Flowers of the Seasons – Two Flowers, One Stem

Electric Voice Theatre
VIRTUAL CHOIR PROJECT
Flowers of the Seasons – Two Flowers, One Stem: Feb 7th – April 4th 2023

Flowers of the Seasons – Two Flowers, One Stem is a project in collaboration with Conway Hall, featuring the work of composer Eliza Flower (1803–1846) and her sister, the poet, Sarah Flower Adams (1805 – 1848) who wrote the words of ‘Nearer My God To Thee’. Eliza’s beautiful music for the hymn is now unknown, quite possibly because of the scandal that ensued when she set up a separate household with her married guardian. Be the 1st to hear it 200 years – come along to our ZOOM CONCERT on April 4th BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE 

Two portraits in pencil slightly sepia of the 2 sisters heads with a stem between them with 2 pink flowers

Eliza was a prolific composer of vocal music including dramatic hymns, powerful protest songs, delightful songs for the seasons and the months, settings of contemporary writers like Sir Walter Scott and her frequent collaborator Harriet Martineau, and arrangements of tunes by Mozart, Bach, Handel and Beethoven. Find out more about this project here.

NEXT SESSIONS

  • SPECIAL EVENTS: Sat April 1st, 2 – 4.30pm: Extra Rehearsal
  • SPECIAL EVENT:  Mon April 3rd, 6.30 – 8pm Dress Rehearsal for Zoom Concert
  • SPECIAL EVENT: April 4th (rehearsal 6pm, Performance 7pm) “Flowers of Spring – Politics, Power & Poverty” ZOOM  Concert with singers & BSL interpreter from ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE.
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  • PLENARY: Tues 25th April – Our final meeting until later in the year to discuss outcomes and possible future projects

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Please scroll down for tracks, words & music for these sessions:

VIRTUAL CHOIR VOCAL EXERCISE
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We can sing anything, from high to low
We can trip up a scale, and sound a mean arpeggio
We do turns and trills
We’re fast and slow, You never know
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“The Day-Labourer’s Song”
Practice & Recording Tracks & Words

Day-Labourers-Song-Virtual-Choir-CopyDownload
Day Labourer – Chorus 1 Voice 1 with clicks
Day Labourer – Chorus 1 Voice 2 with clicks
Day Labourer – Chorus 1 Voice 3 with clicks
Day Labourer – Chorus 1 Voice 4 with clicks
Day Labourer – Chorus 2 Voice 1 with clicks
Day Labourer – Chorus 2 Voice 3 with clicks
Day Labourer – Chorus 2 Voice 2 with clicks
Day Labourer – Chorus 2 Voice 4 with clicks

“Winter – Promise”
Practice & Recording Tracks & Words

Winter – Promise: Words & MusicDownload
Winter – Promise Chorus 1 Voice 1 with clicks
Winter – Promise Chorus 1 Voice 2 with clicks
Winter – Promise Chorus 2 Voice 1 with clicks
Winter – Promise Chorus 2 Voice 3 MEN ONLY with clicks
Winter – Promise Chorus 2 Voice 2 with clicks

“Nearer My God to Thee”
Practice & Recording Tracks & Words

DEMO TRACK (in D) – “Nearer My God to Thee” by Eliza Flower and Sarah Flower Adams
Nearer My God To Thee – Word SheetDownload
 Nearer My God to Thee – VERSE 1 with clicks
Nearer My God To Thee – Chorus 1 MEZZO 1
Nearer My God to Thee – CHORUS 1 ALTO
Nearer My God To Thee – CHORUS 1 MEZZO
Nearer My God To Thee – CHORUS 1 BASS
Nearer My God to Thee – VERSE 2 with clicks
Nearer My God to Thee– CHORUS 2 Alto Part with clicks
Nearer My God to Thee – CHORUS 3 Mezzo Part with clicks
Nearer My God to Thee – CHORUS 2 Mezzo Part with clicks
Nearer My God to Thee– CHORUS 3 Alto Part with clicks
Nearer My God To Thee – VERSE 4 with clicks
Nearer My God To Thee – CHORUS 4 MEZZO 1
Nearer My God To Thee – CHORUS 4 ALTO
Nearer My God To Thee – CHORUS 4 MEZZO
Nearer My God To Thee – CHORUS 4 ALTO 2
Nearer My God To Thee – CHORUS 4 BASS
Nearer My God To Thee – VERSE 5
Nearer My God To Thee – CHORUS 5 MEZZO 1
Nearer My God To Thee – CHORUS 5 ALTO
Nearer My God To Thee – CHORUS 5 MEZZO
Nearer My God To Thee – CHORUS 5 ALTO 2
Nearer My God To Thee – CHORUS 5 BASS

“Gathering of the Unions March and Song”
Practice & Recording Tracks, Word & Music Sheets

RECORDING TRACK WITH CLICKS – Gathering of the Unions March and Song by Eliza Flower
Gathering of the Unions March and Song by Eliza Flower-Word SheetDownload
Gathering of the Unions March in F -RECORDING SCOREDownload

CATCH UP VIDEOS FOR EACH SESSION

Session 8: March 28th BSL signing with EVT singers
Session 7: March 21st Finishing ready to Record the final bits of Nearer My God to Thee and a Day Labourer
Session 6: March 14th More Harmony – with special ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE guest singers Margaret Cameron & Samantha Houston
Session 5: March 7th March Verse 3, “Nearer My God to Thee” Verse 4 of and a little Winter Promise
Session 4: Feb 28th Nearer My God to Thee Singing in Harmony
Session 3: Feb 21st Recording the March & Singing the Verses of Nearer My God to Thee
Session 2: Feb 14th Marching with words & a dash of St. Valentine‘s Day (Eliza’s February Song of the Month which you can find here )
Session 1: Feb 7th Introduction and a March

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Please visit the main Virtual Choir Page for more details

The VIRTUAL CHOIR has regular Tuesday sessions at 6.30pm and a number of special events. This project is now closed but we hope to begin an new one later this year.
You can catch up with missed sessions on videos below each week and download word sheets, music scores and sound files as they become available.

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ELECTRIC VOICE THEATRE is an award winning contemporary music-theatre acappella ensemble, commissioning, creating, researching and performing vocal music by women composers for theatrical performance, participating in creative multi-disciplinary collaborations, and delivering workshops connecting children and adults to their local creative and cultural environment.

raising the profile of music by women