This week you meet your choral conductors who will be leading your local in-person Classic Choir rehearsals in Brisbane (Paul Holley, Voices of Birralee), Sydney (Emily Irvine, Inner West Voices) and Adelaide (Christie Anderson, Young Adelaide Voices).
Emily Irvine from Inner West Voices takes you through a couple of warm-ups tailor-made to specifically help you with the quickfire libretto in 'Summer Together', this year's Classic Choir song composed by Elena Kats-Chernin and poet Kirli Saunders.
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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 (South African)
Hosanna Nkosi Yami [03'17]
Davey Angels
The Rough Guide To South African Gospel
Menken, Alan
The Little Mermaid 1989 "Main Title" [01'26]
Original Soundtrack Recording
The Little Mermaid (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Ravel, Maurice
Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No. 2: Daybreak [05'48]
Sydney Symphony Orchestra + Cantillation
Ravel: Sydney Symphony, Sydney Symphony Live SSO 200801
Gurrumul
Baptism [04'48]
Gurrumul (vocals & guitar) + Inner West Voices
ABC Recording
Chen Yi
A Set of Chinese Folksongs, Vol. 1: No. 2, Flowing Stream [02'38]
Kennesaw State University Chamber Singers
Chinese Rap: The Music of Chen Yi, Centaur CRC 3440
Williams, John
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace "Duel of the Fates" [04'14]
London Symphony Orchestra + Original Soundtrack Recording
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Sony Classical SK 44935
Kats-Chernin, Elena
Summer Together [03'13]
Tamara-Anna Cislowska (piano) + Gabe Desiderio (baritone) + Liam Green (tenor) + Lucy Blomfield (alto) + Astrid Girdis (soprano)
ABC Classic Choir 2023
Pergolesi, Giovanni
Stabat mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa (The mother stood in sorrow) [04'21]
Orchestra of the Antipodes + Sara Macliver (soprano) + Sally-Anne Russell (mezzo-soprano)
1000 Years of Classical Music, ABC Classic 481 2730
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
Whispers of Summer [05'28]
London Choral Sinfonia
Coleridge-Taylor: Choral Works
Cheetham Fraillon, Deborah
Mother Mountain [02'22]
Dhungala Children’s Choir
Dhungala Choral Connection Song Book
Pauls, Raimonds
Salaca (Atbalss) [02'32]
Youth Choir Balsis
Songs About Latvian Rivers / Dziesmas Par Latvijas Upem
Chopin, Frédéric
24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major [00'43]
Hisako Kawamura (piano)
Chopin: 24 Préludes & Polonaise-Fantaisie, Sony Classical 19075874322
