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All save one. There waiting, silent and still in the space before the Gate, sat Gandalf upon Shadowfax: Shadowfax who alone among the free horses of the earth endured the terror, unmoving, steadfast as a graven image in Rath D�nen.
�You cannot enter here,� said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. �Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Fall back into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!�
The Black Rider flung back his hood, and behold! he had a kingly crown; and yet upon no head visible was it set. The red fires shone between it and the mantled shoulders. From a mouth unseen there came a deadly laughter.
�Old fool!� he said. �Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!� And with that he lifted high his sword, and flames ran down the blade.
Gandalf did not move. And in that very moment, away behind in some courtyard of the City, a cock crowed. Shrill and clear he crowed, recking nothing of wizardry or war, welcoming only the morning that in the sky far above the shadows of death was coming with the dawn.
And as if in answer there came from far away another note. Horns, horns, horns. In dark Mindolluin�s sides they dimly echoed. Great horns of the North wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last.
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Great Performances: Les Misérables in Concert (1995)
cannot stop watching it!
Les Mis is my favorite musical of all time, and this video shows why! The cast is incredible, the music is incredible, and that ending with 17 Jean Valjeans is absolutely breathtaking. Here are things to look out for when watching this video: - Colm Wilkinson's angry singing
- "Master of the House"
- Philip Quast's absolutely beautiful "Stars"
- "Do you hear the people sing!"
- "One Day More!"
- Michael Ball!!
- Lea Salonga!!
- The two of them singing "A Little Fall of Rain" (get tissue ready)
- The finale: 17 Jean Valjeans from 17 countries all singing the lines of "Do you hear the people sing" (both regular and Epilogue versions) in their own languages from English to Japanese to Polish.
I have very few complaints! I think if there had been a set the singing and music would have been less powerful (200 chorus singers couldn't possibly fit onto one set during One Day More, and a full orchestra wouldn't fit under the stage). Michael Maguire gets my only complaint for his singing during "The Final Battle." His voice was wrong for that part and should have sung the way Anthony Warlow had sung the same song in the Complete Symphonic Recording. Listen to both to see what I mean.
Also, Andrew Lloyd Weber did NOT write this musical. I liked Phantom of the Opera, but that's it. Haven't seen Evita yet, but it couldn't possibly beat Les Miserables. Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg wrote this and Miss Saigon. Cam Mackintosh produced Phantom, Les Mis, and Miss Saigon. Get your info straight, people.