VOCAbuLarieS
Gdansk 2013 · Munich 2011 · 5 videos · 30 min
Improvisation, written down. Every part of the 2010 album came from his improvising, scored with Roger Treece and built from thousands of overdubs by Bobby and more than 50 singers.7,8 On tour he sang it with a different choir in each city.28,27,24 GRAMMY nominee, Best Classical Crossover Album.12
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23rd PsalmVOCAbuLarieS live, Gdansk, Aug 17, 2013 · 3:52 · The Real Bobby McFerrin - 02
The GardenVOCAbuLarieS live, Gdansk, Aug 17, 2013 · 5:20 · The Real Bobby McFerrin - 03
WailersVOCAbuLarieS live, Gdansk, Aug 17, 2013 · 8:01 · The Real Bobby McFerrin - 04
Come to MeVOCAbuLarieS live, Gdansk, Aug 17, 2013 · 6:38 · The Real Bobby McFerrin - 05
Soundcheck with Roger Treece and the Chamber Choir of EuropeVOCAbuLarieS tour, Munich, 2011 · 6:33 · Chamber Choir of Europe
The DC night
Warner Theatre · 2 videos · 11 min
My wife Terri and I were there: very likely June 11, 2011, at the Warner Theatre, with Howard University’s Afro Blue.4,24 The Washington City Paper counted 26 Afro Blue singers, with Roger Treece conducting.25 That fall Afro Blue finished fourth on NBC’s The Sing-Off.26 The only video of the night I’ve found is 47 seconds from the audience. More in my story.
The baton
Mozart · Vivaldi · Mendelssohn · Handel · 4 videos · 24 min
Track 1 is my pick. San Francisco, 2025: at Jacob Collier’s open soundcheck he conducts Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 for the first time in 16 years, and the orchestra is the audience.23
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Conducting Mozart’s Symphony No. 29Jacob Collier’s Audience Symphony Orchestra soundcheck, San Francisco, 2025 · 2:45 · Jacob Collier - 02
Vivaldi, Concerto for two cellos, RV 531Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, 2002 · 11:20 · EuroArtsChannel - 03
Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Scherzo)Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, 2002 · 5:39 · EuroArtsChannel - 04
Hallelujah (Handel, arr. David Timm)Spirits of Music, Leipzig, 2002 · 4:35 · EuroArtsChannel