Hansel and Gretel - Sandman and Evening Prayer

[ChrissiChrisp]

i have to sing the sandman xDDD

[mc06capt]

amazing, my old singing teacher plays gretel in this production!

[hildegarthUNDdetlef]

Ich hab Sandmann schon einmal gesungen .....

schönes Stück

[MDalto1]

That's different...the version I sang for jury said "When at night I go to sleep 14 angels watch do keep. Two my head are guarding. Two my feet are guiding. Two are on my right hand, 2 are on my left hand. Two who warmly cover, two who o'er me hover. Two to whom 'tis given to guide my steps to Heaven."

[singingmuse]

This version is much more understandable (for me) than the German version. Thanks for posting it.

[mueckel92]

what´s the language??

[themagicfreak4]

english

[EquineRider4Life]

oh tis is the part right after the solo voices ah lol. I was one of them, do you have the children scene or did they not have children in this production?

[whaaaat91892]

This is great! Do you have Gretel's Aria like "Where am I" through the "tirelireli" bit?

[hughdrover]

Yes, you can find Gretel's "where am I?" scene at the Hughdrover channel.

[LillaAlskling]

I swear the prayer is a version of the Naval Hymn. Listen to both and see what you think.

[hughdrover]

I imagine you mean the Navy Hymn

"Eternal Father, strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave",

with words by William Whiting of Winchester, England, in 1860, which is a hymn used by both the British Royal Navy and the United States Navy. It is sung to the hymn tune Lodsworth, which doesn't sound anything like the Evening Prayer by Humperdinck. I don't understand what the connection could be.

[LillaAlskling]

Does to me. Similar melody and similar modulations.

[horndiapason]

If you're referring to the tune by John B. Dykes, it is named "Melita", at least in the States. As LillaAlskling noted, the melodic contour is quite similar, as are the modulations. I also dearly love both tunes!

[welltuned24]

It's funny, I was in the Navy 30 years ago but didn't notice till you mentioned it; though obviously different, I quite easily heard the melodic and harmonic similarities in this piece. Thanks, you've good ears and memory to pick it out. Pretty melody in both pieces.

[orca1142]

What language is this in?

[hughdrover]

Is orca1142 attempting a joke or in desperate need of a hearing test?

[orca1142]

Neither. I couldnt understand the video. I thought it was like in german or something. Am i close?

[hughdrover]

Clue: it's in the Germanic branch of the Indo-European family of languages; it's not German, Dutch or Scandanavian, and it's the native tongue of 380 million people. Go on...take a guess. If you are still having trouble, try clicking on "more info" and you'll find the complete text. That just might solve your mystery.

[orca1142]

Germanic branch.....Bulgarian?

[hughdrover]

If you can't tell a slav from a saxon, you are the weakest link.

Goodbye.

[orca1142]

How am i the weakest link? I'm just asking. Just because not everyone is as smart as you doesnt make you better than everyone else.

[warriorjudge1]

It's in English.

[hughdrover]

Well done! Full marks.

[WildChildKCW]

Yea, its SOOOOOOO beautiful. I swear, everyone in my choir had tears in their eyes. my friend noticed me crying and reached over and was holding my hand the whole time and then we sang "Popular" from Wicked. its on youtube lol

[WildChildKCW]

that song, Fourteen Angels, my choir sang that! it was soooo beautiful, and we sang it RIGHT AFTER my granda died so i cried half the time, imagining he was one of my angels.

[shesowhat]

That's so sad, yet beautiful. I bet it was a wonderful performance.

I am playing the Sandman in an upcoming production of the opera with a modern twist, so it was wonderful to be able to see what i'll be doing.

[greenkay]

I love this song we sang this in Choir the Prayer!!=]

[Millieardo]

beautiful!