Vivaldi's Gloria

I asked my family to have this played when they carry my body out of the church following my funeral. I want people to feel joy when I have entered the Kingdom of God!

If you ever doubt the existence of heaven then listen to music like this and you have to realize that there is a place higher and loftier than here to be worthy of it.

today is Jan 5, 2024. I am listening now to your performance. My deepest gratitude.

This is probably the first serious performance of this work that I've seen on YouTube. Every high school "top choir" and collegiate chorial union performs this, so I was expecting some "ok" background music while I work. But before I went to a different window, I saw some period instruments. Then I heard musical (not just technical) and meaningful use of dynamics. And I heard an engaged chorus in which each part was well-represented, functioned independently, and worked seamlessly. And the soloists held their own. I'm thoroughly impressed! Well done to all musicians and sound/video technicians involved in this production.

This is the performance of the Gloria I listen to over and over on YouTube.

Thank you UNT and YouTube for presenting superb musical interludes that I as an impoverished pensioner, would never otherwise afford to hear. It lifts my spirits.

An addendum to my first comment: this proves, beyond any doubt, that music is the universal language. No one could, in my opinion, sing a work like this and stay enemies with other singers. It recalls the words of that commercial so popular in the late '60's, "I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony....it's the real thing. "

Ascoltare Vivaldi,magistralmente eseguito da giovani Nord Americani e una grande emozione per un Italiano!!!

Whenever I see Vivaldi, I want to click on it. Fine performance, and as a 61 yr old man in this day in age, it's very refreshing to see a group of fine looking youth.

I sang this back in 1985, or 1986, my Junior year of High School! Now, I am 51, and I still remember how to sing it! Amen!

Vivaldi outdid himself in this piece. And this performance is spectacular and brilliant. The soloists sang so beautifully I could hardly stand it. Definitely the best performance of this marvellous piece I've ever heard. Bravo!

Vivaldi che grande musica ci lasciasti. Immortale tra i geni musicali.

Vivaldi Fans: Let us do THREE MILLION views! Fantastic Performance! UPDATE: This video has reached THREE MILLION views! Congratulations UNT!

So beautiful! Thank you so much Lord today again specially! All the grace and the glory to our God Almighty the Father Jesus Christ our Lord again! Thank you so much for sharing today again! God bless all! God bless AMERICA!

Glorious music, thank you, Vivaldi. Thank you to the School of Music at North Texas State, Denton who still inculcates such beauty in the souls of young people. Bravo!

The UNT School of Music is ranked second in the nation after Juilliard. This is a good example of why!

I watched my 24 year old perform it as a senior in High school 7 years ago (violin), and my youngest perform it last night (soprano)....Brings a tear to my eye every time I listen to this. What a maestro Vivaldi was.

It warms my heart to hear this wonderful music being played by young people.

I come back to this wonderful video!

My favorite of the glorias. Played it over over and over again when my son was born