Madrigal by Thomas Vautor for five part choir. (a vulture composes a song about an Owl!? - political correctness gone mad!) The Owl is depicted as a thing of beauty a fierce force of nature and a mysterious companion to dying souls The drawin...  moreMadrigal by Thomas Vautor for five part choir. (a vulture composes a song about an Owl!? - political correctness gone mad!) The Owl is depicted as a thing of beauty a fierce force of nature and a mysterious companion to dying souls The drawing is by my late mother, the painting is by Caspar David Friedrich the carvings are by my father  

A moving version of Sweet by Manolo Da Rold. Sung by Matthew J. Curtis - ChoralTracks The piece is dedicated to the choir "La Stele"; Matteo Valbusa conductor. It is the first part of the triptych Sweet.

IV. THE Sweet COLD WATER We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the Sweet cold water and the jar that pours. Texts by Rumi, translated by Colem...  moreIV. THE Sweet COLD WATER We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the Sweet cold water and the jar that pours. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originated with the Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which propo...    less

Sibi Consoni - sez. maschili dir. Roberta Paraninfo Manolo Da Rold (1976) Sweet - Movement I from the suite Sweet 27 maggio 2017 51° Concorso Corale Nazionale "Città di Vittorio Veneto"

This is us singing the madrigal Adiu Sweet Amarylis, whilst being recorded for BBC Radio.

Watch Ensemble perform "There is Sweet Music" by Daniel Gawthrop on December 8th.

Old German tune, harmonised by J S Bach words based on the translation by Percy Dearmer 1 O little one Sweet, O little one mild, thy Father's purpose thou hast fulfilled; thou cam'st from heaven to mortal ken, Equal to be with us poor men, O littl...  moreOld German tune, harmonised by J S Bach words based on the translation by Percy Dearmer 1 O little one Sweet, O little one mild, thy Father's purpose thou hast fulfilled; thou cam'st from heaven to mortal ken, Equal to be with us poor men, O little one Sweet, O little one mild. 2 O little one Sweet, O little one mild, thy Father's purpose thou hast fulfilled; thou cam'st from Him, from heaven's domain, to bring men comfort in their pain, O little one Sweet, O little one mild. 3 O little one Sweet, O little one mild. in thee Love's beauties are all distilled; then light in us thy love's bright flame, that we may give thee back the same, O little one Sweet, O little one mild. 4 O little one Sweet, O little one mild. Help us to do as thou hast willed Lo, all we have belongs to thee Ah, keep us in our fealty. O little one Sweet, O little one mild.  less

Sweet Kate, of late Ran away and left me 'plaining: “Abide,” I cried, “Or I die with thy disdaining.” “Tee! hee! hee!” quoth she, “Gladly would I see, Any man to die with loving. Never any yet, Died of such a fit, Neither have I fear of proving.”...  moreSweet Kate, of late Ran away and left me 'plaining: “Abide,” I cried, “Or I die with thy disdaining.” “Tee! hee! hee!” quoth she, “Gladly would I see, Any man to die with loving. Never any yet, Died of such a fit, Neither have I fear of proving.” “Unkind, I find Thy delight is in tormenting, Abide,” I cried, “Or I die with thy consenting.” “Tee! hee! hee!” quoth she, “Make no fool of me, Men I know have oaths at pleasure; But their hopes attained, They belay they feigned, And their oaths are kept at leisure.”  less

Sung by us at a singing course in Nottingham in 1977 Sweet was the song the Virgin sang, When she to Bethlem Juda came And was delivered of a son, That blessed Jesus hath to name: Lula, lula, lula, lullaby, "Sweet babe," quoth she. "My son, And ...  moreSung by us at a singing course in Nottingham in 1977 Sweet was the song the Virgin sang, When she to Bethlem Juda came And was delivered of a son, That blessed Jesus hath to name: Lula, lula, lula, lullaby, "Sweet babe," quoth she. "My son, And eke a Saviour born, Who hast vouchsafèd from on high To visit us that were forlorn: Lula, lula, lula, lullaby, Sweet babe", quoth she And rocked him Sweetly on her knee.  

MANOLO DA ROLD - Sweet από τη συναυλία της 21ης Νοεμβρίου 2022 στην αίθουσα Μητρόπουλος στο Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών ΜΕΙΖΟΝ ENSEMBLE μουσική διεύθυνση : Αγαθάγγελος Γεωργακάτος ΤΕΝΟΡΟΙ 1 Κώστας Ζαμπούνης Γιάννης Καλύβας Νίκος Μαραζιώτ...  moreMANOLO DA ROLD - Sweet από τη συναυλία της 21ης Νοεμβρίου 2022 στην αίθουσα Μητρόπουλος στο Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών ΜΕΙΖΟΝ ENSEMBLE μουσική διεύθυνση : Αγαθάγγελος Γεωργακάτος ΤΕΝΟΡΟΙ 1 Κώστας Ζαμπούνης Γιάννης Καλύβας Νίκος Μαραζιώτης Μιχάλης Πλατανιάς ΤΕΝΟΡΟΙ 2 Σταύρος Ζουλιάτης Νίκος Κατσιγιάννης Μάνος Μπουρίκας Γιώργος Νάκης Πάνος Παντούλιας Παναγιώτης Πρίφτης ΒΑΡΥΤΟΝΟΙ Ιωάννης Κοντέλλης Αναστάσιος Λαζάρου Χρήστος Λάζος Δημήτρης Πλατανιάς Διονύσης Σούρμπης ΜΠΑΣΣΟΙ Θεόδωρος Αϊβαλιώτης Βασίλης Δημακόπουλος Κωνσταντίνος Καραγεωργίου Αλέξανδρος Λούτας Σπύρος Σώκος Χρήστος Χριστοδούλου  less