Wednesday, May 4, 2011

les misérables (musical)

a sudden whim sets me listening to les miz today. it remains amazing after twenty odd years. how do they do it, i wonder? they take simple words and straightforward melodies and build them up into an edifice that reduces you to helpless tears, every time. 

here is the old girl, deconstructed over the years:

most dashing: 
grantaire from the TAC*
most moving moment: 
grantaire/enjolras exchange in drink with me*
song for post-graduate medical exams: 
do you hear the people sing
song for AH med 1989: 
drink with me
song for the sgp general elections 2011: 
abc cafe/red and black

*tenth anniversary concert

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