Va, pensiero

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A nice weekend music for you. A chorus from the third act of Nabbuco by Giuseppe Verdi.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGo8Q4uk7RM

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nice setting for that performance....like the lighting on the buildings in that plaza

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well

 

I'm always surprised at what we are capable of. We can create many wonderful things in life.

 

A nice weekend music for you. A chorus from the third act of Nabbuco by Giuseppe Verdi.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGo8Q4uk7RM

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I've heard and sung this piece many times. But there was one particular performance (not mine) that moved me like few other pieces of music have. It was twenty years ago in Central Park at the Bandshell. Vincent La Selva's New York Grand Opera regularly runs through the canon of Verdi operas and that year Nabucco was on the list. I went. It was a pleasant night and a great way to spend it. At the designated moment, his chorus of amateurs plowed through Va, pensiero with appropriate pathos and gusto. The then performance stopped. A chorus of Chinese children marched on. They were stranded in New York by the political turmoil accompanying the Tiananmen square uprising then taking place. They sang Va, pensiero with a simplicity that put into perspective the complexity of their plight. As I remember it, the audience stood in stunned silence. I wasn't sure whether to applaud or cry for these brave children. There was not a dry eye in the place and I choke up even yet recalling this particular performance.

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Thanks!

 

Thank you for sharing your experience.

 

 

I've heard and sung this piece many times. But there was one particular performance (not mine) that moved me like few other pieces of music have. It was twenty years ago in Central Park at the Bandshell. Vincent La Selva's New York Grand Opera regularly runs through the canon of Verdi operas and that year Nabucco was on the list. I went. It was a pleasant night and a great way to spend it. At the designated moment, his chorus of amateurs plowed through Va, pensiero with appropriate pathos and gusto. The then performance stopped. A chorus of Chinese children marched on. They were stranded in New York by the political turmoil accompanying the Tiananmen square uprising then taking place. They sang Va, pensiero with a simplicity that put into perspective the complexity of their plight. As I remember it, the audience stood in stunned silence. I wasn't sure whether to applaud or cry for these brave children. There was not a dry eye in the place and I choke up even yet recalling this particular performance.

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Rusell Watson- VA Pensiero

 

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It all in the human psyche!

 

“Va pensiero” is one of those pieces of music that exemplifies the human quest for liberty and freedom… a natural emotion that is innately present in all of humanity. Ironically, at times such sentiments can’t be aptly expressed even though they are a basic part of the human psyche.

 

Somehow the greatest composers have been able to communicate such feelings and emotions in a way that transcends mere words. Yes, we all feel those sentiments, but somehow when expressed in music they come across as much more potent, powerful, and ultimately more effective.

 

G56whiz's posting proves this!

 

Other compositions that have a similar effect that immediately come to mind are Beethoven’s setting of Schiller’s “ode to Joy” and the prayer from the final act of Rossini’s Moise et Pharaone (Mosè in Egitto in the Italian version).

 

My God! I am getting a chill just thinking about these sublime pieces of music!!

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You are hot!

 

What you wrote excites me! So hot!

 

“Va pensiero” is one of those pieces of music that exemplifies the human quest for liberty and freedom… a natural emotion that is innately present in all of humanity. Ironically, at times such sentiments can’t be aptly expressed even though they are a basic part of the human psyche.

 

Somehow the greatest composers have been able to communicate such feelings and emotions in a way that transcends mere words. Yes, we all feel those sentiments, but somehow when expressed in music they come across as much more potent, powerful, and ultimately more effective.

 

G56whiz's posting proves this!

 

Other compositions that have a similar effect that immediately come to mind are Beethoven’s setting of Schiller’s “ode to Joy” and the prayer from the final act of Rossini’s Moise et Pharaone (Mosè in Egitto in the Italian version).

 

My God! I am getting a chill just thinking about these sublime pieces of music!!

[whipped guy]

What you wrote excites me! So hot!

 

I just thought of the finale of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell with it’s repetition of the word "liberté" and that got me even more excited!

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I just though of the finale of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell with it’s repetition of the word "liberté" and that got me even more excited!

 

I'm thinking we may have to move this to the "End of the 36 Second Ejaculation" Thread you guys are so Worked Up!

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lol

 

You are so witty!

 

I'm thinking we may have to move this to the "End of the 36 Second Ejaculation" Thread you guys are so Worked Up!