Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s Day. Just finished singing this in choir, great piece and as usual, the tenor part is the hardest.. :)
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May 24, 2013 at 7:06 am
john zande
You sing choir as well? Arb, you truly are a Renaissance woman!
When i lived in Sao Paulo i’d go on Thursday mornings to Mosteiro de São Bento, a drop-dead gorgeous church to listen to the Benedictine monks sing Gregorian chants. They also had a bakery there which was heavenly… excuse the pun.
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May 24, 2013 at 8:25 am
Carole
Love the harmonies in this piece!!! Thanks for posting this on this very dreary Friday (here in Ottawa). BTW, I sang this in a choir years ago, but can’t remember the composer!
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May 24, 2013 at 9:40 am
The Intransigent One
Unfortunately all I remember is that he’s a Swedish jazz musician. Not awfully helpful, sorry.
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May 24, 2013 at 3:45 pm
The Arbourist
@JZ
I sing in two choirs John..:)
Errr…now why would I be complaining about the tenor part if I was a woman? :)
Singing in churches is one of the few good things about them, usually the acoustics are amazing, making hacks like TIO and myself sound good. :)
If more churches had bakeries that would be a good thing – nice to have useful stuff going on.
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May 24, 2013 at 3:47 pm
The Arbourist
@ Carole
It was composed and arranged by Nils Lindberg.
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May 26, 2013 at 9:10 am
john zande
Emmm, now that you mention it that did register in my brain as odd. OK then, let’s try that again: “Arb, you truly are a Renaissance Man!” Sound better? :)
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May 26, 2013 at 10:03 am
The Arbourist
@JZ
Not necessarily better, just more accurate at least from a gender point of view. :)
Renaissance worthy? Probably not, as I would need to be much more well read and more cultured. :)
It does happen occasionally, sometimes the alto ranges is just a little to high for some women, and thus they sing tenor. We had this situation in our choir the year before last. It was a unique experience. :>
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