It's been quite a week since I last posted to this blog.
My job ended last Friday, I was part of a fundraiser on Sunday and tonight I was given a gift of finally seeing the 12 men choral group known as Chanticleer. Based out of San Francisco, this amazingly talented group of men performed tonight at the Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles.
This is an annual concert for them now. I was given a front row, center seat behind them in the balcony area. Being less than 50 feet from them with perfect accoustics it didn't matter if I was seeing the back of their heads. In a number of performances they were in a circle. The sound created when 12 men from counter tenor to bass sing in pitch perfect harmony is mesmorizing. I've been trying to see these guys perform for about 2 years now. Tonight's concert was perfection. If you didn't get the spirit after hearing them perform the "Medley of Chirstmas Spirituals" then you must have a lump of coal as a heart! Amazing!
They had two encores. In the first encore they performed the Ave Maria. That'll make you tear up. Then in the second encore they left us with a perfect 12 part harmony version of Silent Night.
That made me cry. Perfection.
For you Choral music nuts that I know from High School and College, check out the website on the "Chanticleer" link above and click on NEWS, then Online Press Kit. It will contain a doc you can download that will give you English translations of the Gregorian Chant, Latin, German and Spanish.
After the show I bought the new Best Of Chanticleer album and some of the guys sign it for me.
Okay, you know I'm a SyFy, BBC America geek and now I'm a Chanticleer groupie!
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