What's on your mind?

[Hawthorne]

That sounds intriguing. I've heard a little bit of finnish music and enjoyed it.

Oh, yes, they have such wonderful titles, too:

I'll March Through the Streets
There's Something I Shouldn't Tell
Cry From the Bottom of Your Grave
My Dad's Hut is Small and Low
The Lads Go Round the Village Streets
The Wind it Bent the Birch Tree Top
Just Take Your Ring Away
People Think I'm Full of Joy
... a small sample of the twenty-five tracks.

 

[kittysbecute]

Oh, yes, they have such wonderful titles, too:

I'll March Through the Streets
There's Something I Shouldn't Tell
Cry From the Bottom of Your Grave
My Dad's Hut is Small and Low
The Lads Go Round the Village Streets
The Wind it Bent the Birch Tree Top
Just Take Your Ring Away
People Think I'm Full of Joy
... a small sample of the twenty-five tracks.

That's pretty interesting titles (especially the one about a grave). Are they sung in English?

 

[Hawthorne]

That's pretty interesting titles. Are they sung in English?

Oh, no. Those are only the translations. They're sung by a magnificent baritone to the accompaniment of a piano, small string ensemble, a wind or two, and a choir in a few near the end.

Definitely going next to my CD of Estonian Christmas carols.

 

[Elizabeth8393]

To the sea, to the sea! The white gulls are crying,
The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying.
West, west away, the round sun is falling,
Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling,
The voices of my people that have gone before me?
I will leave, I will leave the woods that bore me;
For our days are ending and our years failing.
I will pass the wide waters lonely sailing.
Long are the waves on the Last Shore falling,
Sweet are the voices in the Lost Isle calling,
In Eressea, in Elvenhome that no man can discover,
Where the leaves fall not: land of my people forever!

 

[Somber]

I love contemplation and peppermint tea. I should make some tea.

That is great! Yes! You should make some tea! Oh, and I'm very happy to see you on here!!!

Oh, yes, they have such wonderful titles, too:

I'll March Through the Streets
There's Something I Shouldn't Tell
Cry From the Bottom of Your Grave
My Dad's Hut is Small and Low
The Lads Go Round the Village Streets
The Wind it Bent the Birch Tree Top
Just Take Your Ring Away
People Think I'm Full of Joy
... a small sample of the twenty-five tracks.

How nice! I have listened to some Finnish music before, but it has been quite some time...I ought to look up some of it again.

 

[Hawthorne]

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Which song is this? I would like to hear the Tolkien Ensemble's take on it.

 

[Elizabeth8393]

Which song is this? I would like to hear the Tolkien Ensemble's take on it.

This was the song that Legolas sang after his first taste of salt water from the ocean. i have not heard it put to music.

 

[Hawthorne]

This was the song that Legolas sang after his first taste of salt water from the ocean. i have not heard it put to music.

The Tolkien Ensemble have put all of the songs and poems in the trilogy to music!

Enjoy.

 

[Elizabeth8393]

The Tolkien Ensemble have put all of the songs and poems in the trilogy to music!

Enjoy.

Forgive me, that's completely different than what I imagined. I'm still working on the music for it.

 

[Hawthorne]

Forgive me, that's completely different than what I imagined. I'm still working on the music for it.

Some of them are hit or miss. I'm listening to the Ents' Marching Song, and... ehh....

 

[Elizabeth8393]

Some of them are hit or miss. I'm listening to the Ents' Marching Song, and... ehh....

Dude, the Ents in of themselves are dull, amazing but dull.

 

[Hawthorne]

Dude, the Ents in of themselves are dull, amazing but dull.

Yes, but tribal drums, a male choir singing in the background as Christopher Lee gives the rousing battle cry? It's just odd.

 

[Hawthorne]

Why am I still awake? That's right, Joy came back.

Off to bed. 6:00 comes mighty early.

 

[Somber]

Why am I still awake? That's right, Joy came back.

Off to bed. 6:00 comes mighty early.

Ahh, I am up much too late as well! Always seem to come around the forums at later hours than I should!

Take care and sleep well!

 

[Hawthorne]

Ahh, I am up much too late as well! Always seem to come around the forums at later hours than I should!

Take care and sleep well!

And you, as well!

 

[High Fidelity]

Today is a good day.

 

[graciesings]

I just woke up dreaming about my old choir director. That woman has left a bigger influence on my life than practically anyone else...

 

[Hawthorne]

All right, here we go.

 

[grandvizier1006]

Goodness gracious, this thread moves fast!

 

[kittysbecute]

The Tolkien Ensemble have put all of the songs and poems in the trilogy to music!

Enjoy.

It's so slow! I definitely don't picture that song that way either. (I only listened to the first two lines though). I think there is more emotion in most of the songs in lotr.

I am curious now to hear how they did other songs from the book.