El cant dels ocells - Bernat Vivancos

"El cant dels ocells"
for mixed choir a cappella
Latvian Radio Choir - Sigvards Klava, dir.
Soprano solo: Ieva Ezeriete
Neu Records - CD "Blanc"
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SCORE:
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NOTES:
Date: 7 - IX - 2006, Rupit (Catalonia)
For: Mixed choir a cappella: S. I - S. II - A - T - Bar. - B, with soprano soloist. Organ ad libitum.
Language: Catalan
Lyrics: Catalan folk song
First performance: Maîtrise de Radio France. Toni Ramon, dir. 24 -V- 2002, Église des Blancs Manteaux, Paris.
Dedicated to: David Padrós
Other versions:
Version for children’s choir or women’s choir a cappella S. I - S. II - S. III - A. I - A. II - A. III, with soprano soloist and organ (ad libitum); (Ref. 0010a).
ABOUT:
“El cant dels ocells” is one of the best loved of all Catalan popular songs. Made popular by the celebrated cellist Pau Casals, this Christmas song tells the tale of the many kinds of bird who praised the Divine Infant’s birth with their song. This harmonisation differs from the more traditional versions employing a neutral modal language that never disfigures the ever-present major melody, surrounded by a constant, uniform aura of sound. The melody, presented by a soloist, gives way to a simple lineal pattern for three voices and finishes with a fuller, slightly gray atmosphere. B.V.
LYRICS:
(Catalan):
En veure despuntar
el major lluminar,
en la nit més ditxosa;
els ocellets, cantant,
a festejar-lo van,
amb sa veu melindrosa.
Cantava el passarell:
- Oh! Que formós i bell
és l’Infant de Maria ! -
I diu l’alegre tord:
- Vençuda n’és la mort
Ja neix la vida mia. -
Cançó popular catalana de Nadal
(English):
Seeing the rise
of the brightest light,
in the most elated night;
go to celebrate,
with delicate voices.
The linnet was singing:
- Oh! How beautiful and lovely
is the Child of Mary! -
and the merry thrush says:
- Death is defeated
my life is born. -
Christmas Catalan folk song