It's a journey through Romania showing our culture, some of our most beautiful places, the religious music. It's a story of a life presented by Angela herself. It starts in Bucharest, at the Conservatory and then moves on to Moldavia (not Moravia as it's written in the description of the video), the Northern part of Romania. She talks to priests about music, monasteries (Neamt Monastery, in the second part) , about the Orthodox religion and in the end of the second part she sings "Tatal nostru" (released on Mysterium album), accompanied by Madrigal Chorus. This fantastic ensemble is conducted by Marin Constantin (now 84). Most of you might know his son, the conductor Ion Marin whom Mrs Gheorghiu worked a lot with.
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Romanian Journey is a BBC Classical Music Television London production for BBC 4 and it was broadcasted in April 2004. It's such a pity that these materials aren't released somehow on DVDs. Maybe a bonus for a future CD. It's entirely in English (part Angela's voice, part subtitles)and for the moment only the first two parts are uploaded on YouTube (bollypl's channel).
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The next part should present the painted monasteries in Moldavia and more songs. Enjoy!
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