From our 2013 Lessons and Carols Candlelight Service. We are joined by guest vocalists Holly Ruth Gale (Assistant Professor of Music, ATU) and Jeremy Hopper (student, UCA).

A powerful declaration for freedom and equality, Rich Campbell’s “Border” is angular, emotional, and desperate. The text draws from (and paraphrases) several sources: contemporary media, Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus,” the Bible’s Matthew 25:31-40, curr...  moreA powerful declaration for freedom and equality, Rich Campbell’s “Border” is angular, emotional, and desperate. The text draws from (and paraphrases) several sources: contemporary media, Emma Lazarus’ “The New Colossus,” the Bible’s Matthew 25:31-40, currency, and others. The changing meters of “Border” fill the work with an up-tempo, rhythmic energy that propels it forward. Campbell’s piece hardly relents, even as the pace slows this work presses forward with a colorful and often modal harmonic language. “Border” is a call for justice, empathy and compassion, a summons to our collective conscience.  less

Performance of Ligeti's "Reggel" at the 2014 Florilege Vocal de Tours Grand Prix in Tours, France.

Morgen! (Tomorrow!) by Richard Strauss (Voice and Piano) Arranged for SATB Chorus and Piano by Stanley M. Hoffman. Arrangement: © Copyright 2015 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing Group. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. ...  moreMorgen! (Tomorrow!) by Richard Strauss (Voice and Piano) Arranged for SATB Chorus and Piano by Stanley M. Hoffman. Arrangement: © Copyright 2015 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing Group. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Performed by The Singers Matthew Culloton, Conductor Steve Swanson, Piano Video co-produced by Stanley M. Hoffman and Naomi F. Hoffman Choral Conductors: to purchase copies of this score, the distributor is Canticle Distributing. www.canticledistributing.com Catalog No. 7774 The product page includes links to obtain an optional violin part (7774A), and a full score and parts for the version with orchestral accompaniment (full score 7775, instrumental parts 7776).  less

A beautiful double Choir motet sung by Voices of Concinnity on their debut album, Awaiting Golden Light, through Navona Records

【wow! 合唱】音樂會 時間/ 2014年9月20日 地點/ 大東文化藝術中心 指揮/ 張成璞 伴奏/ 許溎芳 詩: Dylan Thomas 曲: 黃俊達 The hand that signed the paper The hand that signed the paper felled a city; 簽署文件的手，摧毀了一座城市； Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath, 強權在握的五隻手指，令人窒...  more【wow! 合唱】音樂會 時間/ 2014年9月20日 地點/ 大東文化藝術中心 指揮/ 張成璞 伴奏/ 許溎芳 詩: Dylan Thomas 曲: 黃俊達 The hand that signed the paper The hand that signed the paper felled a city; 簽署文件的手，摧毀了一座城市； Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath, 強權在握的五隻手指，令人窒息， Doubled the globe of dead and halved a country; 倍增了死亡的境界，半分了一個國家； These five kings did a king to death. 五位強權者聯手扼殺了一個國王。 The mighty hand leads to a sloping shoulder, 這神聖的手搭著垂落的肩膀， The finger joints are cramped with chalk; 指關節如石膏般僵硬； A goose’s quill has put an end to murder 一支鵝絨筆成就了屠殺， That put an end to talk. 因而終結了對話。 The hand that signed the treaty bred a fever, 簽署條約的手，帶來了瘟疫， And famine grew, and locusts came; 也帶來了饑荒和蝗禍； Great is the hand that holds dominion over 多了不起的手啊， Man by a scribbled name. 藉由潦草的簽名，統治著人類。 The five kings count the dead but do not soften 五位國王數算著死去的靈魂 The crusted wound nor stroke the brow; 既不安慰結痂的傷口，也不輕撫受傷的額頭； A hand rules pity as a hand rules heaven; 這隻手掌管了天地，也主宰著憐憫； Hands have no...    less

Words & Music by Babble Mason, Arrangement by Richard Kingsmore

Recorded on April 30, 2014, at the Cathedral of St. Domnius in Split. https://www.facebook.com/voxanimae/

The Song of Ruth, a setting of the most famous passage from the Book of Ruth (Ruth 1:16–17), opens with a gentle polyphonic section for the chorus. (“Do not ask me to leave you, or to stop following you; for where ever you go, I will go, and where you sta...  moreThe Song of Ruth, a setting of the most famous passage from the Book of Ruth (Ruth 1:16–17), opens with a gentle polyphonic section for the chorus. (“Do not ask me to leave you, or to stop following you; for where ever you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.”) The soprano joins the Choir for the twice-repeated middle section of the piece. The music here is contrastingly homophonic and intense. (“Where you die, I will die and be buried.”) The tune and harmonies are borrowed from a passage in my piece Selections from “The Song of Songs” for male voice and band. That piece is dedicated to my wife, Ruth, hence the connection. If that were not enough, our daughter is named Naomi! The Song of Ruth closes with a recapitulation of the music from the opening, but with new words assigned to it, and with the soprano soloist providing a descant for it. (“May the Lord cause ill fate to befall me, and more, if anything but death separates me and you.”) Appropriat...    less

So close and yet so far... These are strange, hard times: we must #stayathome for our own health, to protect other people and to fight a virus called Covid-19. But Music doesn't stop and the Vox Canora singers, even though physically distant, want to tr...  moreSo close and yet so far... These are strange, hard times: we must #stayathome for our own health, to protect other people and to fight a virus called Covid-19. But Music doesn't stop and the Vox Canora singers, even though physically distant, want to try to "Fix You" with this video where you'll find the typical Vox Canora moments of irony. We are longing for the day we will meet, hug and sing together but for the moment we must #STAYHOME Director: Monica Lodesani Audio and video processing: Marzio Morini Arrangement: Lorenzo Subrizi Vox Canora Ensemble Vocale: http://www.voxcanora.it/ https://www.facebook.com/voxcanoraitaly/  less