Some folks, however, are animating more than just family photos.
It can be eerily accurate, depending on the photo. An ancestor you never knew can blink, move their head, and smile at you. You can now animate old photographs with their Deep Nostalgia feature. Their latest addition has now gone viral. The genealogy research website MyHeritage has been rolling out new photo enhancement tools over the last few months that allow you to enhance (sharpen and clean up) and colorize old photographs. This ethereal rendition of Corde natus ex parentis is performed by Voces8, and the arrangement is by Christian Forshaw. It was then coupled to a plainchant melody, Divinum mysterium, which dates to the tenth century, though the two were not connected until the 1800s. It is a Christmas hymn, and the words are ancient, penned by the Roman poet Aurelius Prudentius (348-413 CE). Repeated, echoed, shifted, a moving line. Prominent in the melody was part of a scale. I relied on a streaming service, and it served up what it thought I would want to hear.Ībout mile 3 (running some, walking some, just keep going), I heard music I had never heard before that made me stop to listen. Or at least I wanted to, but my old phone had failed, and my new phone doesn’t have any music on it yet. And, as was my habit before, I queued up some Renaissance polyphony. I decided to start running again, especially now that it is a little cooler here in the northern hemisphere. Because starting from scratch can be tough. We do the best we can, even if it’s a little at a time.Īnd we groan. Musically speaking, we go back to scales. We try to figure out where we left off before we were so abruptly interrupted.
So we put one cautious foot in front of another. We had to halt so many activities, and it has been difficult to begin again. I hope you are well.Įven if you haven’t experienced illness or loss personally in this last year and a half (and I hope you haven’t), it has been pervasive, in the air. Click here for a list of contacts.It’s been a tough time, folks. Whether you want to volunteer, pursue an existing interest or take up a new challenge, there is sure to be Jersey has a wealth of organisations, clubs and societies involved in the arts and heritage.
Jersey Island Singers is an adult mixed voice choir under the leadership of Francis Murton.
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