Cape Town Youth choir (formerly Pro Cantu): "Ubi Caritas" Conductor: Leon Starker Composer: Paul Mealor (b. 1975) Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint concert with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale Ubi Caritas ...  moreCape Town Youth choir (formerly Pro Cantu): "Ubi Caritas" Conductor: Leon Starker Composer: Paul Mealor (b. 1975) Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint concert with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale Ubi Caritas Paul Mealor (b. 1975) Modern Classical Welsh composer Paul Mealor originally wrote this piece as the first movement of his Rose Cycle with title and text 'Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal'. His refashioned version with the famous Latin text Ubi caritas et amor was commissioned by Prince William and premiered by the choirs of Westminster Abbey and Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, conducted by James O'Donnell, at the Royal Wedding of His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales with Miss Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in April 2011. Mealor uses a combination of a plainchant style and misleading harmonic suspensions similar to those of Eric Whitacre or Morten Lauridsen. Mealor's setting of Ubi caritas is reminiscent of the original Gregorian antiphon melody - ...    less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Some choirs and singing groups meet frequently, often once a week, requiring a high level of commitment. Others meet less frequently and work on a dr...

Dear friends, like all of you, we too are forced to distance ourselves and are called upon to respect the rules in order to fight the terrible pandemic that has been afflicting us for some time now. The Joy Voices choir has not stopped: we hAve chosen...  moreDear friends, like all of you, we too are forced to distance ourselves and are called upon to respect the rules in order to fight the terrible pandemic that has been afflicting us for some time now. The Joy Voices choir has not stopped: we hAve chosen a song from our repertoire and each of us, from our own home, has recorded it. The result is, for us, a new performance, different from the usual, which we share to send you our best wishes so that you can spend this difficult period serenely, despite everything. Our thoughts and prayers are dedicated in particular to those who fight the virus in the front line, to those who work to guarantee us the essential services, to those who are alone, to those who are sick, to those who are in despair, to those who did not make it and to those who hAve lost a loved one. Let us send a message of hope for the future, raising our voices to the Lord, confident that He will listen to us and that we will soon return to embrace Him again. Let us remain distant but unite...    less

The following text has first been pusblished on the INTERKULTUR Blog, "Personal reports" section.   By Marijan Milić (President of Croatian Music Society Čarobna frula, Conductor of youth choir Čarobna frula) When I saw on web the announcement...

Dear Friends, Together with talented Ukrainian composer, singer and the author of arrangements for choir, Victor Grytsyshyn, we hAve prepared a songbook. It includes the most famous Ukrainian Christmas Songs. All of them were arranged for choir by Victor...

Cloudburst by Eric Whitacre Spring Choral Concert May 5th, 2013

Hi   My name is Valerie and I am one of the events organisers for the Cape Town International choir Festival. My role is to create awareness of the Festival and to facilitate the registration of choirs and the booking of any accomodation required b...

Sung as part of our concert in Blackfriars, Gloucester on an exceedingly cold day

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir]   Certain people are rather dismissive of “Singing for fun” choirs. If it’s for fun then it can’t possibly be of any quality. ...