Choir Concert with Orchestra (May 10)

Chorus of the Street Boys - Learning Track

Vocal part begins around 1:20

Best to listen with headphones:  in the middle section, when the choir splits into two parts, the sopranos (girls) are on the left and the altos (boys) are on the right.

Apologies for the awkward reccodring.  This is what happens when a bass tries to recording learning tracks for sopranos and altos!

Humming Chorus - Learning Track

Just a quick warning about this recording:  dynamics (changes in volume) are very important in this song.  It starts very quiet and gets louder in the middle before ending quietly again.  If you turn the volume way up at the beginning in order to hear the beginning more easily, it will suddenly become very loud near the middle!  Best to jump ahead to the middle (around 1:00) and set the volume accordingly, then go back to the beginning.

Here is a beautiful staged version of the Humming Chorus.  It goes much slower than the version I presented above (my tempo was taken from the recommendation on the sheet music, but it is quite possible that the orchestra will want to go at this speed).

This version of the Chorus of Street Boys isn't staged, but it is a children's choir, which is helpful.  The recording quality is not great (they recorded it too loud), but at least it gives a sense of the final result.  However, it is performed with a piano, much like the learning track above, rather than with the orchestra.  Their translation and pronunciation is a little different from ours.  Notice especially that we will roll the Rs in the bugle/drums section, and for "either" we will say "I-ther", not "E-ther".

Here is a staged version of Chorus of Street Boys.  It is in French, whereas we will do it in English, but it has the advantage of being performed with an orchestra, which will give a better sense of what it will sound like in the perfomance.  (I haven't been able to find an English version with orchestral accompaniment.)