The Homilius piece is hauntingly beautiful. He was an organ pupil of Bach's and cantor at the Kreuzkirche. Haunting and, for me , melancholy; there is a film here on RUclips of the choir singing it in November of 1944 under Rudolf Mauersberger. Knowing that some of the boys we see died only a few months later in the Dresden bombing makes me feel sad.
Es sah so aus, als wenn der Chor seinen letzten Auftritt noch nach Mitternacht hatte. Es handelte sich aber bei der Sendung um eine Aufzeichnung, die gemäß Auskunft des Kreuzchores bereits um 21 Uhr beendet gewesen sei. Der MDR versäumte aber, darauf hinzuweisen.
I see trees of green, red roses too, I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself, What a wonderful world. I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, What a wonderful world. The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people going by I see friends shaking hands, saying How Do You Do They're really saying I love you. I hear babies cry, and watch them grow They'll learn much more than I'll ever know And I think to myself, What a wonderful world. Yes, I think to myself, What a wonderful world. It's one thing for 68-year old Louis Armstrong to reflect back on his life of fame and excitement, but quite something else for a 12-year old. I know some of these boys are older, but of the ~150 in the Kreuzchor, the average is pubescent. Their experiences may be limited, but not their intelligence. Consider the images in the song: the beauty of nature, the cycles of daily life, rainbow colors and people colors, growth and learning from infancy to adulthood -- and, at last -- one's own limitations. I would not expect such maturity from 12-year olds. But on the other hand, when I expand my computer to full-screen and study those faces -- those beautiful, earnest faces -- all my biases melt away, and Yes, I think to myself, What a wonderful world.
Be sure that Louis Armstrong would be proud of this rare and exceptional honor... They are able to do this like it's nothing (not difficult) and gives them joy... The quality is simply the highest thinkable. : They have also included another genre (the second song, which is a folk song to soothe the souls of the average elder people who definitely don not need to be musically trained to enjoy this). : But their real speciality is of course the first classic song. Those are the ones which are difficult and their special abilities are applied. _The spiritual realm plays into this_ Thank you @AML2000 for pointing out what that song and background is.
The Homilius piece is hauntingly beautiful. He was an organ pupil of Bach's and cantor at the Kreuzkirche. Haunting and, for me , melancholy; there is a film here on RUclips of the choir singing it in November of 1944 under Rudolf Mauersberger. Knowing that some of the boys we see died only a few months later in the Dresden bombing makes me feel sad.
Thank you for the reference and the tragic history.
Es sah so aus, als wenn der Chor seinen letzten Auftritt noch nach Mitternacht hatte. Es handelte sich aber bei der Sendung um eine Aufzeichnung, die gemäß Auskunft des Kreuzchores bereits um 21 Uhr beendet gewesen sei. Der MDR versäumte aber, darauf hinzuweisen.
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I see trees of green, red roses too,
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, saying How Do You Do
They're really saying
I love you.
I hear babies cry, and watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
Yes, I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
It's one thing for 68-year old Louis Armstrong to reflect back on his life of fame and excitement, but quite something else for a 12-year old.
I know some of these boys are older, but of the ~150 in the Kreuzchor, the average is pubescent. Their experiences may be limited, but not their intelligence.
Consider the images in the song: the beauty of nature, the cycles of daily life, rainbow colors and people colors, growth and learning from infancy to adulthood -- and, at last -- one's own limitations.
I would not expect such maturity from 12-year olds. But on the other hand, when I expand my computer to full-screen and study those faces -- those beautiful, earnest faces -- all my biases melt away, and
Yes, I think to myself,
What a wonderful world.
Be sure that Louis Armstrong would be proud of this rare and exceptional honor...
They are able to do this like it's nothing (not difficult) and gives them joy...
The quality is simply the highest thinkable.
:
They have also included another genre (the second song, which is a folk song to soothe the souls of the average elder people
who definitely don not need to be musically trained to enjoy this).
:
But their real speciality is of course the first classic song.
Those are the ones which are difficult and their special abilities are applied.
_The spiritual realm plays into this_
Thank you @AML2000 for pointing out what that song and background is.
I can literally see Louis Armstrong clapping for them from heaven
Die Liedauswahl ist nicht gelungen.