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The Silver Swan - Adolphus Hailstork
Recorded on 5/3/2024 at Our Beautiful Savior's LuTheran Church in Tucson, AZ as part of our "Modern Madrigals" concert.
Text:
"The silver swan, who living had no note,
When death approached, unlocked her Silent throat;
Leaning her breast against ... moreRecorded on 5/3/2024 at Our Beautiful Savior's LuTheran Church in Tucson, AZ as part of our "Modern Madrigals" concert.
Text:
"The silver swan, who living had no note,
When death approached, unlocked her Silent throat;
Leaning her breast against The reedy shore,
Thus sang her last, and sang no more:
'Farewell, all joys; Oh death, come close mine eyes;
More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.' "
- Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625)
Program notes:
A famous text also famously used by Gibbons himself for his own Madrigal, Hailstork here pays homage to The work's 16th-century roots. An early composition (written while in college) from The proflic composer, Hailstork combined his own language with his love for choral literature to create a piece reminiscent of The Renaissance with a modern flair. The harmonic language harkens back to a hexachordal modality of The 16th century, uses an unaccompanied SATB choir, and employs varied moments of imitative polyphony and homophony. This short wor... less
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United in Song
“United in Song”
A Choral Celebration !
The award winning children’s choir The Major Minors and The well-known Hutt Valley Singers, will join forces for a very special occasion:
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UCT Choir
Last Night of The Proms charity concerts, Cape Town City Hall
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Rendezvous Quartet
Rendezvous was formed in Toronto in 2008 when 3 prairie-born best friends were singing in a stairwell, and a complete stranger asked Them if They needed a fourth. The rest is history.
The line-up of Rendezvous is:
Danny Fong (tenor) - voice Major
Bro... moreRendezvous was formed in Toronto in 2008 when 3 prairie-born best friends were singing in a stairwell, and a complete stranger asked Them if They needed a fourth. The rest is history.
The line-up of Rendezvous is:
Danny Fong (tenor) - voice Major
Brodie Cuff (lead) - voice Major
Andrew Kesler (baritone) - piano Major
Rob McLaren (bass) - guitar Major
Since Their inception, Rendezvous has been singing strong at barbershop chapter shows, private functions and schools where it is Their goal to spread The magic of barbershop singing to a younger audience. Rendezvous has charmed audiences throughout Canada and The United States with Their energetic and fun shows, yet The driving force of These four young men is Their dedication to musicality.
Rendezvous has been gaining an international fanbase as well, as all of it's members are avid "Youtube Multitrackers", posting videos of tags and full songs of The group recording in studios. Rendezvous has r... less
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Children's Choir has wonderful success!
The Major Minors Children's Choir were awarded The HVCS Children's Chorus Cup in The Hutt Valley Performing Arts Society Open Choir Category competition held on Wednesday 17 July 2013 in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
We did it! We bet last year's scor...
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Lifes a Happy Song
Concert at St Margarets, Silverstream, Upper Hutt 19 May 2013.
This is our favourite song because we get to do solo lines and we totally love The Muppets..and we think Bret McKenzie also a Kiwi is pretty cool!