Online resources for practicing our music

YouTube videos & audios of the pieces 

in WVC's Spring 2023 program

The links and audio files below are from performances of many of the pieces in WVC's Spring 2023 program and are for you to practice and sing a long with the music.   Keep in mind that each conductor can approach their piece differently.  Do not assume that Ron will replicate the tempi, dynamics, emphasis, breathing, etc. of the performances represented below.

As always in rehearsal and our performances -- FOLLOW THE CONDUCTOR.

Sorry for the obnoxious ads at the beginning of many of these YouTube videos.

Program for the Warwick Valley Chorale's  Spring 2023 Concerts

Three B's -- Old and New

(not in concert order)

1.  Mass in C Major - I. Kyrie         (with moving score)            Beethoven

l.   Mass in C Major - II.  Gloria                      "                                  "

l.   Mass in C Major - III.  Credo                     "                                  "

l.   Mass in C Major - IV.  Sanctus                   "                                  "

l.   Mass in C Major - V.  Agnus Dei                "                                  "

2.  How Lovely is thy Dwelling Place                                             Brahms

  Note: in this version some of the text is different, but the music is the same.

3.  Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring                                                             Bach

           Note: this is not the "chorale" version that we are doing. But hear the "Gee-zoo"!

4.  West Side Story medley                           Bernstein, arr. William Stickles

5.  Fiddler on the Roof medley                            Bock, arr. Norman Leyden

6.  God Bless America                                          Berlin, arr. Roy Ringwald

        Don't forget that while listening to this rendition, we have an extra verse inserted on page 5.

7.  Cheek to Cheek                                                    Berlin, arr. Kirby Shaw

8.  Puttin' on the Ritz                                                 Berlin, arr. Kirby Shaw

8.  Puttin' on the Ritz                                                 Berlin, arr. Kirby Shaw

         Update: due to popular demand the choreography sessions have been cancelled!  Enjoy the video anyway!

9.  Blue Skies  (with moving score)                          Berlin, arr. Mark Hayes

9.  Blue Skies                                                            Berlin, arr. Mark Hayes

                 A lovely virtual rendition.  

Also click here to access the Cyberbass tracks for Beethoven's Mass in C Major.

And have some fun with these classic versions:

3.   Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by the Celtic Women.

6.   God Bless America by the one-and-only Kate Smith.

7.   Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are dancing Cheek to Cheek in the 1935 film Top Hat.

8.   Puttin' on the Ritz -- Fred Astaire from the 1946 film Blue Skies .

8.   Puttin' on the Ritz -- Clark Gable (!!!) hoofing it in Idiots Delight (1938).

8.   Puttin' on the Ritz -- from Young Frankenstein.

9.  Bing Crosby sings Blue Skies from the film of the same name.

Stay tuned for updates and new videos added to this page.

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