Mandatory Songs

Each selected band will present in choral contest four works: a first work required – a compulsory piece by Liviu Borlan, self choice from the proposed list, a second work – one piece, sacred or secular, by a composer of the Renaissance, Baroque or Classical period, a third choice – one piece, sacred or secular, written after 1900, performed a cappella and a fourth piece – a folk or traditional song from the choir’s native Country, accompaniment may be provided by specific traditional instruments if required for authenticity. For more details see The Competition Rules.

For details about the songs (score, video, mp3, text in English translation and phonetic writing) please click on the track names.

Liviu Borlan Compositions

Mixed voices

1. Song about outlawry
2. A song from Chioar
3. Three-piece fiddle
4. Lullaby
5. Well, my sweetheart, you will see
6. At the altar of our ancestors’ faith
7. Legend cut in wood
8. My sweetheart passes by
9. We’ve Been And We’ll Be
10. Dacia Felix

 

 

 

Equale voices – women

1. Forest I wish you were a cloud
2. Authentic Ballad from Maramures called „Miorita”
3. Suite of old songs from Maramures
4. Transylvanian suite

Equale voices – man

1. Lucaciu’s song
2. Heroes of the Somes River
3. The Veterans’ march
4. The Ancestors

Click on the track names for details about the songs (score, video, mp3, text in English translation and phonetic writing).