I ran across this post today concerning choral music and the wonderful "Mr. Bean."
While living in Ireland I became a fan of Rowan Atkinson's "Mr. Bean" character. At the start of each episode--as well as at the break, after ther break, and at the end of each episode--there's a lovely choral theme (written by Howard Goodall and performed by the Choir of Southwark Cathedral) with the words sung in Latin. For anyone else who's a Mr. Bean fan, I'd like to present the words to the theme and what they mean:
Sung at the beginning: Ecce homo qui est faba-- "Behold the man who is a bean."
Sung at the break: Finis partis primae-- "End of part one."
Sung afer the break: Pars secunda-- "Part two."
Sung at end: Vale homo qui est faba-- "Farewell, man who is a bean."
2 comments:
I'm a huge Rowan Atkinson fan, since BLACKADDER days... but interestingly, Howard Goodall (who is Atkinson's composer of choice) is really making the choral rounds now, notably with his very approachable "The Lord is my Shepherd," the theme from the VICAR OF DIBLEY series ... nice stuff...fluffy, but nice...
Leave it to the English to employ beautiful choral music even for comedic situations.
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