A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong | Eric Whitacre

Translator: Miriam Matejova Reviewer: Martin Francis Gilbert Máik

I wanted to be a rock star.

Chcel som byť rockovou hviezdou.

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

To bolo jediné, o čom som sníval.

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

Presnejšie, chcel som byť popovou hviezdou.

This was in the late '80s.

To bolo v neskorých 80-tych rokoch.

And mostly I wanted to be the fifth member

Chcel som byť piatym členom

of Depeche Mode or Duran Duran.

Depeche Mode alebo Duran Duran.

They wouldn't have me.

Nechceli ma.

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

Nepoznal som hudobnú teóriu, ale hral som na synťáku a bubnoch.

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

Vyrástol som v malej farmárskej dedine v severnej Nevade.

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

Bol som si istý, že môj život mal byť už raz taký.

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

Keď som šiel na univerzitu v Las Vegas,

when I was 18,

mal som 18

I was stunned to find

a prekvapilo ma, že tam

that there was not a Pop Star 101,

neponúkali "Základy Popových Hviezd,"

or even a degree program for that interest.

či len podobný diplom.

And the choir conductor there

Dirigent ich speváckeho zboru vedel,

knew that I sang

že viem spievať,

and invited me to come and join the choir.

a tak ma pozval do ich zboru.

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

"Áno, rád by som. Znie to skvele."

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

Na odchode som si povedal: "V žiadnom prípade."

The choir people in my high school were pretty geeky,

Ľudia z môjho stredoškolského zboru boli dosť divní.

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

V žiadnom prípade som s nimi nechcel mať nič spoločné.

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

O týždeň neskôr ku mne prišiel kamarát a povedal:

"Listen, you've got to join choir.

''Vážne poď do zboru.

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

Na konci semestra ideme na výlet do Mexika,

all expenses paid.

všetky náklady pokryté.

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

A soprány sú samé pekné dievčatá."

And so I figured for Mexico and babes,

Tak som si povedal, že pre Mexiko a baby

I could do just about anything.

by som urobil takmer čokoľvek.

And I went to my first day in choir,

V prvý deň zboru

and I sat down with the basses

som si sadol s basami

and sort of looked over my shoulder

a obzrel sa cez plece,

to see what they were doing.

že čo robia.

They opened their scores, the conductor gave the downbeat,

Otvorili si noty, dirigent mávol,

and boom, they launched into the Kyrie

a bum, začali spievať Kyrie

from the "Requiem" by Mozart.

z Mózartovho "Requiem."

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

Celý život som videl čierno-bielo

and suddenly everything was in shocking Technicolor.

a zrazu malo všetko farby.

The most transformative experience I've ever had --

Bol to najtransformatívnejší zážitok, aký som kedy zažil -

in that single moment, hearing dissonance and harmony

v tom jedinom okamihu som počul disonanciu a harmóniu,

and people singing, people together,

ľudia spievali spolu

the shared vision.

spoločnú víziu.

And I felt for the first time in my life

Prvýkrát v živote som cítil,

that I was part of something bigger than myself.

že som súčasťou niečoho väčšieho, než som ja sám.

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

A soprány boli samé pekné dievčatá.

I decided to write a piece for choir

Napísal som pre ten zbor pieseň

a couple of years later

o dva roky neskôr.

as a gift to this conductor

Ako darček tomu dirigentovi,

who had changed my life.

ktorý mi zmenil život.

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

Vtedy som už vedel čítať noty.

And that piece was published,

Tá pieseň bola spublikovaná.

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

Potom som napísal a publikoval ešte jednu.

And then I started conducting,

Potom som začal dirigovať.

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

Šiel som na magisterské štúdium na Julliard School.

And I find myself now in the unlikely position

A teraz som v nezvyklej pozícii

of standing in front of all of you

a stojím tu pred vami

as a professional classical composer and conductor.

ako profesionálny skladateľ a dirigent.

Well a couple of years ago,

Pred dvomi rokmi

a friend of mine emailed me

mi priateľ poslal

a link, a YouTube link,

odkaz na YouTube

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

a povedal: "Toto musíš vidieť."

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

Jedna mladá žena tam dala video - pre mňa.

singing the soprano line

Spievala soprán

to a piece of mine called "Sleep."

z mojej piesne "Spánok."

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

(Video) "Ahoj, pán Eric Whitacre.

My name is Britlin Losee,

Volám sa Britlin Losee,

and this is a video

a toto video

that I'd like to make for you.

je pre vás.

Here's me singing "Sleep."

Zaspievam "Spánok."

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

Som trochu nervózna.

♫ If there are noises ♫

♫ Ak v noci počuť ♫

♫ in the night ♫

♫ zvuky ♫

Eric Whitacre: I was thunderstruck.

Eric Whitacre: Ohromilo ma to.

Britlin was so innocent and so sweet,

Britlin bola taká nevinná a zlatá

and her voice was so pure.

a jej hlas bol taký číry.

And I even loved seeing behind her;

A za sebou, vo svojej izbe,

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

mala na klavíri plyšáka.

Such an intimate video.

Také intímne video.

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

Napadlo mi: ak by 50 ľudí

to all do this same thing,

spravilo to isté,

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

soprány, alty, tenory, basy

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

a dali svoje videá na YouTube,

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

spravili by sme z toho virtuálny zbor.

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

Tak som napísal na svoj blog: "OMG OMG."

I actually wrote, "OMG,"

Skutočne som napísal "OMG."

hopefully for the last time in public ever.

Dúfam, že verejne naposledy.

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

And I sent out this call to singers.

A vyslal som odkaz spevákom.

And I made free the download of the music

Nechal som ich zadarmo si stiahnuť noty

to a piece that I had written in the year 2000

k piesni, ktorú som napísal v roku 2000,

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

nazvanej "Lux Aurumque," čo znamená "svetlo a zlato."

And lo and behold, people started uploading their videos.

Ľudia skutočne začali uploadovať videá.

Now I should say, before that,

Ešte by som mal povedať,

what I did is I posted a conductor track

že som im dal video samého seba,

of myself conducting.

ako dirigujem.

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

Vo videu dirigujem v úplnej tichosti,

because I was only hearing the music in my head,

pretože som počul hudbu len v mojej hlave,

imagining the choir that would one day come to be.

predstavujúc si zbor, ktorý sa mal raz zrodiť.

Afterwards, I played a piano track underneath

Neskôr som k tomu hral na klavíri,

so that the singers would have something to listen to.

aby mali speváci doprovod.

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

Keď sa videá začali hromadiť...

(Singing)

(Spev)

This is Cheryl Ang from Singapore.

Toto je Cheryl Ang zo Singapúru.

(Singing)

(Spev)

This is Evangelina Etienne

Evangelina Etienne

(Singing)

(Spev)

from Massachusetts.

z Massachusetts.

(Singing)

(Spev)

Stephen Hanson from Sweden.

Stephen Hanson zo Švédska.

(Singing)

(Spev)

This is Jamal Walker from Dallas, Texas.

Jamal Walker z Dallasu, Texas.

(Singing)

(Spev)

There was even a little soprano solo in the piece,

Mali sme aj krátke sólo pre soprán,

and so I had auditions.

tak sme mali konkurzy.

And a number of sopranos uploaded their parts.

Zopár sopránistiek poskytlo svoje videá.

I was told later,

Neskôr mi povedali,

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

a aj mnohí iní z týchto spevákov,

that they sometimes recorded 50 or 60 different takes

že niekedy nahrali 50 či 60 pokusov,

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

až kým nenahrali ten správny, ktorý uploadovali.

Here's our winner of the soprano solo.

Tu je náš víťazný soprán.

This is Melody Myers from Tennessee.

Melody Myers z Tennessee.

(Singing)

(Spev)

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

Páči sa mi jej úsmev, keď vytiahne tú notu

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

ako "Žiaden problém, všetko je v pohode."

(Laughter)

(Smiech)

And from the crowd

A potom sa z davu

emerged this young man, Scott Haines.

vynoril mladý muž menom Scott Haines.

And he said, "Listen, this is the project

Povedal: "Počuj, na tento projekt

I've been looking for my whole life.

som čakal celý život.

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

Rád by som to celé zeditoval."

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

Ja na to: "Ďakujem, Scott. Som veľmi rád, že si ma našiel."

And Scott aggregated all of the videos.

Scott zhromaždil všetky videá.

He scrubbed the audio.

Vyčistil zvuk.

He made sure that everything lined up.

Všetko zladil.

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

A potom, asi pred rokom a pol, sme poskytli toto video na YouTube.

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

Toto je "Lux Aurumque" naspievané Virtuálnym Zborom.

(Singing)

(Spev)

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

Kvôli času to tu zastavím.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)

Thank you. Thank you.

Ďakujem. Ďakujem.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)

Thank you.

Ďakujem.

So there's more. There's more.

Je toho viac. Je toho viac.

Thank you so much.

Ďakujem pekne.

And I had the same reaction you did.

Moja reakcia bola rovnaká, ako tá vaša.

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

Dojalo ma to k slzám, keď som to prvýkrát videl.

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

Nemohol som uveriť tej poézii -

these souls all on their own desert island,

tieto duše, samy, na svojom opustenom ostrove,

sending electronic messages in bottles to each other.

si posielajú elektronické odkazy vo fľašiach.

And the video went viral.

Video sa stalo populárnym.

We had a million hits in the first month

Milióny ľudí si ho pozreli v prvý mesiac.

and got a lot of attention for it.

Video pútalo veľkú pozornosť.

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

Vďaka tomu mnohí speváci začali hovoriť:

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

"Žeby Virtuálny Zbor 2.0?"

And so I decided for Virtual Choir 2.0

Pre Virtuálny Zbor 2.0

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

som vybral pieseň, ktorú spievala Britlin,

"Sleep," which is another work

"Spánok," ktorú som

that I wrote in the year 2000 --

napísal v roku 2000 k

poetry by my dear friend Charles Anthony Silvestri.

poézii môjho priateľa Charlesa Anthonyho Silvestriho.

And again, I posted a conductor video,

Znovu som poskytol video, v ktorom dirigujem,

and we started accepting submissions.

a začali sme zhromažďovať videá.

This time we got some more mature members.

Tentokrát sme mali vyspelejších spevákov

(Singing)

(Spev)

And some younger members.

A pár mladších spevákov.

(Video) Soprano: ♫ Upon my pillow ♫

(Video) Soprán: ♫ Na mojom vankúši ♫

♫ Safe in bed ♫

♫ V bezpečí postele ♫

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

EW: To je Georgie z Anglicka. Má len deväť rokov.

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

Nie je zlatá?

Someone did all eight videos --

Niekto spravil všetkých deväť videií.

a bass even singing the soprano parts.

Bas dokonca naspieval soprán.

This is Beau Awtin.

Toto je Beau Awtin.

(Video) Beau Awtin: ♫ Safe in bed ♫

(Video) Beau Awtin: ♫ V bezpečí postele ♫

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

EW: A náš cieľ - bol to pomyselný cieľ -

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

v jedom MTV videu všetci spievali "Lollipop."

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

Ľudia z celého sveta spievali tú krátku melódiu.

And there were 900 people involved in that.

900 ľudí sa do toho zapojilo.

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

Tak som povedal spevákom: "To je náš cieľ.

That's the number for us to beat."

Musíme to prekonať."

And we just closed submissions January 10th,

10. januára sme prijali posledné video.

and our final tally was 2,051 videos

Dokopy sme ich mali 2,051.

from 58 different countries.

Z 58 rôznych krajín.

Thank you.

Ďakujem.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)

From Malta, Madagascar, Thailand, Vietnam,

Z Malty, Madagaskaru, Thajska, Vietnamu,

Jordan, Egypt, Israel,

Jordánska, Egyptu, Izraelu,

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

Aljašky a Nového Zélandu.

And we also put a page on Facebook

Takisto máme stránku na Facebooku

for the singers to upload their testimonials,

pre spevákov a ich vyznania,

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

aké to pre nich bolo.

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

Zopár som vybral.

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

"So sestrou sme zvykli spievať v zboroch.

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

Teraz pracuje ako letec a stále cestuje.

It's so wonderful to sing together again!"

Je skvelé s ňou zase spievať!"

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

Páči sa mi, že spieva so sestrou.

"Aside from the beautiful music,

"Okrem nádhernej hudby,

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

je skvelé vedieť, že som súčasťou svetovej komunity ľudí, ktorých som nikdy, nestretla,

but who are connected anyway."

ale ktorí sú aj tak prepojení."

And my personal favorite,

A moja najobľúbenejšia hláška:

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

"Keď som povedala manželovi, že sa tohto chcem zúčastniť,

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

povedal, že na to nemám hlas."

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

Som si istý, že ste také niečo počuli mnohí.

Me too.

Aj ja.

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

"Tak ma to zranilo, že som si poplakala,

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

ale niečo vo mne to chcelo urobiť napriek jeho slovám.

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

Môj sen sa stal skutočnosťou vďaka tomuto zboru,

as I've never been part of one.

keďže som nikdy v nijakom nebola.

When I placed a marker on the Google Earth Map,

Keď sa pozriete na Google Earth,

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

najbližšie mesto je asi 400 míľ od môjho domova.

As I am in the Great Alaskan Bush,

Keďže bývam na Aljaške,

satellite is my connection to the world."

moje jediné spojenie so svetom je satelit."

So two things struck me deeply about this.

Dve veci ma veľmi zaujali.

The first is that human beings

Poprvé, ľudia pôjdu tak

will go to any lengths necessary

ďaleko, ako sa len dá, aby

to find and connect with each other.

sa navzájom našli.

It doesn't matter the technology.

Na technológii nezáleží.

And the second is

Podruhé, zdá sa,

that people seem to be experiencing an actual connection.

že títo ľudia majú skutočné spojenie.

It wasn't a virtual choir.

Nebol to virtuálny zbor.

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

Títo ľudia sú teraz priateľmi, hoci sa nikdy nestretli.

But, I know myself too, I feel

Ja sám k nim cítim

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

akúsi spolupatričnosť, ak sa to tak dá nazvať.

I feel a closeness to this choir --

Mám k tomu zboru blízko.

almost like a family.

Takmer ako k rodine.

What I'd like to close with then today

Rád by som dnes zakončil

is the first look

prvým náhľadom

at "Sleep" by Virtual Choir 2.0.

na "Spánok" od Virtuálneho Zboru 2.0.

This will be a premiere today.

Dnes bude mať premiéru.

We're not finished with the video yet.

Ešte sme nedokončili video.

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

Viete si predstaviť, že zladiť 2000 YouTube videí

the render time is just atrocious.

je skutočne náročné.

But we do have the first three minutes.

Zatiaľ máme prvé tri minúty.

And it's a tremendous honor

A je to pre mňa úžasná pocta

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

ich tu prvýkrát ukázať.

You're the very first people to see this.

Ste prví, čo to uvidia.

This is "Sleep," the Virtual Choir.

Tu je "Spánok" od Virtuálneho Zboru.

(Video) Virtual Choir: ♫ The evening hangs ♫

Video Zbor: ♫ Večer sa vznáša ♫

♫ beneath the moon ♫

♫ Popod mesiac ♫

♫ A silver thread on darkened dune ♫

♫ Strieborná niť na stmavnutej dune ♫

♫ With closing eyes and resting head ♫

♫ S privretými očami a klesnutou hlavou ♫

♫ I know that sleep is coming soon ♫

♫ Viem, že spánok prichádza ♫

♫ Upon my pillow, ♫

♫ Na mojom vankúši ♫

♫ safe in bed, ♫

♫ V bezpečí postele ♫

♫ a thousand pictures fill my head ♫

♫ Tisíc obrázkov mi naplní myseľ ♫

♫ I cannot sleep ♫

♫ Nemôžem spať ♫

♫ my mind's aflight ♫

♫ Myseľ mi blúdi, ♫

♫ and yet my limbs seem made of lead ♫

♫ I keď končatiny mi oťaželi ♫

♫ If there are noises in the night ♫

♫ Ak v noci počuť zvuky ♫

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

Eric Whitacre: Ďakujem veľmi pekne. Ďakujem.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)

Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.

Ďakujem veľmi pekne. Ďakujem Vám.

(Applause)

(Potlesk)