Anders Jallén
** NEW RECORDING ** JUST PUBLISHED **
Listen to a new recording - made first half of 2024. Soprano Kotryna Starkuté is singing the 3rd part of my Human Rights' Oratorio. The text is the second article from the UN Declaration and talks about that everyone - indeed everyone - is entitled to these freedoms. Full text below...
The text of article 2 of the UN Declaration reads...
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
...and there's more...
Listen to Brian Minnick singing the tenor solo, Part 16 / Article 24 of the Human Rights' Oratorio.
The text of article 24 of the UN Declaration reads...
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure,
including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
This is the link for Brian's website
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Recordings
The watercolour choir is painted in aquarelle by María Amparo López
Below some early recordings. As yet parts 4, 8 & 18, recorded @ home by the singers
Listen to part 4, soloists and chamber orchestra, 3 min's
The singers are...
Soprano - Kotryna Starkutė
Mezzo-Soprano - Anja Wilbrink
Tenor - Brian Minnick
Bass - Lennart Forsén
The text of articles 3-6 of the UN Declaration reads...
Article 3.
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 4.
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5.
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 6.
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Listen to part 8, double-choir a cappella, 3 minutes
The text of this article 12 of the UN Declaration reads...
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with their privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon their honour and reputation.
Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
The performers are...
Sopranos - Ankie van den Berg, Bodil Skumsrud, Johanna Fredriksson, Josefine Straesser, Kotryna Starkutė
Altos - Anja Wilbrink, Emma Dahlbacka, Greta Garmašaitė, Helena van Heel, Satu Välikangas
Tenors - Brian Minnick, Herbert Kuner, Jarmo Koistinen, Monica Lövström
Basses - André Angenendt, Daniel Åberg, Eberhard Licht, Joe Carew, Johan Karlström
Narration - Guy Livingston
Listen to part 18 (~ 5 minutes)
4 soloists, women's choir, percussion, woodwind and string orchestra
The singers are...
Soprano - Ankie van den Berg
Mezzo-Soprano - Helena van Heel
Tenor - Brian Minnick
Bass - Daniel Åberg
Women's choir - Bodil Skumsrud, Johanna Fredriksson, Monica Lövström
The articles 26-27-28 of the UN Declaration read....
Article 26.
(1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
(2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
(3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
Article 27.
(1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
(2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
Article 28.
Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.
And finally here's a recording of the famous Article 1...
In a version for everyone to sing...
Here the singers are...
Anja Wilbrink, Bodil Skumsrud, Charlotte Wilbrink, Johanna Fredriksson, Eberhard Licht, Jarmo Koistinen, Wim Zwaag. + myself.
It's a simple melody to sing. Join in, sing along - if there's a dictator around just sing them away!
Because All Human Beings Are Born Free And Equal.
The words for the Article 1 is......
... and here's the sheet music for that one... if you want to sing it with your friends, school, family...
Article 1, short version, Human Rights November 11th (pdf)
DownloadThe watercolour painting below is painted in aquarelle by María Amparo López
