Tekst av Nordahl Grieg, musikk: Otto Mortensen Diktet har mange vers, her synger VIVA 10 av dem, arrangert som om de er fem: For english: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Til_Ungdommen TIL UNGDOMMEN av Nordahl Grieg (1936) Kringsatt av fiender,g...  moreTekst av Nordahl Grieg, musikk: Otto Mortensen Diktet har mange vers, her synger VIVA 10 av dem, arrangert som om de er fem: For english: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Til_Ungdommen TIL UNGDOMMEN av Nordahl Grieg (1936) Kringsatt av fiender,gå inn i din tid! Under en blodig storm -vi deg til strid! Kanskje du spør i angst, udekket, åpen: hva skal jeg kjempe med hva er mitt våpen? Her er ditt vern mot vold,her er ditt sverd: troen på livet vårt,menneskets verd. For all vår fremtids skyld,søk det og dyrk det, dø om du må - men: øk det og styrk det! Stilt går granatenes glidende bånd Stans deres drift mot død stans dem med ånd! Krig er forakt for liv. Fred er å skape. Kast dine krefter inn: døden skal tape Edelt er mennesket, jorden er rik! Finnes her nød og sult skyldes det svik. Knus det! I livets navn skal urett falle. Solskinn og brød og ånd eies av alle. Dette er løftet vårt fra søster til bror: (original:bror til bror) vi vil bli gode mot men'skenes jord. Vi vil ta vare ...    less

This was originally published on the Embro Thistle Singers' blog.    Have you ever walked through a mall or downtown and "people watched"?  Oh my.  There are people walking around who, in my mother's words, would be horrified if thei...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Sometimes trying to get your choir to stand in the right places is like dealing with an unruly kindergarten class. It seems as if spatial awareness and si...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I aim to please everyone in my choirs and singing workshops. I know it’s an impossible task (see Keeping a choir happy – you can’t ...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]Many Singers come to choir – especially “singing for fun” groups – to get away from the stresses of regular life. They love to sing and...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   For the last eight years I’ve created a performance choir from scratch each year – a kind of Instant Choir, Just Add People – which I cal...

"TIMELES" Concert Philamlife Auditorium, Manila October 2007 Prof. Fidel Calalang, Jr., conductor

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Music and singing are auditory experiences. We don’t need to see the musicians or Singers to appreciate their music. So why bother going...

This was originally published on the Embro Thistle Singers' blog.  I was reading an article posted to Facebook the other day.  Esa-Pekka Salonen became a conductor when he filled in for an absent colleague.     In the following sh...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]It’s that time of year again when you still have time to to pop to the local garage for last-minute presents. What on earth can you get for the choral...