VOCES8 & The King's Singers: Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel) - Billy Joel (arr. Philip Lawson)

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The King's Singers and VOCES8 collaborate for the first time to sing Billy Joel's beautiful 'Lullabye' arranged by Philip Lawson.
Recorded at the VOCES8 Centre in London, and first aired on 24th July 2021 for LIVE From London Summer 2021.

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@KSfan4ever 2 года назад

And this, folks, is how it's done. Phrasing, blend, harmony, breath control, emotionality, gentleness and sheer beauty of sound are hallmarks of both these premier groups. And to do it together - wow.

@libbynoska7379 2 года назад

Yes Yes Yes

@TDHChoir 2 года назад

And no vibrato! Bloody brilliant!

@maxi-g Год назад

ok joe

@karstenberg3954 Год назад

Absolutely!

@michaeltutty1540 Год назад

@@TDHChoir So true. With close harmony like that, even a hint of vibrato would have killed the chords. Instead the resultant tones have the angels singing.

@belmontbug 3 месяца назад

I am coming 80. Music has been my life. The number of covers that I have thought were better than the original I can count on one hand. This is one of them, Pure, pure class. Brilliantly written by Billy Joel. But VOCES8 and the Kings singers have taken this beautiful song to a whole new heavenly place.

@TheFlyingBrain. 2 года назад

May every child on this planet grow up knowing the love and safety expressed in this song...

@sarac.3259 2 года назад

That is a beautiful sentiment... I wish and I hope. 🙏

@MsBteddy 2 месяца назад

😢 SO MANY DON'T. LORD PROTECT THE LITTLE SOULS IN DANGER.

@SimonDavid 3 года назад

Am I dreaming? Two of my favourite vocal groups together, absolutely magnificent!

@matildekrottfrisoni4847 3 года назад

Magnifico

@rouxnefivaz9524 3 года назад

Literally my reaction as well!!! Love it so much.

@rolandwidmer6354 3 года назад

eeeexaaaactly !!! love it

@gordonpereira2791 3 года назад

riiigggght???

@rachelmendez1 3 года назад

Siii, he pensando lo mismo

@ILoveMagic15 3 года назад

These singers are as close to perfection as you can humanly get. Angelic!

@noelmills5619 2 года назад

Wonderful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@astro2863 Год назад

As only the Brits can do ❤

@sccrguy610 3 года назад

I’m not crying, you’re crying… No wait, we’re both crying,

@michelespagnolo9864 3 года назад

Well there you have it, a pinnacle of choral music. My favorite male ensemble and my favorite mixed ensemble, singing together. More of this, please ❤️

@nelsonmartinmusic 3 года назад

I couldn't agree more. I would swim mountains and climb rivers to be able to hear them live together.

@danmcglaun1 3 года назад

MORE MORE MORE MORE!!!!!!!

@srdavio 3 года назад

Me too! My absolute favorite ensembles.

@catkin3 2 года назад

Indescribably beautifull - I wish they sang together more often - unsurpasable sounds.

@hilarythomas6297 2 года назад

Beautiful together and separately. More please.

@highphlyer 3 года назад

Lullabys aren't just for children -- they are for all of us.......

@Troubleshooter125 6 месяцев назад

Billy Joel created something extraordinary with this Lullabye and did justice to it on _River of Dreams._ Now VOCES8 and The King's Singers took Billy's creation to a whole 'nother level of exquisite beauty. Truly jaw-dropping.

@singingislife18 Месяц назад

My Dad used to sing this to me when I was little. He has alzheimers now and while his body is there my Dad is gone. Thank you for the memory even if it hurts like hell

@Zoomo2697 Месяц назад

“It is not so much what people suffer that makes the world mysterious; it is rather how much they miss when they suffer. They seem to forget that even as children they made obstacles in their games in order to have something to overcome. Why, then, when they grow into man’s estate, should there not be prizes won by effort and struggle? Cannot the spirit of man rise with adversity as the bird rises against the resistance of the wind? Do not the game fish swim upstream? Must not the chisel cut away the marble to bring out the form? Must not the seed falling to the ground die before it can spring forth into life? Must not grapes be crushed that there may be wine to drink, and wheat ground that there may be bread to eat? Why then cannot pain be made redemption? Why under the alchemy of Divine Love cannot crosses be turned into crucifixes? Why cannot chastisements be regarded as penances? Why cannot we use a cross to become God-like? We cannot become like Him in His Power; we cannot become like Him in His Knowledge. There is only one way we can become like Him, and that is in the way He bore His sorrows and His Cross. And that way was with love. It is love that makes pain bearable.” ― Fulton J. Sheen Hugs and ❤ to you and your Father

@krenickymusic1 3 года назад

The dislikes prove that there are people on this earth that have no soul.

@kubastanek14 3 года назад

Of course there are. They're called gingers.

@JemJustiniano 3 года назад

Or no taste, culture, etc. They may have also been pierced so good, they hated that this song got to their vulnerable side🤭

@wmbaak 3 года назад

Or they don't have the right ears for this excellent piece of music

@Webskey 3 года назад

With a performance like this, I don’t even bother with the dislikes or downvotes

@SALEENS7GTR5 3 года назад

I wish I could hear this for the first time, every time.

@apolinariaapolinaria6986 3 года назад

No no it is a symptom of a very bad disease

@de33iene 3 года назад

What a smart wish

@doemme53 5 месяцев назад

no, I prefer to hear it over and over again - it's never quite the same...

@ilyasivkov 3 года назад

I am so excited to see my two favorite ensembles singing together at the first (hope, not the last!) time!

@ГлафираСлеченко 3 года назад

@bgtech4530 3 года назад

I fully agree; hope for much more!

@FLASHEDnBANGED 3 года назад

I was just about to say the same thing! Hope to see more ❤️

@MusicalEntity 3 года назад

Oh seriously! And them singing Billy Joel too. Did this just become my favorite thing ever? YES!

@davidgiles9802 3 года назад

A magnificent performance,may we have far more from these two group's together.

@timothysmith7888 Год назад

I cannot overstate how exhilarating it is to hear exquisitely talented human beings achieve such a perfect balance & blend of harmonies and, dynamics, without the interference of auto-tune and other, technological atrocities. Pure Heaven!

@marielloyd5018 3 года назад

When I was very small my older sister would sing this song to me before bed. It made me cry back then because I thought she sang it so sweetly and beautifully, now I'm hearing it again many years later and I'm so grateful-thank you, thank you! ❤️

@ferdinandsitompul8428 3 года назад

lovely.

@pdromeo3362 3 года назад

What a beautiful memory! It touched your heart so much…

@astrigroth923 2 года назад

That is so Sweet! 🥰🥰🥰

@leelaturanga5461 2 года назад

I can never listen to this without weeping. It completely undoes me, I fall apart. I had to sing this in choir during a really tough time in my life. This was sung and arranged so beautifully that the tears flow even harder, your voices, the melody and the words say all that was in my heart.

@mireilledemeuter1398 Год назад

We sing it in my choir, and for me it's very difficult because it also makes me cry and my voice is awfully trembling !

@Matt-wf7ry 7 месяцев назад

A bit dramatic wouldn't you say? Lmao

@michaelmichael4686 7 месяцев назад

Me, too. Crying as I listen, missing my little girl who was taken from me five years ago.

@leelaturanga5461 7 месяцев назад

@@michaelmichael4686 Oh hon. God bless you.

@kenelkins9858 2 месяца назад

I don't know you but I agree

@ioanagaby 3 года назад

Goodnight, my angel Time to close your eyes And save these questions for another day I think I know what you've been asking me I think you know what I've been trying to say I promised I would never leave you And you should always know Wherever you may go No matter where you are I never will be far away Goodnight, my angel Now it's time to sleep And still so many things I want to say Remember all the songs you sang for me When we went sailing on an emerald bay And like a boat out on the ocean I'm rocking you to sleep The water's dark and deep Inside this ancient heart You'll always be a part of me Goodnight, my angel Now it's time to dream And dream how wonderful your life will be Someday your child may cry And if you sing this lullabye Then in your heart There will always be a part of me Someday we'll all be gone But lullabyes go on and on... They never die That's how you And I Will be Gorgeous rendition❤️

@rosaameliafigueiredo6651 3 года назад

It,s a incredible song... like somebody took me in his ir her arms and Said : It is ok...all is allright, dear Rose.

@junglemonkey2310 3 года назад

What an incredible sweet, soothing music this is and thank you for placing the words here. I will listen to this again and again. A thousand thanks to singers and the person that posted the words.

@gerbrand8132 3 года назад

Thank you👍

@giuliagiraffe 2 года назад

mulțumesc!

@marthafazzini9835 2 года назад

Amen

@danbale8042 Год назад

Boy, what I would give to sit in a corner of that performance setting. I promise not to breathe a whisper.

@wendidicheng 2 года назад

My dog passed away today and I thought of this song. Cookie - you will always be remembered. Good night, my angel; you can now rest in peace.

@signekroner4588 3 месяца назад

😢

@christianreisz8014 3 года назад

Zwei der weltbesten Ensembles vereint präsentieren perfekte Intonation in einem wundervollen Lied. Musik vom Feinsten mit viel Gefühl und sichtbarer Freude dargeboten. Bitte, bitte bereichert die Welt mit weiteren gemeinsamen Produktionen! Einfach großartig!

@pupsteufelchen 3 года назад

Absolut 👍

@julia4427 3 года назад

🙏🤗👌

@bgtech4530 3 года назад

@@pupsteufelchen Dem kann ich mich nur vollumfänglich anschließen!

@notlih11 2 года назад

"Two of the world's best ensembles united, presenting perfect intonation in a wonderful song. The finest music offered with much feeling and visible joy. Please, please enrich the world with further joint productions! Simply great!"

@richardlee-vandendaele3008 2 года назад

Genau!

@gooddaysahead1 Год назад

Humans. We can be as profound as the heavens. Why then do we use this power for such spectacular cruelty? If we can do this, we can be so much better.

@MichaelLucas-d5q Месяц назад

Thank you for this basic truth….🐢

@foolbritannia956 Месяц назад

Why can’t we live in harmony?

@gooddaysahead1 Месяц назад

@@foolbritannia956 We don't practice enough

@sofieandersen8752 12 дней назад

such a beautiful truth

@chrisgrunch7055 12 дней назад

Selfishness ruins unity.

@annenyman678 5 месяцев назад

There is nothing as beautiful as the human voice.

@mulhatton 3 года назад

Gosh, how do you even comment on something that is musically and visually so perfect. 👏👏👏👏👏👏

@billt3357 3 года назад

Well said! 💞

@davidjones638 3 года назад

Exquisite….close to tears here.

@jondoyle44 2 года назад

💚💚💚

@kropchik 2 года назад

With a Cleanex

@JrPurwoto 3 года назад

WE DON’T DESERVE THIS 😭🥺 Ps: Can we have a whole album please?

@markterenzi1233 Месяц назад

My favorite choral performance ever!! The tears flow - thank you, Kings Singers and VOCES8

@JaneGundry-h6p Месяц назад

Wow! Simply breathtaking! I love this song. These two groups blended so effortlessly and beautifully. Simply amazing!

@MrJdsenior 11 месяцев назад

This darned song makes me cry every time, this was Billy absolutely skying. Some of the prettiest music on Earth in my opinion. Simplicity and beauty personified.

@georgdausel9523 2 года назад

Oh Halleluja :)! Be blessed All of you. I cried the whole song. I cried because of Jesus mercy to me and my life. I walked through two divorces. Lost my job after 19 years. The only savior in my circumstances through this hard experiences is Jesus. I can only confess He is my savior ! The last time it was at 14th November in year 2020. I felt lost and depressed. I felt I have no future. The Jesus saved me from death and I only can praise him for his endless love to me. He is the only savior to me and for All mankind. Please, give your whole life to him. He love you and have a wonderful plan for you. Many blessing to you :)!

@michaelmichael4686 3 месяца назад

I can add to all yours a felony conviction! Still I have kept the faith, despite faltering on occasion.

@scottreiburnNYC Год назад

I’m just totally wrecked. Obviously this is one of the most magnificent choral arrangements and executions ever in vocal music. The listening to each other. The magic in that alone is black-out exquisite. What an experience. 😢❤

@antrivers46 Год назад

It is exactly what you said. I’m a harmony arranger in pop music, my father is one of the most successful harmony arrangers in British pop music. This just flawed me and my Dad, both in tears. Astonishing

@jorgkukla8097 3 года назад

Absolutely beautiful, there is nothing more to say than: THANK YOU!!!

@dlb1911967 3 года назад

Always loved this. Billy Joel is one of my favourite artists. Voces8 and KS have done justice to this beautiful song. Thank you!

@saetmusic 3 года назад

Never have two groups blended together so perfectly! That beautiful song and wonderful arrangement was just the right vehicle.

@saetmusic 3 года назад

BTW, suggestion to VOCES8. Billy Joel's "And So It Goes" would be a GREAT Billy Joel song for you to do an arrangement of!

@ireneshettle2990 3 года назад

@@saetmusic Have you heard the Kings Singers version? (And also their version in collaboration with the Stay at Home Choir) ?

@Jinkaza1882 3 года назад

My grandfather was a Navy vet, and this is song I requested for his funeral in 2005. You helped me today, and I thank you for that.

@rgoers 3 года назад

Well that is worthy of a standing ovation. Both for the genius who wrote the song and for these very talented singers! This version is just about perfect as it would soothe any child (or adult) who is fighting off the turmoil of the day. Listening to this probably lowered my blood pressure 10 points.

@janssenkarl-heinz2627 3 года назад

Mein Herz gehört genau dieser Akkapella Musik.Möge sie niemals aufhören.🙏

@dannyevans89 Год назад

Two of my most favourite ensembles together! What more can one ask for? Oh, to have been there! This is like having Bach and Handel coming together to improvise together on the organ!

@muhfebri2861 3 года назад

Omg! I'm now in self-isolation at home due to Covid19, and hearing this really makes my mind relaxed, and heal my pain for a while 🥺

@katespalding2134 3 года назад

This is on another level. Utterly breathtaking, how can anything be so sublime x

@justinmacosky9083 3 года назад

Well… I’ll just be here bawling my eyes out…

@NeilWatkinsfromaccounting 12 дней назад

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever heard. I love the King’s Singers recording of it, but now with Voces8, I think it’s perfect. They chose an amazing setting, too. The acoustics are incredible. I’m simply blown away.

@mosart7025 3 года назад

How can they sing this, and hearing the poignant lyrics and how wonderfully they blend, not burst into tears?!

@bryseis2007 Год назад

I can't even hum along without falling apart 😭 This song is exquisite, and this performance equally so. ❤️

@freemp31 Год назад

@@bryseis2007

@loiseldridge5701 2 года назад

It makes me cry….beautiful things often do and this is beyond beautiful 😍

@liciabladelli4258 3 года назад

Being able to sing like that is definitely a wonderful and unique gift. Thank you. Great song. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@jonbaldwin 9 месяцев назад

Two years on from this masterpiece, how about another KS/V8 collaboration. We all want to see it!

@UkeOne 2 года назад

I could listen to this forever. The balance, tone and blend of these two groups together is absolute perfection and stunning in every way! It's as if VOCES8 and the King's Singers need to sing together forever! Thank you for collaborating your professional talents in presenting this amazingly beautiful arrangement. Thank you!

@bazilbatlledragon Месяц назад

These 2 groups are phoenominal. Fantastic breath control. The Acapella version is soooo sooo beautiful. The sopranos are awesome. I think i hear a mezzo soprano in the background. Beautiful.

@wenglishsal 3 года назад

OMG OMG OMG 'Goodnight my Angel', and MY FAVOURITE SINGING GROUPS together singing this stunning song by Billy Joel, and arranged by a Former Member of TKS Philip Lawson. I have heard 2 versions by The King's Singers, and love them, this is now another favourite.. *Squeal, heart melts & then I Sob into my hanky* My cup runneth over, my heart is full, and my tear glands are empty.. THANK YOU VOCES8 & The KING'S SINGERS. You are wondrous, splendid, harmonies to melt for and truly truly MAGNIFICENT. Best wishes to all, from Wales. PS: I am fast approaching my 6th decade on this planet and have been a Fan of TKS since my early teens, you gentleman still amaze me every time you sing. AND Voces8 you are now firmly right next to TKS in my heart and ears.. BRAVO ALL

@nelsonwhaley6348 Год назад

Two quite extraordinary top English choral groups together...unusual, refreshing and revelatory.

@kristiLB93 3 года назад

Such a touching song that Billy wrote. It's otherworldly when The King's Singers sing it!! Stunning. ❤️

@timothyj1966 3 года назад

I wonder if Billy has heard this? So nice.

@RDdH1982 3 года назад

Breathtakingly beautiful. Please go on and give the world more of this.

@foolbritannia956 2 года назад

Hair raising skin tingling bloody beautiful !!

@McAzn 3 года назад

One of my all time favorite songs performed by two of my favorite groups. Breathtaking!

@2Hearts3 8 месяцев назад

My favorite choral performance of this beautiful lullaby. Truly a masterpiece 🏆👏🎶

@2Hearts3 8 месяцев назад

I'd love to put it on a loop and let it sing me to sleep 🕊️

@jeannineasselin761 3 года назад

I'm sure Billy Joel would love this beautiful rendition of his composition.

@honeysoi 2 года назад

Thank you for sharing with us such an ecstatic moment when time stands still and all is serenity and gentleness. these days, it does a lot of good!

@itsmejereb 3 года назад

Kudos to the new Voces8 soprano!! Sounds pristine!

@jimb8009 Год назад

One of the most beautiful songs ever written performed in a most beautiful way.

@jesperschultz5568 3 года назад

Somehow, listening to this, having followed King Singers for so long, it fells like a small hymn to the irreplaceable past members of The King Singers. David Hurley, Paul Phoenix and Stephen Conelly. The voices of eternity. Thank you for sharing miracles. It´s not often you get two of the 4 best ensembles in the world to collaborate and create magic. If The Countertop Ensemble would join in, and Max Q would reunite...life would end well. Beautiful piece. Balulalow by Voces8 still being the absolute favourite. Miss Haines, you´re an angel. Thank you, all of you.

@jeremit0 3 года назад

More please!

@jomardcalamba9260 3 года назад

Thank you Voces8 and King's Singers! My heart is full ❤

@joannenepia9193 2 года назад

Weeping my eyes out, listening to this and thinking how much I love my nine children and my one baby grandson. . I also have so many things I want to say to them and long for them all to walk with the dear saviour Jesus Christ, who willingly laid down His life for us and took our place on the cross so we could have life.

@alisonalcock5218 3 года назад

Miraculous; such gentleness yet such power. Only the very best, you ARE the very best, beloved singers

@hrolnir 3 года назад

more more more more more MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE Please... i need this.

@janel342 2 года назад

What a lesson for the world! That 2 seemingly competitors can join together and make such enormous joy for them and us. Heartfelt thanks🌹

@fourmidudesert 4 месяца назад

Both together? That’s just wonderful and incredible.

@bjornmoeller6690 3 года назад

An Perfektion, musikalischem Einfühlungsvermögen und Reinheit der Stimmen kaum zu überbieten. Ihr seid eine unerreichte Bereicherung für die Musik.Danke !!

@cmaitre2 12 часов назад

So beautiful !

@bencausey 3 года назад

I can’t believe these two groups got together. It’s as if my ultimate ensemble bucket wish came true…along with THE BEST VOCAL TRACK!!!!!

@tomcoleman8702 3 года назад

I thought I was the only person who actually liked this piece! I am happily proven wrong by two amazing groups

@harpsussex Год назад

A favourite composer of mine mixed with proper singing? Pure bliss - and brings me to the brink of tears… music is a soul nourishing thing on this planet when some things seem so bleak…🎉🎉🎉

@harrybroadbent5209 2 года назад

This is one of the most beautiful music recordings I have ever heard. Bravo x

@nilsnilsson8582 2 года назад

Im crying, this is so emotional. Music is the only thing that will unite this planet. God bless you all!

@oughtonoughton2634 4 месяца назад

What a pure divine sound this very small choir make x 🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀

@thomasm.1900 3 года назад

I just performed this with my high school's advanced choir, and I thought we performed really well until I heard this version. You all have such a beautiful, rich, clear tone that is unmatched by any other performing group. Please keep making wonderful music like this! You're changing lives and inspiring so many :)

@danbale4160 2 года назад

Thomas, your choir probably did perform this really well. It's honestly not fair to compare your choir to this otherworldly ensemble.

@farmergiles1065 2 года назад

Don't let a shadow fall on your own memory. Instead, celebrate that you have a wonderful example to lift your aspirations!

@jasonking6892 Год назад

Spot on

@ronm3245 Год назад

It's possible that one day you will also be in such a group.

@ratkillerthe 3 года назад

Three counter-tenors in one performance... blessed!!

@Ultimonas Год назад

Actually, Billy Joel's Lullaby is too small when two such masterful ensembles meet, but the marvelous arrangement brings together the warm, pleasant voices of the King's Singers and the incredible sopranos and chorus of voces8 in such a way that both groups are shown to their best advantage, resulting in a dreamlike overall sound. I don't think it gets any better than this.

@johnrobinson1132 2 года назад

Is there anything more beautiful than unaccompanied singing?

@hpwwerkhuelz4624 3 года назад

So schön, DANKE🤗

@jamescormick4936 6 месяцев назад

Superbly sung by these two groups!

@ankewunder7092 2 года назад

Engelgleiche Stimmen! So wohltuend in unserer heutigen grausamen Zeit! Danke...

@afemabenedictdeogratius139 2 года назад

I wanted to like the video again for a second time but OMG!!! thank you thank you for such a beautiful presentation.

@lucybowers7933 3 года назад

How absolutely EXQUISITE! Gloriously sung; but, noting the very poignant lyrics, I’m unsure how those singers sang SUCH a text without weeping… KUDOS TO ALL!!!! ❤️🎵❤️🎵❤️

@robinthuret6849 2 года назад

Bravo le travail qu’il et elle on fait pour arriver à se résultat là et juste impression

@yvonnemason9137 3 года назад

Oh my gosh! The King's Singers and Voces8 singing together! My day is made! Utterly fab!

@arothmanmusic 3 года назад

And to think that Billy Joel nearly left this melody as an instrumental midsection to “River of Dreams”. So glad he put this poetry to it, and that this gorgeous arrangement and stunning performance followed.

@phillipecook3227 3 года назад

I wonder if he's heard this? If I was a songwriter and someone did this to one of mine I'd be on Cloud 9 for weeks.

@debwyman9741 3 года назад

Miracles happen! The Kings Singers and Voces 8 together. I’ve been adoring you both for years!

@Glastonbury1 Год назад

OhI agree 1000% with all the previous comments. It's spine tinglingly delicious and I feel it deeply. I have heard it today, only 12 times though!! ;)

@furzebird 2 года назад

I’ve listened to this over and over. So beautiful I can’t get it out of my head. Thank you so much❤️

@moniquedadolle8797 3 года назад

👏👏👏 à vous tous I listen to you from France

@iykenwosu6295 3 года назад

One of my favorite lullaby, and sang by my 2 favorite groups 🤩, that's just magical

@kevinconover2108 5 дней назад

What a beautiful bit to send me to sleep..

@monikakuiter321 5 месяцев назад

This is a heavyweight on the balance of humans best and worst.. Thank you VOCES8 from the heart... May many voices join...

@aliona_violin 3 года назад

I just love you!🎶😌😍🤗

@grmacbean 3 года назад

Oh wow!! I remember a very different Kings Singers from some 40 years ago, then discovering Voces8 only a few years ago, and this is I truly hope the beginning of a great collaboration between two absolutely wonderful performers of musical excellence.

@kohtetsu082 2 года назад

知っている人が一人もいないのに、キングズ・シンガーズの音がする。これこそが伝統のなせる技なのですね。キングズ・シンガーズがずっと続くことを期待します。いつもありがとう。

@Richard-hx8sj 3 года назад

So beautiful. Not to be maudlin, but ... I've heard, as have we all, about stories, movies, books that deal with the subject of "letting go" when it comes time to surrendering our bodies due to a chronic, fatal illness. If I should be so fortunate to have my wits about me, if indeed my departing from this life is due to a disease or just natural causes, I can't imagine a better soundtrack than this rendition of "Lullabye" to usher me from this life to the next.