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Apr 24, 2011 · Karl Jenkins - Benedictus - YouTube. keef1212. 51.8K subscribers. Subscribed. 21K. 2.7M views 13 years ago. Sublime Classical / Choral music set to cosmic video. Best viewed in HD 720p. From...
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- A Simple Beginning
- The Cello Solo
- Beauty in Simplicity
- Expanding The Sound
- So, How Does He Find His Inspiration?
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The music begins quietly with two alternating chords in the strings, D major and E major. However, the bass part stays as a D throughout, creating an E major chord over D. “It’s got an opening unlike any other,” Sir Karl explains. “It doesn't sound like an introduction. It's just these two chords stated [D major and E major over D] and it sets it u...
Its unusually high register might fool you into thinking this is a violin or viola solo – but the haunting opening phrase to ‘Benedictus’ is played on the cello. It’s even notated in the treble clef in many publications. “Now, I didn’t believe the cello solo would cause so much anguish, because it’s quite simple. But it’s also very high, and many h...
“[‘Benedictus’ has] quite a simple form: AABA. The opening and the end is just strings; the cello in the first instance, and then choir and cello in the end section. “The middle bit [B] is very very full, and that’s the loudest bit in the whole piece at fortissimo.”
Sir Karl is no stranger to unusual percussion instruments; his previous works, especially Symphonic Adiemus, use them extensively. “There are various different drums [in The Armed Man],” he says. “There’s a bass drum, I also wrote for a taiko drum if it’s available, which is a very deep round Japanese drum. “Tam-tams play the up-beat to that [the h...
“I studied music academically, so I was thoroughly trained, first at the University in Cardiff and then at the Royal Academy, so things like harmony, counterpoint, orchestration, the skill or the craft if you like, I’ve learnt. “But then the other bit is the intuitive bit I suppose, which some might call inspiration. But I don’t use that word, beca...
Learn how the Welsh composer created the stunning movement from The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace, with its simple but powerful cello solo and percussion. Find out what makes 'Benedictus' so resonant and beautiful, and how to perform it well.
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Nov 4, 2012 · Karl Jenkins - Benedictus Ausführende: Landesjugendchor Voices, Männerchor Götzis, Kammerchor Vocale Neuburg, Projektorchester unter der Leitung von Oskar Egle Aufgenommen am 21.04.2012 in ...
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Mar 4, 2018 · Follow HAUSER: / hausercello / hauserofficial / hauser_official HAUSER performing Benedictus from The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins (Hendon Music Inc (BMI)) with Zagreb...
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The Armed Man is a Mass by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, subtitled "A Mass for Peace". The piece was commissioned by the Royal Armouries Museum for the Millennium celebrations, to mark the museum's move from London to Leeds, and it was dedicated to victims of the Kosovo crisis.
Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace - XII. Benedictus - YouTube Music. Music video by Karl Jenkins, London Philharmonic Orchestra, National Youth Choir Of Great Britain performing...
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Benedictus ~ By Karl Jenkins, Performed By The Priests. Sir Karl Jenkins (born 17 February 1944), a Welsh musician and composer, composed "The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace” as an anti-war...
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