UNT University Singers: Reena Esmail - Tuttarana (2014)

Tuttarana (2014).......................................... Reena Esmail (b. 1983)
Bridgette Pineau, soloist
University Singers
Lindsay Pope, conductor
Recorded live November 13, 2017
Winspear Hall, College of Music
University of North Texas
choral.music.unt.edu

[@probably_singing]

Why are the university singers always so good? Like why? Amazing work!

[@cf8415]

Happy Allstate 2022 guys 🥲

[@mirandawest7046]

yeah 😭😭😭💔😔

[@elijahsanford9645]

I'm in Iowa Allstate 2022. Wish me luck on my audition

[@reptilewings8417]

@@elijahsanford9645 damn, didn’t think I’d find another person auditioning for Iowa Allstate

[@Cait2006]

Yep

[@nicolesophia3845]

Fr, okay not mad tho

[@Dj-ppballs]

I love tutarrana it sounds so fun but i hate trying to say it

[@dctrbrass]

I've been listening to Seraph Brass play the brass quintet version. So cool to find a choir version :)

[@tastelesssoperatatouille4396]

Woah❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@lucieherrera2338]

Ate that up

[@LSHSChoirTeacher]

Is that Richard Sparks singing?

[@rahulmurthy1763]

WOW absolute goosebumps... Taranas can be interpreted as choir. This choir should be named "Thugs of Tatana"

[@alexandria.21]

welcome to competition season 2023 baby

[@stellao.7365]

If you told me the girl in the middle at 2:40 was Beanie Feldstein I would believe you

[@josephkarl2061]

Which language was that sung in? It sounds like it's from the Phillipines or thereabouts.

[@aidanmarquez]

The title is derived from the words "tutti", which means "all" in Italian, and Tarana, which is kind of like Hindi scat, so the language is is kind of like Hindi gibberish.

[@Composer_Piggy]

@@aidanmarquez Hi I know I’m kinda late to this comment, but some parts sounds as if they’re singing Kanakol which is an Indian form of counting. For example, English 1 e + a is Ta Ka Di Mi, and there are some parts where you can kinda hears this

[@haydenstone5379]

This is a late reply, but my college choir is performing this piece right now and watched an guide by the composer. The words are nonsense syllables meant to sound like a percussion instrument that they have in India. Essentially how we make cat or dog noises, it's the equivalent of that but of the Indian people to that percussion instrument. It has no meaning, but is very efficient when spoken or sung fast.

[@shnnnnnnnnnnnnnn]

it’s a hindi and indian derivative but they aren’t actual words, they’re syllables meant to imitate percussion traditional to india.