Wednesday, January 24

As time goes by


Our Open Door Singers choir resumes this year to night.
Here is a list ( thanks to Bryan) of most of the songs from last year.  
Adiemus
Any dream will do.
Ascot opening day
As time goes by
A whole new world
Beauty and the beast
Black Bird - Beatles
Blue moon
Bridge over Troubled Waters
Bring him home
Californian Dreaming
Candlelight Carol
Carol of the Birds 
Celebrations
Change the world
Chariots Comin'
Circle of Life
Coran Fields
Daisy Daisy
Don't bring me down
Do you hear the people sing
Empty chair and empty table
Feliz Navidad
Fragile by Sting
Fransicus’s Christmas carol
Freedom is coming
Gershwin - They can't take that away
Gershwin - Lets call the whole thing off
Gershwin - S' Wonderfull
Gershwin - Who's got the last laugh now
Get me to the church on time
Ghosts riders.
God rest ye merry gentlemen
Hey hey hey she's having a baby
Here comes that day
He Lives in You
Homeward bound
I could have danced all night
I Have a Dream
I'm Dreaming of home
I'm gonna wash that man 
It's a long way to Tipperary
I't don't mean a thing
I've got the music in me
Lanterns
La La Land
Lean on me
Les Miserables - Suddenly
Les Miserables -One day more
Les Miserables - I dream a dream
Les Miserables -The end of the day
Les Miserables -Master of the house
Let's Dance
Life on Mars
Mamma mia
Memories.
Monday Monday
My castle in the sky
On a starlit night
Once a jolly vagabond
One day I'll fly away
On the street where you live
Oh Happy day
Only Time
Other Side of the World
Pack up your troubles
Peace on Earth
Penny Lane
Perhaps love
Rolling in the deep
Rhythm of life
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
Santa Clause is coming to town
Sausi Carol
Scarborough fair
Shosholoza
Silent night
Singing in the rain
Simply having a wonderfull Christmas time
Somewhere over the rainbow
Someone in the crowd
Sophia
So this is Christmas
South of the border down Mexico way
Summer night
That’s what friends are for.
The Bell of creation
The big yello taxi
The end of the day
The impossible dream
The lion sleeps tonight
The Little Drummer Boy
The Mahogany ship
The man in the mirror
The prayer
The Sound of silence
The Sussex Carol
There's nothing like a dame
The Way You Make Me Feel
The way your hot
Up there Cazaly
Viva La Vida
Vos Sur Chenin
Walking In The Air
We'll meet again
Wind Beneath My Wings
What a wonderful world
Why we sing
You'll never Walk Alone
You made me love you
You Raised Me Up
You’re my everything
Waltzing Matilda
Waterloo
Wings
With a little bit of luck
Wonders of love
Wouldn't be loverly

4 comments:

Halle said...

What a lovely collection.

Three questions: Does your choir sing in unison? Do you sing a capella at all? Do you memorize your parts?

Lindsay Byrnes said...

Hi Halle,
The answer to the first 2 questions is rarely and yes we memoriize our musical parts as in tenor, bass, sops etc. But we don't have to memorize the words since they are projected onto the rear wall or screen behind the audience and our conductor during a concert. You might be interested to know we learn our musical parts by not only listening to the music but more so directly from our accomplished conductor who even sings the soprano line in falsetto to us. He is the arranger of the musical pieces and so is very familliar with all of the parts and changes in key and so forth. He can play the different recorded parts and then concentrate on the more difficult passages and sing those parts back to us. Hence there is no need for the choir members to be able to read music. The words to the various parts of course differ in time intervals which are colour coded on the screen. So, of course, he encourages us to try and remember the words to ensure we concentrate on keeping our eyes on him conducting.
Best wishes

gfid said...

that's an impressive list!! I'm gearing up for the annual Valentine's day harp gig.... my list isn't nearly so impressive. Your conductor is wonderfully accomplished; you all seem to have all of the angles figured out!

Lindsay Byrnes said...

Hi Gfid,
He has a lifelong aptitude to performing and more recently in conducting choirs so we are indeed very fortunate.
I’ m sure the gig will be another success for you and trust it all goes off well.
best wishes