RCS Notes
Greetings! Welcome to RCS' Spring 2023 season!
You will find various resources on this site and on this page to assist us in our online rehearsals, including PDFs of scores and links to audio/video of various works.
PDFs are downloadable, and can be printed as you prefer.
Let's keep our joy alive---sing every day!
Marina
You will find various resources on this site and on this page to assist us in our online rehearsals, including PDFs of scores and links to audio/video of various works.
PDFs are downloadable, and can be printed as you prefer.
Let's keep our joy alive---sing every day!
Marina
Spring 2023
NOTE: Videos with scrolling scores are provided for some pieces.
Once score starts to play, you can ENLARGE it to FULL SCREEN by clicking on the
arrow at the bottom left corner.
To return to your normal screen, hit the ESCAPE (ECS) key on your computer keyboard.
Once score starts to play, you can ENLARGE it to FULL SCREEN by clicking on the
arrow at the bottom left corner.
To return to your normal screen, hit the ESCAPE (ECS) key on your computer keyboard.
AUDIO/VIDEO LINKS
I Love All Beautiful Things - Judith Weir
This lovely anthem was written for the celebration of Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday in 2016.
This lovely anthem was written for the celebration of Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday in 2016.
Live performance at the National Service of Thanksgiving in celebration of
Her Majesty The Queen's 90th Birthday at St. Paul's Cathedral (2016)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k1j6dVbx8U
Her Majesty The Queen's 90th Birthday at St. Paul's Cathedral (2016)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k1j6dVbx8U
Lovely performance by a small ensemble at the First Presbyterian Church of New Canaan
Jackson Borges, Conducting - Victoria Shields, Organist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3c2ZTdKz68
Jackson Borges, Conducting - Victoria Shields, Organist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3c2ZTdKz68
O viridissima virga - Hildegard von Bingen
Our performance of this beautiful chant will be a version that I created specifically for RCS.
Here is the audio of my arrangement.
Our performance of this beautiful chant will be a version that I created specifically for RCS.
Here is the audio of my arrangement.
Listening to a few recordings of how the chant might have been performed in Hildegard's own time
can give you an idea of the aesthetics involved.
Here is a performance by Sequentia, a group that specialized in Hildegard's music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=obWtD4P3mHA
Here is a lovely LIVE performance by Ensemble canta-filia
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGjC8GnIHZg&t=110s
Here is another LIVE performance, this time with just a vocal quartet.
The Soprano and Alto intone the verses, while the Tenor and Bass provide the "ison" or drone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q8_gWj-aKg
can give you an idea of the aesthetics involved.
Here is a performance by Sequentia, a group that specialized in Hildegard's music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=obWtD4P3mHA
Here is a lovely LIVE performance by Ensemble canta-filia
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGjC8GnIHZg&t=110s
Here is another LIVE performance, this time with just a vocal quartet.
The Soprano and Alto intone the verses, while the Tenor and Bass provide the "ison" or drone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q8_gWj-aKg
Qui dabis mihi - Barbara Strozzi
Gartenlieder, Op. 3 - Fanny Hensel
Locking ("Enticement")
Schone Fremde ("Beautiful Strangeness")
To See the Sky - Jocelyn Hagen
Performed by the First Readings Project, J. David Moore, conductor.
With scrolling score
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpKcabeVt1s
Performed by the First Readings Project, J. David Moore, conductor.
With scrolling score
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpKcabeVt1s
Measure Me, Sky - Elaine Hagenberg
Audio only:
s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.giamusic.com/mp3s/EH1014_123573_637d21b68d53b.mp3
"PREVIEW" score
www.elainehagenberg.com/_files/ugd/26cb0c_85ea9a1bd2554ba09146bbf67e3873be.pdf
Audio only:
s3.amazonaws.com/cdn.giamusic.com/mp3s/EH1014_123573_637d21b68d53b.mp3
"PREVIEW" score
www.elainehagenberg.com/_files/ugd/26cb0c_85ea9a1bd2554ba09146bbf67e3873be.pdf
O salutaris - Mel Bonis
Live performance by at L'eglise St-Michel de Fribourg, by the Choeur St-Michel, dir. Philippe Savoy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o2v8FtOoEQ
Live performance by at L'eglise St-Michel de Fribourg, by the Choeur St-Michel, dir. Philippe Savoy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5o2v8FtOoEQ
Se del tuo corpo/Pero Signor - Vittoria Aleotti
Only Part 1: "Se del tuo corpo" - sung by l'ensemble Voxabulaire
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzvZZq57ohg
Complete Performance by the Renaissance Singers, Northwestern U.
Part 2 begins at the 3:20 mark
NOTE: tempo is TOO SLOW......
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg1-hkD3dDM
Only Part 1: "Se del tuo corpo" - sung by l'ensemble Voxabulaire
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzvZZq57ohg
Complete Performance by the Renaissance Singers, Northwestern U.
Part 2 begins at the 3:20 mark
NOTE: tempo is TOO SLOW......
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jg1-hkD3dDM
Liebst du um Schonheit - Clara Schumann
Video with scrolling score
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4twYkYAv-I4
Video with scrolling score
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4twYkYAv-I4
NOTE: Once score starts to play, you can ENLARGE it to FULL SCREEN by clicking on the arrow at the bottom left corner. To return to your normal screen, hit the ESCAPE (ECS) key on your computer keyboard.
Virtual Choir performance
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMJiyeAJFeU
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMJiyeAJFeU
INDIVIDUAL PARTS
SOPRANO
ALTO
TENOR
BASS
How to Sing Like a Planet - Elizabeth Alexander
Video with interesting images:
vimeo.com/796116983?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=9422865
Video with interesting images:
vimeo.com/796116983?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=9422865
Sing On! - Gwyneth Walker
CLick on PREVIEW to access Sample Score + Audio:
www.morningstarmusic.com/sing-on-walker.html
CLick on PREVIEW to access Sample Score + Audio:
www.morningstarmusic.com/sing-on-walker.html