"Desiderata (short version)" genre: Ambient
	lo fi play (dial-up) hi fi play (broadband) download (6.1 MB)	email track to a friend	add to My.MP3
	Part 2 & 3 of a longer piece featuring stunning performances of an operasinger and and actor.
	Credits: Adam Atterby
	Story Behind the Song This piece was written for a huge event at the venue Cirkus in Stockholm. The live-version featured 15 dancers, special choreography, specially designed videographics on huge screens, an impressive lightshow as well as performances of Kristina Porath (a mezzosoprano from Stockholm´s Folkoperan), Tomas Ringvall and Tobbe Eliasson on sax.Also appearing is american actor Stephen Rappaport reading the spoken word. "Desiderata" is originally about 10 minutes long, I'll be uploading the full version shortly. Lyrics The lyrics for this song is based on a document entitelled "Desiderata" (meaning desirable things, I guess) which was found in an old church in Baltimore, written by some unknown person in the 1690´s containing general advice on love and life. I've used parts of it and added the ending myself just to wrap it up. It's amazing how little we've all changed in 300 years. We may think we have, but deep down, people who lived hundreds of years ago are exactly the same as us. They struggled, triumphed, despaired, loved and lost just the way we do.

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).