Inspira performs F. Silver's parody "The Twelve Days After Christmas" at Their Inaugural Concert. Nick Turnbull, Music Director.

As a young chorister, I was entranced by Robert Shaw's arrangement of "The Twelve Days of Christmas". Twenty years later, I decided to take The plunge and compose my own arrangement for SATB divisi a cappella choir. I hope you enjoy this, and may consider...

Music: Traditional Arr.: Robert Orledge Lyrics: Nick Shrimpton

The Victoria Brass and The CapriCCio Vocal Ensemble Dec. 23, 2011 Christ Church CaThedral Victoria BC

The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Douglas Knight, organ David Crown, conductor This is The first track from Their CD - ADVENT CALENDAR (Stone Records 5060192780338).

A choral spoof on The 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons A version for SATB is also available at The link below The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of The composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Para...  moreA choral spoof on The 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons A version for SATB is also available at The link below The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of The composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Paramolehill) The words (taking The last verse) are ...on The twelfth day of Christmas The choir processed in song and Twelve candles dripped eleven altos flipped and ten lines were clipped and nine gins were sipped and eight crept to The crypt and seven hymn books slipped and six basses quipped and five sang in tune! and four cassocks ripped and three lost Their script and two tenors tripped and The soloist got it all wrong.  less

Many years ago David Marsh kindly created a video for this work, composed and sung by me as The multitrack one-man choir dwschorale. The video is based on a caricature of me as a choirboy. This is an improved version using that video but following The w...  moreMany years ago David Marsh kindly created a video for this work, composed and sung by me as The multitrack one-man choir dwschorale. The video is based on a caricature of me as a choirboy. This is an improved version using that video but following The words more clearly and also including The words on screen. The choir sings The 12 Days of Christmas but it all goes horribly (or hilariously) wrong.  

MCC Backstage Pass presents Octarium in Concert, December 11, 2010 at Parkville Presbyterian Church in Parkville, Missouri.

The Twelve - William Walton MatThew Christopher Shepard, conductor Kurt Knecht, organ Sarah Reed, mezzo soprano Victoria Olson, soprano Soprano: Maggie Hire, Victoria Olson, Sarah Reed, Sydney Seratte, Sarah Sheldon Alto: Hannah Draper Burnett, Jo...  moreThe Twelve - William Walton MatThew Christopher Shepard, conductor Kurt Knecht, organ Sarah Reed, mezzo soprano Victoria Olson, soprano Soprano: Maggie Hire, Victoria Olson, Sarah Reed, Sydney Seratte, Sarah Sheldon Alto: Hannah Draper Burnett, Joanna Ehlers, Josepha Haden, Katie Kendle, Nanette Kraus, Ann Lewis Tenor: Tom Assel, Mark Ball, Jacob Bleything, Nico Caruso, Daniel Hansen, Josh Maize Bass: Kyle Chamberlin, Andrew Cunard, Jon Duncan, Paul Eltschinger, Nick Gillock, Josh Markley Without arms or charm of culture, Persons of no importance, From an unimportant Province, They did as The Spirit bid, Went forth into a joyless world Of swords and rhetoric To bring it joy. When They heard The Word, some demurred, some were shocked, some mocked. But many were stirred, and The Word spread. Dead souls were quickened to life; The sick were healed by The Truth revealed; released into peace from The gin of old sin, men forgot Themselves in The glory of The story told by The Twelve. Then The ...    less

Guest soloist Vassily Savenko (UK) sings The famous Russian ballad "The Twelve Robbers"with Revutsky State Academic Male Capella. The Big Radio/TV Studio, Kyiv, April 2013 SoundCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/revutsky-male-capella YouTUBE: https://www.you...  moreGuest soloist Vassily Savenko (UK) sings The famous Russian ballad "The Twelve Robbers"with Revutsky State Academic Male Capella. The Big Radio/TV Studio, Kyiv, April 2013 SoundCLOUD: https://soundcloud.com/revutsky-male-capella YouTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/revutsky Slide Share: http://www.slideshare.net/Revutsky-Male-Choir Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/revutsky.choir E-mail: revutsky-choir@online.ua