Songs from across the globe
Sound clips
Just click on the song title to hear a 20 second clip of the choir in live performance. You will need an MP3 player like Windows Media Player or similar.
If you don’t have broadband, it’s probably best to right click on the song title and select “save target as” or “save link as” to download the file to your computer.
- Akanamandla (S. Africa) 232KB
Zulu freedom/ church song about Satan!
- Coalblack Smith (England) 199KB
Traditional English folk song arranged for choir by Chris Rowbury.
- Hush, hush, somebody’s
calling my name (spiritual) 268KB
Traditional spiritual. This arrangement is from the New Century Hymnal.
- Gazapkhuli (Rep. of Georgia) 248KB
A rare chance for the blokes in the choir to sing together! This is a modern urban song from Georgia about the Spring.
Spring has come to make us happy and intoxicated. Like a diamond it is good. - More sokol pie (Macedonia) 254KB
Dessi Stefanova’s arrangement of a Macedonian song about the freedom fighter Jane Sandanski.
The falcon drinks water from the Vardar.
Oh Jana, white-throated Jana.
O falcon, hero’s bird,
Have you not seen a hero go past?
A hero go past with nine angry wounds?
Nine angry wounds, all from bullets,
and a tenth wound, stabbed with a knife. - Pokarekare ana (New Zealand) 264KB
Famous New Zealand Maori love song originally written in 1912 as a bid to win the heart of Paraire Henare Tomoana’s beloved, Kuini Ripeka Ryland. Paraire had fallen in love with Kuini but her family refused to give their blessing to a marriage between the two. A lovelorn Paraire composed Pokarekare Ana in which he vowed his eternal love. He declared this passion by singing Pokarekare Ana at Te Poho-o-Rawiri Marae to Kuini in front of her Ngati Porou elders. The family was won over by his convincing performance and granted him their daughter’s hand.
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Soon I will be done with the troubles of the world (spiritual) 225KB
Traditional spiritual.
- Noyana (S. Africa) 261KB
We will meet in heaven one day.
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