Amazing Grace is the kind of song you expect to hear at a memorial service, but when it sounded through the U.S. Naval Academy during the funeral service of U.S. Senator John McCain last week, it was a version composed by Esquimalt91裸聊视频檚 .
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 been out there for a while,91裸聊视频� he says of the piece he composed more than 20 years ago that includes a choral accompaniment and bagpipes and was performed by the Brophy Student Ensemble of Phoenix, Arizona.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 so plaintive,91裸聊视频� he describes. 91裸聊视频淚t just goes into your heart and can make you weep when you hear the pipes and hear the music floating over you.91裸聊视频�
RELATED:
Hatfield, who grew up in 1950s Langford, credits his parents for providing him with an education in music.
91裸聊视频淢y parents busted themselves to get me good piano lessons,91裸聊视频� he says. 91裸聊视频淚 feel really fortunate to have had this career because I didn91裸聊视频檛 expect it. I didn91裸聊视频檛 think I was talented enough.91裸聊视频�
Now a world-renowned choral composer, Hatfield 91裸聊视频� who has worked with choirs in Washington, D.C. 91裸聊视频� says he was 91裸聊视频渢ickled pink91裸聊视频� to have his music be part of a public mourning for a man who he felt had both dignity and honour.
91裸聊视频淚 admired the man,91裸聊视频� he says. 91裸聊视频淗e had a rather anodyne idea of what U.S. military intervention might accomplish but given his background he had the right.91裸聊视频�
RELATED:
McCain, who died Aug. 25 at the age of 81, after a year-long battle with brain cancer, was a prisoner of the Vietnam war who served his country politically for 35 years, including a run for president on the Republican ticket with then-Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.
Hatfield isn91裸聊视频檛 sure if McCain personally chose his version of Amazing Grace after it was widely reported the Senator had planned much of his own funeral, to which he did not invite President Donald Trump.
Regardless, to think his 91裸聊视频渓ittle piece of music91裸聊视频� could be a part of such a 91裸聊视频渄eep public expression of grief91裸聊视频� leaves Hatfield heartened.
RELATED:
These days, Hatfield91裸聊视频檚 creative outlet is working with local a capella group, . Having long admired the work of Lynda Raino, Hatfield calls the chance to connect with the trio musically, 91裸聊视频渢he ultimate fan story.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚 just love working with them,91裸聊视频� he says. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 so different from a concert choir. It91裸聊视频檚 just so cool to think that here91裸聊视频檚 somebody of whom I was such a big fan and they pull me aboard. It91裸聊视频檚 so rewarding.91裸聊视频�
Like us on and follow us on
