ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Caroline Lavelle - Cellist; singer-songwriter
Equally talented on cello and vocals, Caroline Lavelle has created a performance style all her own. Her expansive talents, channeling the best of both classical and contemporary influences, have earned her comparisons to both Kate Bush and Jacqueline du Pré.

Why you should listen

Connecting the best of British chamber folk and folk rock to modern electronic music, Caroline Lavelle is frequently sought out for both her vocals and her cello playing. The genre-bridging cellist has collaborated with the likes of Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson, Radiohead, the Cranberries, BT, Massive Attack and William Orbit, among others (she reportedly inspired Madonna to pursue her own successful collaboration with Orbit).

In her TED performance of "Further than the Sun," Lavelle plays the cello like a sorceress casting a spell, occasionally hiding behind her wild mane of blond hair as she sings of pastoral themes. She's produced three solo albums -- A Distant Bell (2004), Brilliant Midnight (2001) and Spirit (1995) -- and is a touring member of the Chieftains.

More profile about the speaker
Caroline Lavelle | Speaker | TED.com
TED2005

Caroline Lavelle: Casting a spell on the cello

Caroline Lavelle hechiza con su chelo.

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Caroline Lavelle toca el chelo como una hechicera que realiza un encantamiento; escondiéndose, a veces, tras una melena rubia y salvaje, mientras canta sobre temas pastoriles. Interpreta “Más lejos que el sol”, acompañada por Thomas Dolby en el teclado.
- Cellist; singer-songwriter
Equally talented on cello and vocals, Caroline Lavelle has created a performance style all her own. Her expansive talents, channeling the best of both classical and contemporary influences, have earned her comparisons to both Kate Bush and Jacqueline du Pré. Full bio

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and had -- oh! -- a bitpoco like that! --
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And I wentfuimos to the IT guys here
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and a gentlemanhidalgo mendedremendado my computercomputadora,
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y un caballero arregló mi ordenador
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and then he said, "What are you doing here?"
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y me preguntó: "¿Qué te ha traído aquí?"
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and I said "I'm playingjugando the celloviolonchelo and I'm doing a bitpoco of singingcanto,"
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y le dije: "Vengo a tocar el chelo y a cantar un poco"
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and he said, "Oh, I sortordenar of playjugar the celloviolonchelo as well."
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él dijo: "Yo también toco el chelo"
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And I said, "Do you really?"
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Y yo le dije: "¿En serio?"
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AnywayDe todas formas, so you're in for a treattratar,
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Y aquí está, para pasar un buen rato
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because he's fantasticfantástico, and his name'snombre Markmarca.
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porque ¡es fantástico! Se llama Mark.
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I am alsoademás joinedunido by my partnercompañero in crimecrimen, ThomasThomas DolbyDolby.
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This songcanción is calledllamado "FartherMás lejos than the SunSol."
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Esta canción se llama "Más lejos que el sol".
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StrungStrung in the windviento I calledllamado you ♫
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♪ Atrapada en el viento, te llamé
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♫ but you did not hearoír ... ♫
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♪ pero no me oíste.
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♫ And you're a plantplanta that needsnecesariamente poorpobre soilsuelo
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♪ Eres una planta que necesita de tierra pobre
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♫ and I have treatedtratado you too well ♫
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♪ y te he tratado demasiado bien
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♫ to give up flowersflores ... ♫
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♪ como para que florezcas.
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♪ He sido demasiado fértil para tí.
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FartherMás lejos than the sunsol from me ♫
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♪ Más lejos de mí que el sol,
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FartherMás lejos than I'd have you be ♫
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♪ más lejos de lo que nunca pensé que estarías.
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♫ And I go northnorte, I get so coldfrío
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♪ Al ir hacia el norte, siento tanto frío,
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♫ My heartcorazón is lavalava underdebajo stonepiedra
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♪ mi corazón es lava bajo piedra.
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♫ You are not worthydigno
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♪ No mereces la pena,
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♪ no mereces la pena.
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♫ With your calculatingcalculador eyesojos
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♪ Con tus ojos calculadores
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♪ hilando formas,
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♫ you cannotno poder see me ♫
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♪ no puedes verme,
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♫ And if I tell myselfmí mismo enoughsuficiente
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♪ Si me lo repito lo suficiente,
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♫ I'll believe it ♫
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♪ llegaré a creérmelo.
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♫ You are not worthydigno
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♪ No mereces la pena.
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♫ The seamar, it freezescongela over ... ♫
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♪ El mar se cubre de hielo
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♪ para atrapar la luz
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♫ And I'm in love with beingsiendo in love ♫
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♪ y yo me he enamorado de estar enamorada,
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♫ and you were never quitebastante the one ♫
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♪ en realidad, nunca fuiste el apropiado.
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♪ En los ojos de Gerda
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♪ los fragmentos de en lo que te has convertido.
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♫ And all the mothspolillas that flymosca at night ♫
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♫ You are not worthydigno
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♪ No mereces la pena,
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♪ no mereces la pena.
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♪ no puedes verme, no.
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♪ Y si me lo repito lo suficiente,
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♫ I'll believe it ♫
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♪ llegaré a creérmelo.
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♪ No mereces la pena.
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FartherMás lejos than the sunsol from me ♫
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♪ Más lejos de mí que el sol,
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FartherMás lejos than I'd have you be ♫
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♪ más lejos de lo que nunca pensé que estarías.
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♫ And I go northnorte, I get so coldfrío
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♪ Al ir hacia el norte, siento tanto frío,
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♫ My heartcorazón is lavalava underdebajo stonepiedra
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♪ mi corazón es lava bajo piedra.
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♫ You are not worthydigno
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♪ No mereces la pena,
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♪ Si me lo repito lo suficiente, llegaré a creérmelo. ♪♪
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Thank you very much.
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Muchas gracias.
Translated by Sonia Prado
Reviewed by Liliana Garcia

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Caroline Lavelle - Cellist; singer-songwriter
Equally talented on cello and vocals, Caroline Lavelle has created a performance style all her own. Her expansive talents, channeling the best of both classical and contemporary influences, have earned her comparisons to both Kate Bush and Jacqueline du Pré.

Why you should listen

Connecting the best of British chamber folk and folk rock to modern electronic music, Caroline Lavelle is frequently sought out for both her vocals and her cello playing. The genre-bridging cellist has collaborated with the likes of Peter Gabriel, Laurie Anderson, Radiohead, the Cranberries, BT, Massive Attack and William Orbit, among others (she reportedly inspired Madonna to pursue her own successful collaboration with Orbit).

In her TED performance of "Further than the Sun," Lavelle plays the cello like a sorceress casting a spell, occasionally hiding behind her wild mane of blond hair as she sings of pastoral themes. She's produced three solo albums -- A Distant Bell (2004), Brilliant Midnight (2001) and Spirit (1995) -- and is a touring member of the Chieftains.

More profile about the speaker
Caroline Lavelle | Speaker | TED.com

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