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Beautiful singing

Some extraordinary choral music
(This page will be intermittently extended as and when I discover anything I like.)

Alfred Schnittke

Choir concerto, IV Sej trud, shto nachinal ja supavan’ jem   Alfred Schnittke
Russian State Symphonic Cappella, conducted by Valeri Polyansky
This just the final few minutes of a wonderful 45 minute work for unaccompanied choir, much divided.  It must be an absolute pig to sing (stamina, keeping pitch for a start).

Text:  Complete this work Which I began in hope And with your name, So that my singing may become healing, Curing the wounds of body and soul. If my humble work is finished With your holy blessing – May the divine spirit in it Join with my meagre inspiration, Do not extinguish The revelation You have granted, Do not abandon my reason, But, again and again, receive praise From your servant Amen. (From the 10th century Armenian poems Book of Lamentations.)


Patrick Cassidy

Vide cor meum  Patrick Cassidy
Performed by Libera and the Lyndhurst Orchestra, conducted by Gavin Greenaway. Soloists, Danielle de Niese and Bruno Lazzaretti
Text from the sonnet A ciascun’alma presa, from chapter 3 of Dante’s La vita nuova


Eric Whitacre

Sleep Eric Whitacre
Performed by the Antioch Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Josh Copeland
More on the ACE Youtube channel


 

 

Further reading

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  • Dip into the bran tubDip into the bran tub
  • A few darling budsA few darling buds
  • A short piece about nature versus nurtureA short piece about nature versus nurture
  • How to improve your business website—1How to improve your business website—1
  • On magicOn magic
  • Don’t push—be curiousDon’t push—be curious
  • Back to skoolBack to skool
  • Once more with feelingOnce more with feeling
  • Stop it!Stop it!