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Sublime Classical / Choral music set to a celestial video.Best viewed in HD 720p.From 'The Armed Man : A Mass For Peace' album.If u like this, u may also lik...
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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 it reflects his intuitive and crafted style.
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Nov 4, 2012 · Karl Jenkins - BenedictusAusführende: Landesjugendchor Voices, Männerchor Götzis, Kammerchor Vocale ...
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Karl Jenkins: Benedictus (from the Armed Man) Willem-Jan Visser. 732 subscribers. Subscribed. 65. 8K views 8 years ago. London Philharmonic Orchestra The National Youth Choir of Great Britain...
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The Armed Man is a choral work by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins, based on the Catholic Mass and other sources, such as the 15th-century folk song "L'homme armé". It is an anti-war piece that premiered in 2000 and has been performed and recorded many times.
Music video by Karl Jenkins, London Philharmonic Orchestra, National Youth Choir Of Great Britain performing Jenkins: The Armed Man - A Mass For Peace - XII....
Mar 4, 2023 · Find the original Latin lyrics and the English translation of Benedictus, a choral piece by Karl Jenkins. See the soprano, tenor, alto and bass parts and the Hosanna in excelsis chorus.
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