Repertorio

Il repertorio proposto dai Blackinwhite è particolarmente vasto e versatile, circa 80 brani per coro e svariati brani per solisti, e comprende Spirituals Afroamericani, brani Gospel tradizionali come ad esempio "Lean On Me", "Oh Happy Day", alcuni brani gospel in francese come "Je suis dans la joie", "Entends mon cœur", brani di contemporary gospel come "My Life is in Your Hands" di Kirk Franklin, brani tratti da colonne sonore di film di successo come Sister Act, Fame, Jesus Christ Superstar, Shrek, Romeo & Juliet, Blue Hawaii, e inoltre brani famosi appartenenti ai generi soul, jazz, r&b, pop, originariamente interpretati da artisti di spicco come The Manhattan Transfer con "Java Jive" e "Operator", The Andrews Sisters, Natalie Cole, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, Sam Cooke, Percy Mayfield, Perry Como, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Michael Jackson, Queen, Pharrel, Alexandra Burke, Elvis Costello, Zucchero, Elisa; oltre a l'Hallelujah di Handel tratto dal gospel album "Handel's Messiah: A Soulful Celebration", premiato nel 1992 con un Grammy come Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album, e l'ormai leggendaria versione di "Stand By Me" eseguita durante la celebrazione liturgica del matrimonio del Principe Harry e Meghan Markle, The Royal Wedding 2018, nella Cappella di San Giorgio al Castello di Windsor nel Regno Unito, dal Coro Gospel The Kingdom Choir di Londra diretto da Karen Gibson.
Il coro continua a formarsi e ad ampliare il proprio repertorio approfondendo lo studio di nuovi brani.
Tra le proposte di repertorio si trovano inoltre alcuni arrangiamenti vocali di eccellenti arrangiatori internazionali quali Mark Brymer e Roger Treece.
Qui di seguito l'elenco completo dei titoli dei brani in ordine alfabetico, suddiviso in tre sezioni per genere:

 

1) Gospel & Contemporary Gospel,
Black music, Soul, Jazz, R&B, Pop

A Prayer, Elisa

A Thousand Years, Christina Perri

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford), Sister Act

Amazing Grace (John Newton)

Amen (traditional)

Amen/This Little Light of Mine, UK Royal Wedding Gospel Choir Version

Angels (Robbie Williams)

Ave Maria (Beyoncé)

Baby I Love You (Ronnie Shannon)

Bring it on Home to Me (Sam Cooke)

Can't Help Falling in Love (Peretti, Creatore, Weiss), the song was featured in Elvis Presley's 1961 film Blue Hawaii

Celebration (Kool & the Gang)

Chain Of Fools (Don Covay)

Eppure sentire (Un senso di te), Elisa

Everybody's Free (To Feel Good) (Swanston, Cox), Quindon Tarver, soundtrack from Romeo & Juliet

Get Me to the Church on Time (Loewe, Lerner), My Fair Lady (musical)

Hail Holy Queen (traditional), Sister Act

Hallelujah (Handel), from A Soulful Celebration

Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen), Alexandra Burke

Hai scelto me (Zucchero)

Happy (Pharrel)

He Let The Son Us Set Free (Evie)

Hit the Road Jack (Percy Mayfield)

His Eye Is on the Sparrow (Civilla Durfee Martin, Charles H. Gabriel), Sister Act

I Believe I Can Fly (R. Kelly)

I Will Follow Him (J.W.Stole, Paul Mauriat), Sister Act

I'm On My Way (The Proclaimers), Shrek

Java Jive (Oakland, Drake), The Manhattan Transfer

Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child (traditional), Mariah Carey

Joyful Joyful (Beethoven)

Lean On Me (Bill Withers)

Let's Sing (traditional)

Magic Moments (Burt Bacharach), Perry Como

Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson), Joyful Noise version

Mas Que Nada (Jorge Ben)

My Life is in Your Hands (Kirk Franklin)

My Lord What a Morning (traditional)

Oh Happy Day (gospel music arrangement of an 18th-century hymn by clergyman Philip Doddridge, Hawkins Edwin R.)

Oh When the Saints Go Marching in (traditional)

One, U2 ft. Mary J. Blige

Only Time (Enya)

Operator (William Spivery), The Manhattan Transfer

People Get Ready (Curtis Lee Mayfield)

Set On a Freedom (traditional)

She (Charles Aznavour), Elvis Costello

Sina (Djavan)

Sing Sing Sing (Louis Prima), The Andrews Sisters

Soon and Very Soon (Andrae Crouch)

Stand by Me (Ben E. King), UK Royal Wedding Gospel Choir Version

Stay With Me (Sam Smith)

That's Life (Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon), Frank Sinatra

The Last Supper (Andrew Lloyd Webber), Jesus Christ Superstar

This Little Light of Mine (Harry Dixon Loes)

This Will Be (An Everlasting Love), Natalie Cole

True Colors (Steinberg, Kelly)

Truth and Grace (Joy to the World), from Fame

What a Wonderful World (Thiele, Weiss), Louis Armstrong

Will You Be There (Michael Jackson)

You Can't Stand up Alone, Fame

 

2) Classico, liturgico

Ave Maria (Bach Gounod)

Ave Maria (Schubert)

Marcia Nuziale (Mendelssohn)

Marcia Nuziale (Wagner)

Canone in Re Maggiore di Johann Pachelbel

Entends mon cœur (Moore)

Gloria in Excelsis Deo

Je suis dans la joie

Osanna eh

Segni del tuo amore (Gen Verde)

Weeping Mary (traditional)

Fratello Sole Sorella Luna - Dolce è Sentire (Benjamin, Ortolani)

Sanctus (traditional)

Salmo 8 (Meregalli)

 

3) Natalizio

Adeste Fideles (Latin Hymn 18th Century)

All I Want for Christmas is You (Afanasief, Carey), Mariah Carey

Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child (traditional), Mariah Carey

Jingle Bells (Pierpont)

Jingle Bell Rock (Beal, Boothe), Bobby Helms

Joy to the World (Handel)

Santa Claus is coming to Town (Coots)

Silent Night (Gruber, Mohr)

The First Noel (traditional)

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Martin)

 

 

 

 

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