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This is a recent re-recording of me playing a (now less, but still somewhat improvised) beautiful piece known as "Lux Aeterna", which was written by Clint Mansell and originally perfomed by the Kronos Quartet in the Requiem for a Dream soundtrack. Go buy the soundtrack right now, and don't forget to pick up the movie, too :)
Video recorded using a Canon Powershot A560. Guitars recorded using my home-built PC & studio setup. Backing instrumental is NOT the original - it was sequenced in Reason 2.5 way back in the day (2 to 2.5 years ago since the recording of this, IIRC). I tried to stay true to the original instrumentation, but changed some strings to piano (sequenced strings just don't cut it in the earlier parts), and did the percussion to suit my own tastes at the time (I prefer Clint's, honestly).
The performance isn't perfect, but it felt right to me, so I went ahead and stuck with this take out of the 2 I did. One missed note near the end (half a step up on a hammer-on) is the only real biggy.
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György Ligeti (1923-2006)
Lux Aeterna for 16 solo voices.
Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine,
cum sanctis tui in aeternum quia pius es.
Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks Hamburg
Dir. Helmut Franz
Recording: 1968
Photo:
Guido Costa (1871-1951)
Mozart Requiem, Sacrum-Profanum Festival, Krakow 2004, projection - part 14 - Lux aeterna, Cracov Philharmonic Orchestra, spectacle by M. Soboci?ski. Video created by Maciej Soboci?ski and Pawe? Augustynek-Halny.
O Nata Lux from Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen. Dwight Jilek conducts the Northfield Concert Choir of Northfield, MN. This video was made during rehearsal in the Crypt of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. This is the same space where the Pope presided during his visit in April, 2008.
You can download a much better copy of the audio from the choir website:
http://www2.nfld.k12.mn.us/education/components/scrapbook/de
fault.php?sectiondetailid=21370
György Sándor Ligeti (May 28, 1923 -- June 12, 2006) was a Romanian born 20th century composer. Born to a Hungarian-speaking Jewish family, he briefly lived in Hungary before later becoming an Austrian citizen.
'Lux Aeterna'
Kammerchor Stuttgart
dir : Frieder Bernius
La nature ne nous laisse jamais indifférent : tantôt mélodieuse, tantôt silencieuse, tantôt violente, tantôt rayonnante...
Voici de pâles témoignages de ce monde où nous trouvons si difficilement notre place.
J'ai l'honneur de vous présenter ma nouvelle réalisation : Natura Aeterna, un court-métrage d'environ sept minutes sur la nature et ce monde à part qui cohabite avec le nôtre.
Mon but est d'emmener le spectateur dans un repos. Un peu comme lorsque l'on écoute notre mélodie préférée... Sauf que là, j'y rajoute un voyage visuel dans le calme et la sérénité. Un film qu'on ne se lasse jamais de repasser.
Version haute définition et beaucoup plus agréable pour l'oeil : http://yurenzhizuo.free.fr/natura/natura.rar
Merci pour vos commentaires !
Réalisé par www.y-r-zz.com
Obra compuesta en 1966 e indisolublemente unida a la película de Kubrick de 1968 "2001, Una odisea en el espacio". Pero es mucho más.
Boston Symphony Orchestra
William Steinberg
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem Mass in D minor KV 626 (completed by Franz Xaver Süssmayer, revised edition by Franz Beyer)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
Concentus Musicus Wien (orchestra)
Arnold Schönberg Chor (choir)
Gerald Finley (bass)
Kurt Streit (tenor)
Bernarda Fink (alto)
Christine Schäfer (soprano)
I didn't like Harnoncourt's previous Requiems all that much, but this one is amazing: From the lush, full SACD sound of the (perfectly played) live recording to the stunning balance between the harsh, dramatic and the quiet, mourning parts. He's using the newest critical edition of the Süssmayer Requiem completion, which makes for a sleeker, cleaner and at times harsher orchestration, closer to that of the Introitus - but it leaves the Süssmayer parts intact otherwise, there is no Amen fugue after the Lacrimosa.
But it's not just the revised score that makes this one stand out, the playing of the Concentus Musicus is precise when it needs to be, soften when the score calls for it - I've never heard trombones this piercing in the Dies Irae before, truly apocalyptic, the strings in the Confutatis and Rex Tremendae are crushing, raw - no trace of the saccharine, overly romanticized Requiems of the past (Karajan is spinning in his grave, goofy tracksuit and all), here all the mourning is laced with sheer terror.
The Arnold Schönberg Choir is excellent as usual and the recording captures its color perfectly. As for the soloist, Gerald Finley and Christine Schäfer stand out particularly - Finley's bass aria in the Tuba Mirum is not only perfectly in tune with the trombone, it's also completely free of unnecessary vibrato, this is one of the least operatic Requiems recorded. As for Christine Schäfer, her soprano is of otherworldly color and expression, which might have something to with her personal life: Her long-term spouse, with whom she had two children died unexpectedly at 40 just two months before this Requiem was recorded. Deeply touching. Kurt Streit and Bernarda Fink are no less excellent, on a whole the whole ensemble blends together perfectly.
[Please comment after watching] My second amv based on Final Fantasy Advent Children with music from Clint Mansell - Lux Aeterna (if you've asked for the song please include an email address. I can't send it to you without it)
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Requiem for a Dream is a 2000 film adaptation of the 1978 novel of the same name. The novel was written by Hubert Selby, Jr.; the film adaptation was directed by Darren Aronofsky, and starred Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly and Marlon Wayans. Burstyn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance.
The film depicts different forms of addiction, leading to the characters imprisonment in a dream world of delusion and reckless desperation, which is then overtaken and devastated by reality.[1]