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Let's talk choral music.
ampersandwitch:
This is more a choral setting with background orchestra, so less of a "choir" feel, and more of an orchestral one, but I love Williams' work, "Serenade to Music," which basically a dreamy melange of Shakespeare's works set to great, ethereal melodies. It's a trip.
Stefan Autsa:
The Gyütö Monks.
Liz:
Most of the choral music I have is from my high school choir, so I'll share a couple of those first. We were not that great. Good for a high school of our size, but whatever.
Full choir: Give Us Hope
Chamber choir: In This Very Room
Otherwise, here is a song by a men's choir from my college. They are good.
Uberkor: Ave Maria
Will:
Oh, man, IO...Cloudburst is SUCH a fun piece to perform! I did it once in high school and then again in college. It's an incredibly powerful piece.
I was always a big fan of the gospel pieces that Moses Hogan arranged. This thread has now made me all nostalgiac for the days when I was in chorus, and I will go remember fondly. Back later, guys!
sombrasoubrette:
I've been lurking for awhile and I joined for this thread. OH MY GOD ERIC WHITACRE. Our school's Chamber Choir (which I just found out I got into, hehee) does a piece by him every year. This past it was Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine, which is really hard. A recording of them at Heritage Festival in Chicago: http://kit.kitkorp.com/archives/festivalmp3s/choral/chamberchoir.mp3 (there's another song first but it's very quick)
I've been doing choral music for several years now. Last year I did the Messiah, but I'm not so into Handel or baroque because it has the sickening tendency to all sound the same. I also sang the Durufle and Faure requiems, but my favourite big classical work to sing was one of Mozart's missa brevises (don't remember which). My school choir has a more modern tint to it.
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