Video Information

• Choir: CANTUS
• Piece: An Irish Blessing
• Composer:  Alejandro Consolacion II
• Conductor:  Alejandro Consolacion II
• Voices:  SATB and Piano
• Sheet Music:   ajconsolacion.weebly.com
• Genres: Sacred, Virtual Choir
• AN IRISH BLESSING
  Music by Alejandro D. Consolacion II
  Based on the theme from the movie "Il Postino" by Luis Enriquez Bacalov
  
  Humans are subject to being relational with one another. With this, one of the horrors the Covid-1...  moreAN IRISH BLESSING
  Music by Alejandro D. Consolacion II
  Based on the theme from the movie "Il Postino" by Luis Enriquez Bacalov
  
  Humans are subject to being relational with one another. With this, one of the horrors the Covid-19 pandemic has caused is the shutdown of all possible aspects of normal human interaction, and choral singing and rehearsals for the same are no exemption to the new rule. This does not mean, however, that distance defeats the purpose of creating harmony, especially in music.
  
  It is in this light that I formed a virtual choir from my group, CANTUS, as well as other friends from various music communities.
  
  This is the product of a team effort: the singers, the pianist, the video and audio editor; you name it. Technology has given us all kinds of possibilities. But again, no words can ever express how much we miss seeing each other, teasing each other, laughing with each other, and most of all, singing with each other; simply put, just being together.
  
  The music behind this benediction’s very traditional text was loosely based on a theme from “Il Postino," originally written by Luis Bacalov, and popularized even further by Josh Groban through “Mi Mancherai," one of the songs from his second studio album, Closer.
  The beauty of the story of “Il Postino" in the poems, the love letters sent and delivered amid great isolation, evokes a parallel to what the whole world engages in at this very moment.
  
  I do hope that this piece of music comes as a love letter to all of you. May we always believe that we will, indeed, see each other again.
  
  - Alejandro D. Consolacion II
  
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  CANTUS
  Alejandro Consolacion II, piano and music director
  
  Sopranos
  Charry May Villa Balboa
  Vell Baria
  Beverlyn Eziah Cueva
  Mae D. Minggoy
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