Again, for the 42nd time VIVA, Sandnes kulturskolekor sing their traditional concerts the last Sunday of Advent, i.e. the last Sunday before Christmas. Well, we have included the Saturday too! On which we vist a neighbouring congregation. This year we go ...

XXèmes Choralies Vaison-la-Romaine 6 August Cathédrale Vaison-la-Romaine Voces8, London, Great Britain www.choralies.fr This video is a service of Choral Festival Network www.choralfestivalnetwork.org and www.modfestivals.org

...a man in his twilight years is contemplating his coming passing, metaphorically describing death ‎as the setting of the sun.‎ Gilad Hochman's BEYOND NINE LAKES for Choir a cappella (2014), based on a traditional Latvian song (w/ Score) Composed f...  Javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more...a man in his twilight years is contemplating his coming passing, metaphorically describing death ‎as the setting of the sun.‎ Gilad Hochman's BEYOND NINE LAKES for Choir a cappella (2014), based on a traditional Latvian song (w/ Score) Composed for and recorded by Youth Choir Kamēr under conductor Jānis Liepiņš. Amber Songs (CD) / European Capital of Culture program Rīga 2014 Premiere: 15.-16. March, 2014. The Great Hall of University of Latvia  

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In my series of posts on How to deal with song lyrics a few weeks back, I said that I believe that song lyrics are stored in a different part of the brain ...

The concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under the patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hits. During the performance we heard choral arrangements of...  Javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreThe concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under the patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hits. During the performance we heard choral arrangements of hits such as: "Dancing Queen", "Memory", "California Dreamin'" and "Maria". This time it was not Mozart or Bach, but ABBA, Queen and songs from the musical West Side Story that graced the walls of the Gdansk University of Technology in carnivalesque musical artistic creations. Jazz musicians performed along with the choir, and the musical effects were accompanied by a unique lighting arrangement, which required appropriate space and audience arrangement. The more-than-hour-long performance by the Academic Choir of the Gdańsk University of Technology, conducted by Prof. Mariusz Mróz and accompanied by musicians from the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz, ended with joint singing, encores and a standing ovation.  Javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

As part of the Vocal Art Ensemble's "Frankincense & Myrrh - A Caravan of Exotic Choral Treasures" concerts in December 2012, this traditional Nigerian song arranged by Wil Whalum was the concert's "super finale encore", joined by dancers/instructors from ...  Javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreAs part of the Vocal Art Ensemble's "Frankincense & Myrrh - A Caravan of Exotic Choral Treasures" concerts in December 2012, this traditional Nigerian song arranged by Wil Whalum was the concert's "super finale encore", joined by dancers/instructors from Fiesta DanceN' Fitness studio in Davis, CA. Director Tracia Barbieri. This video is part of a CD/DVD set that is available for purchase at VAE concerts.  

Marouska Attard interpreting 'The Virgin's Slumber Song' (M. Reger) during Carols by Candlelight 2010

The concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under the patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hits. During the performance we heard choral arrangements of...  Javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreThe concert "ACH! PG Carnivalesque" under the patronage of Prof. Krzysztof Wilde, rector of Gdańsk Tech, attracted several hundred people who listened to daring performances of popular pop music hits. During the performance we heard choral arrangements of hits such as: "Dancing Queen", "Memory", "California Dreamin'" and "Maria". This time it was not Mozart or Bach, but ABBA, Queen and songs from the musical West Side Story that graced the walls of the Gdansk University of Technology in carnivalesque musical artistic creations. Jazz musicians performed along with the choir, and the musical effects were accompanied by a unique lighting arrangement, which required appropriate space and audience arrangement. The more-than-hour-long performance by the Academic Choir of the Gdańsk University of Technology, conducted by Prof. Mariusz Mróz and accompanied by musicians from the Music Academy in Bydgoszcz, ended with joint singing, encores and a standing ovation.  Javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Patapan is a traditional song from the Burgundy region in France. It’s also known in English as Willie Take Your Little Drum. It was written by Bernard de la Monnoye around 1700. My English version here is a singing translation, so feel free to sing ...  Javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">morePatapan is a traditional song from the Burgundy region in France. It’s also known in English as Willie Take Your Little Drum. It was written by Bernard de la Monnoye around 1700. My English version here is a singing translation, so feel free to sing along in English :-) Guillaume prends ton tambourin Toi, prends ta flûte, Robin; Au son de ces instruments "Turelurelu, patapatapan" Au son de ces instruments Je dirai Noel gaîment. Willie take your little drum With your flute oh Robin come With the sound of flute and drum tootle tootle toot, bing a bang a boom with the flute and with the drum I will say Nowell with joy. C'était la mode autrefois De louer le Roi des rois Au son de ces instruments "Turelurelu, patapatapan" Au son de ces instruments Il nous en faut faire autant. In the goodly olden days The king of kings we'd praise with the drum and with the flute tootle tootle toot, bing a bang a boom, with the flute and with the drum we should do alike just so  Javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

Parody of the traditional German folk song about the life of the farmer (Im Märzen der Bauer). In this version the farmer takes advantage of many of the technological and biotechnical opportunities of science but the world changes strangely. This is the...  Javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreParody of the traditional German folk song about the life of the farmer (Im Märzen der Bauer). In this version the farmer takes advantage of many of the technological and biotechnical opportunities of science but the world changes strangely. This is the original German version - the English version is also available on this site