[Gocamino] The Song of Compostela (arranged by Yamashita)

[mvwallis]

thanks! the really great thing about this youtube performance apart from the 
exquisite music is the fact that there have been over 9000 hits on this 
site!

Mary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Schell" <donaldschell at saintgregorys.org>
To: <gocamino at oakapple.net>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Gocamino] The Song of Compostela (arranged by Yamashita)


> David and all,
>
> You can see and hear Yaamashita performing this piece at
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybK_te6Vi5E
>
> The tonalities do sound like Galician folk music but it's much more
> meditative than what I usually thinking of Spanish-Celtic music,
> maybe a hint of someone remembering Santiago fondly a distance and
> time away.
>
> love,
> donald
>
> On Oct 31, 2007, at 1:55 PM, David Hough on gocamino wrote:
>
>
>> The Japanese guitarist Kazuhito Yamashita performed in
>> San Francisco on October 20.    I did not attend or
>> even
>> hear about this until a week later, when I found the
>> program at another unrelated concert.    His own
>> program
>> notes included this piece about which I have no
>> further
>> information:
>>
>> The Song of Compostela (arr. Yamashita)
>>
>> The Galicia region of northwestern Spain faces out on
>> the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the west, while
>> the
>> southern part borders on Portugal.   Santiago de
>> Compostela is located at the center of this region and
>> is the location of the celebrated St Jacob Monastery,
>> which ever since the Middle Ages has been a holy site
>> to which pilgrims from all over Europe have made their
>> way.    The Song of Compostela is an arrangement by
>> Kazuhito Yamashita of several ancient songs handed
>> down in this region.    This beautiful and deeply
>> moving work gives one the impression of listening
>> to the narration of an old folk tale.
>>
>>
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Schell" <donaldschell at saintgregorys.org>
To: <gocamino at oakapple.net>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Gocamino] The Song of Compostela (arranged by Yamashita)


> David and all,
>
> You can see and hear Yaamashita performing this piece at
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybK_te6Vi5E
>
> The tonalities do sound like Galician folk music but it's much more
> meditative than what I usually thinking of Spanish-Celtic music,
> maybe a hint of someone remembering Santiago fondly a distance and
> time away.
>
> love,
> donald
>
> On Oct 31, 2007, at 1:55 PM, David Hough on gocamino wrote:
>
>
>> The Japanese guitarist Kazuhito Yamashita performed in
>> San Francisco on October 20.    I did not attend or
>> even
>> hear about this until a week later, when I found the
>> program at another unrelated concert.    His own
>> program
>> notes included this piece about which I have no
>> further
>> information:
>>
>> The Song of Compostela (arr. Yamashita)
>>
>> The Galicia region of northwestern Spain faces out on
>> the Atlantic Ocean to the north and the west, while
>> the
>> southern part borders on Portugal.   Santiago de
>> Compostela is located at the center of this region and
>> is the location of the celebrated St Jacob Monastery,
>> which ever since the Middle Ages has been a holy site
>> to which pilgrims from all over Europe have made their
>> way.    The Song of Compostela is an arrangement by
>> Kazuhito Yamashita of several ancient songs handed
>> down in this region.    This beautiful and deeply
>> moving work gives one the impression of listening
>> to the narration of an old folk tale.
>>
>>
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