 20 днів тому +3

    This song is a classic... Leonard was super!!! And i'm grateful to live to listening this

  • @MrsStevenBrown
    @MrsStevenBrown 16 днів тому +2

    If you were t singing along watching, tears in eyes and the rising Hallelujahs ringing out in your space…are you even human? ❤

  • @teddigroff3852
    @teddigroff3852 Місяць тому +43

    Still gives me chills❤

  • @jacquelineridler5933
    @jacquelineridler5933 Місяць тому +13

    So beautiful. Thank you Montreal. From Perth Western Australia.

  • @k.h.walker2378
    @k.h.walker2378 Місяць тому +8

    My dad took me to see "Swan Lake" performed here at Place Des Arts in Montreal one Christmas. I met Leonard Cohen at my veterinarian in Montreal when I was 15. He had a small grey bunny.

  • @susanwolfe5133
    @susanwolfe5133 16 днів тому +8

    Today is election day and tomorrow is my 68th birthday! All I want is for normalcy and peace to be restored to our once great United States! God bless Leonard Cohen and this beautiful choir! I needed this today! 🥰

    • @freedomlife3623
      @freedomlife3623 15 днів тому

      Well, majority of American voted in a hateful felon. Sorry you couldn’t get your birthday wish. Hope this beautiful performance will sooth your soul.

  • @chelstamps
    @chelstamps Місяць тому +30

    This was so cool! What a beautiful idea!

  • @sherrycowger6971
    @sherrycowger6971 Місяць тому +236

    That's what I think heaven will be like. All voices praising God. All kinds of people, old and young, big and small, different nationalities, all praising God.

  • @roselewis5848
    @roselewis5848 Місяць тому +11

    This confirms what togetherness is all about and how beautiful we are when we work together

  • @Americas50s
    @Americas50s 24 дні тому +7

    This is SO SPECTACULAR! This song always brings to to tears, but THIS has me in an entirely different realm! FABULOUS!

  • @Erin_Wilson_Studios
    @Erin_Wilson_Studios Місяць тому +34

    A lovely rendition of this much-loved song. Thanks to all involved.

  • @MM-yi9zn
    @MM-yi9zn 17 днів тому +10

    Leonard Cohen lives through this moving powerful song.

  • @mcdon1000
    @mcdon1000 16 днів тому +4

    An example of what can be achieved when people come together and work to create powerful music(the universal language).

  • @gittchenb.3068
    @gittchenb.3068 17 днів тому +7

    Wunderschöne, hoffnungsvolle Momente in einer verrückten Welt. Das Herz wird weit und die Augen feucht. DANKE❤

  • @marianjeffrey8684
    @marianjeffrey8684 Місяць тому +6

    I was so glad I got to see and hear Leonard Cohen before he passed. He visited us downunder.
    This is the best tribute to the wonderful man. Thanks

  • @JillElder-f2f
    @JillElder-f2f 4 дні тому +4

    A Dear Friend brought me to share this beautiful experience. I will cherish the memory always. How amazing to now have a souvenir video ❤ Thank you!

  • @renatavankempen6456
    @renatavankempen6456 16 днів тому +3

    2500 people I never met just made me cry. So beautiful.

  • @normbond8888
    @normbond8888 12 днів тому +2

    OMG this brings tears to my eyes with the beauty of this marvellous Leonard Cohen’s masterpiece sang by so many diverse Montrealers. 🙏

  • @richardlogan1021
    @richardlogan1021 Місяць тому +9

    RIP North America's greatest singer-songwriter-philosopher-poet. Et, extraordinaire mes amis de Montreal.

  • @DM-wj4gg
    @DM-wj4gg Місяць тому +16

    BEAUTIFUL! POPPED UP IN MY GOOGLE FEED AND IM SO GLAD. UPLIFTING!😄😄😄😄

    • @daniellefrechette900
      @daniellefrechette900 Місяць тому +1

      Same here. We need more of those in Google feeds no? ❤ Im from Montréal living in Toronto and homesick right now. So proud too.

  • @Marac-l968
    @Marac-l968 Місяць тому +28

    Bel hommage rendu à la PDA à Montréal, ville natale de Léonard Cohen.
    Tout simplement magnifique!

  • @lisecball161
    @lisecball161 17 днів тому +8

    Beautiful when people come together to sing.👌😊❤️.

  • @pepoppins
    @pepoppins 14 днів тому +3

    Nothing I like better than a MULTITUDE of voices raised in song!!! Thank you for this! THANK YOU!!!!

  • @mariag.8242
    @mariag.8242 16 днів тому +2

    We are each flawed but together we can be wonders. “There’s a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen, beloved lover of humanity

  • @gillesblanchard1699
    @gillesblanchard1699 20 днів тому +4

    Que pourrait-on ajouter à cet hymne qui transcende l'être tout entier à la recherche de la quintessence de ce que l'humanité a à offrir! Merci Monsieur Cohen!

  • @robynhardy2406
    @robynhardy2406 Місяць тому +27

    This has just come up on my google feed. So glad I didn't scroll on. Gave me goosebumps and tears.
    Absolutely beautiful.
    Thankyou ❤

    • @abdulhafezabdoolah1375
      @abdulhafezabdoolah1375 Місяць тому

      ... thrilling, but if you could understand what is this compound word stands for..
      Halle.. lou..yaH..
      Have you felt interested to search for its origin and what it really means?

    • @bettymaurer6678
      @bettymaurer6678 Місяць тому

      Yes

  • @remyasmar418
    @remyasmar418 Місяць тому +35

    Leonard Cohen would be so proud as Montreal's #2 greatest singer after Celine to have such a tribute. Stunning performance!!

  • @anneduff9294
    @anneduff9294 16 днів тому +6

    Beautiful. I am listening to this for the first time. It's Nov 6/24 and I just heard that Trump tragically won the election. I somehow needed to hear this. The world needs to unite more than ever now. Thank you.

  • @ritademetzer807
    @ritademetzer807 17 днів тому +9

    Watching this with tears running down my face. How beautiful.

  • @GrandkidsTaxi
    @GrandkidsTaxi 14 днів тому +3

    I don't usually respond to post but I had to for this one. This brought me to tears. So beautiful that so many people would come together without judgement or disrespect for the people around them is astounding. Thanks for doing this 😮

  • @nancychestnut8928
    @nancychestnut8928 22 дні тому +11

    I'm liking this a thousand times. Just what I needed.

  • @lilasnedeker2337
    @lilasnedeker2337 13 днів тому +2

    Goosebumps and tears. 💖🙏

  • @garytompkins
    @garytompkins Місяць тому +28

    What an amazing experience it was to be there! Thank you.

  • @beany530
    @beany530 Місяць тому +16

    That was truly beautiful! Thanks Montreal for the super presentation! From B.C.

  • @nathaliegelebart
    @nathaliegelebart 14 днів тому +3

    WAHOU ! MERCI ! Soyez tous bénis et protégés, mes frères et sœurs en Christ 🤩💐💖💖💖🕊️✨

  • @ginaiosef
    @ginaiosef 16 днів тому +2

    Amazing! A big and grateful thank you to everyone who contributed to the creation of this event! Moments like these change the face of humanity and the whole Earth! Thanks for sharing it! ❤

  • @joannachychlowska7198
    @joannachychlowska7198 Місяць тому +5

    Beautiful🌹🌷Well done Montreal🌷👌✌️❤️❤️🌹🌹❤️🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

  • @jguthrie4344
    @jguthrie4344 Місяць тому +15

    Joyful, uplifting, beautiful, haunting and an uncanny blending with stong emotions bringing also tears, longing and remembrances for those no longer present..

  • @jeniffer769ify
    @jeniffer769ify Місяць тому +21

    It shows how we all can sing together and possibly harmonize as we get more comfortable with singing together. 😉 Bravo 👏

  • @shae7946
    @shae7946 17 днів тому +6

    God bless you all. Gave me chills hearing you all signing in prefect harmony. So proud to be Canadian 🥰🙏 🥰

  • @olgablonski7139
    @olgablonski7139 17 днів тому +6

    Oh my gosh, crying my eyes out and goosebumps all over. How beautiful. Please keep doing this. We need it right now. ❤😢❤

  • @veronicabahaciu8357
    @veronicabahaciu8357 19 днів тому +4

    Quando la gente si riunisce in pace e armonia, riesce a tirare fuori la somiglianza a Dio.
    Bellissimo......❤