harriehq(I'm sorry for linking to Evil Spotify - but I'm pretty sure the version on YouTube is sped up.)
With all the getting brow-beaten by life and CPTSD, I don't have many "glimmers" left… Except when I rediscover certain bits of music. It's been a while since I listened to The Mikado top to bottom, and I forgot how utterly delightful the "With laughing song and merry dance / Then let the throng our joy advance" choral bit is.
Starting about 2:21 (busts loose about 2:46) - bit of an interlude - then a reprise until 4:20ish with Katisha's entrance. (This Act I finale track also features one of Pitti-Sing's (who I played ca. 2015 in a local production) little mini solos.) (Being one of the few people on stage who could take that high Bb for "joyous, joyous shout" in the chorus was a thrill, too.)
The Mikado, Act I: Finale. With Aspect Stern and Gloomy Stride
https://open.spotify.com/track/3PL3azadruMsHTCp9DrVjP
Then you get a taste of it again in the Act 2 finale… just deliciously giddy music.
The Mikado, Act II: Finale. For He's Gone and Married Yum-Yum
https://open.spotify.com/track/6CJ5666MTSP4sp7woonfZY
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The Mikado, Act I: Finale. With Aspect Stern and Gloomy Stride
Arthur Sullivan, Sir Charles Mackerras, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Richard van Allan, Richard Stuart, Nicholas Folwell, Marie McLaughlin, Janice Watson, Anne Howells, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Felicity Palmer · Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado · Song · 1992
French Cinema & Subtitles
World Concert Hall
