Nothing like African American Spirituals. I used to hear my grandmother humming (Over My Head) this spiritual and so many others in the kitchen as she prepared supper... man, those were simpler times, and this music transports me all the way back. I can smell black-eyed peas, collard greens, hot water cornbread, oxtails...RIP gramma & Auntie Jessye.

Wunderschööööön.

Reminds me of my youth❤🖤💚

So beautiful

I love 💕 my evenings with Sista Battles. And not only is she endowed with this angelic voice; her accompanists are so profound and gifted respectively and I love ❤️ you

BEAUTIFUL!!!!

❤

Wow

I remember this performance as if it were yesterday … Kathleen Battle’s voice is amazing to say the least- but it was the woman that played that hop captured my soul!!! Sounded as if the heavens opened up and The Psalmist, King David himself, was playing that harp. Just spellbinding❤️

So Beautiful ☆

Awesome

Let's not forget the arranger, Evelyn Curenton.

Maravilhoso!

My GOD. That flutist gave me chills!!

@Playthellgb42

2 жыл бұрын

That's Hubert Laws: THE GREATEST FLAUTIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY!!!!

@andrethompson2034

2 жыл бұрын

Hubert Laws a great musician

@shells500tutubo

Жыл бұрын

@@Playthellgb42 👏👏👏Amen! I never even knew there was such a thing as a bass flute until I heard him play it,I think on Aretha Franklin's Day Dreamin'.

hmmmm this music is causing my eyes to well up with water........simply beautiful and pure

@Grayhairwisdom

5 жыл бұрын

@Kimberley Kfab Wright it goes beyond emotions

@garydavidderby

5 жыл бұрын

YES INDEED

Lovely!!!! So expressive and moves the soul, the instrumentalists, off the chain!!!!

SHE IS THE BEST !!!

Love this. I gave away so many cd's (and one video) of this wonderful moving concert with Kathleen Battle and Jessye Norman. So beautiful

@SY-bn3iz

5 жыл бұрын

I wish I was one of the recipients and might have discovered beforehand!!! I stumbled by the grace of youtube, while listening to marian anderson.

Music straight from the throne of God. So beautiful it actually moves me beyond tears. This is the type of music that can drive out depression and oppressive thoughts. ..calms the soul.

@michelleowens1613

5 жыл бұрын

livingfree you are sooooo right

@Playthellgb42

Жыл бұрын

YES, IT IS A BALM FOR THE WEARY SOUL! AND ALL WHO CANNOT HEAR IT HAVE A HOLE IN THEIR SOUL IN DIRE NEED OF REPAIR.

kathleen was phenomenal in that..such emotion..such range, along with the flute and harp its hard not to cry

@shells500tutubo

Жыл бұрын

Is, not was.

Very Beautiful

Woooow! The Laws family is SO talented. What a blessing...Ronnie, Debra, and Hubert are a built-in family band with immense talent. God Bless them all :0)

I love HER!!!!

OMG!!! For many years I searched this concert on internet this particular video, I never found. But a few weeks ago I write Kathleen Battle and then all this concert apeared. I almost died, indeed, my heart filled with Happynes and Love. 'Cuz before I became a Beyoncé fan, I was a huge, and I still am, a great fan of the great Diva, Miss Kathleen Battle. Her voice is loke an angel singing in my ears. So thank you AJ950060, God Bless You, U made my life better, all my lve and respect for you. ;D

One of the best concerts ever!

First saw this entire concert when I was in high school 25yrs ago. Our Music teacher had us watch it & I must admit it the first time I’ve heard a lot of these spirituals. I’ve been in awe ever since cause I’m a complete music buff

Found the CD of this at the library. I'm totally in awe!

Love this. Play it everyday. Voice of an angel

celestial...celestial and celestial...the soul feels like a thread of smoke floating,vanishing, disappearing in the sweetest void...

I never actually saw the concert until it appeared on you tube when I was growing up my mom had the cd and we listened to all the time. I love this

I cried from start to finished.....

💐🌷💐HUBERT LAWS STARTS THAT FLUTE🔊🎼🎵🎶OFF BEAUTIFULLY AND THE HARP🎼 PLAYER IS MAKING THAT HARP🎼AKE US WAY BACK IN PLACES WHERE WE WASN'T BORN ALONG WITH KATHLEEN BATTLE'S SOPRANO VOICE🎤🎼🎵🎶💐🌷🌻💐

Little David didnt play on that harp he DONE played on that harp :-) u betta tell it Ms. Battle sheeeewt :-)

@karenvorbeckwilliams

4 жыл бұрын

So who wrote the Psalms? King David.

@Natasha-oz6ik

4 жыл бұрын

Karen Vorbeck Williams with all due respect............shut up!

Amen. No other words. Just, amen and amen.

Excellent!!!! I love this!!! 4:40 Validation on the true nature of BEV or Ebonics. The value and the beauty of this expression should make all southern American proud of their agrarian roots. Bravo I would love to know what Dr. Ernie Smith thinks of this.

My, my, my. It's because of them I am now being used in this genre. Thank God for their beauty and their gifts.

Thank you for post this celestial vídeo. I could not find it . I searched a lot and I'm happy to have found it . God bless you.

Superb!!!

absolutely amazing

So glad to have FINALLY found this performance on You Tube... this used to be one of my favorite songs growing up! It's just as beautiful to me now as it was as a little girl. Thank you for sharing it with us!

Give it up for the musicians! Amazing!

Thanks for this video !!!

gorgeous!!!

This is so beautiful!

hermoso¡, sublime, estas cosas llegan al alma te hacen llorar de fellicidad

Thanks for taking your time to write such a nice comment.

Essa é uma das partes mais bonitas do concerto, lindoooo!

@TheRosetube

7 жыл бұрын

Verdade. Desde a primeira vez em que a ouvi no programam Quem Tem Medo de Música Clássica do falecido Artur da Távola, me apaixonei pelo concerto, mas principalmente por essa canção.

Com estás canções parece que vou até lá no céu, e depois não quero mais voltar, sem falar na belíssima interpretação destas exímias cantoras ^ ^ ... Meus parabéns pela linda postagem =D In English...With songs you seem to go there in the sky, and then not want to come back, not to mention the masterly interpretation of these beautiful singers ^ ^ ... Congratulations for the beautiful posting = D

@Kimberley Kfab Wright it goes beyond emotions

Hubert Laws

Thanks for the comment.

I'm the one who always gonna say thank u to you ;D!! HAHA

Who is the Flutist?

@ThisIsJ.Nicole

7 жыл бұрын

Ida Muorie I'm dying to know. I used to play the flute and I need this man's CD in my life...the harpist too.

@YatesNYC

5 жыл бұрын

@@ThisIsJ.Nicole - The renowned Hubert Laws is the flutist.

👍👍💙💙⛪

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