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EBU Anthem

(June 2008)

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PH
Phen
About 1 year ago, there was a similar thread to this one where someone posted the full orchestral mp3 of the Eurovision anthem - I would be very grateful if anybody could post the same one again!

Thanks,

Phen
GM
nodnirG kraM
You mean the prelude from Te Deum?
PH
Phen
Yes...if anybody had it, it would be great if they uploaded it...
GM
nodnirG kraM
Have a look around the Internet - there'll be copies everywhere, it's very common, especially for weddings.
TM
Telly Media
This was uploaded previously, so thanks to the original poster.

Right-click to download:
EBU Eurovision Fanfare
PH
Phen
Thanks a million - I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like that! I wanted that particular version because it is the actual version used on the EBU ident.
NH
Nick Harvey Founding member
You young children who are only into pop music really make me laugh.

That's a piece of serious classical music, so it matters not who plays it, it will sound exactly the same provided the musicians follow the music as written down on the page.

Imagine running Microsoft Word on six different computers. It will behave identically on all six because it always follows the same code.

The same applies to music, believe it or not; follow the code as written down on the stave and it will always behave in exactly the same way and sound exactly the same.
LI
littlesmegger
Not all versions are to necessarily use the same number of instruments regarding variations of pieces though are they... the Doctor Who theme tune has been rerecorded dozens of times by different orchestras, including the BBC's very own. Doesn't mean it sounds EXACTLY the same each time it's recorded does it.

So although the notation is the same, the sound itself, and variety of instruments weaving the sentances together, may not be.

So I personally feel the use of language used presuming people are 'young children' just for wanting a specific recording of a piece, is a little belittling... but perhaps that's just my opinon.

Oh and thanks for this version of the track anyway, as I had lost it a while back. So there's need for my post afterall! Laughing
NE
Noelfirl
I think Phen was referring to the multiple different versions also knocking around (used mainly before multiple different Eurovision Song Contests) which are either shorter, more jazzed up or for some other reason don't sound anywhere near as fabulously "orchestral" as that rendition. I don't know about any one particular EBU ident, but a short extract from the above version seems to have been the most frequently used in previous times.

As I said in last years thread, for me it's a nice moment of pure Eurocentric bliss.

PS Mark... at weddings? Really? Confused

PPS Phen, sorry I don't login anywhere near often enough to pick up on a (rare) PM quickly.
GM
nodnirG kraM
Noelfirl posted:
PS Mark... at weddings? Really? Confused

I'd provide a clip of an organist who clearly had eight fingers on each hand playing it at a wedding last summer - only I can't be bothered to upload it. It's a surprisingly common alternative to Wagner's Bridal Chorus. Well that an Pachelbel's Canon in D.

@ Nick: I agree in principle - in theory any piece of classical music should sound the same; but of course in practise, depending on who has arranged it, it can sound as different as the morning call of the lesser spotted garden wren, and the sound a pat of soft butter makes when landing on a hard surface from four-and-a-half feet.
ST
Stuart
Nick Harvey posted:
You young children who are only into pop music really make me laugh.

That's a piece of serious classical music, so it matters not who plays it, it will sound exactly the same provided the musicians follow the music as written down on the page.

Imagine running Microsoft Word on six different computers. It will behave identically on all six because it always follows the same code.

The same applies to music, believe it or not; follow the code as written down on the stave and it will always behave in exactly the same way and sound exactly the same.

That's such a basic misconception that I wonder whether you're losing your mind, Nick.

It's rather like saying that everyone pronounces words the same just because they are written down in the same language and format. If you and Mrs Harvey read the same sentence out loud, would they sound the same?

The sound of any live music is always an interpretation by the person and instrument producing it. People are not Microsoft computers, nor are musical instruments!
JA
jamesmd
Nick Harvey posted:


That's a piece of serious classical music, so it matters not who plays it, it will sound exactly the same provided the musicians follow the music as written down on the page.



That's just wrong. Sorry Nick, but it is.

Prior to the early 90s, RTE used a version of Te Deum in a different key (Eb) and with a more brassy, staccato orchestration. The music is now used in D and is a much more rounded orchestration. So yes, the musicians can play exactly what's written on the page, but it all depends whether the arrangement on the page is different from the others!

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