Patapan is a traditional song from the Burgundy region in France. It’s also known in English as Willie Take Your Little Drum. It was written by Bernard de la Monnoye around 1700. My English version here is a singing translation, so feel free to sing ...  morePatapan is a traditional song from the Burgundy region in France. It’s also known in English as Willie Take Your Little Drum. It was written by Bernard de la Monnoye around 1700. My English version here is a singing translation, so feel free to sing along in English :-) Guillaume prends ton tambourin Toi, prends ta flûte, Robin; Au son de ces instruments "Turelurelu, patapatapan" Au son de ces instruments Je dirai Noel gaîment. Willie take your little drum With your flute oh Robin come With the sound of flute and drum tootle tootle toot, bing a bang a boom with the flute and with the drum I will say Nowell with joy. C'était la mode autrefois De louer le Roi des rois Au son de ces instruments "Turelurelu, patapatapan" Au son de ces instruments Il nous en faut faire autant. In the goodly olden days The king of kings we'd praise with the drum and with the flute tootle tootle toot, bing a bang a boom, with the flute and with the drum we should do alike just so  less

The published version is for SATBB a cappella - (with occasional splits) The performance for this video is by the composer multitracking as the dwsChorale arranged for male voices and instruments. A performance by a live choir (a cappella and at the co...  moreThe published version is for SATBB a cappella - (with occasional splits) The performance for this video is by the composer multitracking as the dwsChorale arranged for male voices and instruments. A performance by a live choir (a cappella and at the correct pitch) can be heard on the score page. The words are my own and tell of children playing in the dusty streets (ie of Bethlehem) unaware that a miracle has happened and asking them to look up to where the angels are singing.  

Parody of the traditional German folk song about the life of the farmer (Im Märzen der Bauer). In this version the farmer takes advantage of many of the technological and biotechnical opportunities of science but the world changes strangely. This is the...  moreParody of the traditional German folk song about the life of the farmer (Im Märzen der Bauer). In this version the farmer takes advantage of many of the technological and biotechnical opportunities of science but the world changes strangely. This is the original German version - the English version is also available on this site  

Surrey Harmony's Barbershop version of Bohemian Rhapsody, sung in the Sweet Adelines Region 31 Showcase, May 2008.

Arrangement of an old English folk song for three voices (versions available for women's voices, mixed voices and men's voices). This version is for mixed voices AAB or MezAB

Pitchcraft's a cappella version of Windmills Of Your Mind. Filmed and recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe (St. Cuthbert's Church) in August 2018. Arranged for Pitchcraft by Andrew Russel. Hit SUBSCRIBE to stay up to date with Pitchcraft's chan...  morePitchcraft's a cappella version of Windmills Of Your Mind. Filmed and recorded live at the Edinburgh Fringe (St. Cuthbert's Church) in August 2018. Arranged for Pitchcraft by Andrew Russel. Hit SUBSCRIBE to stay up to date with Pitchcraft's channel. More coming very soon... FACEBOOK: http://facebook.com/pitchcraft TWITTER: https://twitter.com/pitchcraftchoir INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/pitchcraftchoir WEBSITE: http://www.pitchcraft.co.uk  

Ottawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers, perform Tourdion by Pierre Attaignant. This version of “Tourdion” is available on our “Audite nova” CD. All our CDs benefit charities and are available on our website in both CD and MP3 formats. Get our profess...  moreOttawa choir, The Stairwell Carollers, perform Tourdion by Pierre Attaignant. This version of “Tourdion” is available on our “Audite nova” CD. All our CDs benefit charities and are available on our website in both CD and MP3 formats. Get our professional recordings here... http://www.stairwellcarollers.com The Stairwell Carollers, an a cappella group formed in 1977 by director Pierre Massie, has earned the distinction of being ranked amongst the best of Ontario choirs. The group took first place in both the 2010 and 2013 Ontario Music Festival Association provincial competition. Visit our blog http://www.stairwellcarollers.blogspot.com/ or our website http://www.stairwellcarollers.com/ for updates. Audio: Tom Barnes. Recorded at St. Barnabas Church, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, June 1, 2018. Videographers: Matthieu Brennan, Andrew Mason Editing: Pierre Massie  less

Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Stabat mater (1950) 1. Stabat mater dolorosa 00:10 2. Cujus animam 04:03 3. O quam tristis 05:17 4. Quae moerebat 07:50 5. Quis est homo 09:11 6. Vidit suum 10:49 7. Eja mater 14:28 8. Fac ut ardeat 15:55 9. Sanc...  moreFrancis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Stabat mater (1950) 1. Stabat mater dolorosa 00:10 2. Cujus animam 04:03 3. O quam tristis 05:17 4. Quae moerebat 07:50 5. Quis est homo 09:11 6. Vidit suum 10:49 7. Eja mater 14:28 8. Fac ut ardeat 15:55 9. Sancta mater 18:21 10. Fac ut portem 21:26 11. Inflammatus et accensus 24:55 12. Quando corpus 26:42 Monteverdichor Würzburg Christine Wolff - Sopran Matthias Beckert (cond.) 26. 02. 2012 Neubaukirche, Würzburg, Germany  

This version of "While Shepherds watched their flocks by night", composed by D W Solomons, is based on the tunes On Ilkley Moor bah t'hat, Este's Psalter, Auld Lang Syne, Scotland the Brave and Sing a Song of Sixpence. Three versions are available in s...  moreThis version of "While Shepherds watched their flocks by night", composed by D W Solomons, is based on the tunes On Ilkley Moor bah t'hat, Este's Psalter, Auld Lang Syne, Scotland the Brave and Sing a Song of Sixpence. Three versions are available in score form: While shepherds (G major ATBB) (the version sung in the video) http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-196259_while_shepherds_watched_-_in_various_melodies_-_version_in_g_major_atbb.html While shepherds (C major SATB) http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-196258_while_shepherds_watched_-_in_various_melodies_-_version_in_c_major_satb.html While shepherds (B flat major SATB) http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-196257_while_shepherds_watched_-_in_various_melodies_-_version_in_b_flat_satb.html  less

La Folia (literally "madness") was a Portuguese dance from the renaissance, and it has been used by many composers in the ensuing centuries. This a-cappella 4-voice version uses three altos and one bass, a cappella. It explores a couple of alternative m...  moreLa Folia (literally "madness") was a Portuguese dance from the renaissance, and it has been used by many composers in the ensuing centuries. This a-cappella 4-voice version uses three altos and one bass, a cappella. It explores a couple of alternative modes for the theme: Octatonic and Dorian. Singing of folia this old tune repeats all day and even in the new Octatonic mode we can sing folia all the day long in this five time and we sing it in Octatonic mode madness all is madness while we're singing of la folia and in five time and Octatonic mode can't leave off la folia it will drive me round the bend soon and I'll shortly change to some other mode Sing it in the Dorian sing it in the Dorian oh I love the Dorian it makes me dream on  less