The 1932 performance of Franck's work by John McCormack in Dublin's Phoenix Park was the highlight of his career. Noteworthy renditions have also been performed by tenors Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo and Roberto Alagna, as well as by the sopranos Charlotte Church, Herva Nelli, Jessye Norman, Magda Olivero, Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and Renata Scotto, and the Italian operatic pop group Il Volo. The piece was performed by Richard Tucker at the funeral Mass for United States Senator and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy on June 8, 1968, and by Plácido Domingo and Yo-Yo Ma at the funeral mass for Robert's brother, Senator Edward Kennedy on August 29, 2009 – an event televised nationally in the United States
This version was played using the St. George's Casavant sample set together with Fluffy Audio Flute.
