And now, one of my favorite singers from my early years. (Incidental factoid: she sang on a Led Zeppelin song in 1971.)
And one of my bands in high school did a cover of this -- which I still love. The shifting time signatures are wonderful.... and Denny's voice is incredibly powerful.... her intonation and strength and resonance and sheer emotion.... and then there's the great instrumentation.... and the story.... and the goosebumps:
And now, let's hear Nina sing Sandy's song... and make me cry, once again:
. Great Tam Lin, ninakat. I love triple meter, and when it shifts into the duple and back again, I melt.
Here’s a favorite rap. I’ve watched this video probably half a dozen times to make sure I hadn’t missed any movements or images. When viewing, drifting or blinking should be postponed. Spectacular designs and imageries in vids still captivate me.
^ Patience | Distant Relatives, album released May, 2010
Born we are the same, within the silence, indifference be Thy name Torn we walk alone, we sleep in silent shades The grandeur fades, the meaning never known- 'Born' Nevermore
I don't care what anyone thinks of prog-metal. I think this is a great song.
Born we are the same, within the silence, indifference be Thy name Torn we walk alone, we sleep in silent shades The grandeur fades, the meaning never known- 'Born' Nevermore
Born we are the same, within the silence, indifference be Thy name Torn we walk alone, we sleep in silent shades The grandeur fades, the meaning never known- 'Born' Nevermore
This certainly ranks right up there; the self-defined "greatest song" (in the opera, it wins the prize in the master-singers contest) just might be what it claims:
Yeah, it's by that old scumbag Wagner. He never killed anybody, that I know of, he was just human, a complete ass, and probably the greatest composer---maybe the greatest artist---ever.
(JS Bach might be the greatest composer. Tough call.)
“The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.” ― Joan Robinson
And, it must be mentioned that Walther’s Prize Song is composed and performed to win the guild’s song contest— a song that eventually wins the hand of a lady —in the only opera, a comedic opera (set in Nuremberg in mid-16th century) that Wagner wrote himself; his other operas are based in the mythological or fantasy genre.
The Proms’ performance posted featured a tenor, Mr. Raymond Verry, who isn’t what tradition would define as a Wagnerian tenor. Verry has the vocal range appropriate, but the Heldentenor timbre required for singing Wagnerian roles isn’t in Verry’s voice. I’m guessing the Proms’ musical director had an agenda for the concert that’s unknown to me; perhaps, Mr. Verry (and the soprano, too) were substitutes, for some reason.
I’ve posted (the lyrics and) performances of four tenors who have vocal qualities and technique to pull off successfully the role of Walther in the opera, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.
LYRICS. Definition: Schöpferlob: choir and orchestra in concert.
< Verse one >
Morning light shines, pure as at the beginning. Spring song of the blackbird, Schöpferlob sounds. Thanks for the songs, thanks for the morning, Thanks for the word that springs from both.
< Verse two >
Gently falling drops, sun-lit. Sun was on the first grass first thaw. Thanks for the traces of God in the garden, green freshness, sheer blue.
< Verse three >
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning, Radiance that breaks me out of Eden! Thanks to effusively thank God in the morning! Recreate greets us his light.
< Verse four >
Morning light shines, pure as at the beginning. Spring song of the blackbird, Schöpferlob sounds. Thanks for the songs, thanks for the morning, Thanks for the word that springs from both.
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Art will be the last bastion when all else fades away. ~ Timothy White (b 1952), American rock music journalist _________________
I grabbed the first one with good balance and relatively good fidelity, but you're right, the Wagnerian voice is a specialty.
(Speaking of Meistersinger, the Overture, sez me, is the king of orchestral works; maybe not the best, just king. It's not a song, so I won't post it here.)
“The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists.” ― Joan Robinson
postponed. Spectacular designs and imageries in vids still captivate me.
