Written by Robert Applebaum, this jazzy piece has unpredictable meters and an exotic soprano solo.

GLORIOUS Gala de Natal 2016 Solista: Ana Catarina Almeida Maria Inês Baptista Torredeita / Viseu

Kitka women's vocal ensmble "Awakening" from The Rusalka Cycle: songs Between Worlds (Concert Version) Live performance in Köln, Germany, 2009 Musical Direction, Composition, Arrangement and Dramaturgy by Mariana Sadovska Stage Direction by Andr...  moreKitka women's vocal ensmble "Awakening" from The Rusalka Cycle: songs Between Worlds (Concert Version) Live performance in Köln, Germany, 2009 Musical Direction, Composition, Arrangement and Dramaturgy by Mariana Sadovska Stage Direction by Andre Erlen and Ellen Sebastian Chang Traditional Song Souces in "Awakening": Rano, Rano - Ričice, Ukraine Provedu Rusalki - Ričice, Ukraine Oj lecit strela - Ričice, Ukraine Ispod duba, voda buba - Bosnia Do mar ciften do per gjah - Albania Blaho slovy Bože - Poltava region, Ukraine In Slavic folklore, Rusalki are powerful, enticing female entities who inhabit waters, forests and fields. Believed to be the restless spirits of women who have died unjust, untimely, or unnatural deaths - such as brides who died on their wedding night; young mothers who perished during childbirth; unmarried women who committed suicide after being rejected by a lover; or female babies who were stillborn - Rusalki regulate human, animal and agricultural fertility; seasonal cy...    less

Live performance from our Christmas concert, 2021

Morten Lauridsen - Io Piango (No.4 from Madrigali: Six “Fire songs” on Italian Renaissance Poems) Swara Vocal Ensemble Ivan Yohan, conductor Camille Hubert, soprano Chia Fen Wu, soprano Wei-Lian Huang, soprano Lydia Pernal-Stoddart, soprano Mir...  moreMorten Lauridsen - Io Piango (No.4 from Madrigali: Six “Fire songs” on Italian Renaissance Poems) Swara Vocal Ensemble Ivan Yohan, conductor Camille Hubert, soprano Chia Fen Wu, soprano Wei-Lian Huang, soprano Lydia Pernal-Stoddart, soprano Mirthe Dokter, soprano Anna Nuytten, alto Boris Kondov, countertenor Laurence Renson, alto María Gil Muñoz, alto Zayra Velázquez, alto Hendrik Mispelon, tenor José Pizarro, tenor Paul Gosme, tenor Mark Trigg, tenor Andrés Soler Castaño, bass Jan Moeyaert, bass Laurent Fobelets, bass Thomas Vandenabeele, bass Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, bass Recorded at Église Saint-Albert, Schaerbeek/Brussels, Belgium, Nov 2022  less