VOCES8, Eric Whitacre, Christopher Glynn - Whitacre: The Seal Lullaby

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  • @ronbarzilai5705
    @ronbarzilai5705 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    VOCES8 + Eric Whitacre = bliss

  • @seasong707
    @seasong707 ปีที่แล้ว +239

    "The Seal Lullaby" is in complete sincerity one of my favourite musical compositions. The emotional experience of the concept of the lullaby, an assurance by a benevolent caretaker that you will be safe, in body and in soul, that you can trust the world in your most vulnerable state - is something not only children, and not only I, resonate with on the deepest levels of the mind. As Whitacre himself guides us through his profoundly moving melody, I don't even need to listen to the words to hear this idea of loving care, this hopeful spirit made into music, as well as the wonder and awe of the world I so easily lose sight of. And never have I heard a performance bring out Whitacre's beauty so completely, than the one we have the privilege of experiencing here, free of charge. I bow to Christopher Glynn and to VOCES8 - a vocal group bringing together singers with such immense and utter mastery of their craft that I find they consistently, frighteningly, come near the borders of perfection.

    • @fxrivrgirl
      @fxrivrgirl ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤍

    • @sans3go342
      @sans3go342 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Not to be a downer but have you heard Whitacres "When David Heard?" - I was an emotional wreck after hearing that.

    • @DESDEGROOTE100
      @DESDEGROOTE100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes!

    • @theovlach
      @theovlach ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well said.

    • @cht2162
      @cht2162 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Would love to hear V8 sing this piece a capella.

  • @LexiandAimee123
    @LexiandAimee123 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This piece, in all its crystal simplicity reminds me that I am so a part of this beautiful planet and of the ethers…

  • @colleenverdon6315
    @colleenverdon6315 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Eric Whitacre is a genius.

  • @shematite
    @shematite ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I physically cannot listen to this song without crying. Every. Single. Time.

    • @InavanAswegen
      @InavanAswegen 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ...because it is healing you need..

    • @Schutz783
      @Schutz783 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Es geht mir genauso.. es rührt mich zu Tränen ❤

    • @steverogers382
      @steverogers382 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too

    • @martinfalls6614
      @martinfalls6614 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That's a cool name, shematite. I am still weeping. Green to black. Hands on keyboard. Hands in air. Voices from... the Hand of God. This song always dissolves me.
      Imagine singing this. I'd have to run it a hundred times or would be too verklempt, but no guarantees even then. It is HARD to sing such beauty and not fall down.
      Praise Whitacre, Glynn, VOCES8. And seals. And oceans. And sleep. And God.

    • @carolandcindyjamroz433
      @carolandcindyjamroz433 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too. I will have the pleasure of conducting the concert band arrangement of this for our Christmas concert and I hope I will be able to keep my emotions in check during the performance :).

  • @silkehonert1387
    @silkehonert1387 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Euch zuzuhören, ist der Himmel auf Erden . Ihr seid mein absolutes Vorbild als Vokalensemble. Danke 🙏

  • @angelinalovessloths
    @angelinalovessloths 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    i found my purpose to keep living. 💞

  • @amygodward4472
    @amygodward4472 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Anyone else absolutely bawling their eyes out? This is just so, so, beautiful...

  • @PnnexD
    @PnnexD ปีที่แล้ว +79

    This is just so wonderful to listen to! The gorgeous harmonies and dissonants plus the warm and perfectly blending voices of you guys. Also props to the piano player for playing so delicately and beautifully! And when watching the video we can all see how much you all enjoy making music together, it really warms my heart

  • @PeterBarber
    @PeterBarber ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely stunning

  • @thebarghestiest
    @thebarghestiest ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I lost my mom just under two years ago and discovering this song has brought me so much comfort. I can hear this in her voice so easily. Beautiful performance.

    • @Jan-yc2lr
      @Jan-yc2lr 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I'm sorry for your loss. I hope she lived a good life and I hope you will too.

    • @nathanielward8588
      @nathanielward8588 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I’m happy you’ve found this. You sharing this is special and brings new meaning to the song for me

  • @giannazaccagni4058
    @giannazaccagni4058 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I cannot express how much I love listening to this choir!!!! My choir teacher got to see you guys live in concert!!! I hope I get to see you guys live one day too!

  • @girlyaccount7771
    @girlyaccount7771 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    I love when Voces8 does a Eric Whitacre piece..the resonance, the blend of voices..it’s so beautiful❤

    • @NoHomerS
      @NoHomerS ปีที่แล้ว

      *blend*. The voices are certainly not bland.

    • @girlyaccount7771
      @girlyaccount7771 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NoHomerS sorry, I accidentally mistyped.. :(

    • @NoHomerS
      @NoHomerS ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@girlyaccount7771 it happens 🙂 It's a funny mistake though lol.

    • @froglover3145
      @froglover3145 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think you meant resonance, not dissonance.

  • @peterbgshoemaker
    @peterbgshoemaker ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Really. The breath just stops. Thank you.

  • @Jesters_Headquarters
    @Jesters_Headquarters 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I remember performing this with my choir back in middle school. Im glad the video is still up, this was such a powerful piece of music, one of my favorites to sing.

  • @Orthogonalus
    @Orthogonalus ปีที่แล้ว +32

    The audio production is divine

  • @oughtonoughton2634
    @oughtonoughton2634 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This very small mixed choir do justice to this rather lovely lullaby , their harmonies as so acute x

  • @millyrosephoenix7720
    @millyrosephoenix7720 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Beyond words
    Love the conductors tenderness
    The love is palpable

  • @nathanb1752
    @nathanb1752 ปีที่แล้ว +290

    So unfortunate that the film that this movie was composed for, was shelved and never was finalized for release. This piece is so powerful and beautifully written...in my opinion, I think this would have been a very powerful compliment in a motion picture.

    • @mikasan6817
      @mikasan6817 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wonder what film was it?

    • @nathanb1752
      @nathanb1752 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @Mikail Sandhy The movie was going to be based around Rudyard Kiplings poem titled "The White Seal" The project was scrapped for Kung Fu Panda.

    • @simonfromband
      @simonfromband ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @Nathan B wasnt just a poem, the white seal is a whole story from the jungle book. Its basically the story of david and Goliath, but with seals. Each of the 7 jungle book stories starts with a poem and eric whitacre wrote this melody around the words of the poem. Theres already an animated film of the white seal from 1975, but i imagine they were going to make it live "live action" in the same style as stuart little was live action". He arranged the choir version a few years after he initially drafted the melody and transcribed it for concert band severals years after that in 2011.
      He also sang it to his baby every night after he heard the studio made kung fu panda.

    • @eduardoportugal5818
      @eduardoportugal5818 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ye, i like it too

    • @jessiehaislet3625
      @jessiehaislet3625 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Hollywood dumped artistic beauty for assembly line trash. Too bad. This is a beautiful piece.

  • @millyrosephoenix7720
    @millyrosephoenix7720 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The emotion felt is pure love

  • @stephanbuchner639
    @stephanbuchner639 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Dem Internet sei Dank, dass ich diese Gruppe , diese Engelsstimmen gefunden habe..
    Ich liebe Voces8

  • @kinga_fc6196
    @kinga_fc6196 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    it is a wonder; pure beauty on the highest level; compostion and performing, harmony, feeling; thank you

  • @RoddyAlt
    @RoddyAlt ปีที่แล้ว +94

    As much as I love Eric Whiticare’s music, I must say the privilege must be his in directing the best vocal group of our generation! ❤ Sublime and uplifting, thank you so much, Voces8.

    • @saetmusic
      @saetmusic ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I'm a huge fan of Whitacre's music and he's a good conductor, but while it's a nice gesture to include him in the videos, you can't tell me that VOCES8 couldn't do a gorgeous job on these pieces without a conductor.

    • @trentmckenzie1697
      @trentmckenzie1697 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He has said so many times himself. The fact that he on many occasions has said when he writes a song he hears Voces8 for all the parts and knows it to be pure.

    • @taylorw
      @taylorw ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@saetmusic - yes, but its his piece!

  • @staffanolofsson8201
    @staffanolofsson8201 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    So comforting and beautiful! Thank you Eric Whitacre, Christopher Glynn-Whitacre and VOCES8.

  • @amandaplazek
    @amandaplazek ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A master class in excellent choral singing and ensembleship. Truly superb.

  • @stevechappellie904
    @stevechappellie904 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    VOCES8!!!!! I absolutely love your musicianship, tonalities, blend, expressive choral flow and above all, your individually gifted voices that sublimely come together as one!

  • @garyhinkle5736
    @garyhinkle5736 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Thank You, Eric Whitacre And Voces8. For This Beautiful Gift Of Music ❤

  • @marty955
    @marty955 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Love this warm, gorgeous piece and how the pianist feels and anticipates the music and translates it through the keyboard.

  • @ob66ert
    @ob66ert 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I guess this is meaningful for those keeping their children safe. Thank you Kipling and Eric Whitacre.

  • @raymondhummel5211
    @raymondhummel5211 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Such a beautiful message in song. Thank you for sharing it with all of us.

  • @JIM-ot4ws
    @JIM-ot4ws 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This masterpiece cracks me up every time … I’m crying like a baby now… thank you Mr Whitacre and performers, you inspire me.

  • @janecheshire-allen8359
    @janecheshire-allen8359 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    The deepest, most profound version of this beautiful song. Thank you all.

  • @sammcpeak6854
    @sammcpeak6854 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    We sang this in my Schola during my sophomore year of college. It brings back great memories. Love these guys!

  • @strangeweenieclown
    @strangeweenieclown ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is such an incredibly beautiful piece of music and performance of it. Literally can't watch without getting chills over and over.

  • @TheConchologist
    @TheConchologist 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    It’s indescribably glorious…a sublime treatment of hope, faith and love….on a supernatural plane. I can’t help but think of my Creator who lovingly gave me life, an immortal soul…and most importantly…revealed Himself to me so I could love and adore Him. Thank you ❤

  • @Winner1270
    @Winner1270 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Sang this song in high school choir freshman year. Sooooo good.

  • @vanessahunter5272
    @vanessahunter5272 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Beautiful song. I heard it properly for the first time last night at choir as we are singing this at our upcoming concert in June.

  • @usamasaeed4129
    @usamasaeed4129 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    My heart my brain, what's this , more than a masterpiece

  • @willtofish
    @willtofish ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The first time ever heard this was in high school when the out varsity women’s choir did an arrangement of it, I didn’t get to hear it all because we had to go get ready for our songs but I’ve been in love with it since

  • @branthamkramm2589
    @branthamkramm2589 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I've been quite surprised at how this piece has moved me. Amazing. You are a gift to the world.

  • @johngreeve8813
    @johngreeve8813 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So very beautiful. A perfect end to a stressful day. Thank you.

  • @vantantas
    @vantantas ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Perfect blend piano and voces8. 2:31 harmony melt me 🫠

  • @sydithen
    @sydithen 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I bawl my eyes out every time I hear this song

  • @jenniferdixon5074
    @jenniferdixon5074 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just beautiful.
    I enjoy singing this with my choir.We are performing this on Aug 31st.
    13 Aug 11 25am

  • @osehonayebhowe4176
    @osehonayebhowe4176 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Beautiful beautiful beautiful😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @earth2jennyl
    @earth2jennyl ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Crying in soft joy to see this expression come to Earth. Magic is alive again.

  • @JPJMando
    @JPJMando ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Still the best vocal group on the planet.

  • @goldeneggduck
    @goldeneggduck 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thank you ! I love this so much I bought the Voce8 CD (with the Harp instead of piano) twice!♥

  • @furryfrog9520
    @furryfrog9520 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am very impressed, I love voices8.

  • @TheONETITWONDER
    @TheONETITWONDER ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Simply hauntingly beautiful. Thank you all.

  • @mariagracielaveraduran9023
    @mariagracielaveraduran9023 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Que hermoso!! The Seal lullaby con el mismísimo Eric Whitacre más Voces8! No se puede pedir más!

  • @raymondgrice4118
    @raymondgrice4118 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    stunning simply stunning

  • @Beatorchard
    @Beatorchard ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The tall soprano has a simply wonderful voice

  • @scarplayzgamez5743
    @scarplayzgamez5743 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    my choir did this song and everytime we were done singing it made people cry and even us it’s so beautiful

  • @bionasard
    @bionasard ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for this

  • @indievariety
    @indievariety ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Still this song comes up in my mind every now and then, after singing it in choir about 7 years ago now. A beautiful piece ❤

  • @veve3948
    @veve3948 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thank you , it was perfect
    listening to you early in the morning fills me with joy !

  • @mariasassin8268
    @mariasassin8268 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Awesome. Together with Christopher Tin's Hope ist the Thing with feathers my favourite - so far... Thank you ever so much,Voces8.

  • @r1p2m32
    @r1p2m32 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ooh, the beauty, happiness of hearing this all... Thanks.

    • @r1p2m32
      @r1p2m32 ปีที่แล้ว

      In the beginning... Something Enya-ish... I forgive, she can be copied, forever... !

  • @jbondy6395
    @jbondy6395 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Beautiful, as usual, but with gorgeous tones from the Blüthner piano!

    • @janebaldwin8040
      @janebaldwin8040 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Absolutely. It's so soulful.What is it about that instrument that sets it apart?

    • @jbondy6395
      @jbondy6395 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@janebaldwin8040 It usually is all in the voicing by a skilled tuner. Read "Grand Obsession" by Perri Knize.

  • @irishrosa6115
    @irishrosa6115 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This has been in my favorite Spotify playlist for a long time. But this adds another dimension, viewing them with Eric leading.

  • @rickbaker8096
    @rickbaker8096 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful - tranquil - serene - thank you!

  • @Luciana-xd4cy
    @Luciana-xd4cy ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Magical

  • @tonfunk3225
    @tonfunk3225 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wunderbar. Traumhaft. 🙏👌

  • @benlb11
    @benlb11 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I really love this piece performed by Voces8. Just beautiful.

  • @Babbajune
    @Babbajune ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So beautiful! ❤️

  • @coookygirl09
    @coookygirl09 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I just love this piece- I sang it in college! My second nephew just arrived yesterday and this release is so perfectly timed!

    • @cherylfalconar3457
      @cherylfalconar3457 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should give him a baby seal plushie and a copy of this song.

  • @screamingtrees9619
    @screamingtrees9619 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Apple Music recommended this to me and I cannot get enough of it. Just beautiful

  • @michaeld5888
    @michaeld5888 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellentissimo.

  • @AntonellaUrsoSoprano
    @AntonellaUrsoSoprano 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Meraviglioso❤

  • @WhiteTiger333
    @WhiteTiger333 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I just discovered this song today when WGUC played it on New At Noon. Wiping tears from the beauty and delighted to find it here...and know that it's also on a newly released album.

  • @TheWaveanalyst
    @TheWaveanalyst ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Just finished listening to Voces8's new CD, After Silence and seeing them last night at St. John's Cathedral in Denver. Their music is so sublime, so moving ... words cannot describe how beautiful this music is. Aldous Huxley was right ...
    Thank you, Voces8! I hope to see you again.

  • @fsurfbird
    @fsurfbird ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just beautifull, goodnightzzzzzz

  • @fxiansen1469
    @fxiansen1469 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Simply beautiful! Carries me away.

  • @amstarsangma2689
    @amstarsangma2689 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Way he conduct looks so easy🥹

  • @kimestella
    @kimestella ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sublime. Ethereal. Just perfect. Wow.

  • @carolandcindyjamroz433
    @carolandcindyjamroz433 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a beautiful structure the composer has sculpted. The vocal group performs it flawlessly too as the singers sound both as one and individual at the same time. Our local municipal orchestra will be performing another of Eric’s compositions Deep Field” and while I was practicing along with that video, this performance popped up in my YT feed. It was a nice introduction to a composer that I was not familiar with before.

  • @pirohi11
    @pirohi11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Maravillosa interpretación y dirección!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @jenmorricone4014
    @jenmorricone4014 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Oh, hush thee, my baby, the night is behind us
    And black are the waters that sparkled so green
    The moon, o’er the combers, looks downward to find us
    At rest in the hollows that rustle between
    Where billow meets billow, then soft be thy pillow
    Oh weary wee flipperling, curl at thy ease
    The storm shall not wake thee, nor shark overtake thee
    Asleep in the arms of the slow swinging seas
    Rudyard Kipling

  • @kageedgar4002
    @kageedgar4002 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My speakers aren't good enough for this

  • @DESDEGROOTE100
    @DESDEGROOTE100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    DE SEAL LULLABY IS MIJN FAVORIETE MUZIEK ❤❤❤

  • @christianscott6059
    @christianscott6059 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg I canNOT wait to see you all in March!

  • @PreciousElegance
    @PreciousElegance ปีที่แล้ว

    Just found this song on IG and looked it up on TH-cam.
    I am Not disappointed!
    Simply Lovely ❤

  • @sergiodelisgutierrez4948
    @sergiodelisgutierrez4948 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    No podía esperar menos de vosotros al interpretar esa canción, propia de un coro. ¡Magníficos, como siempre!

  • @memorosales1952
    @memorosales1952 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    bien lovely

  • @maestroLovette
    @maestroLovette ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is one of his greatest pieces of all, in my book.

  • @liamtobey2936
    @liamtobey2936 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We sang this in my highschool choir about 7 years ago and performing it is still one of my strongest memories. One of my favorite parts is "where billow meets billow" the images that come to mind are just amazing

  • @tjittemuizelaar
    @tjittemuizelaar ปีที่แล้ว

    This a group with ONE heart and soul..How do they DO this!

    • @susanarlow4274
      @susanarlow4274 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish I could sing (in tune) … I am in awe.

  • @lessgooo4267
    @lessgooo4267 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That base has such a beautiful voice holy crap

  • @cuongmr5533
    @cuongmr5533 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    this piece is an absolute treasure, thanks Eric, Voces8, and Christopher Glynn for a wonderful collaboration

  • @millyrosephoenix7720
    @millyrosephoenix7720 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Just heavenly

  • @EthanHyland
    @EthanHyland 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I played a band arrangement of this for All-County on bass clarinet my 8th grade year of middle school before the whole COVID conundrum. It has to be one of my favorite band arrangements in my musical career.

  • @cristianeflores8067
    @cristianeflores8067 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wonderful!

  • @rolandogodinezzaldivar8115
    @rolandogodinezzaldivar8115 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Realmente sublime

  • @DESDEGROOTE100
    @DESDEGROOTE100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HET MAAKT ME ABSOLUUT AAN HET HUILEN 😢😢❤❤ LOVE VOCES8❤

  • @licervantes6345
    @licervantes6345 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    😢 en mi país jamás llegaremos a tal perfección.

    • @shawnaweesner3759
      @shawnaweesner3759 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your country already has. The French loaned America the money to fight our Revolution. Merci!

    • @DESDEGROOTE100
      @DESDEGROOTE100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      BRUH I, THINK THE SAME 😂😂😅

    • @royalemeraldbuilder5058
      @royalemeraldbuilder5058 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@shawnaweesner3759That's Spanish 😂

  • @minwall9924
    @minwall9924 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful joy ❤

  • @lotteuytterhoeven2431
    @lotteuytterhoeven2431 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Again: pure gold ❤️

  • @c-historia
    @c-historia ปีที่แล้ว +2

    this is great 👌

  • @Northcountry1926
    @Northcountry1926 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is this Heaven … No, It’s VOCES8 And Heaven to my Mind 😇🥿