"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know that place for the first time". T. S. Eliot
We sing this every year at the last choir concert of the year. i’m a senior this year and i have never realized the power of this song. my choir is all seniors and we have sang together since we were all 10 years old. This is the last song we will ever sing together. heartbreaking. this song brings all of us including our director to tears. i’ll always be a chambers singer ❤️
4 months later I come back to listen to this song after my choir performed it for the last time. This song hurts more than ever because of everything that is represents. " There is no such beauty as where you belong." I would do anything to perform this song with my choir one last time.
Just reading your comments as I listened to this song made my eyes water. I hope you get to sing this with your choir again and, if it's okay with you, I'd like to pray for this dream to come true for you.
1 year since singing this song with my choir for the last time. i forgot about the power this song has over me. i will be going back to sing this song during the final concert of the year along with all the students in the choir currently and alumni like myself. something i have been looking forward to all year and i know ill be incredibly emotional. nothing can compare to this song. absolutely nothing.
I remember singing this at the end of freshman year at our spring choral concert. All four of our choirs (made up of different ages/grades) made a circle around the darkened room, interspersed ourselves, joined hands, and sang this song. The entire audience was in tears by the time we finished, and all the choir kids (especially the seniors) were bawling. Music really is a way of communicating emotions that transcends all plain words. Another powerful piece is "Remember Me" by Stephen Chatman.
Love the tune it sounds very Irish but I never can make out the words from any of these choirs they're all jumbly so I would like to know what the words are but I do know that tune
I cry every time. Sang this piece with some of my all-time favorite people for their high school graduation. It was a goodbye for all of us, as I was moving away that summer (one year shy of my graduation as well.) Some nights, without warning, I will just have to close my eyes and listen to this piece. There really is no such beauty as where you belong. Miss home. Miss those singers. Miss being on stage with this piece.
A most moving comment Ethan, thank you. Frankly, I'm amazed anyone can sing this without breaking down - I know I would. I recall the Dean of Westminster Abbey expressing similar sentiments recently about other Hymns, and I was rather taken aback, because he is exposed to deeply affecting music almost every day of his life. Beginnings are great, endings are tough, but it's the middle that needs the most attention.
Ethan, I am so incredibly touched by your words and emotion. For this piece is transforming in so many ways: the text, the chords, the incredible Conspirare voices and Miss Givens....what an angelic voice. It has been a dream to participate with such talent and I soon will get the opportunity to. Cannot wait. Thank you for sharing this.
Used to sing this as part of our school chamber choir. Most special part of school for me. Now I’m older, I’ve been away from my home country for 6 months on a job, with 6 left to go, and I just wanna be home❤
I recently heard this piece sung by a small amateur choir at Central Reform Temple in Boston. Gorgeous music that keeps popping up in my head. Full of yearning, warmth hope.
This is one of my favorite songs that i sang in concert choir. It always gives me chills from the beauty of the sound and the bittersweet lyrics. When its my time to go i want this to be played at my funeral
Thank you for such a wonderful rendition. Kudos the whole choir! The soprano sings so beautifully and her music carries the spirit of the song so well. Thank you so much for such a gift.
+Caden Schmidt Same here. The community choir that I'm a part of did this song last year - which meant I had to *sing* it - and so to get myself to the point where I actually *could* sing it, I would sit and listen to it over and over again until I got used to it. I must have spent about ten collective hours *absolutely sobbing*.
AntPDC Just making sure. Since then, I have come up with a strategy that takes much less time, and is considerably less stressful. And it is this: Think funny thoughts!
Why thank you my sweet auntie! I have only just seen your comment (I usually get an email notification; not in this case though). Much love, Anthony xxx
Wow. The soloist interprets the lyrics with such amazing sensitivity. I am moved every time I (frequently) listen to this. Thank you Stephen Paulus, rest in peace.
I am conducting this piece with the VIrginia District V High School Honor Choir this weekend. May our performance be an honor to Stephen's memory. Rest in peace
This song means so much to me as it was the last song my choir performed with our conductor before he moved to New Jersey to get his Ph.D. in choral conducting. He's now a part of the Westminster Choir. The choir just came to Nashville on tour and all of us students have graduated and are now in college but we came back together and surprised him at the concert. We were all so close to him and it's been 2 years since we've been able to see him. This song will always speak to me!
I heard this song for the first time a few months ago. The choir sang it beautifully, and was my favorite piece from their concert. However, at the time, I only half-paid attention to the lyrics. It's only now that I've been able to meditate on it. I'm at a point in my life where I've come face to face with my faith. And I'm crying as a type this because this hymn is so simple, yet it's touching my heart in a way I never would have imagined.
Beautiful. Voces8 also do a fabulous version. Nice to hear this today, in the midst of Covid-19 Mayhem. 👍💜🎶🙏🏼 Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo Tell me, where is the road I can call my own That I left, that I lost So long ago? All these years I have wandered Oh, when will I know There's a way, there's a road That will lead me home Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo After wind, after rain When the dark is done As I wake from a dream In the gold of day Through the air there's a calling From far away There's a voice I can hear That will lead me home Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo Rise up, follow me Come away, is the call With the love in your heart As the only song There is no such beauty As where you belong Rise up, follow me I will lead you home
As one who is looking at the life that I have lived, I realize that time is much greater than what's ahead. I really understand the loss of being on that road home. This encourages me follow that which I need to finding my home. I will come soon. What a beautiful opus!
My choir sung this every year in high school at our spring concert and it still brings me to tears 💕 I will never forget singing up on that stage with some of my favorite people and I wouldn’t trade those memories for anything
thank you for sharing this rendition of this song. It never fails to leave me with goosebumbs and tears; what I call goose tears. But seriously, this song is very powerful to me. words can't do justice the way I feel when I hear the combination of the beautiful structure of the song and the beautiful lyrics. Singing is great when you don't have a way with speaking.
The first time I heard this song was after my freshman year of college. The people in choir had sang this for the graduating seniors and it had brought me to tears. Had I never heard that, I would have missed out on such a masterpiece.
This song reminds me so much of two special people. During my visit with them in 2017, I would hear this song over and over again on my playlist. Now my friends are gone, having traveled the road and made their way home. Good-bye, Bennie & Olivia.
Too beautiful to describe. It ministers to my heart. Melissa Givens, you are the perfect choice for soloist... This song fits perfectly in the genre of traditional American folk music with a nostalgic setting as in "Going Home," "Poor Wayfaring Stranger," "Look Away," and "Shenandoah."
I sang this my freshman year and from the moment I first heard it, I have never felt more grateful to live in the neighborhood/area that I do because when I walk around getting my exercise, the nature and the imagery fit perfectly with this piece. The nostalgia of having my childhood in this beautiful place gets triggered every single time I listen to this masterwork. We would’ve sung this the last 2 years but ya know….Stupid covid….It didn’t stop me from listening to it and getting chills all over from it though lol…Now, 3 years later after our former choir director resigned, I come back to this piece and cry like a baby!! The nostalgia in this piece for me reflects on everything I’ve experienced living here my entire life…Thank you Stephen Paulus for bringing this beautiful Nostalgic poem into the world!!!
My choir sang this song last year as the last song in the last concert and it left the seniors in tears. This song is the MOST powerful and beautiful song ever created. As I listen to this song over and over again as a senior, it brings tears to my eyes every time. I hope my choir director will chose this song for the seniors this year too. Thank you Stephen Paulus for this beautiful piece of music. May you rest in God’s arms for all of eternity. Also, I’m a second bass and I love the low notes in this song!
I've moved 37 times in 62 years.... don't really feel like I have a home... Eastern Pennsylvania maybe. I really miss it. These lyrics are so soul-stirring. Makes me think of that other hymn... "This world is not my home, I'm just a passin' through. If heaven's not my home, O Lord what will I do? The angels beckon me from heaven's open door, and I can't feel at home in this world any more."
I was so sad to hear of the passing of Stephen Paulus. His music deeply moved me. This anthem always chokes me up when I sing it or hear it, and so does his "Pilgrim's Hymn" from "The 3 Hermits." HIs memory will forever be preserved in his extraordinary compositions. Also, on a personal note, I love this incredible TH-cam channel with your gorgeous photography, great taste in music and insights. Thank you!
Heard this on NPR's Here and Now program on Jan 13, 2015 as I was driving down from the foothills near Yosemite. Had to look up the full version b/c the interview noted the lyric "There is No Such Beauty as Where You Belong." Indeed. Haunting and Shimmering. I hope it speaks to you too.
My high school choir sings this song every single Friday at the end of class. It is the first song we sing together when we walk in on the first day of school, and the last song we sing at baccalaureate. This song has meaning beyond belief to me and so many of my closest friends. Nothing, even out of the realm of music, makes me feel more emotion than this piece here.
When i heard this song for the first time which was not long ago my life was in great turmoil then two things happend to me. The first thing is i instantly felt very calm and content. The second thing is it felt so familiar as if i already knew this song forever. Maybe me soul really knew it. I hope i make sense. So so beautiful and reassuring.
This is astonishingly beautiful. I work with a young teacher who says she hates music, and I wonder how one could hate this? My soul soars at this lovely music.
I'm going to cry so hard when we sing this at my high school graduation this 2019 May. I don't want to leave anyone of my fellow classmates behind as well as those in 9-11th. All the connections I've made with people dwindling after I take my leave is a sad thought.
My choir the Basilica of St. Mary will be singing Pilgrim's Hymn & The Road Home in tribute to Stephen Paulus on Sunday. He will be missed but his beautiful music lives on. God has called him home.
I'm singing this with the Minnesota state honors choir in remembrance of Stephen Paulus this Monday. I absolutely love this piece it is very moving and touching. The poetry is beautiful and meaningful.
I'm literally weeping as I read of Paulus' death and listen to this, knowing the gifts we've been given by him over his lifetime have come to an end. I will savor that which I've heard and had the privilege to sing myself for the rest of mine.
It is a tradition for my high school choir to sing this song every year for the spring concert. Alumnis who were also in chorus in high school are allowed to join in as well. I am a freshman and I am very excited to be performing this beautiful piece for the next four years.
The Indialantic Chamber Music singers of Brevard County Fl always end our performances W/ this beautiful song. We surround the audience, mix voices, and invite past members to join. It still gives me shivers every time we sing it.
I know these areas well. The photos capture their beauty and the music expresses the sense of wonder you have in these forests and mountains. Also, for me at least in the fall, a feeling of homesickness. Deep in the woods, past and present seem to merge and things from long ago feel very close...
Thank you Cade. And of course I agree with you wholeheartedly. I've always been struck by my Latino friends' ability to shed tears without shame or embarrassment. Very best wishes to you.
Thank you so much for bringing this peace to my life. You should know that I listen to this song almost every day, and that this song has helped changed my life and my beliefs. I was in a dark time, and when I found this song it gave me hope (that was scratching the surface of the story, of course) :) thank you. thank you for bringing this song to me.
simply beautiful.... I tear up every time I listen. Your photos are great-- the Smoky Mountains here in North Carolina and Virginia look quite similar..... as with everything you post, many many thanks
Like you I am deeply moved by this score. I recently took on the volunteer role of directing my college alumni choir and will be using this piece in our spring season. Thanks you for putting it on you tube for all to hear.
AntPDC, I've listened to this piece a number of times but never read your full comments until now. I too would probably choke up and blubber while singing this piece. This happens to me a lot. It doesn't matter if it's a classical piece, a pop piece etc. Why is that? Hell I get choked up trying to listen and sing "The Fox" performed by Nickel Creek. I guess it's just the passion and the performance of the music.
Thank you for your comment Vincente. As Sir George Martin said in an interview when asked why music communicates so powerfully, he replied: "It's a wonderful mystery. I've been in music all my life, yet I still don't know what the hell it is, but it something that moves people so immensely, and it comes from here (George points to his heart) - it is part of humanity".
"There is no such beauty as where you belong." It doesn't get any truer than that.
Mega indeeed.
because beauty is in your heart..not "out there"
Sublime
I read this as soon as she said it and it honestly made me look back and notice how sad I will leave the choir in senior year
"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know that place for the first time".
T. S. Eliot
We sing this every year at the last choir concert of the year. i’m a senior this year and i have never realized the power of this song. my choir is all seniors and we have sang together since we were all 10 years old. This is the last song we will ever sing together. heartbreaking. this song brings all of us including our director to tears. i’ll always be a chambers singer ❤️
4 months later I come back to listen to this song after my choir performed it for the last time. This song hurts more than ever because of everything that is represents. " There is no such beauty as where you belong." I would do anything to perform this song with my choir one last time.
Just reading your comments as I listened to this song made my eyes water. I hope you get to sing this with your choir again and, if it's okay with you, I'd like to pray for this dream to come true for you.
@@hallemorgan6788 Mr Gamble still cries when he sings it.
1 year since singing this song with my choir for the last time. i forgot about the power this song has over me. i will be going back to sing this song during the final concert of the year along with all the students in the choir currently and alumni like myself. something i have been looking forward to all year and i know ill be incredibly emotional. nothing can compare to this song. absolutely nothing.
Halle Morgan This is going to be our yearly tradition in our high school choir. Such a beautiful work of art!
I remember singing this at the end of freshman year at our spring choral concert. All four of our choirs (made up of different ages/grades) made a circle around the darkened room, interspersed ourselves, joined hands, and sang this song. The entire audience was in tears by the time we finished, and all the choir kids (especially the seniors) were bawling. Music really is a way of communicating emotions that transcends all plain words. Another powerful piece is "Remember Me" by Stephen Chatman.
Love the tune it sounds very Irish but I never can make out the words from any of these choirs they're all jumbly so I would like to know what the words are but I do know that tune
I don’t fit the norm I know but this song brings me to tears just feeling the emotion behind it
I cry every time. Sang this piece with some of my all-time favorite people for their high school graduation. It was a goodbye for all of us, as I was moving away that summer (one year shy of my graduation as well.)
Some nights, without warning, I will just have to close my eyes and listen to this piece. There really is no such beauty as where you belong.
Miss home. Miss those singers. Miss being on stage with this piece.
A most moving comment Ethan, thank you. Frankly, I'm amazed anyone can sing this without breaking down - I know I would. I recall the Dean of Westminster Abbey expressing similar sentiments recently about other Hymns, and I was rather taken aback, because he is exposed to deeply affecting music almost every day of his life. Beginnings are great, endings are tough, but it's the middle that needs the most attention.
Ethan, I am so incredibly touched by your words and emotion. For this piece is transforming in so many ways: the text, the chords, the incredible Conspirare voices and Miss Givens....what an angelic voice. It has been a dream to participate with such talent and I soon will get the opportunity to. Cannot wait. Thank you for sharing this.
This will be me in senior year this school year I will be a softmore
SOVINOR wDF Sophomore
@@Transition333 i reckon they meant that but auto-correct double crossed him!!
It's like experiencing light through the ears.
A wonderful description Greg, thank you.
Used to sing this as part of our school chamber choir. Most special part of school for me. Now I’m older, I’ve been away from my home country for 6 months on a job, with 6 left to go, and I just wanna be home❤
This piece proves the eternal beauty of diatonic music done right.
Lol what?
@@FlabbyPigLegs He means it’s not weird, clashing music.
Rest in peace, Stephen Paulus. Thank you for the amazing beauty that you created and shared... (October 19, 2014)
He was only 65.
May all those touched by his music take solace in knowing that Stephen has gone home, and is at peace.
Erik Ernst n
I recently heard this piece sung by a small amateur choir at Central Reform Temple in Boston. Gorgeous music that keeps popping up in my head. Full of yearning, warmth hope.
This is one of my favorite songs that i sang in concert choir. It always gives me chills from the beauty of the sound and the bittersweet lyrics. When its my time to go i want this to be played at my funeral
RIP Stephen Paulus. Thank You for your touching compositions and influence an next generation of musicians and singers.
Un son calme qui donne la paix dans le cœur. Bien que je ne comprends rien en terme des paroles❤❤❤
In Time
We Shall
This Is
Truth.
Thank you for such a wonderful rendition. Kudos the whole choir! The soprano sings so beautifully and her music carries the spirit of the song so well. Thank you so much for such a gift.
Rest in peace Stephen. Wonderful composer.
This song makes me cry
+Caden Schmidt Same here. The community choir that I'm a part of did this song last year - which meant I had to *sing* it - and so to get myself to the point where I actually *could* sing it, I would sit and listen to it over and over again until I got used to it. I must have spent about ten collective hours *absolutely sobbing*.
Oh, I know exactly what you mean!
AntPDC Me?
***** Who else? I was touched by your comment.
AntPDC Just making sure.
Since then, I have come up with a strategy that takes much less time, and is considerably less stressful. And it is this: Think funny thoughts!
RIP Stephen Paulus; humbled and honored to be singing this piece with SUNY Cortland's Choral Union in May. So beautiful.
This song is so beautiful, it is so moving and touches the heart of anyone who hears it.
I have probably listened to this 12 times now!!
RIP Stephen Paulus.
echo that
beautiful videos my loves & very eloquently put.lots a love auntie Carolyn xx🐩🐩
Why thank you my sweet auntie! I have only just seen your comment (I usually get an email notification; not in this case though). Much love, Anthony xxx
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RIP Kobe and Gianna Bryant, you’ve found the road that has led you home
Wow. The soloist interprets the lyrics with such amazing sensitivity. I am moved every time I (frequently) listen to this. Thank you Stephen Paulus, rest in peace.
I am conducting this piece with the VIrginia District V High School Honor Choir this weekend. May our performance be an honor to Stephen's memory. Rest in peace
Thank you William. I do hope your concert went well.
Will be sung at my funeral---whenever..
This song and Homeward Bound are just beautiful.
This song means so much to me as it was the last song my choir performed with our conductor before he moved to New Jersey to get his Ph.D. in choral conducting. He's now a part of the Westminster Choir. The choir just came to Nashville on tour and all of us students have graduated and are now in college but we came back together and surprised him at the concert. We were all so close to him and it's been 2 years since we've been able to see him. This song will always speak to me!
I heard this song for the first time a few months ago. The choir sang it beautifully, and was my favorite piece from their concert. However, at the time, I only half-paid attention to the lyrics. It's only now that I've been able to meditate on it.
I'm at a point in my life where I've come face to face with my faith. And I'm crying as a type this because this hymn is so simple, yet it's touching my heart in a way I never would have imagined.
Beautiful. Voces8 also do a fabulous version. Nice to hear this today, in the midst of Covid-19 Mayhem. 👍💜🎶🙏🏼
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Tell me, where is the road
I can call my own
That I left, that I lost
So long ago?
All these years I have wandered
Oh, when will I know
There's a way, there's a road
That will lead me home
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
After wind, after rain
When the dark is done
As I wake from a dream
In the gold of day
Through the air there's a calling
From far away
There's a voice I can hear
That will lead me home
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo
Rise up, follow me
Come away, is the call
With the love in your heart
As the only song
There is no such beauty
As where you belong
Rise up, follow me
I will lead you home
May his memory and a music be for a blessing, now and always.
Music like this lives on forever................
Stunning piece by a wonderful. man and artist. He will be missed!!
We could all use some calm about now. 💗🎵💗Thank you for posting.
Thanks, Ant, for sharing this--I listen to it often. I hope you found the northeast and especially Upstate New York both beautiful and welcoming.
Melts my heart every time...
My dog of many years died suddenly, and this song both crushed and saved me.
my high school sings this at our spring concert in honor of the seniors! I literally cry so hard during this
I hope I can hear this song when I go Home. Beautiful ❤❤❤❤
Mya Maola ❣️❤️
As one who is looking at the life that I have lived, I realize that time is much greater than what's ahead. I really understand the loss of being on that road home. This encourages me follow that which I need to finding my home. I will come soon. What a beautiful opus!
My choir sung this every year in high school at our spring concert and it still brings me to tears 💕 I will never forget singing up on that stage with some of my favorite people and I wouldn’t trade those memories for anything
thank you for sharing this rendition of this song. It never fails to leave me with goosebumbs and tears; what I call goose tears. But seriously, this song is very powerful to me. words can't do justice the way I feel when I hear the combination of the beautiful structure of the song and the beautiful lyrics. Singing is great when you don't have a way with speaking.
*wipes tears from eyes*
The first time I heard this song was after my freshman year of college. The people in choir had sang this for the graduating seniors and it had brought me to tears. Had I never heard that, I would have missed out on such a masterpiece.
This song reminds me so much of two special people. During my visit with them in 2017, I would hear this song over and over again on my playlist. Now my friends are gone, having traveled the road and made their way home. Good-bye, Bennie & Olivia.
Too beautiful to describe. It ministers to my heart. Melissa Givens, you are the perfect choice for soloist... This song fits perfectly in the genre of traditional American folk music with a nostalgic setting as in "Going Home," "Poor Wayfaring Stranger," "Look Away," and "Shenandoah."
Thank you so much!
I sang this my freshman year and from the moment I first heard it, I have never felt more grateful to live in the neighborhood/area that I do because when I walk around getting my exercise, the nature and the imagery fit perfectly with this piece. The nostalgia of having my childhood in this beautiful place gets triggered every single time I listen to this masterwork. We would’ve sung this the last 2 years but ya know….Stupid covid….It didn’t stop me from listening to it and getting chills all over from it though lol…Now, 3 years later after our former choir director resigned, I come back to this piece and cry like a baby!! The nostalgia in this piece for me reflects on everything I’ve experienced living here my entire life…Thank you Stephen Paulus for bringing this beautiful Nostalgic poem into the world!!!
The pictures look very much like the Smoky Mountains. Beautiful scenic views with beautiful music and text.
Zachwycające piękno muzyki i krajobrazów... ;o)
Wzruszający utwór, który budzi w sercu niezwykły spokój i światło...
Dziękuję. ;o)
My daughter used this as her entrance for her wedding, sung by the Washington & Lee chamber singers. It was very beautiful.
My choir sang this song last year as the last song in the last concert and it left the seniors in tears. This song is the MOST powerful and beautiful song ever created. As I listen to this song over and over again as a senior, it brings tears to my eyes every time. I hope my choir director will chose this song for the seniors this year too. Thank you Stephen Paulus for this beautiful piece of music. May you rest in God’s arms for all of eternity.
Also, I’m a second bass and I love the low notes in this song!
This song was played at my high school graduations a few weeks ago. Even now when I hear it I get emotional, a truly magnificent piece.
I've moved 37 times in 62 years.... don't really feel like I have a home... Eastern Pennsylvania maybe. I really miss it. These lyrics are so soul-stirring. Makes me think of that other hymn... "This world is not my home, I'm just a passin' through. If heaven's not my home, O Lord what will I do? The angels beckon me from heaven's open door, and I can't feel at home in this world any more."
I was so sad to hear of the passing of Stephen Paulus. His music deeply moved me. This anthem always chokes me up when I sing it or hear it, and so does his "Pilgrim's Hymn" from "The 3 Hermits." HIs memory will forever be preserved in his extraordinary compositions. Also, on a personal note, I love this incredible TH-cam channel with your gorgeous photography, great taste in music and insights. Thank you!
How kind of you froscoe1. I must look up "Pilgrim's Hymn".
Heard this on NPR's Here and Now program on Jan 13, 2015 as I was driving down from the foothills near Yosemite. Had to look up the full version b/c the interview noted the lyric "There is No Such Beauty as Where You Belong." Indeed. Haunting and Shimmering. I hope it speaks to you too.
My high school choir sings this song every single Friday at the end of class. It is the first song we sing together when we walk in on the first day of school, and the last song we sing at baccalaureate. This song has meaning beyond belief to me and so many of my closest friends. Nothing, even out of the realm of music, makes me feel more emotion than this piece here.
When i heard this song for the first time which was not long ago my life was in great turmoil then two things happend to me. The first thing is i instantly felt very calm and content. The second thing is it felt so familiar as if i already knew this song forever. Maybe me soul really knew it. I hope i make sense. So so beautiful and reassuring.
This is astonishingly beautiful. I work with a young teacher who says she hates music, and I wonder how one could hate this? My soul soars at this lovely music.
never hate say i dislike to here but this song is so beautiful
I'm going to cry so hard when we sing this at my high school graduation this 2019 May. I don't want to leave anyone of my fellow classmates behind as well as those in 9-11th. All the connections I've made with people dwindling after I take my leave is a sad thought.
My choir the Basilica of St. Mary will be singing Pilgrim's Hymn & The Road Home in tribute to Stephen Paulus on Sunday. He will be missed but his beautiful music lives on. God has called him home.
I really like this version out of the ones I’ve heard on TH-cam so far. It’s so strong.
Love this, my choir sings this song at my schools graduation every year and it gets me choked up every time
I'm singing this with the Minnesota state honors choir in remembrance of Stephen Paulus this Monday. I absolutely love this piece it is very moving and touching. The poetry is beautiful and meaningful.
Stunning solo! Beautiful piece!
I'm literally weeping as I read of Paulus' death and listen to this, knowing the gifts we've been given by him over his lifetime have come to an end. I will savor that which I've heard and had the privilege to sing myself for the rest of mine.
This makes me feel things. So many things.
It is a tradition for my high school choir to sing this song every year for the spring concert. Alumnis who were also in chorus in high school are allowed to join in as well. I am a freshman and I am very excited to be performing this beautiful piece for the next four years.
Beautiful. Memoried from the past came running in
I first fell in love with this song when my mother sang it in her choir concert and haven't stopped since
I loved performing this song my graduation year of 2015 it’s so beautiful ♥️
The Indialantic Chamber Music singers of Brevard County Fl always end our performances W/ this beautiful song. We surround the audience, mix voices, and invite past members to join. It still gives me shivers every time we sing it.
danke für die schöne Sendung
Thank you for this. Intensely beautiful, both the performance and the photos.
One of my favorite memories from high school. Alto pride. Beautiful.
This is indeed very beautiful, and I find Stephen Paulus' Pilgrim's Hymn even more beautiful and utterly tear-jerking....
So beautiful! Makes me lonesome for my childhood home.
We're singing this in my school chorus and it's beautiful, I get chills everytime
One of my absolute favorites!
I know these areas well. The photos capture their beauty and the music expresses the sense of wonder you have in these forests and mountains. Also, for me at least in the fall, a feeling of homesickness. Deep in the woods, past and present seem to merge and things from long ago feel very close...
How kind of you Steven. You and I share the same love of place, of memories, of the beauty of our Earth. Best wishes to you and yours.
Lovely video. The photos complement the words. Thanks.
Thank you Cade. And of course I agree with you wholeheartedly. I've always been struck by my Latino friends' ability to shed tears without shame or embarrassment. Very best wishes to you.
Thank you so much for bringing this peace to my life. You should know that I listen to this song almost every day, and that this song has helped changed my life and my beliefs. I was in a dark time, and when I found this song it gave me hope (that was scratching the surface of the story, of course) :) thank you. thank you for bringing this song to me.
a wave of emotions
simply beautiful.... I tear up every time I listen. Your photos are great-- the Smoky Mountains here in North Carolina and Virginia look
quite similar..... as with everything you post, many many thanks
How kind of you.
3:40 High class basses are a rarity in the choral world. Gorgeous.
Rest in Peace. This is beautiful.
Like you I am deeply moved by this score. I recently took on the volunteer role of directing my college alumni choir and will be using this piece in our spring season. Thanks you for putting it on you tube for all to hear.
Rest in peace!
Incredible body of work left behind
Have to ding this for the seniors in choir at my school, I am going to end up crying 😢
Such emotional music...
It's absolute fabulous. Im' just taking it in
Praise, Melissa Givens. Love her voice.
The Road Home and Pilgrim's Hymn were songs I have been fortunate to sing by Mr. Paulus. Rest in peace, good sir
I stumbled across this piece on Spotify and I was like woah this so good I how it I can't sing very well and this song is just so pretty.
Heavenly Earthly music.
This is the senior song for my school and we're all crying
RIP, and condolences to his family.
AntPDC,
I've listened to this piece a number of times but never read your full comments until now. I too would probably choke up and blubber while singing this piece. This happens to me a lot. It doesn't matter if it's a classical piece, a pop piece etc. Why is that? Hell I get choked up trying to listen and sing "The Fox" performed by Nickel Creek. I guess it's just the passion and the performance of the music.
Thank you for your comment Vincente. As Sir George Martin said in an interview when asked why music communicates so powerfully, he replied: "It's a wonderful mystery. I've been in music all my life, yet I still don't know what the hell it is, but it something that moves people so immensely, and it comes from here (George points to his heart) - it is part of humanity".
This is so litt , this has the power to summon emotion upon anyone
I am singing this in my choir class
MARVELOUS!!!!!!!
We're singing this at my graduation...such a beautiful piece
I am so proud to have the soloist - Professor Givens - as my voice teacher!
I would be too. A privilege indeed!
That's actually insane. Good on ya
Hauntingly sublime
My daughter used this as her processional for her wedding in May 2013. It's one of her favorite pieces by Stephen Paulus