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    Norman, are you listening?

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    Just watched the song final and was very disappointed that the Turkish tenor didn't win.

    He gave one of the best performances of Nacht und Traume that I have ever heard and listen to him singing Schumann in an earlier round

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02v3b2m

    The Korean so-called 'bass' has no bottom notes to his voice as he showed woefully in the first round (as opposed to the superb German

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02tw4l8  ) , and I can't think for the life of me how he has been chosen as a 'wild card' for the full final..

    Norman, are you listening?

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    Just watched the first round (disappointed that  the Song round is only on radio till tonight's final since that is my preferred part).

    I agree that the tenor gave the most committed performance, but WHAT a voice the German bass has.

    He was outstanding from that point of view.

    Norman, are you listening?

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    Ibsen believed Per Gynt,

    the Norwegian fairy tale on which the play is loosely based, to be

    rooted in fact, and several of the characters are modelled after Ibsen's

    own family, notably his parents Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg. He was also generally inspired by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen's collection of Norwegian fairy tales, published in 1845 (Huldre-Eventyr og Folkesagn).

    (also from Wiki)

    It is a magical play, but has to be adapted for modern performance.

    I think it could make a wonderful series of films.

    Norman, are you listening?

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8AD75_sNJM&html5=1

    I made a practiacl performence version of Peer Gynt (the original would take about 5 hours) which was put on with Grieg's music.

    The music which can seem  a little over-sweet out of context gets an extra dimension when heard in the drama.

    Asa's death and the the Mountain King music especially so but this song also when you see her on stage with her spinning wheel all alone...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJTJDNGBkC8

    As his mother ASA lies dying Peer answers her fearful questions with fantastical answers from the imagination which sometimes leads him astray, but here serves to ease her passage...

    Norman, are you listening?

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    Not my usual style but this is exceptional vocal virtuosity and great performance.

    First the standard Cole Porter song then the new version

    La version 'standard'
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXnRmRi-kpQ
    Love for sale
    appetizing young love for sale
    love thats fresh and still unspoiled
    love thats only slightly soiled
    love for sale

    who will buy
    who would like to sample my supply
    who's prepared to pay the price
    for a trip to paradise
    love for sale

    let the poets pipe of love
    in their childish ways
    I know every type of love
    better far than they
    if you want the thrill of love
    I have been through the mill of love
    old love
    new love
    every love but true love

    love for sale
    appetizing young love for sale
    if you want to buy my wares follow me and clime the stairs
    love for sale

    Version Dee dee Bridgwater:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_KLCZG0bro&html5=1

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