Go the Distance / Let It Go | Boston Gay Men's Chorus

Go the Distance, Music by Alan Menkin, Lyrics by David Zippel. Let It Go, Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Arranged by Chad Weirick. Soloist, Christopher Murray. Performed by Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, Reuben M. Reynolds, III Music Director. Video directing, editing, and sound mixing by Michael Willer. Produced by Craig Coogan. World premiere of Disney PRIDE in Concert recorded live June 22, 2022 at Boston Symphony Hall.

[Brissieskater]

Absolutely fantastic! The soloist has an outstanding voice and the Chorus members are so handsome, but not forgetting their magnificent song choice as well.

[Drama]

This was beautiful. And damn, that “Let it Go” soloist has some serious pipes. Really giving Idina Menzel a run for her money.

[cesarjr]

It gave goosebumps. I'm stuck in this performance.

[Brissieskater]

I never tire of watching this performance

[rumblesofrevolution]

Damn y'all. Let it go hits different

[SewingWithLawayne]

Had to rewatch as dang so many cute men in the chorus.

[josephcaliri]

Totally awesome!
Joe C New Portland, Maine

[miscellaneoussarnian]

Renaissance and Platinum films ranked (by one’s I’ve watched)

RENAISSANCE
1: Hercules 🇬🇷
2: Tarzan 🦍
3: HoND ✝️
4: Little Mermaid 🧜‍♀️
5: Lion King 🦁
6: Aladdin 🧞‍♂️
7: BatB 🥀
8: Pocahontas 🍂

PLATINUM
1: Encanto 🕯️
2: Frozen 2 🌬️🔥🪨💧
3: Tangled ☀️
4: Frozen ❄️
5: Moana 🌊
6: PatF 🐸

[FriPilot]

Does the choir have its own orchestra, or is BSO involved?

[jeanmari-antoinebalder]

I have to say that although the performance is magnificent, overall mashing these two songs together just makes no sense as they thematically contradict each other: the protagonist of "Go the distance" yearns and fights for societal acceptance and respect, welcoming and cheering crowds and in imagining this happy end they find strength to keep on going; "Let it go" has a diametrically opposite tone, the protagonist there achieves happiness and liberation through abandoning the social norms and expectations, "no right, no wrong, no rules for me - I'm free", they quite literally choose to be alone in the cold but to be their authentic self. In a way the two songs represent both the personal and the political struggle central to the modern queer experience: do you want to be accepted by others ("Go the distance") or do you want to be unapologetic in living authentically even if it means beeing alone ("Let it go").