Just for fun: Libera with another artist...who'd you choose?

DrewE · Post by **DrewE** » 16 years ago

The recent topic about what songs you'd like to hear Libera perform brought to mind a somewhat related fun (hypothetical) question:

Suppose you were a record and/or concert producer with, say, a few million pounds to spend, and you were interested in producing a joint album/concert with Libera and some other group or artist. What artist would you choose?

My choice of collaborator would be Take 6, a unique (and very talented!) Jazz/Gospel/RnB sextet. They share a few things in common with Libera: they're all men, they're extraordinarily good singers, and they do a fair bit of work with original a cappella vocal compositions. There are obvious differences, too: age is one, and the typical styles of music are rather different.

To be quite honest, I'm not sure I can quite envision what the two groups would end up sounding like together. I am pretty sure it would be great music, and really fun to listen to (or, as they sometimes say here in New England, "wicked fun").

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 16 years ago

Oh, that's a good question...

Some kind of "mass treble sing" event would be nice, but I don't know what they'd sing. Being the Bach fanatic I am, I'd want to see them collaborate with a small orchestra and sing some Lutheran/Protestant church chorales (similar to their earlier work as the St. Philip's Boys' Choir).

JimmyRiddle · Post by **JimmyRiddle** » 16 years ago

Il Divo would be interesting, but I wouldn't want Il Divo to overpower them, although 30 of the Libera boys all singing at the top of their treble ranges couldn't be overpowered by anything. Not sure what song I would like them to sing, but each would do a verse, and then they would all sing the chorus at the end.

tcliffy · Post by **tcliffy** » 16 years ago

a very good question. There are a lot of young singers I'm affiliated with, but the one that really comes to mind is Joseph McManners.

barlies04 · Post by **barlies04** » 16 years ago

Hi can i suggest russell watson or does everyone think he might be
overpowering of course theres the old master sirCliff richard

Liberation · Post by **Liberation** » 16 years ago

Chris de Burgh !

I once asked him that but he didn't answer that question.

JimmyRiddle · Post by **JimmyRiddle** » 16 years ago

barlies04 wrote:old master sirCliff richard

...Libera have street cred to maintain. Only joking

P.S. did you sketch your avatar? It's quite a good pencil drawing of young Kavana.

xsakurax · Post by **xsakurax** » 16 years ago

How about Celine Dion? It just pops up in my mind.. I don't know why..

Or Celtic Woman?

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 16 years ago

How about Celine Dion?

Somebody mentioned street cred to maintain...

Just kidding.

tcliffy · Post by **tcliffy** » 16 years ago

Celtic Women would be awesome.

Joshua · Post by **Joshua** » 16 years ago

Enigma...Yep, if you dont know who they are, check them out on youtube. one of my favorites is Return to innocents...I think it would be a wicked mix!Creig David,Linkin Park,Elton John always makes good music.they can fit in any sound.. Good question, I got a few more but these are the few I chose.

jennaluvspbr · Post by **jennaluvspbr** » 16 years ago

tcliffy wrote:Celtic Women would be awesome.

hey my friend i did not no you like celtic women i am a fan of theres to besieds libera but i have 3 of celtic dvds and 2 or 3 cds of there hahah and they are lots of fun to wch and i love libera to i will naver stope likeing them hahahah so any way libera is my favriet and celtic women is too

TEB · Post by **TEB** » 16 years ago

Trans-Siberian Orchestra would be a good match up too. TSO does use a childrens choir sometimes in recordings and it would be great to see them use Libera instead.

kjackson83 · Post by **kjackson83** » 16 years ago

Oooh yes, TSO would be great! Christmas Eve and Other Stories and The Lost Christmas both used a children's choir to great effect, and TSO's crossover work would meld very well with Libera's work in the same genre.

Jude Andrew · Post by **Jude Andrew** » 15 years ago

I would love to hear Libera sing with Clannad. They would compliment one another wonderfully. For those of you unfamiliar with Clannad; they are a band who create modern Irish traditional music (which sounds like an oxymoron, I know). They have been producing albums for about 25 years now and acheived world wide reknown. I have provided a link below if you want to check them out. I can just picture them playing with Libera... it would be wonderful

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