This week our Classic Choir open rehearsals started, with Voices of Birralee and Conductor Paul Holley leading our group practice in Meanjin/Brisbane.
Sydney Conductor Emily Irvine leads you through some bespoke warm-ups to prep you for next week's Open Rehearsal on Gadigal land in Sydney.
Classic Choir is back in 2023 and this year, every week you can tune in to the Classic Choir Hour (7pm Thursdays) to hear the latest on how to get your choir involved while listening to a golden playlist of your choral favourites and new sung surprises.
Tracklist
Traditional (American)
Down To The River To Pray [02'56]
Alison Krauss (vocalist) + Tim O'Brien (vocals) + Maura O'Connell (vocals) + Pat Enright (vocals) + Sam Phillips (vocals) + Gillian Welch (vocals) + White House First Baptist Church Choir
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Soundtrack)
Traditional (New Zealand)
Po Karekare ana [03'07]
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) + The Abbey Road Ensemble + Māori chorus
Harmony: The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Classical Album
Jarman, Paul
The Sea of Berries, from 'Turn on the Open Sea' [04'17]
Anna McDonald (violin) + Gondwana Voices + Brett Dean (viola) + Alice Evans (violin) + Stuart Riley (double bass) + Paul Jarman (piano) + Peter Jacob (percussion) + Peter Morrison (cello)
New Light New Hope, ABC Classic 472 822-2
Traditional (Australian Indigenous)
Atha Jesu-Nha Kuta Lurnamanga [01'10]
Derik Lynch (vocals) + Trevor Jamieson (vocals)
Namatjira
Pärt, Arvo
Estonian Lullaby "Kuus, kuus kallike", for choir and strings [02'11]
Gidon Kremer (violin) + Kremerata Baltica + Girls' Choir of the Vilnius Choir-Singing School "Liepaitės"
New Seasons, Deutsche Grammophon 479 4817
Amewudah-Rivers, Francesca
Alive [04'42]
King's Singers
Wonderland
Arañés, Juan
A la vida bona, chacona for 4 voices [03'23]
Norwegian Wind Ensemble + Nordic Voices
The Mission, LAWO Classics LWC1061
Harvey, Richard
The Da Vinci Code "Kyrie for the Magdalene" [03'55]
Choir of the King’s Consort
The Da Vinci Code: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Decca 985 4041
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Vespers (All-Night Vigil), Op. 37: VII. Glory to God in the Highest (The Six Psalms) [02'27]
The Choir of King's College London
Rachmaninoff: Vespers (All-Night Vigil)
Backer-Grøndahl, Agathe
Five Songs, Op. 3 No. 1: Aftnen er stille (The evening is quiet) [05'22]
Edvard Grieg Kor + Hilde Veslemøy Hagen (soprano) + Ørjan Hartveit (baritone)
Grieg, Lang & Others: Choral Works