Merry Christmas

Merry merry Christmas everyone and a happy happy birthday Jesus! I hope everyone had a blast (or will have a blast) in spending this holiday season with your loved ones...I was not able to draw or even edit a picture of Libera for a Christmas greeting (which I was actually planning to do) this year but I still do want to extend the greetings to everyone who have been supporting this blog.. Thank you all.. :)

In other news, here's Libera sending their own Christmas greeting to us! :)

Liberalites.tumblr.com

I got an email from a fellow fan, Dorcas asking me to promote a tumble log she and her friend made that is dedicated to Libera. I think tumblr is a good way in promoting Libera as well as sharing pictures, videos, "official" news and other stuff so if you do have a tumblr account be sure to follow them, they follow back as well. Oh btw, even if you don't have tumblr you can still check their posts. :)

So what are you waiting for FOLLOW (or visit) them now! :)

Anyhoo, if you have questions, drop a message on their Ask Us Anything tab (at the upper part of the page) or send them an EMAIL. :)

A Glimpse of Tom Cully

(Thank you so much Yorkie for this! :))

Yeah, that's Tom right there. I was so happy to see him again! hahahaha 

He's going to release an LP in 3months time with 6 new songs. So support him guys and be sure to check more updates directly from him through his MYSPACE account. I'm so excited for that. I really hope we could buy it. :)

On other news, Tom posted this on his myspace: "i have no contact with anyone called "Norman", and he is not helping me financially to produce this LP, its a BIG bunch of lies.... :(" 

SO PLEASE NORMAN, WHO EVER AND WHERE EVER YOU ARE, STOP PRETENDING YOU KNOW TOM OR JOSH OR ANY OTHER LIBERA MEMBERS PERSONALLY. WAKE UP FROM YOUR DREAM AND GET A LIFE.

Bristol and Chester Concerts

There were 25 boys present in the concert namely:

Cassius, James M, Sere Akpobome, Henry, Kavana, Luke, Ralph, Stefan, Alex, Tiarnan, Sam, Josh, Jonathan, Liam, Jakob, Ben, Sammy, Mine Akpobome, Daniel, Carlos, Matthew RA, Dylan Duffy (?),  Matthew J, Barney Lindsell (?) and Freddie.

And the song line up are as follows:

Adoramus/Libera (solos: Stefan Leadbeater and Luke Collins)

Speech by Freddie Ingles

Time (solos: Josh Madine with Ralph Skan, Alex Leggett & Daniel Fontannaz; Ben Philipp; Jakob De Menezes-Wood)

Sanctus (ending solo: Stefan Leadbeater)

Sanctissima (solo: Ralph Skan)

Eternal Light (solo: Stefan Leadbeater with Ralph Skan & Daniel Fontannaz)

Speech by Kavana Crossley

Ave Verum (solo: Carlos Rodriguez with Jakob De Menezes-Wood & Matthew Rangel-Alvarez)

Far Away (solos: Ralph Skan with Kavana Crossley)

Salva Me (solo: Stefan Leadbeater)

Speech by Ben Philipp

Exultate (solo: Stefan Leadbeater with Ben Philipp)

-Intermission-

Mysterium (solos: Ralph Skan and Stefan Leadbeater)

Gloria (with Daniel Fontannaz on high parts)

Speech by Freddie Ingles

The Fountain (solo: Ralph Skan)

How Can I Keep From Singing (solo: Sammy Moriarty)

When A Knight Won His Spurs (solo: Ralph Skan)

Love And Mercy (solos: James Mordaunt and Freddie Ingles)

Speech by Josh Madine

Deep Peace (solo: Stefan Leadbeater)

Stay With Me (solo: Daniel Fontannaz with Ralph Skan & Matthew Rangel-Alvares)

Going Home (solos: James Mordaunt, Daniel Fontannaz with Jakob De Menezes-Wood, Ralph Skan and Luke Collins)

Speech by Cassius O'Connell-White

How Shall I Sing That Majesty? (solos: Jakob De Menezes-Wood and Stefan Leadbeater)

Encore: Libera (solos: Stefan Leadbeater and Jakob De Menezes-Wood with Ralph Skan)

Unfortunately, James Threadgill wasn't around. Flynn Marks and Alfie Smart weren't at the concert as well so there are speculations that they might have left the choir already (or at least left the touring choir). But for Tom Cully fans, it has been confirmed that Tom was there on both concert probably as a technician or something. There were no meet and greets at the concert though a short "photo session" was held after the Bristol concert. CD's and DVD's were also sold at the venue.

Libera also posted some photos from the concert on their BLOG but I also posted it here just in case. ;)

Ps. Thank you so much to Patrick and Bullehynka from the Libera Passion and to Dani, Danie and Yorkie of Libera Dreams. :)

Triple Treat

Libera has been really great and released the videos featured in their new DVD. I'm really thankful for it as I can't but the DVD yet. I still don't know when will it be released in the Philippines and the shipment fee just cost too much so yeah, I still don't own one. Boo me! hahaha 

Anyhoo, although  the videos were released and I'm sure one way or another the bonus tracks will be up on Youtube in a matter of time, I strongly suggest that we should buy their DVDs and support them. Enjoy the videos!

(Be sure not to miss the ending part. It's epic! hahaha)

Credits: OfficialLibera's Youtube

Japanese Edition of Peace Deluxe

To be released on November 3, 2010.

This Japan Edition of Peace (TOCP-70898) includes a bonus DVD with documetary and backstage footage. Includes a 18 months calendar. *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.

Bonus Track: Japan edition bonus tracks "Eternal Light," "Lullabye," "Going Home (PBS broadcast version)," "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," "Silent Night"

(All product details, including availability, images, language(s), special features, and bonus extras, are subject to change without prior notice. Actual item weight may be different from the one indicated above.)

Thank You! :)

This post is dedicate to Lexi and her mom Lauren.

I'm sorry it took me this long before I could dedicate a post for you two. Thank you so much for the package that you sent me. I really didn't expect to get some goodies from a concert that I never attended.

After a week of delay, the post office here finally delivered the note that I could claim the package already. Unfortunately I was out of town that time and when I finally arrived home I had lots of things to do. I had to wait 2 more weeks until my schedule cleared a little before I could go to the post office to claim the package. It was actually weird because the note that was sent to me had something written "subject to inspection" but when I came there, they just looked for my identifacation card, had me sign something then gave the package. They didn't even bother to inspect it. hahahah Anyhoo, I was so excited to open it that I didn't bother to care for the other people looking at me in the Jeepney as I was opening it with a huge smile on my face.hahaha When I arrived home, I boast the package to my whole family (who all are a huge Libera fans as well). I told them to handle it with care. hahaha Now, it's carefully placed on my study table along with my other Libera stuffs. (I'm planning to dedicate a space just for my Libera collection. Hopefully I could do that by summer.)

Anyhoo, I didn't expect to get more the Atlanta Program. Also, the first steps booklet helped me a lot. I was really down and stressed during those times and reading it somehow made me find my way back again. :)

Again, thank you so much!

Chix

Busy.

Hello everyone!

Sorry for not being able to update this blog for a really long time. After the updates regarding the US Tour, I haven’t been online much and I’ve been really really busy with school works. As some of you know, I’m currently doing my thesis this year. I’ve managed to pass the first part but I have to work really hard for the next part since it requires not only physical strength but also mental and emotional. (Yes, thesis can be so depressing.) I clearly didn’t have a social life for the past 2-months, and it will continue until February next year, I think..

Enough with the rants. I just want to give heads up to everyone that I might not be able to update this blog regularly but I’ll try to update at least once every two weeks (if there’s new stuffs about Libera). I asked my sister to update this for me but it seems that she’s busy with her school stuffs as well.

Ps. I’m soooo excited for the Deluxe edition of Peace. I hope it would be released in the Philippines soooooon.

Lullabye Music Video

Credit: OfficialLibera's Youtube

I'm sure all of you have seen this, but I'm gonna put it here anyway. When I saw this video, I had mixed feelings with it. I was shocked to see Josh do the solo part, yet very happy to know it was him. (Josh, you grew up into a fine young man. You were very handsome in this video even though you have ashes on your nose.) Also, I understand the whole concept of the video but I was hoping to see all of them (well specially my biases, Sam and Jakob). Anyhoo, besides that, the whole video left a very odd feeling in me even until now when I've watched over 10 times already. It's sad because we all know that it somehow relates to history where in young kids where drafted in military but the whole black outfit of the lady plus the ghostly shots really gave me goosebumps. Though I must admit that I cried buckets while watching this video and I bet that there are others like me as well. 

Anyhoo, I did a screencap of the video. Feel free to use it. (It was kind of hard because all of Josh's shots were really good so it was hard to decide what to upload. hahaha)

 (Sleeping Carlos and Cassius are soo adorable)

 (I bet Luke and Matthew looks good on tie. And I hope we can see a clear shot of Ben in this one.)

 (Sooo saaaad.)

On side note, there was some sort of debate (well kind of) about mystery boys in the video and here's my two cents in it:

The eyes and the nose gave it away. :)

The second picture was quite tricky. It could be Mini James but he wasn't wearing any helmet on his close up shot which clearly the boy on the right does. I'm just sure that it's one of the younger ones, standing on the bed, wearing a helmet and military jacket over nightgown as shown at the left picture. 

Nutcracker

Libera has been part of the "The Nutcracker" with the song "Walts of the Snowflakes" along side with Simon Rattle and Berlin Orchestra.

You can view the album details HERE. 

Libera also did an interview promoting The Nutcracker. Kavana's really talkative as usual while Ben's unusually silent. And look how Ralph tries to insert a green joke. hahaha

Credit: animolibera's Youtube

On side note, you can listen to Waltz of the Snowflakes HERE and also watch the ballet sequence on their song HERE.

UK Concert Series

Bristol
Date:  Wednesday 27th October
Place: Clifton Cathedral
Time: 7.30 pm
Tickets:  £10, £15, £25  Via Ticketweb or call 08444 77 1000

Chester
Date: Friday 29th October
Place: Chester Cathedral
Time: 7.30 pm
Tickets:  £10, £15, £25  Via Ticketweb or call 08444 77 1000

London
Date: Friday 19th November
Place: St George’s Cathedral, Southwark
Time: 7.30pm
Tickets:  £10, £15, £25 Via Ticketweb or call 08444 77 1000

Beverley
Date: Saturday 20th November
Place: Beverley Minster
Time: 7.30pm
Tickets:  £7.50, £15, £25 Via Ticketweb or call 08444 77 1000

Epsom
Date: 18th March 2011
Place: Epsom Playhouse
Time: 7.45
Tickets:  Tickets are available from the theatre.

Be sure to always check LIBLOG for more updates.

Peace Deluxe Album (CD+DVD Full Details)

CD  consists of:
Brilliant box and calendar housed in a slipcase CD 
The original Peace CD plus 5 bonus tracks.
    Tracklist:
      1. Sanctissima Solo : Benedict Philipp
      2. Time Solos : Joshua Madine & Benedict Philipp
      3. Ave Virgo Solo: Tom Cully
      4. Faithful Heart Solo : Joshua Madine Duet: Stefan Leadbeater & Daniel Fontannaz
      5. Gaelic Blessing [Deep Peace] Solos: Stefan Leadbeater & James Threadgill with Sammy Moriarty
      6. Exsulate Solo : Benedict Philipp
      7. How Shall I Sing That Majesty? Solo: Stefan Leadbeater
      8. Lacrymosa Solo : Benedict Philipp
      9. Adoro Te
      10. Lead Kindly Light Solo: Jakob De Menezes-Wood
      11. Panis Angelicus Solo: Daniel Fontannaz
      12. Touch The Sky Solo: James Mordaunt Duet: Benedict Philipp & Jakob De Menezes-Wood
      13. The Fountain Solo: Ralph Skan
      14. Lullabye [Goodnight my angel] Solo: Joshua Madine with Ben Philipp & Jakob De Menezes-Wood
* Written by Billy Joel.(Watch the original music video HERE.)
      15. Eternal Light
      16. Going Home Solo: Joshua Madine, Ben Philipp & Tom Cully
      17. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Solo: Ralph Skan & James Mordaunt
      18. Silent Night Solo: Tom Cully & Ed Day
    
DVD consists of:
7 Libera Videos including
    Music Video of Time
    Music Video of Deep Peace
    Music Video of Lullabye
    Music Video of Going Home (Leiden Version)
    Music Video of Libera (Michael Horncastle and Joe Sanders-Wilde Version)
    Behind-the-scenes featurette / Libera Blog 2010
    Libera EPK/Featurette / Introducing Libera
18-Month, full colour desk calendar (January 2011 - June 2012)
6-Panel Poster 

Release dates: (You can also pre-order at the links)
Japan - November 1
UK - November 22
US - December 7

Info taken from: Coming Soon and The “Peace – Deluxe Version” is on the way! plus Libera Dreams

You can also listen to the previews at Amazon.

Libera Fans in Singapore

So basically I received a messaged from Pameline regarding the group she made and I decided to help out.


This is a call for all fans of Libera in Singapore to join the Facebook Group she had made to show the support in Libera and hopefully through that, Libera could visit Singapore as well.


The Group's Facebook Description says:

Libera in Singapore is a non-profit group created to share the liberating music of the choir, Libera! 

Also, a way to raise awareness of their music in Singapore and to hopefully bring them in for their next concert!

A silent petition to bring Libera to Singapore for their next concert! We hope to get as many fans as possible to express our hope to invite Libera over to our sunny island. 

Please support Libera and buy their original CDs, don't resort to piracy! 

Libera in Singapore is not related to Libera and all music and images belong to them.

So what are you waiting for...JOIN NOW! :)

Official USA Tour 2010 Video

Credits: OfficialLibera's YouTube

Sorry for the late post. Anyhoo, I made screencaps of the video. SO for those who want the pictures fell free to grab. :)