THE JOY OF THE GIFT OF A VOICE ~ BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL

THE JOY OF EXPERIENCING THIS VOICE IS BEYOND THE COMMON

Often, I need moments that touch my soul deeply while lifting me.

Every day, if possible, I need moments like I get while listening to Brian Stokes Mitchell singing,"sculpting", making art out of this song. And the lyrics are great even without his delivery. However, Mr. Stokes takes this composition and turns it into musical, soulful art.

Thank goodness, he chose to be a singer.

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This song is special, but I have never heard it done better than by Brian Stokes Mitchell and it is delivered anew each time I have heard him sing The Impossible Dream.
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The Impossible Dream as sung at Ted Kennedy's Celebration Ceremony August 28, 2009 at the Kennedy Library.
This misses the first three lines ~
To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
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To see and hear the entire song as Mr. Mitchell sang it at Edward "Ted" Kennedy's memorial service, you may click on this link and slide it to the 2:20:40 mark: tedkennedy.org/pages/video_celebration_of_life_memorial_service

The Impossible Dream

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far

To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march into Hell
For a heavenly cause

And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star.

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Brian Stokes Mitchell, when speaking at a college on the Northeast, displays how The Impossible Dream, from the Broadway show Man of La Mancha, is musically written with peaks and valleys, just as the character sings about. Uploaded by Smilez6711

For more information ~ Brian Stokes Mitchell

JOSH GROBAN SINGS HIS HEART OUT

So romantic. Sublime.
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http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=nKDkXOOHG34
Per te

Josh Groban ~ Italian Per Te Lyrics

Sento nell'aria profumo di te
Piccoli sogni vissuti con me
Ora lo so
Non voglio perderti
Quella dolcezza così senza età
La tua bellezza rivali non ha
Il cuore mio vuole soltanto te
Per te, per te, vivrò L'amore vincerà
Con te, con te avrò
Mille giorni di felicità Mille notti di serenità
Farò quello che mi chiederai
Andrò sempre dovunque tu andrai
Darò tutto l'amore che ho per te
Dimmi che tu già il futuro lo sai
Dimmi che questo non finirà mai
Senza di te non voglio esistere

Per te, per te, vivrò L'amore vincerà
Con te, con te, avrò
Mille giorni di felicità
Mille notti di serenità

Farò quello che mi chiederai
Andrò sempre dovunque tu andrai
Darò tutto l'amore che ho per te
Non devo dirtelo
Ormai già lo sai
Che morirei senza di te
Per te, per te, vivrò
L'amore vincerà
Con te, con te, farò
Tutto quello che mi chiederai
Andrò sempre dovunque tu andrai
Darò tutto l'amore che ho per te
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Translation is done by Google mostly, except for the first stanza which someone at Youtube left as a comment and translation. The Google translation was very awkward for this part in particular ~ so I went with . . .

I smell in the air the scent of you
Little dreams had lived with me
Now I know, I don't want to lose you
That sweetness which has no age
Your beauty has no rivals

My heart wants only you
For you, for you, I live
The love I win with you, with you . . .
A thousand days of happiness,
A thousand nights of serenity
I will do what you ask
I will always go wherever you go
I will give all my love for you
Tell me that you already know the future
Tell me that this will never end
Without you I do not exist
For you, for you, I live
The love I win with you, with you,
A thousand days of happiness,
A thousand nights of serenity

I will do what you ask
I will always go wherever you go
I will give all my love for you
I do not have to tell you
Now I already know
I would die without you

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cJpesyEGl8o
Interview Josh Groban
In this interview with George Stroumboulopoulos, Josh opens up on fame, his career and his fans.

READ the article that you can link to from hovering your mouse over my post's title.

Want something else cool? I wasn't going to post this yet, because. . . well Christmas is a ways off yet but, okay, no embed, just the link. . . now go and enjoy . . . http://youtube.com/watch?v=nx0C5ZDi1rs

(I reserve the right to post another O Holy Night another time, though. I just like this one because it has that "extra" inspirational-Josh ~ the setting and all ~ had to be awe-inspiring for Josh to soar like he does here.)

Pictures by Sandra Hammel, Washington, D.C., Firenze, Italiano, Huntington, Indiana