Video Information

• Choir: CWU Chamber Choir
• Piece: Songs for Braithwaite
• Composer:  Vijay Singh
• Conductor:  Gary Weidenaar
• Voices:  SATB
• Genres: A cappella, Classical
• The CWU Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) performs movements 1 & 2 of "Songs for Braithwaite" by CWU Faculty member and composer Vijay Singh. "Songs for Braithwaite" was inspired by some of the poems of William Stanley Braithwaite. A two minute com...  moreThe CWU Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director) performs movements 1 & 2 of "Songs for Braithwaite" by CWU Faculty member and composer Vijay Singh. "Songs for Braithwaite" was inspired by some of the poems of William Stanley Braithwaite. A two minute commentary (at 7:45 of the video) by the composer follows the performance of the two pieces.
  
  The choir has also recorded YouTube videos that feature music of Claudio Monteverdi, Ola Gjeilo, John Muehleisen and Einojuhani Rautavaara., and Tomás Luis da Victoria.
  
  Monteverdi's Sestina can be found on the following two videos: (pieces 1-3 & 4-6):
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5_qClRojFw
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G786-GV1NT8
  
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