This is a double choir setting (with optional [unscored] percussion) of the popular Elizabethan song "My Lord Willoughby's welcome home", based partly on the lute duet on the tune by John Dowland. Composed and performed (in the men's choir version with...  moreThis is a double choir setting (with optional [unscored] percussion) of the popular Elizabethan song "My Lord Willoughby's welcome home", based partly on the lute duet on the tune by John Dowland. Composed and performed (in the men's choir version with added percussion) by David W Solomons  

Kitka women's vocal ensmble "Awakening" from The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between Worlds (Concert version) Live performance in Köln, Germany, 2009 Musical Direction, Composition, Arrangement and Dramaturgy by Mariana Sadovska Stage Direction by andr...  moreKitka women's vocal ensmble "Awakening" from The Rusalka Cycle: Songs Between Worlds (Concert version) Live performance in Köln, Germany, 2009 Musical Direction, Composition, Arrangement and Dramaturgy by Mariana Sadovska Stage Direction by andre Erlen and Ellen Sebastian Chang Traditional Song Souces in "Awakening": Rano, Rano - Ričice, Ukraine Provedu Rusalki - Ričice, Ukraine Oj lecit strela - Ričice, Ukraine Ispod duba, voda buba - Bosnia Do mar ciften do per gjah - Albania Blaho slovy Bože - Poltava region, Ukraine In Slavic folklore, Rusalki are powerful, enticing female entities who inhabit waters, forests and fields. Believed to be the restless spirits of women who have died unjust, untimely, or unnatural deaths - such as brides who died on their wedding night; young mothers who perished during childbirth; unmarried women who committed suicide after being rejected by a lover; or female babies who were stillborn - Rusalki regulate human, animal and agricultural fertility; seasonal cy...    less

Nightmarish atmosphere with its haunting monks choir, stabbing strings, and relentless percussion, creating a sense of impending doom

Cantate pour récitant, soprano solo, baryton solo, choeur et orchestre textes: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin musique: Jean-Christophe Rosaz Marie-Christine Barrault - récitante, Raphaëlle Boutillier - soprano, Guillaume Palissy - baryton Jeune Chœ...  moreCantate pour récitant, soprano solo, baryton solo, choeur et orchestre textes: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin musique: Jean-Christophe Rosaz Marie-Christine Barrault - récitante, Raphaëlle Boutillier - soprano, Guillaume Palissy - baryton Jeune Chœur d’Ile de France Orchestre Bel' Arte dir. Pierre-Louis de Laporte prise de son : CVPRODS première mondiale le 20 janvier 2018 en l'église Saint François de Sales, à Paris --- remerciements à Francis Bardot, Remo Vescia, Richard Boudahram