ANG TREN (The Train) | VOCES CORDIS

𝗩𝗢𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗦 | 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁
Conducted by André van der Merwe
𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗗: Live in the Endler Hall, October 2023
𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗥: Gerhard Roux | [e-mail]
𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬: SAUNDER CHOI (The Philippines)
𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗘𝗠 𝗕𝗬:
José Corazón de Jesús
(1896 - 1932, The Philippines)
This song depicts the Filipino commuter culture. The playful poem imitates the chug and drive of a train from the pre-World War 2 days. The narrative ends on a sentimental note, as the train escapes with a travelling lover.
𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗟𝗬𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗦:
𝘛𝘪𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢
𝘴𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘱𝘪𝘬, 𝘱𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘰, 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢!
𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘰’𝘵 𝘮𝘨𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘬𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘢.
𝘈𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘯𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘢’𝘺
𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘢𝘯,
𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘢𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺,
𝘴𝘢 𝘛𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘮𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢’𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘋𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘯.
𝘖, 𝘬𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘢𝘣𝘪’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘨
𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘺,
𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘰’𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘨 𝘮𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘱𝘰𝘭
𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢-𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵-𝘬𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯.
𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘢,
𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘢 𝘳’𝘸𝘦𝘥𝘢,
𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘸, 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘥, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘪 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘥𝘢,
𝘵𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘵𝘶𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘢.
“𝘒𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬?”
“𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘴.”
𝘈𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘣𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘨-𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘨,
𝘴𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘺𝘢’𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘴.
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𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘦
𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳!
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘴.
𝘐𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴
𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦,
𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘺,
𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘢𝘨𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘯.
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴,
𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴,
𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦,
𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘴.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦
𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴,
𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴,
𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦, 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.
“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨?”
“𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘰𝘰𝘯.”
𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺,
𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥 | André van der Merwe: [e-mail]
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[@NicolaSymons-zu4cx]

Amazing!!!! I was mesmerised in equal parts by the images and the music. Sooooooo well done🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@leslieeden8886]

Absolutely, "WOW!" I've been wondering when your next series of concerts would make an appearance and can only say this is beyond expectation. Keep up this brilliant initiative.

[@debbeykitchingolivier]

Unbelievable!! Stunning choral technique, Voces Cordis! 👏

[@MsUGGG]

Incredible talent and hard work to create this 🤩 Well done to every member.

[@NielTolken]

Not a consonant out of place, amazing stuff!

[@tanyajones4800]

Transcendental!

[@Ritatjie16]

Incredible! Wow wow wow!

[@garrit01]

Really enjoyable