Requiem - Original music by Eliza Gilkyson, arr. by Craig Hella Johnson
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- "Requiem" was a song originally written by singer/songwriter Eliza Gilkyson in relief of the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia, taking over 260,000 lives.
Cutting-edge interpretations and superb ensemble singing are trademarks of From Age To Age. Founded by Artistic Director Andrew Miller in January 2007, From Age To Age has quickly made a name for itself in the upper Midwest. The ensemble performed as an auditioned professional ensemble at the 2010 MN ACDA convention, and shortly after was invited to perform as a premier professional ensemble at the 2011 ICDA Summer Symposium. From Age to Age was highlighted as a "Regional Spotlight" group on Minnesota Public Radio in 2010 and will be featured on the Classical Minnesota Public Radio Holiday CD "A Taste of the Holidays", vol. II coming this December. The CD is a joint collaboration with the nationally syndicated radio show "The Splendid Table". The ensemble has collaborated with several high school, honors, collegiate, and semi-professional ensembles including Kantorei, The Youth Chorale of Central Minnesota, The Duluth East Choralaires, Bismark State College Choirs, and the Brainerd High School Chamber Singers.
The members of From Age to Age come from all areas of Minnesota and North Dakota, brought together with a common passion for performing top quality a cappella music. They strive to share their talents with areas typically under-served in the choral arts. The ensemble makes it part of their mission to regularly perform at nursing and senior centers in the regions that they visit.
About Andrew Miller, Artistic Director Andrew Miller, founder and artistic director of From Age to Age, is an accomplished choral conductor, published composer/arranger, vocalist, and educator. Miller graduated from Brainerd High School in 2001 under the musical direction and inspiration of Dr. Michael Smith. Andrew holds a degree in vocal music education from Bemidji State University, and a masters degree in choral conducting from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Miller taught K-12 vocal music in the Long Prairie/Grey Eagle school district 2007-2008. Andrew has been invited as a guest clinician to the Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA) student convention in Mankato, MN, 2009, and to the Iowa Choral Directors Association (ICDA) Summer Symposium, July, 2011. Andrew is currently serving as Director of Choral Activities at Bismarck State College where he conducts the BSC Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, and Women's Chamber Ensemble, and teaches choral conducting, music theory, aural skills, and music appreciation.
History From Age To Age was founded at the turn of the new year, January, 2007. Initially, several singers from the former Hannah/Brokering Sacred Ensemble helped form the foundation. Singers from all areas of the state eventually joined the ensemble to create the group as it is today: a chamber ensemble of highly trained vocal artists that come together throughout the year in different areas of the upper Midwest. From Age to Age focuses not only on performance, but also on outreach and educational programming. The ensemble has expanded its touring area with each successive season. 2010-2011 started with an additional focus on the Twin Cities metro area, and expanded into North Dakota and Iowa..
From Age to Age has an active educational outreach program. The ensemble visits high schools and colleges across the upper Midwest, conducting focused educational workshops for both students and directors. In 2011, From Age to Age conducted workshops/collaborative performances with students at Bismarck State College (Bismarck, ND), St. Clair High School, and Lanesboro Senior and Junior High School. From Age to Age is currently accepting workshop inquiries for the 2011-2012 season. For more information, please contact info@fromagetoage.org. - บันเทิง
Whomever is hitting that super low bass note I CAN HEAR U
Which note are you talking about? I mean, there are a lot of strongs F2 but it's not that low (it's impressive because it's very well projected, but it's not that low). Did I miss a low C or something like that?
It's not especially log, but his projection is beautiful. When I performed this piece, I hope that we Bass 2's carried our part with this much clarity.
It’s the basses!🤗
It’s Andrew Miller (the one who posted the video) he is right in the middle of the choir. He was our artistic director. Source: I am a tenor in this video with glasses and sorta spiky hair.
When singing the my choir likes to Say “the bass will be bassing”
I remember crying while performing this in high school. It's just such a beautiful and moving piece.
Me too...so hard to sing without choking up :(
Me too😭
My choir is singing it this spring. I’m fully prepared to bawl out loud!!😭
@@jendesi4893 I can’t even LISTEN with a dry eye!
Literally same.
I sang this in college with the University Choir, and this was not that long after Katrina. After we finished singing it, I don't believe there was a single dry eye in the audience.
I have been singing in choirs for almost 60 years. This piece is my favorite. It always brings me to tears. The sopranos soar,
the tenors complete it, the bass line sustains, but the altos are beyond sublime. Thank you Eliza, thank you.
Altos rule. 😊
@@txmedic37 I'm a Bass 2 married to an Altoid and I can confirm: ALTOs RULE.
@@DMLand LOL
Me: I’m reading this and laughing at the comments below it..
Also 😭 it’s my goal to sing for more than half my life, so good job!!
Our church choir sang this piece during worship this morning. When we first rehearsed it, I was in tears. Today, many in the congregation came up to us after and told us how beautiful and moving it was. Incredible piece. Powerful. Haunting. The ebb and flow of the music so beautifully makes one think of the waves, gently rolling once the tsunami subsided.
This piece makes me feel like I'm about to pass out from the beauty
I sung this in choir about 8 years and still remember all the words. This song has stuck with me
If there's anything I love just as much as hearing people sing soulfully
It's watching them sing soulfully
Performing this piece for my University Choir this weekend, and no pieces, except for Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral for band, have ever made me break into tears in the middle of a run-through like this one. Truly beautiful, as simple as it really is.
Ooh...
Mother mary, full or grace, awaken,
All our homes are gone, our loved ones taken,
Taken by the sea,
Mother mary calm our fears, have mercy,
Drowning in a sea of tears, have mercy,
Hear our mournful plea,
Our world has been shaken,
We wander our homelands forsaken,
In the dark night of the soul bring some comfort to us all,
O mother mary come and carry us in your embrace,
That our sorrows may be faced,
Mary fill the glass to overflowing,
Illuminate the path where we are going,
Have mercy on us all,
In funeral fires burning,
Each flame to your mystery returning,
In the dark night of the soul your shattered dreamers,
Make them whole,
O mother mary find us where we've fallen out of grace,
Lead us to a higher place,
In the dark night of the soul our broken hearts you can make whole,
O mother mary come and carry us in your embrace,
Let us see your gentle face, Mary.
Ooh.
naomi check thank you.
Thank you so much for the lyrics
Oh my goodness tthis is one of the most s beautiful and heartfelt and emotionally profound pieces of choral music that I have listened to, and I am moved to tears
I’m currently in advanced sinfónico choir at Eldorado highschool in LV and I’m so excited to be able to sing this!! So peaceful and emotional
I sang this my senior year of high school with my concert choir. This song will have a very special place in my heart as a fellow classmate passed away that year and we sang this song at his funeral. Brings me to tears still four years later.
We’re doing this piece for our last concert of the year. Listening to it for the first time with the rest of the class was so moving, I almost shed a single tear because of how beautiful this piece is, how deep the lyrics are, and the emotion just hit really hard. Overall, super excited to sing this piece!
I'm singing this in choir for the second time. The first time I sang this song I was in 7th grade. I am now in 11th grade (Junior Year) and the words and sound of the song still gives me chills. I love this song and can't wait to sing it with my choir of around 100 students.
Im in eighth grade and I'm learning this song for a performance. Definitely my favorite song this year. Cant wait to sing it at a casmec performance with my 128 member choir.
I just got the chills listening
LOVE that they didn't rush the tempo. Should sound like a prayer and heartfelt, not like you're trying to get finished. Great job guys
Is it possible that these composers knew that our “hearts” needed this.
I feel a deep sense of longing when I hear these pieces. Lewis states that the greatest proof for eternity is that we are aware of it. This song seems to prove this point.
The tempo is perfect on this version!
my high school choir sang this on an alumni trip in europe this past summer... I remember when we sang this in L'Eglise Saint-Severin in Paris, a woman in the front row was sobbing by the end. most touching moment of my life. i'll never ever forget it
Why do those 14 people dislike this song. It is so beautiful and dedicated to the 2004 Asian tsunami victims.
This definitely pulls at my heart. I miss many of you!
I performed in Australia at the Sydney Opera House under Craig’s direction in 2018. So much talent and awesome person.
This song is beautiful because it is not only somewhat literal at times but also spiritual and meditative. This song could be sung almost anywhere, and that is the mark of a truly amazing piece.
I'm a choir director in Houston, TX. What we are experiencing right now, needs this. A gorgeous piece of music that I will share with my students.
Hello Rachel, I was looking this song up for that reason! It's so beautiful. I've sung this piece before, but to sing it again (I hope soon) I can't help but to think of what's going on in the world right now, you're so right. We need music like this. Hope your students enjoy this piece and that they can share this with others by singing it. Hope you are ok after the storm.
A song that is religous,a song that has perfect tune,a song that is for sadness,a song that gives chills,is this song,a song so beautiful that it makes me want to cry,gives me shivers,and has me wanting to sing it again and again,for choir or for church,this song is beautiful
It does sound beautifully haunting. I heard my college's rendition of this piece and I cried. It gave me the feeling of what the victims must have felt, during and after the tsunami.
Im singing this for choir as a tenor,but the beginning ooo's are challenging,but then its worth it after the piece is finished
Milkninjas the oos are only for sopranos though... why are you singing it as a tenor?
Diana Bui idk
Diana Bui
on the CHJ arr. : altos only on the 'ooo's'. but if a tenor can sing it! bring it! :-)
How beautifu! It takes one's soul to a higher place...
This song....this song....words will never be enough to express the deep meaning of this song has for me. Thank you. You used your heavenly voices to express what my heart wishes it could say. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Thank you Mr. Garbar. Thank you.... From your favorite bass.
This song makes me cry...
Sang this song last year with my schools choir and it was one of my favorite songs we've ever sang. Listening to it now after the loss of one of my greatest friends from that choir, it's really getting to me. Such a beautiful piece. RIP Eden
listening to this in Ireland...words cannot describe this video...I will simply say stunning,awesome,.........perfect!!!!!!
Sang this at my Honor Chorus. Such a nice piece and I got tingles singing and listening to it.
I did also back in high school. Such a haunting, but beautiful song.
I love playing this every chance I get! Not only is it absolutely beautiful, but it also reminds me of our dear deceased friend, David Crowley, since he was the one who shot and made this short video. Of course, this venue was a fantastic place to hear you in concert,
Thank you, Donna.
Thank you for being a part of this magic moment.
Every single element of this video is full of amazing energy. The music, every phrase of the piano, so moving! The choir’s voices, their faces, their connection and musicianship and the video. A magic moment.✨
So thank you to your late friend who filmed it.
I can only image how it was to be a part of this moment in life.
I just discovered this video, but I will come here often.
Thank you!❤
My HS choir preformed this as a group number with all 300+ of us for the hurricane Harvey victims, my favorite song in my 8 years of choir
This is the most incredible version of the song that I have heard. I can't stop coming back to it. I sang this three years ago and it touched my heart so greatly...it brought tears to my eyes then, but this version brings so much more to me. Thank you. Thank you so much for this.
A most gorgeous rendition of this beautiful song. One of the best, if not the best I've heard. We sing this in our choir, The St Edward's University Masterworks Singers from Austin, Tx where we're very proud of Eliza Gilkyson and Craig Hella Johnson, both Austinites. Bravo!!! :)
my chamber choir is singing this song and the words are just amazing
Sublimement beau ! ! !
Heard this performed at a UTEP Student Choral performance in honor of the all of recent Hurricane victims and those who lost their lives in Las Vegas. A compelling performance of a gorgeous song.
Beautiful!❤
Stunning! Thank you!
this song will remain one of my absolute favorite songs to sing.
soprano section sounds like one angelic voice, i love it
This is a beautiful song
We sang this song at Downtown Disney. Memories.
I sang this song back in December 2008 when my choir deparments' mother and son were both killed in a botched home burglary. Since that day i always love to hear this song and I love making arrangements of this song!! :)
My sisters choir just sang the song Thursday it is really beautiful
The a capella section at 3:44 breaks my heart every time: whether performing or listening to this piece.
I sang this with my high school choir. It's so beautiful!
+Walter “TheOneWhoKnocks” White So did I brought us to tears every time we sang it
Same here
I'm going to study with my chorus in Turin this beautiful and amazing song.....and we like it much ...it's sweet ....touching and Eliza Gilkyson is great !!! I like your performance..♫♫.Greetings from Italy ♫♫
I dont know why but this song came back to me after hearing about Notre Dame today
This is such a beautiful piece our show choir is doing this song which is 7- 11 graders as of now and this is the most amazing choir I've heard sing it! Goosebumps throughout!!!!
I think it's beautiful/eerie that in the very beginning the statue of Mary is the only one brightly illuminated
Since I performed this with my choir a few years ago, I have desperately tried to find a youtube video of this song that I feel reflects the song not only with wonderful musicianship, blend, and timing but also with the beautiful passion the song so deserves.Stunning. Breathtaking. Perfect. Makes me wish I was there to see it live or even standing beside you all.
Very beautiful song!
Beautiful and comforting! Thank you so much for all the hard work you put in bringing this lovely healing music to us!
My daughter's chorus performed this last night. Her choral director claimed that the references to Mother Mary aren't religious references.
Not only did the piece have me in tears, but the fact that there was a little speech beforehand to explain away the religious overtones of the poem/song saddened me.
I love this piece and will be singing it with the university choir for a candlelight service. I believe that the director might have been explaining that since a lot of people might find the religious reference to be offensive. I guess kind of like the reason why people have to say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas" at supermarkets. I don't, however, understand why people would find the content offensive. I am not a very religious person, but I can still appreciate how beautiful and meaningful the piece is.
+Suzanne Charpentier The good intentions behind the lyrics speaks for themselves. I'm not catholic, but i don't need anything explained away, it's a beautiful song, and the intentions are good. That's all that matters!
I think the Choir director should just had done his job waving those hands instead of talking ;) !
Perfect rendition, thank you all!❤
I sang this song two years ago with Borah High School and I still cry listening to it
You're right Paul. I have updated the information. Thanks for catching that for us!
I’m singing this in choir this year in my high school, and I feel like I might cry as I’m singing honestly. I am a tenor right now, I’m also in 10th grade (Sophomore Year) in high school. But R.I.P to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami victims 😔😢😭
I'm doing this song for my choir concert it's a sad song but I like it
sang this at a dear friend's funeral
Merci c'est très beau
I absolutely LOVE your performance of this song and am so happy to see it here on TH-cam! --In addition, I was in attendance at this particular event and I thought it was probably the very best of the From Age to Age concerts that I have attended. I would love to have a CD or DVD of this performance and I very much look forward to hearing this group again in the Bascilical.
OMG...ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!!!!!
God has stricken my feels... They are shattered, now... Brilliant... :,)
Goshh goosebumps😍🥰😘
I'm learning this song and it's amazing to hear when we perform it.
this song is so beautiful. I am crying now
I am so excited I get to sing this in my choir
We are singing this song for All- County Chorus :) I love this song
We've been learning this in my choir - brings me to tears everytime
what an incredible song about such an awful tragedy
Beautiful, simply, beautiful.
such a beautiful song, gives me a tear every time
Absolutely stunning.
My school chorus is singing this song for our show case concert and for MPA's and I'm so excited to learn it!!!
Magnificent, haunting, inspirational.
the choir group sounds amazing.
This brought me to tears today it was so beautifully sung. Thank you for sharing this video.
Your welcome. Keep singing, it's gorgeous. Props to you for not changing the lyrics like so many others have done with this inspired piece of music. Ms Gilkyson is very gracious to allow it but really it is a plea invoking the Feminine, the Mother of us all, Mother Mary was who she chose and she is not a "religious" person.
Thank you for this wonderful gift.
so simple yet so moving
Painfully beautiful!
Lovely
Tears
Unbelievably intense!!! Absolute beauty.
Magnifico!!
You have to wonder who the 13 dislikes came from
Their Lip Readers
Tom Shiveley people with no taste?
People who didn't like the video, no du
those F2's 😍
I performed this at UNA this year.
The best
that soprano is amazing! 2:05 you'll thank me
DAT BASS!
SUBLIME ! ! ! ! ! !
I don’t believe in god or any religion but I love this song.
This is the first time I've ever heard of this ensemble and watched your performance on TH-cam. The music is so profound and your singing is so beautiful that I nearly cried. Thank you for uploading this. By the way, my ensemble, the Formosa Singers, is visiting the States this July. I hope to buy some of your CDs then because it's probably hard to get any in Taiwan.... Please tell me where/how I can find your CDs. Thanks again. Love and regards from Taiwan.
We sang it unconducted, we were just trying to engage one another and the audience as much as possible while having the music to cheat at (lyrics especially)
Not even religious but this is pretty nice
This song always breaks my heart when listen to it because I first heard of it heard of it after the Sandy Hook shooting.