Next Concert:
Sunday 2nd December 2018
Orff: Carmina Burana
Handel: Zadok the Priest
with Stirling Orchestra
Albert Halls, Dumbarton Road, Stirling
Last Concert:
Saturday 21 April 2018
50th Anniversary Gala Concert
with
Nina Kopparhed soprano
Ulrike Wutscher mezzo-soprano
David Douglas tenor
James Corrigan baritone
The Afton Ensemble
Our programme included pieces from concerts over the last 50 years and a “new” thanksgiving Te Deum by the French composer, Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
Final running order
| Composer | Title | (larger work) | Voice parts |
| Charpentier | Te Deum | SSATB soloists & SATB | |
| Handel | My heart is inditing | Coronation Anthems | SATB soloists & SAATB |
interval |
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| Mozart | Splendente te, Deus | SATB soloists & SATB | |
| Mozart | Voyagers’ chorus (page 167) | Idomeneo | soprano soloist & SATB |
| Purcell | Dido’s lament and Final chorus (page 189) | Dido and Aeneas | mezzo-soprano soloist & SATB |
| Wagner | Pilgrims’ chorus (page 337) | Tannhäuser | tenors and basses bars 1 – 47: semi-chorus and those who rehearsed on Sunday; bars 47 – end: all T&B |
| Tchaikovsky | Chorus of peasant girls (page 214) | Eugene Onegin | sopranos & altos |
| Bizet | Habañera (page 42) | Carmen | mezzo-soprano soloist & SATB |
| Tchaikovsky | Waltz scene (page 222) | Eugene Onegin | tenor & baritone soloists & SATB |
encore (don’t tell anyone!) |
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| Verdi | Brindisi (page 245) | La Traviata | SATB soloists & SATB |
Here are some links to MIDI files (version 1.2 ! ).
Please practise – lots! – between rehearsals. You may wish to listen to recordings – plenty of choice on YouTube for most of our programme – and MIDI files if you find them helpful.
www.cyberbass.com allows you to speed up and slow down the MIDI but doesn’t have much of our programme.
www.choralia.net is new to me (I suggest you use the mp3 page, not the vs page) and has an almost realistic sound and has lots of this programme, but I haven’t uploaded the links – please explore.
www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk has a very wide range of repertoire but a limited player, no parts emphasis, for instance.
| Composer | Title | Chorus | Link to MIDI See also: http://www.choralia.net/mp3catalogue.htm (not http://www.choralia.net/vscatalogue.htm ) |
| Charpentier | Te Deum | SATB | http://www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk/Charpentier/Te-Deum/te-deum.html |
| Handel | My heart is inditing (from Coronation Anthems #3) |
SAATB | http://www.cyberbass.com/Major_Works/Handel_GF/handel_coronation_anthems.htm |
| “” | “” | “” | http://www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk/Handel/My-heart/my-heart.html |
| Mozart | Splendente te, Deus | SATB | Does anyone have a link to MIDIs for this? Might be under Thamos King of Egypt (!) If so please share. |
And for the Opera Choruses:
| # | Page | Composer | Title | Chorus | Link to MIDI See also: http://www.choralia.net/mp3catalogue.htm |
Comment |
| 3 | 42 | Bizet | Habañera | SATB | http://www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk/Bizet/Carmen/carmen.html | |
| Verdi | Brindisi | S & T A & B (2-part) |
http://www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk/Verdi/Choruses/choruses.html | |||
| 12 | 167 | Mozart | Voyagers’ chorus | SATB | http://www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk/Mozart/Choruses/choruses.html | |
| 15 | 189 | Purcell | Dido’s lament and final chorus | SATB semi-chorus only |
http://www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk/purcell/dido-aeneas/35-39a.mid | Final chorus from about 2/3 through |
| 19 | 214 | Tchaikovsky | Chorus of peasant girls | SSA | http://www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk/Tchaikovsky/Choruses/choruses.html | |
| 20 | 222 | Tchaikovsky | Waltz scene | SATB | http://www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk/Tchaikovsky/Choruses/choruses.html | |
| 31 | 337 | Wagner | Pilgrims’ chorus | TTBB semi-chorus bars 11-52, 2; all: bars 52,3 to end |
http://www.learnchoralmusic.co.uk/Wagner/Choruses/choruses.html | |
