Angel - Stellenbosch University Choir

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  • Angel - Sarah McLachlan / arr. André van der Merwe
    Recorded on 12 March 2020 in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch
    Sound Engineer: Gerhard Roux
    Video: Green Planet Productions: Francois Nolte
    Video editing: Brenton du Plessis (Green Planet)
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  • @martindorling6435
    @martindorling6435 3 ปีที่แล้ว +814

    I am someone who has been in choirs and listened to choirs most of my life (80yrs) and this choir is for me the best in the world

    • @mariuskoen1
      @mariuskoen1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Agree 100%

    • @beavanamerom5672
      @beavanamerom5672 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I have heard the same remark throughout our country. Well done, Stellenbosch!

    • @amelialegrange5112
      @amelialegrange5112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Die beste koor ter wêreld ! Die soprane se klank is HEMELS .

    • @sampielouw
      @sampielouw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      To me too

    • @sampielouw
      @sampielouw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@amelialegrange5112 vir seker

  • @Heart0fGold
    @Heart0fGold 2 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    I swear at 1:53 it sounds like you’re listening to angels singing. The composition is simply breathtaking. I absolutely love this choir.

  • @johnritchie4801
    @johnritchie4801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Andre plays this choir like a finely tuned Orchestra
    Just Genius

  • @Pearly056
    @Pearly056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    I listen to this 31 years after I lost my best friend to ovarian cancer. This beautiful work of art had not been written yet, but I'm sure Margie would have loved this beautiful song. The choir is flawless.

  • @dorianarnoldus7453
    @dorianarnoldus7453 3 ปีที่แล้ว +212

    Thanks for bringing so much love, hope and comfort to the world. Stellenbosch University Choir you are an incredible group of blessed humans! Much love.

    • @hollyavillella554
      @hollyavillella554 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Incredible diction and musicality. They are music! Blessings!🕊️

    • @cutzbarber5619
      @cutzbarber5619 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And your smile brings us life

  • @judeabanobi1805
    @judeabanobi1805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    This is the best choir in the world. What makes it even more spectacular is that it is a university choir, so member turnover is high, yet it continues to remain the best. Year after year.

    • @abubakrdevilliers2558
      @abubakrdevilliers2558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Exactly yes, the singers today are likely completely different to 4 years ago, yet the choir remains consistently brilliant. Kudos to Andre, the man is a genius.

    • @kwakupoku3719
      @kwakupoku3719 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      And majority of them are not music majors. They come from all the academic disciplines.

    • @daphneraven6745
      @daphneraven6745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Kwaku Poku : Thank you for that information. I had actually been wrongfully assuming the opposite.

    • @williamc.hensel130
      @williamc.hensel130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes, a deciduous fruit tree - the leaves fall, the fruit is picked, and presently the blossoms come again, the leaves and fruit recur. Grace embodied, singing.

    • @GypsyGirl317
      @GypsyGirl317 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@abubakrdevilliers2558 I agree 👍🏾 this is one of the most incredible choir masters in the world. 🙆🏻‍♀️
      I sang in my high school choir back in the 1970s here in New Zealand 🇳🇿 and we had a choir mistress of this calibre. We won local and regional competitions, and did some spectacular work as well.
      This choir is an absolute pleasure to listen to. The quality in all areas - vocal, artistic and technical is just stunning.

  • @angelotlawrence
    @angelotlawrence 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    I have been following your work and am an avid fan. What fascinates me most about you is the fact that each year you get new members to join the choir, yet the sound remains exactly the same. Mr van der Merwe, you Sir, deserve the highest honor of the land! You are a genius!

  • @richardlogan1021
    @richardlogan1021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Painfully beautiful. It seems you have no limits. You perform with exquisite beauty, but your harmonies speak of hope for your beautiful country's future, and when we look at you, we see the promise of Mandela's Rainbow Nation realized. You are the best choir in the world in many ways beyond your incomparable music.

  • @adamshook6771
    @adamshook6771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Also someone who’s been in choirs all of my life, and continuously listens to different choirs. This is, by far, the best choir performance I’ve ever heard. The harmonies, dictation… it’s unbelievably amazing. 🙏🏻

  • @MelusiBhenguthe_great
    @MelusiBhenguthe_great 3 ปีที่แล้ว +150

    My ideal rainbow nation. They make me so proud of being South African

  • @antm64
    @antm64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    I found myself closing my eyes and just listening to the beauty of this arrangement. No words can describe the desire for these voices to be never ending...those soprano voices were filled with calming magic. All the reasons why this choir wins accolade after accolade are evident in this performance piece. AMAZING!

    • @richardlogan1021
      @richardlogan1021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amazing indeed. We need to invent new superlatives for this choir. And for van der Merwe's talent as a choral arranger. He is also the world's best

  • @Ebuka957
    @Ebuka957 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    Who is here 2020 and will still be here 2030

    • @gadaffikunene4663
      @gadaffikunene4663 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m back in 2023

    • @456fredva
      @456fredva 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No 2024 and DV 2030

    • @456fredva
      @456fredva 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      #now

  • @senyongamelekizedeki9309
    @senyongamelekizedeki9309 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    2024, 7th. i promise myself to come back 40 years to come ,just to listen to this once again. i love the work

  • @rosiek2287
    @rosiek2287 3 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    Your voices are the feathers that make up the wings of the angel!! So perfect😩😱😍😍😍😍

  • @kevernsmith990
    @kevernsmith990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    So soothing... Greetings from Trinidad and Tobago from the Caribbean

  • @shaungm1583
    @shaungm1583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    ❤️❤️❤️They never dissapoint😍😍

    • @GodsonOgumka
      @GodsonOgumka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      No... They NEVER do .. NEVER!! I'm always here anticipating something new

  • @mzwaneleshange6671
    @mzwaneleshange6671 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Best conductor👌..... Best choir......

  • @ChristiaanDB1
    @ChristiaanDB1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Absolutely zero flaws...

  • @traceyatdefiningelegance1250
    @traceyatdefiningelegance1250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Makes me emotional hearing people sing this way. They are magnificently beautiful and in the middle of the song the sopranos sound like chimes blowing in the wind. Everyone is perfectly connected. Well done guys. Brilliant.

  • @IkechukwuNwagboso
    @IkechukwuNwagboso ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The harmony is just out of this world. You can feel the energy, the excitement.....Such a beauty to watch. They sound kinda scattered but their voices are still blending, I wonder how they do it ?

  • @matharangmorahanye4861
    @matharangmorahanye4861 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This choir is like listening to angels on earth

  • @kwamephil
    @kwamephil 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    *The altos are making me immobile. What an angelic choir. Greetings from Ghana🇬🇭.* 😍😍😍

  • @jerobiamjulies6381
    @jerobiamjulies6381 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    An amazing rendition of this song. The balance between being gentle yet impactful is truly masterclass. I don't know of any other choir who can pull off a song so beautifully with just the right amount of finesse, that it almost becomes painfully unbearable to listen because it moves you so much.
    Thank you! I am so proud to have been part of this choir and even more proud of how the legacy is still continuing from strength to strength, each time with a fresh burst of talented young men and women.
    I love you!

  • @tristanperrins4246
    @tristanperrins4246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    The altos are giving me life 😍

  • @fatsow3639
    @fatsow3639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I miss home😭😭🥺♥️❤️🌹. Stellenbosh University♥️🌹

  • @rainerfliege4306
    @rainerfliege4306 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    There are songs to be sung beyond mankind.

  • @sacoolman
    @sacoolman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wow,the Rainbow side of South Africa.Beautiful voices and well sung.Well done to all concerned.

  • @iseunifeoluwaakinkugbe330
    @iseunifeoluwaakinkugbe330 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    It seems that God has brought some of his angelic host and messengers into the physical world through this choir; no way these voices are mere mortal voices🥹🥹❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥🤧👼🕊🕊

  • @lachoraleuniversitairedeni1891
    @lachoraleuniversitairedeni1891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    So wonderful. Thank you very much for your magical voices. From Niamey/ Niger 🇳🇪

  • @mathiassiebert1217
    @mathiassiebert1217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I follow this exceptional choir since years and he is always, always phantastic. If you see that these students change within the years, you know why this choir is through the times so good: It's André van der Merwe. Mastermind and one of the best choirmasters of the World. And also his arrangements are superb. Like this

  • @ernest7420
    @ernest7420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I need to witness these angels sing in front of my eyes and ears after this pandemic!

  • @Privat-ym4sz
    @Privat-ym4sz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is medicine to my soul! 💛

  • @MrChemenger
    @MrChemenger ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this Choir ..... no words for their excellence!!!

  • @luberengajohn3463
    @luberengajohn3463 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    With Love from Kampala, Uganda. Amazing voices

  • @donnaalexander7490
    @donnaalexander7490 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's hard to find adequate words to describe how the choir sang this beautiful song. Well done!

  • @queritavanwyk5940
    @queritavanwyk5940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    When I listen to this choir😢
    Thy take me on a ocean trip on my 🚣 alone thy make sit alone and cry and cry mahn i love each and everyone's voices thy are good💛 wish oneday thy will come to Namibia🇳🇦

  • @user-be2fx8zd2u
    @user-be2fx8zd2u 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Das muss ich auf Deutsch schreiben. Für diesen Klang fehlen mir einfach die Worte in Englisch. Wirklich unglaublich toll! Danke! Danke für das Hörerlebnis!

  • @richardlogan1021
    @richardlogan1021 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    If a rainbow was made of musical notes instead of colors, this is what it would sound like. But wait -- this choir IS a rainbow!

    • @1committed100
      @1committed100 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's what makes it GREAT.

  • @Fionafio
    @Fionafio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Stellenbosch bass is all I can say...🙌🙌🙌🙌

  • @QaphelaniMpilo
    @QaphelaniMpilo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for healing our broken hearts 🙏

  • @anjastorm2586
    @anjastorm2586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Was hätte ich nicht alles gegeben, um damals in. DIESEM Chor singen zu dürfen!!!

  • @terryhart5355
    @terryhart5355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fully agree - they sound as if they are already in heaven. Haven't sung for a year thanks to lockdown....

  • @kino4917
    @kino4917 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Incredible the amount of peace brought by this song, God bless your country! Greetings from Romania 🇷🇴

  • @susannewman4480
    @susannewman4480 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One of the most beautiful performances I've ever heard. WOW. no words

  • @anny71000
    @anny71000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Dieser Chor ist unglaublich schön lauschen zu dürfen❤️🙏

  • @bennitabenza2068
    @bennitabenza2068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    No, i am not crying . Wooow

  • @friedhelmbruns
    @friedhelmbruns 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Long-life dream, to sing this in choir! It's SO BEAUTIFUL!

  • @____1019
    @____1019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    WOW! IMAGINE WHAT IMPACT ALL OF THEM MUST HAVE IN THE ETHER IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD IF THEY PUT ALL THEIR THOUGHT AND EMOTION IN THAT SONG AND IF THEY COLLECTIVELY SEE THE ANGELS IN THEIR MINDS EYE! IT MEANS THEY BRING THE ANGELS CLOSER! OUR COUNTRY REALLY NEEDS ANGELS TO MAKE EVERYTHING OK!

  • @MSmarha14
    @MSmarha14 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They sound like shimmering water. Absolutely mesmerising

  • @michaelroebuck1340
    @michaelroebuck1340 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    After what we have seen today in South Africa this helps calm the soul. Hope the Chief & his troops listen and learn. Hate & Violence Are Not The Way.

  • @benjaminmcmanus7384
    @benjaminmcmanus7384 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was played at my beautiful mother’s funeral service; sang so perfectly ❤

  • @catherinefrederick4586
    @catherinefrederick4586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Oh my God i wish I could be there to learn more songs you guys are so awesome and amazing choir i ever heard this is just perfect for you love you all ❤️💖😁😍

  • @chanty_telly
    @chanty_telly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Always getting chills from them they're indeed the best ❤🇿🇦

  • @TshedzaNyadzani
    @TshedzaNyadzani 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What you did here 😭😭😭😭😭…. My late sister would have bawled her eyes out. A masterpiece.

  • @lintlehlaoli1984
    @lintlehlaoli1984 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm here for the sopranos...... I've never heard such a beautiful melody that's made by the those sopranos...... what a masterpiece

  • @andersonfunare313
    @andersonfunare313 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WOW!! JUST ABSOLUTELY WOW!! IF THIS ISN'T HEAVEN...THEN WHAT MUST BE? Indescribable...these young people are literally singing alongside and with their guardian angels for something so heavenly and so beautiful to hear!

  • @melodylupberger8848
    @melodylupberger8848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    World class! Love you so much.

  • @christogeyser7143
    @christogeyser7143 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    The best rendition I heard of this song👌🏼

  • @hoffy63
    @hoffy63 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Such a beautiful, sensitive and evocative arrangement. Superbly sung, as always.

    • @GodsonOgumka
      @GodsonOgumka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They never disappoint... Much love 😍

    • @traceyatdefiningelegance1250
      @traceyatdefiningelegance1250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very emotional arrangement. I love it. I’ve listened to this so many times. It’s my favourite version, even better than the original.

  • @ozzieforbes
    @ozzieforbes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    With the energy of the universe I hold it 2 nite Because of you! Thanks

  • @blessingmagagula502
    @blessingmagagula502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you Stellenbosch for bringing us this choir 🙏...

  • @lydiabusse4684
    @lydiabusse4684 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am absolutely enthralled with this choir. When I listen to them, I find myself lifted ot of myself ! Watch the faces and expressions of these beautiful young people.Somuch is sadly do wrong about our country, but this is one thing that is so right.

  • @wandilenzuza5323
    @wandilenzuza5323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    NUMBER ONE SUPPORTER HAS ARRIVED!!!

    • @aidanforbes2232
      @aidanforbes2232 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      How can you arrive if you never leave us, Wandi👀??

    • @wandilenzuza5323
      @wandilenzuza5323 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ncaw stop it Aidan

  • @purpigment
    @purpigment 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I can hear the flutter of the angels' wings ...

  • @_theclassicmaterial
    @_theclassicmaterial 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    🥲2024 and these melodies still slap

  • @hettyvanderput1350
    @hettyvanderput1350 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the most beautiful choirs. Thank you from Canada

  • @zipho5935
    @zipho5935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is the background music in heaven

  • @williamc.hensel130
    @williamc.hensel130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Glorious music, and the heartfelt comments here wonderfully unfold the glory. This tiny grace note - among the most touching aspects of sharing this is the swaying of the singers' bodies - stalks in a breeze - not, I think, choreographed, just flowing in the Ruach/Breath/Spirit, stirring with the sound and emotion and truth in holy love. Glorious academic ensembles - and this is the epitome - are like a deciduous fruit tree - the leaves fall, the fruit is picked, and presently new blossoms appear, the leaves and fruit recur. Grace embodied, singing. Bow and hand to heart to Andre', and glory to God.

  • @futuremogopodi4952
    @futuremogopodi4952 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My favourite choir.angelic voices

  • @etiennenobel5028
    @etiennenobel5028 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Brilliant. This is by far the best choir in the world.

  • @teresadavid1165
    @teresadavid1165 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    To God be the glory for blessing you with the gift of song.... God bless you all specially the master....much love from Angola.

  • @fredsteeghs1487
    @fredsteeghs1487 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It flows, it just flows....magical. bravo!

  • @laurencopenhaver5366
    @laurencopenhaver5366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I feel like I'm hearing the song for the first time. Mr. Van der merwe your interpretation is exquisite. Hit me in the heart

  • @WHUFC71
    @WHUFC71 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is how I imagine the Angels in heaven sound like 🌹🙏🇬🇧

  • @berbramasai2349
    @berbramasai2349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm in tears😪

  • @michaelseckington1647
    @michaelseckington1647 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    What I love most about this choir is their commitment to the ensemble, the immersion of the self into the whole. I know of few groups as adept at it. Despite the individual talent, there are no primas or primos here. Their singing is all about the music and the power communicated by their communal effort. I submit that this is the primal but highest accomplishment of being human.

  • @vivianecristinavicentimach5789
    @vivianecristinavicentimach5789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If I close my eyes, I can imagine angels singing.

  • @ContourTrout8
    @ContourTrout8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    this is honestly and if not literally the most comforting song I have ever sung ❤thank you André.

  • @amandaferreira7536
    @amandaferreira7536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Melhor coral que ja conheci.
    Que vivam 200 anos.
    André van der merwe é simplesmente o melhor regente de todos os tempos.
    Todas as apresentações deste coral são magníficas.

  • @bmd1825
    @bmd1825 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I no nothing of a choir or it’s functions......I do know a sweet sounding melody and the beautiful harmony of voices, this touches my soul. Thank you to all those who produced this and especially the singers....🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏🙏

  • @daphneraven6745
    @daphneraven6745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Stellenbisch University Choir: That may have been the single most invigorating pealing carillon vocal effect to ever reverberate my eardrums. (And among my favourite songs, too). Exquisitely delivered. Thank you.

  • @michaelbarlow3544
    @michaelbarlow3544 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Subscribed. So awesome. I hope for each and every performer to be blessed as much as I feel blessed by their work. Thank you!

  • @anneliegroenewald4787
    @anneliegroenewald4787 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This song gives me goosebumps! Angelic sounds!

  • @cyrilologe
    @cyrilologe 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow...speechless

  • @nadias9995
    @nadias9995 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watching for the third time with tears in my eyes.

  • @Landi638
    @Landi638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The energy around 1:59 feels so inspired by Aurora's music. She is my absolute favorite and the world can do with more of her sound. What a beautiful performance by the Stellies choir! Well done you amazing creatures!

  • @steve_chidollar
    @steve_chidollar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love music and this is real music 🎶 keep the fire burning 🥳🥳🤩

  • @indoshisussy9991
    @indoshisussy9991 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Best choir always....you guys are.just wowww

  • @obivincent6289
    @obivincent6289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Really music unifies! Am happy to see both blacks and whites.. Colored.. Everyone producing one voice in this lovely music! This is a taste of heaven.

  • @merciadoralice5656
    @merciadoralice5656 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Se existe uma expressão artística, que faz o *Fluido Cósmico Unversal* vibrar, e preparar para as adversidades da enfrentar, é a Música! Parabéns para o Regente & Canto x Coral! 🙋🏾‍♀️🇧🇷🌻🌻🌻... 🕊 🤝🏾

  • @melodylupberger8848
    @melodylupberger8848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not World class but Universal class!!! So beautiful, thank you.

  • @davidmake
    @davidmake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There is something deeply spiritual in this choir's work. Utterly captivating, achingly beautiful. Thank-you.

  • @DB-nj9rg
    @DB-nj9rg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this song - but once again, Stellenbosch University Choir takes it to a completely different level. Heartbreaking and beautiful. Thank you.

  • @donyrambe5380
    @donyrambe5380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Yeay new video... Cant stop watching your videos guys... Love from Indonesia...

    • @amelialegrange5112
      @amelialegrange5112 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Die beste koor in die wêreld. Die klank van die soprane is HEMELS .

  • @mandisasims3050
    @mandisasims3050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My soul healers🥺😭♥️🙌🏼

  • @HKTango
    @HKTango 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    OMG, I am from Hong Kong. I discover your choir only tonight by chance. Simply mesmerising sound.

  • @HAL_9000__
    @HAL_9000__ 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    brings me to tears EVERY TIME, and I welcome the tears.
    This performance heals, truly.

  • @_rogue_
    @_rogue_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    everytime I hear this song I have tears in my eyes, thanks from germany to one of the best Choirs of this World and to your conductor

  • @anzjoduplessis3041
    @anzjoduplessis3041 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I can only wish to be in a choir this good🥺💕

  • @ourladyofafricachoirmbuya
    @ourladyofafricachoirmbuya ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful renditions of this song ANGEL! We are your fans from Kampala Uganda