I am so proud to be one of those voices in this video, thank you Annie Lennox!!

@elenamamais6047

3 жыл бұрын

Deborah, not only are we proud of you and all the voices but what adds to it are the visuals - OMG! The entire thing is a masterpiece. Absolutely stunning, captivating, gut wrenching and soul piercing. These emotions are now embedded in my heart and mind - as I am sure for many. Thank you.

@OnTheFlyDIY

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely breathtaking performance - I love the original but WOW, this was incredible!

@elenamamais6047

3 жыл бұрын

@@OnTheFlyDIY Is it not amazing! Can't stop listening to this. I think this should be the world's emotional anthem in our current situation. Be well Vicki.

@nancytague9392

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Stunning.

@pennyarmstrong8541

3 жыл бұрын

Be so proud, it is precise, grand, beautiful, powerful..... yes it important and wonderful that Greenpeace are still trying to move the sludge that is the worlds greedy populous, amazing that Annie is still moved to sing amazing things. but this piece is absolutely down to all of you who sang to together, with individual passion and collective power I thank you all..... Be very proud..... x

One of the saddest, most beautiful pieces of music ever written. Never fails to give me goosebumps and tears.

@brontaylor3481

Жыл бұрын

Same,,

@Nikioko

8 ай бұрын

Purcell was a master of his time.

@kenneth2875

8 ай бұрын

😅Another really sad song is Prince’s Sometimes It Snows in April

As a stage technician who has paused my career because of COVID, this has brought me to tears. I miss being in the darkness having voices crash and wash over me. This lament also brings hope, that we can return to the stage. Hope that we can heal ourselves and the planet that we live upon. Thank all of you who gave this to me.

@robertbaird6432

3 жыл бұрын

Not to be unkind, but the sound was atrociously produced. The engineering was unforgivably poor.

@DanceQueen5122

3 жыл бұрын

I find your words most touching 🕊♥️

@aidanhoskinson

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertbaird6432 It was unkind.

@debramoss2267

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertbaird6432 I understand your comment. I feel this is missing the point, wildly. We won't be criticising the last birds for their screaming vocals.

@mick1030Music

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of courage ! One day, hopefully soon, you can can be stage technician again ! 👍🏽

I chose this for my father’s funeral service, which took place yesterday. It helped to channel the grief.

@TerriblePerfection

3 жыл бұрын

Condolences to you.

Nunhead Community Choir members were so pleased to be invited to take part in this with London City Voices. It was such an honour to lend our voices to Annie Lennox. Thank you Richard Swan for the invite x

This is spectacular! I’m a former chorister with opera training and honestly never thought it would be possible to be blown away by someone singing Dido’s Lament in an alternative way. Thank you, Superstar Annie and London City Voices!

@amyvictoriamcewen3615

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I totally agree!!!

@davidprowse4071

3 жыл бұрын

Let us hope that when COVID is over the national cultural institutions like the Royal Opera House and the National Theatre continue to use this sort of technology to become more inclusive and expand their audience base?

@amyvictoriamcewen3615

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidprowse4071 Yes, again I totally agree with you. I discovered the Royal Opera House on the web at the beginning of this pandemic, especially the postings of past ballet 🎭 performances. I now wish, when the pandemic is lessening & we have received vaccinations & can travel again, to make my first post-pandemic international trip to London, to see the Royal Opera House in person! And then visit Scotland! From Brooklyn, NYC, USA!

@johnlow7621

3 жыл бұрын

@@amyvictoriamcewen3615 Welcome to Europe, Amy. You'll love it! Stay safe and healthy!

@chriskoperniak784

3 жыл бұрын

This is LAME

“Our sweetest songs are those that tell of the saddest thought”... -Percy Bysshe Shelley

The challenge of Covid has caused performers to do what they excel at: be creative. This is a stunning vocal and visual presentation that we probably would not have had otherwise. Thanks so much to all involved!

@kmitchpg

3 жыл бұрын

That's a very good point- it shows how we can adapt and overcome. Let's hope that it includes treating the world in a better way.

@davidbrown1566

3 жыл бұрын

@@kmitchpg . The planet and everyone on it!

@davidprowse4071

3 жыл бұрын

It is that very creativity that will lead to live music soaring like a Phoenix when COVID is contained. Have faith people with such talent can never be crushed!

@davidbrown1566

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidprowse4071 . The arts are where our fundamental humanity resides, transcending space and time. They will always be there to satisfy our craving for human connection. Be well and stay safe from Canada.

@davidprowse4071

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidbrown1566 Thank you stay safe

Stunning vocals. Annie Lenox's voice and the use of the choral arrangement is an absolute masterpiece. Peace to all and may we all work toward better times ahead.

@amyvictoriamcewen3615

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful words you have written for a heart stopping, fantastic performance by the wonderful Annie Lennox and the chorus. I loved when the video focused on the faces of the Chorus. And Annie's voice is so haunting, along with the lyrics of Dido. Marvelous!

So exciting to be a part of this wonderful project with my choir London City Voices, and as a backing singer for Annie Lennox!

@mrsgerrylegend

3 жыл бұрын

Awwwwe lucky you!!! Absolutely love this - brilliant work! Thank you

@JillKnapp

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely gorgeous! Congratulations! What a beautiful memento of a really challenging time.

@GpD79

3 жыл бұрын

So jealous! How do you get involved in an online choir like this? I'd love to do more with my time.

@corinnenoennich-kuhn2884

3 жыл бұрын

Lucky one 😉 great experience I suppose. The kind you wo’nt forget. Once had to be creative all year and reinvent proximity, intimacy, partnership, solidarity, and you all succeed to give us so much😃Love all 🧡🙏

@Todd.B

3 жыл бұрын

it's the choir in this video that really adds the power to the message. I'm still kind of stunned.

I have admired Annie Lennox for very many years, not just for her artistic talents but also for her humane, compassionate response to existence.

@junedarling6657

7 ай бұрын

This version makes me cry every time.

@philrob4648

6 ай бұрын

Every time I cry when I listen to it .wonderful rendition

Never heard a version that touched me more. I'm in tears. Watching this over and over again. Your voice, Annie, is incredible. I believe every word you sing. You feel it. And the virtual choir is simply brilliant. Chapeau.

There is only one word....magnificent. The solemnity. The tightness of the harmonies. The lonesomeness of Annie Lennox’s voice. Magnificent

@amyvictoriamcewen3615

3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful words: the lonesomeness of Annie's voice. Beautifully expressed!

@joannepapadopoulos3703

3 жыл бұрын

Magnificently amazes 💃💗💗👂👀🤷🏼‍♀️😥

@bassavino

2 жыл бұрын

Her voice and her splendid dictionary. She pays lapidary attention to every vowel and consonant, placing them like a jeweler.

Was amazing to be part of such a great project! Its sooo exciting that I get to call myself an Annie Lennox backing singer : )

@leonorav237

3 жыл бұрын

CONGRATULATIONS, what an amazing experience!!

@markhaas

3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic performance. I'm curious about the technical aspects of setting this all up. Were you all in one location?

@LydiaKeegal

3 жыл бұрын

@@markhaas Nope, we all recorded at home separately then our amazing Choir master and Annie's team bought it all together.

@rhyfeddu

3 жыл бұрын

What an experience! I love seeing creative options come out of this situation. And this was a lovely one.

@JustSomeLady

3 жыл бұрын

A monumental contribution all around. Congratulations! 🥂

Purcell was such a great composer that his music seems writed in our days. Stunning version, Brava Annie Lennox.

There is only one magnificent Annie Lennox. Merry Christmas to you wonderful Lady. Thank you for the Music.

@amyvictoriamcewen3615

3 жыл бұрын

This is so true! Only one Annie Lennox with her amazing voice and stunning interpretive soul.

@lydiarowe491

3 жыл бұрын

Such an amazing voice with fortitude..a gift to all..blessings upon you Annie.⭐

@edwardchristman9460

3 жыл бұрын

A voice for the ages.

Annie's voice is sooooo incredible, it causes goosebumps immediately ...

@eftjem

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Quite literally! I got them all over my arms and back😮

So wonderful to take part in this and so proud to be part of this choir.

Hauntingly beautiful... and dedicated to all those we lost to Covid this year.

@andyfyall2171

3 жыл бұрын

🙏

@hansc8433

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a lament for our dying planet.

Thank you Annie for re-making Dido’s Lament so Purcell’s wonderful human cry comes through, and so does your spirit, strength and courage as well as this terrific choir. Many thank yous!

Still the voice of an Angel. Good to see you're still creating thanks for all the years.

@QueerTunes

3 жыл бұрын

yep. Annie's playback to the 10-years-old-track. it is a shame, as it she is not obviously not performing live with the choir.

@thxotte

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, voice of an angel.

@TheGuacamoleXplosion

3 жыл бұрын

@@QueerTunes what exactly are you talking about? This track was not on ‘A Christmas Cornucopia’ 10 years ago, was it? Also, what do you mean by “not performing live”? Obviously, this is a COVID-19 distance performance. Which can not be fully live in the sense of “everybody is performing at the same time, without any prerecorded guidance track” as far as I understand current video streaming technology - which will, over the internet, always induce an amount of latency to long to really play/sing live in sync. Yet still, it looks very much like every person is recorded while singing; so the video images are those of people (including Annie) singing live.

@lynnehrgott3091

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheGuacamoleXplosion There's A Recently Released, Tenth Anniversary Issue Of "Christmas Cornucopia" That Contains Dido's Lament.

@TheGuacamoleXplosion

3 жыл бұрын

@@lynnehrgott3091 thanks, and: yep, I know. However, Dido’s Lament was not on the original release 10 years ago. So I wondered what @qpop means by writing “Annie's playback to the 10-years-old-track” in his above comment.

So happy to be part of this - and all for a worthy cause. Thank you Annie & London City Voices for this magical experience.

Loved Annie and The Eurythmics for almost the past 40 years

Happy Birthday beautiful Christmas baby!

It is surely a testament to both the genius and emotive musicality of Purcell and the interpretative/performance skill of ms lennox that this baroque aria sounds so beautiful and striking in such an alternative style to that for which it was written. This is incredible.

A great privilege to be able to perform this with Annie & London City Voices.

@davebb1212

3 жыл бұрын

Wow you performed it with Annie Lennox! What's it like working with her?

@garethowens3476

3 жыл бұрын

@@davebb1212 It was during COVID, so all done virtually, but Annie is lovely and a consummate professional

@davebb1212

3 жыл бұрын

@@garethowens3476 I wish I had that kind of opportunity. I’ve been a massive fan of Eurythmics for a while even though I listen to rap music. What kind of music do you listen to?

It’s been wonderful to be part of this. Wonderful arrangement and a pleasure to sing

@MarcHillM

3 жыл бұрын

For me the backing really made it complete and gave it such strength. Amazing and great thanks to everyone.

It's like the Past, the Present and the Future singing to us through Annie ... what a timeless voice.

Beautiful! Annie Lennox is simply perfect here. Love this performance along with London City Voices.

Oh My God!! An angel continues to sing incredibly beautiful with her wonderful voice!! I loved it. I wish you health, happiness, success and lots of inspiration, dear Annie. Warm greetings from Brazil. 💕

Oh my gosh...brought tears to my eyes. Annie your voice is truly a gift from above. And the London City Voices were stunningly beautiful. Thank you so much for this, especially at this time.

tears and goose bumps, alternating. omg, is this beautiful. its power reminds me on icelandic "heyr himna smiður"

So proud to be a part of it!

Extraordinary piece, performed by extraordinary artists in an extraordinary time. Thank you.

@juliaviter08

3 жыл бұрын

Completely agree ;))

Blown away. Just told my son to have this at my funeral. Hopefully not for many, many moons.

@e.conboy4286

3 жыл бұрын

momma, live a looooooooong and happy life!

So stunning and deeply moving X Annie's voice and that amazing choir such beauty and in tears because of what it's for too X this planet is so precious and deserves to be cared for and as we do that we care for ourselves too xxxxxx🙏🎶💚☯️🌎💚

Sublime doesn't come close. What a wonderful arrangement.

Annie Lenox and London City Voices! Thank you 🙏 Goose bumps from head to heel. Beautiful! Be safe you wonderful people 🤗

Such a visceral power here - singing - vibrations emanating out into the infinite... never to be underestimated.

Warm greetings to all humankind on Friday, January 2021. Thank you to Maestro Purcell, Ker, Annie Lennox, each singer and the organisers of this great gift of human creation and accomplishment.

Fantastic backing vocals by London City Voices who all learned their parts and recorded themselves remotely. What a moving performance by a group of people who have dealt with unique loneliness of not being able to sing together. Can’t wait for those vaccinations and the opportunity to see the wonderful LCV performing live again 💕

@supergrl06

3 жыл бұрын

My daughter’s high school choir did this for Christmastide. We all missed seeing them perform, but it was such a nice surprise to hear it.

@mrsgerrylegend

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing achievement!! @JustSomeLady said 'Monumental Contribution'. Sums it up for me. Stay safe!

Goosebumps and tears. Thank you for giving us the chance to accompany you with this beautiful piece. I am honored and have always been a fan of yours ❤️

Love this and Annie's amazing voice. What an stunning performance from all involved. I used to work with her uncle Angus Lennox many years ago in London. A really lovely man who looked just like my dad.

This is so beautiful and sad it makes me weep. Thank you.

Beautifully sung with a powerful message. Props to Annie Lennox and the London City Voices.

Breathtakingly sad but hopeful too. Thankyou to the wonderful Annie Lennox and all the amazing singers involved this is my christmas song. and a donation has been made to Greenpeace.

This has moved me to tears. I never thought I would hear Purcell sung like this. Thank you

Stunningly beautiful Purcell's piece with exceptional performance of Annie Lennox. How beautiful to look at the faces of performers, multiple but unique, with unique personalities, life lines... So many humans speaking their exceptional stories with glances, faces,... I am moved to the bones.

@masonwilliams-wt3um

10 ай бұрын

Hello 👋 👋

😔Thank you Miss Lennox for this beautiful and powerful song!

Annie lennox is my childhood memory and i will forever cherish her music and my lived memories connected to it. Thank you for that!

Good grief.... Just stunning....

Thank you Annie Lenox for your message, beautiful collaboration and singing art!

Staggeringly beautiful. Haunting. Thank you for this.

What a group of beautiful souls... There is always hope.

So moving...I would like to hug you all.

Just stunning! I heard this on the radio last night and well...it stopped me in my tracks! I love Annie Lennox, so anything new from her is always a treat, but this is something different even for her. This video conveys that strange modern phenomena of isolation and coming together coexisting in the same space/time beautifully. What a work of art.

@mrsgerrylegend

3 жыл бұрын

It is a work of art - I agree.

Holy moly. What an impressive, deep touching piece of work. I can write two sentences here. After that I stay speechless.

Very Well Done Annie Lennox for a World We are Living in Today, so thanks and have a Safe and Happy Family Christmas Everyone, XX

Gorgeous voices and faces.

Thank you so much for this wonderful piece of creativity.. it touches me deeply... I am a professional singer and we all should sing, sing, SING as much and often as we can..they try to take our souls....Lets SING and be together with open hearts!!!!! Love from Germany

@e.conboy4286

3 жыл бұрын

Oh,, dear Joy, you were so appropriately named! Bless you always.

Sublime. An absolutely shattering new rendition of Purcell's masterpiece. The city is on fire and we must wake up.

What a compelling performance of a beautiful piece of music.

Wonderful version of an extraordinary musical work, something prophetic for this time of end and new beginning. Deep thanks to you Annie, and the London City Voices..!

Stunning, Awesome, Excellent, Georgeous, So, so Moving! And so contemporary.

Wow! Sent chills up and down my spine. What an amazing arrangement and you and the choir, Annie - stunning singing!

Annie...Dear...YOU ARE SUPER STAR! And a very beautiful woman. And the voice ... --- ARE SUPER STAR!♥❤👍🏼

That was sublime. Thank you all for giving us this beautiful gift. I hope only that this lament proves premature.

beautiful...thankyou so much Purcell, Lennox and the fab London City Voices each and every one.

Amazing, Annie! This heals our souls. Fantástic. Thanks! 🇧🇷

Annie Lennox is super artistic and super human. Greatest respect for this brilliant woman.

What a beautiful and stunning arrangement. Annie Lennox's voice was made for this. The choir was perfect. And the production team that put this together deserve recognition, too. I hope everyone who hears this is moved to support Greenpeace and other organizations that are working tirelessly to save our planet. I hope this helps to comfort everyone who's lost someone.

What an incredible experience to be part of mankind…..such a lovely race with such a range of beauty and tragedy. How it is possible that Annie and Vladimir are both “humans”.

Oh how I miss your voice... Annie, that voice of yours is irreplaceable, give us more please :)

Stunning

You astonish me. Glorious, and the stunning London City Voices...thank you.

I don't care about my personal death, it is the next adventure, or not. But the death of this magnificent planet, this wondrous place that we are blessed with, and have squandered, this makes me weep.

Gänsehaut am ganzen Körper. Wunderschön, wahr und wichtig!

I was hanging in there when the blow of a hard loss came, and then I listened to this. At “Remember me!” I lost it. This may be the most gut wrenchingly beautiful thing ever written. 💐

Don’t you worry AnnieLennox, the Planet won’t die. Humanity on the other hand....Love your music.

Thomas Richard Sunday, Jr. I will never forget. Thank you Dr. Dews for this. I love you brother and I miss you more.

Perfection -- haunting and beautiful. Well done to all at LCV

@laurencer8130

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Beautiful and profound. Thanks

Happy Birthday Ms Lennox. It's been a privilege listening to your music/ lyrics through all these years...Thank You

This song was played at my mother's funeral. After the coffin was lowered and we said our goodbyes and walked away, this music sounded across the cemetery. Still brings me to tears. We will remember her.

@jaycrandell147

2 ай бұрын

Thank you. I scattered my mothers ashes into my local creek("Noooo!... Duck, don't eat that, its not food...Oh, whatever... My mum would be proud. Life goes on...) ...However we are still here! And we have an obligation to leave the world at least alive (forget 'better', that's probably too hard...The powers that be, and all)... we can but try.

Wonderful

Spectacular!!! Thank you so much for this beautiful version of the H. Purcell's "Dido's lament" aria. This version makes me love it even more. Thanks for those wonderful choir voices and for the voice of the great Annie Lennox.

Wow! I was spellbound. What a wonderful interpretation. Solemn but just beautiful. Wow

Annie Lennox that was Amazing Big love from A Scottish son...thank you and all singers and people that made this happen..Merry Christmas to you all x

So beautiful, thank you to all of you.

Still has an amazing voice it's an amazing person I grew up listening to your music thank you so much annie

Annie Lennox fits perfectly for Dido's Lament! - And a very cool arangement too to do this with a virtual chorus!

I am deeply touched, Thank You

amazing - like voice of Angels

@migueldesertacortes1363

3 жыл бұрын

It must be an Angel playing with my ears (resp heart)....

I played this at my wife’s memorial service.

@eftjem

3 жыл бұрын

How did you have the strength to do that?

@gpeffer

3 жыл бұрын

An old version that my wife liked.

@laurablalock8850

3 жыл бұрын

@@eftjem I had to plan my husband's memorial service earlier this year. It actually helps, to feel like you are performing an act of love for that person you lost.

@moot9798

3 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry for your loss! It is a gorgeous piece.

@betinalillebkrysgaard5224

3 жыл бұрын

❤️

Wonderful! Beautiful work, all. Annie Lennox, your talent work and your philanthropic endeavours ensure you and your legacy will not be forgotten. Happy Birthday for 25th!

My sister impressed me on this woman... She is and always will be the g.o.a.t of music.

A lament for the planet but, given the times, poignant for the millions who've lost loved ones to covid. If there is a public Requiem for the lost once this pandemic is over, this rendition of Dido's Lament, sung with Annie's exquisite voice, would be perfect to include. I lost my father just before the virus to sepsis, an awful condition growing in prevalence, and he suffered greatly. Purcell's words are the universal last words all of us would wish to say to the loved ones we leave behind.

@mariag.8242

3 жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry for your loss; I hope this gift helps you heal

stunning, haunting - wonderful

What a wonderful arrangement of a wonderful aria performed wonderfully.

Wow gave me goosebumps , my husband edited a small zoom video for my daughters recorder ensemble so we know how much work goes into this