Vienna Boys’ Choir - Silk Songs Along The Road And Time (DVD)

Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Curt Faudon brings to life an intimate and unique view of the Vienna Boy’s Choir, the most famous boys’ choir in the world. The film takes the viewer for a whirlwind spin around the world and deep into the choir’s history, with music to match. Faudon deftly changes locations, music, sounds, and moods, matching the choristers’ own fast pace of life and continually surprising the viewer with music or offbeat facts from the choir’s rich past or frank interviews with insights from the boys – straight from the horse’s mouth. Experience a touching coming-of-age- story, breathtaking musical performances and awe-inspiring international locations along the Silk Road with tidbits of mystery.

The musical offerings, culled from the choir’s long tradition and musicological field research, come in Latin, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, French, Marathi, Maori, Savo Finnish, Tajik, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, and German. Most of the pieces have not been recorded by the Vienna Boys’ Choir before.

1 Wa habibi (My beloved). Hymn from Lebanon
2 L’homme armé (The armed man). French Renaissance chanson
3 Josquin Desprez: O Domine I.II
4 Antonio Caldara: Ego sum panis vivus (I am the living bread)
5 Jog.wa (I ask for yoga). Bhajan from Kolhapur, India
6 Yulduz Usmanova: Shoch va gado (The king and the beggar)
7 Yulduz Usmanova / Gerd Schuller: Shoch va gado. Film Score
8 Sus Xâtin (Lady of Water). Uzbek rain song
9 Gerd Schuller: Sus Xâtin. Film Score
10 Haq Ali (Truth, Ali). Qawwali from Pakistan
11 – 13 Antonio Vivaldi: excerpts from: Gloria in D, RV 589
11 No. 4/5 Coro: Gratias agimus / Propter magnam gloriam tuam
12 No. 8 Alto e coro: Domine Deus
13 No. 9 Coro: Qui tollis peccata mundi
14 Veni creator spiritus (Come, creator spirit). Gregorian chant
15 Tarakihi (The locust). Maori folk song
16 Alamuhan. Uyghur folk song
17 Field hollers from Darg, Tajikistan
18 Guadifeng. Xiaodiao from Gansu
19 John Pond Ordway / Li Shutong: Li Ge (Song Bie) Farewell song
20 Kou-lueull tsian. Craftsmen’s song from the Ordos Region, China
21 Gerd Schuller: Fau Dong Pe China Medley. Film Score
22 Franz Schubert: Die Post (The mail), from: Die Winterreise op. 89 D 911
23 Franz Schubert: Der stürmische Morgen (The stormy morning), from: Die Winterreise op. 89 D 911
24 Ievan Polkka (Eva’s polka), from Finland
25 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Gerd Schuller: Terracotta Army. Film Score

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