Different seasons bring differing feelings. Don’t you get that sense with each new spring that all things are possible? I know that spring makes me look forward to getting out of bed early to see what each day will bring. And, it seems the birds have the same excitement because, as soon as there is the hint of spring in the air, they begin making music even before the sun is fully up.
The harbinger of spring is the skylark—a songbird that is
known to soar on the melody of its song. That is exactly what another “songbird”
has done for decades of spring times. Cleo Laine’s voice can rise to perfectly
pitched highs and descend to dramatically solid landings on low notes whose
tones reach into your very own depths.
What you can feel as she sings is both the musicality of her
voice as instrument and the clarity of lyric from a singer who respects the
power and beauty of words. Such a combination, so tonally expert, is a talent
refined into a lovingly-executed craft.
Place Ms. Laine together with virtuoso flute player James
Galway to play and sing the song “Skylark” and the first day of spring has
arrived. Voice and flute begin by gently taking flight. His flute as the
skylark, and her voice begin a conversation of the awakening of new life and, hopefully,
new love. Her voice plays flutelike on the bridge and as the musical flight
smoothes out the wings of both instrument and voice reach full spread. The
flute takes off and soars on its own but quickly returns and she answers the
skylark’s sweeter song as they drift from view on the closing notes of flute
and voice.
Listen here for a bit of spring:
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