Repertoire I
Here you will find the sheet music, choral practice tracks, song lyrics and translations – everything you need for your rehearsals to properly prepare for performing in the Song Festival.
National Anthems & Prayer
JAV himnas (The Star Spangled Banner)
Music: John Stafford Smith
Lyrics: Francis Scott Key
Documents
Choral practice tracks
Kanados himnas (O Canada)
Music: Calixa Lavalée
French text: Adolphe-Basile Routhier
English text: Stanley Wier
Documents
Choral practice tracks
Tautiška giesmė (Lithuanian National Anthem)
Music & lyrics: Vincas Kudirka
Baltas paukštis (The White Songbird)
Music and lyrics: Vytautas Kernagis
Keyboard: Andrius Kulikauskas
Choir arrangement: Vytautas Miškinis
Documents
N.B. During the Song Festival, this song will be sung with soloists with a segment featuring lyrics in Ukrainian to commemorate Ukraine’s fight for freedom. The full SATB choral arrangement is included here for reference for those who would like to perform it on their own.
Choral practice tracks
Note: During the song festival, we will be singing Baltas paukštis in Eb, as in the recording. This is a tone lower than the printed sheet music in the repertoire books, which is in F.
Part I: We were born Lithuanian
Lietuviais esame mes gimę (We were born Lithuanians)
Music: Stasys Šimkus
Lyrics: Jurgis Zauerveinas
Documents
Choral practice tracks
Note: The recording is in Db, whereas the song will be sung as in the sheet music, in C.