Rautavaara 's NirvanaDharma is performed by the CWU Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director). Presenting many challenges, the 8 minute piece is based on an octatonic scale and divides into as many as 20 parts. For a Short while there are 4 conductors. Th...  moreRautavaara 's NirvanaDharma is performed by the CWU Chamber Choir (Gary Weidenaar, director). Presenting many challenges, the 8 minute piece is based on an octatonic scale and divides into as many as 20 parts. For a Short while there are 4 conductors. The video includes subtitles. It was recorded May of 2010 in the CentralWashington University Music Building Concert Hall. The choir has also recorded YouTube videos that feature music of Claudio Monteverdi, Ola Gjeilo, John Muehleisen, Vijay Singh and Tomás Luis da Victoria. Monteverdi's Sestina can be found on the following two videos: (pieces 1-3 & 4-6): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5_qClRojFw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G786-GV1NT8 Follow the choir on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CWU.Chamber.Choir  less

Short excerpts from Ola Gjeilo's 32 min. 'Sunrise Mass' for choir and string orchestra (score and parts now available on demand from Walton Music/full recording available on iTunes), accompanied by beautiful images related to the themes of each movement: ...  moreShort excerpts from Ola Gjeilo's 32 min. 'Sunrise Mass' for choir and string orchestra (score and parts now available on demand from Walton Music/full recording available on iTunes), accompanied by beautiful images related to the themes of each movement: 1. The Spheres (Kyrie) 2. Sunrise (Gloria) 3. The City (Credo) 4. Identity & The Ground (Sanctus & Agnus Dei) Video by 2 Chairs Design Photo by Anette Kvikstad, Thomas H. Barber, iStockphoto.com Performed by Majorstua chamber choir, NOVA, 24 strings and Tore Erik Mohn, cond. (from live premiere)  less

This is the final section from my Modal Mass (men's voices version) This setting of the Communion Service uses mainly the Mixolydian and Dorian modes (with Short excursions into Lydian and Aeolian and occasionally jazzy modes). A higher (SATB) versio...  moreThis is the final section from my Modal Mass (men's voices version) This setting of the Communion Service uses mainly the Mixolydian and Dorian modes (with Short excursions into Lydian and Aeolian and occasionally jazzy modes). A higher (SATB) version of the whole mass is also available (sung by Matthew Curtis)  

"Après un Rêve" (Gabriel Fauré) Tenebrae Choir Nigel Short, director www.tenebrae-choir.com

text: Sophie BERNARD music: Jean-Christophe ROSAZ by Ensemble vocal FaMajeur cond. Marie-Clotilde MOES --- Qui me consolera dans la nuit noire, la nuit plus noire que les hommes Non pas celle où l’on entre pour mieux sentir le monde, non pas...  moretext: Sophie BERNARD music: Jean-Christophe ROSAZ by Ensemble vocal FaMajeur cond. Marie-Clotilde MOES --- Qui me consolera dans la nuit noire, la nuit plus noire que les hommes Non pas celle où l’on entre pour mieux sentir le monde, non pas celle qui contraint à l’infini par sa clarté soudaine Non pas encore la nuit de nos murmures roses, et que j’entends ton regard qui m’excède et la respiration de l’enfant (car il revient, analogie des anges) Qui me consolera sans toi, sans lui qui nous aime --- Who will console me in the dark night, the night darker than men Not the one where we enter to feel better the world, not the one that constrains to infinity by its sudden clarity Not yet night of our pink whispers, and that I hear your look that exceeds me and the breath of the child (for he returns, analogy of angels) Who will console me without you, without him who loves us --- Fluidité des lignes ou densité sonore, ombre et lumière, crainte ou sérénité, calme o...    less

It was a very interesting discussion onChoralNet.  There was a choir concerned that they had a concert and only 17 People turned up. They asked for some input on how to do things differently so that they didn't have that happen again.There were some ...

Simon Lindley's setting of 'Ave Maria' - under the title of 'Litany for Mary' - was produced originally as a setting for upper voices. The music was devised to Short call order for a Mothers' Union Deanery Service in what was then Leeds Parish Church on...  moreSimon Lindley's setting of 'Ave Maria' - under the title of 'Litany for Mary' - was produced originally as a setting for upper voices. The music was devised to Short call order for a Mothers' Union Deanery Service in what was then Leeds Parish Church on Lady Day - the Feast of the Annunciation - in March 1979. Its accompaniment owes much to the setting of Robert Herrick's 'Litany to the Holy Spirit' by Peter Hurford of some twenty years earlier. 'Ave Maria' has been extensively recorded and broadcast by choirs of all traditions, especially children's choirs. Eventually, a version of the piece for four-part choir emerged during the early weeks of 2003 in response to a request from Gordon Stewart on behalf of the BBC Radio 4 Pilgrim Choir and it is this more recent version that is sung here. This performance was recorded in Leeds Minster on Sunday 28th April 2013 during the recital of 'Music with Minster connections' sung by St Peter's Singers of Leeds, directed by the composer. The organist is David Houl...    less

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This is an arrangement of an Acadian folksong entitled “Marie Madeleine” (more commonly classified in the French-Canadian folksong repertoire as “Une petite vache noire”). This Short, lively SATB piece is loads of fun and highlights the quintessential ...  moreThis is an arrangement of an Acadian folksong entitled “Marie Madeleine” (more commonly classified in the French-Canadian folksong repertoire as “Une petite vache noire”). This Short, lively SATB piece is loads of fun and highlights the quintessential elements of the Acadian folksong tradition: podorythmie (seated foot-tapping), diddlage (mouth music), and the spoons. But, it also stretches the tradition to include more modern elements. Don’t be fooled by thinking this is just a simple folksong. It is a challenging and complex piece that reflects the innate musicality of this long-standing Canadian oral tradition. Though this folksong can be found in other parts of French Canada, I chose to feature the Acadian dialect in this rendition because it is emblematic of the role that language sometime plays in creating social inequity. Story synopsis: For those unfamiliar with the language, this video helps tell the song’s funny story of a young woman, Marie Madeleine, who has a rather difficult relationship w...    less

At the Fall Concert with the Rosthern Junior College Choir and Saskatoon Youth Orchestra. This is a performance at the end of a weekend workshop where the students of both groups learn new music in a Short amount of time. Rosthern Junior College Choir ...  moreAt the Fall Concert with the Rosthern Junior College Choir and Saskatoon Youth Orchestra. This is a performance at the end of a weekend workshop where the students of both groups learn new music in a Short amount of time. Rosthern Junior College Choir - directed by Richard Janzen Saskatoon Youth Orchestra - directed by Richard Carnegie Orchestra arrangement by Joseph Barlowe