Had the privilege of hearing Chanticleer again Thursday night at The Porter Center of Brevard College. Nice foggy trip over the mountains to get there... kinda like that 13 mile stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway the night before our wedding, LOL.
Their program this time was titled Wondrous Free and (understatement alert) "demonstrates the diversity of song in America." Though most of the pieces in the program were in English, spanning several hundred years brought in quite a range of styles--from spirituals and fuging tunes to madrigals by P.D.Q. Bach. Most interesting modern piece was The Homecoming, a poem written by John Stirling Walker in 2003 and set to music by David Conte. Haunting, though-provoking... Program notes can be found on-line here and include the text of The Homecoming.
For those of you who haven't heard Chanticleer before, following is their rendition of Shenandoah. This video doesn't do hold a candle to hearing it live, front -n- center in the third row as we did Thursday night, but it'll have to do. ;-)
Chanticleer is currently on a brief tour up and down the Eastern seaboard. If you're anywhere near New Canaan CT, Richmond VA, Morrow GA, Huntsville AL..... Get tickets and GO HEAR THEM!!!
From their most recent CD...
Absolutely incredible. Breath-taking live. Especially from the third row. Did I mention that we were dead-center in the 3rd row?? :-D I really need to track down the gal from the Porter Center's box office & hug her.
I am a happy woman. Nothing like beautiful music performed with excellence to lift the spirits!!
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I *love* Chanticleer!! Am so jealous. ;-)
Was very sorry when I realized we had a conflict with Tartuffe -- I would have gladly taken as many high schoolers as I could strong-arm into going with me to hear one of the most incredible a capella groups ever organized! :-)
Beautiful! I love that song, too! Thanks for posting this. I'd never heard of them before. What a treat.
Found a better video. This one Chanticleer posted for themselves. Much better quality. :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QvoqvX2VPE
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