I sing as a soloist with the Colorado Repertory Singers. This year we are performing John Rutters Gloria during our Christmas Concert. Last thursday at our rehearsal the director asked me to sing the high soprano solo during the second movement. I am so excited to perform it! My voice teacher gave me a great lesson on saturday just to prepare for this solo!
I created the above PDF of the Latin to English translation just to remind myself of the meaning of the words we will sing.
Here is the cambridge singers version of the second movement. The soprano solo comes in at 4:48. This is my all time favorite piece of music on the Earth! I was priviledged to sing it in 1999 with the Colorado Mormon Chorale accompanied by the Boulder Brass! Enjoy!
My Favorite song from Odds and Ends is Only by Faith…I used it for the three year anniversary video of my blog and a new remix of it is available at the web site.
Our ward choir sang this great hymn, a personal favorite, in sacrament meeting today. We set the goal to sing in the choir as a family and so Paul and I sang with Jeff, Andy, and Allison while Ben sat and watched. It was fun to sing with so many family members, as well as a large group from our ward. We sang a really awesome acapella shaker version of this hymn, can’t seem to find it on the web, but here are the lyrics:
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?
In every condition, in sickness, in health;
In poverty’s vale, or abounding in wealth;
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,
As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.
Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.
When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
Even down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.
The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake.
And here is a video I made with this hymn as the background mysic:
I can’t wait to watch this on PBS!
“The Lord’s Prayer,” featuring Andrea Bocelli, the choir and orchestra, and David Foster at the organ will be part of a PBS Christmas special produced by WNET. After several takes, David Foster then switched to the piano to accompany both the choir and orchestra for “The Prayer,” a song he personally composed, which will be featured in an upcoming choir and orchestra recording.
Between takes of the recording process, Bocelli sat down at the Tabernacle’s famous pipe organ and gave an impromptu recital of “Ave Maria” while accompanying himself. “It was beautiful; his sweet voice carried throughout the Tabernacle,” said choir member Robb Cundick, who also said the unplanned performance was his favorite part of the afternoon.
After the conclusion of “The Lord’s Prayer,” Bocelli said he had enjoyed his day in Salt Lake as well as singing in the Tabernacle. He complimented the Tabernacle acoustics and said that the entire experience was very moving.
“For me it was a huge experience,” Bocelli said. “The quality of the choir is very high. … The orchestra also (is) very inspiring.”
