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20/2/2008

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The Capricorn Singers perform songs from the show, musicals, easy listening, ballads, standards and love songs.  We like to think, most of the other choirs  and societies around the Fylde have the operatic, choral and classical music well covered.  New music suggestions are welcome from members and audience alike.

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Gillian
28/3/2008 08:37:21 am

I was interested in Adiemus and found the following on Wikipedia...

Adiemus
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Adiemus is the title of a series of albums by British composer Karl Jenkins.

Adiemus: Songs of Sanctuary (1995)
Adiemus II: Cantata Mundi (1997)
Adiemus III: Dances of Time (1998)
Adiemus IV: The Eternal Knot (2001)
Adiemus V: Vocalise (2003)

The Journey: The Best of Adiemus (2000)
Adiemus Live (2002)
Adiemus New Best & Live (2002)
The Essential Adiemus (2003)
(Adiemus is also the title of the opening track on Songs of Sanctuary.)


Concept
Each Adiemus album is a collection of song-length pieces featuring harmonised vocal melody against an orchestral background. There are no lyrics as such: instead the vocalists sing syllables and 'words' invented by Jenkins. However, rather than creating musical interest from patterns of phonemes (as in scat singing, or in numerous classical and crossover compositions), the language of Adiemus is carefully stylised so as not to distract the listener's attention from the pitch and timbre of the voice—for example, as in African languages, syllables ending in consonants are rare. The core concept of Adiemus is that the voice should be allowed to function as nothing more than an instrument, an approach that has become something of a trend in recent choral writing (compare, for example Vangelis's score for the film 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)). The word Adiemus itself resembles a Latin word meaning 'We will draw near', though incorrectly formed; Jenkins claims to have been unaware of this.

Just thought you may be interested

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Flis
29/1/2009 05:04:19 am

There are a couple of fab songs on the Lion King Broadway Sound Track that would sound good - not so well known but lovely songs. Will copy you the CD David and see what you think! It would keep Laura happy (and probably in tears!).

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