I Thank You God was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and premiered at the National ACDA Convention in February, 1999. The text is adapted from the E.E. Cummings poem of the same name. Composer Gwyneth Walker writes: "Thi...  moreI Thank You God was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and premiered at the National ACDA Convention in February, 1999. The text is adapted from the E.E. Cummings poem of the same name. Composer Gwyneth Walker writes: "This is a poem of grandeur and of praise. Therefore it might be expected that this musical setting would aim at vastness, grandeur and awakening." Walker accomplishes this through a variety of means. First, the piano introduction includes slowly unfolding piano arpeggios which focus on open intervals of octaves, fifths and fourths, exploiting the full range of the piano keyboard. The composer also takes the singers on a harmonic journey which begins in a low register in C minor, and then travels through a number of other key areas until it reaches the distant key of G-flat. At this point, the voices are drawn closely together into a tone cluster containing the pitches G-flat, A-flat and B-flat, only to open apart into the glorious C major chords which conclude the ...    less

Recorded by Quorum in Leicester Cathedral on Saturday 11th February 2017

Oostkerk Middelburg 2013 Andantino (Vilvoorde België olv Peter De Waele) Thou knowest Lord (Henry Purcell) Actually, these words are prescribed for funerals in the Prayer Book of 1662. This was first used at Queen Mary (of William and Mary), but were...  moreOostkerk Middelburg 2013 Andantino (Vilvoorde België olv Peter De Waele) Thou knowest Lord (Henry Purcell) Actually, these words are prescribed for funerals in the Prayer Book of 1662. This was first used at Queen Mary (of William and Mary), but were also used at Purcell's own funeral and were incorporated, tune and all, inro Croft's setting of the funeral sentences. One of the opening sequences of all Royal Families as the Casket enters the Abbey, including as of late, that of Princess Diana, Princess of Wales and HM, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.  less

Bless the Lord With Me. Callington Community Gospel Choir recorded for BBC Spotlight South West Christmas 2009. If you like this please leave feedback on our website guest book www.ccgc.org.uk

Mendelssohn: But the Lord from Elijah. Mendelssohn Singers conducted by Brett Kostrzewski. James Bourne, piano. Michael Bloss, organ. Performed at the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir's Symposium concert on January 26, 2013 at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. T...  moreMendelssohn: But the Lord from Elijah. Mendelssohn Singers conducted by Brett Kostrzewski. James Bourne, piano. Michael Bloss, organ. Performed at the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir's Symposium concert on January 26, 2013 at Yorkminster Park Baptist Church. This concert concluded the TMC's 2013 Choral Conductors' Symposium led by Noel Edison. Webcast produced by Inline Digital.  

ECU Singers Performing "My Souls Been Anchored in the Lord" by Moses Hogan Directed by Dr. Steven Walker

Chicagoland Voices 2016 Winter Concert Great God Almighty by Stacey V. Gibbs Guest conductor - Dana Floor

The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir singing Thou, Oh Lord, from I'm Amazed DVD. I do not own this video.

Kyrylo Stetsenko "Praise the Lord, O my Soul" Performed by Pektoral Chamber Choir (Kyiv, Ukraine). Art Directior - Andriy Karpinets. (Fragment of the concert at Moskow Easter Festival 27th April 2012, at Cathedral of miraclemakers Cosma & Damian in S...  moreKyrylo Stetsenko "Praise the Lord, O my Soul" Performed by Pektoral Chamber Choir (Kyiv, Ukraine). Art Directior - Andriy Karpinets. (Fragment of the concert at Moskow Easter Festival 27th April 2012, at Cathedral of miraclemakers Cosma & Damian in Shubin (Moskow)). Our SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/pektoral-chamber-choir/ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PektoralChoir.Ukraine