Well, well, well . . .
I guess some music is more equal than others . . . but hey, everyone's entitled to their opinion.
True, the whistling was not trad. But it was musical + expressive in it's own way.
Nanohedron wrote:Melismacrobatic. . .
Thank you for enlarging my vocabulary !
I had no idea it was a regular item. Sheltered life I guess.
Nanohedron wrote:bigsciota wrote:The slight flinch from the lady at 0:26 really makes it for me.
Eye of the beholder, I guess. When I saw it, I thought,
Yep. Here come the waterworks, right on cue. What I didn't expect were the numbers; I confess that I cynically wondered if I weren't witnessing a paid claque.
Seriously ? In a group/concert setting ? Such a beautiful piece of music, with it's full message of personal pain + reconciliation?
After all, Amazing Grace is so widely+well known, each person has their own "internal" version of it. That version includes what it sounded like as well as all the other "meanings" that come from context (e.g. funerals, church services, ...). Hearing a version, any version, brings that all back.
I'm not surprised one bit at the waterworks. I wish I had been there.
When I grow up, I hope to be able to ornament + twiddle at will the way Rieu whistler did. Along with trad too.
best fishes,
trill