Youth Choirs - Amabile Youth Singers: The Music of Stephen Hatfield

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Three Ways to Vacuum Your House

Vus Vet Zayn

Amabile Youth Singers: The Music of Stephen Hatfield

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The Amabile Youth Singers is an auditioned choir of 50 singers ranging in age from 12 to 23. This group has enjoyed a fairly prolonged relationship with Canadian composer, Stephen Hatfield. As a result, Hatfield composed many pieces specifically for this talented group from London, Ontario. This album is a compilation of many of these pieces. Though the styles are wide ranging, this choir tackles every piece with aplomb and the resulting album is quite enjoyable. Notables include the Field holler "Run Children, Run," the fascinating "Three Ways To Vacuum Your House," a three-movement piece inspired by Hatfield's habit of singing to himself while vacuuming, and the hauntingly beautiful English folk song "Queen Jane." The wide range of styles will leave listeners spellbound.(70:56 1997)

Song List
Run, Children, Run
Vus Vet Zayn
Ower the Hills
Camino Caminante
Three Ways to Vacuum Your House
Queen jane
When It Was Yet Dark
Once I Had A Sweetheart
Ödi Ödi
Sweet Tooth
Crimson, Ivory and Aquamarine
La Lluvia
Old Fox Wassail
Yaaoule
TJAK!