Cape Town Youth Choir (formerly Pro Cantu): "Calon Lan" Conductor: Leon Starker Composer: John Hughes (1873-1932) Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint concert with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale Calon Lân John H...  moreCape Town Youth Choir (formerly Pro Cantu): "Calon Lan" Conductor: Leon Starker Composer: John Hughes (1873-1932) Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint concert with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale Calon Lân John Hughes (1873-1932) Hymn John Hughes was a Welsh Composer and deacon at Salem Welsh Baptist Chapel who wrote the well-known hymn Cwm Rhondda, the tune for which is also used in the popular English hymn Guide me, O thou Great redeemer. Calon Lân is a Welsh hymn that is sung at most rugby matches involving the Welsh national team. Nid wy'n gofyn bywyd moethus, Aur y byd na'i berlau mân: Gofyn wyf am galon hapus, Calon onest, calon lân. I don't ask for a luxurious life, the world's gold or its fine pearls, I ask for a happy heart, an honest heart, a pure heart. Chorus: Calon lân yn llawn daioni, Tecach yw na'r lili dlos: Dim ond calon lân all ganu Canu'r dydd a chanu'r nos. A pure heart full of goodness, Is fairer than the pretty lily: ...    less

By tradition, in the very end of its anniversary concert the MEPhI Male Choir—together with all its members there present among the audience—sings Gaudeamus. May 22, 2007, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, 50th anniversary of the Choir

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Singing together is one of the most egalitarian experiences we can have.   Photo by wynlok   It doesn’t matter how much you earn, wh...

World Premiere of Rex Tremendae Maiestatis (SATB div. with opt. percussions) Parahyangan Catholic University Choir (@Unpar Choir Official ) Ivan Yohan, conductor Recorded live at Auditorium Pusat Pembelajaran Arntz-Geise (Gedung PPAG) Unpar, August 2022

Choriosity - the a cappella pop Choir in the YMCA in Ulm, Germany! We are a non-professional Choir of young people and we love the challenges of Great a cappella music :) We sing a version of Eye of the tiger (not really;) a cappella, but we loved the re...  moreChoriosity - the a cappella pop Choir in the YMCA in Ulm, Germany! We are a non-professional Choir of young people and we love the challenges of Great a cappella music :) We sing a version of Eye of the tiger (not really;) a cappella, but we loved the recording of Choir!Choir!Choir! and had to do it ourselves...with lots of fun! Visit us on www.choriosity.de and www.facebook.com/choriosity. ----------------------------------------- Choriosity - Der A-cappella-Pop-Chor im CVJM in Ulm. Besuche uns auf www.choriosity.de und facebook.com/choriosity Musik & Text: Jim Peterik, Frankie Sullivan Arr.: Choir!Choir!Choir!  less

meeting music is happy to announce the 10th Per Musicam Ad Astra International Copernicus Choir Festival and Competition in Toruń, Poland,  June 28-July 2, 2023 This event is a Great opportunity for integration of the choral community and promotio...

Tatiana Konoshenko (soprano) Dmitry Semenovsky (piano) April, 2012, Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Choir's 55th anniversary concert

Of course, this very blog is a Great tool and certainly, sharing other blogs has been an amazing learning curve for me. Many blog platforms such as Blogger are free and quite simple to use & set up.   1. TIME - You could of course spend y...

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Cape Town Youth Choir (formerly Pro Cantu): "Ave Verum Corpus" Conductor: Leon Starker Composer: William Byrd (1540-1623) Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint concert with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale Ave Verum...  moreCape Town Youth Choir (formerly Pro Cantu): "Ave Verum Corpus" Conductor: Leon Starker Composer: William Byrd (1540-1623) Performed at Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town (16th July 2013) in a joint concert with the Whiffenpoofs of Yale Ave Verum Corpus William Byrd (1540-1623) Renaissance Motet An English composer of the Renaissance period, William Byrd was a student of Thomas Tallis and wrote many works both sacred and secular in the common forms in England at the time. Byrd's Ave Verum Corpus appeared in his Gradualia, two volumes of liturgical polyphony published in 1605 and 1607. Primarily devoted to use within the major feasts of the church calendar, some of the included items in the 1605 volume do not belong to the main sphere of works. The Ave Verum Corpus is one of these. It is a popular work of Byrd's, utilising the well-known Latin text of the Eucharistic hymn. Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine, vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine, cuius latus perforatum fluxit aqua...    less