Zoltan Kodaly - Evening Song / Esti Dal

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=86Dtkwe7nK8


I'm trying to figure out how I can post youtube links. Need help.

I did a post back in Feb called Blissed Out.

Last night a new, very welcome, friend sent me a link which took me back to a previous life when music was all about the classical variety. (I spent years studying classical in high school and almost took a degree in it). I was never quite good enough so I went off in another direction. I was always a huge fan of early 20th Century stuff and Choral music from Eastern Europe.

This man Kodaly wrote some incredible stuff based on old folk songs and I used to love singing it. I was in a Choir for over a decade.

Anyway, I digress. I went off searching youtube for clips of this guy's work and found my favourite piece, Evening Song (Esti Dal in Hungarian).

This belongs on my Blissed Out list. It's musical perfection. For most of the piece everyone but the sopranos just hum. But they hum these gorgeous chord progressions. I would love to hear this performed live by a really decent choir in a church with great acoustics. One day I hope.....