Land of the Best Singers in the World - The Philippines | Female Category

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The Philippines has been known for it’s people who has a very warm hospitality and of course, their talents. Singing has always been a part of every Filipinos lives. Almost a majority of the Filipino people can sing, about 70-90%. Filipino singers also find their way in the international stage like The X Factor (UK, Australia, Romania, US, etc.) | The American Idol, The Voice and Got Talents from different countries and more. So here’s a list of the TOP or the Best of the Bests when it comes to singing in the Philippines. 1. Regine Velasquez - Asia’s Songbird 2. Jonalyn Viray - Fearless Diva 3. Morisette Amon - Asia’a Phoenix 4. Charice Pempengco - Int’l Singing Sensation 5. Katrina Velarde - Suklay Diva 6. Rachel Ann Go - International Theater Diva 7. Angeline Quinto - Female Pop Superstar 8. Sheryn Regis - Crystal Voice of Asia 9. Kyla - Asia’s Queen of RnB 10. Jaya - Asia’s Queen of Soul 11. Lea Salonga - Broadway Diva 12. Lani Misalucha - Asia’s Nightingale 13. Sarah Geronimo - Asia’s Popstar Princess 14. KZ Tandingan - Asia’s Soul Supreme 15. Nina - Asia’s Soul Siren 16. Aicelle Santos - Soul Flair Songstress 17. Julie Ann San Jose - Asia’s Pop Sweetheart 18. Klarisse De Guzman - The Voice of the Philippines 19. Jessica Sanchez - American Idol Thank You for clicking. I hope you enjoy.

TOP 7 FILIPINO SINGERS WHO WIN IN X FACTOR INTERNATIONAL AND AMERICAN IDOL

Music and Nature Seasons: Winter

by Maureen Buja

What’s your vision of winter? Cold, snow everywhere, or simply a more temperate time of year? Is it crisp days that make your nose crinkle or soft sunshine and no air-conditioning? No matter what kind of winter you have, there’s music to fit your mood.

Dancing in the snow

Tchaikovsky, stuck in the coldest north, created his first symphony on an idea that could accommodate both a cold and a warm season, his Winter Daydreams. The slow Adagio movement could be you sitting by the fire, curled into a blanket, or in a nice swaying rocker. 

Brooklyn Botanical Garden in Winter

In the inverted summer/winter of Argentina, Piazzolla, in his Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, gave us a winter scene with dancing. 

In England, Christopher Simpson’s Winter part of his four Fantasia Suites for viols, also takes us dancing. 

Russian composers, however seem to be the ones who take us into the wrenching cold. As the chorus sings, the snow piles higher and higher.

Snow falling

Leonid Desyatnikov closes his 12 months of the Russian Seasons with a look back at the year.

It’s cold, but we’re inside and we can remember the year as it was. 

Sergei Prokofiev’s ballet Cinderella included a Winter Fairy – one of the 4 season fairies who came to help Cinderella’s fairy godmother prepare her for the ball. 

In his Children’s Corner Suite, even Claude Debussy included a work for the snow. As it falls, it seems to mesmerize the watcher – the light colour against the darkness of night and never stopping.

Sunset against the trees

British composer Thomas Adès set a set of 4 Latin songs as The Lover in Winter for countertenor and piano. Again, he’s able to invoke a cold feeling. 

But perhaps we should close as we started, with a bit of Tchaikovsky. His famous ballet The Nutcracker remains for many people the definition of the winter season. It’s Overture, seeming to mix both the falling snow and the scurrying people preparing for the season captures so much of winter.

What are the lyrics to Auld Lang Syne, and what does Auld Lang Syne actually mean?

By Daniel Ross, ClassicFM

We all know Auld Lang Syne from bleary-eyed New Year’s Eve renditions, but have you ever wondered exactly what the words mean, and where they come from? And what about the tune?

Most of us will know ‘Auld Lang Syne’ from joyful New Year’s Eve festivities, joining friends and family in raising our voices to welcome in a new year, but how many people can truthfully say they know the words beyond the first verse?

As for the melody, it pre-dates any New Year’s celebrations as we know them, and has been used by the likes of Beethoven, Haydn, and even Cliff Richard.

What are the lyrics to Auld Land Syne?

First verse:
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?

Chorus:
For auld lang syne, my jo,
for auld lang syne,
we’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

Second verse:
And surely ye’ll be your pint-stoup!
and surely I’ll be mine!
And we’ll tak’ a cup o’ kindness yet,
for auld lang syne.

Chorus

Third verse:
We twa hae run about the braes,
and pou’d the gowans fine;
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary fit,
sin’ auld lang syne. 

Chorus

Fourth verse:
We twa hae paidl’d in the burn,
frae morning sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
sin’ auld lang syne.

Chorus

Fifth verse:
And there’s a hand,
my trusty fiere!
and gie’s a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll tak’ a right gude-willie waught,
for auld lang syne.

Auld Lang Syne. Picture: PA

What does ‘Auld Lang Syne’ mean?

The most accurate plain English interpretation of the piece’s famous title is ‘Old long since’, or ‘For the sake of old times’.

The song itself is reflective in nature, and is basically about two friends catching up over a drink or two, their friendship having been long and occasionally distant.

The words were written by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788, but Burns himself revealed at the time of composing it that he had collected the words after listening to the verse of an old man on his travels, claiming that his version of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ marked the first time it had been formally written down.

However, an earlier ballad by James Watson, named ‘Old Long Syne’, dates as far back as 1711, and use of the title phrase can be found in poems from as early as the 17th century, specifically works by Robert Ayton and Allan Ramsay.

hat is the tune to ‘Auld Lang Syne’?

The tune is thought to stem from a traditional folk song, collected in the Roud Folk Song Index (it’s listed as #6294). The famous tune is loosely based on a pentatonic (five-note) scale, and has been borrowed and quoted by countless composers and writers.

Beethoven even wrote an arrangement of ‘Auld Lang Syne’ as part of his 12 Scottish Folksongs from 1814 (listen below).

One of the more unusual and most famous uses of the tune came in 1999 when Cliff Richard used the melody for his single ‘Millennium Prayer’, in which he sang the words of The Lord’s Prayer over the familiar tune.

When do people sing ‘Auld Lang Syne’?

‘Auld Lang Syne’ is most famously sung by revellers at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve every year.

This tradition began in Scotland, where Hogmanay would be marked by the singing of the song while singers join hands to form a large circle.

Apart from New Year’s Eve, the song is also often sung at Burns Night celebrations, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo, at passing out parades for the Royal Navy, and for many other military bodies across the world.

Martha Argerich: Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54(2022)

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Wiener Philharmoniker conducted by Zubin Mehta September 18, 2022 Musikverein, Goldener Saal 00:35 I. Allegro affettuoso 16:00 II. Intermezzo; Andante grazioso 21:50 III. Finale; Allegro vivace Encore: Schumann Kinderszenen Op. 15 34:52 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen

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Mantovani Orchestra Christmas Time

An Easy LIstening Christmas Time Play. With the most wonderful Mantovani Orchestra Incl The Great Songs Of O Little Town Of Bethlehem Adeste Fidelis Silent Night Joy To The World The First Noel Away In The Manger The Great Songs Of Christmas We Wish You A Merry Christmas Deck The Halls Auld Lang Syne

These FILIPINO Auditions will BLOW YOUR MIND | UNBELIEVABLE

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Christmas Piano Music

By Frances Wilson, Interlude

With Christmas just around the corner, here is a selection of festive piano music to bring good cheer and warmth, peace and joy.

© Garry Gay

J.S. Bach: Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring (arr. Myra Hess)

Myra Hess

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring is the English title of the 10th movement from Bach’s cantata “Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,” BWV 147. The British pianist Myra Hess published her transcription for solo piano in 1926 and later followed it with a version of piano 4-hands. Its simple elegance is underpinned by a resonant bass line which brings grandeur to one of Bach’s most enduring and popular works. 

Percy Grainger: Sussex Mummer’s Carol

Percy Grainger

Percy Grainger had an avid interest in British folk songs and was a key figure in the folksong revival movement at the turn of the twentieth century. He made many wonderful transcriptions of folksongs from the British Isles, through which he introduced these pieces to concert audiences. The Sussex Mummers’ Carol is known to have been sung in the English county of Sussex as early as the 1800s and possibly even earlier (“mummers” were players who would go round villages re-enacting Biblical stories and folk tales for the local people). Grainger’s refined and peaceful transcription is a world away from the original setting in which a carol like this would be performed. Here, he demonstrates his skill in elevating a rustic tune into a concert miniature. 

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: December – Noel from The Seasons

Tchaikovsky composed his twelve character pieces for piano, The Seasons, at the same time as he was writing his popular ballet, Swan Lake. December: Noel is scored in warm A-flat major and opens with a sweetly decorated melody. The piece evokes the good cheer and antics of Christmas.

Franz Liszt: Weihnachtsbaum (Christmas Tree)

Composed in 1873-76, Franz Liszt’s suite of 12 miniatures for piano was dedicated to the composer’s first grandchild, Daniela von Bülow (1860-1940; daughter of Cosima and Hans von Bülow). While some of the pieces directly reference well-known Christmas carols, including In Dulce Jubilo (No. 3) and Adeste Fideles (O Comes All Ye Faithful; No. 4), or evoke Christmas bells Chimes (No. 6), others are not connected with Christmas at all. The overall style and mood of the suite is reminiscent of Schumann’s Kinderszenen. The first recording of Weinachtsbaum was made in 1951 by Alfred Brendel. 

Julian Yu: Jangled Bells

A witty, off-key take on that evergreen Christmas song by Chinese-Australian composer Julian Yu. After suggesting the well-known tune in the opening the music descends into a discordant middle section before the melody returns. The entire piece lasts just under 1 minute!

Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride (arr. Andrew Gentile)

Leroy Anderson

Composer Leroy Anderson had the original idea for Sleigh Ride during a heatwave! The work was completed in February 1948. Andrew Gentile’s dazzlingly imaginative transcription for solo piano is a masterpiece of virtuosity, complete with Lisztian flourishes and glittering glissandi, while honouring Anderson’s orchestral original. No Christmas playlist should be without this joyful, uplifting piece!