[Choir] Trumpet solo you might want to hear/watch on short video

[Brenda J Bean]

My friend Helen Everson sent this to me in an email with a subject matter
titled “beautiful and haunting,” which the music certainly is.  

Information she sent me included: “SILENZIO'...BEAUTIFUL AND HAUNTING

About six miles from Maastricht, in the Netherlands, lie buried 8,301
American soldiers who died in "Operation Market Garden" in the battles to
liberate Holland in the fall/winter of 1944. Every one of the men buried in
the cemetery, as well as those in the Canadian and British military
cemeteries, has been adopted by a Dutch family who mind the grave, decorate
it, and keep alive the memory of the soldier they have adopted. It is even
the custom to keep a portrait of "their" soldier in a place of honour in
their home.



Annually, on "Liberation Day," memorial services are held for "the men who
died to liberate Holland." The day concludes with a concert. The final piece
is always "Il Silenzio," a memorial piece commissioned by the Dutch and
first played in 1965 on the 20th anniversary of Holland's liberation. It has
been the concluding piece of the memorial concert ever since.
 

This year the soloist was a 13-year-old Dutch girl, Melissa Venema, backed
by André Rieu and his orchestra (the Royal Orchestra of the Netherlands).
This beautiful concert piece is based upon the original version of taps and
was composed by Italian composer Nino Rossi.

Wait until the last note is reached.”

 

You might want to listen to and watch the short video linked below (Brenda
Bean):

 

http://www.flixxy.com/trumpet-solo-melissa-venema.htm

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