Video: Queen's Commonwealth Day event features Rufus Wainwright
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Published Monday, Mar. 12, 2012 6:22PM EDT
The Queen led a royal delegation in observance of Commonwealth Day in London's Westminster Abbey on Monday, featuring a performance of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah
The Queen led a royal delegation in observance of Commonwealth Day in London's Westminster Abbey on Monday, featuring a performance of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah
---Arlene
. The Queen listening to Leonard in Westminster Abbey ??? The end of the world must be imminent
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I prefer times when Prince Ch. had to explain to his sons (obviously with no idea who he was talking about) that "there is a chap called Leonrad Cohen".
The Queen listening to Leonrad Cohen in Wesminster Abbey ???
I feeel like I was stolen my secret remedy for bad days
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Thanks Arlene for posting this. What an honour for Rufus to perform this for the Queen.
Prince Charles must have been pleased.
Leslie
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...More than 1,000 schools across the UK took part in the biggest ever BBC School Report News Day this week. The children interviewed singer Rufus Wainwright...
audio 30 minutes and 40 seconds into saturday live - bbc radio 4.
Rufus Wainwright: 'I am somewhat imprisoned by my fabulous career'
Hailing from folk royalty, Rufus Wainwright has happily toured the world almost all his life. But how is he managing to combine stardom with the commitments of fatherhood?..
...Wainwright and Cohen had talked about having a baby together for years, but they were waiting for the right time. "And this was definitely it. I was about to experience the most devastating loss I'd ever known, and on Lorca's end, the family had just rehabilitated themselves after Leonard had lost everything. [Cohen claimed his former business manager had stolen £9.5m of his earnings.] Happily, I was able to ask my mother what she thought of the whole concept and she was extremely positive. In fact, she ordered me to do it"
Wainwright also sought the opinion of Lorca's aunt Esther, Leonard's older sister. "She told me: 'Rufus, there are plenty of women in this world who would cut off their right arm to have a child with you. Don't you forget that'"...
I saw Rufus sing "Hallelujah" live when he was supporting Brian Wilson in Cork, and he put on a great show. However, it bugs me that in this kind of setting the song is being treated merely as a modern day hymn, when the irony, dark humour and life-experience that Leonard adds to the song are missing. On the other hand it's probably best that the wider public don't know Leonard's version, because if they did they would probably turn up at concerts just to hear it, and then talk through the rest of the concert!
i'm amazed he has any time to think/compose - he spends a lot of time promoting himself.
tonight he'll be on loose ends.
Rufus Wainwright...talking about his glittering career, sumptuous, theatrical stage shows, Prima Donna's and becoming a dad. He'll be treating us to a performance of 'Out Of The Game' from his album of the same name.
about 30 minutes into the show : leonard namechecked by clive in regard to a daunting bio-history which may predispose rufus's daughter to follow the family trade.
...safe lets slip that one track is by rufus wainwright who visited her while she recorded at abbey road studios in st john's wood with an 84-piece orchestra.
"he loved it. he said, `oh you've changed the key there. i like that. oh you've got this massive horn section. i like that. put it on your album, make sure it goes on your album`"
google her name for further details, if interested.
there's a long feature on her in the hampstead and highgate express, thursday june 28, 2012.
