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, David Hodges)
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford)
All You Need is Love (The Beatles)
Amazing Grace (John Newton)
Amen (traditional)
Amen/This Little Light of Mine, UK Royal Wedding Gospel Choir Version
Angels (Robbie Williams)
As (Stevie Wonder)
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)
Louie Louie (Pow Wow)
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)
My Love is Your Love (Jerry Duplessis, Wyclef Jean), CK Gospel Choir version
Oh Happy Day (gospel music arrangement of an 18th-century hymn by clergyman Philip Doddridge, Edwin Hawkins Singers)
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)
Said I Wasn't Gonna tell Nobody (Alex Bradford), The Abyssinian Gospel Choir
Sentimental Journey (Les Brown, Ben Homer, Bud Green), Ella Fitzgerald
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 (Georg Friedrich Händel, Isaac Watts), from Fame
We Are Family (Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers), Sister Sledge
What a Wonderful World (Thiele, Weiss), Louis Armstrong
Will You Be There (Michael Jackson)
You Can't Stand up Alone (Jesse Winchester), from Fame
2) Classico e Liturgico
Alleluia (passeranno i cieli)
Ave Maria (Bach Gounod)
Ave Maria (Schubert)
Marcia Nuziale (Mendelssohn)
Marcia Nuziale (Wagner)
Canone in Re Maggiore di Johann Pachelbel
Come ti ama Dio
Entends mon cœur (Moore)
Gloria in Excelsis Deo (traditional)
Gloria in Excelsis Deo (Marco Frisina)
Je suis dans la joie
Osanna eh
Segni del tuo amore (Gen Rosso, 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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