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The 12 Spams of Christmas Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 304 seconds A cross-cultural collaboration between classical and punk. The words and music are by Lorin Swelk, who performs the punk aspects. The classical countertenor role (represented by the castrato Velluti in the images) is performed by David W Solomons. Images selected and processed by Alfredo Sin Cojones. Great fun for all! Related: 12, barred, david, investment, lorin, sin, attorneys, bankers, castrato, christmas, classical, cojones, days, pornography, punk, solomons, spam, swelk, velluti, viagra, w |
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My Love (a canon for three altos and ostinato guitar) Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 219 seconds My Love - a hypnotic and strangely yearning canon for three equal voices (altos in this version), with an ostinato guitar motif. Composed and performed by David Warin Solomons (aka the dwsChorale). I have illustrated this only with the notated music, so each viewer can imagine his or her own love.... The score can be obtained from http://tinyurl.com/m ylove1 Related: my, altos, canon, dwschorale, guitar, hypnotic, love, sad, yearning |
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Winter Wonderland Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 79 seconds Winter Wonderland sung by the dwsChorale (Sale, UK), with images and footage provided by Carol J Keith (Vancouver, Washington State), who also built the snowman specially for this presentation. Related: bird, one-man, winter, choir, choir, choral, dwschorale, off, snow, snowman, taking, vancouver, wonderland |
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Tourdion - Quand je bois du vin clairet - Attaignant Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 94 seconds A drinking song for choir by Pierre Attaignant, sung by the dwsChorale. Images created during a Christmas eve extravaganza, with thanks to the photographic expertise, knowledge of middle French and excellent wine cellar of my Dad. Related: animated, wine, attaignant, choral, dwschorale, gifs, glasses, renaissance, spinning, tourdion |
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Io! Saturnalia (Hooray, it's Saturnalia) Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 184 seconds A Latin song composed and performed by David W Solomons (dwsChorale) expressing some of the anarchic jollity of Saturnalia - obscure references in the Latin to 20th Century politicians are just for fun and have no political significance. The pilleum (or pileum) is the little cap of liberty worn by slaves who were traditionally freed on Saturnalia. Related: anarchy, ancient, dwschorale, freed, multitracking, music, original, pileum, pilleum, rome, saturnalia, slaves, solomons |
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El Grillo (the cricket) by Josquin des Prez Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 109 seconds This satirical little frottola by Josquin is believed to be a gentle reminder to his patron Galeazzo Sforza that his musicians need paying. Josquin may be punning on the name of a fellow impecunious musician (Frillo) by calling him a cricket (Grillo). This performance is by the dwsChorale (David Solomons) Related: alto, bass, choir, cricket, des, dwschorale, frottola, grillo, josquin, madrigal, multitrack, prez, tenor |
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The Recipe (Shakespeare's three witches) Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 175 seconds Setting for three altos and guitar of the witches' cauldron scene in Shakespeare's Macbeth, composed and performed by David W Solomons (dwsChorale). Photos of witches kindly provided by Trialia Xua and mercilessly mutilated in Photoplus. Created specially for Halloween. Related: alto, cauldron, dwschorale, guitar, halloween, music, original, recipe, shakespeare, witches |
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The 12 days of Christmas - a conductor's nightmare Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 337 seconds Satirical choir song composed and performed by David W Solomons based on "The 12 days of Christmas" - Cartoon animation kindly created by David Marsh on the basis of an old caricature (by "Dale" in 1985) of the composer as a choirboy. Related: 12, caricature, cartoon, choir, choral, christmas, david, days, dwschorale, marsh, multitracking, nativita, of, parody, satire, solomons |
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Dido's Lament (Henry Purcell) Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 201 seconds Dido's lament from Purcell's opera Dido and Aeneas, transposed to alto pitch and sung by D W Solomons (countertenor). The artwork illustrating this performance includes work by Guercino, Cayot (sculpture of Dido), Tiepolo and Füger. Many thanks to the following art-photographers on Wikimedia: Marie-Lan Nguyen (Jastrow), Erwin Jurschitza (zeno.org), and Arianna Related: alto, cayot, countertenor, dido, füger, guercino, lament, opera, purcell, solo, tiepolo |
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Poema by Carlos Caicedo Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 235 seconds A dark story of unrequited love with echos of La Belle Dame sans merci (painted here by Henry Meynell Rheam). Composed by Carlos Caicedo and performed by David W Solomons (countertenor) with strings by Synful. Translations by David W Solomons This is part of the 2nd Delian Suite - for more details (including story, mp3 and score) please visit http://tinyurl.com/p oema1 Related: carlos, david, delian, unrequited, alto, caicedo, classical, countertenor, delian, love, poema, society, solomons, spanish, strings |
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Medieval French chanson-motet: Je Langui-Domino-Pucelete Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 91 seconds 13th Century French chanson - motet. The third voice sings "Domino" throughout - voices 1 sings a love song, voice two joins in, on the repeat, with another love song. It makes for a very effective "olde worlde" harmony. Performed by the dwsChorale. Rough translation provided for guidance. Related: 13th, alto, bass, century, countertenor, dwschorale, french, love, medieval, motet, multitracking, song, translation |
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Tant que vivray en age florissant - Sermisy Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 137 seconds Lute song by Claudin de Sermisy, after a poem by Clément Marot, performed by David W Solomons (alto) and Bob Glover (lutenist) Related: alto, countertenor, françois, french, lute, marot, que, renaissance, sermisy, tant, vivray |
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Bethlehem Down Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 225 seconds Poem by Bruce Blunt, music by Peter Warlock, performed by the one-man choir dwsChorale (transposed down a minor third) Images of Bethlehem from Wikimedia: Monochrome pictures from 1898: Claude Niépce Bethlehem and Shepherd: Wolfgang Sauber (Xenophon) City walls: Polenov Related: bethlehem, one-man, bethlehem, blunt, choir, choir, choral, down, dwschorale, multitracking, warlock |
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Rossignol du bois sauvage Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 153 seconds French folksong arranged and performed by D W Solomons. The Nightingale is asked to take a message to the beloved. This video was recorded on a camcorder in 1984 - poor reproduction but I hope you enjoy the performance Related: alto, countertenor, folksong, french, guitar, nightingale, rossignol |
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Dont vient Cela - by Claudin de Sermisy Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 188 seconds performance by D W Solomons (alto) and Bob Glover (lute) of a song by Claudin de Sermisy - composer at the court of François 1er (poem by Clément Marot) Related: alto, cela, dont, françois, french, lute, renaissance, sermisy, vient |
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Dashing away with a smoothing iron Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 210 seconds Dashing away with a smoothing iron arranged by Andrew Carter, published by and with thanks to Banks Music Publications for their kind permission. Performed by the dwsChorale, (down an augmented fourth to fit "our" range). Images provided, with thanks, via wikimedia. Related: alto, andrew, arrangement, bass, carter, choral, dashing, dwschorale, folksong, iron, smoothing, tenor |
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Verbum Patris humanatur (Christmas song from 13th century) Posted by: dwsolo
Video duration: 116 seconds 13th Century Carol sung by the one-man-choir dwsChorale. The original manuscript does not indicate lengths or the rhythms of the notes, but this version certainly offers a jolly seasonal dance. Related: 13th, carol, century, choir, chorus, christmas, dwschorale, patris, verbum |
