TEREZUM

With such a title, “Gala of Mountain Songs “ , it is quite clear that you will be able to attract mountain lovers to the event.

I recorder my romanian version for this article that you can listen to here

Here is the english version:

The concert was beautiful, there were things that touched my soul and I confess that every time when I see a man in full exercise of his talent, I can’t help but marvel at how skillful humans are at so many things.

The headliners were Emeric Imre and Tituș Constantin. In addition to the two, local artists performed. I entered the hall at 8 pm and left at 11 pm and a bit. The local artists lingered a bit and Tituș told them : “sigh, I thought we settled on performing  just 5 songs per artist”. Eh, what can you do, just about any man would like to prolong his moment as a movie star when he is on stage. Come on, would you say that if all the spotlights were on you and if you could see the sparkles in the eyes of those who were staring in amazement at your fingers moving like a river on the guitar and at your voice that makes the sun dance that you wouldn’t want just a tad bit more of the attention cake?

Tituș Constantin says that the mountain always shows us the divine dimensions, and his mountain songs are songs about the spiritual heights of each of us.  Tituș remembers the Secuilor Cabin, and starts with the opening song “For the sake of the mountains”.

“We are all in high spirits
In the cottage with songs and flowers
And in all I do I put my love
For the sake of the mountains”

From Felicia Pop’s interpretation, I really liked “Ofranda“, with lyrics by George Stanca.

“Pick the dew from my forehead
With your thumbs
And we will love each other among the mountain flowers
Only the mountain will listen to us”

How can you not feel how your soul trembles at the thought of a moment of love in your favorite place, the mountain, where “we bathe in eternal snow” ?

Now don’t you giggle like an eternally valiant and green hillbilly because I know that there are still traces of romance in each of us. Except that for some of us the romantic soul is covered by a very heavy snow of painful past experiences. To deny this is like trying to cover your heart with a bandana and then pretend it doesn’t exist, as if you’re hiding in a hide and seek game. Cuckoo! Who is here? Is it my heart?

A song about the inner mountain in each of us, a song about the spiritual heights, which was gifted to him because all the songs are already written up there in the sky with God, and the artists only receive them on Earth through divine inspiration is the song “My Mountain“.
Tituș started from the idea that God is on the top of a mountain and all of the paths that we go through in life lead us there, “my mountain, my mountain, a stone step to God“. This seems to be a verse squeezed right from the heart while ambling through the brains of the mountains. This verse made me quite pensive, with things to think about for home.

Tituș Constantin’s latest mountain song is about beautiful memories acquired in the mountains, at the cabins, which were written just like in the movies, “Just like in a fairytale” is a song where “the sky paints with lights on the cabin”. This lyric made me think of the numerous times when I stood with my head thrown back, looking toward the stars, bathing my eyes in the vast cosmos…

” The Ravine “, ” Stranger’s ballad ” and “Angel’s song ” continue, and at “The two of us and a blue mountain” the hall is already buzzing with joy. Tituș knows how to involve the audience, to bring it along with him on the mountain of his lyrics.

The artist’s moment ends with “The Moon in Waterfalls“, his most famous song.

“Let the stars stand near my heavy forehead
To hear how the
Moon falls
In the falls”

The third artist is Daniel Avram accompanied by Dan Avram, he performs a series of songs with lyrics by George Bacovia and  Dumitru Mălin. I liked him,  but not as much as I liked Tituș. There’s something unique  about an original composition, knowing that the lyrics belong to the person singing to you, something that I can’t explain that gives me a different feeling. It’s like there’s more emotion behind what you hear, beyond the unspoken words.


The last to enter the stage is Emeric Imre, who came from Cluj. During the first song, Tituș also accompanies him with a harmonica. His songs are based on lyrics written by Adrian Păunescu, Nichita Stănescu, Ion Minulescu. He also performs some of his own original compositions such as “Gara“, a song composed in the train station in 1994. His guitar riffs are very soothing for the ear. Emeric twirls his fingers on the guitar and you can tell that  he loves it just  like a mountaineer loves the sensation of poking his ice ax into the flesh of the mountain.  My favorite song was “Cântec“, with lyrics by Nichita Stănescu.

Listening to Imre is such a delicious moment, like a juicy honeycomb dripping sweetness on your lips. Everything goes perfectly: the voice, the guitar, the emotion: like a perfect sunrise that caresses your eyes the first thing in the morning. Listening to mountain songs from the source feels like that nice, hot cup of tea that someone gives to you just when you’re shivering. It touches your soul and you never forget it.