At the end opening scence just as the credits start to roll there is a brief vocal which does not appear on the soundtrack by Michael Nyman, does anyone know the name of this tune and who it is by (sounds alike to Henry Purcell)
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Thanks for that, will investigate..
You would have thought this song would be on the soundtrack !
The first number is called Queen of the Night, sometimes called "At last the glitt'ring Queen of Night," which is the first vocal line, by H. Purcell. The second song played during the openning sequence is called "She loves and she confesses," also by Purcell. Both secular songs. Good luck finding a recording of Queen of the Night; I've looked everywhere and done every search you can think of. If you find it please DO let me know where via this message board. "She loves and she confesses" is included on a CD entitled "Essential Purcell" performed by The King's Consort under the direction of, believe it or not, a man named Robert King. Hyperion Records distributes the CD. All Nyman's score for this movie is based on (mostly obscure) Purcell music.
sharecan anyone explain this movie to me?
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It's one of my all-time favorite movies, and I've been thinking about assigning it for one of the classes I teach. I've seen it a dozen times or more.
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sharecan anyone explain this movie to me?
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Thanks for that.. It was 'She Confesses' which I was after. Great !
sharere "At last the glitt'ring Queen of Night"
you might try this
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000JKFV/403-5159065-2914808
or this
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00000JKFV/102-7732568-2076962?v=glance&n=5174
It is Queen of the Night, but the vocals are not on the soundtrack. The violins playing in various parts of the film also doesn't appear on the CD. Greenaway always has a dramatic piece of music that doesn't appear on the soundtrack. There was a strings piece in the film The Pillow Book, but it's not on the soundtrack. Shame because I love those pieces.
shareThe "Queen of the Night" bit on the movie soundtrack is based, melodically, on the song Henry Purcell wrote, and which is what we hear the countertenor singing in the very first scene. There is that violin number missing from the movie soundtrack; I know exactly which one you're talking about. Presumably it is also based on a theme by Purcell.
shareAre you sure it's "Queen of the Night". Isn't it called "Chasing Sleep Is Best Left To The Shepherds"? That's what it says on my CD called "The Very Best of Michael Nyman (1980-2001)"
"Dont let it end like this... tell them I said something."
Check this out http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1662893
This may tend to lend weight to 'blackriders' assertion, that a small mob of yellow sheep were being herded by a black dog...[not a yellow car].
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