High Spirits Choir - The Melody Lives: 30th Anniversary Celebration

High Spirits Choir with director Ieva Wool celebrates our 30th Anniversary at our Spring 2024 concert The Melody Lives at West Point Grey United Church in Vancouver, BC.
Music director Ieva Wool, with Accompanist Zsuzsanna Lukacs.
With special guests:
Brent Gubbels - Bass
Todd Biffard - Drums
Ryan Brown - Banjo
Video production by 3ohtwostudios, Burnaby, BC
Song List
00:00:39
Baba Yetu
Christopher Tin
The Lord’s Prayer, Swahili adaptation by Chris Kiagiri
00:04:50
Vita de la Mia Vita
William Hawley
poem by Torquato Tasso
00:07:25
Fire, Fire, My Heart
Thomas Morley
00:10:05
Agnus Dei
Samuel Barber
00:15:34
Loch Lomond
trad. Scottish
arr. Jonathan Quick
00:20:40
Honey Pie
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
arr. Paul Hart
00:23:40 Seven Bridges Road
Stephen T. Young
arr. Kirby Shaw
00:27:24
Bird Song
Heather Masse & Nicky Mehta
(as sung by The Wailin' Jennys)
00:31:11
The Mary Ellen Carter
Stan Rogers
arr. Scott Reimer
00:37:05
And So It Goes
Billy Joel
arr. Bob Chilcott
00:41:03
Harlem Nocturne
Dick Rogers & Earle Hagen
arr. Michele Weir
00:46:43
Tu Voz
Shawn Kirchner
poem by Pablo Neruda
00:51:00
El Cumbanchero
Rafael Hernandez
arr. Suzzette Ortiz
00:56:38
A Tribute to Ieva!
00:59:20
O! What a Beautiful City
trad. spiritual
arr. Shawn Kirchner
01:05:11
Irish Blessing
trad. Irish text
Joyce Eilers Bacak
01:07:16
Take Me Home
Kevin Olusola, Kirstin Maldonado, and Audra Mae
arr. Roger Emerson