View clips from the Song Without Borders film series, In Search of The Great Song, distributed by Inner Harmony.
The first episode released, Shining Night, called 'a heartening rarity' by the Wall Street Journal and voted Best Documentary at the DC Independent Film Festival, is also distributed by Hal Leonard Corporation.
'Shining Night' conveys the magnitude of one man's musical expression of the inner song; Morten Lauridsen, a National Medal of Arts recipient and most-often-performed American choral composer, spends his summers on a remote island in the Pacific Northwest.
I cannot believe that I have just now discovered your work. I have loved the message of Brother David for quite some time. That is how I found the rest of your outstanding material. I am thrilled to find this. Thank you so very much for this beautiful blessing today. ❤❤❤
This beautiful soul, Brother David is such a blessing to us during this time. I am so grateful he is here now and I am breathing the same air on this planet earth. I appreciate your sharing this wonderful message . Thank you so much.❤❤❤
OK....he can compose like Mahler or Beethoven in the slow tempi, but does he have anything to offer that is fiery in fast tempi...sort of like the last movement of Beethoven 7 or something really fiery like Richard Strauss "Don Juan" or the last movement of Mahler 1? Now, that's the mark of a composer.
each has their gifts -- we don't require that the orca flies through the air like a lark, why require that one composer be anything other than who they are? One doesn't require a Dutch master to paint like an Impressionist... Enjoy each one's expression without having to diminish that expression by comparison to another's.
It's amazing that someone today can still work within the tertian/diatonic system and create something really new and meaningful! When we really thought that we had exhausted this system,...now ...someone with immense talent...breathes real life into something that we really knew all along was it!
Just this morning I awoke remembering the words to one of Michael's great and beautiful songs called "One Light". I began to recall the melody and then the words to this beautiful prayerful group melody from a cassette tape of the Celebration Collection from about 30 years ago. "There are many Holy Place and ways for us to pray. Many are the Paths for you and me. But behind the many faces, behind the many ways, behind the many colors that we see ~ ( Chorus) There is One Life, Shining Forever. There is One Light which we all come from...There is One Light Shining Forever. There is One Light, the Light of Eternal LOVE . . .
@@MichaelStillwater Thank you Michael! I'm so glad I found you again! I was hoping to find that edition of your songs available here on RU-vid. Can I find that Celebration collection online somewhere? They are some of the sweetest, most wonderful recordings I have ever found.
This is work and, more importantly and underlying radical-love philosophy that is precisely and all that is needed to save the entire world - the sanctity of *all* life, not just all human life independent of race, gender, national origin, beliefs but of ALL life and righteous humbling of human-kind to know that nothing is put here for our unique use and we have no right, indeed it is entirely wrong, for us ever to think we "deserve" more respect, care, bounty than any of the other life forms w/whom we share this gorgeous, generous, giving planet. Literally the adoption of this "creed" this level of awareness would end all war, all profiteering at the expense of the health of our Mother-Earth, the life/freedom of our fellow species. No one would take or buy more than they needed for healthy sustenance -- no giant houses filled with stuff, no fighting over stuff bcuz it would hurt us inside, we'd feel shame and sadness if we behaved in such a selfish way. This ethos would save the entire Planet and bring lasting peace... "and the wolf shall dwell with the lamb" Isaiah 11:16... lasting internal peace instead of angst and fear and greed and anger and thus we'd have real joy, not the "where's my next toy" joy. Blessed be, EarthFire. NOW folks who have come to watch this video - how do we, the choir make sure this message gets out, gets understood.. .do we just passively view/take and then walk away? Or do we send this message as far and wide as we can, do we hit the subscribe button and the thumbs up buttons? That's the least we can do.
I always love watching this trailer and felt absolutely privileged to be able to sing Sure On This Shining Night and the Lux Aterna at my college and even had a chance to meet him and have him signed my Lux Aterna and got a photo with him. Truly a talented genius who will be remembered for all eternity
I join Dana and Daniel in their praise for this work. Jeremy, Maria, and Paula work at such a level that each of us who hears this wants to have been on the island that night. It can't be overstated that while Morten's music simply lifts the listener onto another level -- for too short a time -- he also honors his poets with a sensual and subtle intelligence few can match. Dana's 'Prayer' is such a gift in itself, and in Morten's hand, that "shadow of the rainfall" goes redolent with such grace that this one magnificent phrase stays with you for hours. And then we find, of course, that Dana has translated the Neruda, a meeting of three rare minds. To Lauridsen, Rilke, Gioia, Neruda/Gioia, and Agee, we can do no less than keep listening -- and learning with gratitude.
Seriously thats one of the best songs I ever witnessed. With Micheals voice - its so peacefull - so truefull - I can say I really love this music! And its absolutely totally unclear to me why this channel isnt more famous !
Thereos, Thank you for your kind response to this song. You might enjoy coming this weekend to my online events- on Saturday, The Honoring Ceremony (no fee), in which I create original songs in the moment for participants; on Sunday, MasterClass on Intuitive Songmaking (free introduction)- Hope to see you there, Michael (and if not possible to attend, you can visit my music and films here: www.innerharmony.com/store ) Here are the event links: Saturday: www.tickettailor.com/events/innerharmony/410494 Sunday: www.tickettailor.com/events/innerharmony/410142
@@MichaelStillwater I would love to ! Visiting family at the weekend so maybe :) But I will keep track of them at the website thanks ! And it was really nice to get a personal response. Keep up the great work ! I think its hard to find that sort of music
