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Pie Jesu (Lloyd Webber)
Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem is a requiem mass, which premiered in 1985. It was written in memory of the composer's father, William Lloyd Webber, who died in 1982. History and reception It was a new venture for Lloyd Webber, the composer of numerous musicals, to create a piece of traditional classical music. The music mixes Lloyd Webber's melodic and pop-oriented style with more complex, sophisticated, and at times even austere forms. An initial draft of Requiem was heard during the 1984 Sydmonton Festival, after which Lloyd Webber spent an additional half-year polishing the work. The premiere took place on 24 February 1985 in St. Thomas Church, New York; the conductor was Lorin Maazel, and the three soloists were Plácido Domingo, Sarah Brightman (Lloyd Webber's wife at the time), and Paul Miles-Kingston. Requiem won the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition. The most popular segment of Requiem has been the Pie Jesu, which became a hit single and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End theatre, West End and on Broadway theatre, Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of Variation (music), variations, two film scores, and Requiem (Lloyd Webber), a Latin Requiem Mass. Several of Lloyd Webber's songs have been widely recorded and widely successful outside their parent musicals, such as "Memory (Cats song), Memory" from ''Cats (musical), Cats'', "The Music of the Night" and "All I Ask of You" from ''The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical), The Phantom of the Opera'', "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" from ''Evita (musical), Evita'', and "Any Dream Will Do (song), Any Dream Will Do" from ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat''. In 2001, ''The New York Times'' referred to him as "the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pie Jesu
"Pie Jesu" ( ; original Latin: "Pie Iesu" ) is a text from the '' Lacrimosa'', a hymn in the sequence " Dies irae," where it is the final (nineteenth) couplet. The couplet is often included in musical settings of the Requiem Mass as a motet. The phrase means " pious Jesus" in the vocative. Popular settings The settings of the Requiem Mass by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (H.234, H.263, H.269, H.427), Luigi Cherubini, Antonin Dvořák, Gabriel Fauré, Maurice Duruflé, John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Kim André Arnesen and Fredrik Sixten include a "Pie Jesu" as an independent movement. Decidedly, the best known is the "Pie Jesu" from Fauré's Requiem. Camille Saint-Saëns, who died in 1921, said of Fauré's "Pie Jesu": "Just as Mozart's is the only 'Ave verum corpus', this is the only 'Pie Jesu'." Andrew Lloyd Webber's setting of " Pie Jesu" in his Requiem (1985) has also become well known and has been widely recorded, including by Sarah Brightman, Charlotte Church, Jackie Evancho, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelis (album)
''Angelis'' is the debut album from British Classical crossover singing group Angelis, released in the United Kingdom on the 6 November 2006. It reached number 2 in the official British music chart and sold over 350,000 copies and received platinum status. The group members received a platinum disc on GMTV. Track listing # "Angel" – 4:26 # "Pie Jesu" – 3:16 # " Somewhere over the Rainbow" – 3:36 # "Silent Night" – 2:13 # " Pokarekare Ana" – 2:36 # "Even Though You're Gone" – 4:11 # " Walking in the Air" – 3:51 # "Morning Has Broken "Morning Has Broken" is a Christian hymn first published in 1931. It has words by English author Eleanor Farjeon and was inspired by the village of Alfriston in East Sussex, then set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune, "Bunessan". English po ..." – 2:51 # " May It Be" – 3:50 # "Cantero" – 4:03 # " O, Holy Night" – 4:15 References 2006 debut albums {{2000s-classical-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelis
Angelis was a British classical singing group created by Simon Cowell. It was initially formed in early 2006 and was made up of six children, who were then aged between 11 and 14. The children were discovered during nationwide auditions led by Ron Corp and from recommendations and contacts with some UK choirs, including the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and New London Children's Choir. Their eponymous debut album was released on 6 November 2006. It sold over 350,000 copies and reached platinum status, reaching number two on the UK album charts and Number one on the Scottish album charts. The group members received a platinum disc on ''GMTV GMTV (an initialism for Good Morning Television), now legally known as ''ITV Breakfast, ITV Breakfast Broadcasting Limited'', was the name of the national ITV (TV network), ITV breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the Uni ...''. In early 2007, Cowell disbanded the group, partly as a result of complications with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voice Of An Angel
''Voice of an Angel'' is the debut studio album by the Welsh singer-songwriter and actor Charlotte Church. It was released on 9 November 1998, by Sony Music. The album sold millions of copies, and made Church the youngest artist in history with a number 1 album on the British classical crossover charts. It is a collection of arias, sacred songs and traditional pieces. Track listing Note: Sian Edwards conducted the Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera Welsh National Opera (WNO) () is an opera company based in Cardiff, Wales. WNO gave its first performances in 1946. The company began as a mainly amateur body and transformed into an all-professional ensemble by 1973. In its early days, the ..., with Meinir Huelyn on harp. Charts and certifications Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications Release history References 1998 debut albums Charlotte Church albums Classical crossover albums Sony Classical Records albums 1990s covers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Church
Charlotte Maria Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed, 21 February 1986) is a British singer-songwriter, actress, and television presenter from Cardiff, Wales. As a child, Church was a popular classical singer with a less-successful attempt to move into pop music in 2005. By 2007, she had sold more than ten million records worldwide including over five million in the United States. She hosted a Channel 4 chat show titled '' The Charlotte Church Show''. Church released her first album in five years, titled ''Back to Scratch'', on 25 October 2010. Church is a soprano. In recent years, Church has embraced political activism, supporting Jeremy Corbyn when he led the Labour party, Plaid Cymru in the Senedd elections, and the cause of Welsh independence. Early life Church was born Charlotte Maria Reed in Cardiff to Maria and computer engineer Stephen Reed. Her parents separated when she was two, and she was raised by her mother who brought her up as a Roman Catholic. In 1992, Maria m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Bass
Michelle Bass (born 2 February 1981) is an English glamour model and television personality turned singer and columnist. She first came to fame as a contestant on the fifth series of the UK reality television show '' Big Brother''. Previously, Bass had worked in a Call Centre, and auditioned for Pop Idol. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, she attended Gosforth High School. Career Big Brother 5 During her time in the Big Brother House, she was a member of a group of contestants who referred to themselves as the "Lip Gloss Bitches", along with Marco Sabba, Emma Greenwood and eventual winner Nadia Almada. Other media activities Over Christmas 2004, Bass played The Princess in the pantomime ''Aladdin'' at the Alban Arena in St Albans. Bass has appeared as a contestant on ''Celebrity Weakest Link'', contributed '' Big Brother'' columns to ''OK!'' magazine and ''News of the World'' and played a small role in the film ''I Want Candy''. In early 2007, Bass moved into the commerc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amira Willighagen
Amira Willighagen (born 27 March 2004) is a Dutch soprano who won the sixth season of '' Holland's Got Talent'' in 2013, at the age of nine. Early life Amira Willighagen was born in Nijmegen to a Dutch father and a South African mother whose mother tongue is Afrikaans. She grew up surrounded by classical music. At the age of seven, during a holiday in the United Kingdom, she heard the aria " Nessun dorma", performed by Luciano Pavarotti. In that period she looked at her brother Fincent playing the violin, their mother Frieda also played the violin and the father Gerrit played the piano. She did not know how to play instruments, so she tried to sing vocally. At the beginning, before taking singing lessons, Willighagen taught herself to sing opera arias, using YouTube tutorials. That's how she discovered her talent and passion for music. Even her mother was surprised when she heard her the first time singing. Two of her first public appearances took place in 2012, at the "Music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Netrebko
Anna Yuryevna Netrebko (; born 18 September 1971) is a Russian and Austrian operatic soprano who has performed at the Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna State Opera, the Royal Opera and La Scala. Netrebko is one of the few Russian performers to achieve international success, along with Alla Pugacheva and t.A.T.u. Discovered and promoted by Valery Gergiev, she began her career at the Mariinsky Theatre, collaborating with the conductor in the theater and performances elsewhere. She was noticed globally after playing Donna Anna in Mozart's ''Don Giovanni'' at the 2002 Salzburg Festival. She had been known for her rendition of lyric and coloratura soprano roles yet later proceeded into heavier 19th-century romantic roles, such as Leonora in '' Il trovatore'' and the role of Lady Macbeth in ''Macbeth''. Since 2016, she has turned her focus to verismo repertoire. She has been an exclusive artist for Deutsche Grammophon since 2003. She has won multiple Echo Klassik Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Osmond
Olive Marie Osmond (born October 13, 1959) is an American singer, actress, television personality, author, and businesswoman. She is known for her girl next door, girl-next-door image and her decades-long career in many different areas. Her musical career, primarily focused on country music, included a large number of chart singles with four reaching number one on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts. Her 1973 cover of "Paper Roses," released when she was 14, made her the youngest female act with a number-one country single. Between 1985 and 1986, she also had number-one country singles with "Meet Me in Montana," "There's No Stopping Your Heart (song), There's No Stopping Your Heart," and "You're Still New to Me." As a television personality, she has been a host of Donny & Marie (1976 TV series), ''Donny & Marie'' (alongside brother Donny Osmond) and on The Talk (talk show), ''The Talk''. Her acting career includes appearances in television films and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sissel Kyrkjebø
Sissel Kyrkjebø (; born 24 June 1969), also known abroad as Sissel, is a Norwegian soprano. She is considered one of the world's top crossover sopranos. Her musical style ranges from pop recordings and folk songs to classical vocals and operatic arias. She rose to prominence in Norway in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and her cover version of Ole Paus' song " Innerst i sjelen" (Deep in My Soul) gained wide popularity in the 1990s. She is well known for singing the Olympic Hymn (Hymne Olympique) at the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway; for duets with Plácido Domingo and Charles Aznavour at the Christmas in Vienna concert of 1994, José Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel, Josh Groban, Neil Sedaka, Mario Frangoulis, Russell Watson, Brian May, Tommy Körberg, Diana Krall, Warren G, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and The Chieftains; and for her participation on the ''Titanic'' film soundtrack. Sissel received her first US Grammy nominati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Evancho
Jacqueline Marie Evancho ( ; born April 9, 2000) is an American singer who gained wide recognition at an early age, singing primarily crossover music#Classical crossover, classical crossover covers. Since 2009, she has issued nine albums, a platinum-selling extended play, EP and two further EPs; three of her discs debuted in the top 10 on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200."Jackie Evancho on Classical-Crossover" Classical-crossover.co.uk, accessed October 26, 2011 She has also presented three solo PBS concert specials. Between 2008 and 2010, Evancho entered talent competitions, sang the The Star-Spangled Banner, US national anthem at a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game, issued her first album, ''Prelude to a Dream'', and attracted interest on YouTube. In 2010, at the age of ten, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
