It's Friday! Singing out of Tune

[JW]

Given the comments about 'Out of Tune Singing' in the 'Laity Squeezed Out" topic this week, I can't resist posting a link to the indomitable Florence Foster Jenkins singing the Queen of the Night Aria from Magic Flute. I understand a film starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant is to be released shortly.

This is incredibly bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6ubiUIxbWE&nohtml5=False

[alan29]

I think there is a movie being made about her.

[organist]

The film is good if a little sentimental. The French Madeleine was much better!

[Southern Comfort]

The film is good if a little sentimental. The French Madeleine was much better!

Someone else was talking about that today, but they said it was called "Marguerite". I had never heard of it, nor Madeleine.

[organist]

You are right it is Madeleine!

[organist]

Oh no it is Marguerite! Old age?

[Southern Comfort]

Old age?

I'm sure some would say that both of us are old and venerable.

[Southern Comfort]

Duplicate post, due to old age and venerability, and the clunky editing mechanism of the forum.....

[alan29]

I felt this belonged here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdcY93zSEYo

[Southern Comfort]

I felt this belonged here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdcY93zSEYo

Speechless. Just speechless.

[IncenseTom]

Have a look at this from about 7:50. The Kyrie is stunning, and not in a good way. The look on the priest's face is priceless.

http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/me ... 2708f.html

[Southern Comfort]

Have a look at this from about 7:50. The Kyrie is stunning, and not in a good way. The look on the priest's face is priceless.

http://www.rai.tv/dl/RaiTV/programmi/me ... 2708f.html

Polytonality.......

[quaeritor]

. . . The Kyrie is stunning, . . .

Not a lot of people can do that - and keep it up right through! Just think - if they perpetuate that style for a few centuries it may develop into the glories of polyphony!
Q