Celtic Woman's live at Slane Castle was breathtaking!
The location is sooo memorable and makes me want to visit
Ireland.
Highly recommended for anyone who loves easy listening,
timeless, and beautiful music.
"Somewhere" and "Last Rose of Summer" are two of the many
songs included in the concert. I've uploaded videos for both
below. Enjoy listening!
Celtic Woman - A New Journey - Somewhere
Celtic Woman - A New Journey - Last Rose of Summer
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Celtic Woman - A New Journey: Live at Slane Castle, Ireland
Beats365 - the best website for hip hop beats online
You might have noticed there are alot of "hip hop beats" websites
on the net today. Most of them require you to purchase each beat
for $40.00 or so to download, play and/or use it. One of the only
websites online that offers a few hundred beats for one price?
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professional high quality instrumentals as a member of Beats365.
Beats365 is a very popular solution for people who need Rap beats
for their musical needs. perhaps a rapper is creating his or her first
album, or a DJ needs instrumentals for a party. Beats365 is the
best website for hip hop beats online.
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Not only do you get to download all the beats, you get to access
record labels using the exclusive Beats365 database, make beats
and they host one of the most powerhouse sound effect package
as well. If you need a collection of high quality hip hop beats for
royalty free use, Beats365 is the only website online that allows
you to download the beats for free if you sign up. Try it!
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Waves After Waves in Lake Honghu
Here's another lovely Chinese song by Song Zuying at her
Sydney Concert in 2002:
"Waves After Waves in Lake Honghu"
Some may translate the song title as "Endless Waves in Lake
Honghu".
"Waves After Waves in Lake Honghu" is an art song from the
revolutionary Chinese opera "The Red Guards of Lake Honghu"
which was based on a true story about the Red Army and its
struggle with the Kuomintang (KMT) during the Chinese Civil
War (from April 1927 to May 1950).
Music Composed by Ouyang Qianshu.
Lyrics by Zhang Jingan.
The scenic Lake Honghu was the centerpiece of this opera.
Lake Honghu is the largest lake of non-contaminative freshwater
on the Jianghan Plain, located in the southwest of Honghu City,
which is reputed as "the city of a hundred lakes". The lake covers
an area of 348 square kilometers and has a shape of polygon.
The lake is crystal clear in a light-green color.
The scenery in Lake Honghu changes with seasons and special
fishing customs have made the lake a perfect scenic spot.
Besides enchanting scenery, the Lake Honghu is abundant in
aquatic products. The water of Honghu Lake is rich in organic
substances with a content exceeding other lakes in Hubei Province.
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Song Zuying, Molihua (Jasmine Flower) and the Beijing Olympics 2008
I'm a big fan of Chinese soprano Song Zuying...
She's the last torch bearer of Beijing's Olympic Games!
It's so very nice to watch her at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
closing ceremony!
Song Zuying and Spanish tenor Placido Domingo performed at
the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games closing ceremony held in the
National Stadium, or the Bird's Nest, Beijing, capital of China,
Aug. 24, 2008. Title of the song is "The Flame Of Love", sung
in Mandarin and English.
"The Flame Of Love" (with lyrics)
The Singer:
Song Zuying has won numerous gold prizes of various kinds of
competition for vocal music and accompanied the delegations
for artistic exchanges touring Europe, Australia, the United States,
Canada and southeast Asia.
She has held solo concerts in Sydney Opera House (2002),
The Golden Hall in Vienna, Austria (2003), and The Kennedy
Center, USA (2006)
I'd previously featured Song Zuying twice in this blog with her
most popular song "Mo Li Hua":
What a beautiful "Mo Li Hua"
Song Zuying - Concert in The Kennedy Center, USA
"Molihua" (Jasmine Flower) - The Song:
The classic Chinese tune of "Molihua", (Jasmine Flower), played
on ancient metal bells and modern jade chimes, has been chosen
as the theme song for the Beijing Olympics 2008 medal ceremonies,
adapted by composer Tan Dun.
"From Puccini to the Beijing Olympics, this melody is a gift from
the Chinese people to the world's athletes".
Molihua dates back to ancient times in China, but it became
known around the world when it was used by Italian composer
Giacomo Puccini in his opera Turandot.
Molihua is such an iconic piece it is almost a cultural symbol of
China, so everybody thought it was a great choice.
A four-part composition, co-written by Tan Dun and Wang Hesheng,
a composer with the Army orchestra, will be played before, during
and after each of the 302 medal ceremonies.
The main melody, which Tan Dun described as "glorious, heart
warming and full of respect", was recorded using the digital
recording of a 2,450-year-old bell set excavated from a site in
Hubei.
Beijing Olympics Closing Ceremony:
"Molihua" (Jasmine) - The Flower:
Jasmine is a very popular flower because of its unique fragrance.
It is native to tropical and warm temperate regions around the world.
Jasmine is believed to have originated in the Himalayas in western
China. Jasmine flowers are white in most species, but some species
bear yellow flowers as well.
The essential oil extracted from Jasmine flower are used extensively
in cosmetics (such as creams, oils, soaps, and shampoos) and
perfumery, and as a calmative (relaxing properties, sedative) and
aphrodisiac.
Some Popular Jasmine Varieties are:
Common Jasmine - commonly called poet's Jasmine, is native to
Iran, with fragrant white flowers that are the source of attar of
Jasmine used in perfumery.
Winter Jasmine - a Chinese species with solitary yellow flowers.
Spanish Jasmine - a semi-evergreen to deciduous vine with
fragrant, white flowers.
Italian Jasmine - an evergreen shrub, which can grow up to 20
feet tall, with fragrant, bright yellow flowers.
Primrose Jasmine - an evergreen shrub with yellow, unscented
flowers.
Downy Jasmine - also called Jasmine multiflorum. It has clustered,
slightly scented white flowers.
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