Eric Whitacre (*1970): Five Hebrew Love songs Text: Hila Plitmann Junges Vokalensemble Hannover (Germany), conductor: Klaus-Juergen Etzold Hartwig Meynecke ­ violin Katharina Sahlfeld ­ soprano Michael Immer ­ tambourine Alexander Schories ­ piano ...  moreEric Whitacre (*1970): Five Hebrew Love songs Text: Hila Plitmann Junges Vokalensemble Hannover (Germany), conductor: Klaus-Juergen Etzold Hartwig Meynecke ­ violin Katharina Sahlfeld ­ soprano Michael Immer ­ tambourine Alexander Schories ­ piano This video was made during the CD production and as promotion for the new Eric Whitacre CD "hope, faith, life, love ­ Choral Music by Eric Whitacre" with Junges Vokalensemble Hannover, conductor: Klaus-Juergen Etzold (Rondeau Production ROP6064, in cooperation with Deutschlandradio Kultur). Date of recording: 30.6.2012, Pauluskirche Hannover (Germany) The CD will be available commercially from 22.10.2012. From January 2013 also on iTunes. www.vokalensemble-hannover.de www.rondeau.de Camera: Jan Biring, Jan Frühauf, Michael Immer Edit: Jan Frühauf Sound: Tobias Hoff (Rondeau Production) Texts: I. Temuná (A picture) Temuná belibí charutá; Nodédet beyn ór uveyn ófel: Min dmamá shekazó et guféch kach otá, Usaréch al paná"ich kach nófel...    less

Youth female choir ORIANA is amateur choir, which exists since 2008. Folklore program, modern/classical choral works, sacred music are in the choir repertoire.The choir mission is revival and maintenance of the rich Ukrainian traditions of choral singing....  moreYouth female choir ORIANA is amateur choir, which exists since 2008. Folklore program, modern/classical choral works, sacred music are in the choir repertoire.The choir mission is revival and maintenance of the rich Ukrainian traditions of choral singing. The choir mission is revival and maintenance of the rich Ukrainian traditions of choral singing. Awards 2013. 31 FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE MÚSICA DE CANTONIGRÒS (Spain): 1st prize in category FOLKLOR, 2nd prize in category Female choirs. http://www.fimc.es/ 2013. 2nd International Florence Choir Festival (Italy): 1st prize in category SACRED MUSIC, 2nd prize in category Female choirs,2nd prize in category Folklor. www.florencechoirfestival.com 2012. International Competition South Palmira (Ukraine): 1st prize in category Equal voices. 2012. 25 Bela Bartok International Choir Competition: 3rd prize in category Equal voices. htt...    less

We perform choral music a cappella. There are more than 150 works of various times (Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism and music of the twentieth century) and styles (choral concerts, choral miniatures and songs, spirituals, songs of different ...  moreWe perform choral music a cappella. There are more than 150 works of various times (Renaissance, Baroque, Classicism, Romanticism and music of the twentieth century) and styles (choral concerts, choral miniatures and songs, spirituals, songs of different nations of the world, folk songs, Christmas music) at the repertoire of our choir. Modern Belarusian music takes a large part of our repertoire, thanks to that we are happy to open Belarus to other nations.  

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   I sing and teach sacred songs from a wide range of religious traditions. But I don’t have a religious bone in my body.   photo by 10x1...

"Academia" Female student choir of South-Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named aft. K.Ushinsky (Odessa, Ukraine) performs Е.Станкович - "Цвіт папороті", фрагмент из фольк-оперы "Коли цвіте папороть" ("Flowering Fern" a part from Ukrainian folk o...  more"Academia" Female student choir of South-Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named aft. K.Ushinsky (Odessa, Ukraine) performs Е.Станкович - "Цвіт папороті", фрагмент из фольк-оперы "Коли цвіте папороть" ("Flowering Fern" a part from Ukrainian folk opera by E. Stankovych) Solo - Luydmyla Mazur (academic-folk vocal)  

The Womens Choir EMBLA performs Jólanótt (Christmas Night) by Roar Kvam with a text by Sverrir Pálsson.

Each year, in September, Musica International (www.musicanet.org) chooses as its Favorite Piece of the Month a beautiful piece which would be perfect for your Christmas program. Here are a few of them, with multimedia illustrations, recordings of pronunc...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about choosing suitable songs to arrange.   Photo by the incredible how   This week I want to get down to the nitty...

We defined storyteller because we range from Musicals (West Side Story) to the blacks of Africa (Homeless), the popular French songs (The Troi Cloches) tango (Libertango) From Scottish songs (Loch Lomond) to the '60s (California Dreaming ) by The Beatles ...  moreWe defined storyteller because we range from Musicals (West Side Story) to the blacks of Africa (Homeless), the popular French songs (The Troi Cloches) tango (Libertango) From Scottish songs (Loch Lomond) to the '60s (California Dreaming ) by The Beatles (Obladi oblada) to Italian folk songs (Improvviso) ... I stop 'cause the papyrus is stretching too ...! Siamo definiti CANTASTORIE perchè spaziamo dal Musical (west side story) ai neri d'Africa (Homeless), dalle canzoni popolari francesi (Le Troi Cloches) al tango (Libertango), Dalle canzoni scozzesi (Loch Lomond) agli anni '60 (Sognando California) dai Beatles (obladi oblada) alle canzoni popolari italiane (Improvviso)...mi fermo perche' il papiro si sta allungando troppo...!!!  less

BORIS GREBENSHCHIKOV, ANDREI MIKITA - THE SEVEN songs ABOUT GOD Oratorio for soloists, two choirs and orchestra PERFORMERS: Symphonic Orchestra of Nizhny Novgorod State Philharmony named after M. Rostropovich Art director and main conductor Natio...  moreBORIS GREBENSHCHIKOV, ANDREI MIKITA - THE SEVEN songs ABOUT GOD Oratorio for soloists, two choirs and orchestra PERFORMERS: Symphonic Orchestra of Nizhny Novgorod State Philharmony named after M. Rostropovich Art director and main conductor National Artist of Russian Federation - Aleksandr SKULSKY Nizhny Novgorod State University Choir Art director and conductor - Larisa ERYKALOVA Byzantine choir "Pakhomy Logofet" & "Psalt" Protopsalt - Serafim ASTAKHOV SOLOISTS: Vera KHARITONOVA (soprano) Boris STEPANOV (tenor) CONDUCTOR: Honored Artist of Russian Federation - DENIS KIRPANYOV December, 24, 2014. Kremlin Concert Hall City of Nizhny Novgorod  less