Repertoire

Here are three inebriated works by Henry Purcell.  Inspirational? Perhaps! Enjoy! Right-Click and Download Printable Parts Right-Click and Download Audio for Purcell Catch No. 1 [audio:https://www.lewesvoiceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Drinking-Catches-1.mp3|titles=Purcell Catch No. 1] Right-Click and Download Audio for Purcell Catch No. 2 [audio:https://www.lewesvoiceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Drinking-Catches-2.mp3|titles=Purcell Catch No. 2] Right-Click and Download Audio for Purcell Catch No. 3 [audio:https://www.lewesvoiceworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Drinking-Catches-3.mp3|titles=Purcell Catch No. 3]

Okay, a new gospel song that we started last night––Workin’ on a Building.  I’m including a YouTube video of one of my favourites renditions just for fun.  Don’t imitate the singing.  It’s not the version we’re learning. 😉 So, starting with all 3 parts and working our way through: Workin’_3-Part   Page 3     … Read more

Welcome back, All!  Here’s our first of two new pieces to get working on––a sweet little madrigal by Robert Jones from 1609.  Have a listen through to all 3 parts together first, maybe even listen several times as you watch the little dots go by.  It will give you a chance to see how the … Read more

So, here’s the new piece.  Sorry not to have it to you earlier but doing these things is very time consuming.  Also, we’ll be working on this for the next 3 sessions, so you’ve plenty of time to do some homework. *NOTE: Disregard bar 10 in the parts, by the way when listening to the … Read more

And that’s the least of her worries!  But here they are at last.  I ‘fixed’ these once.  Or at least I thought I had.  Maybe I watched a movie instead.  I can’t remember now.  See if this is better, Miki.  I’ve just recorded the missing bars and I’m cueing you by singing in the Bass … Read more

So, here we are coming up on the Christmas season again and Herr Schürmann has given us a 3 part (SAB) arrangement of “Lo, how A Rose E’er Blooming” to sink our musical teeth into.  Fair warning: this is a challenging arrangement, so listen carefully to the parts individually and together BEFORE you start singing … Read more

Here are the parts for Banks of Sicily, which we will begin working on at an upcoming class. Here’s a 1963 recording of the Chad Mitchell Trio singing the song.  This is where I learned it.  Our arrangement is a little different but not far off. 09 The Banks Of Sicily (1964) By the way, … Read more