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just lost my wife to Covid, I first kissed her 29/6/60, she was 15 and 2 days, we have been inseparable ever since, she was a Lamb of God.

Back about 15 years ago I was a young punk rocker. My academic supervisor dragged me out to a classical vocal concert. Honestly the soloist were amazing but not my cup of tea. Then they all came on stage to sing this. I tell you I literally melted, I had such a physical reaction to this, I could barely stand up afterwards. The chills on the major to minor changes just literally melts me. This is amazing.

I am an european classical snob. But this is by far the best American piece of classical music ever composed. So beautiful.

A choir with angel voices and with an extraordinary director … that make feel transported to heaven.

When we are born this should be played.... when we die this should be played.....

When I was young and foolish, I scoffed when my father said that the human voice was the greatest of all musical instruments. I am older and wiser now

I have listened to this 1000 times and will continue another 10,000. One of the most beautiful pieces of work. I love the strings version but those voices and the dissonance is so emotional. It raises and lowers my blood pressure at the same time. Gorgeous!

I have listened to this probably 300 times in the last 5 years. It is unspeakably beautiful. It takes my breath away every time I hear it. I am not a religious person but if God gave angels a choir on earth they would kneel in admiration of this. I am lost and bewildered and sat in absolute awe by this performance. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Who else listening to this gem in 2021? It is one of the most beautiful pieces of modern classical music and what a sublime recording.

I,m listening to this with tears dimming my ability to type. I am 89 years 0ld and my first born son is taking his final breaths , I,m seeking comfort in these beautiful, divine pieces . He is a victim of FTD . Please pray for him. Thank you.

Ce chant était la seule chose qui m'apaisait quand j'allais voir mon papa à l'hôpital, en 1998. Je rentrais à la maison, m'allongeais dans le salon, sans lumière, et ce beau chant me bercait, m'apaisait. Aujourd'hui, je viens de perdre un ami que j'ai accompagné 5 ans dans la maladie. Je n'ai pu lui dire au revoir, étant moi-même à l'hôpital. C'est encore cette musique qui m'accompagne et m'apaise. Merci. Alléluia !

This is the most beautiful song I've ever heard 😭😭😭

My husband just died and I listen to this piece so I can be with him in Heaven.

Imagine hearing this live in a cathedral. 😭

bless all the good people who have left comments on this angel music, bless SAMUEL BARBER and bless our world , love and peace to all j Vincent Edwards

I have never heard anything more beautiful.

Thanks god for my healthy ears can hearing this...

The first time I heard this I was driving on the New Jersey Turnpike. I was so awestruck I pulled over onto the shoulder to cry. It still moves me to tears.

How many people have just watched "Bodies" on Netflix and jumped here to listen to this exquiste piece of music 👍👍

Surprising? When you've lost all your hopes, faith in God yet when you hear this chants, choirs, hymns you can truly feel the holy spirit entering your cold heart giving you strength. May God watch over he childrens In the name of the father the son and Holy spirit amen.

I sing in a choir in England. I have not heard a more perfect rendition of Barber's Agnus Dei. The phrasing, the dynamics, the harmonic blending, the breath control, everything about this performance was superb. I congratulate you on a most beautiful performance of a most beautiful piece of music. Prachtig!

This is the closest thing we have to the music of angels in Heaven...

I'm Muslim and this song take me so far. I don't know how to explain my feelings but juste I feel like I'm safe and protected by God the one and only. In other way l feel like I'm flying like an angel in the sky directly to heaven. 😍😇

Arguably, one of the greatest songs ever written. It makes you question why, on everything

In this sad , angry and scary world this is pure bliss, This gives me hope and comfort. Thank You 😘 Sending Love and Light to everyone.

I’m Japanese and Buddhist. I usually watch this video to heal my heart. This song consoles you no matter what you believe in faith. I hope everyone is in full of happiness and stay with your Gods. P.S. I was surprised to see so many responses to my comment when I revisited this video after a long time. I want to clarify that I am not in any way denying everyone's beliefs. Whether one believes in God or not, I believe that it is a freedom and right given to all people. To me, this song feels like one that heals the soul, transcending countries and beliefs. The world is currently experiencing wars, and it's very distressing, but I hope all of you reading this comment will find happiness. If you are in a difficult situation, I pray from a corner of Japan that you will be freed from it. With all my love, I wish for happiness for people all around the world.

Wenn wir jemanden verlieren, ist der wunderbarste Trost, dass dieser Mensch da sein und uns die Hand reichen wird, wenn wir gehen müssen. Dadurch nimmt uns der Tod die Angst und gibt uns die Hoffnung. Wir sind alle eine große Familie. Musik wie diese lässt uns das fühlen.. egal wo auf der Welt.

I've been a part of a huge choir singing this and it's magical to be a part of. Makes me miss choral singing!

Certains compositeurs ont ce rare privilège d'être inspirés par Dieu...

I have been listening to this for hours, sitting in spirit with my brother as he lays dying, on the other side of the country. I am there with him, can see and feel angels all around him, tenderly lifting him up, drawing him through these exquisite harmonies farther into radiance of the Divine, welcoming him home after a lifetime of suffering. Thank you for the beauty, energy and devotion you have made available in the world to everyone who finds their way to this video.

i hope this is what i hear as the Lord welcomes me into his kingdom and to be reunited, like so many of us hope for. If anyone else os struggling with grief, it does get better. hurts like heck, but we get through these things, us humans!! theres still joy & hope, if we can still find it, most days!!! 💯🙏❤️❤️🙏

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.

This is THE BEST Agnus Dei recording. Ever. Exceptional artistry.

Music is food to the soul. I'm having a banquet.

One of the most complex professions in the world is a maestro that can put such a chor singing in different voices, with such harmony and soul... I am delighted !!!

It’s just beautiful, listening from New Zealand, God‘s blessing and peace to those people around the world that are crying in deep hurt, and pain The only real peace comes from God in our lives.✝️

This is by FAR the greatest piece of music ever composed. I close my eyes and I imagine hearing God's angels singing this as I'm slowly leaving this earthly body where I'm faced with the tunnel and light at the end. I have no fear but a unrecognizable peace. All my lifes memories are played at the sides of me one final time as I walk towards this this irresistible desire to walk faster to this light. I smile at the memories that had faded from my mind. The light grows closer and closer until I'm engulfed in perfect light, peace and love and my eyes focus on our risen Savior. He reaches out His hand for me and I am now home and I am truly truly loved. Eternity has just begun....

I'm in awe listening to this at my computer, I cannot imagine the feelings welling up in me if I were to have been in that hall. My parents never brought me to stuff like this but I will start going alone, this enriches a person's life, not the empty pop movies people spend money on nowadays. I want to feel lucky to be alive after a performance.

Voice is a powerful and soulful instrument.

I first heard this watching the Viet Nam war movie “Platoon.” The tears just welled up, it touches your inner soul deeply. I still can’t listen to it without getting the same reaction. Music is so powerful.

Not a single instrument, only human voice! Marvellous!

I have listened this probably a hundred times. I will keep on listening. It is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. The choir members all put their heart into this. Thanks for putting this on youTube.

O Lamb of God, that takest away the the sins of the world, have mercy upon us .............

omg just found this.....stunningly beautiful....Its what i expect to hear when I finally get to heaven

Having been greatly moved by the kind words of many people far and wide, I should like to add some of mine: My Wife Denise spent most of her last year in a Care Home nearby, she was hit badly by Covid there a year last November. After lockdown in February last year she was isolated in a bedroom and from then I was unable to see or speak to her. Last November she contracted Covid there again and succumbed in just a few hours. All I ‘got back’ was her corpse in a coffin, and the same thing happened to many thousands in this Country. Before my life with Denise, which began in 1960 - we wed in 1966 - from 1947 I had a platonic friend, Carolyn, she was five years old and I wasn’t quite five! Carolyn passed away on the IOW a few weeks ago, and so ended my companionships with two of the loveliest Ladies imaginable, and they were close friends with each other. They were both cremated, so the greater proportion of them, just water, is up there somewhere in the clouds, and my philosophy is that when “Raindrops keep falling on my head”, it is the two of them saying “Hello”. When, in Churchill’s wartime words “In God’s Good Time” it is my time to “Slip The Surly Bonds of Earth”, words by Spitfire Pilot John Gillespie Magee Jnr., I will join my two Ladies, probably on a ‘High And Windy Hill’, then with them on each arm, stroll along an endless beautiful beach in Cornwall with its music of the sea and children playing, heading for a distant village bakery which produces perfect Cornish Pasties - Manna indeed! I have plenty to occupy my mind with a real prospect of longevity, and I subscribe to Tennyson’s “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all”, however there is a constant need for ‘loss adjustment’. Accordingly, with the indulgence of you Mr. Choirmaster and ‘your’ illustrious Choir, every time I listen to their memorable rendition of Barber’s Classic, I like to think I can hear both my Ladies’ creditable soprano voices. Whilst Gielgud’s “This Imperfect World” in ‘The Scarlet and Black’ film apply particularly to today, I commend for you, dear Reader, these words in a poem by Alexander Pope “Hope springs eternal in the human breast”. And I have these words for my Ladies, wherever they are, by Hope himself : “ Thanks for the Memories”. And finally, at the end of Dicken’s classic ‘A Christmas Carol’, Tiny Tim’s words : “God Bless Us, Every One”.

I lost myself to depression long ago, only music likes this keeps me functioning.

One of the reasons my son's first name is Samuel ! Angels voices ! Can't help a tear ! Pure beauty ! ❤️

Suoni, voci per l'anima... Per chi ne ha ancora una e l'ascolta ogni giorno, tutti i giorni della propria vita...

For those who voted thumbs down...you must be devoid of emotion. How this piece cannot affect your soul is unfathomable to me...

Already 3 million views - we are overwhelmed by all the beautiful reactions. Thank you!

juste sublime. merci infiniment à tous les interprètes, au chef de choeur et bien entendu au génial Samuel Barber. gratitude.

When I was young, I sang in the Choir at Bath Abbey with my school chior. We sang the Messiah. It was beautiful. I still think about it 50 years later.

What a beautiful religion we had. We can eat what we want, we can drink what we want. We just have to love God, Jesus (who takes away the sins of the world) and, above all, one another. So sad that we threw all this out of our lives and our society. Thank you for this heavenly performance. Pax vobiscum from Leuven, Belgium.

Listen by heart: The world may be perish, but the kingdom of God emerges through music and spiritual gifts. He is already here. The Lord will lead us through. Pray for wisdom and qualified spiritual leadership. Something is at the end of the beginning.

Même si l’on ne croît pas en Dieu comment freiner une telle émotion en entendant un tel chant ! Il est si lumineux ! Merci à tous vous avez été sublimes❤️

Thank you and may God Bless all those who practiced and learned this beautiful music! I am so grateful in my heart for the gift of receiving it! ❤😂

Did anyone else's love for the original Homeworld game end up bringing them here all these years later? I had never heard Adagio For Strings before, and certainly not Agnes Dei set to it. Classical music was a big interest to me at the time, and this song has always moved me more than almost any other.

First Christmas without my mother who died in January and feeling really depressed, but while I can't seem to stop crying this song is in a way comforting. Thank you for posting this, you guys are amazing.

⁠​⁠​⁠I just love this piece of music. It has to be one of my favourite classical pieces. I first heard this when seeing Oliver Stone’s film “Platoon” and thought it was so apt for the screen soundtrack. So much emotion and pathos was evoked in me when hearing this music in conjunction with screen shots as I am a Vietnam Vet.

A piece that breaks my heart and mends it, every time I listen. Timeless, achingly beautiful.

This Music is so transcendently beautiful! I am happy to be alive to hear it!

If we ever meet aliens, I want this to be part of what we give them to make a first impression.

Never gets old. I want to listen to this as I die. God, let it be so 💖

J'ai rarement entendu quelque chose d'aussi sublime. La cohésion des voix est juste parfaite. Et la vidéo est d'une beauté qui rend hommage au chant.

In the midst of this horrible and defining pandemic these strains bring hope and peace--of something beyond the horizon and all this distance and death. Something larger than ourselves--something quieting, the sound of a still small voice? Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

This is easily the most haunting and beautiful choral arrangement I’ve ever heard. Thank you God for giving me good ears to hear this masterpiece with!

brings tears to my eyes every time listen .

Crying as i am watching, remembering my dear father who just passed away. What a lovely piece of soul searching music

Difficult to find the right words for this performance of Barber's Agnus Dei. Marvelous. Sublime. Serene. Truly legato. Suave, polished, elegant, and lovely.

Dear Malcolm,a truly beautiful expression of your love for your late wife,which will burn eternally

J'ai écouté ce vidéo des centaines de fois et ce n'est pas fini. Je suis persuadé que c'est la pièce de musique préférée des anges là-haut.

Reduced to tears. This music is celestial, spiritual and if there is a God, that God gave this music to us all.

Unquestionably the most sacred piece of choral music ever composed by an American. I'm in awe every time I hear it.

Merci de ce partage depuis la France. Soyez béni au nom de Jésus christ. Qu il nous protège dans les épreuves. Amen 🙏

I wonder if Barber had any inkling of the impact his "Adagio" would have on the musical world. Certaintly it has affected me and my life. I remember crying together with my then wife as we listened to this together. Thank you for making this available to the world.

UPDATE: we are excited to announce that this winter our recording of Agnus Dei (in 3D immersive sound) will be available on streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music and Google Play. Already 5 million views - we are overwhelmed by all the beautiful reactions. Thank you! And check out our new video in the Vocal Fabric series!

i am sorry, my command of the English language, cannot do justice to how wonderful the piece of music is and how exceptionally well it was performed. Anyone who is not moved by this music is dead inside. absolutely wonderful!

"Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world grant us Peace" My go to piece of music when i feel troubled.

Je ne peux m'empêcher de repenser à la première fois que j'ai entendu cette pièce. C'était, comme pour un bon nombre de personnes de ma génération sans doute, lors de la sortie sur les écrans de "Platoon" d'Oliver Stone. J'avais 16 ans, et sans parler du film lui-même, déjà tragique et déchirant, je garde encore intacte l'émotion pure et instantanée que j'ai ressentie à sa première écoute, dès la séquence d'ouverture du film. Bien sûr, c'était une version synthétique, rejouée et enregistrée avec un clavier, mais déjà, la partition me frappait au cœur sans que je sache vraiment pourquoi ni comment l'expliquer. Quelques années plus tard, je découvrais bien sûr le chœur initialement prévu, ce qui décupla mon ressenti émotionnel, en particulier lorsque je la vis et entendit interprétée en live. Mais ce n'est que lorsque j'eus atteint une certaine maturité après avoir embrassé une carrière de musicien professionnel que j'en saisis la véritable teneur. Je compris alors pourquoi adolescent j'avais été tant bouleversé par elle. Depuis, systématiquement, j'ai toujours veillé à retrouver ce sentiment brut, vierge de toute connaissance, de toute analyse, de toute pensée, lorsque j'écoute un morceau de musique pour la toute première fois. Je dois cet automatisme à M. Samuel Barber, auquel je veux rendre hommage ici par cet humble commentaire. Bravo au Vlaams Radio Koor et à M. Marcus Creed, son chef de chœur pour cette magnifique interprétation, ainsi qu'aux techniciens son qui ont fait un remarquable travail de captation et de mixage.

When Its time for me to die, I want to die listening to this angelic sound because these music waves can only move towards heaven.

Absolute perfection. I keep coming back to this and I never get tired of it. There is no better version than this.

Incredibile come penetrano nell' anima tutte queste voci 😢❤

A taste of heaven, inspired by God. This is so beautiful it's beyond words and touches the soul deeply.

Latin Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, miserere nobis. Agnus Dei, qui tolis peccata mundi, dona nobis pacem. English Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world, grant us peace.

I played this at my fathers dedication service. He fought pancreatic cancer this song is a true tribute to him. Thank you for posting this on youtube

After one month in a coma, my beloved Father passed away during the night in March of 1993. As Director of my University Art Gallery, I had to immediately install an exhibition before flying with my wife for his funeral. I had heard this hauntingly sublime, all choral music previously. Somehow as I was working alone in the silence of midnight, I had an image of my Father's coffin slowly--as if in slow motion--circling gracefully as it made its climb to heaven, accompanied by Barber's Agnus Dei as sung so emotionally here with serene beauty. I knew then that my dear Dad was at Peace. And so was I. The incredible power of great music, just one of the many legacies this wonderful man left to me. A vision of grace and eternal Love.

Maybe we cant see what heaven looks like but at least we can hear what it sounds like

I think this is the nicest version on the internet. Crisp, sweet, mellifluous, especially the higher tones. Smaller choir where each singer carries more than his or her own weight. Magnifique.

Barber:” I’m going to write a choral piece where everyone has to hold a note for three minutes at a time without a breath.” This choir: “And we will sing it perfectly.” WELL DONE!

In the spring of 1970 my high school choir visited another school. We performed this piece perfectly. What an experience that was! Unfortunately, we never recorded this piece. It exists only my memory. Such a beautiful thing here on earth.

I heard this piece years ago and it still makes me cry every time I hear it, it just puts me in that place, so beautiful

I come here from time to time to let my soul rests for a while of the daily problems. I feel peace with this song. I send a hug to you.

"Without music, life would be a mistake." Friedrich Nietzsche

This is a masterpiece. It brings peace upon the soul.

You could expect to hear this in heaven ❤

This is helping me to feel the overwhelming sadness and the beauty in our world today.

At 90 years of age, I am still moved by the sound of God's words being sung to us by the human voice. I cry many tears for my voice can no longer lift itself to praise my God. How sad it is to not be able to sing anymore because of age. Oh dear God, forgive me.

Après quelques notes seulement, le mystère de cette divine musique vous prend irrésistiblement avant de vous faire tomber en déliquescence... C'est d'une puissance émotionnelle d'un autre monde qui s'étant jusqu'au fin fonds de l'Univers tout entier. Barber est un génie et l'interprêtation magistrale, merci.

My great aunt Annie McDonald sang this for the opening of St, Columbans catholic church in Cornwall, Ontario over 100 years ago. IMAGINE.