The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness has arrived!
Meanwhile, at SingWiv, we were tackling some contemporary opera along with a song from Hawaii and one from Jamaica.
"Einstein on the Beach" is an opera composed by Philip Glass. We did a short section consisting of just number as lyrics!
You can hear the original of the Einstein on the Beach section that Chris has based his version on here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIDuZq7RVAM
"Heke hau" is a beautiful Hawaiian song using a proverb as its lyrics. This is an arrangement by Nickomo.
Love is like a healing dew, washing away all hurt.
"Janie mama" is a Jamaican song, from an island called Santiago and colonised by Spain till 1655, when the British took it over. Ya tu sabes in Spanish means “Ya know,” “You already know,” “You know what I mean,” or similar. Turnmina, Suzika and Yavana are all girls’ names. Ya tu ..., I ya... and Hey... are all “Hi there! I see you!..” types of greetings. So basically, the song is greeting these girls, and Janie Mama as well. The origin is Spanish.
Here is the link to October's recordings.
