World, O World - Jacob Collier's beautiful new choral piece - Sept. 6, 2023
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2023
- Recorded live at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center from sixth row center featuring the Jason Max Ferdinand Singers, former members of the Aeolians. Ferdinand is the Director of Choral Activities, Chair of the Music Department, and a Full Professor at Oakwood University.
Allow me to add a few thoughts... We're transported by the the soaring, piercing melody line and richness of the harmonies in this new piece, but consider the words (below) on which Collier's music takes flight. He has written an appreciation for the glory of life as seen through the eyes of someone who is at the end of their road, and we know - we pray - Collier is only at the very beginning of his. This is an artist who looks across the breadth of his life to come and foresees that one day, it will all end; he will have to say goodbye. He knows that leaving this world he relishes and adores and pines for like a lover will be the ultimate loss. He through this poem sings like one who's heartsick today for the parting that's surely coming, but in so many tomorrows from now. So I ask - Who feels at this level? Who at his age has ever felt these pangs and also been able to express them with such transcendent skill? As Jacob steps out onto the public stage and simultaneously matures in his private life, what in the world is yet to come from this once-in-a-century talent? - GR
World, O World
by Jacob Collier
World, oh, world
You've been my home
Home
Home
Now it's time for me to go
Give me the wings to fly, fly
Sudden rise and sudden fall
You've been with me through it all
Always keeping by my side
Always by my side
Love, oh, love
You've been a friend
Love, oh
Love, oh
Now the road must reach an end
Come, it is time to go (It's time to go)
Time is swift to come to pass
Nothing stays and nothing lasts
Always moving on (Moving on and on)
Always moving on
And when I call your name
I think I love again
I lay my world upon your hands
Again, again
And when you call my name
I feel my fire again
Oh, you are my soul
Oh, take me home
Until we meet
Until we meet again
Until we meet again
Until we meet again
Goodbye
Until we meet again, until we meet again
Meet again
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
This is the song that will play when Jacob leaves Earth to return to his home planet
LOL... sorta
Based on my understanding of the story Djesse Vol. 1-4 tells, it kind of is. That's why the first track on Vol. 1 is called home and -- like this -- is choral. We've come back around to the beginning. This is further evidenced by the "in your/my world a box of stars" phrase that is present in the second and second to last tracks respectively. He called out to the universe and the universe responded. Now he has become one with it once again.
I recently received a diagnosis that has me close to leaving at 40 years old. I’ve had a wonderful life and Jacob has been part of that…sometimes about this has me breaking down for the first time in a while. Just cathartic. ❤
@COYSNY my daughter departed this plane 7 years ago. I always feel her singing to me through this song. Your sincerity is moving.
If this song doesn’t win best arrangement, I will actually throw hands
I had the privilege of performing this piece with this choir and Jacob Collier in Cincinnati for the 2023 ACDA! Such an incredible experience and a beautiful song ❤
You have blessed us
bravissimo!!
I think of any musician I would love to collaborate with it would be Jacob. I’m happy you got to experience that.
Did I have actual TEARS fall as I listened to this masterpiece?! Holy smokes!
What a beautiful experience this must have been for you! Thank you for combining your talents so the rest of us could be blessed!
That one bass 👌
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I’d like to know where he’s at.
There's also a tenor with spectacular vibrato on the last held chord. And I hear super overtones on the long treble chord.
This is like if Messiaen and Eric Whitacre had a baby. Absolutely gorgeous harmonies and perfectly executed. Bravo to all.
Wow. Just wow. I have been listening non stop to this song since the album dropped and the live version is giving me even more goosebumps. I want this song played at my funeral.
Same lol
We all do!
I was one of the basses in his 2024 Allstate choir for Kmea truly an awsome experience
Yeah, correct me, but basses don't always get the most love and attention in a choir. I can hear Jacob is a bass (I'm one as well) , and there's a prominent bass here. Very nice... Just feel however he gets alot of inspiration from Take 6 and Bobby McFerrin. Those two always come to mind listening to JC music. As well he tends to use a lot of 'inner voice' technics. Finally, I see he writes using multi-track software that can with his imagination, craft each individual voice. So that's interesting. It's like having 80 soloist parts and each members gets individually 'scored' part
I just got accepted into the all state choir in arizona, we get to sing with Jason Max Ferdinand as well I'm hype (also a bass)
please sit up straight, Jacob. you are too precious to go through chronic back pain.
Ah, he's young and can still do that. North of 50 however, it becomes more harmful.
The power of music indeed... I've been listening to Djesse vol 4 for the past few days and I'm still getting chills whenever I hear this stunningly beautiful piece.. I'd love to know what Jacob would be feeling and thinking right there. If there was ever a antidote for these dark days of division, pain and confusion, this is it. I'm a 6ft guy, big and burly and yet, I'm moved to tears whenever I hear work like this.
Our Mozart.......
I hope Djesse 4 ends with this piece. It's kind of the culmination of all Jacob has done, he writes with maturity like many of the greatest composer's in their prime, and sprinkles his own flavor of harmony to boot. I think this is his magnum opus.
it’s official. this song is the last track on the album!!
it is ! :,)
Of all the compositions Jacob has created, this one will outlive us all. The layering, the dissonance and myriad of unusual but complementary chords, it is all over the top gorgeous. I cannot imagine each singer having memorized his/her complicated part, but I don't see any of them reading scores either. A challenging piece, for sure, and the choir really pulled it off well. I hope he one day does an entire release of just original choir pieces.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🎹🎶🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Jacob Collier Hymnal
Nah those singers are INSANELY PROFESSIONAL!!!!
I came here to write exactly the same thing, and the fact that you already did proves the point. I saw this live, not far from where this gentleman filmed this recording, and it was hands down the most amazing song I have ever heard performed live in my life. It was electric. It was unforgettable. I could not stop crying it was so overwhelming.
4:16 Jacob mouthing along and smiling at the beauty of it all. lovely piece. holy moly the ending
Of the live perfomance at ACDA Nationals, I observed that the last 90 seconds are when the piece escapes the bonds of Earth.
Let me be the first to compliment the 2nd bass
Just...
Wow!
I heard those lows so clear
I love that we can see Jacob sitting there watching and listening with us all, i hope this will be on djesse vol 4!
At the concert he said it was going to be on Vol. 4
see him singing along.. he'd never let it pass!
and there it is... the very final track of Djesse
@@thepointlessdriftersclub Altho, I can't imagine a studio version being as good as a live performance of this piece.
@@chrisa0001 idk man, it's pretty fuckin good
Jacob seems to have grown so so much with regards to his arrangements. They rarely have near-incomprehensible chord changes and voicings unlike his earlier work seemingly seeking to just impress. There is so much more meat in his songs, not just with his lyrics but with the voicings themselves. His music now seems to consistently have that desire to connect more than anything else.
FWIW, I’ve loved his arrangements from the beginning. But this is gorgeous and unquestionably the product of a maturing talent. But I had no problem with his trying to dazzle us as a 19 or 20-year old, and he had the composing and performing chops to pull it off. That shows who he was at that age, and this shows who he is at this age.
@@eliecanetti FWIW, me too, and I have hopes that Collier will someday renew himself and create weirder stuff again. But that is up to him - I will always find new great music - or create some weirdness myself.
@@TonBil1 I wouldnt have called his earlier music weirder. Its always been very tonal. Maybe more adventurous? But I’m willing to go with him wherever he goes because I believe he is someone of such great integrity (and obviously talent) that I am not worried he will ever lead us astray.
this comment is especially interesting because this song was written and recorded with the Aeolians all the way back in 2018
that SOPRANO... YEEEEESSSSSSS
World O World Lyrics
World, oh, world
You've been my home
Home
Home
Now it's time for me to go
Give me wings to fly, fly
Sun did rise and sun did fall
You've been with me through it all
Always keeping by my side
Always by my side
Love, oh, love
You've been a friend
Love, oh
Love, oh
Now the road must reach an end
Come, it is time to go (It's time to go)
Time is swift to come to pass
Nothing stays and nothing lasts
Always moving on (Moving on and on)
Always moving on
And when I call your name
I think I love again
I lay my world upon your hands
Again, again
And when you call my name
I feel my fire again, ooh
You are my soul
Oh, take me home
Until we meet
Until we meet again
Until we meet again
Until we meet again
Goodbye
Until we meet again, until we meet again
Meet again
Goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye
6:50 practically made me scream. He has the best chords in the world. I wish someone would transcribe this already.
I found a transcription, I don't know how correct it is. I hope this helps! th-cam.com/video/wBgWigvJng8/w-d-xo.html
Your wishes come true
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Man I wish I was there...
Amazingly beautiful
Harmony of the gods
Jacob collier indeed is a mastermind
Shades of Lauridsen and Whitaker, while still being distinctly Collier. Wonderful.
I don't think Lauridsen or Whitaker would write something like this. It's much jazzier in harmony than their output, plus I've never heard a choir sound like this when singing their repertoire.
what an privilege it must've been for the singers to perform this piece and for the audience to hear this live. wish i could experience this too someday. thanks for sharing this 🤍
It was a phenomenal experience live.
It's amazing. Because this recording was just "open air," and I was listening on a tablet, most of the words were not intelligible. However, I clearly understood the longing, the pain, the gratitude, and the sorrow. When I read the lyrics in the description, they are exactly as I would have expected. Jacob is deeply connected to the energetic component of life on this planet that resonates perfectly for all to feel.
Beautifully expressed sentiment
Wow!! Jacob makes it tough on a choir. They however measured up to a peerless standard! Jacob is an old soul full of youthful exuberance. What a perfect harmony.
My first time to ever hear this and Jacob Collier. All I can say is, WOW!! The singing was like running a marathon!! Shows how the voice alone is a true instrument!❤
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this post and also and especially for your words in your comment. I believe Jacob's musical genius, his humble and gracious nature exists all by itself, much like a rose that exudes its beauty and fragrance even if no one would see or smell it. But if someone does come to appreciate this, Jacob's giving, in this sensitive way, as you do, then the beauty and artistic content of his poetry and music is potentiated many times over. I feel just like you and bow my head in gratitude and loving admiration before this century gift!
Yep, stupendous….so Jacob. So to witness this in our lifetime is a gift 💝 Thank you Jacob…beautifully done. Thanks for the words…really appreciate you took the time to do that!
Choir, you are magnificent! Your voices move me so ... heavenly ... angelic!!! Jacob, you never cease to amaze! You are brilliant! Oh, my Lord...thank you! ♡
I CRIED!
Thank you for posting this recording. Stellar...other-worldly...as if all the great composers through the centuries got together and poured this over him and he, as only he can, channeled it on to us.
Amazing piece by an extraordinary musician sung by a marvellous choir. Thank you so much Grant Rampy for uploading this video. 🙏🏻
Thank you for capturing this. Came here because of Djesse Vol 4 - also hearing Jacob talk about the impact of the Aeolians on him elsewhere - I knew this song was special.
Very rarely has a piece of art moved me in the way this performance has. Cried tears at the end of this. A match made in heaven!
Thank you so much for posting this. On a standout album, this piece is a breathtaking closer. And this live rendition surpasses even that.
Jacob's very favorite instrument.
Nice Bass section. Sounds better with headphones. Deeply moving. Sounds like Messiaen.
Perfection.
Moved to tears with this...just amazing...Jacob Collier!
Fantastic choir!!! Those chords and the ending...WOW!!!😮👏👏👏👏👏
Wow. Stunning. What a privilege to have been there. Thanks for the video and your thoughts.
Glad you enjoyed it
I love watching Jacob sitting there, singing and taking every breath with the choir. Does anyone know how many parts this was written for?
Always in tears listening to jacobs chorals
Thank you so much for uploading this profoundly stunning, beyond gorgeous choral piece!!! I was there to hear it live on the 5th, the day before, and to experience the energy, the mind-boggling harmonies and passionate singing of the amazing Jason Max Ferdinand singers was an experience which I will never forget, cannot be described with words and brought me to tears! The entire hall went completely nuts at the end of the performance, and the heat of the energy from the music and the audience's love for it was palpable. The heart-wrenching harmonies towards the end are unbelievable - I feel like they are coming from another dimension, or another universe, directly touching our core through their vibrations, using Jacob as a medium to reach us. Through their celestial vibrations we are transformed into better human beings. I believe Jacob's music has the power to heal the world. I feel sad for those people on this thread who seem unresponsive to the magical healing power of Jacob's music and call it "passionless' and trite". They are describing the exact opposite of how Jacob's music makes me - and hundreds of thousands of people - feel at his concerts! I feel lucky to be able to experience his music in my lifetime - thank you, Jacob, for writing this heart-wrenchingly gorgeous music and keep following the music for countless more years to come….can't wait to hear where it will take you - and us - next!
Thank you! So beautifully stated, and couldn't agree with you more. Jacob is indeed an inspiration - and I am along on this journey discovering his latest creations. What a beautiful human being ....
Wow, great comment, thank you so much for sharing your experience.
“The lord bless you and keep you” held the top spot in my heart for choral pieces…until I heard this 🥹
Hope it gets mixed and put on vol.4
It's better here. Lost its human element in the mix imo
Oh, my! No words except the cords and richness of the voices!!!
immediately from the start, this piece is so Jacob. Unique in progression and sound, absolutely amazing
Exquisite! As a trained organist, I can't help but notice the massive BEAST behind them ;-)
Wow you have a keen eye, thought it was just decoration lol
Sublime. A modern Auld Lang Syne. A layer of grief in my body that I didn’t know was there kept vibrating in the silence after the song was over. I finally understand the word “pathos”.
It’s like Whitacre’s Sleep and Smallwood’s Total Praise had a jazz baby
EXACTLY THIS!!!
Jason Max Ferdinand is not conducting the music...he is the music!!
I was there! It was incredibly moving.
BRAVO to that choir and director, My God was a beautiful offering this is!
Listening to this, I would have known who wrote it even if you didn't tell me. This is so Jacob.
Let me make sure the director gets some love in the comments, cuz he did THAT!
Impossibly beautiful! This is an absolute marvel!
it was an honor to be in the same room as all these amazingly talented people. thanks for sharing this. i was WAY too far away to get any good video.
Sounds jut like a hymn you'd hear in church... profound!!
Though perhaps a touch more jazzy in harmony - and if your church choir sang 12-part instead of 4-part harmony.
The lyrics... The music...The wholeness! I'm not sure how I would handle this piece live. I guess my heart would just explode. And I'd be fine with that.
Your words are perfect! I wish all could appreciate what a gift he is to the world.
I thought I heard the Aeolian sound. Wonderful singers. Jacob, a great job, saw you feel to sing along.
if not for the person unfortunately talking in the video this recording would be perfect for the album (the live version is almost better than the album studio version - here you can really feel it) incredible song and composer!!!
Those aren't people talking, those are people vocalising because they can't contain their emotions. It's not distraczing, but part of live performance. The audience is present, ans just as important as the performers. Without them this wouldn't be nearly as electrial.
Really liked the live atmosphere of the video, puts you right there with the audience. It’s a great recording actually.
Thank u so much for posting! I went on tuesday and have dying to listen to this again and cant wait for Vol 4. Thank you thank you!!!
I was there Tuesday,too. My highlight.
As I listened to this I watched the clouds travel across the half moon…as if it was the soundtrack to the moment. Stunning! Perfection!
Out of this world, what a performance!
I wish I was in a chorus and would have the extreme pleasure to sing this with some choral friends!
Find yourself a choir that can sing 12 part jazz harmony, and you're set.
The overtones at 4:42 followed by that hmm🙌🏾❤
Maybe a beautiful piece for now during Eastertime?
But yes.. my first thougths were also someone who is going "home"
I was lucky enough to be there. The whole concert, but especially this piece, was breathtaking
Me quedé sin palabras…😮…casi no puedo creerlo que Jacob haya creado tal pieza musical …Bravo again again and again! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Hi Grant - Thanks for sharing this! I heard it first last February at the ACDA convention in Cincinatti. Such a stunning piece! Just to update your post a bit...I believe that Jason is now Director of Choral Activities at the University of Maryland. I think he may have left Oakwood a couple of years ago, but I could be wrong. :)
He could hang with Mozart and Bach with a choral piece like that ....
Or Verdi.
This is so amazing. I love the sopranos!!!
I am just awed by these voices and the incredible chemistry the singers have with their director.
Stunning choir, stunning piece. You lucky people got to do that. That happened. What a moment.
Incredible, out of this world ending !!
This is amazing! It occurs to me that there's an amazing opportunity to maybe work with Eric Whitacre and do a virtual choir piece... A forum where Jacob could literally write 20+ parts of harmony and have all the voices of the world sing... Hang on a minute - is Jacob Collier the real life Bill and Ted?!!!
i'm guessing you havent seen his moon river rendition yet? sounds a lot like something you are describing here
@@vytasffbismarck7001 Well yes, but he sings most of "Moon River" himself, except for the intro where he got all his friends to sing random tones and then assembled them.
Beautiful secular work in hymn style with modern harmonies. Maybe one day this brilliant composer will write a church cantata, hope so.
My hope is he rather writes for us all rather than a few.
No need for god, this is humanist music just accept it
@@pm9928True, one of the great choral works is the Brahms Requiem, which he called a "humanist" requiem.
astoundingly heart opening -- masterpiece..
Rumi, with harmony to soar over the words!
I'm weeping so bad!! 😭❤
this performance was otherworldly livr
Been thinking for years... he's pretty sure going to write something I want played at my funeral... guess I'm not alone with this one on my
"yup... ... so far" list. (Along with @Always look on the bright side of life" of course)
I mean (hopefully) not before the official version comes out... ahem... but not a bad send off eh ?
I was thinking the same thing today. Been listening to this for awhile now
This is a treasured video. Thank you.
I saw this on Sept 5, 2023, and it was my favorite part of the show. I sincerely hope this is a part of the Djesse VOL. 4 NA Tour. May 1 2024 can't some soon enough!
I was there too. Had the same feeling. I’ll be seeing him in 2 days in Boston😊
Me too. Like "A Rock Somewhere", it's not on tour for the obvious reasons except it did happen recently in Miami.
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Wow!!!
Moved me to tears
The middle seemed to have a lot of influence from a quiet place by take 6
Speechless!
Oh, my!
If I'm not mistaken, Dr. Ferdinand is now the DCA at the University of Maryland, a post he began in fall of 2022.
Yes. You're right.
Unutterably beautiful.
Can't wait to hear it in hq
Whaaaaaaat!!!!
Wow
❤
INSANE!!!
Wow.... Wow....
Ending was gorgeous, good job choir
Absolutely amazing young creative...