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Happy End ／ Ryuichi Sakamoto

Classic Music - pure morning

Peter-Anthony Togni’s “Lamentatio Jeremiah Prophetae” is a contemporary concerto for bass clarinet and choir. Written in 5 movements for virtuoso soloist Jeff Reilly and the Elmer Iseler Singers conducted by Lydia Adams, it is an innovative and multi-faceted work; melodic, exploratory, passionate, and soulful.

“Lamentations” is the most ambitious and extensive collaboration to date of more than a decade of musical partnership between composer Peter-Anthony Togni and bass clarinetist Jeff Reilly. Peter and Jeff have worked together since 1998 in the trio Sanctuary, which has performed hundreds of concerts in Canada, the USA, Europe and Asia. Over these years Peter and Jeff have discovered a musical empathy between them that is rich, intense and lyrical.

Premiered in 2007, Lamentations was released internationally on ECM records in March of 2010.

Lamentations is a piece based on ancient texts, but it resonates deeply with our own time. The work is based on the sayings of the biblical prophet Jeremiah, whose heart-rending life and true prophesies of dire warning went largely unheeded by those he sought to warn.
It is an exploration of grief, atonement, despair and finally, hope.

The Lamentations of Jeremiah is represented by  Latitude 45 Artists

05 Lamentatio Jeremiae Prophetae - C

Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (a.k.a. Forbidden Colours) by Ryuichi Sakamoto (1983)

Live video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_v_pbd-O8U

Soundtrack from the movie Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (戦場のメリークリスマス), a.k.a. Furyo in Europe, directed by Nagisa Oshima, and starring David Bowie, Tom Conti, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Takeshi Kitano.

The instrument is a Kawai VPC1 controlling a Clavia Nord Stage 2, using a sampled Yamaha C7 grand piano, and... straight from the 80's a sampled preset named "Touch Perco" from the Yamaha DX7 mk2 synth.

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Ryuichi Sakamoto 坂本龍一 Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [live cover]

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr.Lawrence

Sure On This Shining Night - Lauridsen

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