This brand new version of Good King Wenceslas is dedicated to my uncle Duncan Shaw of Vancouver. His "retirement project" - developing his own theory of gravity - has been a huge inspiration in my own compositional journey late in life. Some background...  moreThis brand new version of Good King Wenceslas is dedicated to my uncle Duncan Shaw of Vancouver. His "retirement project" - developing his own theory of gravity - has been a huge inspiration in my own compositional journey late in life. Some background: I have sung the traditional version of Good King Wenceslas since I was a kid. I fell in love with the lyrics and the story, but have always been puzzled by the way it was arranged, in particular the way that the "las" of Wenceslas lands on the downbeat. When I was young, I Thought the lyrics were actually "Good King Wences last looked out!" All to say that I got inspired to create a totally different version. I used the 19th century poem by John Mason Neale, but I wanted to create a different "feel" to the story, to take it back in time to its origins in the Middle Ages - hence the medieval feel to much of the piece. I also felt that since the Wenceslas story is all about a journey, a setting in 3/4 time would create a better sense of that feeling, ra...    less

Traditional German carol (based on a Thuringian melody "Seht wie die Sonne dort sinket" from around 1808), The melody moves through the parts while the other parts represent the ringing of the bells - with a few added cheeky English cadences. version...  moreTraditional German carol (based on a Thuringian melody "Seht wie die Sonne dort sinket" from around 1808), The melody moves through the parts while the other parts represent the ringing of the bells - with a few added cheeky English cadences. versions are also available for string quartet, wind quartet, brass quartet, flute quartet and clarinet quartet.  

"Unclouded Day" from "Heavenly Home: Three American Songs" Arranged by Shawn Kirchner, TTBB version 2018 Performed in Norwich Cathedral, UK

This haunting & ethereal version of a beautiful, traditional Russian Carol brings wonder and mystery as the world waits for the birth of the Christ child... RUSSIAN CAROL Traditional Lyrics Catherine Paul Original Copyright 1968 Ascherberg Hopwo...  moreThis haunting & ethereal version of a beautiful, traditional Russian Carol brings wonder and mystery as the world waits for the birth of the Christ child... RUSSIAN CAROL Traditional Lyrics Catherine Paul Original Copyright 1968 Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew Ltd Arrangement Darren Marc Bartlett This Arr. Copyright DMB MUsic 2016 Performed by Muzaria Keys & Sound Engineer Alvin Allison Video Production Kingbere designs www.dmbmusic.co.uk www.darrenbartlett.co.uk Copyright DMB MUSIC 2000-2017 www.muzaria.com www.salvacosta.co.uk  less

This is a transposed version of Malcolm Sargent's "Zither Carol". It is based on a Czech Furiant (a fast dance with metre shifting between duple and triple time) called "Sedlák, sedlák", which was also sung as a light-hearted and frolicsome song gently po...  moreThis is a transposed version of Malcolm Sargent's "Zither Carol". It is based on a Czech Furiant (a fast dance with metre shifting between duple and triple time) called "Sedlák, sedlák", which was also sung as a light-hearted and frolicsome song gently poking fun at a corpulent farmer. The words of the carol are by Malcolm Sargent himself. Girls and boys, leave your toys. make no noise, Kneel at His crib and worship Him. At Thy shrine, Child divine, we are Thine, Our Saviour's here. "Hallelujah!" the church bells ring, "Hallelujah!" the angels sing, "Hallelujah!" from ev'rything. All must draw near. (etc)  less

Cantorion Colin Jones are a male voice choir from North Wales. FOR MORE deTAILS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE CHOIR, CLICK ON OUR NEW WEBSITE CHOIR http://www.cantorioncolinjones.co.uk or http://www.cantorioncolinjones.co.uk/guestbook FOLLOW THIS MAL...  moreCantorion Colin Jones are a male voice choir from North Wales. FOR MORE deTAILS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE CHOIR, CLICK ON OUR NEW WEBSITE CHOIR http://www.cantorioncolinjones.co.uk or http://www.cantorioncolinjones.co.uk/guestbook FOLLOW THIS MALE VOICE CHOIR ON FACEBOOK Lyrics below (including translation) To accompany the song "O Gymru" (O Wales) by Cantorion Colin Jones, this video is of Gwilym Jones, a choir member and hill farmer from Capel Curig, North Wales. He is walking up the beautiful mountain of Moel Siabod in Snowdonia. For more details of the choir, www.cantorioncolinjones.com. Gwil Rhos yn ei gynefin. Diolch Gwil! The song is a statement of love for our country. Basically, it translates, You are the only country for me You fill my heart with joy. You're my heaven and my sunshine. When I'm saddened, a picture of Wales will lift my spirits, I will give my life for Wales Wales is my heaven So I shall sing it's praises Ti yw'r unig wlad i mi, O fy Ngwalia Ti sy'...    less

Poem and illustrations by Wilhelm Busch set to music by David W Solomons www.dwsolo.com All parts performed by Matthew Curtis - www.choraltracks.com An English version of this work is also available on Youtube as "The Earwig song": https://www.youtu...  morePoem and illustrations by Wilhelm Busch set to music by David W Solomons www.dwsolo.com All parts performed by Matthew Curtis - www.choraltracks.com An English version of this work is also available on Youtube as "The Earwig song": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfarKcuTROs  

Parody of the traditional German folk song about the life of the farmer (Im Märzen der Bauer). In this version the farmer takes advantage of many of the technological and biotechnical opportunities of science but the world changes strangely. This is t...  moreParody of the traditional German folk song about the life of the farmer (Im Märzen der Bauer). In this version the farmer takes advantage of many of the technological and biotechnical opportunities of science but the world changes strangely. This is the English version. The German original is also available on this site.  

Vocal composition for SATB choir a cappella. Performed by the Rose Ensemble, conducted by Jordan Sramek, at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, MN in 2012. Russian icons (Eleusa) from the 12th-20th centuries. Second version from 2012.

This version courtesy of Big Big Sing http://www.bigbigsing.org/. Recorded at our summer concert on July 13th 2014. Enjoy singing? Come and join our choir. See our website for details http://northkingstonchoir.wix.com/nkc.