YouTube videos

Sing along w/ these YouTube videos of pieces in WVC's Spring 2026 program:

1.  Hallelujah                                               Cohen

2.  My Man’s Gone Now                            Gershwin & Heyward

3.  Joy in the Morning                                Sleeth

4.  Phantom Of the Opera                          Webber

5.  My Fair Lady                                        Lerner & Loewe

6.  Battle Hymn of the Republic                Steffe & Howe

7.  Who Could Ask for Anything More?   Gershwins

8.   A Choris                                               Hahn 

9.   An die Music                                       Schubert 

10.   Beau Soir                                             Debussy 

11.   Der Tod und das Mädchen                   Schubert 

12.   Erlkönig                                               Schubert

13.   Ständchen                                            Schubert 

14.   Vaga luna che inargenti                       Bellini 

15.    Die Forelle                                         Schubert  

16.    Mattinata                                            LeonCavallo

17.    Villanelle                                            Hector Berlioz

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While practicing w/ the videos below, remember that our conductor might not follow the tempi, dynamics and emphasis portrayed in the videos.  So enjoy and employ these videos - but in rehearsal and concert always follow the conductor!

1.  Leonard Cohen performing his Halelujah 

3.    Hope Publishing Co. promotion for Joy in the Morning.

4.    Hal Leonard's promotion video of their medley: The Phantom of the Opera

4.  Park Rapid Classic Chorale performs The Phantom of the Opera medley.

5.  San Gabriel Valley Choral Company performs My Fair Lady Choral Selections

5.  Practice your Cockney accent with this scene from the MFL film - featuring Stanley Holloway.

6.  Portland Choir and Orchestra:  Battle Hymn of the Republic

7.  Kingsborough Musical Society performs Who Could Ask for Anything More?.

Some YouTube videos of the Art Songs.

These are not renditions of Ron's arragements, but portray the melodies, moods and texts.  These are great for practicing the words of the texts.  And they are delightful to listen to.  So learn the songs and the texts and then practice your voice part here!

 8.   À Choris - Soprano solo (Pumeza Matshikiza) w/ orchestra accompaniment.

 8.   À Choris - Soprano solo (Véronique Gens) w/ piano accompaniment.

 9.   An die Musik  - Soprano solo (Suzanne Taffot) w/ piano accompaniment.

10.  Beau Soir - Soprano solo (Véronique Gens) w/ piano accompaniment.

                                                             (video shows the score - so easy to follow the text.)

11.  Der Tod und das Mädchen - Soprano solo (Brigitte Fassbaender) w/ piano accompaniment.

                                                             (video shows the score - so easy to follow the text.)

12.  Erlkönig - Tenor solo (Daniel Norman) w/ piano accompaniment. (Displays the score.  

  Easy to follow along w/ the pronuciation.)

12.  Erlkönig - Mezzo-soprano solo (Elisabeth Kulman) w/ piano accompaniment.

13.  Städchen - Soprano solo (Barbara Hendricks) w/ piano accompaniment.

13.  Städchen - Solo piano.  Video follows the score.

14.   Vaga Luna che Inargenti - Soprano solo (Sohee Kim) w/ piano accompaniment.

15.  Die Forelle - Baritone solo ( Jonas Kaufmann ) w/ piano accompaniment.

15.  Die Forelle - Soprano solo (Jessamyn Anderson Frain) w/ piano accompaniment.

16.  Mattinata - Tenor solo (Joseph Tancredi) w/ piano accompaniment.

16.  Mattinata - Soprano solo (Aida Garifullina) w/ piano accompaniment.

17.  Villanelle - Soprano solo (Véronique Gens) w/ orchestra accompaniment.

Ron's pronunciation guide to his arrangements of famous "art" songs can be found here, on the "Music Program" page.

A big WVC THANK YOU to Nancy Quackenbush for finding and suggesting these YouTube videos of the art songs.

If you have some videos that you would like to suggest for this page, please send me an email with the link(s) included to  cholmes@warwickvalleychorale.org  .