This Hunchback of Notre Dame A Cappella Medley Performance Gave Me Chills

This brought a tear to my eye, but I’m at a funny age (or so I’m told). However, when this video came my way (thank you mysterious YouTube algorithms), it combined two things. First, it’s music from my favourite Disney animated movie, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Secondly, it features my two favourite songs from the film – The Bells of Notre Dame and Out There. They’re not back to back either, the latter segues seamlessly in and out of the latter (and vice versa) in a gorgeous medley. A touch of Out There and then we're off into The Bells, then back again, then back again. My reaction? Bloody Hell! Forgive me for getting a little Ron Weasley there, but this is fantastic. The voices are pitch perfect. It looks like Swedish acapella quartet Ringmasters bumped into London-based classical ensemble VOCES8 in a bar, discovered they had a mutual love for all things Quasi, and said “Hey! Let’s put on a show!”. Or maybe not. In fact, the songs by Alan Menken were arranged by Aaron Dale, and…