Choir Practice
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.CMCCD-22616

By Jonathan Girard, Nancy Hermiston, University of British Columbia Opera Ensemble, and University of British Columbia Symphony Orchestra. By Stephen Chatman and Tara Wohlberg. Classical. Listening CD. Naxos #CMCCD 22616. Published by Naxos (NX.CMCCD-22616).

UPC: 773811226166.

In a community hall in Vancouver, circa 1985, a somewhat motley blend of characters arrive for choir rehearsal. There's Dawn, a blind woman, who sees more than most. Corey, a shy and stuttering tenor keen to join the choir who soon attracts the eye of a curvaceous soprano. Warm-ups, roll call and plenty of comic conflicts ensue as a dozen singers prepare for a national competition. Willie is the well-intentioned director, but his most successful conquests to date are anything but musical - in fact they rival those of Don Giovanni! After various interruptions and a near-fatal duel between rival sopranos, a miracle takes place. The individuals are magically melded into a choir and a world of light, harmony, understanding, and musical perfection. Dawn leads the way in the rousing Finale: Darkness to Delight. Through all the nonsense and Hanky Panky, things come round right!

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