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.
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. ❤
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 ❤
That the Aeolians can sing this live just as amazing as they sang this on the studio is a true testament to the wealth of absolute talent in that choir. I've seen this music. At times I know there is one person singing some parts!!! Jacob Collier is not from this planet. Lol I imagine this is what my departure from this life will sound like when I enter eternity!!!
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.
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.
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.
Another masterpiece from a musical genius. Yes yes! I’ve been listening back to back for over an hour, and it is still bringing me to tears. No song has ever made me feel like this for this long…
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
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.
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.
Who's here after hearing/watching the official recording on Jacob Collier's channel? I saved this video months ago not knowing a recording was ever going to come out. THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THIS!
A very good friend just sent me the link to this video and I'm rendered numb, sobbing, and a completely unfamiliar person. I am purified. Thank u for sharing your beautiful work with the world. Thank u
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
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.
I have NEVER in the history of singing in choirs and listening to choirs heard an arrangement that sent chills through my body, tears to my eyes and happiness and joy to my soul... this is the most angelic song I've ever heard!!! thank you and what a gift and talent to all the singers and creators of this song!! God bless you
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.
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! ♡
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'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.
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 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!
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 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.
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.
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!
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”.
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 ....
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.
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?!!!
@@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.
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. :)
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 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!
Me too. Like "A Rock Somewhere", it's not on tour for the obvious reasons except it did happen recently in Miami. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jFJIw1jcOYE.html&pp=ygUXamFjb2IgY29sbGllciBtaWFtaSBtYXM%3D
World O World Lyrics World, o world You've been my home Home Home Now, it's time for me to go Give me the wings to fly (To fly, oh) 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, o 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, oh) 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 Your hands, again And when you hold my pain 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
