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New Tue 1 Apr 14 13:46 
 A new way of singing - Crankcase
Always with the local news.

King's College Cambridge have made some radical changes to their choir. As you will see and hear...


www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ukDAfF0-8q8
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New Tue 1 Apr 14 14:08 
 A new way of singing - Zero
"the surgical solution was surprisingly unpopular"
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New Tue 1 Apr 14 15:22 
 A new way of singing - Armel Coussine
'Where do you find those boy sopranos, voices so pure and high?'

'We don't find them. We make them. You suspend the boy just right, take two bricks and bang them together in the right place, job done.'

'But that must hurt terribly!'

'Well, obviously you have to hold the bricks just right. It's a bit clumsy to crush your fingers.'

Old French joke, heard from a Le Monde hack in Algiers...
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New Tue 1 Apr 14 14:38 
 A new way of singing - Focusless
And from the tone of his voice it does sound like he really took the helium...

I love that bit - even a joke version makes the hairs on my arms/neck stand up.
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New Tue 1 Apr 14 14:44 
 A new way of singing - Focusless
BTW a full version here (Allegri's Miserere):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKj1iK2WKS8
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New Tue 1 Apr 14 14:47 
 A new way of singing - Crankcase
Is this the piece that was so special the Pope decreed it could only be sung once a year in the Vatican and nowhere else in all Christendom? Or was that some Tallis piece like Motets en Espace and I've got it all hopelessly confused (probably)?
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New Tue 1 Apr 14 14:48 
 A new way of singing - Focusless
Something like that - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miserere_(Allegri)
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New Tue 1 Apr 14 14:51 
 A new way of singing - Crankcase
Oh ta. Well, right lines anyway. And the Tallis of course I was thinking of was Spem in Alium anyway, which is right up there with the greats in my opinion, not that I'm into music particularly. But it bounces round the room nicely.
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New Tue 1 Apr 14 15:49 
 A new way of singing - Pat
>> Spem in Alium anyway<<

I read that wrong and had a mental picture of a tadpole chasing an onion....

Pat
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