Peninsula Women's Chorus: Aglepta

Composer: Arne Mellnäs (1933-2002); Speaker: Kyle Sofman

Aglepta is based on a 19th century Swedish invocation and presents an innovative relationship between text and music. Phonetic fragments of the five words introduced by the speaker, "Aglaria pidhol garia ananus qepta," are woven in a succession of pitches and random sounds: shouts, chants, and whispers. Here, Mellnas exhibits his skill as technical innovator and avant-garde stylist. Chosen as a compulsory piece at a childrens choir competition in Sweden in 1970, it stirred up much controversy but is now considered a landmark composition for treble voice.

Recorded Spring 2009 in Menlo Park, CA.
Find out more about the Peninsula Women's Chorus at www.pwchorus.org

Our thanks to Stan Ng of the Media Center of Palo Alto (www.midpenmedia.org) for the video production

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[GetuuKiisu]

omg , what a fail ,your not in da rythm , we sang that with our choir .the beginning is kinda out of rithm but the rest is good