Sensemaya

[Dimmerstar9]

Ahhh!! It's Jing Ling Tam!! I miss working with her...

[Jonathan31639]

I just got back from a summer arts institute in Oklahoma and Professor Ling-Tam was our conductor. We sang this amazing song. She's such a character!

[fattyboyblue]

I <3 Jing ling tam

[CrazyPianoPassion]

I just did this in the NYSSMA Conference All-State mixed choir with Prof. Ling Tam earlier today!!!!!! I love her she's amazing ... and so is this song!!!!!

[igkad]

@CrazyPianoPassion OMG me too!!! tenor 1!!!

[starlitefalling]

@igkad yyayayay all state-ers unite :) i was an alto 1

[starlitefalling]

i have to learn this for NY all state and im scared out of my pantsssss

[nvrenough5693]

@starlitefalling me tooooo!

[igkad]

@starlitefalling Me too!

[igkad]

@igkad WIN!

[d3n1sy]

lol it is hard i hav to sing it.thank god im a 2nd soprano n not a 1st.those notes r so high

[ucanbakemycake]

my god this sounds so effing hard

[icemanrm56]

2007 Michigan State Honors Choir RIDICULOUS how hard this song is

[pookeyman01]

I did this song in college. It is a very difficult piece, especially with that large of a choir. They did it really well though! I just wished it was a better recording.

[xkyousukex]

Probbably the best arrangement for Sensemayá. I adore it.

Kyou!.

[mswhite2012]

We're doing this in concert choir. It's a beast to learn.

[SrElCO]

We did this song for MN All state Choir.

[hpnimbles]

This song is a bitch to learn -.-

[SrElCO]

very true

[rahjah9311]

...wasnt that hard. lol

[dgokce01]

çooook güzel bir opera

[meggon08]

this sounda kinda creepy. but i still like it

[manaposh]

sounds like this would've been a killer performance to attend. unfortunately the sound on youtube isn't that great... very hard to hear the singers at times.

[Dihgodofthat]

Just to clear this up, yes the poem is by Gullen, and yes the pretext of the song is killing a snake, but the poem is actually about the corruption of the cuban government under Batista. "la culebra viene y se enredra en un palo" the snake comes and wraps around a stick. the stick is Cuba, the snake represents America and what ever other corrupt influences. Gullen was a big time marxist.

[dshanno1]

It was pretty good. The sound quality of the video might be bad, but this really wasnt the best ive heard. My choir sang this song, i would have to say we did much better. Its very hard to hear some of the words being sung. Music isnt just about hitting all of the notes, there is a lot of phrasing involved, and articulation, which is something this song needed so much more of.

[24Roxana24]

Does anybody know what "Sensemaya" means?

Thanks (By the way - good work the vocalists.. The timpanies are sometimes a bit too loud, i suppose!)

[DaveDrumstick]

"Sensemaya" is the title of a work by Cuban poet Nicolas Guillen. This piece was composed by Mexican Orchestra Director and Composer Silvestre Revueltas. I think it says something about killing a mean mean snake.

[MexicanHun07]

Yes, it's all about a snake. Sensemaya does not translate into sanke, but it's all about a snake and killing.

[yousefer]

It was composed by Sid Robinovitch, a Canadian composer. He's from Manitoba.

[DaveDrumstick]

Look up Sensemaya in Wikipedia or anywhere else.

[DaveDrumstick]

Sensemaya was composed by Silvestre Revueltas in 1937. Get your facts straight.

[yousefer]

My facts are straight :| I know the composer, and while the original was composed by Revueltas, the version performed is by Robinovitch.

[DaveDrumstick]

There's only one Sensemaya is there is only one Jeep.

[DaveDrumstick]

There's only one Sensemaya as there is only one Jeep.

That's what I meant to say

[mozartsoundgarden]

There are 2 Sensemaya's. One by Revueltas and one by Robinovitch. One is for orchestra and one is for choir with piano and percussion. They are both really great too! So there!!

[zzzerdus]

There is a third version that belongs to the Chilean group Inti Illimani. Look for it here on youtube as SENSEMAYA "CANTO PARA MATAR A UNA LA CULEBRA". Greetings from Concepción, Chile.

[kyuketsuki16]

Actually, it is Sid Robinovitch. My choir is doing this song this year, and I have the music right in front of me right now. The thing is, it doesn't say "composed by" or "arranged by", it just says "Music: Sid Robinovitch." So I don't know if you're both right or it's one or the other. Because it's possible that the original was composed by Silvestre Revueltas, but this version here was arranged by Robinovitch.

^^; Sorry, it's probably none of my business, but I thought I'd let you know.

[OGjack]

They're two entirely different things. The Robinovitch version, this one, is totally original and seperate than the Revueltas one I believe. They're both adaptations of the same poem though.

[kyuketsuki16]

Okay, I see. Thank you ^w^

[weredone]

This version is indeed by Robinovitch.

[alexguitar87]

00:46 to 00.56 the best of all!!!

[cardsfanjonc]

My high school choir did this piece my senior year, and it's a fun one! We just had only the piano accompanying the anthem.

[dragonyoshi]

any time you're performing a choir with any instruments. The instrumentalists...Should be very aware that their instruments are about 200 times as loud as the vocalists. That tympany can be heard over all those singers...And there's a lovely part thats almost completely blocked out because he's too loud to hear the males. Oh. And the audio is behind the video by a tad bit.