Christmas Concert at Santa Isabel's Church, Lisbon - december 8, 2013

Robin Adair arranged for SATB choir (sung, transposed down in this video, by the one-man multitrack choir dwsChorale) [Note: a few textual errors have crept into the performance - but the score has the correct words] The original tune was composed...  moreRobin Adair arranged for SATB choir (sung, transposed down in this video, by the one-man multitrack choir dwsChorale) [Note: a few textual errors have crept into the performance - but the score has the correct words] The original tune was composed with the words Eibhlin a Ruin (Ellen Aroon or Eileen Aroon) by the Irish bard Carroll O'Daly (14th Century), although it was later attributed to the 18th century Irish composer Charles Coffey (this was presumably an arrangement of the original). The words of "Robin Adair" itself are understood to be by Lady Caroline Keppel, who was in love with a surgeon by that name. (This seems more likely than the theory that Robert Burns wrote it, although Burns certainly knew Keppel's lyrics and made his own parodies upon the words). Some later versions of the melody contain "Scotch snaps" but this version follows the simplest melodic line, without the Scotch snaps - possibly O'Daly's original tune? - and with quite romantic choral harmonies.  less

Koro de San Jose @ Coro cantabile et al 2012 with introduction

Grupo Vocal Reyes Bartlet Sopranos: Cristo Velázquez, Cisca Corduwener, Beatriz Rodríguez Altos: Olivia Perera, Manuela Mira, Hilda Rodríguez Tenores: David Perera, Rayco González, José Híjar Bajos: Alfonso López, Julio Hernández José Híjar Polo, dir...  moreGrupo Vocal Reyes Bartlet Sopranos: Cristo Velázquez, Cisca Corduwener, Beatriz Rodríguez Altos: Olivia Perera, Manuela Mira, Hilda Rodríguez Tenores: David Perera, Rayco González, José Híjar Bajos: Alfonso López, Julio Hernández José Híjar Polo, director Puerto de la Cruz Bach Festival Iglesia de la Peña de Francia, 20 de diciembre de 2015 Imagen y sonido: Mediawink  

Composed by Giorgio Susana Vistarino 24/04/2022

Devon folk song arranged for mixed choir The words of the song can be found in many places on the Net, some more accurate than others. All of the places are in Devon, except Callington, which is in Cornwall, but it is likely to be the correct place sin...  moreDevon folk song arranged for mixed choir The words of the song can be found in many places on the Net, some more accurate than others. All of the places are in Devon, except Callington, which is in Cornwall, but it is likely to be the correct place since it is so close to the centre of the events - ie towns and villages North and West of Dartmoor. (The Yetties' version of the song refers to "North Looe", but this is very unlikely to be correct, since Looe is much further into Cornwall). In this the version I finally decided upon "North Lew" (a compromise between Quoditch's version and the Yetties' version):  less

Gospel style setting for 2 or 4 voices, 2 flutes, double bass, guitar and tambourine of my evangelical poem about the meaning of Christmas.

Litany to the Holy Spirit is my setting of the whole of Robert Herrick's poem by that name (as opposed to other well-known settings which only use a few verses). The whole poem deserves to be set in its entirety since the full story can be told and He...  moreLitany to the Holy Spirit is my setting of the whole of Robert Herrick's poem by that name (as opposed to other well-known settings which only use a few verses). The whole poem deserves to be set in its entirety since the full story can be told and Herrick's feelings come out all the more.