Sissel Kyrkjebø, Paddy Moloney & Kalle Moraeus - Shenandoah
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Norwegian soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø performing "Shenandoah" with Irish musician Paddy Moloney and Swedish musician Kalle Moraeus at a TV-concert in Drammen Theater, Norway in 2001. Moloney died on 11 October 2021, aged 83.
Sissel, the international singing sensation and national treasure of Norway, is established as one of the world’s leading crossover sopranos. Her angelic and powerful voice has made Sissel a national institution and she has sung all over the world, selling over ten million solo albums. She has contributed haunting vocal tracks for the soundtrack to Titanic and The Lord of the Rings, and has been performing duets with singers like Charles Aznavour, Andrea Bocelli, Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Mario Frangoulis, Josh Groban, Brian May, Neil Sedaka, Bryn Terfel and Russell Watson. In 2005, she was knighted by the King of Norway, as the youngest ever to receive this honour. And in 2006, her album 'The Spirit of the Season' with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir went to number-one on the Billboard Classical Charts, and received a Grammy nomination. A very remarkable voice that only comes once in our lifetime.
"Shenandoah" (also called "Oh Shenandoah", or "Across the Wide Missouri") is an American folk song, dating to the early 19th century. The lyrics may tell the story of a roving trader in love with the daughter of an Indian chief; in this interpretation, the rover tells the chief of his intent to take the girl with him far to the west, across the Missouri River. Other interpretations tell of a pioneer's nostalgia for the Shenandoah River Valley in Virginia, and a young woman who is its daughter; or of a Union soldier in the American Civil War, dreaming of his country home to the west of the Missouri river, in Shenandoah, Iowa (though the town lies some 50 miles east of the river). The provenance of the song is unclear. Click on CC for subtitles.
The song is also associated with escaped slaves. They were said to sing the song in gratitude because the river allowed their scent to be lost.
The Shenandoah area made many parts like wheels and seats for wagons going west. These parts were assembled in Conestoga Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and settlers set out in Conestoga wagons down the Ohio River, on the Mississippi and west up the Missouri River. Lyrics were undoubtedly added by rivermen, settlers, and the millions who went west. With possible origins in Virginia, noting that its title is also the name of a Virginia river, the song has been considered for Virginia's official state song.
Sissel, the international singing sensation from Norway, is widely regarded as one of the finest and most talented sopranos in the world. Her crystalclear voice has made Sissel a national institution in Norway. Sissel has sung all over the world, selling over ten million solo albums. She contributed the haunting vocal tracks for the soundtrack to Titanic. She has been doing great duets with singers like Placido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel, Jose Carreras, Russell Watson, Mario Frangoulis, Charles Aznavour, Neil Sedaka and Josh Groban. A very remarkable voice you will only hear once in your lifetime.
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@Ozmulki
9 ай бұрын
Agree. The best version ever!
@crunchy2k
8 ай бұрын
Bizarre response from an Asian. What is this sisselfan in color?
@user-nk2zr3gn5f
8 күн бұрын
여러가지 버젼으로 부르는군요
With Sissel singing the World is a better place.
I just realized that this song is the American "Danny Boy." Both sing about someone having to leave home. So sad. So much loss. I think that as you get older, you appreciate the people in your life who are gone. Unfortunately, sometimes that can make this song excruciatingly painful. 😭
@moranplano
2 жыл бұрын
And very sad...but in a beautiful way.
@fsinjin60
Жыл бұрын
They are both sea shanties which do not mention the sea.
@kathleenalarid1150
9 ай бұрын
My son just left for the military one week ago. This song is so beautiful but still, it makes me sad.
@mergenocide
3 ай бұрын
@@fsinjin60 It's kind of ironic, the idea is that Shenandoah was meant as a shanty for working on barges on the river, hence "you rolling river". And while they are called sea shanties as they became popularized in the mid to late 1800s on "the sea", the earliest evidence of sea shanties were actually from around the 1806 from slaves in Martinique, and slaves pushing cotton up and down the Mississippi river. So it's kind of full circle.
She is incredible and then Paddy starts up. This is one of the best pieces of music on record. The whistle is haunting.
I've watched this many many times. Sissel is a gift from heaven. This time I shed tears when Paddy's face was shown. R.I.P. Paddy Maloney.
@tedsteele8154
2 жыл бұрын
Likewise, I understand
@fatimaursulaursula3147
2 жыл бұрын
Não falo português, mas SISSEL e uma.das obras Divinas de Deus!
@fatimaursulaursula3147
2 жыл бұрын
Me encanta 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
@StephenRArchambault
2 жыл бұрын
Same. Gift from Heaven!
@richardhale3451
Жыл бұрын
Unbelievably beautiful rendition of the song in every regard. I have never heard the tin whistle played so beautifully.
An Angel that has come here to help us to survive
Sissel is one of the greatest singers of all time.
@thomassmith1080
7 ай бұрын
Hello Allen. How’s your day going?
The Newsroom brought me here and it brought me tears. Both the scene and this song made me all emotional. So sad!
@MarcAmbrosia
9 жыл бұрын
Loved Charlie!
@quinceygirl19
9 жыл бұрын
I loved Charlie♥
@justforthemusic90
9 жыл бұрын
Brynna Caffrey Me too!
@karilindsay3670
9 жыл бұрын
I'll be back in a minute. :'(
@danielprestonjones
9 жыл бұрын
All the feels, man all the feels. Watching that Newsroom scene, then listening to this. Its just to much.
Great song and singer also the late Paddy Moloney of the Irish Folk band The Chieftains sadly passed away on October 12, 2021, in Dublin “Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
@floydfarless8448
2 жыл бұрын
Amen. Teach the angels to sing the old songs.
❤ I grew up singing this song for 60 years. This blows my mind. The melody is perfect. The singing is angelic!! 😢 something is in my eyes. Rest in peace Paddy 🙏🏻
Truly a voice from heaven. I've heard many renditions of "Shenandoah" and nothing can come close to this one. With Paddy and Kalle at Sissel's side, the team was perfect. Sorry to hear of the passing of Paddy.
Oh my goodness, I can feel the electric going down my spine.
I haven't heard such pure voice ever am 75 and love all types of music, am blown away by this
SISSEL , YOU ARE AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOUR SINGING, LOVE U Deano from NZ.
First time listening to this version of Shenandoah .. This ladies voice is pure magic.. grabbed my attention from her very first note ... From the land downunder..
One of the most beautiful and talented people ever to hail from Norway.
Great to have the Chieftains playing with her...That Irish sound is unbeatable
@noriemeha
2 жыл бұрын
Yes Paddy on whistle is from the Chieftains. The fiddler is Moreaus whose brother composed the Koppangen tune.
A foretaste of Heaven... the voice of an angel 🌈🙏🏻🌈
@luckyluciano2395
3 жыл бұрын
The most beautiful combination of words to describe a voice that I've ever seen.
@luckyluciano2395
2 жыл бұрын
@Henry Horner how do you know? I've had the misfortune to seeing the other side. I dealt with cancer since age 12 and now I'm 25. During one of my brain surgeries I saw something beautiful. I didn't want to come back. I wanted to stay. But I was being pulled back. As if I were being pushed. The misfortune of it is I came back. I wanted to stay
@luckyluciano2395
2 жыл бұрын
@Henry Horner come to find out I flatlined due to a massive drop in blood pressure. Now mind you, under general anesthesia, you don't dream. Any dream you have is you being not fully sedated. I don't know what it was.
@donaldmatthew4980
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Lyn, that'll do for me. X
Sissel still has a voice like an angel
The more I listen to her , the higher she climbs on my list of "Favourite Voices of All-Time". Truly amazing. 😉
I suspect that Sissel never decided on one particular music genre because she wanted to sing every beautiful sing that was ever written…Oh gosh what a wonderful singer!
@AaronApanui
2 жыл бұрын
She's a versatile singer indeed, who is not confined to songs from any particular genre. She is able to handle pretty much any song while putting her own elegant touch on it. Quite difficult to find this nowadays.
@louiscrowe8699
2 жыл бұрын
@@AaronApanui last
@noriemeha
2 жыл бұрын
She's not a snob musically nor, thank goodness, a diva.
Heaven must be missing an Angel
@ritadebeer9614
3 жыл бұрын
Oh man what a God given voice!!!
@henryhorner3182
3 жыл бұрын
The perfect antidote for the mass (liberal) insanity of today's America.
One of the finest and most touching versions of the American classic folk song. Shenandoah has been one of my favourite songs for many a year - and not without good reason. Some mysteries are forever.
This has got to be the most beautiful rendition of this song I've heard so far. Her beautiful voice and the plaintive Irish tin whistle make it an evocative experience.
@sisselfan
3 жыл бұрын
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@patoconnor8256
3 жыл бұрын
Agree entirely. Sissel's voice is second to none,and PADDY MALONEY of the CHIEFTAINS group on the tin whistle, is the icing on the cake.
She has a very beautiful voice
You will not hear a better rendition of this beautiful song,also the great tin whistle playing of Paddy Moloney, just gorgeous.
@henryhorner3182
2 жыл бұрын
I can do without the sillly whistle. It detracts from Sissel's singing.
I'm from the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Very beautiful song.
@sisselfan
3 жыл бұрын
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@billsmith7873
3 жыл бұрын
From NoVa and love the Shenandoah Valley
Rest in peace, Paddy and thank you for the music.
I have listened to thousands of songs in all genres and her voice is without a doubt the most beautiful I've ever heard.
The energy of Sissel's voice is astral. Thank you.
What a voice!! Love the emotion she puts into this lovely American folk song!!! I have always loved it. My brother used to sing and play it on his guitar--he has since passed and is in God's arms.
@jeremydow1432
Жыл бұрын
Alms also always amen
RIP Paddy Moloney
Her beautiful voice and gentle style put me into a state of grace and peace.
@noriemeha
3 жыл бұрын
I don't need drugs when there is this voice to give me grace & peace.
It's always a thrill to hear Sissel sing. She has the most beautiful voice I have heard.
What a magnificent and beautiful voice - as crystal clear as a fresh alpine stream!! It is a privilege to listen to her sing!! 👏👏👏👏👏 🥰👍
@ciararespect4296
2 жыл бұрын
Great Playlist you have
@idleonlooker1078
2 жыл бұрын
@@ciararespect4296 Thank you!! I hope you enjoy listening to some of it. I like listening to good music from all parts of the world. To me music truly is an international form of communication. 😊👍
@ciararespect4296
2 жыл бұрын
@@idleonlooker1078 same here. Good music is good music plain and simple!
Angelic voice. A beautiful Celtic performance adds to this Masterpiece. Thank you.
Growing up in Kansas City which sits on the Missouri River , I first heard this as a young boy. It’s haunting melody takes me back to my youth and evokes deep emotions
this never gets old
Thank you Paddy Moloney, your magical music will live forever.
@noriemeha
Жыл бұрын
He was our living connection to the great Sean O Riada who would have approved of Sissel.
This is so often my go to song when I need comfort and peace. Never tire of it and her perfect voice.
@iansargent1769
9 ай бұрын
Superb rendition of this tune Sissel's stunning lyrics and Paddy's haunting tin whistle.
@mademoiselledusfonctionell1609
4 ай бұрын
Have you heard it whistled? I first heard this song in Jan Lindblad's version. He was a wildlife photographer, juggler and bird whisperer. I love that version as well.
Beautiful performance! RIP Paddy Moloney--a big loss to the Irish music community. :'-(
I remember this song from when I was a child watching the movie. Beautiful beyond what words can describe. Plus Sissel's singing is so healing for me.
@joycephilip1
11 ай бұрын
Paddy was so gifted to be able to produce such delightful music on such a simple instrument as the tin whistle. I feel honoured to have known him through work in the '60s. Sissel is a dream voice!
I am 61 years old now and yes...this is the greatest female voice I've ever heard...and I've heard most!
@hmackie6823
3 жыл бұрын
Leann Rhymes comes close
@marianwalsh6297
3 жыл бұрын
U are so right she is perfect
@hmackie6823
3 жыл бұрын
@@marianwalsh6297 if u like that,my favorite male singer is Otis Redding...especially the 1967 Monterey Festival songs
@patrickmarmorat1126
2 жыл бұрын
Judith Durham voice is also perfect
@hmackie6823
2 жыл бұрын
@@patrickmarmorat1126 I also like Judith and The Seekers
I have watched this rendition many many times. Whenever I listen to this piece, which is my favorite American folk song, Sissel's voice will always move me to tears. Oh, those good old days.
What a beautiful version, crystal clear singing and the tin whistle ringing a lovely accompaniment - perfect. Thank you all.
Dear Sissel, Thank you very much for Your version of Shenadoah It is the best. Your sound is amazingly clear and the heartfelt Feeling is wonderful. I'm from California and I am living in Fairfield Iowa a university town. I have heard all the folk singers . Your version of Shenadoah is by far the Best. Thank You For the opportunity To Hear such a Heavenly Voice.
This is the most beautiful version I have ever heard. This was my late father's favorite song.
This beautiful performance have me Chilled goose bumps. She was uniquely wonderful.
@thomassmith1080
7 ай бұрын
Hello carol. How’s your day going?
73 yoa and couldn't agree more. This is the performance where I discovered her and still treasure it.
I reside in the Commonwealth of Virginia, America. I have heard many different vocalists singing their interpretations of that above tune from the Great American Songbook. I have to opine that Sissel Kyrkjebø's interpretation(s) of the song "Shenandoah" ranks among the most heavenly, indeed 😃😃😃😃😃. From what I understand of Sissel Kyrkjebø, she is a Norwegian soprano who comes from Bergen, Kingdom of Norway. And Sissel can sing with an angelic voice in the English language 😃😃😃😃😃. Sissel is a benison in the musical world 😃😃😃😃😃🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵. May God bless her, and her family 😃😃😃😃😃.
I think no other can sing this so beautiful as you do Sissel
Always a pleasure to listen to this lady, what a voice
total beauty. and the expression on her face ! Like she knows. It all. Your heart. The effect she and her voice, the music, have on you..... Never seen her before I didn't know.
@noriemeha
Жыл бұрын
Abrogard, she is an Aladdin's Cave of musical discovery.
@abrogard142
Жыл бұрын
@@noriemeha Sure is. And check that penny whistle - making transcendental pure music.... totally in accord with the piece and her voice..
After hearing her sing, watching the expressions on her face, what is left to say. ? Once in a great while such a talent comes along, such a gift to touch our hearts comes along......
Most glorious voice from a beautiful woman.
God must have been there with these musicians and soprano. A highlight of the human spirit.
perhaps the greatest female voice I ever heard
@sisselfan
3 жыл бұрын
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@henryhorner3182
3 жыл бұрын
She may not be the greatest. But can rightfully take her place with the greatest.
This is the most beautiful rendition of this song I’ve ever heard. I’ve heard countless people sing this and not really heard it until now. Beautiful!
@sisselfan
3 жыл бұрын
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@robertlassiter907
3 жыл бұрын
@@sisselfan Thank you very much! This woman has the voice of an Angel. Bless you!
Several years ago, I was in Gettysburg PA. A painting in the round, of the battlefield that had been in storage for almost a hundred years, had been restored and was housed in a new building that had not been there the last time I had visited. A man & his mother were speaking German and I listened ( my 2nd language is Dutch). So eventually I asked what they thought of it all. He was a high school history teacher, so his interest was very keen. I know how I felt in Holland about places where history had unfolded, and I reflected on my own feelings there and then. So fast forward to a European rendition of musical Americana: This music... is so deeply embedded, I think, in the American psyche and experience that not everyone who performs it, does it justice. THIS rendition, is moving and stirring to the soul. I've loved this tune since I was a child. And with a hint of European flavor, this is by far the best version of a very American musical "prayer". I loved it! Thank you for posting it!
What a voice, she has it all.
I've lost count, the number of times I've watched/listened to this. Always brings tears
This song always reminds me of one of the greatest Civil War movies, "Shenandoah" with James Stewart as Mr. Anderson. The common sense and life wisdom displayed by Anderson for his way of life, his family, his friends and his belief in God is rewarding. Love the movie and this song only made it better.
@malctyke
2 жыл бұрын
grow up
@janesgems7
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Wonderful film.
I love her voice and like very much that she doesn't paint he face.
Nobody will ever compete with this rendition, Sissel is fabolous and Paddy adds to it's appeal with his tin whistle. R I P Just the perfect background to one of the finest songs ever written. Heard it for the first time while driving through Indian country in South Dakota almost 20 years ago. 👍
I grew up listening to this song being recorded by many, many talented artists but none sing it with more feeling than this beautiful lady. God blessed her with a gift and she's sharing it with us- for that I say Thank You.
I thought I had expressed everything in my poetry, but she has exceeded me.
Her voice would make me go to Heaven. Jesus God she has a soul of music. Makes me sing myself. Beautiful.
@hoborock007
2 жыл бұрын
Ditto... couldn't say it better myself
@conniewolf7300
2 жыл бұрын
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
I don't have any words!! That's so... And thanks so much for the Titanic!! I'm sure Mr. James Horner was very pleased!!
This lady sings like an angel
pure genius
@thomassmith1080
7 ай бұрын
Hello dear. How’s your day going?
I've been hearing this song for over 60 years-best version ever-thanks.
Absolute perfection. I am haunted every time I hear it.
I have heard Shenandoah sung by more than one American baritone, but now I'm sold on Sissel.
RIP Paddy lad .. what a beautiful performance
Aloha to Sissel for your divine gift of song and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Am 79 years old and love your singinging. Your singing has extended my fragile human life and I thank God for you my kind human angel !!!!! Robert S.J. Hu June 17, 2021.
@RobertSJHu
3 жыл бұрын
Hi! again Sissel for your blessed song of "Shenandoah." Gratefully, Robert June 24, 2021.
I keep coming back to this
Utterly Beautiful and Hypnotic! 10 Stars! JAA
How soul filling, how wonderfully the voice of this lovely lady soothes the heart. Thank you for adding some joyful moments to our sad, crying world of hate, greed and meanness.
@noriemeha
10 ай бұрын
yes, sometimes she is almost messianic
Wow!! Goosebumps!! I love this song and I've never heard it sang this way. What an amazing job and what an amazing singer you are. All I can say is. WOW!!! Spectacular!!!
Discovering Sissel is one of the best highlights of last year. I keep returning and playing her music over and over again now.
@noriemeha
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, lockdown would have been more miserable without a daily input from that voice.
@jamescasement6635
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I found her during lock down this is the best version of my favourite tune absolutely mesmerising
I love. her,I love her songs, stay safe always
Omg Breathtaking Best Version Ever Beautiful Brilliant Performance Love You Princess XXX
My favorite rendition of this song. I wish it was buyable.
Lovely Sissel!!!
Most beautiful and haunting version of this beautiful song, it brings to life the past with allits horror, romance, and those that wore blue, and those grey. God bless you america.
@thomassmith1080
7 ай бұрын
Hello dear. How’s your day going?
She does have the voice of an angel. And I the heart of a young man, pickled on my desk. Please don't ever stop using both.
@TravisLBishop
2 жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, we usually keep him in a cage.
@jamesconner3437
2 жыл бұрын
I have an uncle like him....the family finds him actually funny and quite harmless - we just don't take him out in public too often
Though it was hardly a blessing to the Native peoples, the migration of the Celtic people to the Appalalachians and their awe at the new land and how far they'd come inspired some gorgeoous music. I've never heard a better version of this song.
, . What a beautiful Song!! Majestically sung.
Heaven blessed us all for the musical, lyrics and absolutely beautiful sing. A blessing from God through these extremely talented beautiful human beings.
Just LOVERLY
One word... PERFECTION!!!!
@sisselfan
3 жыл бұрын
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@tonyc6815
3 жыл бұрын
Being Italian that's one of my favorites
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VOICE I'VE EVER HEARD AND MY SECOND MOST FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME.....
@shaileshmanjhi9797
3 жыл бұрын
Can I ask your first favorite song mam ? @DavidEitutis
@davideitutis450
3 жыл бұрын
@@shaileshmanjhi9797 BLUE DANUBE
What compels humans to compose such pieces? The lyrics, the tune, the instrumentation. I love it. It feels like one of the ways we respond to beauty and longing.
@jmchez
3 жыл бұрын
Listen to Placido Domingo singing Mexico's, "La Golondrina". You get the same feeling and, again, makes you wonder what drove someone to compose something like that.
@larrylamb3480
3 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorites Sissel sings !
@larrylamb3480
3 жыл бұрын
This song brings tears to my eyes and I don't know why ! I guess because it's so poignant !
@larrylamb3480
3 жыл бұрын
AMEN !
@johnbaker3016
3 жыл бұрын
It's been said God comes here to hear how music sounds. That's truely said.
Condolences to Sissel and their other musicians on the loss of Paddy. 🙏🏽
@noriemeha
2 жыл бұрын
Paddy & Sissel were good friends ever since Paddy discovered her and that voice.
Absolutely amazing rendition of this timeless classic. Beautiful voice.
Skøn smuk sang. Smukt at høre den med Sissel,s smukke stemme.🌹❤️.
Beautiful. Why would anyone give this a thumbs down?
@NROS2012
2 жыл бұрын
There is no cure for stupid.
@marcphelan9883
Жыл бұрын
People who are dead inside
Sissel, what a breath-taking performance.;-)
In my opinion one of the great voices in musical history.
Whenever I here this song I can imagine people like Daniel Boone or Louis and Clarke and other pioneers singing it as they traveled west. But Ms Sissel makes it sound especially emotionally stimulating.