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Oliver Álain Christie
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The Channel of a Franco-Irish actor, blacklisted, then deprived of his home since October 2001.
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News about issues for social justice, spirituality and poetry
Visit my facebook page: poetry.reading.oliver.alain.christie
Bernadette trailer in Spanish 614 × 360
Bernadette (estrenada en 1988) dirigida por Jean Delannoy Este es el tráiler en español, una edición diferente a la inglesa. El concepto también es completamente diferente. La voz en off ya no es la de un narrador o un cronista, se supone que es la propia Bernadette hablando en primera persona. Yo también aparezco en este tráiler pero es una escena diferente. El doblaje al español se realizó sin los actores originales; no es mi voz lo que escuchas, a diferencia de las versiones en inglés y francés.
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D'Or que Landes (Fr. Culture - 30 June 2011) Episode 4/5
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This is a provisional file. The illustrative slideshow is still unfinished. Nevertheless the audio is all here. And it is a radio play after all (!). It is also all in French but don't worry; I will translate/subtitle it all shortly. Fourth episode of a radio serial. (www.franceculture.fr/emission-fictions-le-feuilleton-d-or-que-landes-de-denis-bretin-25-2011-06-28.html) Episode 1: ua-cam.com/v...
D'Or que Landes (Fr Culture - 29 June 2011) Episode 3/5
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Third episode of a radio serial. (www.franceculture.fr/emissions/fictions-le-feuilleton/dor-que-landes-de-denis-bretin-35) In this provisional file the slideshow/video is almost inexistent. But the whole of the audio is here alright; that is the essential since this is a radio play. I upload this file so that those who appreciated the first two episodes might hear the sequel. Episodes 4 & 5 sho...
Paul Laurence Dunbar's "A Misty Day" (Lyrics of Love & Laughter) read LIVE by OÁC
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Sunday 4 March 2018 in the early afternoon; I venture to introduce a sample of Paul Laurence Dunbar's poetry to a French audience. The place is Point Éphémère, a public joint which has been hired by the association "Le Carillon" for an afternoon of feasting around social activism and solidarity with the homeless and underprivileged. I bet none of these people have ever even heard the name of Pa...
Tribute to Leonard Cohen: "Hallelujah" LIVE by OÁC + ZeJam (1st edit)
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Poetry Reading #25 makes use of whatever is left of my singing voice. After the decease of a poet of the calibre of Leonard Cohen, I felt that I had to leave Shakespeare's quadricentennial alone for a while. Same thing for the centenary of the Irish uprising. We've had insanely few opportunities to rehearse (and never with the whole of the musicians - only the keyboardist/frontman, Nicolas). Yo...
William Byrd - Ave Verum Corpus (SATB)
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This is the SATB version of Byrd's "Ave Verum Corpus" used with "Phœnix & Turtle". It appears again in the live of Sonnet 130. For those who like the music used with the poem, we thought they might be pleased to hear it on its own. Do not ask me who the performers are. I downloaded this audio track from a site of royalty-free music; I remember it was free to use without restriction but I was in...
Shakespeare's "Tomorrow and tomorrow" (MacBeth V-v) spoken by OÁC [de.en.es.fr.it.nl.ja subs]
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Poetry reading #24. And, still for the occasion of the quadricentennial, the Bard is back in my improvised "studio". Visit my "Poetry Readings" page on Facebook: poetry.reading.oliver.alain.christie Also the page I've created on 23 April 2016 on the 400th anniversary: William-Shakespeare-The-Bard-809705725826578/ Just " like" the page, then select "get notifications" i...
W.B. Yeats' "Sixteen Dead Men" read by OÁC/Mus. Erik Satie [de.en.fr.it.nl.ru subs]
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Poetry Reading #23 is back to "studio" recording. Another Yeats poem about the 1916 Irish uprising. Join my Poetry Readings Facebook page & tick "get notifications" in scroll menu: poetry.reading.oliver.alain.christie also W.B.Yeats.poet You will have noticed that I belong to the number who rate "And is their logic" on line 11 as a mistake. Indeed "their logic" would h...
Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 read LIVE by OÁC [de.en.es.fr.it subs]
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Poetry reading #22. On 4 Feb 2016, on the same night as I sang 'Dans Les Prisons de Nantes' for "Aux Captifs La Libération", I performed two poem readings: Shakespeare's sonnet 130 aka "My Mistress' Eyes" & a poem about the execution of James Connolly, not expecting a restless evening. Visit my "Poetry Readings" page on Facebook: poetry.reading.oliver.alain.christie Also the page I...
The disputed "CONNOLLY" poem read LIVE by OÁC [de.en.es.fr.it subtitles]
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Poetry reading #21. On 4 Feb 2016, on the same night as I sang 'Dans Les Prisons de Nantes' for "Aux Captifs La Libération", I performed two poem readings: a Shakespeare sonnet & this poem about the execution of James Connolly, not expecting a restless evening. Connolly is the most popular of the insurgents of the Easter Rising in 1916 Visit my "Poetry Readings" page on Facebook: p...
Guy Gilbert's "Listening to God through others" read LIVE by OÁC
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In his 1935 poem "Contre" ("Countering" - in La Nuit Remue, 1935), Henri Michaux says: "Oui, je crois en Dieu ! Certes, il n'en sait rien !" "Yes, I believe in God ! Well of course, he doesn't know about it !" I do believe Guy Gilbert is a genuine poet;. But he doesn't know. Don't tell him because he thinks he's a priest. I must admit I have always been fascinated by the character of Guy Gilber...
'Dans Les Prisons de Nantes' LIVE by OÁC w/ H de Leusse on guitar (English subs)
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Poetry reading #19 is another live performance. Pour tous les sdf, les ex-taulards, les exclus, les marginalisés de tout poil, ainsi que pour mes amis bretons. For all the homeless, the ex-convicts, the outcast and marginalized as well as all my breton friends. Join my "Poetry Readings" page on Facebook: poetry.reading.oliver.alain.christie Just " like" the page, then select "get n...
François Villon's "Ballad for France" spoken LIVE by OÁC - French Urtext, English subtitles
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Poetry reading #18 is another live performance. I took the opportunity of a Xmas Eve dinner party at the parish hall of St Jean-Baptiste de La Salle. I thought Villon's "Ballade pour France" was the best way to conclude a year which had been placed under the sign of terrorist attacks. The audio track you hear is a rendition with a rhythmic delivery to keep the jumpy pace of the poem called prec...
St Francis of Assisi's 'Canticle of Brother Sun' read by OÁC / Umbrian Urtext - English subtitles
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Poetry reading #17 - aka 'Cantico delle Creature' Making a short film around a rendition of the "Canticle of Brother Sun" was one of my oldest projects and most burning desires. It has been gestating in me for at least 15 years, maybe more. On the occasion of 4 October, which is St Francis of Assisi's day, I'm inaugurating a new formula called "Theme & Variations". In the present case the "Cant...
H.P. Lovecraft's "The Ancient Track" read by OÁC [ar.de.en.es.fr.it.ja.pl.pt.ru subs]
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1930. Only seven years before his death, HP Lovecraft's poetic form has reached its maturity. No longer writing "à la Lord Dunsany", Lovecraft writes how he feels he ought to write. This poem has become the heading of the book "The Complete Poetical Works of HP Lovecraft". It is much shorter, somehow less impressive than the poetic suite "Fungi from Yuggoth". Lovecraft has reached simplicity, w...
Erik Satie's "Memoirs of an Amnesiac" #5 spoken by OÁC - French Urtext, English subtitles
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Erik Satie's "Memoirs of an Amnesiac" #5 spoken by OÁC - French Urtext, English subtitles
Shakespeare's 'All The World's A Stage' read by OÁC/Music: John Dowland [ar.de.en.es.fr.it.ru subs]
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Shakespeare's 'All The World's A Stage' read by OÁC/Music: John Dowland [ar.de.en.es.fr.it.ru subs]
Paul Claudel's "Le bon piéton Godefroi" by OÁC/ Mus. St Jas Infirmary [French Urtext, English subs]
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Paul Claudel's "Le bon piéton Godefroi" by OÁC/ Mus. St Jas Infirmary [French Urtext, English subs]
François Villon's 'Brother Humans' LIVE dedicated to Dead of the Street [French Urtext/English subs]
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François Villon's 'Brother Humans' LIVE dedicated to Dead of the Street [French Urtext/English subs]
Victor Hugo's "Good Advice to Suitors" (Bon Conseil Aux Amants) LIVE by OÁC [English subtitles]
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Victor Hugo's "Good Advice to Suitors" (Bon Conseil Aux Amants) LIVE by OÁC [English subtitles]
Erik Satie's "Memoirs of an Amnesiac" #6 spoken LIVE by OÁC - French Urtext / English subs
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Erik Satie's "Memoirs of an Amnesiac" #6 spoken LIVE by OÁC - French Urtext / English subs
Shakespeare's 'The Phoenix and Turtle' spoken by OÁC / Music: W. Byrd - 8 subs
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Shakespeare's 'The Phoenix and Turtle' spoken by OÁC / Music: W. Byrd - 8 subs
D'Or que Landes (Fr Culture - 28 June 2011) Episode 2/5 - subs en.fr
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D'Or que Landes (Fr Culture - 28 June 2011) Episode 2/5 - subs en.fr
Rudyard Kipling's 'If' read LIVE by OÁC - ar.de.el.en.es.fr.it.pt.ru subs
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Rudyard Kipling's 'If' read LIVE by OÁC - ar.de.el.en.es.fr.it.pt.ru subs
If & Amazing Grace (OÁC w/ Gospel for Hope / live at Crypt St. Thérèse) | [subs de.en.es.fr.it.pt]
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If & Amazing Grace (OÁC w/ Gospel for Hope / live at Crypt St. Thérèse) | [subs de.en.es.fr.it.pt]
François Villon's "Brother Humans" spoken by OÁC -French Urtext / English subtitles
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François Villon's "Brother Humans" spoken by OÁC -French Urtext / English subtitles
Little Eagle McGowan's "Soldier's Suicide Note" read by OÁC - de|en|es|fr|it|pl|pt|ru subs
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Little Eagle McGowan's "Soldier's Suicide Note" read by OÁC - de|en|es|fr|it|pl|pt|ru subs
"What Price A Smile?" - NonFiction 3: Madeleine LJdS
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"What Price A Smile?" - NonFiction 3: Madeleine LJdS
Martin Niemöller's "The Quote" (das Zitat) presented [en] and spoken [de] by OÁC (English subtitles)
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Martin Niemöller's "The Quote" (das Zitat) presented [en] and spoken [de] by OÁC (English subtitles)
Robert Frost's "Acquainted with The Night" spoken by OÁC 25|09|13 [ar.de.en.es.fr.it.ja.pt.ru subs]
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Robert Frost's "Acquainted with The Night" spoken by OÁC 25|09|13 [ar.de.en.es.fr.it.ja.pt.ru subs]
Great work, thanks for sharing!
This is one of my favorite videos on UA-cam. It brings tears to my eyes and chills to my spine. Unbelievably powerful recitation.
Your voice is like a general, a teacher, a mentor, a father who is, by all his heart and will, telling his protégé not to give up. Forever etched in my heart.
Mise en scène et interprétation saisissantes : Oliver-Alan nous plonge dans la profondeur du texte. Cet escalier si haut, si escarpé, n'est-ce pas la vie que François d'Assise choisit : aller vers ses frères et ses sœurs qui souffrent de trop de misères, pour les consoler par l'amour ? Oliver-Alan gravit les marches une à une, péniblement, comme François avance dans la vie avec ses compagnons d'infortune, à bout de vivre. Et on entend cet hymne d'émerveillement à la bonté et la beauté de Dieu que François voit dans le soleil, la pluie, la nature, dans l'existence-même des choses et des êtres. Il y a aussi ces plans où Oliver-Alan est étendu sur sa couche, il semble épuisé, à l'agonie, alors que son âme loue le Seigneur. Pourquoi ? N'est-ce pas parce que François croit que la terre, ce monde qui porte ses frères et sœurs qu'il aime tant, reviendra un jour et pour toujours dans le royaume de Dieu ? N'est-il pas dit, dans les Béatitudes : "Heureux les doux, ils recevront la terre en héritage " ! Oui, François et ses compagnons de souffrance marcheront sur cette terre renouvelée, sans larmes. Oliver-Alan nous le fait comprendre ! Merci, Oliver-Alan, pour ce grand moment de théâtre.
Which app you used for editing voice?
I used Audacity. Why?
This reading of If has inspired me so much. I listen to it regularly and have committed it to memory. Thank you Oliver, you're very talented. I hope you're doing well wherever you are.
Freres humains qui après nous vivez, N'ayez les cuers contre nous endurcis, Car, se pitié de nous povres avez, Dieu en aura plus tost de vous mercis. Vous nous voiez cy attachez cinq, six: Quant de la char, que trop avons nourrie, Elle est pieça devoree et pourrie, Et nous, les os, devenons cendre et pouldre. De nostre mal personne ne s'enrie; Mais priez Dieu que tous nous vueille absouldre! Translation: Brothers, men who live after us, Let not your hearts be hardened against us, Because, if you have pity for us poor men, God will have more mercy toward you. You see us here attached five or six: 5 When our flesh that was nourished so well Is over time devoured and putrified, And we, the bones, have become cinders and powder. Let no one laugh at our misfortune: But pray that God absolve us all! 10 2. Sevous clamons freres, pas n'en devez Avoir desdaing, quoy que fusmes occis Parjustice. Toutefois, vous sçavez Que tous hommes n'ont pas bon sens rassis; Excusez nous, puis que sommes transis, Envers le fils de la Vierge Marie, Que sa grace ne soit pour nous tarie, Nous preservant de l'infernale fouldre. Nous sommes mors, ame ne nous harie; Mais priez Dieu que tous nous vueille absouldre! If we call you, brothers, you ought not To have disdain even though we were killed By law. Often, you know That not all men have a righteous mind; Excuse us, now that we have passed, 15 Toward the son of the Virgin Mary, That her grace will not be slow for us, Preserving us from the infernal fire. We are dead, no soul harries us; But pray that God absolve us all! 20 3. La pluye nous a buez et lavez, Et le soliel dessechiez et noircis; Pies, corbeaulx nous ont les yeux cavez, Et arrachié la barbe etles sourcis. Jamais nul temps nous ne sommes assis; Puis ça, puis la, comme le vent varie, A son plaisir sans cesser nous charie, Plus becquetez d'oyseaulx que dez a couldre. Ne soiez donc de nostre confrarie; Mais priez Dieu que tous nous vueille absouldre! The rain has washed and purified us, And the sun has dried and blackened us: Magpies, crows have dug out our eyes And pulled out our beards and eyebrows. Never do we have rest; 25 The changeable wind blows us first this way, then that, To its pleasure without ceasing, Our skin has more bird peckings than if it were sewed. Do not leave our company then; But pray that God absolve us all! 30 Envoi Prince Jhesus, qui sur tous seigneurie, Garde qu'Enfer n'ait de nous la maistrie: A luy n'ayons que faire ne que souldre. Hommes, icy n'a point de mocquerie; Mais priez Dieu que tous nous veuille absouldre! Prince Jesus, who is lord of all, Keep us from the tyranny of Hell: Let the Devil have no claim over us Men, make no mockery here; But pray that God absolve us all! 35
Still my favourite reading of this.
Magnifique ! Le Saint Esprit de beauté et de paix souffle dans cette belle interprétation.
I listened last week and chose not to comment because I didn't understand what I was hearing. I found the poem and studied it and now listen again. May understanding find me.
Dear Italo, one of the aspects of this poem that makes it so fascinating is that it is very much in the hermetic tradition. Understanding may come to you if you consider that prior to San Francesco d'Assisi, there was Farid ud Din Attar. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_of_the_birds
Beautiful. !!!
need to get a cleaner recording of this. This is great.
Go to my SoundCloud account, @89sirmonk; an audio file is downloadable.
Loved listening to it !
I'm so glad you've liked it, @nasreensamad3013. Is it the only video of mine you've watched so far or did you view some more?
I listen to this each morning. For myself and my son. Trying each day to be a better man than the day before and lead by example. For his soul and mine. The poem itself is great, but this reading of it makes it powerful.
My deepest thanks to you, Eric, for expressing your appreciation.
Martin Niemöller certainly went a long way - coming from the far right
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Très belle version du cantique de cet homme extraordinaire qu'est François ! "Petit frère, petite sœur , rends grâce !"
Bonsoir, ma nièce 😉.
Salut Alain ! Comment vas tu ? Je n'ai plus l'occasion d'aller à Paris, je suis à Toulouse. Mais donne moi de tes nouvelles ( par mail par exemple, ou par téléphone) Ça fait un petit moment que je voulais prendre de tes nouvelles, mais je n'ai jamais pris le temps ... A bientôt alors !
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Pretty good bro. Are you thinking this poem is about God and our relationship to and with God? How the whole universe is the fabric of God?
In a very understative sort of way, possibly. But surely not as explicitly as in St Francis' Canticle of Brother Sun or Gerard Manley Hopkins's God's Grandeur.
It seems to me nobody really knows what's going on in this poem (P&T). I've been banging my head against it for years. CS Lewis thinks it might be the greatest poem ever written. What do you think it's about? @
@ you also haven't got a clue have you?
I would tend to agree with CS Lewis Did you read the description I've written, @jamesdean6660 ?
@ I did. It is an all round great effort post from OP.
My father
Read this is a recent Batman comic (Tyrant Wing), The penguin recites it while mourning a loss, to him the poem was a cruel and and heartbreaking reminder, showing that without love we lose reason and hope. When love dies, we die, everything dies.
The ways to access The Bard's poetry are many & mysterious. @glitter_and_doom9218 found it in a novel. You found it in a Batman comic. 😆
This is such a wondrously beautiful poem. I came to it in a novel and looked it up and have been a bit obsessed with it since. I very much enjoyed this reading.
Obsessed? May I ask in what way? I’d also be interested to know which novel you found it in. I am glad you enjoyed the reading.
@ I get obsessed with poems occasionally and this one grabbed me straight away. I love its contradictions - it’s allusion to two states of being being seemingly incompatible and even disapproved of, coming together despite it (but again there is always distance between the turtle and his queen). I find it a very beautiful lament. The fact that it’s a scene of catastrophe, or post-catastrophic, yet deftly weaves from truth and beauty and then reason and love is really quite impressive. I absolutely adore it
@ and I came across it in The Ancestor Game by Alex Miller, an acclaimed author from Australia. The book won the Miles Franklin Award, Australia’s most prestigious literary prize. Also have to say the first 4 lines of the threnos popped into my head when, on a recent visit back to my childhood home, I was looking at my mother’s ashes in an urn on a shelf. I googled the the poem and it just overwhelmed me from the get go. Also love the way it sets up the rules early on before getting to the anthem. Great stuff.
Superbe narration !
Merci, Cyril. ☺ Jette aussi un oeil sur ma version "studio" du même poème.
Très belle métaphore de la « montée au paradis » sur cet escalier vertigineux, que l’artiste, avec sa voix claire et profonde, escalade pour trouver le repos. Bravo et merci Oliver.
C'est moi qui vous remercie, Stéphane. Je suis heureux que la mise-en-scène vous plaise. J'avais médité sur ce texte pendant 10 ans avant de la concevoir.
magnifique
Merci infiniment, Andy. ❤
Ancora, una meraviglia.
Thanks a lot, Italo. I intended to suggest that you'd reproduce on the UA-cam page the lovely comment you had written on the FB ppst.
Merci de m'avoir enrichi de ces paroles porteuses d'espoirs, de paix, d'amour de la création, sans exception. ua-cam.com/video/pNN8pwXMOIU/v-deo.html
Merci à toi, François. Et n'oubliie jamais que tu portes le prénom du saint patron de l'écologie. <3
Déclamé avec profondeur. Je continue de découvrir le reste des vidéos
Paul Laurence Dunbar! Merci de ce partage, et surtout d'avoir prêté votre magnifique voix à ces vers rythmiques qui expriment si bien la grande sensibilité de son auteur.
Merci encore, R. Fich, je suis toujours heureux de recevoir des réactions favorables de francophones. Beaucoup d'entre eux découvrent le "If" de Kipling ; quant à P.L. Dunbar, la plupart ne soupçonnaient pas son existence.
Quelle voix magnifique! Très touchant!
Merci beaucoup.
Ps : j’adore votre accent anglais !
Euh... anglo-irlandais, plutôt. Si vous dites à un Anglais que j'ai un "accent anglais", il va pousser des hauts cris. LOL. 😉
Hello Oliver, je viens tout juste de visionner votre vidéo sur l’interprétation de « Acquainted with the night » et je trouve que vous êtes très bien dans la peau de votre personnage de telle que qu’on a l’impression que c’est vous qui l’avez écrit le texte ! Force à vous !
Merci, Andy.
Feel free to share it with your friends, @Andy.
This is my favorite reading of one of the most inspirational poems I've ever read. Not only is your voice incredible but the emotional interpretation is unique and powerful.
Thanks an awful lot for your sympathetic comment, "mop and bucket". Indeed the emotional impact which is inherent in the writing of poetry must find its correspondance in the actor's rendition. To me, a poem is no different from a monologue in a play; it is spoken by a character who's got a life of his own. Hence, a motivation of his own,
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you have wisdom in your voice. such a powerful voice !!!
Hey good to meet you tonight at the TA ,south of Nashville tonight . From impossible burgers comes possible truth . Thanks for the recital, sorry I missed the ceremony smoke afterwards. Peace be with you brother 🙏. Jia Keshava dasa , Hare Krsna.
The Shakespeare sonnet was brought to life as an accompaniment to those beautiful dancers and background to those lively talkers. If anyone wants to see the meaning of a poem illuminated it's here. Dia dhaoibh go leir.
Dia's Muire dhuit. Agus GRMA.
Obrigado pela legenda em português, grandioso Oliver Álain Christie. Sou seu fã.
Sempre feliz por ter fãs que falam português. Sinta-se à vontade para compartilhar o vídeo com seus amigos.
@ Eu sempre compartilho, Oliver! Mostro sua declamação de IF do Rudyard Kipling, para todos que conheço que gostam de poesia. É simplesmente, fantástica! Obrigado.
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Is he the president yet ?
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Sir, your narration of this poem is beautiful. Thank you very much for giving voice to the stirring words of Kipling.
Merci OLiver Alain pour ce beau moment de spiritualité
C'est moi qui vous remercie de témoigner de vptre appréciation. Cette video est en ligne depuis six ans er elle n'a pas encore trouvé son public.
The one and only version done right!
This version! ... Is read in a way that amplifies the impact of an already ground-shaking poem. I have fallen in love with these words and recite them from time to time. I find it amazing how words delivered in a particular way, with arcs of intensity and elegantly placed silences can move one's BEING back to who we really are... AND! to see again the potential we all have in our journeys from the early beginnings to the very end.
Thank you for expressing your appreciation in such an articulate way, Mr TC. It warms my soul.
@ Gratitude, for you gratitude sir :) I will be attempting my own version one day :) .... one day :)
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Dear Jp, have a look at this one too: ua-cam.com/video/Te2JILEXqso/v-deo.html It was the original cut (recorded on 25 May and uploaded on 5 June 2014). I thought that Kipling & John Newton went well together. If you are interested, I will explain to you why I had to release a second cut (27 August) restricted to Kipling's poem and excluding the John Newton hymn.
@ Please do tell Mr. Christie, I am quite intrigued
@@Jp-ru4mg as you can see, the recital was a double bill. The young ladies surrouding me were all members of the "Gospel for Hope" choir.
@ both are absolutely fantastic, thank you for responding!
@@Jp-ru4mg, As the choir had prepared twenty hymns, Roland Bidon asked me to limit myself to two poems. I chose François Villon's "Frères Humains aka Ballad of the Hanged" (after all it was a Parisian audience) and kept Kipling's "IF" for the conclusion. The contact with the ladies was good, especially with the young Caucasian with the turquoise scarf, and also with Sr. Marie-Catherine, the Franciscan nun who founded the choir and whom can be seen here seated at the keyboard. I was quite pleased to share the bill with a Gospel Choir. I love Gospel Song.
I listen to this every single day atleast once, it fuels me to be the best person I could be and the best man I could be
My my, Jp, what you're telling us is just great. I feel overjoyed.
Good day Mr. Christie, a few months ago I lost my grandfather and fell off the path of the righteous man, I thank you today for bringing me back with your beautiful reciting of this poem I sit here, now a 20 year old boy, hopefully one day a man, to honor this poem
Your voice coupled with the images, videos and music found on the Restfrost channel is one of the best things I have found on the internet. Merci!!
Thank you for your appreciation.
Rudyard Kipling's "If" (sometimes subtitled "A Father's Advice to His Son") - 1895.
Rudyard Kipling's "If" (sometimes subtitled "A Father's Advice to His Son") - 1895.- is read in a masterly way by OÁC.
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Rudyard Kipling's "If" (sometimes subtitled "A Father's Advice to His Son") - 1895.
Wow! This was the final piece I read as part of the Shakespeare 2020 project (reading the entire canon in a year. Yeah, I'm a wee bit behind.) Your reading sent chills down my spine. What an incredible way to end a year with the Bard. Thank you so much.
So glad you've liked it.