The American Minervan

Tag: Satirical Songs

  • Bogoroditse Devo (Virgin, Mother of God) | Rachmaninoff: Vespers (All-Night Vigil)

    Bogoroditse Devo (Virgin, Mother of God) | Rachmaninoff: Vespers (All-Night Vigil)

    Blessed is the Virgin (Bogoroditse Devo)Rachmaninoff Vespers, No. 6 Rejoice, virgin, God-bearer (Bogoroditse Devo, raduysia) Mary, full of grace (Blagodatnaya Mariye), the Lord be with you. (Hospod s’Toboyu)Blessed are you amongst women (Blagoslovenna Ti v’zhenah).and blessed is the Fruit of your Womb (i Blagosloven Plod chreva Tvoyego).for you have borne the Savior of our souls…

  • Sanctus! — Mozart and Süssmayr

    Sanctus! — Mozart and Süssmayr

    Such magnificence leave us desirous to soar and delve into the sacred. SANCTUS Sanctus. Sanctus, Sanctus,Dominus Deus Sabaoth!Pleni suni coeli et terra gloria tua.Osanna in excelsis. Holy, holy, holy,Lord God of Sabaoth.Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory.Hosanna in the highest.

  • Requiem: Sanctus | John Rutter, Cambridge Singers, Aurora Orchestra

    Requiem: Sanctus | John Rutter, Cambridge Singers, Aurora Orchestra

    From John Rutter’s “Visions and Rutter Requiem” Mass. Requiem was written in 1985.

  • Requiem: The Lord is my Shepherd | John Rutter

    Requiem: The Lord is my Shepherd | John Rutter

    “The Lord is My Shepherd” (Psalm 23) is a beautiful melody to listen to and contemplate in these times. From John Rutter’s rendition in “Visions and Rutter Requiem” comes the tranquil choir and orchestra from conductor and composer John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers, Aurora Orchestra, and Soloist Thomas Barber. We read and comprehend these things…

  • Kyrie and Ave Maria (arranged from “Intermezzo sinfonico”) | Plácido Domingo and Sissel

    Kyrie and Ave Maria (arranged from “Intermezzo sinfonico”) | Plácido Domingo and Sissel

    Kyrie Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana

  • “Ain’t That Peculiar,” Marvin Gaye Expresses How I Feel About America

    “Ain’t That Peculiar,” Marvin Gaye Expresses How I Feel About America

    THE MESSAGES AND MUSIC IN SOUL HAD AND STILL HAVE THE POWER TO HEAL GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES, CULTURE, AND REANIMATE THE NATION. . .

  • Henryk Gorecki – Symphony No. 2, Op. 31: “Copernican”

    Henryk Gorecki – Symphony No. 2, Op. 31: “Copernican”

    First, it sounds as if war has begun against the gods. Then, like the laboring of a soul in profound melancholic sorrow, among the bones and bloody river of the slain. . . .a heart-wrenching saudade. . . .severed in pieces. . . .and far from one’s god. Henryk Gorecki – Symphony No. 3, Op.…

  • Song of Liberté—Veillons au Salut de l’Empire

    Song of Liberté—Veillons au Salut de l’Empire

    “Let’s ensure the salvation of the Empire” was the unofficial French national anthem under Napoleon, adapting the principles of the French Revolution under his imperial rule.

  • Kirsten Flagstad – Brünnhilde’s battle cry: “Ho jo to ho!”

    Kirsten Flagstad – Brünnhilde’s battle cry: “Ho jo to ho!”

    Kirsten Flagstad having fun singing Hojotoho battlecry of Wagner’s Valkyrie! This scene is extracted from “The Big Broadcast of 1938” which is a Paramount film featuring W.C. Fields and Bob Hope. Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film is the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies. Act TwoPrelude and…

  • Alighieri’s vision: Giovinezza – 1922 (First Version)

    Alighieri’s vision: Giovinezza – 1922 (First Version)

    “Salve o popolo d’eroi (Hail, people of heroes), Salve o patria immortale (Hail, immortal Fatherland), Son rinati i figli tuoi (Your sons were born again), Con la fede e l’ideale (With the faith and the Ideal) Il valor dei tuoi guerrieri (Your warriors’ valour), La virtù dei pioniero (Your pioneers virtue), La vision dell’Alighieri (Alighieri’s…

  • Carl Orff: Ecce Gratum (“Behold, the Pleasant”)

    Carl Orff: Ecce Gratum (“Behold, the Pleasant”)

    “Behold, the Pleasant” “They gloryand rejoicein honeyed sweetnesswho striveto make use ofCupid’s prize;at Venus’ command…” ECCE GRATUM Ecce gratumet optatumver reducit gaudia,purpuratumfloret pratum,Sol serenat omnia.Iam am cedant tristia!Estas redit,nunc receditHyemis sevitia. Iam liquescitet decrescitgrando, nix et cetera,bruma fugit,et iam sugitVer estatis ubera;illi mens est misera,qui nec vivit,nec lascivitsub Estatis dextera. Glorianturte letanturin melle dulcedinis,qui conantur,ut…

  • Carl Orff: Circa Mea Pectora

    Carl Orff: Circa Mea Pectora

    Circa Mea Pectora (“In My Heart”) is a dramatic love song in Latin and Middle High German, and the singing is put in the mouth of a man whose intentions are made to seem clearly not honorable. It is relatable to the drama of an unworthy candidate’s ambitious and selfish intentions in their aspirations to unveil…