The Notre Dame Chorale
Alexander Blachly, Director
Päivi Ekroth, Piano
presents
Singt! Cantate! Canta! Cantiamo! Chantez! петь!
Songs in Six Languages
Franz Schubert – Die Forelle (German)
Thomas Tallis – Te lucis ante terminum (Latin)
Francisco Guerrero - A un niño llorando (Spanish)
Franz Liszt – Benedetto sia ‘l giorno (Italian)
Claude Debussy – Beau soir (French)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Uletál salóvushka dalyóka (Russian)
Robert Schumann – Aus alten Märchen (German)
For singers, the sound of a foreign language becomes part of the musical experience. Singing helps one internalize unfamiliar pronunciation as well as the meaning of words and serves as a gateway for those who may be drawn to further study. The Notre Dame Chorale performs songs in six languages in a brief concert for Notre Dame’s first Foreign Language Week. The seven composers whose works are represented—Schubert, Tallis, Guerrero, Liszt, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, and Schumann—were active from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries.
Originally published at cslc.nd.edu.