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Gabriel's Oboe
"Nella Fantasia"
Every once in a while I come upon a piece of music which will not ever leave me and of which I will never tire of hearing repeatedly. Such a melody is "Gabriel's Oboe" composed by Ennio Morricone as part of the original score of the 1986 movie "The Mission." Some know this music as the theme from that film and others know it by its Italian lyrics written by Chiara Ferrau, "Nella Fantasia." (In my fantasy.)
These eerie, beautiful and mysterious sounds are what you probably hear when you go to heaven.
I first heard its haunting strains when my family and I went to the movie "The Mission" 18 years ago. I didn't visit it again for some years until I heard a version on a CD by Il Divo. I was so struck with its beauty that I downloaded from I-tunes as many versions of it as I could find and burned a CD with dozens of renditions of the melody. Then, I heard an oboist play it once at a church concert and felt at that time that these eerie, beautiful and mysterious sounds are what you probably hear when you go to heaven. Since then I have found versions of it by Sarah Brightman, the Celtic Women as well as dozens of clips on YouTube.
It may be that almost everyone already knows this beautiful tune of which I speak. It is perhaps naïve to blog about it to introduce this piece to people already acquainted with it. Nevertheless, I assume it must have eluded some. If you want to check it out, I suggest you go to YouTube and search for "Gabriel's Oboe," "Nella Fantasia" or "The Mission." There must be more than a hundred clips of it there. Give it a try. (Below Ennio M0rricone conducts The Mission at the UN Headquarters in 2007.)
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Always loved his haunting movie soundtracks for the classic Eastwood epics..
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One night walking away after class from Julliard,at their original location at Christmas time amongst the cold lonely exterior of residential buildings.A cathedral was nestled in between the towers.Christmas music was being practiced for the upcoming celebration.It was sad and alone. It was hard to walk away from the beautiful themes.
We now are forced to live with such chaos,and what goes with it. The sound of silence, and the sound of music, is the true meaning, to the sound of peace.
We don't know as a people what we can have until peace bits us very hard from an unknown creature,to make us realize what peace is. Amen.
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My only regret is I did not live to hold down a chair for long in a Symphony orchestra. I was not good enough. Unknowingly I did not find out to age 59 that I was a depressed child. That had a lot to do with it. I did study at Juilliard, 1947 thru 1949 Played two concerts in the percussion section for the Evanston, Symphony Orchestra. I found that I can write commentaries better.
Thank you again. I turned up the sound and filled my home office with beauty.