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.

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Caroline Lavelle: Casting a spell on the cello

Caroline Lavelle: Lançar um feitiço com o violoncelo

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Caroline Lavelle toca violoncelo como uma feiticeira que lança um feitiço, escondendo-se por detrás da sua cabeleira loura selvagem enquanto canta temas pastorais. Interpreta "Mais Longe do que o Sol", acompanhada por Thomas Dolby no 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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Thank you very much.
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Muito obrigada.
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Now, I've got a storyhistória for you.
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Tenho uma história para vocês.
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When I arrivedchegou off the planeavião,
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Quando saí do avião,
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after a very long journeyviagem from the WestOeste of EnglandInglaterra,
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após uma longa viagem
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my computercomputador, my belovedAmado laptopcomputador portátil,
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o meu computador, o meu amado portátil
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had gonefoi madlouco,
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passou-se,
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and had -- oh! -- a bitpouco like that! --
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foi... (Estrondo)
— uma coisa deste género! —
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and the displayexibição on it --
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e o ecrã...
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anywayde qualquer forma, the wholetodo thing had burstexplosão.
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estourou tudo.
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And I wentfoi to the IT guys here
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Eu dirigi-me à assistência técnica aqui
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and a gentlemancavalheiro mendedsarava my computercomputador,
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e um cavalheiro arranjou-me
o computador e depois disse:
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and then he said, "What are you doing here?"
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"O que é que está a fazer aqui?"
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and I said "I'm playingjogando the cellovioloncelo and I'm doing a bitpouco of singingcantando,"
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Eu disse: "Venho tocar violoncelo
e cantar um pouco."
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and he said, "Oh, I sortordenar of playToque the cellovioloncelo as well."
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E ele disse:
"Oh, eu também toco violoncelo."
E eu disse: "A sério?"
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And I said, "Do you really?"
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De qualquer modo, foi uma surpresa enorme
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AnywayDe qualquer forma, so you're in for a treattratar,
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because he's fantasticfantástico, and his name'smeu nome é MarkMark.
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porque ele é ótimo, chama-se Mark.
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(ApplauseAplausos)
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I am alsoAlém disso joinedingressou by my partnerparceiro in crimecrime, ThomasThomas DolbyDolby.
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Também sou acompanhada pelo meu
cúmplice, Thomas Dolby.
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(ApplauseAplausos)
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This songcanção is calledchamado "FartherMais longe than the SunSol."
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Esta música chama-se
"Mais Longe do que o Sol."
(Música)
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(MusicMúsica)
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StrungAmarrados in the windvento I calledchamado you ♫
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♫ Enfiada no vento, eu chamei por ti ♫
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♫ but you did not hearouvir ... ♫
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♫ Mas tu não ouviste... ♫
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♫ And you're a plantplantar that needsprecisa poorpobre soilsolo
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♫ Tu és uma planta
que precisa de solo pobre ♫
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♫ and I have treatedtratado you too well ♫
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♫ E eu tratei-te demasiado bem ♫
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♫ to give up flowersflores ... ♫
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♫ Para desistir de flores ♫
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♫ Oh, I have been too richrico for you ... ♫
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♫ Oh, eu tenho sido
demasiado rica para ti ♫
♫ Mais distante de mim do que o sol ♫
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FartherMais longe than the sundom from me ♫
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FartherMais longe than I'd have you be ♫
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♫ Mais distante do que
onde eu queria que estivesses ♫
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♫ And I go northnorte, I get so coldfrio
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♫ Eu vou para norte, fico tão fria ♫
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♫ My heartcoração is lavalava undersob stonepedra
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♫ O meu coração é lava
debaixo de uma pedra ♫
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♫ You are not worthydigno
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♫ Não és merecedor ♫
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♫ You are not worthydigno ... ♫
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♫ Não és merecedor ♫
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♫ With your calculatingcálculo eyesolhos
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♫ Com os teus olhos calculadores ♫
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spinningfiação figuresfiguras
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♫ Figuras giratórias ♫
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♫ you cannotnão podes see me ♫
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♫ Não me consegues ver ♫
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♫ You cannotnão podes see me ... ♫
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♫ Não me consegues ver ♫
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♫ And if I tell myselfEu mesmo enoughsuficiente
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♫ Se eu disser a mim mesma
vezes suficientes ♫
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♫ I'll believe it ♫
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♫ Irei acreditar ♫
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♫ You are not worthydigno
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♫ Não és merecedor ♫
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♫ The seamar, it freezescongela- over ... ♫
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♫ O mar congela ♫
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♫ to traparmadilha the lightluz
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♫ para apanhar a luz ♫
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♫ And I'm in love with beingser in love ♫
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♫ Eu estou apaixonada
por estar apaixonada ♫
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♫ and you were never quitebastante the one ♫
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♫ Tu nunca foste o tal ♫
♫ Aos olhos da Gerda ♫
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♫ In Gerda'sA Gerda eyesolhos
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♫ Fragmentos daquilo em que me tornei ♫
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FragmentsFragmentos de of what you've becometornar-se
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♫ And all the mothstraça that flymosca at night ♫
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♫ Todas as traças que voam à noite ♫
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♫ believe electricelétrico lightluz is brightbrilhante
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♫ Acreditam que a luz elétrica é clara ♫
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♫ You are not worthydigno
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♫ Não és merecedor ♫
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♫ You are not worthydigno
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♫ Não és merecedor ♫
♫ Com os teus olhos calculadores ♫
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♫ With your calculatingcálculo eyesolhos
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SpinningFiação figuresfiguras
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♫ Figuras giratórias ♫
♫ Não me consegues ver, não ♫
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♫ You cannotnão podes see me, no ♫
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♫ And if I tell myselfEu mesmo enoughsuficiente
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♫ Se eu disser a mim mesma
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♫ I'll believe it ♫
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♫ Irei acreditar ♫
♫ Não és merecedor ♫
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♫ You are not worthydigno
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FartherMais longe than the sundom from me ♫
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♫ Mais distante de mim do que o sol ♫
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FartherMais longe than I'd have you be ♫
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♫ Mais distante do que
onde eu queria que estivesses ♫
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♫ And I go northnorte, I get so coldfrio
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♫ Eu vou para norte, e fico tão fria ♫
♫ O meu coração é lava
debaixo de pedra ♫
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♫ My heartcoração is lavalava undersob stonepedra
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05:53
♫ You are not worthydigno
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♫ Não és merecedor ♫
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♫ You are not worthydigno
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♫ Não és merecedor ♫
♫ Com os teus olhos calculadores ♫
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♫ With your calculatingcálculo eyesolhos
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SpinningFiação figuresfiguras
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♫ Figuras giratórias ♫
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♫ You cannotnão podes see me, no ... ♫
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♫ Não me consegues ver, não ♫
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♫ And if I tell myselfEu mesmo enoughsuficiente, I'll believe it ♫
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♫ S eu disser a mim mesma
vezes suficientes, vou acreditar ♫
07:40
(ApplauseAplausos)
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(Aplausos)
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Thank you very much.
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Muito obrigada.
Translated by Diana Santos
Reviewed by Margarida Ferreira

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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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