k.d. lang Performs "Hallelujah" at Opening Ceremony of Vancouver Olympics
Four-time Grammy Award–winner and eight-time Juno Award–winner k.d. lang has wowed crowds across the globe with her interpretation of the Leonard Cohen classic "Hallelujah" for the past several years. Tonight, she performed the song before the world's greatest athletes and what's estimated to be three billion television viewers around the world at the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Earlier this week, Nonesuch Records released lang’s first-ever career retrospective, Recollection, 25 years after her debut recording. The two-disc set features 22 of lang’s most beloved recordings including an all-new interpretation of “Hallelujah.” The Guardian calls this rendition “mesmerising: she reaches into the air, plucking the tiniest note from within her huge range, bends double, before throwing her head back and unleashing her pitch-perfect roar.” The deluxe Recollection package includes a third disc of previously unreleased recordings—many performed live—as well as a bonus DVD of music videos and rarely seen live performance footage. To order your copy now, with free album MP3s available upon purchase of either package, visit the Nonesuch Store.
Referred to as “the greatest female singer in the whole world” by fellow Canadian Michael Bublé, lang has had a distinguished 25-year career spanning 11 critically acclaimed albums. In addition to a fruitful collaboration with Tony Bennett, she has performed alongside musical luminaries including Roy Orbison, Bonnie Raitt, Elton John, and Loretta Lynn. She sang at the Closing Ceremonies of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary and has contributed music to the soundtracks of several films including Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and Happy Feet. In addition to her music career, lang has also appeared in a number of films including Salmonberries, The Black Dahlia, and Eye of the Beholder. In 1996, lang received Canada’s highest civilian honor, the Order of Canada.
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What an AWESOME performance,,, K.D. Lange Thank You for being part of the opening ceremonies for the wonderful 2010 Winter Olympics. Totally in awe
OUTSTANDING..... I was am proud to be Canadian... She sang that with the reverance and emotion that it deserved.... THANK YOU so much...You did Canada Proud......
I just heard K. D. sing and was completely moved by the gorgeous voice with all its subtle nuances. I hadn't kept up with K.D's career and I still remember her with cowgirl skirt and cowboy boots hooting and yodelling it up. Over the years I'd ocassionally hear her sweet voice ... but tonight her singing brought tears to my eyes and it surprised me that they trickled down from the edges of my eyes, seemingly from a different place where tears are born, from some very deep emotional place inside me. Her voice was like the most beautiful instrument, like a Stradivarius violin. (and believe me, I'm not a person to toss around compliments lightly, I'm one who when watching TV often grabs the remote and changes the channel if I hear anyone singing slightly flat or sharp). The beauty of her performance prompted me to leave this comment (there's no place on her offical website to leave a comment ... in fact, her official website doesn't match her high calibre, I was a bit underwhelmed when I arrived there .... hence I continued a google search until I found this site). :-) But just wanted to add my admiration to the blogosphere ... if K.D. is listening ... yours is one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard, it plummets the depth of one's soul.
Cheers,
Gale Franey
www.thegraphicgroove.com
one of the most touching moments. thank you for giving us such a gift "Hallelujah" your voice sounds like an angel
kd you make me proud to be canadiand today
you ripped that song
INCREDIBLE!I went online instantly and downloaded Hallelujah.There is no voice like that even in heaven!
wow...a proud moment, along with sarah mclaughlin in an otherwise desultory opening
met you in the nineties at a ARIA music awards covention center edmonton though the girls wantend face time you gave me attention you rocked the house tonight you be real
Wow. Like Jim, that made me proud to be a Canadian, but then I opened my eyes and realized I'm not a Candian! So, I guess I am just proud to live at just the right time when we could all hear a perfect song sang by a perfect songstress while the world watched. Amazing, amazing, soulful person. I think her performance will be playing in my head for a long, long time. And I look forward to every minute of it. Thank you, k.d., and thank you Canada.
totally incredible performance!!
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