Posted on 04/09/2011 2:38:59 AM PDT by Sprite518
This is an amazing video of where technology is taking us with music and the Internet. I’m sure you will all like it.
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Wonderful, in every sense of the word. The voices meld but the individuals still stand out, at least more so than when they’re standing next to each other. The close-ups on the faces make that difference, of course. Thank you for posting this.
Thank you for sharing this... it’s amazing!
How can anyone look at this video and not think there is a God?
You’re welcome.
On so many levels the single most stunning thing I’ve ever seen on the interent.
Thanks and I like your tag line.
Thank you for listing this. It is absolutely beautiful.
Virtually amazing!
Very, very nice.
There is a rosary website called “Come, Pray with me.” Although the actual vocals are the same recorded ones each time, they have an interactive map showing all the people who have logged on or are logged on at that time. People all over the world saying the rosary at that same exact moment. It’s very powerful for me. Largest number logged on has been about 90.
This Ted thing was very wonderful. Wish they would do Mozart’s requiem. I found the actual music a bit underwhelming.
Love Whitacre’s music and his willingness to write something beautiful in the face of the modern classical ethos which asserts that unless you offend the audience’s ears, you aren’t a “serious” musician. Thanks for posting this.
Once more, Mozart’s Requiem claims a convert. I had a similar revelation and learned to sight read music and learn the Latin. That’s where the similarity in our stories ends. :)
BTTT
Some posts on that thread were links to emotional music. The most touching one was an elegaic piece for a cappella choir, but was unnamed at the time. I FRMailed the poster to investigate the composer and the performers.
It turned out to be Eric Whitacre's Lux Aurumque, which means, roughly translated "light from gold" or "light with a golden tone". Oddly, the text was originally in English IIRC, and Whitacre had an expert translate it into Latin.
I found CDs of both the original choral version, and a recent transcription for band. They're in my library now.
“Sleep” is finished now. The video can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WhWDCw3Mng
Also, “Lux Aurumque” in its entirety can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7o7BrlbaDs
That is beautiful. Thanks for the ping. I’m looking forward to the entire production.
I imagine that Eric will do that since he mentioned it.
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