Cape Town Youth Choir (formerly pro Cantu): "Calon Lan" Conductor: Leon Starker Composer: John Hughes (1873-1932) Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint concert with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale Calon Lân John H...  moreCape Town Youth Choir (formerly pro Cantu): "Calon Lan" Conductor: Leon Starker Composer: John Hughes (1873-1932) Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint concert with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale Calon Lân John Hughes (1873-1932) Hymn John Hughes was a Welsh Composer and deacon at Salem Welsh Baptist Chapel who wrote the well-known hymn Cwm Rhondda, the tune for which is also used in the popular English hymn Guide me, O thou great redeemer. Calon Lân is a Welsh hymn that is sung at most rugby matches involving the Welsh national team. Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus, Aur y byd na'i berlau mân: Gofyn wyf am galon hapus, Calon onest, calon lân. I don't ask for a luxurious life, the world's gold or its fine pearls, I ask for a happy heart, an honest heart, a pure heart. Chorus: Calon lân yn llawn daioni, Tecach yw na'r lili dlos: Dim ond calon lân all ganu Canu'r dydd a chanu'r nos. A pure heart full of goodness, Is fairer than the pretty lily: ...    less

Cape Town Youth Choir (formerly pro Cantu): "Ave Verum Corpus" Conductor: Leon Starker Composer: William Byrd (1540-1623) Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint concert with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale Ave Verum...  moreCape Town Youth Choir (formerly pro Cantu): "Ave Verum Corpus" Conductor: Leon Starker Composer: William Byrd (1540-1623) Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint concert with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale Ave Verum Corpus William Byrd (1540-1623) Renaissance Motet An English composer of the Renaissance period, William Byrd was a student of Thomas Tallis and wrote many works both sacred and secular in the common forms in England at the time. Byrd's Ave Verum Corpus appeared in his Gradualia, two volumes of liturgical polyphony published in 1605 and 1607. Primarily devoted to use within the major feasts of the church calendar, some of the included items in the 1605 volume do not belong to the main sphere of works. The Ave Verum Corpus is one of these. It is a popular work of Byrd's, utilising the well-known Latin text of the Eucharistic hymn. Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine, vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine, cuius latus perforatum fluxit aqua...    less

"Hymn of Acxiom", Vienna Teng Arranged by Henrik Dahlgren Vocal Art Ensemble of Sweden Dirigent: Jan Yngwe Recorded in S:t Jacobs Church, Stockholm January 31st, 2015 Video, audio and editing David Böling Created with MAGIX Video pro X6