Na juriš in the mood! From marching Songs to swing Na juriš in the mood! with music from the tiMe of the fight against fascism. From music of pre-war Paris, Jewish, French and Italian partisan Songs, AMerican swing to Slovenian partisan Songs. Fr...  moreNa juriš in the mood! From marching Songs to swing Na juriš in the mood! with music from the tiMe of the fight against fascism. From music of pre-war Paris, Jewish, French and Italian partisan Songs, AMerican swing to Slovenian partisan Songs. From Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Kiss Me Good Night, Sergeant Major, Lili Marleen, Lets ReMember Pearl Harbour, Je suis swing, to Kovači smo and Na juriš. Author of the project and conductor: Karmina Šilec Carmina Slovenica Slovenian ArMed Forces Orchestra Big band of the Slovenian ArMed Forces Orchestra with soloists Janez Dovč, accordion Marko Črnčec, piano Matej Hotko, doublebass Gašper Peršl, percussion Saša Olenjuk, violin, guitar, harmonica Darko Rošker, tuba Nadja Stegne, Zvezdana Novaković, Mojca Potrč, Jasmina Črnčič, Eva Germ, vocal The Fighting Son of a Gun music and text Zeke Manners, transcription Marko Črnčec  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on My blog From the Front of the Choir]   SoMetiMes old choir repertoire becoMes stale.   Photo by quinn.anya   Well-loved Songs start to wear out and lose their sparkle. What can ...

Two love Songs par les Canterbury Voices en concert à Ris Orangis sous la direction de Kerry Boyle

This chant, harmonized beautifully by Swedish composer Oswald Jaeggi, was recorded in November of 2019 before the pandemic. It is a reminder of the peace that prayer and beauty can provide. Mater Dei, ora pro nobis! Translation Refrain: Hail, Mother o...  moreThis chant, harmonized beautifully by Swedish composer Oswald Jaeggi, was recorded in November of 2019 before the pandemic. It is a reminder of the peace that prayer and beauty can provide. Mater Dei, ora pro nobis! Translation Refrain: Hail, Mother of Mercy, Mother of God, and Mother of pardon, Mother of hope, and Mother of grace, Mother full of holy joy, O Mary! 1. Hail, honor of mankind; hail, Virgin worthier than others, who surpass all virgins and in heaven occupy the highest seat of honor, O Mary! 2. Hail, happy child-bearing Mother, for He Who sits at the right hand of the Father, ruling heaven, earth, and sky, didst enclose Himself within Thy womb, O Mary!  less

Nine Songs from Op. 27 - Zemlinsky/Hoffman - Chorus & Orchestra - NotePerforMer 3 Audio/HD Video Edited and translated by Stanley M. Hoffman. Synthesized performance and scrolling score in search of live performances.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on My blog From the Front of the Choir]   A friend of mine asked the other day: “How do you find Songs? And how do you do vocal arrangeMents of them?”   Photo by Jorge Fr...

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on My blog From the Front of the Choir]   My real love is to teach a lot of relatively simple Songs so people can spend more tiMe singing and less tiMe learning in a workshop (see We’ve coMe ...

My naMe is Paul Eisenstein and I am looking for an adventurous choir (SATB) to perform one of My pieces. The work is called Songs from Cold Mountain and it is comprised of 6 poems by the 10th century Zen poet Han Shan. These are short pieces and can be c...

Since 2008 we have been coming together in central London to learn and perform sea-shanties, murder ballads, protest Songs, work Songs, love Melodies, folkified non-folkSongs, and good old knees-up tunes, from across the centuries and all over the world.

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on My blog From the Front of the Choir] Last week I wrote about why you shouldn’t be too quick to dismiss Songs that aren’t in English. T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) This week ...