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He is known for his narrative cantatas – works he has written for orchestra and choir based on Irish mythology – and for the aria ‘Vide Cor Meum’ originally composed for the film Hannibal, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Anthony Hopkins. The libretto for the latter aria was taken from Dante’s first sonnet in ‘La Vita Nuova’.
Vide Cor Meum – The operatic aria during King Baldwin IV's funeral, originally composed for the soundtrack of the film Hannibal. Ave Regina cælorum – The first stanza of this twelfth-century antiphon is used on the soundtrack in the track "Burning the Past".
Jerry Goldsmith's "Valhalla" theme from The 13th Warrior and "Vide Cor Meum" (originally used by Scott in Hannibal and composed by Patrick Cassidy and Hans Zimmer), sung by Danielle de Niese and Bruno Lazzaretti, were used as replacements for original music by Gregson-Williams.
cor meum tibi offero domine prompte et sincere: my heart I offer to you Lord promptly and sincerely: John Calvin's personal motto, also adopted by Calvin College: cor unum: one heart: A popular school motto and often used as a name for religious and other organisations such as the Pontifical Council Cor Unum. coram: in the presence of
Carl Orff – Carmina Burana, Meum est propositum in taberna mori; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Missa Papae Marcelli; Antonio Vivaldi – Nulla in mundo pax sincera; The libretto for the opera-oratorio Oedipus rex by Igor Stravinsky is in Latin, as well as the 1963 choral composition Cantata misericordium by Benjamin Britten.
The DVD includes a picture gallery with pictures from the concert, two interviews with Brightman, as well as an interview about the cathedral with Father Anthony Faber and historian Elisabeth Lloyd-Jones. The CD in the CD/DVD package includes a bonus studio recording of Brightman performing "Vide Cor Meum" by Patrick Cassidy. [1]
Ridley Scott's 2001 film Hannibal features a scene from Dante's La Vita Nuova; in it, de Niese sings as the character Beatrice the song "Vide Cor Meum" by Patrick Cassidy. She was subsequently asked to perform the title role in the Met's production of Maurice Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges.
vinum et musica laetificant cor: wine and music gladden the heart: Asterix and Caesar's Gift; it is a variation of "vinum bonum laetificat cor hominis". vinum regum, rex vinorum: the wine of kings, the king of wines: The phrase describes Hungarian Tokaji wine, and is attributed to King Louis XIV of France. viperam sub ala nutricare: a viper ...