“Theodorakis discovered the Canto General when in 1971, exiled from Greece by the colonels, he was on a concert-tour in Chile at the invitation of president Salvador Allende. For the Greek composer, Neruda’s great hymn is “a gospel of our time. In it, Neruda lays bare his fighter’s soul. The work brings the historical events of his country to vivid life. It is destined to help men to vanquish in times of crisis and enforce the law. Neruda, deliberately, puts himself at the service of the peoples’ revolution for freedom, independance and democracy.” Theodorakis’s musical setting of 13 parts of the great poem by Neruda has given us one of the major choral works of the latter half of the 20th century.”

Canto General – Theodorakis/Naruda

From Wendy …

‘Andorinha da Primavera’, to partner ‘Gotinha d’Agua’

Enjoy

And the lyrics …

Andorinha da Primavera – lyrics

Hello everyone,

…and hello to the most wonderfulest choir! You are all extraordinary and I value being a part of your world.

Looking forward to the Peaceful Concert next Wed. 6th Dec.which we will be singing Blue Moon and Bogoroditse Devo.
We are meeting at 6.30 for warmup in the hall and 7.00 start for the concert. We will sing later in the evening as some members will be late getting there, and would like to sing.

Philip, our lovely tenor, has offered for us to come to his home for a meal and a sing for our breakup celebrations on Wed.13th, which will be our last gathering for this year. I will need to confer with him first about arrangements..but I think it is a lovely idea. He is in Taradale, so perhaps we can carpool. (I will ‘not’ be offering to drive!) We may make a slightly earlier time to meet if that’s ok.

I will confirm arrangements with you all on Wed.

Next year, we will resume on the 10th January, as we are considering singing at the blackboard concert at the Newstead Folk Festival on the long weekend in late January.

We will always welcome new members to a new start next year, and perhaps even hope to gather some of this core email group again, who found the year busy.You are always welcome. Summer has come…finally.

See you in a couple of days.

– Wendy

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Unconfusing Portuguese

Play these clips enough times and Portuguese will be your second language …

Another performance –
More Antonio Zambujo, performance & lyrics

Lyrics in Portuguese, and another with translation –

Gotinha d’Agua lyrics

Gotinha d’Agua lyrics trans

New Blue Moon Practice Tracks

The featured part is prominent and center stage, with the other parts softer and off to the sides.

Soprano –

Alto –

Tenor –

Bass –

SATB –

A new version of the Caledonia score is available, this one has all three verses included.

Caledonia & lyrics

Dear Mainesong,

Looking forward to the Choir Extravaganza this Thurs. 12th Oct at the Town Hall.
We need to get there at 5.30 in order to run-through ‘One Voice’ with all the other choirs.
The concert will go from 6.30- approx.9.00pm.

We will be singing
Sto Perigiali and Sister my Sister.

You are singing all songs beautifully and I am feeling quite relaxed about the performance…so please enjoy. We will of course be seeing each other the night before for our Wed. rehearsal.

Also..our BIG CORKER/MAINESONG yearly concert reminder..

Sunday, October 29th.
3.00 rehearsal for:
4.30-6.30 Concert
At the Town Hall.

It will be wonderful as usual.
Please : Let’s try to start now right on 7.30 and I am hoping for as many of the choir to attend rehearsals for the next few weeks in particular. We have a fair bit of work to do in preparation. It helps me know what’s what!

That would be GREAT!!!!

Repertoire:
Sto Perigiali
Sister my sister
Michelle
Blue moon
Caledonia
Bogoroditse
Lay me down
Beethoven’s 5th
The Lion sleeps tonight(easy)
And maybe… Fly me to the moon.

I am loving’ you guys…always!

W

Wendy’s rendition of Tenor part

A demo/reference of the tenor part, for practice purposes …

MIDI-derived practice tracks, SATB

soprano –

alto –

tenor –

bass –

And the score …

Bogoroditse Devo