Performers : Paul Hillier / Estonian Chamber Choir Arvo Pärt set the Latin text of the Magnificat canticle in 1989. It is a composition for five-part choir (SSATB) a cappella, with several divided parts. The composition is in tintinnabuli style, a style which Pärt had invented in the mid-1970s. Tintinnabulation
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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Monteverdi: Cruda Amarilli
Cruel Amaryllis, who with your name to love, alas, bitterly you teach. Amaryllis, more than the white privet pure, and more beautiful, but deafer than the asp, and fiercer and more elusive. Since telling I offended you, I shall die in silence.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Classical Interlude – Mahler 2 – Resurrection
Well, folks let me tell you, listening the the choral finale of Mahler 2 is inspiring, but singing it… Next level experience. We had the Calgary Youth Orchestra and 3 other choirs join my choir to tackle this monumental piece. Every chorister should have the opportunity to sing in this
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Baba Yetu
Featuring the Cape Town Youth Choir Filed under: Music Tagged: Choral Music, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Remembrance Day – Soldiers Cry – Roland Majeau
Remembrance Day is a conflicted day for me, I have had the absolute luxury of never having to fight in an armed conflict and for that I am grateful. Conversely, the application of military power is always the sign of the failure of the human spirit when we must resort
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Tallis, Spem in alium (40-voice motet)
Yes, if you get a chance to go to this live, spend the $$ and the time and go experience it. The motet is laid out for eight choirs of five voices (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass). It is most likely that Tallis intended his singers to stand in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Hey I sang that!
Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day. Just finished singing this in choir, great piece and as usual, the tenor part is the hardest.. 🙂 Filed under: Music Tagged: Choral Music, The DWR Friday Musical Interlude
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Muscial Interlude: Dona Nobis Pacem
There are many iterations of this song all over youtube. I find this one poignant because of the juxtaposition of the military band so prominently in the foreground while the children tucked almost completely out of sight intoning the hopeful hymn – “Give us peace”. Draw your ironic comparisons as
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Virtual Choir – Bringing the World Together in Song
Music is our great hope, the universal language, and the ultimate unifier. I can appreciate music from 1720 Venice just as easily as I can music from 1970 Toronto. Further, I’ve been doing so since before I could speak. Such is the power of music that distances of 7000 km
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