So impressed!! OMG THE SECOND COUNTERTENOR KILLED IT!! Probably the best in my opinion. I love how his lower register isn’t airy and it sounds like he is using upper mixed voice. Bravissimo!!!
Tempo is far too fast for this beautiful old hymn . Not sure why they sang it so "bippity boppity" Guess its just my Southern USA ears . Sounds so "off" to me.
@@gatozarin Been privileged to sing with Eddie a few times, on the same part. He's such a good singer but very, perhaps excessively, humble about his own talent.
@@paulsmith5752 omggggg that’s awesome that you got to sing with him! I’m also a countertenor myself and I can only dream about something like that hahah and yes he does seem to have a very very humble personality
It’s not British style. It’s just how proper choral vowel sounds like. With the proper technique, it sounds nice. But when it comes to American vowels, must admit, it does sound bad compared to the Latin vowels. Proper choral technique is with tall open mouths while the modern American technique is wide open mouths.
@@JazzyAudioz proper choral vowels are whatever vowels fit the genre of the song. A bunch of white guys singing this kind of spiritual strips all the interesting parts of it. It's pretty, but it's not what the song is supposed to sound like.
@@C.Hughes-Lloyd "Down in the River to Pray" (also known as "Down to the River to Pray," "Down in the Valley to Pray," "The Good Old Way," and "Come, Let Us All Go Down") is a traditional American song variously described as a Christian folk hymn, an African-American spiritual, an Appalachian song, and a Southern gospel song. The exact origin of the song is unknown. The most famous version, featured in O Brother Where Art Thou?, uses a pentatonic scale, common in many African American spirituals.
@@thethikboy Try to read comments properly boy. My comment still stands. Btw, copying and pasting from Wiki (of all sources fgs 🤦) does not make anyone look credible.
For all basses trying to sing along: 1:37 "Lord, show me THE way" - bass still singing c, notes show A. 1:45 "don't you wanna go DOWN" - bass singing G, while notes show B (H) 1:50 "TO pray" - like first one, c instead of A. 2:16 "down" missing in the text (yes, I'm bored and have nothing else to do right now...) BTW. The song is GREAT! :)
You are really bored why dont you get a group of people and start working on singing in a distance at least you have ears for this ;) and next time try to listen at the distance first before looking in a score you'll get totally different perception of what you hear
Yeah I noticed that too, but I easily figured the correct notes out. However, musically, (I have a music education degree) its not inaccurate. This is called a counter-harmony, and the bass holds that note to add just a color to it that SEEMS off. They ARE singing about going to pray about repentance from sin, so adding the mixed harmonies kind of gives it a slightly off feeling (kinda like sin?) so to me, this was an intentional scoring by the arranger. Well done ya'll!
It doesn't make sense to me to include the score if they're not gonna ng to follow it. If you just want it for effect, why not at least change it to match what you actually sang?
I posted this on my FB page and offered it as an immediate antidote to the toxic news and commentaries filling our world right now. The response to this great little gem has been far better than I had imagined it would! Very timely!
I just loved this! I so love musicans that can play and singers that can sing (no auto-tune required!). sounds ridiculous and obvious, but these days, everything is enhanced and manipulated. Such a glorious breath of fresh air to let these beautiful, talented men sing and let it just wash over me. ahhhhhhh
This is so valuable! I've always been a choir boy and I've been stuck at home for 4mo now. Singing along to this is the closest thing to choir practice I can get! I love you King's Singers!
Splendid performance gentlemen! Beautiful as always. Each of you has truly superlative talents. But I must say that we usually sing this hymn more slowly in the States. Thank you, and best regards.
Generally speaking we do sing this hymn more slowly in the United States. There are many videos on this site where we can compare. But as I said, the King' s Singers sing this song magnificently.
I loved it. There isn't only one way to sing a song, despite what some of the commenters say. If you want another good example of this, listen to Pentatonix's versions of traditional Christmas carols.
Absolutely beautiful. I got to come see you guys in person a couple of years ago, and I was absolutely astounded. I’ve been in many singing ensembles and done some vocal recording and production, but never had I heard an ensemble that was so amazingly locked together. All the entrances and exits were perfectly timed, every note was exactly in tune, and all the timbres blended perfectly. I could not believe that any ensemble could produce such music live. Thank you for sharing this during these extraordinary times, and I look forward to hearing more!
The title of the song is "Down in the River to Pray." The "in" is often changed to a "to", but that changes the song, which is about wading into the river for baptism. As always, the King's Singers are extraordinary!
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What a nice arrangement of this song. It makes me miss singing in a choir.
Me too ! I sung for 14 years while we lived in Suffolk in our BENEFICE CHOIR.
We have now moved back to
GERMANY .
I miss it so much !!!
Yes Lord I try hard not to loose my voice.When will this situation end
@@karindickinson7993 willkommen zurück :) geh doch hier in DE in einen Chor? 👍🏻
@@evelynap9728 u mean 🦠?
@@denjua1 was bedeutet das grüne Teil ?🤔
So impressed!! OMG THE SECOND COUNTERTENOR KILLED IT!! Probably the best in my opinion. I love how his lower register isn’t airy and it sounds like he is using upper mixed voice. Bravissimo!!!
I was just thinking the same! Also first time I’ve heard the new 2nd baritone sing solo. Very rich baritone sound!
Tempo is far too fast for this beautiful old hymn . Not sure why they sang it so "bippity boppity"
Guess its just my Southern USA ears . Sounds so "off" to me.
yup he is *really* good... it’s how a countertenor should sound in my opinion
@@gatozarin Been privileged to sing with Eddie a few times, on the same part. He's such a good singer but very, perhaps excessively, humble about his own talent.
@@paulsmith5752 omggggg that’s awesome that you got to sing with him! I’m also a countertenor myself and I can only dream about something like that hahah and yes he does seem to have a very very humble personality
Can we talk about that last guy that legit sounded so beautiful. Holy moly
It's an interesting mix of old southern spiritual with the British style of choral singing.
Interesting as in it doesn't work. lol
@@EC2019 you are right about that one, i wish they had just tried it in their accents instead of a mix
It’s not British style. It’s just how proper choral vowel sounds like. With the proper technique, it sounds nice. But when it comes to American vowels, must admit, it does sound bad compared to the Latin vowels. Proper choral technique is with tall open mouths while the modern American technique is wide open mouths.
Yeah, interesting in the way that eating fried chicken and drinking Earl Grey tea would be interesting.
@@JazzyAudioz proper choral vowels are whatever vowels fit the genre of the song. A bunch of white guys singing this kind of spiritual strips all the interesting parts of it. It's pretty, but it's not what the song is supposed to sound like.
Yes, Lord, show us the Way. The world really needs Him now.
Such a moving black spiritual - full of divine uplifting inspiration. The King's Singers render it with reverent perfection.
It could just as easily be an Appalachian song or a Southern Gospel song, so not necessarily a negro spiritual.
It's not a Black spiritual. It's originally Appalachian (if I remember correctly). It's found in shape note tradition originally.
No, not a Black spiritual song.
@@C.Hughes-Lloyd "Down in the River to Pray" (also known as "Down to the River to Pray," "Down in the Valley to Pray," "The Good Old Way," and "Come, Let Us All Go Down") is a traditional American song variously described as a Christian folk hymn, an African-American spiritual, an Appalachian song, and a Southern gospel song. The exact origin of the song is unknown. The most famous version, featured in O Brother Where Art Thou?, uses a pentatonic scale, common in many African American spirituals.
@@thethikboy Try to read comments properly boy. My comment still stands. Btw, copying and pasting from Wiki (of all sources fgs 🤦) does not make anyone look credible.
For all basses trying to sing along:
1:37 "Lord, show me THE way" - bass still singing c, notes show A.
1:45 "don't you wanna go DOWN" - bass singing G, while notes show B (H)
1:50 "TO pray" - like first one, c instead of A.
2:16 "down" missing in the text
(yes, I'm bored and have nothing else to do right now...)
BTW. The song is GREAT! :)
Thanks, I'm a bass lol
You are really bored why dont you get a group of people and start working on singing in a distance at least you have ears for this ;) and next time try to listen at the distance first before looking in a score you'll get totally different perception of what you hear
Yeah I noticed that too, but I easily figured the correct notes out. However, musically, (I have a music education degree) its not inaccurate. This is called a counter-harmony, and the bass holds that note to add just a color to it that SEEMS off. They ARE singing about going to pray about repentance from sin, so adding the mixed harmonies kind of gives it a slightly off feeling (kinda like sin?) so to me, this was an intentional scoring by the arranger. Well done ya'll!
It doesn't make sense to me to include the score if they're not gonna ng to follow it. If you just want it for effect, why not at least change it to match what you actually sang?
@@ZipplyZane artistic liberty!!
Thanks God indeed... Because
I thought no young Christian singer is in UK anymore.
Beautiful spiritual song with great harmony. Very impressed.
Oh wow, that man lives in his falsetto, that’s incredible, i squeak so terribly up there
Tolle Truppe, macht Spaß zu zuhören.
I posted this on my FB page and offered it as an immediate antidote to the toxic news and commentaries filling our world right now. The response to this great little gem has been far better than I had imagined it would! Very timely!
Beautiful. Just beautiful. How much even more beautiful will it be when we can walk down to the river of life in Heaven! Diane in NC.
Es war einfach phantastisch, habe regelrecht Gaensehaut bekommen und war zu Tränen gerührt.
Brilliant
Beautiful Gift Of Music Gentlemen. Very Much Needed🎵
I just loved this! I so love musicans that can play and singers that can sing (no auto-tune required!). sounds ridiculous and obvious, but these days, everything is enhanced and manipulated. Such a glorious breath of fresh air to let these beautiful, talented men sing and let it just wash over me. ahhhhhhh
Превосходно. Лучшее исполнение. Перепели русских. Низкий поклон.
Balsam für die Seele. Danke für dieses schöne Video.
this was my chamber chiors first preformence, and it has inspired me to arrange and write my own peices
Yet another cracking performance chaps.. Wonderful as always.. *sighs*
I love them. I've always loved them. They are fabulous!
PERFECT HARMONY
God bless you, Guys!
i watched these guys in concert last year and i sat with an open mouth the whole evening ^^ wanna go back
That sound just washes over me like a calm shower. Thank you for this.
Thanks for the sing along sheet. :-)
The third's is an angel..
I love them! I love them! I love them!
Magnifique, voix superbes
L'anglais s'y prête tant...
Please please please do more of this. Beautiful sound as always. Also, LOVE seeing the sheet music on screen with the vocals!
So beautiful all voices!!
Thank's for this precious moment!!
Natale senza i King's Sisters non è Natale, magnifica questa idea di potere cantare con loro.
This is so valuable! I've always been a choir boy and I've been stuck at home for 4mo now. Singing along to this is the closest thing to choir practice I can get! I love you King's Singers!
This is probably my favorite arrangement of this song.
Splendid performance gentlemen! Beautiful as always. Each of you has truly superlative talents. But I must say that we usually sing this hymn more slowly in the States. Thank you, and best regards.
What? No we don't.
Generally speaking we do sing this hymn more slowly in the United States. There are many videos on this site where we can compare. But as I said, the King' s Singers sing this song magnificently.
I agree, Seems sped up like x2 to me lol, WAY too fast.
Example :
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Nice job fellas. I'm really enjoying these during these quarantined times. They give me something to look forward to. Keep 'em coming fellas.
brilliant absolut brilliant! love ur voices ... brilliant done!
This is just georgeous to listen to and to watch! Best from Germany, Hermut
sorry: gorgeous :-)
Don't apologise for a simple mistake, especially in a second language. I bet you speak better English than I do German.
This is absolutely gorgeous.
Amazing, I love this song and once wrote a Christmas version for my UK class. Fantastic!
Fine lyric bel canto delivery of a sacred hymn very beautiful delivery
I heard the 2002 version when I was so young. Good times.
Beautiful, just beautiful!
Ok the baritone in the blue shirt is just having too much fun. I've noticed it in several videos. Too much fun! lol
Thank you, gentlemen, for sharing this. It got me through a tough time, last year.
Beautiful Arrangement, Beautifully Performed As Always By 'The King's Singers' 🎵
I loved it. There isn't only one way to sing a song, despite what some of the commenters say. If you want another good example of this, listen to Pentatonix's versions of traditional Christmas carols.
Lovely arrangement ... Noticed the rhoticity; very appropriate given the origin of the piece.
My God Nick is amazing on these solos!
Absolutely beautiful. I got to come see you guys in person a couple of years ago, and I was absolutely astounded. I’ve been in many singing ensembles and done some vocal recording and production, but never had I heard an ensemble that was so amazingly locked together. All the entrances and exits were perfectly timed, every note was exactly in tune, and all the timbres blended perfectly. I could not believe that any ensemble could produce such music live. Thank you for sharing this during these extraordinary times, and I look forward to hearing more!
BEAUTIFUL!
Absolutely wonderful
Fabulous! What I wouldn’t give to have their tenor section in my men’s Barbershop chorus!
👍👍👍Greetings from Germany!
You are great ! Thanks 😙
The title of the song is "Down in the River to Pray." The "in" is often changed to a "to", but that changes the song, which is about wading into the river for baptism. As always, the King's Singers are extraordinary!
Thanks for this explanation
Beautiful
Love the lambardic rhythms in this piece.
Love you guys!!
Mighty spiritual men of God, very impressive brothers.
What a fantastic rendition! Just fantastic!
Wonderful. It’s great to listen to guys that can really sing
Wonderful! Congratulations from Brazil
So beautiful! I love watching you sing and being able to follow the score. Please continue to put these out!
My college choir director would be in his glory.
lovely
magnifique travail
With the sheet showed above is so great 👍 that I like, thanks!
What an absolute delight! You guys look and sound great!
INCREDIBLE!! This is a must share.
素晴らしい・・！！皆さんの声の調和も、とっても素敵です！！
really enjoyable and loved having the music . great singalong material!
UN ÉMERVEILLEMENT ❤️😍👏😍❤️😍👏🙏🏻🙏🏻🕊👏😍❤️💓💗🤗👍❤️😍👏🕊🙏🏻
fantastico !
Congratulations guys! Beautiful arrangement done as only you can do.
Amazing...Awesome...incredibly unbelievable voices!
Thank you , Very beautiful harmony!
Fantastic voices
Thank you!
Love your Swinging, guys!!
me encanto que voces tan lindas
Wonderful
How can i live without music ?
just beautiful! Amen to that performance 🙏
LOVE
GREAT! Thanks XXX
meraviglioso accordo di voci ...
Oh my! I think this is definitely the best rendition of this arrangement I have ever heard!
eddie and julian really blend well wow
Very touching
Fantastic countertenors!!!
Absolutely beautiful.
So incredibly beautiful 😭😊
Very nice!
C’est vraiment très beau.
Thank you. Just... thanks! I needed this.
Youre the best, guys. Simply beautiful
Beautiful!!
Impeccable harmony, fine arrangement.
Beautiful voices!
Such a great performance. Thanks King's Singers for giving us this in this time when we all need something great to believe in. So very nice...
Aww my heart ❤️ gotta love counter tenors