The King's Singers - Down to the River to Pray (Trad., arr. Philip Lawson)

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  • @nolangimpel39
    @nolangimpel39 4 ปีที่แล้ว +232

    What a nice arrangement of this song. It makes me miss singing in a choir.

    • @karindickinson7993
      @karindickinson7993 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too ! I sung for 14 years while we lived in Suffolk in our BENEFICE CHOIR.
      We have now moved back to
      GERMANY .
      I miss it so much !!!

    • @evelynap9728
      @evelynap9728 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes Lord I try hard not to loose my voice.When will this situation end

    • @denjua1
      @denjua1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@karindickinson7993 willkommen zurück :) geh doch hier in DE in einen Chor? 👍🏻

    • @denjua1
      @denjua1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@evelynap9728 u mean 🦠?

    • @evelynap9728
      @evelynap9728 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@denjua1 was bedeutet das grüne Teil ?🤔

  • @rileypark6009
    @rileypark6009 4 ปีที่แล้ว +225

    So impressed!! OMG THE SECOND COUNTERTENOR KILLED IT!! Probably the best in my opinion. I love how his lower register isn’t airy and it sounds like he is using upper mixed voice. Bravissimo!!!

    • @eneedham789
      @eneedham789 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I was just thinking the same! Also first time I’ve heard the new 2nd baritone sing solo. Very rich baritone sound!

    • @roonbare2769
      @roonbare2769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tempo is far too fast for this beautiful old hymn . Not sure why they sang it so "bippity boppity"
      Guess its just my Southern USA ears . Sounds so "off" to me.

    • @gatozarin
      @gatozarin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yup he is *really* good... it’s how a countertenor should sound in my opinion

    • @paulsmith5752
      @paulsmith5752 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@gatozarin Been privileged to sing with Eddie a few times, on the same part. He's such a good singer but very, perhaps excessively, humble about his own talent.

    • @gatozarin
      @gatozarin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@paulsmith5752 omggggg that’s awesome that you got to sing with him! I’m also a countertenor myself and I can only dream about something like that hahah and yes he does seem to have a very very humble personality

  • @creepypastime1664
    @creepypastime1664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Can we talk about that last guy that legit sounded so beautiful. Holy moly

  • @skippymagrue
    @skippymagrue 4 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    It's an interesting mix of old southern spiritual with the British style of choral singing.

    • @EC2019
      @EC2019 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Interesting as in it doesn't work. lol

    • @jimmymoloney7360
      @jimmymoloney7360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@EC2019 you are right about that one, i wish they had just tried it in their accents instead of a mix

    • @JazzyAudioz
      @JazzyAudioz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      It’s not British style. It’s just how proper choral vowel sounds like. With the proper technique, it sounds nice. But when it comes to American vowels, must admit, it does sound bad compared to the Latin vowels. Proper choral technique is with tall open mouths while the modern American technique is wide open mouths.

    • @EricTheRea
      @EricTheRea 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Yeah, interesting in the way that eating fried chicken and drinking Earl Grey tea would be interesting.

    • @lil-lionryan
      @lil-lionryan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@JazzyAudioz proper choral vowels are whatever vowels fit the genre of the song. A bunch of white guys singing this kind of spiritual strips all the interesting parts of it. It's pretty, but it's not what the song is supposed to sound like.

  • @musiclover148
    @musiclover148 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Yes, Lord, show us the Way. The world really needs Him now.

  • @DanielStarnowski
    @DanielStarnowski 4 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    For all basses trying to sing along:
    1:37 "Lord, show me THE way" - bass still singing c, notes show A.
    1:45 "don't you wanna go DOWN" - bass singing G, while notes show B (H)
    1:50 "TO pray" - like first one, c instead of A.
    2:16 "down" missing in the text
    (yes, I'm bored and have nothing else to do right now...)
    BTW. The song is GREAT! :)

    • @temporamen
      @temporamen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, I'm a bass lol

    • @symfrick
      @symfrick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You are really bored why dont you get a group of people and start working on singing in a distance at least you have ears for this ;) and next time try to listen at the distance first before looking in a score you'll get totally different perception of what you hear

    • @christopherpericolosi-king4979
      @christopherpericolosi-king4979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah I noticed that too, but I easily figured the correct notes out. However, musically, (I have a music education degree) its not inaccurate. This is called a counter-harmony, and the bass holds that note to add just a color to it that SEEMS off. They ARE singing about going to pray about repentance from sin, so adding the mixed harmonies kind of gives it a slightly off feeling (kinda like sin?) so to me, this was an intentional scoring by the arranger. Well done ya'll!

    • @ZipplyZane
      @ZipplyZane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It doesn't make sense to me to include the score if they're not gonna ng to follow it. If you just want it for effect, why not at least change it to match what you actually sang?

    • @christopherpericolosi-king4979
      @christopherpericolosi-king4979 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ZipplyZane artistic liberty!!

  • @GAR23LOVMUZ
    @GAR23LOVMUZ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Beautiful Gift Of Music Gentlemen. Very Much Needed🎵

  • @jimmiepatrum
    @jimmiepatrum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Beautiful. Just beautiful. How much even more beautiful will it be when we can walk down to the river of life in Heaven! Diane in NC.

  • @thethikboy
    @thethikboy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Such a moving black spiritual - full of divine uplifting inspiration. The King's Singers render it with reverent perfection.

    • @etheldingleberry8075
      @etheldingleberry8075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It could just as easily be an Appalachian song or a Southern Gospel song, so not necessarily a negro spiritual.

    • @parkerbrown-nesbit1747
      @parkerbrown-nesbit1747 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not a Black spiritual. It's originally Appalachian (if I remember correctly). It's found in shape note tradition originally.

    • @C.Hughes-Lloyd
      @C.Hughes-Lloyd 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      No, not a Black spiritual song.

    • @thethikboy
      @thethikboy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@C.Hughes-Lloyd "Down in the River to Pray" (also known as "Down to the River to Pray," "Down in the Valley to Pray," "The Good Old Way," and "Come, Let Us All Go Down") is a traditional American song variously described as a Christian folk hymn, an African-American spiritual, an Appalachian song, and a Southern gospel song. The exact origin of the song is unknown. The most famous version, featured in O Brother Where Art Thou?, uses a pentatonic scale, common in many African American spirituals.

    • @C.Hughes-Lloyd
      @C.Hughes-Lloyd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thethikboy Try to read comments properly boy. My comment still stands. Btw, copying and pasting from Wiki (of all sources fgs 🤦) does not make anyone look credible.

  • @ptaylor4923
    @ptaylor4923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love them. I've always loved them. They are fabulous!

    • @mo1240
      @mo1240 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      PERFECT HARMONY

  • @stenfjord1
    @stenfjord1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I posted this on my FB page and offered it as an immediate antidote to the toxic news and commentaries filling our world right now. The response to this great little gem has been far better than I had imagined it would! Very timely!

  • @ChristophKeßeler
    @ChristophKeßeler ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tolle Truppe, macht Spaß zu zuhören.

  • @ramonascheffler9612
    @ramonascheffler9612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Es war einfach phantastisch, habe regelrecht Gaensehaut bekommen und war zu Tränen gerührt.

  • @147Heart
    @147Heart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i watched these guys in concert last year and i sat with an open mouth the whole evening ^^ wanna go back

  • @messiasullmann
    @messiasullmann 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So beautiful all voices!!
    Thank's for this precious moment!!

  • @sharonhoare5790
    @sharonhoare5790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant

  • @cyph2111
    @cyph2111 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Please please please do more of this. Beautiful sound as always. Also, LOVE seeing the sheet music on screen with the vocals!

  • @edenrosest
    @edenrosest 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks God indeed... Because
    I thought no young Christian singer is in UK anymore.
    Beautiful spiritual song with great harmony. Very impressed.

  • @alexgudmundsen3995
    @alexgudmundsen3995 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is probably my favorite arrangement of this song.

  • @wenglishsal
    @wenglishsal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yet another cracking performance chaps.. Wonderful as always.. *sighs*

  • @zsuzsannadr.prezenszki5508
    @zsuzsannadr.prezenszki5508 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    God bless you, Guys!

  • @ThomasMuller-l1x
    @ThomasMuller-l1x 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    this was my chamber chiors first preformence, and it has inspired me to arrange and write my own peices

  • @suzannecranny9838
    @suzannecranny9838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Amazing, I love this song and once wrote a Christmas version for my UK class. Fantastic!

  • @agataludwiczak6910
    @agataludwiczak6910 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Balsam für die Seele. Danke für dieses schöne Video.

  • @verdatum
    @verdatum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That sound just washes over me like a calm shower. Thank you for this.

  • @GpD79
    @GpD79 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Nice job fellas. I'm really enjoying these during these quarantined times. They give me something to look forward to. Keep 'em coming fellas.

  • @yzoneworld
    @yzoneworld 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I heard the 2002 version when I was so young. Good times.

  • @pauljsm
    @pauljsm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love them! I love them! I love them!

  • @MsLuckymel
    @MsLuckymel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just loved this! I so love musicans that can play and singers that can sing (no auto-tune required!). sounds ridiculous and obvious, but these days, everything is enhanced and manipulated. Such a glorious breath of fresh air to let these beautiful, talented men sing and let it just wash over me. ahhhhhhh

  • @ArchetypeGotoh
    @ArchetypeGotoh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh wow, that man lives in his falsetto, that’s incredible, i squeak so terribly up there

  • @fabianarovere3885
    @fabianarovere3885 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Natale senza i King's Sisters non è Natale, magnifica questa idea di potere cantare con loro.

  • @johnpaulcalma4369
    @johnpaulcalma4369 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is so valuable! I've always been a choir boy and I've been stuck at home for 4mo now. Singing along to this is the closest thing to choir practice I can get! I love you King's Singers!

  • @ow2750
    @ow2750 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    brilliant absolut brilliant! love ur voices ... brilliant done!

  • @michelespagnolo9864
    @michelespagnolo9864 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My God Nick is amazing on these solos!

  • @pierettacervellini5470
    @pierettacervellini5470 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The third's is an angel..

  • @garyhinkle5736
    @garyhinkle5736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful Arrangement, Beautifully Performed As Always By 'The King's Singers' 🎵

  • @parkerbrown-nesbit1747
    @parkerbrown-nesbit1747 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful, just beautiful!

  • @charlottekinnear9235
    @charlottekinnear9235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Love the lambardic rhythms in this piece.

  • @francoiselefloch9315
    @francoiselefloch9315 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Magnifique, voix superbes
    L'anglais s'y prête tant...

  • @annandsasidharan1912
    @annandsasidharan1912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Thanks for the sing along sheet. :-)

  • @jackbarbey
    @jackbarbey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Absolutely beautiful. I got to come see you guys in person a couple of years ago, and I was absolutely astounded. I’ve been in many singing ensembles and done some vocal recording and production, but never had I heard an ensemble that was so amazingly locked together. All the entrances and exits were perfectly timed, every note was exactly in tune, and all the timbres blended perfectly. I could not believe that any ensemble could produce such music live. Thank you for sharing this during these extraordinary times, and I look forward to hearing more!

  • @elliotportner8020
    @elliotportner8020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fine lyric bel canto delivery of a sacred hymn very beautiful delivery

  • @charlesbevitt6727
    @charlesbevitt6727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fabulous! What I wouldn’t give to have their tenor section in my men’s Barbershop chorus!

  • @aaronplummer8686
    @aaronplummer8686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you, gentlemen, for sharing this. It got me through a tough time, last year.

  • @DiddlyPenguin
    @DiddlyPenguin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderful. It’s great to listen to guys that can really sing

  • @geovanniinusa5973
    @geovanniinusa5973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a fantastic rendition! Just fantastic!

  • @heathergerbyshak4078
    @heathergerbyshak4078 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is absolutely gorgeous.

  • @veronicasommer5513
    @veronicasommer5513 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Absolutely wonderful

  • @СусаннаФилатова-т2ь
    @СусаннаФилатова-т2ь 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Превосходно. Лучшее исполнение. Перепели русских. Низкий поклон.

  • @Liruzhen
    @Liruzhen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Splendid performance gentlemen! Beautiful as always. Each of you has truly superlative talents. But I must say that we usually sing this hymn more slowly in the States. Thank you, and best regards.

    • @AIWboojum
      @AIWboojum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What? No we don't.

    • @Liruzhen
      @Liruzhen 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Generally speaking we do sing this hymn more slowly in the United States. There are many videos on this site where we can compare. But as I said, the King' s Singers sing this song magnificently.

    • @roonbare2769
      @roonbare2769 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree, Seems sped up like x2 to me lol, WAY too fast.
      Example :
      th-cam.com/video/mulxxoAKf20/w-d-xo.html

  • @sunandab578
    @sunandab578 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Beautiful

  • @teresadouglas6308
    @teresadouglas6308 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    BEAUTIFUL!

  • @liladickes3845
    @liladickes3845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What an absolute delight! You guys look and sound great!

  • @margaretwang3818
    @margaretwang3818 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So beautiful! I love watching you sing and being able to follow the score. Please continue to put these out!

  • @itsHeatherKay
    @itsHeatherKay 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mighty spiritual men of God, very impressive brothers.

  • @Dave-ti2ue
    @Dave-ti2ue 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My college choir director would be in his glory.

  • @tasmonic
    @tasmonic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Congratulations guys! Beautiful arrangement done as only you can do.

  • @hermutlohr8681
    @hermutlohr8681 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is just georgeous to listen to and to watch! Best from Germany, Hermut

    • @hermutlohr8681
      @hermutlohr8681 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      sorry: gorgeous :-)

    • @nicholasneyhart396
      @nicholasneyhart396 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't apologise for a simple mistake, especially in a second language. I bet you speak better English than I do German.

  • @まゆまゆ-t3n
    @まゆまゆ-t3n 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How can i live without music ?

  • @おうみ川
    @おうみ川 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    素晴らしい・・!!皆さんの声の調和も、とっても素敵です!!

  • @Merrypotter473
    @Merrypotter473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lovely arrangement ... Noticed the rhoticity; very appropriate given the origin of the piece.

  • @davidfisher5140
    @davidfisher5140 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    INCREDIBLE!! This is a must share.

  • @PollyannaTragic
    @PollyannaTragic 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love you guys!!

  • @chantegrave
    @chantegrave 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    magnifique travail

  • @susannethies2538
    @susannethies2538 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    👍👍👍Greetings from Germany!
    You are great ! Thanks 😙

  • @marciopaivateixeira5052
    @marciopaivateixeira5052 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful! Congratulations from Brazil

  • @ltvalderramav
    @ltvalderramav 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!

  • @samuelmwangi5860
    @samuelmwangi5860 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing...Awesome...incredibly unbelievable voices!

  • @jamescormick4936
    @jamescormick4936 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I loved it. There isn't only one way to sing a song, despite what some of the commenters say. If you want another good example of this, listen to Pentatonix's versions of traditional Christmas carols.

  • @darlenelipuma7769
    @darlenelipuma7769 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOVE

  • @cajsheen2594
    @cajsheen2594 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    GREAT! Thanks XXX

  • @mizbee2
    @mizbee2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    lovely

  • @cerenaseawell5753
    @cerenaseawell5753 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thano you!!!

  • @mago3331
    @mago3331 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    fantastico !

  • @kazuchangumu
    @kazuchangumu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you , Very beautiful harmony!

  • @debbenoist4561
    @debbenoist4561 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic voices

  • @vuke500
    @vuke500 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    With the sheet showed above is so great 👍 that I like, thanks!

  • @AntonioSantosGarcia
    @AntonioSantosGarcia 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very touching

  • @adelaidasorzano7254
    @adelaidasorzano7254 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hermoso

  • @darlenenelson215
    @darlenenelson215 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    just beautiful! Amen to that performance 🙏

  • @renierarcia5487
    @renierarcia5487 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    me encanto que voces tan lindas

  • @GreatScot0425
    @GreatScot0425 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh my! I think this is definitely the best rendition of this arrangement I have ever heard!

  • @frogmouth
    @frogmouth 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    really enjoyable and loved having the music . great singalong material!

  • @Bee-tz2hg
    @Bee-tz2hg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So incredibly beautiful 😭😊

  • @lukegriffith5232
    @lukegriffith5232 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely beautiful.

  • @MrSteve280
    @MrSteve280 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful

  • @gundulahense6839
    @gundulahense6839 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love your Swinging, guys!!

  • @crabbyoldman8209
    @crabbyoldman8209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok the baritone in the blue shirt is just having too much fun. I've noticed it in several videos. Too much fun! lol

  • @santiagogodoy8347
    @santiagogodoy8347 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Youre the best, guys. Simply beautiful

  • @danmcglaun1
    @danmcglaun1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Such a great performance. Thanks King's Singers for giving us this in this time when we all need something great to believe in. So very nice...

  • @Parbruek
    @Parbruek 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. Just... thanks! I needed this.

  • @roswithaludwig6647
    @roswithaludwig6647 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful voices!

  • @harmonie3265
    @harmonie3265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    UN ÉMERVEILLEMENT ❤️😍👏😍❤️😍👏🙏🏻🙏🏻🕊👏😍❤️💓💗🤗👍❤️😍👏🕊🙏🏻

  • @paulschmolke188
    @paulschmolke188 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Impeccable harmony, fine arrangement.

  • @l.baughman1445
    @l.baughman1445 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful!!

  • @donwood7700
    @donwood7700 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very nice!

  • @rrrjjj5572
    @rrrjjj5572 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The title of the song is "Down in the River to Pray." The "in" is often changed to a "to", but that changes the song, which is about wading into the river for baptism. As always, the King's Singers are extraordinary!

    • @elifg1328
      @elifg1328 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for this explanation

  • @mariahelenacardoso2541
    @mariahelenacardoso2541 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Descobri vocês a pouco tempo, contudo é maravilhoso ouví-los. Amei, assim posso acompanhar. Com a letra é super legal! Bravo, bravíssimo 👏👏👏

  • @catherineperre1072
    @catherineperre1072 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    C’est vraiment très beau.

  • @madeleinesmith8199
    @madeleinesmith8199 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful - I love this song