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Other characters include a charming group of Welsh peasant men and women who act as something of a chorus in the show, as well as Nicholas Meunier in the role of Idwal Morris, a Welsh coal-miner who always steals the hearts of the audience with his mischievous antics. Both the peasants and Meunier add a touch of well-needed lightness and amusement to the play...
...Daysleeper" is reminiscent of "Try Not To Breathe" from Automatic For The People, and the entire album seems to lament lost love even in its most upbeat moments, just like in Automatic For The People. Stipe's upbeat chorus on "Walk Unafraid" challenges love with the words "I'll trip, fall, pick myself up and/walk unafraid/I'll be clumsy instead/hold my love me or leave me/high." Stipe even goes into obsessive love on "Hope" with lyrics like "At my most beautiful I count your eyelashes secretly...
...Walk Unafraid" takes awhile to develop, butthe chorus engages the listener much like "Man onthe Moon" from Automatic For The People. The pianoand the ghostly rhythm of the backup vocals painta complete picture of deep thought with a catchychorus that may translate into popular success.The real victory of Up cannot be expressed in anyone song. The album speaks as a whole and tellsthe story that listeners have been waiting so longto hear...
...performing martial arts b) pushing away invisible tanks c) auditioning for the Chinese road company of A Chorus Line d) expressing individuality...
...Benedictus, the concert closed on the final part of the Mass, the Agnus Dei. Antony Pay's flawless clarinet solos blended well with the alternating vocal sections, and a distinctive period horn sound, in some very well played passages, filled out the instrumental solo sections. The combination of orchestra, chorus, solo vocal and solo instrumental lines in this final piece created a very pleasing sense of unity to end the concert. The only real problem with the program was that with only 60 minutes of music, it was not enough...