Richard, so both Rita and her sister are very involved in music. Did any of your children inherit that gift?
On Sunday, March 2, 2014 9:28 PM, Pundit Sir <[email protected]> wrote: 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 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.
