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Guildford Choral Society
We are a large, dynamic and ambitious amateur choir of around 150 singers. We perform exclusively with professional orchestras and soloists, promoting Concerts mainly in Guildford, but also in the major London Concert halls and occasionally abroad.
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Turning Music into Gold (Concert, January 29th, 7:00 p.m.)
Performing on period instruments, the endlessly inventive Ensemble Caprice spotlights the rich and fascinating culture of the court of Rudolf II in Prague-the most interesting European city of its time-where scientists, artists, musicians, and a...
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Obsession (Concert, February 6th, 7:00 p.m.)
Drawing inspiration from an exhibition that examines Paul Cézanne’s lifelong, intimate—some would say obsessive—artistic dialogue with his wife, muse, and model, Hortense Fiquet, Attacca mines a similar relationship: that of Czech...
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Are ALL songs suitable for purely vocal arrangements?
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]
I’m always on the lookout for new songs to use with my singing workshops and choirs.
Sara Bareilles in Concert by Anirudh Koul
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David Rain: "Good King Wenceslas" (sung by Matthew Curtis)
This brand new version of Good King Wenceslas is dedicated to my uncle Duncan Shaw of Vancouver. His "retirement project" - developing his own theory of gravity - has been a huge inspiration in my own compositional journey late in life.
Some background... moreThis brand new version of Good King Wenceslas is dedicated to my uncle Duncan Shaw of Vancouver. His "retirement project" - developing his own theory of gravity - has been a huge inspiration in my own compositional journey late in life.
Some background:
I have sung the traditional version of Good King Wenceslas since I was a kid. I fell in love with the lyrics and the story, but have always been puzzled by the way it was arranged, in particular the way that the "las" of Wenceslas lands on the downbeat. When I was young, I thought the lyrics were actually "Good King Wences last looked out!"
All to say that I got inspired to create a totally different version. I used the 19th century poem by John Mason Neale, but I wanted to create a different "feel" to the story, to take it back in time to its origins in the Middle Ages - hence the medieval feel to much of the piece.
I also felt that since the Wenceslas story is all about a journey, a setting in 3/4 time would create a better sense of that feeling, ra... less
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Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
The Northwest Repertory Singers perform Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day. (Produced by videographer Jared McGilliard, son of NWRS tenor John McGilliard).
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Jingle Bells - J.Pierpont - Coro Anzano
Un classico natalizio che ci ha accompagnato nel Natale 2012. Recuperato grazie agli amici del Corpo Bandistico di Cappella Maggiore. Registrazione in occasione del Concerto di Natale nella Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena a Cappella Maggiore.
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Ding Dong Merrily on High a new version
This is a jazzed-up version by David W Solomons (www.dwsolo.com)
of the old 16th Century French tune which was used in G R Woodward's carol
"Ding Dong Merrily on High"; it is great fun to sing.
It is quite different from the more well-known arrangeme... moreThis is a jazzed-up version by David W Solomons (www.dwsolo.com)
of the old 16th Century French tune which was used in G R Woodward's carol
"Ding Dong Merrily on High"; it is great fun to sing.
It is quite different from the more well-known arrangement and would make a nice change in a carol Concert.
The vocal parts here are all performed by Matthew Curtis
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Alle psallite cum luya
This is the lower version - there are 2 versions available
low version (B flat Dorian)
http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-196218_alle_psallite_b_flat_dorian_version.html
high version (D Dorian)
http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-196219_a... moreThis is the lower version - there are 2 versions available
low version (B flat Dorian)
http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-196218_alle_psallite_b_flat_dorian_version.html
high version (D Dorian)
http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-196219_alle_psallite_in_d_dorian.html
13th century festival song in Latin based on the word "Alleluia" (Halleluya) arranged, translated and performed by David W Solomons (dwsChorale), with accompanying images of musicians and dancers across the world