The De Lanerolle Brothers From The Hilton Colombo Performed by Ishan De Lanerolle and Rohan Delanerolle backed by The De Lanerolle Brothers Band, DLB Squared directed by Shobi Perera Musicians: Denis Alwis – Drums Nuwan Galappaththi – Keyboards Kamal Perera – Lead Guitar Neville Davidson – Rhythm Guitar Tilanka Jayamanne – Flute Lydia Goonetilleke – Violin Dilip Seneviratne – Piano Manod Ratnayake – Saxophone Christopher Prins – Percussion Shobi Perera – Electric and Acoustic Bass.  ...

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Lost Soul – Dilip Seneviratne – Piano Solo “SOME SOULS ARE TOO BEAUTIFUL FOR THIS WORLD AND SO THEY LEAVE” – by Dilip Seneviratne The tune for “Lost Soul” Initially came about in 1995, Inspired by a very special soul, gone too soon in the year 1994. For whatever reason, I never got down to recording it at the time. I started off writing a few lines to the melody but it didn’t come off that good. I thought of humming the tune into a tape recorder in case I forgot the melody, but I didn’t need to, since the tune was stuck in my head. I shelved the project for some time and several years later tried adding lyrics to the melody once again, but nothing good came out of it and I gave up on it. A couple of years ago while seated at the piano on one ...

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The Peterite Chorale: A Brief History One of Colombo’s most established and renowned choral groups, The Peterite Chorale, is an all-male choral group that consists entirely of past Peterites. A versatile group of Tenor and Bass voices, The Chorale performs a wide variety of music and has been highly acclaimed over the years for its astounding and unique performances. The history of The Chorale dates back to 1992 when a group of dedicated past students attended the annual Peterite Easter Cantata presented by The Choir of St. Peter’s College, at the College chapel. The late Very Rv. Fr. Joe Wickremasinghe, the Rector at the time, suggested they extend the musical and singing tradition of St. Peter’s by participating at future Easter Cantatas. With this was born ‘The Peterite Chorale’. ...

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