Most singers know Messiah pretty well, but how would you feel having to walk out on stage for a complete Messiah performance without your score?   That's exactly what the members of Bristol Choral Society will be doing this Saturday 22 December at ...

Isang Gabi ng Pasasalamat (A Farewell Concert)

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In July 2010, after ten years leading Woven Chords, we had our final Concert together.   Little old ladies by Arty Smokes   As always, we h...

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 ...  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  less

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There’s a strange thing that happens in choirs just as a Concert is coming up. Everything that can go wrong does go wrong.     Benny G...

O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM : Ivo Antognini, composer University of Johannesburg Choir - Renette Bouwer, choirmaster Recorded on 21 October 2013 by Alli Heyns in Randburg NG Kerk (South Africa)

Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day Traditional English/arr. Shaw & Parker Recorded live December 16, 2023 St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church Dallas, TX

"If Christ had been Born in Another Time" by Matthew Orlovich. Saturday, December 3, 2016 Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL

A very special recording by the global singers of Homechoir, who recorded this beautiful piece in October 2023. British composer and baritone singer Jamie W Hall wrote O Nata Lux to support #ChoirsAgainstCancer, and Homechoir helped to raise over £5k for...  moreA very special recording by the global singers of Homechoir, who recorded this beautiful piece in October 2023. British composer and baritone singer Jamie W Hall wrote O Nata Lux to support #ChoirsAgainstCancer, and Homechoir helped to raise over £5k for Macmillan Cancer Support through this recording.  

That Choir Carols - December 13, 2015 (conducted by Craig Pike) Metropolitan United Church, Toronto ON Recorded by Kris O'Reilley Angels - Kathleen Allan www.thatchoir.com