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

The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin is Ireland’s leading collegiate Choral ensemble. With a large repertoire ranging from art to popular music, and stretching from the medieval to the contemporary in style, this choir gives many concerts thr...  moreThe Choral Scholars of University College Dublin is Ireland’s leading collegiate Choral ensemble. With a large repertoire ranging from art to popular music, and stretching from the medieval to the contemporary in style, this choir gives many concerts throughout the academic year, both in Ireland and abroad. Following a competitive selection process each September, eighteen gifted students are awarded a scholarship, with recipients of the award coming from a range of academic disciplines across the university, from Music to Medicine, Law, Agricultural Science, Commerce and Engineering. The choir regularly broadcasts on Irish television and radio. Since its formation in 1999, the group frequently performs with orchestras, including the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the Earley Musicke Ensemble and the European Union Chamber Orchestra, and on the university campus with the UCD Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonic Choir. In touring Holland, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the United Kingdom and the United States of America t...    less

Choral Inspirations singing workshop with professional chamber choir, Sonoro, hosted by the Music Department at the University of Reading. The event takes place in The Great Hall. For their Choral Inspirations project, Sonoro have commissioned six c...

San se šetao (prekmurska ljudska/folk song from prekmurje region) Skladatelj/Composer: Ambrož Čopi (1973 - ) Izvajalec/Performer: Domžalski komorni zbor, Domžale Dirigent/Conductor: Ana Erčulj

Walton & Oatlands Choral Society is a friendly group of mixed voices (SATB), numbering about 30 singers, under the control of our Musical Director Sarah Burston. We rehearse Tuesday evenings 8pm at Walton Methodist Church. New Members Welcome.

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about the pleasures of being a choir member.     Choir conductor Marjukka Riihimäki by Kanttila   This week I ...

Downtown Voices Stephen Sands, conductor An October Garden Julian Wachner, composer and pianist

Benedictio Choral from Manado City, Conducted by Mr. Vecky Batas, sang "My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord" (arr. by Moses Hogan). Pattaya - 2007, the evening after the competition at "A Voyage of Songs - International Choral Festival".

Longing sung by University of Louisville Kentucky Collegiate Chorale on Nov 10, 2012. Conductor, Kent Hatteberg. Composer, Matthew Emery. http://louisville.edu/music/

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Shama is from Bangladesh. She loves Choral singing, but wonders if all Choral music is religious:   “I love singing and have been singing sinc...