Brief Audio Clips From Our Recent Concerts

Spring, 2009

The Heavens Are Telling (1797) - Franz Joseph Haydn

This breath-takingly powerful chorus, 'The Heavens Are Telling (The Glory Of God)', was written as the conclusion to the first part of 'The Creation'.

I'll Ay Ca' In By Yon Toon - Burns - Arr. Finlay

Robert Burns wrote the words to this popular Scottish folk tune. This arrangement is by Kenneth Finlay.

Hail Poetry - Gilbert & Sullivan

'Hail Poetry' is from the finale of Act 1 of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic operetta 'The Pirates of Penzance'. Pirates opened at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New York on 31 December 1879. It became a smash hit both sides of the Atlantic and remains today one of the most popular G & S operettas.