A choral spoof on the 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons A version for SATB is also available at the link below The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of the composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Para...  moreA choral spoof on the 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons A version for SATB is also available at the link below The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of the composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Paramolehill) The words (taking the last verse) are ...on the twelfth day of Christmas the choir processed in song and twelve candles dripped eleven altos flipped and ten lines were clipped and nine gins were sipped and eight crept to the crypt and seven hymn books slipped and six basses quipped and five sang in tune! and four cassocks ripped and three lost their script and two tenors tripped and the soloist got it all wrong.  less

Christmas 2021

Performance with words for singing along: Based on The Expotition to the North Pole (Winnie the Pooh). Narrator, various spoken and singing voices and instruments

This was written as an ironic parody response to that Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer song we sing every year! (Rudolphus Rubrinasus syndrome!) (Note: the score has a slightly more ornamented piano part than this performance)

The Womens Choir EMBLA performs Jólanótt (Christmas Night) by Roar Kvam with a text by Sverrir Pálsson.

Each year, in September, Musica International (www.musicanet.org) chooses as its Favorite Piece of the Month a beautiful piece which would be perfect for your Christmas program. Here are a few of them, with multimedia illustrations, recordings of pronunc...

20 giugno 2016 - Corinfesta (ARCL) Oratorio del Caravita - Roma direttori: Camilla Di Lorenzo e Dodo Versino https://www.facebook.com/grifoncoro/

Gospel style setting for 2 or 4 voices, 2 flutes, double bass, guitar and tambourine of my evangelical poem about Christmas. This is not typical of my usual style, but it's an interesting excursion into the evangelical music of mid-70s Oxford, where I ...  moreGospel style setting for 2 or 4 voices, 2 flutes, double bass, guitar and tambourine of my evangelical poem about Christmas. This is not typical of my usual style, but it's an interesting excursion into the evangelical music of mid-70s Oxford, where I was studying.  

Last Christmas - aufgenommen am 02.12.2018 in Selb

Welcome to Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir. The Choir was formed in 1986 initially to provide a choir for Midnight Eucharist on Christmas Eve, but since then we have become an established part of the Wells Cathedral scene, and now sing 40 to 50 of the re...  moreWelcome to Wells Cathedral Voluntary Choir. The Choir was formed in 1986 initially to provide a choir for Midnight Eucharist on Christmas Eve, but since then we have become an established part of the Wells Cathedral scene, and now sing 40 to 50 of the regular services throughout the year, as well as some of the festival services which include a Requiem Mass on All Soul’s Day. We are an amateur auditioned choir of 30 and strive for a high standard, so for potential members it is important to have a reasonable sight-singing ability. We rehearse regularly throughout the year on a Thursday evening. The music we perform is very varied and as well as psalms we sing a wide range of canticles, masses and anthems of all genres so “Variety is the spice of life”! There is no membership fee, as we are fortunate to be supported financially with grants from the Cathedral Chapter and the Friends of Wells Cathedral. When we are in the Cathedral we are often singing in the Quire where we face one another, effectively as tw...    less