Rita and I appreciate all kinds of music including serious classical music and world music. Rita's sister has an M.A. in Music from Eastern Michigan State. Here she is singing the solo (2:43) at St.John's in Detroit (not sure if this is serious music):
Easter 2012 at St. John's Detroit: The promise which was made (Bairstow) http://youtu.be/XtLdQUnhVTQ <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtLdQUnhVTQ> She recently sent us this YouTube to listen to: Song to the Moon from Rusalka by Dvorak. Sung in English http://youtu.be/ag3UKxfTLmc On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 7:47 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > *Yeah, not quite the same thing. I'm talking about serious music and > highly trained singers.* > > Justin Timberlake, for one, sings in a much higher voice than his regular > voice. Same for Neal Young I believe. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSVHoHyErBQ > > > ---In [email protected], <authfriend@...> wrote: > > I'm not a big fan of countertenors myself; the voices always sound a > little strained to me. But this dude is special, not just the voice but the > musicality. > > The ear is more important than any musical knowledge (for the listener, at > any rate). > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmyLkjxKCNo > > Phew! And this is not generally my kind of "thing" but it certainly evokes > all sorts of primal, albeit refined primal, sensations. His voice and those > instruments and the light and the setting and the crystal hanging from the > ceiling. All of these things transported me to a long-ago time. Thank you > for that. I am an ignoramus when it comes to knowing about music but my ear > seems to make up for what I lack in theoretical musical knowledge. > > >
