'Eternal Light', performed on BBC 'Songs of Praise' in a programme about the movie mogul J Arthur Rank who produced landmark British films like 'The Red Shoes' - a reference to which is included in the video.
Lyrics, and video both below the fold. Enjoy :-)
markfromireland
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This posting started out as my attempt to satisfy a simple request for the a capella version of 'In Memorian' from 'Les Choristes. It is the nature of grandchildren to escalate their demands and for doting grandparents to cave in … The upshot of this situation is that they (and you) get both.
'In Memoriam' is Bruno Coulais' setting of the Kyrie it's the 20th track on his sound track to the 2004 French film 'Les Choristes'. I like Coulais' music and I particularly like this piece it's sung in the film by the boys of the Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc. Or to put it another way trebles singing a rather beautiful piece of modern music with Descant. The descant is sung by Jean-Baptiste Maunier. You'll find the film in its entirety below the fold. It's worth your while watching in full-screen if you can.
Enjoy :-).
markfromireland
Source: Les Choristes (The Chorus) Soundtrack - In Memoriam A Capella – YouTube Uploaded by wiktusix on Jul 26, 2009
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The University of Utah Singers perform "Circle of Life" arr. by Fidel Calalang Jr. live in concert, October 30, 2009 in Libby Gardner concert hall under the direction of Dr. Brady Allred.
Soloists: Karsten Longhurst & Kevin Golub
Lyrics are below the fold if you want to sing along. Enjoy :-) - markfromireland
Source: Circle of Life - University of Utah Singers – YouTube Uploaded by UofUtahSingers on 23 Nov 2009
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Libera performing Mark McKenzie’s ‘Benedictus Deus’ from the soundtrack for the Mexican film “El Gran Milagro” (the IMDb entry for the English language version of the film is here: IMDb – The Greatest Miracle (2011)). As you might expect from Libera they sing it brilliantly – but then they had very good material to work [...]
Stanley Myers' classical guitar piece "Cavatina" which served as the theme for the film "The Deerhunter" was originally written for piano but was rewritten for guitar by Myers at the behest of John Williams. The word itself, "Cavatina" is the diminutive of «Cavata» and comes originally came from 18th-century when it denoted both a songlike piece of instrumental music and in opera a short aria. (You'll find it for, example three times, in Le nozze di Figaro (Marriage of Figaro (K. 492) and also in the scoring for the final movement of Beethoven’s String Quartet in B flat op.130).
Myers' composition for guitar (and indeed the piano piece) is characterised by a clear melodic line and expresses a gentleness and wistful regretfulness it works well for both instruments it also works wonderfully well as a choral piece. Judge for yourselves, below the fold you'll find a play list that consists of a performance by Stockholms Gosskör (Stockholms Boys Choir) conducted by their artistic director Karin Skogberg Ankarmo given on June 23rd 2010 during a joint concert with the St. Petersburg State Choir together with the guitar OFS and a very nice piano version uploaded and played by YouTube User TAUCE67. (Do play the piano version as well as the choral performance it's really beautifully played, if you like piano music TAUCE67's is well worth your while visiting it's a mix of well known melodies and his own compositions all of them very listenable to).
Enjoy :-)
markfromireland
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