LET IT BE Let it be×4 whisper words of wisdom, let it be, let it be×4 whisper words of wisdom, let it be, when I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, Speaking words of wisdom, Let it be, And in my hour of darkness she is, sta...  moreLET IT BE Let it be×4 whisper words of wisdom, let it be, let it be×4 whisper words of wisdom, let it be, when I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, Speaking words of wisdom, Let it be, And in my hour of darkness she is, standing right in front of me, Speaking words of wisdom, let it be, Let it be×4 Whisper words of wisdom, let it be, Let it be×4 Whisper words of wisdom, let it be, when the broken hearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be, for though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see, there will be an answer, let it be, let it be×4, whisper words of wisdom, let it be, let it be×4, whisper words of wisdom, let it be, and when the night is cloudy there is, still a light that shines on me, shine until tomorrow, let it be, I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be, let it be×4, whisper words of wisdom, let it be...  less

This song is a wedding present for my daughter Salima and my son-in-law Tarik Talundzic. As a Boy chorister I can remember singing Healey Willan's setting of "Rise up, my love", a true gem. The beautiful imagery of this text drew me to write my own s...  moreThis song is a wedding present for my daughter Salima and my son-in-law Tarik Talundzic. As a Boy chorister I can remember singing Healey Willan's setting of "Rise up, my love", a true gem. The beautiful imagery of this text drew me to write my own setting. Sincere thanks to Matthew Curtis (choraltracks.com) for recording "Rise up, my love, my fair one." If you would like to obtain the sheet music for this song, please contact: info@leadingnote.com. I would like to acknowledge the a cappella choir that I sing in, The Stairwell Carollers, and our director Pierre Massie, for their musical inspiration these past 26 years. I would also like to thank my friends in our "Ad hoc Chorale" for testing out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offering valuable comments. And with deepest appreciation to my brother Adam Rain and my friend Geneviève Lajoie for their invaluable support throughout my composing journey.  less

On the first day of PER MUSICAM AD ASTRA, June 18 at 8 pm, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Toruń will be the official venue for this year's Opening Concert. “Per musicam ad humanitatem” you will be listening to Lacri...

Performed by Angelus from Mt. Vernon Sr. High School in Mt. Vernon,IN at Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption, San Francisco, CA

From Elbow's 2008 album Seldom Seen Kid. This is from The OK Chorale's second public concert in March 2013 at St. Mary's Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK.

for SATB Chorus unaccompanied Words by Mary Elizabeth Frye: Public Domain Music by Stanley M. Hoffman © Copyright 2018 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The poem above is sometimes called “I Am” due to its repet...  morefor SATB Chorus unaccompanied Words by Mary Elizabeth Frye: Public Domain Music by Stanley M. Hoffman © Copyright 2018 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The poem above is sometimes called “I Am” due to its repetition of the phrase. Was the poem inspired? The Hebrew name for God, YHWH, means “I am” or “I am that I am.” And there does seem to be something magical about the poem, as it was written by a woman who, to our knowledge, had never written a poem before. Mary Elizabeth Frye was an orphan with no formal education. In 1932 she and her husband hosted a young Jewish woman, Margaret Schwarzkopf, who was fleeing the Holocaust. When she received news that her mother had died in Germany, the heartbroken houseguest told Frye in despair that she had never had the chance to “stand by my mother’s grave and shed a tear.” Frye found herself composing the poem above on a ripped-off section of a brown paper shopping bag. She said the words “just came to her.”  less

A bit of behind-the-scenes footage recording our first in-studio album as well as an unmixed, unedited tidbit of things to come. Album scheduled for release in 2012. Recorded at Soundtrek Studios, August 2011.

performed by RJC ManChoir and A Buncha Guys at the annual RJC Guys & Pies Fundraiser. April 2016

G.T. Holst: I Love My Love The Waldorf Student Choir - Conductor: László Bencze Nancy: Réka Laczkó, the Boy: Áron Csutoros Written and Directed by László Bencze Director of Photography: Tamás Novinszki Editor: László Bencze Music recorded in the Lut...  moreG.T. Holst: I Love My Love The Waldorf Student Choir - Conductor: László Bencze Nancy: Réka Laczkó, the Boy: Áron Csutoros Written and Directed by László Bencze Director of Photography: Tamás Novinszki Editor: László Bencze Music recorded in the Lutheran Church at Bécsi Kapu Square (Budapest) by Miklós Lengyelfi II. Original unaltered version. Special Thanks: Eszter Dániel, Szabolcs Csanicz, Bulcsú Bencze, Jurányi Art Incubator House, Independently Together (FÜGE) --------------------------------- I Love My Love [Cornish Folksong] by G. T. Holst Abroad as I was walking, one evening in the spring, I heard a maid in Bedlam so sweetly for to sing; Her chains she rattled with her hands, And thus replied she: "I love my love because I know my love loves me! O cruel were his parents who sent my love to sea, And cruel was the ship that bore my love from me; Yet I love his parents since they're his although They've ruined me: I love my love because I know my love loves me! With straw I'...    less