Complaints.

[Kurt]

I am not complaining... I am sharing.

 

So, these are different choirs around the world singing about complaints that people in that city sent them. Some are quite funny. It is also cool to see how things are somewhat similar all over the world.

 

They all have subtitles.

 

You can find them here.

 

My favorite so far is either Birmingham or Canada.

 

Kurt

[Rigel]

Wonderful idea, and great singing.

 

One of my Hanukkah presents was a CD called "Cries of London" with street cries of London turned into choral compositions by the likes of Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) and Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623). These complaints are such natural extensions of those cries thematically that they could have been on the same CD.

 

I enjoyed Helsinki (in Finnish), Jerusalem (in Hebrew), Canada/As It Happens (in Canadian), Gabriola Island (ditto), St. Petersburg (in Russian), and Melbourne (in Australian). Universal complaints mixed with local references. Many of them are well sung, even more are cleverly written.

 

--Rigel