Mountain Top Chorale - HELELE by Dr. Ayo Oluranti

Performed by Mountain Top Chorale at the World Choir Games 2024, Auckland New Zealand, winning GOLD in the Contemporary Music - Mixed Voices category.
"Helele" , in pidgin English, is composed from two choruses well known across Christendom in Nigeria. The text, "Helele", with its inherent musicality in speech tone and rhythm, is deployed as a motif and a structural glue that holds the piece together.
Other structural elements in the piece include extensive use of the ‘call and answer’ antiphonal structure, unison singing and a tripartite organization of lines into foreground (melody), middle-ground (harmonic accompaniment or counter melody) and background (timeline or bass line). All these occur on a bedrock of polyrhythm and polyphony.
Stylistically, a harmonic feature of South-East Nigerian traditional music - the use of ‘naked’ thirds as harmony - is invoked in many parts of the work albeit mostly within a polyphonic texture.
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[@femiphilips62]

Woooosssshhhhhh❤❤❤❤

[@TopeOlajide]

God na HELELE o o o!
Wonderful rendition by Mountain Top Chorale. More grace 🎉❤

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Beautiful 🥺🥺🥺🥺

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Awesome 💯❤❤❤

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I liked the video before even watching. Congratulations guys 🎉🎉🎉❤

[@mountaintopchorale]

Wonderful! Thank you so much.

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Excellent interpretation

[@mountaintopchorale]

Thank you so much
Thank you for watching

[@alexugwu]

Wonderful composition, beautiful singing and great performance!
I love this💯

[@mountaintopchorale]

Thank you so much. We appreciate your kind words.
Thank you for watching.

[@Zichukwu]

Wooosh 🥰🥰🥰

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My GOD
MY GOD
MY GOD

[@mountaintopchorale]

Our GOD is the greatest!

[@jameskosin587]

Reading the summary of the compositional techniques and idioms employed in this composition makes me appreciate it more.
Top composition by Dr. Ayo Oluranti and top delivery by Mountain Top Chorale.❤️❤❤

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Helele ❤❤❤

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I love this❤. GOD Bless you all for this sweet Melody about JESUS

[@OladapoOkunmuyide]

Composed by the Boss and excellently delivered by Mountain Top Chorale. Thank you!

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Nice arrangement ❤

[@mountaintopchorale]

Thank you on behalf of the composer Dr. D.K. Olukoya and arranger Seun Owoaje

[@JesutofunmiOluwatoberu]

Godina Helele 👏👏👏

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Yoooooo!🔥❤❤

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Beautiful rendition. Great mountain top chorale 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@igbokweelisha300]

The description says it all... A true master piece from Dr. Ayo Oluranti and well delivered by the MTC.. 🎉🎉❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉. Collect your flower

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Wow! God is indeed wonderful❤❤❤

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Super amazing!❤❤❤

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