Stellenbosch Madrigal Singers
Stellenbosch Madrigal Singers (SMS) is an a cappella vocal group consisting of 12 members, students and young adults who have been performing since 2004. Their repertoire includes a variety of music styles, although the focus is mainly on vocal Renaissance music, especially madrigals. Although most of the music is written for four voice parts, some of the compositions demand up to eight parts.
The group exists thanks to Matildie Thom who, as a student, learned about the concept of madrigals during a music history lesson. She approached a few friends about the idea to get together and make music purely for the social enjoyment of it just like centuries ago. Celia Vos has been managing the group since 2007, with Elsje and Harri Kemp (a brother and sister combo) taking over in 2014. They have since given many performances in order to share this passion for enjoyable musicmaking with as many people as possible.
The Letter - John Liptrot Hatton
Pastyme With Good Company - King Henry VIII
Vecchie Letrose - Adrian Willaert
Sing We and Chaunt It - Robert Lucas Pearsall
Laudate - Knut Nystedt
Heilig - Felix Mendelssohn
Christus Factus Est - Anton Bruckner
Ndikhokhele Bawo - Traditional isiXhosa; arr. Michael Barrett
Jerusalem Gaude - Jacobus Gallus
Here Comes the Sun - George Harrison, arr. Kirby Shaw
Flora Gave Me Fairest Flowers - John Wilbye
Gentil Señora Mía - Juan Vasquez
Da Unten Im Tale - Johannes Brahms
That Lonesome Road - James Taylor & Don Grolnick; arr. Simon Carrington
Songbird - Christine McVie; arr. N. Ashby; adapted for SMS by E. Kemp
Mitä kaikatat kivonen? - Mia Makaroff
I'm a Train - Albert Hammond & Mike Hazelwood; arr. Peter Knight
I Got Shoes - Traditional Spiritual, arr. By Alice Parker & Robert Shaw
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles; arr. Bill Ives
Take On Me - A-Ha; arr. Roger Emerson
Con Amores, La Mi Madre - Juan de Anchieta (16th century Spanish melody); Arr. Bob Chilcott
Summertime - G. & I. Gershwin, DuBose, D. Hayward; Arr. R. Williams
Muusika - Music: Pärt Uusberg; Original poem: Juhan Liiv
Blue Moon - Lyrics: L. Hart; Music: R. Rodgers; Arr.: D. Blackwell
Plenty Good Room - Traditional spiritual; arr. René Claussen
Londonderry Air (Danny Boy) - Trad. Irish; arr. Peter Knight
My Siel Rus - Ps. 42; arr. Xander Kritzinger
Nader, My God, By U - Adams, Mason, Stevens; as sung BYU Vocal Point; adapted by L.Starker;
We Are Not Alone - Pepper Choplin
God So Loved The World - John 3:16; arr. John Stainer