A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong | Eric Whitacre

Translator: Kristaps Kadiķis Reviewer: Laura T.

I wanted to be a rock star.

Es gribēju būt rokzvaigzne.

I dreamed of it, and that's all I dreamed of.

Es par to sapņoju, tas bija vienīgais, par ko biju sapņojis,

To be more accurate, I wanted to be a pop star.

Precīzāk, es gribēju būt popzvaigzne.

This was in the late '80s.

Tas bija 80. gadu beigās.

And mostly I wanted to be the fifth member

Un visvairāk es gribēju būt Depeche Mode

of Depeche Mode or Duran Duran.

vai Duran Duran piektais biedrs.

They wouldn't have me.

Viņiem mani nevajadzēja.

I didn't read music, but I played synthesizers and drum machines.

Es nemācēju lasīt notis, bet es spēlēju sintezatoru un bungmašīnu.

And I grew up in this little farming town in northern Nevada.

Un es uzaugu mazā zemnieku pilsētiņā, Nevadas ziemeļos.

And I was certain that's what my life would be.

Un es biju drošs, ka tāda būs arī mana dzīve.

And when I went to college at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Un, kad es 18 gadu vecumā devos uz Nevadas Universitāti,

when I was 18,

Lasvegasā

I was stunned to find

es bija satriekts, uzzinot,

that there was not a Pop Star 101,

ka tur nebija nekādi popzvaigznes kursi

or even a degree program for that interest.

vai pat attiecīgas jomas diploma programma.

And the choir conductor there

Un turienes kora diriģents zināja,

knew that I sang

ka dziedu

and invited me to come and join the choir.

un uzaicināja mani pievienoties korim.

And I said, "Yes, I would love to do that. It sounds great."

Un es atbildēju „Jā, labprāt. Izklausās labi.”

And I left the room and said, "No way."

Un es izgāju no istabas un noteicu, „Nekādā gadījumā.”

The choir people in my high school were pretty geeky,

Koristi manā vidusskolā bija diezgan nūģīgi,

and there was no way I was going to have anything to do with those people.

un es ar šiem cilvēkiem nekādā gadījumā negribēju ielaisties.

And about a week later, a friend of mine came to me and said,

Un pēc apmēram nedēļas mans draugs pie manis atnāca un teica,

"Listen, you've got to join choir.

„Paklau, tev jāpievienojas korim

At the end of the semester, we're taking a trip to Mexico,

Mēs semestra beigās dosimies uz Meksiku,

all expenses paid.

visi izdevumi tiks apmaksāti.

And the soprano section is just full of hot girls."

Soprānu nodaļa ir pilna ar smukām meitenēm.”

And so I figured for Mexico and babes,

Un tā es izlēmu, ka Meksikas un meiču dēļ

I could do just about anything.

biju gatavs uz tikpat kā jebko.

And I went to my first day in choir,

Un es pirmo dienu aizgāju uz kori

and I sat down with the basses

un apsēdos pie basiem

and sort of looked over my shoulder

un palūkojos pāri savam plecam,

to see what they were doing.

lai redzētu ko viņi darīja.

They opened their scores, the conductor gave the downbeat,

Viņi atvēra savas partitūras, diriģents sāka diriģēt,

and boom, they launched into the Kyrie

un bum, viņi sāka dziedāt „Kyrie”

from the "Requiem" by Mozart.

no Mocarta „Rekviēma”.

In my entire life I had seen in black and white,

Visu savu dzīvi es biju redzējis tikai melnā vai baltā

and suddenly everything was in shocking Technicolor.

un pēkšņi viss bija šokējoši krāsains.

The most transformative experience I've ever had --

Mana mūža pārveidojošākā pieredze --

in that single moment, hearing dissonance and harmony

tajā vienā mirklī, dzirdot nesaskaņu un harmoniju

and people singing, people together,

un cilvēkus dziedam, cilvēkus kopā,

the shared vision.

kopīgo vīziju.

And I felt for the first time in my life

Un pirmo reizi savā mūžā es jutos

that I was part of something bigger than myself.

kā kaut kā, kas ir lielāks par mani, daļa.

And there were a lot of cute girls in the soprano section, as it turns out.

Un, kā izrādījās, pie soprāniem patiešām bija daudz smukas meitenes.

I decided to write a piece for choir

Pēc pāris gadiem es nolēmu uzrakstīt

a couple of years later

kora skaņdarbu

as a gift to this conductor

kā dāvanu diriģentam,

who had changed my life.

kurš bija mainījis manu dzīvi.

I had learned to read music by then, or slowly learning to read music.

Tajā laikā es jau biju iemācījies lasīt notis, vai vismaz to palēnām sācis.

And that piece was published,

Un šis skaņdarbs tika publicēts,

and then I wrote another piece, and that got published.

un tad es sakomponēju vēl vienu un tas arī tika publicēts.

And then I started conducting,

Un tad es sāku komponēt,

and I ended up doing my master's degree at the Juilliard School.

un beigu beigās Džuliarda skolā es ieguvu arī savu maģistra grādu.

And I find myself now in the unlikely position

Un tagad es atrodos neparastā pozīcijā,

of standing in front of all of you

stāvot jums priekšā kā

as a professional classical composer and conductor.

klasiskās mūzikas diriģēšanas un komponēšanas profesors.

Well a couple of years ago,

Pirms pāris gadiem

a friend of mine emailed me

kāds draugs man atsūtīja e-pastu ar

a link, a YouTube link,

saiti, YouTube saiti

and said, "You have got to see this."

un viņš teica: "Tev tas ir jāredz."

And it was this young woman who had posted a fan video to me,

Un tur bija šī jaunā sieviete, kura bija ielikusi fanu video,

singing the soprano line

kurā viņa dziedāja mana

to a piece of mine called "Sleep."

skaņdarba „Miegs” soprāna partiju.

(Video) Britlin Losee: Hi Mr. Eric Whitacre.

(Video) Britlina Losē: Sveiki, Ērika Vitakera kungs

My name is Britlin Losee,

Mani sauc Britlina Losē,

and this is a video

un šis ir video,

that I'd like to make for you.

ko es vēlējos izveidot priekš jums.

Here's me singing "Sleep."

Es dziedāšu „Miegs”.

I'm a little nervous, just to let you know.

Esmu nedaudz uztraukusies.

♫ If there are noises ♫

♫ Ja nakts melnumā ♫

♫ in the night ♫

♫ ir trokšņi ♫

Eric Whitacre: I was thunderstruck.

Ēriks Vitakers: Es biju satriekts.

Britlin was so innocent and so sweet,

Britlina bija tik nevainīga un tik jauka

and her voice was so pure.

un viņas balss bija tik dzidra.

And I even loved seeing behind her;

Un man pat patika skatīties uz to, kas bija aiz viņas.

I could see the little teddy bear sitting on the piano behind her in her room.

Aiz viņas es varēju redzēt uz klavierēm sēžam mazu lācīti.

Such an intimate video.

Tik intīms video.

And I had this idea: if I could get 50 people

Un man radās šī ideja: ja es varētu piedabūt 50 cilvēkus,

to all do this same thing,

lai viņi visi dara vienu un to pašu,

sing their parts -- soprano, alto, tenor and bass --

dzied savas daļas -- soprānu, altu, tenoru un basu --

wherever they were in the world, post their videos to YouTube,

vienalga, kur pasaulē viņi atrodas, ieliek savus video YouTube,

we could cut it all together and create a virtual choir.

mēs varētu salikt to visu kopā un izveidot virtuālu kori.

So I wrote on my blog, "OMG OMG."

Tā es savā blogā rakstīju: „Ak, Dievs, ak, Dievs”.

I actually wrote, "OMG,"

Es patiešām rakstīju:„ Ak, Dievs”,

hopefully for the last time in public ever.

cerams, ka pēdējo reizi publiski.

(Laughter)

(Smiekli)

And I sent out this call to singers.

Un es to paziņoju dziedātājiem.

And I made free the download of the music

Un ļāvu par brīvu lejupielādēt mūziku

to a piece that I had written in the year 2000

skaņdarbam, kuru es biju sarakstījis 2000. gadā,

called "Lux Aurumque," which means "light and gold."

ko sauca "Lux Aurumque", kas nozīmē "gaisma un zelts".

And lo and behold, people started uploading their videos.

Un pēkšņi ne no kurienes, cilvēki sāki pievienot savus video.

Now I should say, before that,

Taču pirms tam tas,

what I did is I posted a conductor track

ko es izdarīju bija video publicēšana, kur

of myself conducting.

es diriģēju.

And it's in complete silence when I filmed it,

Un filmējot fonā bija pilnīgs klusums,

because I was only hearing the music in my head,

jo mūzika bija dzirdama vienīgi manā galvā,

imagining the choir that would one day come to be.

iedomājoties kori, kas vienudien "sanāktu kopā".

Afterwards, I played a piano track underneath

Pēc tam es fonā ierakstīju klavieres,

so that the singers would have something to listen to.

lai dziedātājiem dziedot būtu ko klausīties.

And then as the videos started to come in ...

Un tad cilvēki sāka iesūtīt savus video ...

(Singing)

(Dzied)

This is Cheryl Ang from Singapore.

Šī ir Čerila Anga no Singapūras.

(Singing)

(Dzied)

This is Evangelina Etienne

Šī Evangelīna Etjēna.

(Singing)

(Dzied)

from Massachusetts.

no Masačūsetsas.

(Singing)

(Dzied)

Stephen Hanson from Sweden.

Stefens Hansons no Zviedrijas.

(Singing)

(Dzied)

This is Jamal Walker from Dallas, Texas.

Šis ir Džamals Vokers no Dalasas, Teksasas,

(Singing)

(Dzied)

There was even a little soprano solo in the piece,

Skaņdarbā bija pat mazs soprāna solo gabaliņš,

and so I had auditions.

kuram es rīkoju noklausīšanos.

And a number of sopranos uploaded their parts.

Un pamatīgs skaits soprānu augšupielādēja savus video.

I was told later,

Vēlāk no

and also by lots of singers who were involved in this,

daudziem iesaistītajiem dziedātājiem es uzzināju, ka

that they sometimes recorded 50 or 60 different takes

dažreiz viņi bija spiesti ierakstīt pat 50 vai 60 reizes

until they got just the right take -- they uploaded it.

kamēr viņi nodziedāja tieši tā, kā vajag, un to arī viņi pieteica.

Here's our winner of the soprano solo.

Šeit ir mūsu soprānu konkursa uzvarētāja.

This is Melody Myers from Tennessee.

Šī ir Melodija Maiersa no Tenesī.

(Singing)

(Dzied)

I love the little smile she does right over the top of the note --

Man patīk viņas mazais smaids katras nots beigās --

like, "No problem, everything's fine."

kā, "Nekādu problēmu, viss ir kārtībā".

(Laughter)

(Smiekli)

And from the crowd

Un no cilvēku pūļa

emerged this young man, Scott Haines.

iznira šis jaunais vīrs, Skots Heinzs.

And he said, "Listen, this is the project

Un viņš teica "Klau, šis ir projekts, kuru

I've been looking for my whole life.

es esmu meklējis visu savu dzīvi.

I'd like to be the person to edit this all together."

Es gribētu būt tas cilvēks, kurš visu saliek kopā."

I said, "Thank you, Scott. I'm so glad that you found me."

Es atbildēju "Paldies tev, Skot, man prieks, ka tu mani atradi."

And Scott aggregated all of the videos.

Un Skots sakopoja visus šos video.

He scrubbed the audio.

Viņš noskribināja audio.

He made sure that everything lined up.

Viņš pārliecinājās, ka viss ir salikts kā vajag.

And then we posted this video to YouTube about a year and a half ago.

Un tad mēs pirms apmēram pusotra gada ielikām šo video YouTube.

This is "Lux Aurumque" sung by the Virtual Choir.

Šis ir "Lux Aurumque" Virtuālā kora izpildījumā

(Singing)

(Dzied)

I'll stop it there in the interest of time.

Te mēs arī apstāsimies, lai ietaupītu laiku.

(Applause)

(Aplausi)

Thank you. Thank you.

Paldies. Paldies.

(Applause)

(Aplausi)

Thank you.

Paldies.

So there's more. There's more.

Ir vēl. Ir vēl.

Thank you so much.

Liels jums paldies.

And I had the same reaction you did.

Man bija tāda pati reakcija kā jums.

I actually was moved to tears when I first saw it.

Patiesībā pirmo reizi to redzot, man acīs sariesās asaras.

I just couldn't believe the poetry of all of it --

Es vienkārši nespēju noticēt tā visa dzejiskumā --

these souls all on their own desert island,

šīs dvēseles, katra uz savas tuksnešainās salas

sending electronic messages in bottles to each other.

viena otrai sūta elektroniskās ziņas pudelēs.

And the video went viral.

Un video kļuva virāls.

We had a million hits in the first month

Pirmajā mēnesī to noskatījās miljons cilvēku

and got a lot of attention for it.

un tas guva lielu ievērību.

And because of that, then a lot of singers started saying,

Un tādēļ, tad liela daļa dziedātāju sāka vaicāt,

"All right, what's Virtual Choir 2.0?"

"Labi, kad būs Virtuālais koris 2,0?"

And so I decided for Virtual Choir 2.0

Un tāpēc es nolēmu izveidot Virtuālo kori 2,0,

that I would choose the same piece that Britlin was singing,

kuram es izvēlējos Britlinas iepriekš dziedāto skaņdarbu,

"Sleep," which is another work

"Sleep", kas ir vēl viens skaņdarbs,

that I wrote in the year 2000 --

ko es sarakstīju 2000. gadā --

poetry by my dear friend Charles Anthony Silvestri.

dzejas autors ir mans dārgais draugs Čārlzs Entonijs Silvestri.

And again, I posted a conductor video,

Un arī šoreiz es publicēju video, kur es diriģēju,

and we started accepting submissions.

un mēs sākām pieņemt pieteikumus.

This time we got some more mature members.

Šoreiz pieteicās nobriedušāki cilvēki.

(Singing)

(Dzied)

And some younger members.

Un arī daži jaunāki biedri.

(Video) Soprano: ♫ Upon my pillow ♫

(Video) Soprāns: ♫ Uz spilvena, ♫

♫ Safe in bed ♫

♫ Gultas siltumā ♫

EW: That's Georgie from England. She's only nine.

ĒV: Tā ir Džordžija no Anglijas. Viņa ir tikai deviņus gadus veca.

Isn't that the sweetest thing you've ever seen?

Vai viņa nav lielākais jaukumiņš, kādu esat redzējuši?

Someone did all eight videos --

Kāds pat ielika visus astoņus video,

a bass even singing the soprano parts.

kur bass pat dziedāja soprāna partiju.

This is Beau Awtin.

Šī ir Bo Otvina.

(Video) Beau Awtin: ♫ Safe in bed ♫

(Video) Bo Otvins: ♫ Gultas siltumā ♫

EW: And our goal -- it was sort of an arbitrary goal --

EV: Un mūsu mērķis -- tas bija diezgan pamatīgs --

there was an MTV video where they all sang "Lollipop"

MTV bija tāds video, kur visi dziedāja „Lollipop”

and they got people from all over the world to just sing that little melody.

un viņi panāca, ka cilvēki no visas pasaules dziedāja šo mazo melodiju.

And there were 900 people involved in that.

Un tajā piedalījās 900 cilvēku.

So I told the singers, "That's our goal.

Tāpēc es teicu dziedātājiem, "Šis ir mūsu mērķis.

That's the number for us to beat."

Šis skaitlis mums ir jāpārspēj."

And we just closed submissions January 10th,

Un mēs nupat, 10. janvārī, beidzām pieņemt pieteikumus

and our final tally was 2,051 videos

un mūsu kopējais dalībnieku iesūtītais video skaits bija 2,051

from 58 different countries.

pavisam no 58 dažādām valstīm.

Thank you.

Paldies.

(Applause)

(Aplausi)

From Malta, Madagascar, Thailand, Vietnam,

No Maltas, Madagaskāras, Taizemes, Vjetnamas,

Jordan, Egypt, Israel,

Jordānijas, Ēģiptes, Izraēlas,

as far north as Alaska and as far south as New Zealand.

no tik tāliem ziemeļiem kā Aļaska līdz pat tik tālu uz dienvidiem kā Jaunzēlande.

And we also put a page on Facebook

Un mēs arī izveidojām lapu Facebook,

for the singers to upload their testimonials,

kur dziedātājiem dalīties ar savu pieredzi,

what it was like for them, their experience singing it.

kā tas viņiem bija, viņi piedzīvotais, dziedot šo skaņdarbu.

And I've just chosen a few of them here.

Un es no visiem esmu izvēlējies dažus.

"My sister and I used to sing in choirs together constantly.

"Agrāk mēs ar māsu visu laiku kopā dziedājām koros.

Now she's an airman in the air force constantly traveling.

Tagad viņa ir lidotāja gaisa spēkos un nepārtraukti ceļo.

It's so wonderful to sing together again!"

Ir tik brīnišķīgi atkal dziedāt kopā!"

I love the idea that she's singing with her sister.

Man patīk šī doma, ka viņa dzied kopā ar māsu.

"Aside from the beautiful music,

"Izņemot skaisto mūziku,

it's great just to know I'm part of a worldwide community of people I never met before,

ir lieliski apzināties, ka tu esi vispasaules kopienas daļa ar cilvēkiem, kurus tu nepazīsti,

but who are connected anyway."

taču šā vai tā esi saistīta."

And my personal favorite,

Un mana personīgi mīļākā,

"When I told my husband that I was going to be a part of this,

"Kad es pateicu savam vīram, ka piedalīšos,

he told me that I did not have the voice for it."

viņš man pateica, ka man tam nav piemērota balss".

Yeah, I'm sure a lot of you have heard that too.

Jā, droši vien daudzi no jums ir dzirdējuši ko tādu.

Me too.

Es arī.

"It hurt so much, and I shed some tears,

"Tas bija sāpīgi un es nobirdināju asaras,

but something inside of me wanted to do this despite his words.

bet kaut kas manī gribēja to darīt tāpat, par spīti viņa vārdiem.

It is a dream come true to be part of this choir,

Būt daļai šī kora ir kā sapņa piepildījums,

as I've never been part of one.

jo kā tādā es iesaistos pirmo reizi dzīvē.

When I placed a marker on the Google Earth Map,

Kad es uz Google Earth Map atliku marķeri,

I had to go with the nearest city, which is about 400 miles away from where I live.

man bija jādodas uz tuvāko pilsētu, kas atrodas apmēram 400 jūdzes no vietas, kur es dzīvoju.

As I am in the Great Alaskan Bush,

Jo es dzīvoju Great Alaskan Bush,

satellite is my connection to the world."

pavadonis ir vienīgais, kas mani saista ar šo pasauli".

So two things struck me deeply about this.

Divas lietas mani dziļi aizkustināja.

The first is that human beings

Pirmkārt, cilvēks mēros

will go to any lengths necessary

jebkādu nepieciešamo attālumu,

to find and connect with each other.

lai tikai savā starpā saistītos.

It doesn't matter the technology.

Tehnoloģijai nav nozīmes.

And the second is

Un otrkārt,

that people seem to be experiencing an actual connection.

ka cilvēki patiešām izjūt patiesu saikni.

It wasn't a virtual choir.

Tas nebija virtuālais koris.

There are people now online that are friends; they've never met.

Daži cilvēki ir satikušies tiešsaistē un nu ir draugi; lai gan dzīvē nekad nav tikušies.

But, I know myself too, I feel

Bet arī es, es jūtu

this virtual esprit de corps, if you will, with all of them.

šo virtuālo esprit de corps, ar ikkatru no viņiem.

I feel a closeness to this choir --

Es jūtu tuvību ar šo kori --

almost like a family.

gandrīz kā ģimeni.

What I'd like to close with then today

Tas, ar ko es šodien gribētu beigt, ir

is the first look

"Sleep" pirmatskaņojums

at "Sleep" by Virtual Choir 2.0.

Virtuālā kora 2.0 izpildījumā

This will be a premiere today.

Šodien ir video pirmizrāde.

We're not finished with the video yet.

Tas vēl nav pilnībā pabeigts.

You can imagine, with 2,000 synchronized YouTube videos,

Jūs variet iedomāties ar 2,000 sinhronizētiem YouTube video

the render time is just atrocious.

atskaņošanas laiks ir vienkārši zvērīgs.

But we do have the first three minutes.

Bet mums ir gatavas pirmās trīs minūtes.

And it's a tremendous honor

Un šis man ir ārkārtīgi liels gods

for me to be able to show it to you here first.

spēt jums, kas atrodas šeit, parādīt to pirmajiem.

You're the very first people to see this.

Jūs esat pirmie cilvēki, kas to redzēs.

This is "Sleep," the Virtual Choir.

Šis ir "Sleep" Virtuālā kora izpildījumā.

(Video) Virtual Choir: ♫ The evening hangs ♫

(Video) Virtuālais koris: ♫ Vakars kavējas ♫

♫ beneath the moon ♫

♫ zem mēness stariem ♫

♫ A silver thread on darkened dune ♫

♫ Sidraba pavediens tumšā kāpā ♫

♫ With closing eyes and resting head ♫

♫ Ar aizvērtām acīm un nolaistu galvu ♫

♫ I know that sleep is coming soon ♫

♫ Es zinu, ka miegs drīz nāks ♫

♫ Upon my pillow, ♫

♫ Uz spilvena, ♫

♫ safe in bed, ♫

♫ gultas siltumā, ♫

♫ a thousand pictures fill my head ♫

♫ tūkstoš ainu pilda manu galvu ♫

♫ I cannot sleep ♫

♫ Es nevaru aizmigt ♫

♫ my mind's aflight ♫

♫ mans prāts ir nomierīgs ♫

♫ and yet my limbs seem made of lead ♫

♫ tomēr mani locekļi ir kā no svina ♫

♫ If there are noises in the night ♫

♫ Ja nakts melnumā ir trokšņi ♫

Eric Whitacre: Thank you very, very much. Thank you.

Ēriks Vitakers: Liels, liels paldies. Paldies.

(Applause)

(Aplausi)

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.

Liels paldies. Paldies. Paldies.

(Applause)

(Aplausi)