奥巴马就职典礼马友友等演奏的音乐片段

2009-01-20 20:01

	奥巴马就职典礼音乐片段---Air and Simple Gifts


	音乐演奏小提琴：帕尔曼（Israeli-American， Itzhak Perlman）大提琴：马友友（Chinese-American ， Yo-Yo Ma）钢琴：孟蒂罗（Venezuelan-American， Gabriela Montero）竖笛：麦基尔（African-American，Anthony McGill） ____________________________________________________________________

简单的礼物——奥巴马就职典礼上马友友等演奏的乐曲

"Simple Gifts" was written by Elder Joseph while he was at the Shaker community in Alfred, Maine in 1848 (From Wikipedia).

Lyrics
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free,
'Tis the gift to come down where you ought to be,
And when we find ourselves in the place just right,
'Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
When true simplicity is gain'd,
To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd,
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come round right.
The tune was incorporated into a composition called “Air and Simple Gifts” arranged by John Williams and performed by Itzhak Perlman (violin), Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Gabriela Montero (piano), and Anthony McGill (clarinet) on January 20, 2009 at the 2009 inauguration of United States' President Barack Obama.