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'To Shiver The Sky’ Available August 21 Listen/Pre-Order Now: 'The Fall' is a setting of lines from Dante Alighieri's “Divine Comedy“, including one of the most epic closing lines in the history of literature: 'thence we came forth to rebehold the stars'. And to celebrate, we collaborated with animator Sharon Liu to make this haunting new animated music video! The piece is sung by ModernMedieval, Pene Pati, and the Royal Opera Chorus (conducted by William Spaulding) and played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by me). You'll also hear that the 'Sogno di Volare' theme makes a brief appearance at the end! That's because that melody, which many of you know as the theme to “Civilization VI“, is used as a recurring motif throughout the album. It returns after our darkest moments of failure to summon us back to out feet, and to keep pressing forward in our quest to conquer the heavens. The Fall was commissioned by David Byard in celebration of human enlightenment Check out the album trailer here: Video Credits Director: Sharon Liu Producer: Aaron Lampert Animators: Duncan Gist, Reg Isaac, Aaron Lampert, Sabine Volkert ITALIAN: O gente umana, per volar sù nata, perché a poco vento così cadi? “E però leva sù; vinci l’ambascia con l’animo che vince ogne battaglia, se col suo grave corpo non s’accascia. Più lunga scala convien che si saglia; non basta da costoro esser partito. Se tu mi 'ntendi, or fa sì che ti vaglia.” (Una volta che avrai Spiccato il volo, deciderai Sguardo verso il ciel saprai: Lì a casa il cuore sentirai.) Salimmo sù, el primo e io secondo, tanto ch’i’ vidi de le cose belle che porta ’l ciel, per un pertugio tondo. E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle. ENGLISH: O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall? “And therefore raise thee up, o'ercome the anguish With spirit that o'ercometh every battle, If with its heavy body it sink not. A longer stairway it behooves thee mount; 'Tis not enough from these to have departed; Let it avail thee, if thou understand me.“ (Once you have taken flight, You'll decide Gaze towards the sky, you'll know that That is where your heart will feel at home.) We mounted up, he first and I the second, Till I beheld through a round aperture Some of the beauteous things that Heaven doth bear; Thence we came forth to rebehold the stars. -----CONNECT WITH CHRISTOPHER----- Visit for concert updates, sheet music, performance resources, lyrics, merchandise, and contact information. Christopher can be found on: Spotify: Instagram: Facebook: Twitter: #ChristopherTin #ToShiverTheSky #TheFall Music video by Christopher Tin, Pene Pati, ModernMedieval, Royal Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Anna Lapwood, William Spaulding performing The Fall (Visualizer). © 2020 Tin Works Publishing, LLC, under exclusive license to UMG Recordings, Inc.
