Singing with Novo Concertante Manila

Novo Concertante Manila is one of the best choirs in the Philippines. There was a time I dreamed to be a part of this choir but it was not a serious dream. Until my son and daughter became members, because the conductor of this choir, Arwin Tan, was the former conductor of the choir where my children were members.

Our family sings with some of my children's former choirmates, at the Holy Family Chapel at Eastwood City every third Sunday of the month (11 A.M. mass), with my daughter as a "passive" conductor. Until some members of Novo Concertante Manila joined us, including their conductor who doesn't conduct this time, but sings as one of the basses. I feel proud to sing with the choir's sopranos, though sometimes I prefer to sing as an alto because the sopranos are obviously very good and there are just a few altos. I'm contented to just sing with them informally during the mass, primarily because the choir won't need somebody like me LOL.

In this video is a song of Novo Concertante Manila, which showcases their very talented sopranos and an alto. The title of the song is "Ili-ili Tulog Anay", a Filipino lullaby in Ilongo dialect. Their performance made me very happy that I was part of the audience and not the choir. I took the video just using my Samsung U600 cellphone during the Thanksgiving concert of the choir at Holy Family Parish in Kamias, Quezon City, last December 6 of this year.

Ilonggo

Ili-ili, tulog anay,
Wala diri imong Nanay,
Kadto tienda bakal papay,
Ili-ili, tulog anay

English Translation

Little one, little one, sleep now
Your mother is not here,
She went to buy some bread
Little one, little one, sleep now.

My own version, to put Lyca to sleep (LOL):

Sleep, sleep, my little one
Mama will stay to sing for you
I will be here to watch you sleep
Sleep, sleep, my little one