Christopher Tin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Flocks a Mile Wide (Visualizer) Christopher Tin 2022-09-01 | Listen/Order Now: christophertin.lnk.to/TheLostBirds The Lost Birds is a soaring elegy for the loss of bird species due to human activity. Composed and conducted by Christopher Tin and featuring Voces8 and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tin’s new requiem is a celebration of birds—as symbols of beauty, hope, peace, and renewal—but it also mourns their absence. Animation Directed and Designed by Pixel Park Music video by Christopher Tin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, performing “Flocks A Mile Wide” (Visualizer). A Decca Classics release; © 2022 Tin Works Publishing, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.http://vevo.ly/A54YSg
Hope Is the Thing with Feathers Christopher Tin 2022-09-30 | Listen/Order Now: christophertin.lnk.to/TheLostBirds The Lost Birds is a soaring elegy for the loss of bird species due to human activity. Composed and conducted by Christopher Tin and featuring Voces8 and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tin’s new requiem is a celebration of birds—as symbols of beauty, hope, peace, and renewal—but it also mourns their absence. Animation Directed and Designed by Wendy Cong ZhaoMusic video by Christopher Tin, VOCES8, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barnaby Smith performing Hope Is the Thing with Feathers. A Decca Classics release; © 2022 Tin Works Publishing, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.http://vevo.ly/4Kixa2
A Hundred Thousand Birds (Visualizer) Christopher Tin 2022-07-29 | Listen/Order Now: christophertin.lnk.to/TheLostBirds The Lost Birds is a soaring elegy for the loss of bird species due to human activity. Composed and conducted by Christopher Tin and featuring Voces8 and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Tin’s new requiem is a celebration of birds—as symbols of beauty, hope, peace, and renewal—but it also mourns their absence. “A Hundred Thousand Birds” is the first installment in this breathtaking album cycle. Animation Directed and Designed by Sharon LiuProduced by Aaron Lampert Commissioned by Piotr MichalakEditor: Sharon Liu Marketing Director: Thomas Rudnick Commissioner: Liz HartMusic video by Christopher Tin, VOCES8, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barnaby Smith performing A Hundred Thousand Birds (Visualizer). A Decca Classics release; © 2022 Tin Works Publishing, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.http://vevo.ly/YREJtO
Christopher Tin - Kia Hora Te Marino (Visualizer) Christopher Tin 2021-05-28 | Listen to "Kia Hora Te Marino" from my new compilation EP 'The Celebration Thread'. Link here: christophertin.lnk.to/CelebrationThreadID Kia Hora Te Marino is a setting of a traditional Maori blessing. While the opening wordless chorus is evocative of the maritime imagery found in much Maori writing, the song also makes use of two traditional forms of oratory: the haka, a ritualistic choreographed group dance, and the whaikorero, a form of speechmaking used to unite the collective will of the people. "I wrote Kia Hora Te Marino as a companion piece to Baba Yetu. The main melody is derived from the two main thematic fragments from Baba Yetu, but placed in reverse order. The piece also ends on the same soft wordless 'ooh' that begins the entire Calling All Dawns song cycle, thus making it a complete circle." – Christopher Composed by: Christopher Tin Performed by: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucas Richman (conductor), Jerome KavanaghMaori Haka performed by Ben Mullon, John Mullon, Jordan Young and Tangaroatuane Produced by Gregg Greenwood #ChristopherTin #TheInspirationThread #KiaHoraTeMarino -----CONNECT WITH CHRISTOPHER----- Visit christophertin.com for concert updates, sheet music, performance resources, lyrics, merchandise, and contact information. Christopher can be found on:Instagram: christophertin.lnk.to/InstagramIDFacebook: christophertin.lnk.to/FacebookIDTwitter: christophertin.lnk.to/TwitterIDSpotify: christophertin.lnk.to/SpotifyIDApple Music: christophertin.lnk.to/AppleIDAmazon: christophertin.lnk.to/AmazonMusicIDSoundcloud: christophertin.lnk.to/SoundcloudID Music video by Christopher Tin performing Kia Hora Te Marino (Visualizer). A Decca Gold release; © 2021 Tin Works Publishing, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.http://vevo.ly/xXcaTN
Christopher Tin - Iza Ngomso Come Tomorrow (Visualizer) Christopher Tin 2021-03-25 | Listen to "Iza Ngomso" from my new compilation EP 'The Inspiration Thread', a collection of my most inspiring pieces all grouped together. Link here: christophertin.lnk.to/InspirationThreadID The piece was sketched out on a plane, en route from Dubai to Johannesburg. Looking out my window at the tops of the clouds, I imagined a noble, soaring melody over a rapid stream of triplets. The text itself is an adaptation of lines from one Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem 'Keramos', translated into Xhosa by my friend Kanyi Maqubela and his mother Vuyelwa: The mist and cloud will turn to rain,The rain to mist and cloud again,To-morrow be to-day. "Iza Ngomso" is the fourth movement of my album 'The Drop That Contained the Sea'. The album is notable in that every piece is inspired by a different phase of the water cycle--in this case, mist--and each movement is ordered in the way that water flows through the world. Taken as a whole, the album essentially traces a single raindrop as it transforms from clouds to snow, mountain streams to rivers, oceans to rain, and back to rain again, in a perfect cycle. The piece is performed by Soweto Gospel Choir (with Victor Makhathini singing the solo) and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by me. Video Credits: Director: Sharon LiuProducer: Aaron Lampert #ChristopherTin #TheInspirationThread #IzaNgomso #ComeTomorrow -----CONNECT WITH CHRISTOPHER----- Visit christophertin.com for concert updates, sheet music, performance resources, lyrics, merchandise, and contact information. Christopher can be found on:Instagram: christophertin.lnk.to/InstagramIDFacebook: christophertin.lnk.to/FacebookIDTwitter: christophertin.lnk.to/TwitterIDSpotify: christophertin.lnk.to/SpotifyIDApple Music: christophertin.lnk.to/AppleIDAmazon: christophertin.lnk.to/AmazonMusicIDSoundcloud: christophertin.lnk.to/SoundcloudIDMusic video by Christopher Tin, Soweto Gospel Choir, Angel City Chorale, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sue Fink performing Iza Ngomso - "Come Tomorrow" (Visualizer). A Decca Gold release; © 2014 Tin Works Publishing, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.http://vevo.ly/uZdEdH
Wei Luo, Christopher Tin - Nocturne (Visualizer) Christopher Tin 2021-03-19 | Listen to my new single “Nocturne” performed by Wei Luo for World Sleep Day: https://WorldSleepDay.lnk.to/PlaylistID Nocturne was inspired by the poem "I Love Thee" by Eliza Acton (1799-1859). Although best known as a pioneering cookbook author in Victorian England, she also wrote expressive lyrical poetry: conjuring wistful and evocative imagery through uncomplicated means. On the surface her poem is a celebration of all things nocturnal and beautiful: starlight, the smell of jasmine, a lonely songbird heralding the close of day. What makes it particularly potent, however, is the undercurrent of intimacy that, because of the restraint expected of Victorian women, had to be deflected through metaphor. These intense longings are heightened by the poem's nocturnal setting, which transports us to the deepest hours of the night, when our passions are at their highest. My Nocturne is thus a musical translation of her poem--an evocation of our heightened sense of romance in those evening hours. Read Eliza Acton's original poem while listening to the music: 100.best-poems.net/i-love-thee.html Listen to Christopher's most recent album ‘To Shiver The Sky’ here: christophertin.lnk.to/TSTSID Check out the trailer for 'To Shiver the Sky' here: youtu.be/HgJylBThaJY -----CONNECT WITH CHRISTOPHER----- Visit christophertin.com for concert updates, sheet music, performance resources, lyrics, merchandise, and contact information. Christopher can be found on:Instagram: christophertin.lnk.to/InstagramID Facebook: christophertin.lnk.to/FacebookID Twitter: christophertin.lnk.to/TwitterID Spotify: christophertin.lnk.to/SpotifyID Apple Music: christophertin.lnk.to/AppleID Amazon: christophertin.lnk.to/AmazonMusicID Soundcloud: christophertin.lnk.to/SoundcloudID Pandora: christophertin.lnk.to/stream/pandoraYouTube Music: christophertin.lnk.to/stream/youtubemusic Wei Luo can be found on:Instagram: weiluo.lnk.to/InstagramID Facebook: weiluo.lnk.to/FacebookID Spotify: weiluo.lnk.to/stream/spotify Apple Music: weiluo.lnk.to/stream/applemusic Amazon: weiluo.lnk.to/stream/amazonmusic Soundcloud: weiluo.lnk.to/stream/soundcloud Pandora: weiluo.lnk.to/stream/pandoraYouTube Music: weiluo.lnk.to/stream/youtubemusic #ChristopherTin #WeiLuo #Nocturne #WorldSleepDayMusic video by Wei Luo, Christopher Tin performing Nocturne (Visualizer). A Decca Gold release; © 2021 UMG Recordings, Inc.http://vevo.ly/P8q2bW
Christopher Tin - Oh, the Humanity (Lyric Video) feat. Pene Pati Christopher Tin 2020-12-02 | ‘To Shiver The Sky’ Out NowListen/Order Here: christophertin.lnk.to/TSTSID 'Oh, the Humanity' is a miniature musical drama about the Golden Age of Airships, centered around the writings of the pioneer of rigid airships and commercial aviation, Ferdinand von Zeppelin. The story is told in three parts: the first part (1900) centers around Count Zeppelin's invention of the Zeppelin rigid airship as a vehicle for peaceful interaction, passenger transport, and the exchange of scientific and technical ideas between nations. The second part (1915), an instrumental chromatic fugue, deals with the perversion of that dream, as his invention is used by the German military to drop bombs on London during WWI. The third and final chapter (1937) recounts the Hindenburg Disaster; one of the most iconic disasters of aviation history, and the event that signaled the end of the Golden Age of Airships. The piece ends with a distant chorus humming the theme from "Sogno di Volare" ("The Dream of Flight")--a reminder that even after tragic failure, humanity must raise itself from the ashes and continue on its quest to claim its place among the stars.The ongoing dilemma of aviation technology being coopted by the military is a recurring theme in 'To Shiver the Sky', and is repeated in the subsequent movements "Become Death" and "We Choose to Go to the Moon". The latter in particular echoes the words of Ferdinand von Zeppelin: President John F. Kennedy, in his stirring 1962 speech, declares America's intentions to be peaceful--that space should not be the next theatre of war, but should instead be filled with instruments of science and peace.The typography used in this lyric video consists of two principal typeface families: Franktur and Antiqua. The rise of nationalism in late 19th-century/early 20th-century Germany prompted an ideological debate over what type of lettering was most appropriate for the rise of a new German consciousness. Proponents of Fraktur (see "Oh, the Humanity!" at 0:00) considered it more suitable to the depth and sobriety of Germanic values, and equated it with German Gothicism in the arts and architecture. Proponents for Antiqua (including Adolf Hitler himself) considered the Latin-originated Antiqua typeface to be more suitable to a modern era "of steel and iron, glass and concrete, of womanly beauty and manly strength.""Oh, the Humanity" is sung by tenor Pene Pati with the backing of the Royal Opera Chorus (conducted by William Spaulding). The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is once again conducted by me, and Anna Lapwood plays organ on key dramatic moments.Check out the album trailer here: youtu.be/HgJylBThaJY Video Credits: Director and Producer: Gabriel MajouSilent Film Title Backgrounds: Farrin N. AbbottLast but not least, our immense thank you to all backers who participated in Christopher's Kickstarter. You all made this record a reality! -----CONNECT WITH CHRISTOPHER-----Visit christophertin.com for concert updates, sheet music, performance resources, lyrics, merchandise, and contact information.Christopher can be found on:Instagram: christophertin.lnk.to/InstagramID Facebook: christophertin.lnk.to/FacebookID Twitter: christophertin.lnk.to/TwitterID Spotify: christophertin.lnk.to/SpotifyID Apple Music: christophertin.lnk.to/AppleID Amazon: christophertin.lnk.to/AmazonMusicID Soundcloud: christophertin.lnk.to/SoundcloudID #ChristopherTin #ToShiverTheSky #OhTheHumanity
Christopher Tin - Courage (Official Video) feat. Danielle de Niese Christopher Tin 2020-11-12 | ‘To Shiver The Sky’ Out NowListen/Order Here: christophertin.lnk.to/TSTSID Long before Amelia Earhart become an aviation icon, she wanted to be a poet. Her poem 'Courage' was one of her first published writings, and is beautifully sung here by Danielle de Niese (soprano), with Christopher Tin conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.COURAGE by Amelia Earhart (1927)Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace.The soul that knows it not knows no releasefrom little things:Knows not the livid loneliness of fear,Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hearThe sound of wings.How can life grant us boon of living, compensateFor dull gray ugliness and pregnant hateUnless we dareThe soul's dominion? Each time we make a choice, we payWith courage to behold the resistless day,And count it fair. "Courage" was commissioned by Dr. Timothy M. Hsia as a tribute to his late grandfather, Philip Y. C. Hsia, a pilot in the Second World War with the Flying Tigers.Check out the album trailer here: youtu.be/HgJylBThaJY Video Credits:Director and Producer: Gabriel MajouLast but not least, our immense thank you to all backers who participated in Christopher's Kickstarter. You all made this record a reality! -----CONNECT WITH CHRISTOPHER-----Visit christophertin.com for concert updates, sheet music, performance resources, lyrics, merchandise, and contact information.Christopher can be found on:Instagram: christophertin.lnk.to/InstagramID Facebook: christophertin.lnk.to/FacebookID Twitter: christophertin.lnk.to/TwitterID Spotify: christophertin.lnk.to/SpotifyID Apple Music: christophertin.lnk.to/AppleID Amazon: christophertin.lnk.to/AmazonMusicID Soundcloud: christophertin.lnk.to/SoundcloudID #ChristopherTin #ToShiverTheSky #CourageMusic video by Christopher Tin, Danielle de Niese, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performing Courage. A Decca Gold release; © 2020 Tin Works Publishing, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
Christopher Tin - Astronomy (Score Animation) feat. The Assembly Christopher Tin 2020-09-18 | Animated constellations begin at 3:55.'To Shiver The Sky’ Available NowListen Now: christophertin.lnk.to/TSTSID Sung in Polish, 'Astronomy' is a setting of the preface to Nicolaus Copernicus' 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium' (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres), the treatise that first posited that the sun, and not the earth, was at the center of the universe. The original Latin was translated and put into poetic meter by Janusz Mrzigod.The sheet music to 'Astronomy' is published by Boosey and Hawkes, and more information is available at http://www.christophertin.com/sheetmusic.html. 'Astronomy' was commissioned by Piotr R. Michalak as a gift to Dorota Michalak.'Astronomy' is performed by The Assembly, conducted by Dominic Ellis-Peckham, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Christopher Tin. Anna Lapwood plays the organ.Check out the album trailer here: youtu.be/HgJylBThaJYLast but not least, our immense thank you to all backers who participated in Christopher's Kickstarter. You all made this record a reality!-----CONNECT WITH CHRISTOPHER-----Visit christophertin.comfor concert updates, sheet music, performance resources, lyrics, merchandise, and contact information.Christopher can be found on:Spotify: http://bit.ly/spotify-christophertinInstagram: instagram.com/christophertinFacebook: facebook.com/christophertinTwitter: twitter.com/christophertin#ChristopherTin #ToShiverTheSky #Astronomy
Christopher Tin - The Power of the Spirit (Official Video) feat. Royal Opera Chorus Christopher Tin 2020-08-21 | ‘To Shiver The Sky’ Out NowListen/Order Here: christophertin.lnk.to/TSTSOn April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first man to leave the planet. When he returned, this is what he told us:"Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!"'The Power of the Spirit' is sung in Russian, set to the words of the great Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The title comes from his quote "The main force in man - is the power of the spirit!" Special thanks to Elena Gagarina for permission in using her father's words for this piece.The Power of the Spirit' is sung in Russian, set to the words of the great Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The title comes from his quote "The main force in man - is the power of the spirit!" Special thanks to Elena Gagarina for permission in using her father's words for this piece. Special thanks also to Kryuchkov Konstantin Vladimirovich for facilitating the communication with the Gagarin estate.Video CreditsDirector and Producer: Gabriel Majou-----CONNECT WITH CHRISTOPHER-----Visit christophertin.com for concert updates, sheet music, performance resources, lyrics, merchandise, and contact information.Christopher can be found on:Instagram: christophertin.lnk.to/InstagramIDFacebook: christophertin.lnk.to/FacebookIDTwitter: christophertin.lnk.to/TwitterIDSpotify: christophertin.lnk.to/SpotifyIDApple Music: christophertin.lnk.to/AppleIDAmazon: christophertin.lnk.to/AmazonMusicIDSoundcloud: christophertin.lnk.to/SoundcloudID#ChristopherTin #ToShiverTheSky #ThePowerOfTheSpiritMusic video by Christopher Tin, Royal Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, William Spaulding performing The Power of the Spirit (Visualizer). © 2020 Tin Works Publishing, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.http://vevo.ly/i1aJep
Christopher Tin - The Fall (Visualizer) ft. ModernMedieval, Pene Pati Christopher Tin 2020-07-17 | 'To Shiver The Sky’ Available August 21Listen/Pre-Order Now: christophertin.lnk.to/TSTS'The Fall' is a setting of lines from Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy", including one of the most epic closing lines in the history of literature: 'thence we came forth to rebehold the stars'. And to celebrate, we collaborated with animator Sharon Liu to make this haunting new animated music video! The piece is sung by ModernMedieval, Pene Pati, and the Royal Opera Chorus (conducted by William Spaulding) and played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by me).You'll also hear that the 'Sogno di Volare' theme makes a brief appearance at the end! That's because that melody, which many of you know as the theme to "Civilization VI", is used as a recurring motif throughout the album. It returns after our darkest moments of failure to summon us back to out feet, and to keep pressing forward in our quest to conquer the heavens. The Fall was commissioned by David Byard in celebration of human enlightenmentCheck out the album trailer here: youtu.be/HgJylBThaJYVideo CreditsDirector: Sharon LiuProducer: Aaron LampertAnimators: Duncan Gist, Reg Isaac, Aaron Lampert, Sabine VolkertITALIAN:O gente umana, per volar sù nata,perché a poco vento così cadi?“E però leva sù; vinci l’ambasciacon l’animo che vince ogne battaglia,se col suo grave corpo non s’accascia.Più lunga scala convien che si saglia;non basta da costoro esser partito.Se tu mi 'ntendi, or fa sì che ti vaglia.”(Una volta che avraiSpiccato il volo, decideraiSguardo verso il ciel saprai:Lì a casa il cuore sentirai.)Salimmo sù, el primo e io secondo,tanto ch’i’ vidi de le cose belleche porta ’l ciel, per un pertugio tondo.E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle.ENGLISH:O human race, born to fly upward,wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall? “And therefore raise thee up, o'ercome the anguishWith spirit that o'ercometh every battle,If with its heavy body it sink not.A longer stairway it behooves thee mount;'Tis not enough from these to have departed;Let it avail thee, if thou understand me."(Once you have taken flight,You'll decideGaze towards the sky, you'll know thatThat is where your heart will feel at home.)We mounted up, he first and I the second,Till I beheld through a round apertureSome of the beauteous things that Heaven doth bear;Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars.-----CONNECT WITH CHRISTOPHER-----Visit christophertin.com for concert updates, sheet music, performance resources, lyrics, merchandise, and contact information.Christopher can be found on:Spotify: http://bit.ly/spotify-christophertinInstagram: instagram.com/christophertinFacebook: facebook.com/christophertinTwitter: twitter.com/christophertin#ChristopherTin #ToShiverTheSky #TheFallMusic video by Christopher Tin, Pene Pati, ModernMedieval, Royal Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Anna Lapwood, William Spaulding performing The Fall (Visualizer). © 2020 Tin Works Publishing, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.http://vevo.ly/I6ApCm
