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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.00,0:00:04.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.82,0:00:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing ends)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.91,0:02:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.52,0:02:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pep Rosenfeld: Folks,\Nyou've just met Claron McFadden.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.55,0:02:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She is a world-class soprano singer
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.16,0:02:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who studied in Rochester, New York.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.68,0:02:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Her celebrated operatic roles\Nare numerous and varied.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.39,0:02:28.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In August 2007, Claron was awarded\Nthe Amsterdam Prize for the Arts,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.98,0:02:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,winning praise for her brilliance,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.82,0:02:34.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,her amazing and extensively\Nwide repertoire
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.25,0:02:35.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and her vivid stage personality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.44,0:02:38.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please welcome Claron McFadden.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.41,0:02:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.40,0:02:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Claron McFadden: The human voice:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.07,0:02:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mysterious, spontaneous, primal.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.79,0:03:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, the human voice is the vessel\Non which all emotions travel --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.75,0:03:04.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except, perhaps, jealousy.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.58,0:03:08.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.08,0:03:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the breath is the captain of that vessel.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.33,0:03:13.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A child is born,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.30,0:03:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,takes its first breath --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.60,0:03:21.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Inhales)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.75,0:03:23.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whah!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.27,0:03:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we behold the wondrous beauty
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.69,0:03:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of vocal expression --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.93,0:03:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mysterious, spontaneous
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.64,0:03:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and primal.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.66,0:03:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A few years ago, I did\Na meditation retreat in Thailand.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.83,0:03:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted a place
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.02,0:03:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I would have total silence\Nand total solitude.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:48.73,0:03:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent two weeks at this retreat
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.36,0:03:53.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my own little hut --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.10,0:03:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no music, no nothing -- sounds of nature,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.95,0:04:00.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to find the essence\Nof concentration,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.52,0:04:01.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being in the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.68,0:04:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On my last day,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.56,0:04:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the woman who looked after the place,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.42,0:04:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she came and we spoke for a minute,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.62,0:04:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then she said to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.32,0:04:13.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Would you sing something for me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.66,0:04:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I thought, but this is a place\Nof total quiet and silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.96,0:04:19.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't make noise.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.55,0:04:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "Please, sing for me."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.29,0:04:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I closed my eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.92,0:04:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I took breath
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.84,0:04:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the first thing that came up and out
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.20,0:04:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was "Summertime,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.78,0:04:36.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Porgy and Bess.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.100,0:04:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing) Summertime\Nand the livin' is easy.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.37,0:04:45.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.54,0:04:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, your daddy's rich\Nand your ma is good-lookin'.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.55,0:04:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So hush little baby,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.16,0:04:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't you cry.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.84,0:04:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I opened my eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.21,0:04:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw that she had her eyes closed.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.74,0:05:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after a moment, she opened her eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.87,0:05:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she looked at me and she said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.76,0:05:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's like meditation."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.50,0:05:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in that moment I understood
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.75,0:05:14.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that everything I had gone\Nto Thailand to look for,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.19,0:05:15.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to search for,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.80,0:05:18.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had it already in my singing --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.61,0:05:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the calm, but alertness,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.40,0:05:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the focus, but awareness,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.54,0:05:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being totally in the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.04,0:05:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you're totally in the moment --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.80,0:05:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I'm totally in the moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.33,0:05:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the vessel of expression is open.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.56,0:05:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The emotions can flow from me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.15,0:05:40.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.35,0:05:41.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and back.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.56,0:05:44.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an extremely profound experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.79,0:05:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a piece by a composer,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.16,0:05:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an American composer called John Cage.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.78,0:05:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's called "Aria."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.39,0:05:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was written for an amazing singer\Ncalled Cathy Berberian.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.49,0:06:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing about this piece\Nthat's so special --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.68,0:06:02.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you see it behind me --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.01,0:06:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not notated in any way.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.41,0:06:10.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No notes, no flats, no sharps.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.80,0:06:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's a kind of structure.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.17,0:06:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the singer, within this structure,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.66,0:06:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has total freedom\Nto be creative, spontaneous.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.28,0:06:21.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.57,0:06:24.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are different colors
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.14,0:06:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and each color gets\Na different type of singing --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.12,0:06:32.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pop, country and western, opera, jazz --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:32.03,0:06:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you just have\Nto be consistent with that color.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.35,0:06:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see there are different lines.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.74,0:06:40.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You choose in your own tempo\Nin your own way
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.97,0:06:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to follow the line,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.25,0:06:43.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you must respect it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.47,0:06:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more or less.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.13,0:06:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these little dots,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.65,0:06:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these represent a sort of sound
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.20,0:06:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's not a vocal, not a lyrical way
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.00,0:06:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of expressing the voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.23,0:07:00.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using the body -- it could be sneezing,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:00.32,0:07:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could be coughing, animals --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.92,0:07:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience member coughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.54,0:07:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Exactly. (Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.85,0:07:06.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clapping, whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.88,0:07:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's different text.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.87,0:07:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's Armenian, Russian,\NFrench, English, Italian.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.20,0:07:16.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So within this structure, one is free.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.68,0:07:20.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To me, this piece is an ode to the voice,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.73,0:07:24.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's mysterious, as we can see.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.15,0:07:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's quite spontaneous.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.55,0:07:31.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's primal.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.50,0:07:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I would like to share\Nthis piece with you,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.72,0:07:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's "Aria," of John Cage.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.27,0:07:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing in various languages)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.74,0:07:50.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hampart-zoum
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.44,0:07:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dirouhi
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.96,0:07:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Di questa Terra
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.34,0:07:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Naprasno
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.77,0:08:00.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Conscience et
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.94,0:08:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Barks)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.32,0:08:10.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing) Arise
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.73,0:08:11.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tsk, tsk, tsk.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.50,0:08:14.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.66,0:08:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vidiel’a
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.62,0:08:19.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facilmente
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.11,0:08:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,E io sono per te
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.86,0:08:25.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Robotic voice) No other way
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.46,0:08:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dans l'espace, so help
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.79,0:08:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.95,0:08:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Si juste
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.11,0:08:37.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dvidzénya bistri
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.89,0:08:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Claps)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.92,0:08:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.08,0:08:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On pekrásen
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.76,0:08:49.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,idyot a k u
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.53,0:08:53.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,O a k ho a
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.98,0:08:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sivayoot eternal loosin
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.48,0:09:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sneezes)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.54,0:09:07.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.84,0:09:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Shh!
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.50,0:09:13.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.65,0:09:15.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gloobinoí più chiara
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.25,0:09:23.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Si ceci est cela cela est ceci
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.97,0:09:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Totalmente soi whom they sought to slay
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.45,0:09:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To have the fruits gloire
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.92,0:09:40.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,J’écoute ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.48,0:09:42.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,À la vie…
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.00,0:09:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leggermente snédznoi
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.11,0:09:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Coo coo
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.03,0:09:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,P k t d
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.48,0:09:57.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Banalité
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.99,0:10:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,K o e
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.08,0:10:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Makes the sound of a kiss)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.73,0:10:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Singing)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.91,0:10:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In armonia
Dialogue: 0,0:10:17.27,0:10:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)