It’s someone less fortunate than us….in gentle ballad form. He does has a delightful descant to sing in the last chorus, mind you – so all is not grim for the lonely castaway.
Song Stories: Robinson Crusoe
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Categories: Song Stories
It’s someone less fortunate than us….in gentle ballad form. He does has a delightful descant to sing in the last chorus, mind you – so all is not grim for the lonely castaway.
Categories: Song Stories
It’s earnest clergy and distant seraphs! It’s also in the same time signature throughout, which is noteworthy in itself! It’s also very, very serene.
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It’s lots of alleluias! There’s hocketing and ostinato in this spirited fanfare for 8-part choir. Top performance by Auckland choir Choralation too!
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It’s a panto baddie! Snow White’s wicked Step-Queen-Mother and the boffins she employs to invent ways of destroying our heroine, sing of their plans. It’s properly fiendish.
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It’s a sacred song for a Sunday! The men order the women to rejoice at the coming of the Saviour. The women force the men to rejoice more by the sheer joyousness of their rhythmic melismas. Everyone’s a winner!
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It’s lots of food and drink! Vocabulary from Medieval times, an enthusiastic, Medieval-inspired style, a cheery round – what more could you want from a castle-y song!
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It’s a Christmas anthem about singing! It’s for 8-part choir and has at its core Balinese interlocking rhythmic patterns.
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It’s a festive banana! A song with a hint of the Caribbean about it extolling the many virtues of the humble banana.
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It’s an anthem! …..a chirpy, rhythmic anthem, in fact!
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It’s a party song for children! A rhinoceros and an elephant enjoy dancing together after a somewhat dubious start to their dancing career.