To see copies of any of the items below, click on the icon to the right of the item you wish to see.
The following clips and aids may be useful when learning the items for the Clouds of Dreams concert. Click on the YouTube or MP3 icon to the left of the relevant item.
We are very grateful to Michael Higgins for having created these rehearsal aids for Cecilica McDowall's Da Vinci Requiem. Click on the required item that you wish to hear and use. Either it will open directly in your device's MP3 player or it may download first depending on your device's rules. Each file is about 4MB each so please be aware of this if you are downloading on a device with a limited tariff.
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Christmas Concert 2018
The following clips and aids may be useful when learning the items planned for the Christmas 2018 concert. Click on the icon to the left of the relevant item.
Brazilian Songs of Nature
Roland Perrin, whose arrangements of these Brazilian Songs we are performing in the
Duke Ellington concert, has kindly supplied MIDI and MP3 files of the items we are planning on doing. The MP3 versions are the more natural-sounding ones (albeit with an artificial chorus!) but the MIDI ones may be useful for the technically-minded ones amongst you. Clicking on the MIDI logo will take you to a folder hosted by DropBox that contains all of the MIDI files and from where you can download all of the files either individually or all in one go. Clicking on the MP3 logo will download the relevant file directly to your device.
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Te Deum - Text
In October 1891, Dvorak was appointed Director of the National Conservatory in New York, his duties to commence the following autumn. His new employer commissioned him to write a cantata to mark the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' discovery of America, the text for which would be supplied in due course. The promised text never arrived so, not wanting to let down this new employer before he took up his post, Dvorak turned to the great Latin hymn of praise
Te Deum Laudamus and used the text from this instead. During rehearsals, Neil has often referred to the English meaning of parts of the text to highlight the music score. Tenor Richard Simon has kindly taken the whole text and laid it out in its full translation so that you can see the entire context. Click
here or on the image to the left for this.
Monteverdi Vespers
As you will have seen from the first rehearsal, the vocal parts written in the
Vespers don't match our typical vocal parts or ranges all the time so it is necessary to rejig them in a few places. Neil has issued two sets of vocal allocations - one that designates which SATB vocal part sings which vocal line in the music and the other that distinguishes between the solo & chorus sections. Both items are available here. Click on the two images on the left to download the two documents (one per image) and please make sure you have transferred all the instructions to your copy. In addition to this, there are a few places in No2 (Dixit Dominus) that involves chanting on a single note. Click
here or on the image to the right to download the details for these as well.
Several members have asked about recommended recordings of the work. Neil's selection is as shown below - any one of these will do as they are all equally as good. Click on the one you wish to select and you will be taken directly to the Amazon page for this item should you wish to purchase it directly from Amazon.
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Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner
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The Sixteen
Harry Christophers
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The Gabrieli Consort
Paul McCreesh
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Christmas 2016 - Adeste Fideles
The following sound files may be useful when learning Chris Hutchings'
Adeste Fideles, which we will be singing in the
Christmas Concert. Chris has created these sound files for us. For each part there are two versions - the first has just that particular voice part playing, the other has it with the other voices playing quietly in the background. Just click on the relevant image to download the associated sound file. Each one is about 3.5MB in size so may take a few seconds to download. You may need to click on the downloaded file for it to play.
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French Gothic
The following clips on YouTube may may useful when learning the items planned for the
French Gothic concert. Click on the adjacent YouTube icon to open a new window with the clip.
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Durufle : Notre Pere |
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Vierne : Messe Solennelle |
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Poulenc : Exultate Deo |
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Durufle : Requiem |
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Ikons
The following clips on YouTube may be useful when learning the items planned for the
Ikons concert. Click on the adjacent YouTube icon to open a new window with the clip.
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Rachmaninov : All-Night Vigil ("Vespers") - 1* |
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Rachmaninov : All-Night Vigil ("Vespers") - 2 |
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Rachmaninov : All-Night Vigil ("Vespers") - 3 |
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Rachmaninov : All-Night Vigil ("Vespers") - 4** |
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Rachmaninov : All-Night Vigil ("Vespers") - 5 |
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Rachmaninov : All-Night Vigil ("Vespers") - 6 |
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Arvo Pärt : Bogoroditse Devo |
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Gorecki : Totus Tuus |
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John Tavener : Svyati |
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Wood : Hail, Gladdening Light |
* Ignore first 45 seconds of the track. You'll hear why!
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A New Dawn
The following clips on YouTube, Soundcloud and Dropbox may be useful when learning the items planned for the
New Dawn concert. Click on the adjacent YouTube or Soundcloud icon to open a new window with the clip. Clicking on the Dropbox icon will open a shared folder containing an audio file for each part (S1, S2, A1, A2, T1, T2, B1, B2) - please click on the one relevant to you to download the audio file to your computer. These have been created especially for you by Michael Higgins, for which many thanks.
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James MacMillan : A New Song |
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Arvo Pärt : The Beatitudes |
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Eric Whitacre : Lux Aurumque |
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Ola Gjeilo : Northern Lights |
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Morten Lauridsen : Sure on this Shining Night |
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John Tavener : Svyati |
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Will Todd : The Lord is my Shepherd |
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Howard Goodall : Love Divine |
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James MacCarthy : A Quoi Bon Dire |
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Roxanna Panufnik : Declare the Wonders |
