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
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Caroline Lavelle: Casting a spell on the cello

Kerolajn Lavel (Caroline Lavelle): Bacanje čini na čelo

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Kerolajn Lavel svira čelo kao čarobnica koja baca čini, povremeno se krijući iza divlje grive plave kose dok peva pastoralne pesme. Izvodi „Dalje nego Sunce”, uz podršku Tomasa Dolbija za klavijaturom.
- 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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Hvala vam.
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Now, I've got a storyприча for you.
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Imam priču za vas.
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When I arrivedстигао off the planeавион,
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Kada sam izašla iz aviona
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after a very long journeyпутовање from the WestZapad of EnglandEngleska,
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posle veoma dugog putovanja
sa zapada Engleske,
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my computerрачунар, my belovedвољен laptopлап топ,
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moj kompjuter, voljeni laptop,
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had goneотишла madлуд,
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poludeo je
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and had -- oh! -- a bitмало like that! --
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i imao - oh! - pomalo slično tome! -
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and the displayприказ on it --
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i ekran na njemu -
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anywayУ сваком случају, the wholeцела thing had burstбурст.
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bilo kako bilo, ceo se raspao.
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And I wentотишао to the IT guys here
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Otišla sam kod IT momaka ovde
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and a gentlemanгосподо mendedpopravljeno my computerрачунар,
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i jedan gospodin popravio je
moj kompjuter,
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and then he said, "What are you doing here?"
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a zatim rekao: „Šta radite ovde?”,
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and I said "I'm playingиграње the cellocelo and I'm doing a bitмало of singingпевање,"
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a ja sam rekla:
„Sviram čelo i malo pevam”,
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and he said, "Oh, I sortврста of playигра the cellocelo as well."
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a on je rekao:
„Oh, i ja malo sviram čelo.”
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And I said, "Do you really?"
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Rekla sam: „Zaista?”
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AnywayIonako, so you're in for a treatлијечити,
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Bilo kako bilo, uživaćete
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because he's fantasticфантастичан, and his name'sIme mi je MarkMark.
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jer je fantastičan, a zove se Mark.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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I am alsoтакође joinedПридружио by my partnerпартнер in crimeзлочин, ThomasTomas DolbyDolby.
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Pridružio mi se i partner u zločinu,
Tomas Dolbi.
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(ApplauseAplauz)
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(Aplauz)
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This songпесма is calledпозвани "FartherDalje than the SunSunce."
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Ova pesma se zove „Dalje nego Sunce”.
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(MusicMuzika)
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StrungNapeta in the windветер I calledпозвани you ♫
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♫ Nemirna na vetru, zvala sam te, ♫
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♫ but you did not hearчујеш ... ♫
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♫ Ali nisi čuo...♫
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♫ And you're a plantбиљка that needsпотребе poorлоше soilземљиште
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♫ Ti si biljka kojoj treba golet, ♫
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♫ and I have treatedтретирани you too well ♫
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♫ A ja sam previše brinula o tebi ♫
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♫ to give up flowersцвијеће ... ♫
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♫ Da bih sada odustala od cvetova... ♫
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♫ Oh, I have been too richбогат for you ... ♫
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♫ Oh, bila sam prebogata za tebe... ♫
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FartherDalje than the sunсунце from me ♫
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♫ Dalje nego Sunce od mene ♫
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FartherDalje than I'd have you be ♫
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♫ Dalje nego što bih volela da mi budeš ♫
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♫ And I go northсевер, I get so coldхладно
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♫ Idem na sever, postaje mi tako hladno ♫
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♫ My heartсрце is lavaлава underиспод stoneкамен
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♫ Moje srce je lava ispod kamena ♫
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♫ You are not worthyдостојан
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♫ Ne zaslužuješ ♫
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♫ You are not worthyдостојан ... ♫
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♫ Ne zaslužuješ... ♫
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♫ With your calculatingIzračunavanje eyesочи
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♫ Proračunatim očima, ♫
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spinningпредење figuresфигуре
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♫ Kovitlajući cifre, ♫
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♫ you cannotне може see me ♫
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♫ Ne možeš me videti ♫
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♫ You cannotне може see me ... ♫
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♫ Ne možeš me videti...♫
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♫ And if I tell myselfЈа сам enoughдовољно
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♫ A ako kažem sebi „dosta!” ♫
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♫ I'll believe it ♫
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♫ Poverovaću u to ♫
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♫ You are not worthyдостојан
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♫ Ne zaslužuješ ♫
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♫ The seaморе, it freezeszamrzavanja over ... ♫
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♫ More pokriva led... ♫
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♫ to trapzamka the lightсветло
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♫ Da namami svetlo u zamku ♫
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♫ And I'm in love with beingбиће in love ♫
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♫ Zaljubljena sam u zaljubljenost, ♫
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♫ and you were never quiteприлично the one ♫
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♫ A ti nikada nisi bio taj u potpunosti ♫
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♫ In Gerda'sGerde eyesочи
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♫ U očima Gerde ♫
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FragmentsFragmenti of what you've becomeпостати
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♫ Delići onoga u šta si se pretvorio ♫
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♫ And all the mothsmoljci that flyлети at night ♫
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♫ Svi leptiri koji lete po noći ♫
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♫ believe electricелектрични lightсветло is brightсветао
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♫ Veruju da je električno svetlo sjajno ♫
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♫ You are not worthyдостојан
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♫ Ne zaslužuješ ♫
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♫ You are not worthyдостојан
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♫ Ne zaslužuješ ♫
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♫ With your calculatingIzračunavanje eyesочи
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♫ Proračunatim očima, ♫
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SpinningKoja se okreće figuresфигуре
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♫ Kovitlajući cifre, ♫
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♫ You cannotне може see me, no ♫
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♫ Ne možeš me videti, ne ♫
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♫ And if I tell myselfЈа сам enoughдовољно
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♫ Ako kažem sebi „dosta!” ♫
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♫ I'll believe it ♫
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♫ Poverovaću u to ♫
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♫ You are not worthyдостојан
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♫ Ne zaslužuješ ♫
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FartherDalje than the sunсунце from me ♫
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♫ Dalje nego Sunce od mene ♫
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FartherDalje than I'd have you be ♫
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♫ Dalje nego što bih volela da si ♫
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♫ And I go northсевер, I get so coldхладно
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♫ Odlazim na sever, postaje hladno ♫
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♫ My heartсрце is lavaлава underиспод stoneкамен
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♫ Moje srce je lava ispod kamena ♫
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♫ You are not worthyдостојан
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♫ Ne zaslužuješ ♫
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♫ You are not worthyдостојан
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♫ Ne zaslužuješ ♫
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♫ With your calculatingIzračunavanje eyesочи
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♫ Proračunatim očima ♫
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SpinningKoja se okreće figuresфигуре
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♫ Kovitlajući brojke ♫
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♫ You cannotне може see me, no ... ♫
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♫ Ne možeš me videti ♫
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♫ And if I tell myselfЈа сам enoughдовољно, I'll believe it ♫
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♫ Ako kažem sebi „dosta!”,
poverovaću u to ♫
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(Aplauz)
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Thank you very much.
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Hvala vam.
Translated by Tijana Mihajlović
Reviewed by Mile Živković

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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