AboutNamed after the painting "Malle Babbe" by the 18th-century Dutch painter Frans Hals, Vrouwenkoor Malle Babbe is a 50-member female choir of Haarlem that was founded in June 1982 by its conductor Leny van Schaik. Their repertoire is wide-ranging, from secular and sacred music to Dutch folk songs. They achieved international acclaim in their performance of "vocal orchestra music" on their album Song of Survival, which was based on music sung by prisoners in a Japanese women's camp on Sumatra during the Second World War. This recording was used by director Bruce Beresford in his 1996 film, Paradise Road (soundtrack available on Sony Classical, SK 63026). On a new release from Sony Classical, Sing Choir of Angels (SK 60660), Vrouwenkoor Malle Babbe, under the direction of Leny van Schaik, performs a wide-ranging programme that includes traditional songs (English, American, Austrian and Dutch), sacred compositions for choir from the 16th and 17th centuries, multiple-language versions of "Silent Night", as well as numerous settings of the Ave Maria from the 16th to the 20th centuries. Drawing largely from the repertoire devoted to the point of view of Mary, this recording offers a powerful and unique woman's perspective on Christmas music.
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