A Centenary performance of Sir Arthur Somervell's cantata The Passion of Christ at Leeds Minster Sunday 30 March 2014 beginning at 6.30pm. On Sunday 30th March, a centenary performance of Arthur Somervell's rarely heard 1914 work, "The Passion of Chr...

School of Hard Knocks & Melbourne International Singers Festival present: TEACHER’S PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DAY   Dr Kirby Shaw, Presenter.  work with the most popular arranger in the world! Kirby Shaw from the United States...

Recording of premiere performance October 2011 by Corpus Christi Chorale, conducted by Dr. Ross C. Bernhardt (composer and artistic director). The work sets a poem by Tom Barrett

Homo doctus in se semper divitias habet - educated man always has wealth in him; and an educated artist wants his work for people to serve. An artist who stops creating ceases to be an artist. Academic Choir of Gdańsk University of Technology, the olde...  moreHomo doctus in se semper divitias habet - educated man always has wealth in him; and an educated artist wants his work for people to serve. An artist who stops creating ceases to be an artist. Academic Choir of Gdańsk University of Technology, the oldest artistic student organization at the Gdańsk University of Technology, despite current situation, has not ceased its activity. We organise ourselves, work and create. This is the first "product" of our virtual work. We did it for yourselves to give you a little respite, joy, smile, hope and faith in a better future. Thanks to the fact that we have a share in culture - as creators and recipients - it is easier to live, it is easier to face everyday challenges. Music has great power. Music reaches our senses. We become better people thanks to music. -- Conductor, Mariusz Mróz The accompaniment to the song was played on a digital piano by Ewa Mróz, while the part of the oboe was performed by Karolina Kacprzycka.  less

Christopher Tin conducts his choral work 'Waloyo Yamoni (We Overcome the Wind)', the climactic finale to his song cycle 'The Drop That Contained the Sea'. From the European premiere of 'The Drop that Contained the Sea' at 'The Music of Christopher Tin' c...  moreChristopher Tin conducts his choral work 'Waloyo Yamoni (We Overcome the Wind)', the climactic finale to his song cycle 'The Drop That Contained the Sea'. From the European premiere of 'The Drop that Contained the Sea' at 'The Music of Christopher Tin' concert, Cadogan Hall, London, July 19, 2016. Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and featuring the Angel City Chorale, Prima Vocal Ensemble, and Lucis choirs. Soloists: Jimmer Bolden, Allie McNay. Commissioned by the Orchestra at St. Matthews, Pacific Palisades, CA. Sung in Lango, lyrics from a rainmaking litany.  less

World premiere recording, by a brand new singing group: Quartetto al Volo! If you like this song, I invite you to donate to the work of OCISO (Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization) and their support programs for refugees and immigrants to Cana...  moreWorld premiere recording, by a brand new singing group: Quartetto al Volo! If you like this song, I invite you to donate to the work of OCISO (Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization) and their support programs for refugees and immigrants to Canada: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/ociso-ottawa-community-immigrant-services-organization/ Background. In the 1970s I visited Poland twice and fell in love with Polish choral music -- and Lulajże Jezuniu became one of my favourite Christmas carols in any language. While flying from Ottawa to Vancouver in December 2017, I felt inspired and arranged most of this piece while at 30,000 feet! I must have been quite a sight conducting away in my aisle seat, with my head phones plugged into my computer. I have dedicated Lulajże Jezuniu to the late Adam and Helena Kmiotek, who showed me such generosity of spirit as my hosts in Szczecin during my second Polish trip. NB: choirs interested in obtaining copies of the TTBB score can contact me at rain...    less

This work served as the finale for The Vocal Art Ensemble's 5th Anniversary "GODAI--Choral Music Summoning the Five Ancient Elements" concerts, at once representing 'Void' which is both nothing and everything. This also served to encore each of the instru...  moreThis work served as the finale for The Vocal Art Ensemble's 5th Anniversary "GODAI--Choral Music Summoning the Five Ancient Elements" concerts, at once representing 'Void' which is both nothing and everything. This also served to encore each of the instrumental ensembles involved in the concert program.  

"Ancor che col partire" is a four-voice Italian-language madrigal with music by the Italy-based Flemish composer Cipriano de Rore (1515 - 1565). The madrigal became de Rore's most popular work, one of the most widely distributed madrigals of the entire 16...  more"Ancor che col partire" is a four-voice Italian-language madrigal with music by the Italy-based Flemish composer Cipriano de Rore (1515 - 1565). The madrigal became de Rore's most popular work, one of the most widely distributed madrigals of the entire 16th Century Ancor che col partire io mi senta morire, partir vorrei ogn'hor, ogni momento: tant'e il piacer ch'io sento de la vita ch'acquisto nel ritorno: et cosi mill'e mille volt'il giorno partir da voi vorrei: tanto son dolci gli ritorni miei. Although when I leave you it is as if I were dying, I would wish to leave you every hour, every moment, I am so very happy when life comes back to me when I return: and so I wish I could leave you many thousand times a day because my heart leaps with joy when I return.  less

Poem and illustrations by Wilhelm Busch set to music by David W Solomons www.dwsolo.com All parts performed by Matthew Curtis - www.choraltracks.com An English version of this work is also available on Youtube as "The Earwig song": https://www.youtu...  morePoem and illustrations by Wilhelm Busch set to music by David W Solomons www.dwsolo.com All parts performed by Matthew Curtis - www.choraltracks.com An English version of this work is also available on Youtube as "The Earwig song": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfarKcuTROs  

Trio arrangement by David W Solomons of the old English folk song about a young man who is sent out to work and finds a lady who wants to marry him All parts sung by Matthew Curtis (www.choraltracks.com)