ACWC 40th Anniversary - February

'Sister' by Edmund Finnis (2013) Lucy Railton - Cello, Aisha Orazbayeva - Violin

An Rógaire Dubh

Tá mo stoca is mo bhróga ag an rógaire dubh, x3
Mo naipicín póca le bliain sa lá inniu.

Portaireacht

Tá nead insan sliabh ag an rógaire dubh, x3
Ní ghabhfaidh sé an bóthar ach cóngar an chnoic.

Portaireacht

Dá bhfeicteása Máire taobh eile den trá x3
Is a dhá chois in airde ag an rógaire dubh!
Portaireacht

Na Ceannabháin Bhána

Goirm féin, goirm féin, goirm féin
Goirm féin Micil is Máire
Goirm féin, goirm féin, goirm féin 
Siúd iad na Ceannabháin Bhána.(X2)


Cuirfidh mé, cuirfidh mé, cuirfidh mé
Cuirfidh mé suas chuig Sadhbh Sheáin thú
Cuirfidh mé, cuirfidh mé, cuirfidh mé
‘S cuirfidh sí buairthín sa nGleann ort. (X2)

Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh

Bríste gan básta 'bhí ar Pháidín Ó Raifeartaigh
Hata buí ard 'bhí ar Pháidín Ó Raifeartaigh
Cosa caola arda 'bhí ar Pháidín Ó Raifeartaigh
Is d'éalaigh mo ghrása le Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh.

Curfá:
Faidhfilileá, faidhfilil adió
Faidhfilileá is faidhfilil adió

Bríste go glúine 'bhí ar Pháidín Ó Raifeartaigh
Hata gan bonn 'bhí ar Pháidín Ó Raifeartaigh
Cosa buí arda 'bhí ar Pháidín Ó Raifeartaigh
Ach d'éalaigh mo ghrása le Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh.

Éirigh i do shuí a Pháidín Uí Raifeartaigh
Faraor ní fhéadaim tá ioscadaí lag ionam
Tá mé san aois ach níl trí troithe ar fad ionam
Féach mar sin fhéin go raibh mealladh na mban ionam!

Curfá

Cailín 'tigh mhóir go deo ní ghlacfaidh mé
Bíonn sí nuall-ghuthach stuacach feargach
Bíonn buille ar gach ní ar chat is ar mhada aici
Amach sa meán-oíche bíonn focal na faire aici.

Curfá

Cailín ón sliabh go fóill a bheas agamsa
Blífidh sí an bhó agus ceanglóidh sí an capall dhom
Déanfaidh sí an císte, mo chuid ime 'gus bainne dhom
Is go deo deo ní éalóidh le Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh.

Curfá



12. Rógaire Dubh  Na Ceannabháin Bhána   Páidín Ó Raifeartaigh (Amhráin)

Tookah Sapper, soprano
Kelly Horsted, piano
text by Duncan McFarlane

Re-imagining coloratura and scat singing, this piece is also an homage to Harold Arlen’s 'Stormy Weather' (lyrics by Ted Koehler), which begins: 

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together,
Keeps rainin' all the time

It’s a poignant love-song, one that Kalypso – the nymph/demi-god of Homer’s Odyssey – could well have sung. After the storm which shipwrecked him on his way home from Troy to Ithaca (and to his waiting wife, Penelope) Odysseus was swept on to Kalypso’s island, and she held him there (against his will, but not really) for seven years.

Both torch song and art song, Kalypso’s plea is set in a warm, tender, jazz-rich, Chopin-esque language, and there are many musical connections here with Penelope, particularly in both pieces’ middle sections, which reach for something more bare and visionary. Each woman calls out to Odysseus, tries to summon him back to her, and in this moment their music speaks in the same tongue.

Kalypso (for soprano and piano)

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Galantis & Hook N Sling - Love On Me (Ookay Remix)

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LPSD - Gabor Back Atcha (Mr.Polaroid & Pete Bumrush REMIX)

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Poesia Acústica #6 - Era Uma Vez

Performed by Halyna Honcharenko, Iryna Danylejko and Anna Pidgorna
Text by Anna Pidgorna

“Вcтавай, вставай, Галю, геть вже тобі спати!
Ой, виходь же, Галю, в поле жито жати.”

А в Марусі коси русяві 
Як пшиниця жовтісінькая.
А я їх же розплєтаю, 
Плече білі тай накрию, 
Нєжно розчесаю. 

“Ой пійдемо, Галю, в бору погуляти,
Ой пора же, Галю, калину збирати.”

А в Марусі губи солодкі
Як калинонька примержшая.
А я тую калиноньку,
Візму тай паламаю,
Тай розчавлю ягоди червоні,
Губи жарко поцєлую. 

“Ой, пійдемо, Галю, в ставу одяг прати,
Ой, пійдемо, Галю, пісні поспівати.”

А в Марусі оче ясниє 
Як зірочки в ставу.
А білизна в водє чорній,
Білі руки, білі ноги, 
Білі плече, білі грудє…
А я в ставок тихо зайду 
Тай в глибині втону."


“Get up, get up, Halya, that's enough sleep for you!
Come out, come out, Halya, to reap rye in the field.”

But Marusya's blondish locks are
Like the yellowest wheat.
I will unbraid them, 
And covering her white shoulders, 
Gently comb them. 

“Let's go, Halya, for a walk in the pine-woods,
It's time, Halya, to gather the guelder rose.”

But Marusya's lips are as sweet
As the frost-nipped guelder rose.*
I will take the guelder rose,
Take it and break it,
Crush the red berries,
And kiss her lips hotly. 

“Let's go, Halya, to the pond to do the washing.
Let's go, Halya, let's sing some songs.”

But Marusya's eyes are  
As bright as the little stars in the pond.
And the linens in the black water,
White arms, white legs, 
White shoulders, white breasts...
I will walk into the pond softly 
And drown in the depth.

Drown in the depth (trio)

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A demonstration of the traditional song from the Isle of Man:
Arrane ny Fee (Weaving Song)

The sheet music & lyrics are available here: https://www.manxmusic.com/media/Learn%20Songs/02%20Arrane%20ny%20Fee%20Weaving%20Song%20-%20Full%20Score.pdf

The pronunciation guide to the Manx and the piano accompaniment of this song are available separately.

This recording by Annie Kissack was made to accompany the book of Manx songs edited and arranged by Fenella Bazin RBV; 'Ree ny Marrey'
https://www.culturevannin.im/publication_1695.html

More about Manx music & song can be found here: http://www.manxmusic.com/

Culture Vannin exists to promote, support and celebrate the culture of the Isle of Man.
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Arrane ny Fee [song]

тима белорусских-окей

WRITTEN // PRODUCED // MIXED - CHRIS BIRDD

GUITARS // KEYS - LORDLOOPSTATION
DRUMS - DAN SAID 

Lyrics:

All I know is that I’m trying
Dad is worried
Mom been crying 
Promise to make sure that you’re okay    
It don’t matter who you are but who you with 
Lets erase it  we could start
with a brand new wish   

lets slow down
slow down



I’ve been on the waitlist
tell me i need patience
I need it right now 
cos these problems need erasing 

tell me money aint important 
but I’ve seen my moms face
with the bills she gotta pay 
how could i just ignore it? 

how could i not worry?
I want everything from 
the fame to the glory 
build a platform tell my story 
bring it back home 
Yeah your boy has grown

All I know is that I’m trying
Dad is worried
Mom been crying 
Promise to make sure that you’re okay    
It don’t matter who you are but who you with 
Lets erase it  we could start
with a brand new wish   

lets slow down
slow down



I hope you know that im trying
well you could see in the work

I set my ego aside 
And put my gear into first

It’ll probably eat me alive 
But we get what we deserve 

The devil sending invites 
But I decline and I swerve it 
 
All I need some more time

And I promise we gon be alright 

I just wanna change your life 

I get it I get it

All I know is that I’m trying
Dad is worried
Mom been crying 
Promise to make sure that you’re okay    
It don’t matter who you are but who you with 
Lets erase it  we could start
with a brand new wish   

lets slow down
slow down

Slow Down(prod Chris Birdd)

Atropos
Kontraband Kollektif
4 part voice
Laura Swankey, Mingjia Chen, Maria-Carmela Raso, Lieke van der Voort
Humber College Studio, 2016-2017

Third and title song of the EP Atropos, this song is part of an aural account of illness, suicide, loss and and my personal conflicting feelings surrounding these events. For more in depth information, please refer to an interview done in 2018: https://acourseindying.com/interview-when-your-father-commits-suicide/

Kontraband Kollektif was created in 2016 by Lieke van der Voort. Refusing to tie herself down to a single musical project and longing for extended collaborations, Lieke decided that an open concept collective would be the ideal situation. Kontraband Kollektif is an always shifting, moving and inclusive collaborative: anybody can be a part of it.

http://www.kontrabandkollektif.com/index.html

Lieke van der Voort - Atropos

Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars - Vocal Version
Performers: Carmen Braden (voice), Mark Adam (vibraphone)
Location: On Carmen Braden's 2019 album Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars (Centrediscs)

Program Note:
In extreme northern and southern latitudes, summer nights are bright as the sun stays above the horizon or dips just below before rising in a glow of unending twilight. Darkness is gone for months, and so are the stars and aurora. Under the glow of these soft star-less nights, I wrote 5 short songs imagining where the stars go when we can’t see them anymore. Below are the lyrics for each of the songs. 

1. Where do the stars play when they disappear in the summer?
Where do the stars play when they disappear in the summer? 
They play among the shadows fallen, far away.

2. Comet River
When there is no gravity
Downstream means nothing,
nor upstream.

3. A clandestine meeting with an aurora
When she sends her light around me
When she sends her arms of light around my outward star
We shine green fire
Like sky dew shining on new sky leaves.

4. Sway me around, Orion!
Sway, oh sway Orion!
Come, sway me around!

5. When the Moon hangs lonely in the blue Sky,
When the Moon hangs lonely in the blue Sky,
Then the Moon calls out
“Far away Star, 
come home and bring the snow.”

https://www.carmenbraden.com/

Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars

Carmen Braden - Songs of the Invisible Summer Stars

Words by Christine Moncrief
Vocals by Emily Grignon
Composed, recorded, and mixed by Amanda Lowry

Shiva Roses was written as part of a theatre project called Us/We/Ours, which explored themes of disability and distress, and was co-created by Terre Chartrand, Amanda Lowry, and Christine Moncrief, with artistic guidance from Tanya Williams and Heather Majaury. An early version premiered at the UnHinged Festival of Disturbing Theatre; more recently, it was performed at the IMPACT 19 International Theatre Festival, with support from the Region of Waterloo Arts Fund.

Amanda Lowry - Shiva Roses

Thy Light, O Liberty!
Text by Hannah More (1745-1833)
SSA
Meghan Jamieson, Victoria Marshall, Will Reid
Recorded June 2020

https://www.emilyhiemstra.com/

Emily Hiemstra - Thy Light, O Liberty!

Anna Pidgorna (b. 1985) is a composer and media artist who combines her interests in sonic objects, visual art and writing to create works that are dramatic and picturesque. She works in both the acoustic and electronic realms, and is quickly rising on the contemporary music scene. Her mini-opera for voice and electronics, "Mirror, mirror," was premiered by Janice Jackson at Halifax's Oscillations Festival in February 2012. "Light-play through curtain holes" for solo accordion was recently included in ISCM Canadian Section's official submission to World New Music Days 2013. Pidgorna was born in Ukraine and is heavily influenced by her heritage. Ukrainian folk themes appear as bird song in her first orchestral work, "Tintamarre," and form the backbone of her second chamber opera, "On the Eve of Ivan Kupalo." Ms. Pidgorna completed her undergraduate studies at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick in 2007 and is pursuing a master’s degree at the University of Calgary. This year she will be participating in a prestigious workshop with Kaija Saariaho and Anssi Karttunen at Carnegie Hall, and the National Art Centre's Composers Program in Ottawa. Days.