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ConVita
Our singers come from the region of Romerike. We love to improvise, perform flash mobs in public places, and meet other singers.
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Where to go in Venice?
Maybe there is no people who doesn’t know anything about Venice. For some of us Venice is the city of love, for others a pinch of history or a sinking wonder world caused by global warming. But it is not so well-known fact that there are 115 small i...
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Acquainted With The Night by composer Rich Campbell
Depression, isolation, alienation: themes addressed in this setting of Robert Frost’s metaphorical text. The choir paints images over a repeated jazz piano bass line. The sense of walking at night is evoked as are the inner-blues of the Poem. Rhythmic and... moreDepression, isolation, alienation: themes addressed in this setting of Robert Frost’s metaphorical text. The choir paints images over a repeated jazz piano bass line. The sense of walking at night is evoked as are the inner-blues of the Poem. Rhythmic and thought-provoking. This is a work of medium difficulty, appropriate for high school, collegiate and community choirs. Commissioned by Penn High School Choirs, Andrew Nemeth, Allison Secaur, Ethan Schopp, directors.
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Prairie Spring • Score Video
PRAIRIE SPRING by Greg Bartholomew
A setting for SAB choir of the Poem by Willa Cather.
With optional piano accompaniment.
Recording by Matthew Curtis (Choral Tracks).
Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of fron... morePRAIRIE SPRING by Greg Bartholomew
A setting for SAB choir of the Poem by Willa Cather.
With optional piano accompaniment.
Recording by Matthew Curtis (Choral Tracks).
Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains. Prairie Spring was first published in 1913 as the prologue to the novel O Pioneers!
Sheet music is available from J. W. Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/11208222.item
PRAIRIE SPRING
Evening and the flat land,
Rich and sombre and always silent;
The miles of fresh-plowed soil,
Heavy and black, full of strength and harshness;
The growing wheat, the growing weeds,
The toiling horses, the tired men;
The long empty roads,
Sullen fires of sunset, fading,
The eternal, unresponsive sky.
Against all this, Youth,
Flaming like the wild roses,
Singing like the larks over the plowed fields,
Flashing like a star out of the twilight;
Youth with its insupportable sweetness,
Its fierce necessity, Its shar... less
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Albion - He wishes for the cloths of heaven
Albion sing a new setting of the extraordinary Poem by WB Yeats, 'He wishes for the cloths of heaven'.
The music is by Fraser Wilson. Georgia Ball did some great filming.
More details and buy the sheet music at www.albionchoir.org.uk.
Also see www.f... moreAlbion sing a new setting of the extraordinary Poem by WB Yeats, 'He wishes for the cloths of heaven'.
The music is by Fraser Wilson. Georgia Ball did some great filming.
More details and buy the sheet music at www.albionchoir.org.uk.
Also see www.facebook.com/albionchoir @albion_choir
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Wine and Water for three voices or male voice choir
Challenging but fun three part arrangement of my old song Wine and Water
(The original song can be found on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UYX_4Ape74 )
Satirical Poem by G K Chesterton
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Der Ohrwurmgesang aus Bählamm von W Busch live Aufführung
Poem and illustrations by Wilhelm Busch
set to music by David W Solomons www.dwsolo.com
All parts performed by Matthew Curtis - www.choraltracks.com
An English version of this work is also available on Youtube as "The Earwig song":
https://www.youtu... morePoem and illustrations by Wilhelm Busch
set to music by David W Solomons www.dwsolo.com
All parts performed by Matthew Curtis - www.choraltracks.com
An English version of this work is also available on Youtube as "The Earwig song":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfarKcuTROs
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Have voice, will travel
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]
I love my job, I really do. I just need some space and a bunch of people and we will make beautiful music together.
Photo by Heather Jennings
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