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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

Also see these pages for helpful info
Resources
Vocal Warm-Ups

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.

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.
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

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


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.
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

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



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

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


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



Liebst du um Schonheit - Clara Schumann
Video with scrolling score
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4twYkYAv-I4

River and Tree - Marina Alexander
Audio + Score: www.marinaalexander.com/secular-choral-works.html
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
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
​


To Sit and Dream - Rosephanye Powell
Video with Scrolling score: 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVhJT-6Bz0E

Sing On! - Gwyneth Walker
CLick on PREVIEW to access Sample Score + Audio:
www.morningstarmusic.com/sing-on-walker.html


For more info, please visit the web sites of Ms. Alexander's ensembles