Mark Pentleton » inspirational http://www.markpentleton.com A place for my music, my photos, my thoughts and my ideas Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:54:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Throughout 2010, Mark is going to try to record one song per day and post them to his website at markpentleton.com. All songs are live improvisations. Feel free to suggest a song! Mark Pentleton no Mark Pentleton markpentleton@me.com markpentleton@me.com (Mark Pentleton) Performance Copyright Mark Pentleton A daily song performed by pianist Mark Pentleton music, piano, mark pentleton, pentleton Mark Pentleton » inspirational http://www.markpentleton.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.markpentleton.com 365 Songs: Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen http://www.markpentleton.com/2010/02/12/365-songs-hallelujah-leonard-cohen/ http://www.markpentleton.com/2010/02/12/365-songs-hallelujah-leonard-cohen/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:18:53 +0000 admin http://www.markpentleton.com/?p=330 365songs-febLast night we were at Strictly Come Dancing Live at the SECC. I’d bought Catriona tickets for Christmas and I have to admit that I enjoyed it much more than I expected! One of the songs to which the professionals danced was Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, and this reminded me that Maureen in Canada had asked me to play this. So, today’s dedication is to Maureen, Marcel and family in Tecumseh – I hope you enjoy your musical breakfast this morning!

Hallelujah was originally written in 1981 but was first released on Cohen’s studio album Various Positions in 1984. The interpretations of the lyrics of the song are as varied as the performers who have covered it, from Jeff Buckley in 1984, to UK X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke in 2008. One of my favourites is Peter Jöback’s Swedish version Decembernatt.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy my version!

]]> http://www.markpentleton.com/2010/02/12/365-songs-hallelujah-leonard-cohen/feed/ 1 1980s,d-maj,inspirational Last night we were at Strictly Come Dancing Live at the SECC. I'd bought Catriona tickets for Christmas and I have to admit that I enjoyed it much more than I expected! One of the songs to which the professionals danced was Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, (http://www.markpentleton.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/365songs-feb1-150x150.jpg)Last night we were at Strictly Come Dancing Live (http://www.strictlycomedancinglive.com/default.asp?contentID=576) at the SECC. I'd bought Catriona tickets for Christmas and I have to admit that I enjoyed it much more than I expected! One of the songs to which the professionals danced was Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah, and this reminded me that Maureen in Canada had asked me to play this. So, today's dedication is to Maureen, Marcel and family in Tecumseh - I hope you enjoy your musical breakfast this morning! Hallelujah was originally written in 1981 but was first released on Cohen's studio album Various Positions in 1984. The interpretations of the lyrics of the song are as varied as the performers who have covered it, from Jeff Buckley (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3-_DbEYe7A) in 1984, to UK X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsuXbkrA_AQ) in 2008. One of my favourites is Peter Jöback (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENo5wDhYr4I)'s Swedish version Decembernatt. Anyway, I hope you enjoy my version! Mark Pentleton no 5:08