(I trained my choral ear on his Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus as well as Margaret Hillis’s Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus). He founded the Robert Shaw Chorale and later was the conductor of the superb Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. ![]() ![]() (Who’s Robert Shaw, you’re asking? The late Robert Shaw was considered the Dean of Choral Music. Is he the Robert Shaw of South Africa or of Cape Town. The Conductor for the Cape Town Youth Choir is Leon Starker. The size of the ensemble/Chorus is irrelevant. Any Chorus can sound like the Cape Town Youth Choir or the MDR-Rundfunkchor (up above in the Brahms’ EDR video from Frankfurt) IF they are trained properly and the choristers are auditioned and selected properly. Either that, or they’re incompetent and need to be replaced. Yes, achieving perfect intonation in all voice sections requires work, but that’s what they’re being paid to do. The same goes for the Boston University Symphony Chorus (soprano and alto sections especially), or the choral ensembles at Shenandoah Conservatory with their wobbling and fluttering voices? Trying to emulate an Opera Chorus, are you, where they’ve never heard the term perfect intonation (one of the foundations of choral excellence)? Why? Because their Chorus Directors are not doing their job in striving for perfect intonation in all voice sections (SATB). Why can’t the New England Conservatory Concert Choir sound like this? They could if they were trained properly. I’ve heard this hymn many times and have played it even more, but I’ve never heard it sung like this before: Polished, choral excellence and sung with perfect intonation in all voice sections. She has a lovely voice, but then don’t they all? This is beautifully done. And they have one soprano - not the entire soprano section - singing a beautiful descant on the final verse. I love their “Full Chorus” sound on the second verse. I’m going to get technical here from a choral perspective: They sing this A cappella (that means without any instrumental accompaniment) and they carry-over nearly all their phrases - that’s a good thing - which requires staggered breathing in all voice sections. You’ve probably never heard it like this. That’s where I first heard it):Īlso featured in the Conservatory: The Cape Town Youth Choir (South Africa) performing the gospel hymn, “Precious Lord, Take My Hand.” See video below. (We sang this at the Conservatory where I trained. So to keep the choral sound going and consistent, that does indeed require staggered breathing within the SATB sections and the perfect blending of voices. This required quite a bit of staggered breathing because they only have 3 sopranos, 3 altos, 2 tenors and 2 basses. Listen for one Chorus answering the other, just as in Händel’s oratorio Israel in Egypt. ![]() Andreas Meier is their Conductor/Chorus Director. Pachelbel – Nun danket alle Gott for Double Chorus, performed by Voces Suaves. The award for the best Beethoven’s Ninth goes to the University of Maryland Chorus Pentecostal Washington National Cathedral (District of Columbia) Menu Skip to contentįeatured Performance: A Glorious Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ MDR-Rundfunkchor ∙ Solisten ∙ Philipp Ahmann, Chorus Director: Read article here. ![]() "Authorities warn of twin COVID and flu surge." Last week I read this headline: "Extremely low booster rates suggest NYC area has no COVID cares left to give." Well, I've learned that you can't fix stupid and people who obviously don't care about their own health, so don't waste your time trying. Then yesterday, there was the headline about the approaching "Twindemic" of COVID and the flu being a major concern to medical experts and scientists. I wonder if he sees the network's "post-pandemic" language and shakes his head asking "What is going on in the news room?" Their news footage from various parts of the world (particularly Asia) show the majority of people wearing COVID face masks, such as in Seoul and in China. Then immediately afterwards they promote their weekly COVID programme with their science expert. Pink barrio 31 October 2022: The Disconnect: On Deutsche Welle-TV Berlin, I've seen the headlines many times with the words "post-pandemic" in them.
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