Im doing this whole show and David Fanshawe is such a brilliant mind! he's been with us all week working with our small college choir and our dancers and i've heard his story many times! he's one of the funniest people i've ever met too! :)
I have a treasured copy (with a drawing and signature by David Fanshawe) and it looks like a mixture of three minors: Am, Dm, Bm. Performed in Brisbane with QUMS in 1989. David .F rehearsed us one time - big thrill for me.
wow! i have suggested this to our choir director before, but she has always said how impractical it would be to do it... i may show her this! what an amazing rendition!
my high school choir sang this song for a competition but we didn't "win" :( i guess it was too exotic for the judges. we had a whole band and everything. this song was the toughest to learn! good job.
This was one of the hardest, most difficult, and most brilliantly performed songs I have ever done in my 6 years of State Honors Choir. Andre was indeed and musical genius, and I was nothing short of honored to be under his direction. I agree with @kaylepaizoc, this was the BEST experience ever. :D
I really don't know what the reference to Israel was supposed to be in the introduction?? Or am I missing something here? If anything, the inspiration for the work was the Islamic call to prayer that Fanshaw heard in Egypt.
I was a part of the choir which sang this during its premier performance in America in 1977. Compared to Fanshaw's Sanctus, Handel's Messiah is a piece of cake!
@yitzchack13 well, it's not really a class. i've been in honors choir. and this is definately not a craving fro prestige. it is a way to show the public what potential the arts has in a state. would you like arts in your state to go down the tubes?
@Wabsy99 - have you ever tried singing that long a note to a harsh 'a' sound? it sounds damned awful. It's probably been altered slightly for a nicer sound, in the same way i would sing 'last' as 'laahst', because it sounds less harsh.
The people often didn't freely sing for David Fanshawe. In the case of the men in a trance-like state, singing parts of the Koran in their native tongue and Arabic, Fanshawe never bothered to get permission or to properly credit them.
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Im doing this whole show and David Fanshawe is such a brilliant mind! he's been with us all week working with our small college choir and our dancers and i've heard his story many times! he's one of the funniest people i've ever met too! :)
I performed this with my Choir together this weekend and it was Great . It was really fun.
We are singing this song in choir this year and it is awesome
I have a treasured copy (with a drawing and signature by David Fanshawe) and it looks like a mixture of three minors: Am, Dm, Bm. Performed in Brisbane with QUMS in 1989. David .F rehearsed us one time - big thrill for me.
I performed this in 1994 at the All-State Choir in Virginia directed by Andre Thomas as well... takes me right back!
That was remarkable. Well done. Spot on.
Dr. Thomas directed this tonight at GA All-State Chorus!!!! Incredible piece and an incredible director.
wow! i have suggested this to our choir director before, but she has always said how impractical it would be to do it... i may show her this! what an amazing rendition!
Wow--totally amazing. What an accomplishment. Congrats to the students and teacher!!!
my high school choir sang this song for a competition but we didn't "win" :( i guess it was too exotic for the judges. we had a whole band and everything. this song was the toughest to learn! good job.
I miss everyone and all this sounds AWESOME
❤️
Excellent rendition of a very difficult piece!
This was one of the hardest, most difficult, and most brilliantly performed songs I have ever done in my 6 years of State Honors Choir. Andre was indeed and musical genius, and I was nothing short of honored to be under his direction. I agree with @kaylepaizoc, this was the BEST experience ever. :D
...So jealous. This was amazing! I wish I could've been there.
A good stab at a difficult and unusual piece.
this was so amazing live
wonderful job! This is NOT an easy song. Well done!
Done this. You nailed it.
This song is so amazing, and not nearly as hard to learn as its made out to be!
Fantastic!!!! Really loved this, thanks for posting !!
fantastic
Best I've seen yet (:
Well done guys (:
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Very well done!!
IB PPP... I'm not even in IB but our school is and so we have a mixed drama class.
Same here mine is due this week on thursday and i havent even started LOL
IB brought me here
Yup.
***** YAY IB theatre
(Why do we do this to ourselves?!)
The short story tho... ;_;
***** i knoww
Me toooo!
Skip to 2:00 for the music.
although... I wish we could have done the FULL performance (:
yeah!! i'm in the middle of the back row with a yellow tie.
I really don't know what the reference to Israel was supposed to be in the introduction?? Or am I missing something here?
If anything, the inspiration for the work was the Islamic call to prayer that Fanshaw heard in Egypt.
what about the other movements? i'm performing this in 2 days time! eek!!!
I really enjoyed watching this performance. Could anyone tell me what key it's in by any chance?
I was a part of the choir which sang this during its premier performance in America in 1977.
Compared to Fanshaw's Sanctus, Handel's Messiah is a piece of cake!
@MaLaKaThIsS
If I had my music next to me I would totally inform you. lol
@yitzchack13 well, it's not really a class. i've been in honors choir. and this is definately not a craving fro prestige. it is a way to show the public what potential the arts has in a state. would you like arts in your state to go down the tubes?
2:06 to skip to song
ethniticities?
IB..
@Wabsy99 - have you ever tried singing that long a note to a harsh 'a' sound? it sounds damned awful. It's probably been altered slightly for a nicer sound, in the same way i would sing 'last' as 'laahst', because it sounds less harsh.
Why on earth do they pronounce it 'saaahnc-tus'? It's Latin, which has short 'a's: it's pronounced 'sank-tus'. very odd.
The people often didn't freely sing for David Fanshawe. In the case of the men in a trance-like state, singing parts of the Koran in their native tongue and Arabic, Fanshawe never bothered to get permission or to properly credit them.
Far too long I For and it’s Sanc tus, not songtuus.