Five on the 5th - May 2010

Another month has arrived, and Stephen Chapman's fantastic and fun Five on the 5th posts, and I am again taking part in the festivities.

5 on the fifth: You take 5 photographs on the 5th of the month (or the days leading up to the 5th) - post a comment on Stephen's blog with your name, location and link to the site containing your photos and Stephen updates the blog entry with your information. Remember to mention his blog on your own site so that your visitors get to see the other contributions.

To visit the entries from last month, click here. Check into Stephen's blog on the first of the month, where he will post the subject of the month's study, which you can accept for decide to go in another direction. Stephen's blog is located here. He is always looking for suggest for the next topic, so stop by and let him know your thoughts. This month, the theme is A Journey.

In keeping with the theme, I have decided to take on the last big journey I took, to Barcelona 10 years ago. I took it with the one my sister & I refer to as stalkerboy, and I just discovered this before the trip. With money invested in airline tickets and hotel reservations, I went through with the trip, although it was a tad uncomfortable. While I was working once, he stopped by the office and spoke to my boss and coworkers about how I was going to quit, since I was so unhappy with the job. It seems he applied for a job for ME at the place he was working, and just never bothered to tell me about any of it. After all, I loved that job. He was also telling other people I was moving in with him, despite the fact I told him I wasn't prepared to do that. Alas, I went to Barcelona with a chip on my shoulder and it was a journey of growth for me, and really enjoyed the city. It is beautiful.











Bonus:
This shot was not taken by me, but was of my and 'stalkerboy'. Can't believe I still had hair that long just 10 years ago.

Sunday Morning with Il Divo

L to R: Sébastien Izambard, Carlos Marín, David Miller and Urs Bühler

Il Divo was formed om 2001 with the idea that classical singers taking on a combination of genres, from classical to pop, would sell, and they did. Il Divo are Spanish baritone, Carlos Marín; tenors Swiss Urs Bühler and American David Miller; and a French pop singer, Sébastien Izambard. Some referred to Il Divo as the first classical boyband. I figured they might be a pleasant way to wake up with Sunday morning.



Amazing Grace is a song written by English clergyman John Newton in 1779, a Christian Hymn that went on to become a staple for churches and singers worldwide. Here is the song sung by Il Divo from a performance in Barcelona. Corrected: from a concert in Croatia.



Written by Canadian Leonard Cohen and released on an album in 1984, Hallelujah has gone on to be recorded by countless artists. When sung well, it is gorgeous; sung badly, and it is sheer torture. This performance is also from Barcelona. Corrected: from a concert in Croatia.



Adagio [in G Minor] is a neo-baroque composition by Remo Giazotto first published in 1958, but in 2000 Lara Fabian wrote lyrics for release on her own album. So, with Giazotto's music and Fabian's lyrics, Il Divo close out this post from Barcelona. Corrected: from a concert in Croatia.



If you enjoyed these songs, you can purchase An Evening With Il Divo, Live in Barcelona from Amazon. If you would like the CD/DVD package, with both the music CD and the video DVD, click here. If you would prefer the MP3 download of the music only, you can purchase it for $10.99 here. For the actual concert, Il Divo: At The Coliseum, click here. Either way, it is excellent, and you should be able to enjoy it in your own home. To find out more information, you can check out their official website here.