Still Life #107

Still Life #107
taken August 29, 2003

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Chanticleer at Finney Chapel – amazing

If you like or love 'A Cappella' music, especially the amazing range of the male voice, it is difficult to mis-spend money on any performance by Chanticleer.

Last night (Wednesday) at Finney Chapel at Oberlin College, those 12 men took the stage and blew me away – again. Chanticleer put on what was easily one of their best performances and earned a standing ovation which, while I will admit that the Midwest tends to give away far too freely, Chanticleer clearly earned from that musically gifted crowd.

Their performance spanned the gamut, though it was largely an intentional retrospective of their past 30 years, from antiphonal music, G. Mahler, Journey to Recife, Linden Lea (an amazing English folk song) and a gospel medley. This is a fraction of the performance and I would list the tunes, but that would be boring.

If you haven't listened to them, many of their CDs and tracks are on iTunes, which means you can give them a listen for free. When I say that people were holding their breath to hear them sing, I am not joking. After hearing them in person 7 times, I can only say that I would drive a long way and pay a great deal to hear them again. And if you can get them, student tickets are a great way to pay less for a phenomenal experience!