An oratorio is a large musical composition including an orchestra, a choir, and soloists. Like an opera, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an ensemble, various distinguishable characters, and arias. However, opera is musical theatre, while oratorio is strictly a concert piece—though oratorios are sometimes staged as operas, and operas are sometimes presented in concert form. In an oratorio there is generally little or no interaction between the characters, and no props or elaborate costumes. A particularly important difference is in the typical subject matter of the text. Opera tends to deal with history and mythology, including age-old devices of romance, deception, and murder, whereas the plot of an oratorio often deals with sacred topics, making it appropriate for performance in the church. Protestant composers took their stories from the Bible, while Catholic composers looked to the lives of saints. Oratorios became extremely popular in early 17th century Italy partly because of the success of the opera and the Church's prohibition of spectacles during Lent. Oratorios became the main choice of music during that period for opera audiences.
Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE FKC (born 20 April 1943, Fontmell Magna, Dorset, England) is an English conductor. He founded the Monteverdi Choir (1964), the English Baroque Soloists (1975) and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique (1989). Gardiner has recorded over 250 albums with these and other musical ensembles, most of which have been published by Deutsche Grammophon and Philips Classics. Gardiner is most famous for his interpretations of Baroque music on period instruments with the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists, but his repertoire and discography are not limited to early music. With the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Gardiner has performed a wide range of Classical and Romantic music, including many works of Hector Berlioz and all of Beethoven's symphonies. A recording of the third symphony of the latter was used in a dramatisation by the BBC of Beethoven's writing of that symphony. Gardiner has served as chief conductor of the North German Radio Symphony Orchestra and has appeared as guest conductor with such major orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and Vienna Philharmonic.
Sir Colin Rex Davis, CH, CBE (born 25 September 1927) is an English conductor. His repertoire is broad, but among the composers with whom he is particularly associated are Mozart, Berlioz, Elgar, Sibelius, Stravinsky and Tippett.
He studied as a clarinettist, but was intent on becoming a conductor. After struggles as a freelance conductor from 1949 to 1957, he gained a series of appointments with orchestras including the BBC Scottish Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has been associated with the London Symphony Orchestra for over 50 years, including over ten years as its principal conductor. He has also held the musical directorships of Sadler's Wells Opera and the Royal Opera House, where he was principal conductor for over fifteen years. His guest conductorships include the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Dresden Staatskapelle, among many others.
As a teacher, Davis holds posts at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and the Carl Maria von Weber High School of Music in Dresden. He made his first gramophone recordings in 1958, and his discography built up in the succeeding five decades is extensive, with a large number of studio recordings for Philips Records and a growing catalogue of live recordings for the London Symphony Orchestra's own label.
Stephen Cleobury CBE ( /ˈkliːbrɪ/ KLEE-bri; born 31 December 1948) is an English organist and conductor. He was organ scholar at St John's College, Cambridge and sub-organist of Westminster Abbey before becoming Master of Music at Westminster Cathedral in 1979. He was also the President of the Royal College of Organists from 2008.
In 1982 he took up the position of Director of Music for the Choir of King's College, Cambridge, where he also teaches music. He has been conductor of Cambridge University Musical Society (CUMS) since 1983, and was Chief Conductor of the BBC Singers from 1995 to 2007, and Conductor Laureate from 2007. In 2008, Cleobury was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal School of Church Music. Cleobury was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours.
His brother Nicholas Cleobury is also a conductor. His cousin Stephen Dean is a composer.
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Harry Bicket (born 1961, Liverpool, England) is a British conductor, harpsichordist and organist.
Bicket was educated at Radley College, Christ Church, Oxford, where he was organ scholar, and the Royal College of Music. Before Oxford he was organ scholar at St George's Chapel, Windsor, and afterwards he was sub-organist at Westminster Abbey, during which time he performed at the wedding of Sarah Ferguson and Prince Andrew.
As a conductor, Bicket became known when he stood in as a replacement to conduct Peter Sellars’ production of Handel's opera Theodora with Dawn Upshaw, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson and David Daniels, at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1996. He has since conducted in many other opera houses and concert halls. He has become especially associated with the baroque and classical repertoire. In 2003, Bicket was conductor for the revival of Theodora at Glyndebourne.
In 2003, Bicket made his Covent Garden debut conducting Handel's Orlando with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE), a production that was nominated for "Best New Opera Production" in the 2004 Laurence Olivier Awards. Bicket's engagements with the OAE have also included Handel's Theodora and Rodelinda for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. In 2005, Bicket made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera conducting Rodelinda with Renée Fleming.
So strap yourself in again
And do you find yourself able to breathe?
Unhindered
We rise to the top again
And they watch as we fall into whole
Bottomless
And I lie beneath you
And struggle for air
And I lie beneath you
And struggle for air
And if I could walk on air
I'd see where the wind would carry you
Clear from harm's way
You mixed up the words you said
And the sentences don't make any sense
I know
Like always
And I lie beneath you
And struggle for air
And I lie beneath you
And struggle for air
And I lie beneath you
And struggle for, air
And I lie
Yes I lie
Strike the chord that I desire most
Why can't I believe in me?
Why can't I believe in me?
Why can't I believe in me?
(So far from me, so far away)
Why can't I believe in me?
(So far from me, so far away)
Believe in me? So far
Believe in me? So far down
Sitting on the porch I am wondering what is there for me
What this life gives to me.
Singing of the birds I wish I could be so free-minded
Like those in the sky
Is it wastage for me to be a lonely prayer
What's there to gain
Human greed says to me get a life now
No reason for a lonely prayer
Now I really see maybe true ignorance is bliss
To know nothing
â? Hey you thereâ? â? don't wanna know, can't you see this
Burden in my back.
Leave me alone!
Is it wastage for me to be a lonely prayer
What's there to gain
Human greed says to me get a life now
Can you feel my pain now.
Thousands words can't describe it.
Wish I've never met you at all
Gave you all that I had
My love up to the sky
Oh why please tell my why
I need to find the key to this chain of pain
Lost in the field of grief
What's left for me?
Gonna tell you what I want
ain't nothing like before
everything I did was a waste for you
Lost my sanity
This anger I can't handle
Got nothing to say to you no more
I need to find the key to this chain of pain
Lost in the field of grief
What's left for me?
Listen my child
Loose the hate and let me heal you
Say your prayer now, I'll lead the way
Now I forgive you
I hope you will too
Just let the will of God be done
Now I found the key
It's my God the Father
He wiped the pain away
Feel free to fly!
Prophesies coming true
No longer light from the moon
Stars are falling from the sky
You can see t with your own eyes
The day of the Lord is near
The Devil roars in anger
Fight back with the power of Father
Zombies ‘n dwarfs are fairy tales
Satan is as real as it gets
Better raise your sword!
Burning sun descends and the only nightwish is to
see the power of our God
You feel the hatred of the world?
That is the angel of death
C'mon, too blind to see!?
Smell the air you breath
You're the son of King of Kings
The red dragon is perfidious
It wants to swallow your soul
There is only one above all and he is Jesus Christ
It's not the time to fall asleep
I pray everyday
Let the world to know your name is only way to be saved!
Burning sun descends and the only nightwish is to
see the power of our God
Shine the light
Like the stars in the sky
Shine the light
When the wave pounds the shore
Good morning to my Lord
Take the cross and say the prayer
Come holy ghost come fill me
Every day Your mighty grace is new
Exalting is my need
Have I lost my sanity wanna praise you day and night
The moment I walk out the door
â? Temptations!â?
Gonna fight â? till the end of day
God of glory come to me. You fill my heart with joy
Give You my heart my soul my mind
You are the power come to me.
You fill my heart with joy.
Please embrace me with Your Love
Sometimes I fall sometimes I fear
Oh no no, righteousness is near.
All the lies from evil throne are going way way down
Love the power of the word
You disagree with me?
Living on the edges â? till my dying day
Carry me home!
The moment I walk out the door
â? Temptations!â?
Gonna fight â? till the end of day
God of glory come to me. You fill my heart with joy
Give You my heart my soul my mind
You are the power come to me.
You fill my heart with joy.
My heart feels like a black graveyard
All the keys are lost. Cloud of sin blackens my mind
I treasure my memories. Where lays my future?
I'm wasting my thoughts.
Wish to better myself but it ends with sorrow
One Saviour, one name for hope
And yet I take it for granted
Crawling, shouting in pain
Think I'm going insane
In silence I wish for end but there is no return from hell!
No return from hell!
So tired so frustrated.
Crawling, shouting in pain
Think I'm going insane
In silence I wish for end but there is no return from hell!
[translation]
[Heavenly Jerusalem]
It was built before no souls were created
In advance God wanted you to be there
2000 years ago the earth shook
â? Look; the kingdom of God is among you.â?
Peace and joy dominate there
The enemies of love He judges away
Always we praise our saviour Jesus in immovable kingdom
Thousands of angels and the chosen ones.
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Arrive the Almighty, come heavenly Jerusalem
There is no more fear. I know where to find the light
It's time for a new life. All that was is left behind.
Now seek for the Lord because He has the power and honour!
Thousands of angels and the chosen ones.
Jesus Christ our Lord.
Flying in the sky with holy ghost
Just a dream a fantasy?
Moment burned to dust. The future or the past?
My life passed before my eyes
What is this, another dream?
No doubt no deceit no shape of evil. I am free!
Ages before
Who are we now?
Despair in our soul
Ages before
Who is our God?
The fountain of life. yeah!
Once again I breathe the air of peace
Angels dance we live in joy
There's no more hate. Love of God surrounds us.
It's not the time to fall asleep
I pray everyday
Death greets me warm but my soul is not to be damned.
This never ending agony deep inside my soul
The sun is setting down - the pale being of the moon brings
memories I don't want to bear.
Oo-oo...
My past is nothing but scars.
So lightly wind blows the leaves.
Why my being here is not the same way?
Living now with all this pain but
God's with me all the way
Trough fire, Believer's destiny
I'm scared. I don't want to be lost. Believing this what is
left will be gone.
My only comfort is that there will be a day when I cry my last tear.
Oo-oo...
Did I find my reason to be?
So lightly wind blows the leaves.
Why my being here is not the same way?
Living now with all this pain but
God's with me all the way
In the night time I flew
Through the sky and wounded moon
Imagination power of mind
Makes you scream until you cry
Like a silent whisper in the air
I can still hear voices in my head
They tell me there is nothing left and
I don't know what they will do to me
When everything is said and done
There's nothing
I don't know what they will do to me
Please take away my life if I don't care
There is hope if there is love
I think so
But why you said it will never be the same
Don't let me go
Crying out with no tears
With no sorrow, depressing fears
Devil only thing that reminds ‘bout you
Is bleeding heart, this wounded moon
I've been walking through the debts of insanity
Because of the lies of the Devil
But then you came into my life
And showed me the way, and now
I can finally say you are my Lord
King of kings and lord of lords you are
You have the power and the strength
“my sweet Jesus”
I put my trust in you and never let you go
Far away from home memories from the distant call
Just all these broken dreams that are left of me.
After all
this time I can still remember.
Touch of Your love
changes my heart and soul
with tears in my eyes
I kneel before Your throne of grace
In Your eyes I see Your burning love to me
Lord I know there is no place too deep to You
Touch of Your love
changes my heart and soul
with tears in my eyes