Bobby McFerrin, Nigel Kennedy & Friends Live: Spirits of Music (Full Concert and Documentary)

Bobby McFerrin and others performing at the “Summer Night Music: Spirits of Music“ concert event, from the Leipzig Market Square (2002). Full concert and documentary, featuring Bobby McFerrin, Nigel Kennedy, Sibylla Rubens, Kroke, Kuumba Singers, Mari Boine, Bulgarian Voices Angelite, Vocal Sampling and Ensemble Al-Kindi. Bobby McFerrin - conductor Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Subscribe to EuroArts: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:25 Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Te Deum (Gewandhaus Orchestra) 00:03:06 Mendelssohn-Bartholdy - A Midsummer Night’s Dream (GHO, Bobby McFerrin) 00:08:17 The Kuumba Singers: Ride on (trad.) 00:13:02 The Kuumba Singers, Bobby McFerrin: Hold on (trad.) 00:19:17 Mozart - Exsultate, jubilate KV 165 (Sibylla Rubens, Bobby McFerrin) 00:35:03 Bobby McFerrin and Bulgarian Voices Angelite 00:36:19 Bulgarian Voices Angelite, Bobby McFerrin: Tapan Bie 00:40:41 Nigel Kennedy: J. S. Bach - St. Matthew Passion, Erbarme dich, mein Gott 00:47:30 Kroke-Kennedy-Quartet: In the Gardens of Eden 01:05:36 Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte (Gewandhaus Orchestra, B. McFerrin) 01:12:25 Bulgarian Voices Angelite: Kalimanko Denko 01:20:55 Vivaldi - Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor, Allegro (Bobby McFerrin, Veronika Wilhelm) 01:32:12 Ensemble Al-Kindi & Whirling Dervishes of Damascus 01:40:15 Vocal Sampling: Un son pa’cantar 01:44:49 Mari Boine: I Come from the Other Side 01:50:50 Bobby McFerrin on Improvisation 01:51:50 Bobby McFerrin: Improvisation Performance 01:58:34 Nigel Kennedy, Bobby McFerrin: Miles Davis - All Blues 02:07:31 Mari Boine: You never Know 02:12:21 Gabriel Fauré - “Pie jesu“ from Requiem (Sibylla Rubens) 02:16:51 Kuumba Singers, Sheldon Reid and Bobby McFerrin rehearsing 02:17:50 The Kuumba Singers, Bobby McFerrin: Circle Song 02:23:27 Vocal Sampling, Bobby McFerrin: Tumamina (trad.) 02:26:29 B. McFerrin, GHO: Engelbert Humperdinck - “Evening Prayer“ from Hänsel und Gretel 02:30:00 Händel / Timm - Hallelujah (Bobby McFerrin, Vocal Sampling, GHO) “Spirits of Music“ is a musical journey through the centuries, with stops on all continents, uniting classical music, gospel, jazz and world music. Inspired by their creators’ different faiths, the works on the program have a strong religious background and are moving examples of the emotional power and effect of music. Internationally renowned soloists and ensembles, including Bobby McFerrin (a ten-time Grammy Award winner, one of the world’s best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, and a world-renowned classical conductor), Nigel Kennedy (one of the world’s leading violin virtuosos), Sibylla Rubens (has emerged as one of the most compelling lyric sopranos of her day) or the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig will perform popular works from the European music tradition, encompassing Bach, Mozart and Verdi. Many magnificent examples of religious music come from artists such as Kroke (playing and composing with the realm of authentic Jewish music), the Kuumba Singers (dedicated to the expression of black creativity and spirituality through song), Mari Boine (one of the most impressive contemporary folk artists), the Bulgarian Voices Angelite (24 women whose hypnotic chant circles the globe), Vocal Sampling (a Cuban six-man a cappella group which has been described as one of the wonders of the musical world) and the Ensemble Al-Kindi (is currently rated among the best formations devoted to classical Arab music). With the inclusion of world music, the program will achieve a highly suspenseful juxtaposition of European and non-European music.