@bestofopera.en: Follow @bestofopera.en for the voices that refuse to be forgotten. 🎵 "Waloyo Yamoni" - "Angel City Chorale" It was night on July 19, 2016, at Cadogan Hall, in London. Three choirs took the stage together with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to sing a plea that isn't theirs. The lyrics are a litany of rain, sung in Lango, a language from northern Uganda. It's not image, it's not metaphor: it's a literal plea, the kind you make when the earth depends on it to survive. And this plea has a name. The lyrics list who needs it to rain — the women, the children, the young, the old — one by one, and each group gets back the same sung response: it is well. That's why just one voice can't carry this plea. The piece uses entire choirs to hold what belongs to a people, not to one person. And it was with this litany that Christopher Tin chose to close The Drop That Contained the Sea — a cycle where each movement is born in a different language. He himself conducts the orchestra that night, the first time Europe hears the complete work. A plea for rain, sung by an entire people, became the close of a symphonic cycle on the other side of the world. The lyrics name women, children, young and old, one by one. Who would you include if you were to compose your own plea? 🎼 Work: Waloyo Yamoni — final movement of The Drop That Contained the Sea 🎹 Composer: Christopher Tin 🎤 Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 🇬🇧, Angel City Chorale 🇺🇸, Prima Vocal Ensemble 🇬🇧 and Lucis 🇬🇧 📍 Recording: Cadogan Hall, London — European premiere, 19/07/2016 Send it to who would love / this story. #BestOfOpera #ChristopherTin #AngelCityChorale #ChoralMusic

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