Great. Music from the middle ages. Sounding great. Thanks
Iâve sung a few Georgian songs in my group. At first they feel impossible to learn, but by the end you canât help but be in love with the unfamiliar rhythms and harmonies.
Hereâs one I know and like, sung by only 3 men, but the polyphony makes it seem like more voices:
And probably my absolutely most favorite Georgian song (that I know):
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Iâve had the great pleasure of being a guest at two big celebration dinners just outside Tbilisi this year. Both had a surprising and delightful male voice choir performing, in an acoustically amazing wine cellar, classical Georgian songs such as Shen Khar Venakhi. Listening to this, the world stopped turning.
The lead toastmaster then said the choir would sing something to honour the British guests. I looked over at the choir to see them looking at smartphones quizzically. Then, without hesitation, they broke into a multipart harmonic version of God Save the Queen. 3 verses long.
I will confess to having tears in my eyes at that point.
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Try the Rustavi Folk Choir. Male voice only but still lovely and jewel-like singing.
Very nice but why do I expect to see the Dukes of Hazard come flying around the bend any minute.
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This is lovely! However, can we please stop calling young women âgirlsâ - would you use âboysâ for performers of the same age, but male?
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The three singers are: Tatia Mgeladze, Shorena Tsiskarauli and Ani Chincharauli.
Theyâre called âMandili Trioâ and are located on Facebook.
Info found on Huffpost.
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I found this article while hunting a bit of related information. Itâs short, but has a lot of good references in it. Surprisingly - even though I wasnât searching her (and havenât) - a picture of Ani Chincharauli and a link to this youtube video of her playing in 2012 are both included!
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Yes. Next question?
I appreciate you braving Teh Huff-Po for the info.
Also check out Brooklynâs own, Black Sea Hotel. I have seen them preform a number of times, and sort of fall into a trance every time. They are incredible
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