If you are looking for a tuneful large-scale choral work to perform with your choir  - you might like to consider a new SATB arrangement by John Whittaker of Vaughan Williams' Folk Songs of The Four Seasons' (duration 50 minutes) - which was original...

Carmel A-Cappella sings the spring from the 4 Seasons - Vivaldi The vocal quintet "Carmel A-Cappella" is a five female singers ensemble from Haifa, Israel, who specializes in unaccompanied polyphonic music (a-cappella). The quintets musical direct...  moreCarmel A-Cappella sings the spring from the 4 Seasons - Vivaldi The vocal quintet "Carmel A-Cappella" is a five female singers ensemble from Haifa, Israel, who specializes in unaccompanied polyphonic music (a-cappella). The quintets musical director and arranger is the musician Mrs. Shula Erez. Singers: Maya Goldsmith, Limor Yanovich, Inbar Hefter, Moran Shalev, Keren Jalon. For more information about us please visit our web site: http://carmelacappella.co.il or join our facebook page. בנות ההרכב: מיה גולדשמידט, לימור ינוביץ', ענבר הפטר, מורן שלו וקרן ילון.  less

Rachel L. Jackson, Minister of Music. conducts the Fremont Presbyterian Choir and Orchestra. Sacramento, California, December 10, 2022. Arranged for SATB by John Whittaker From FOLKSONGS of THE FOUR Seasons - IV. WINTER (1949, arr. 2020) CELEBRATIN...  moreRachel L. Jackson, Minister of Music. conducts the Fremont Presbyterian Choir and Orchestra. Sacramento, California, December 10, 2022. Arranged for SATB by John Whittaker From FOLKSONGS of THE FOUR Seasons - IV. WINTER (1949, arr. 2020) CELEBRATING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY of THE BIRTH of RALPH VAUGHN WILLIAMS Instructed by the greats including Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and friend Gustav Holtz, Composer Ralph Vaughn Williams was one of the first to gather folk songs and carols from around the countryside of England in the early 20th century. He found his identity as a national composer with his synthesis of folk music, classical training and the experience gained as Musical Editor of the English Hymnal. Composed over the span of four decades culminating in 1949, Folksongs of the Four Seasons is a cantata of 16 songs commissioned by The Women’s Institute; four for each season. The Winter section take the listener on a journey through the Christmas practices of the working poor in Victorian England. A...    less

www.te-deum.org Live performance, November 12, 2017 Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village, Kansas Love came down at Christmas, Love all Lovely, Love divine; Love was born at Christmas; star and angels gave the sign. Worship we the Godh...  morewww.te-deum.org Live performance, November 12, 2017 Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village, Kansas Love came down at Christmas, Love all Lovely, Love divine; Love was born at Christmas; star and angels gave the sign. Worship we the Godhead, Love incarnate, Love divine; worship we our Jesus, but wherewith for sacred sign? Love shall be our token, Love be yours and Love be mine; Love to God and others, Love for plea and gift and sign. -Christina Rossetti  

Carlow Choral Society This video was recorded on teh 24th of April 2010 in Leipzig, Germany. Carlow Choral joined with members of the Markranstädter Kantorei and the Symphonic Orchestra of the Music Society Leipzig under the direction of Frank Lehmann to ...  moreCarlow Choral Society This video was recorded on teh 24th of April 2010 in Leipzig, Germany. Carlow Choral joined with members of the Markranstädter Kantorei and the Symphonic Orchestra of the Music Society Leipzig under the direction of Frank Lehmann to perform the sensational 'Seasons' by Haydn. What a memorable occasion for all who was involved. More photos and information on the concert can be explored in the web link of Markranstädter Music Summer http://www.musiksommer-markranstaedt.de/start.html  less

Winner of the Edwin Fissinger Composition Prize, this piece is based on a text by Canadian poet Bliss Carman about the passage of Seasons and the permanence of Love.

Love bade me welcome performed by Roundelay in Chester Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack From my first entrance in, Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioni...  moreLove bade me welcome performed by Roundelay in Chester Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack From my first entrance in, Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning If I lack’d anything. ‘A guest,’ I answer’d, ‘worthy to be here:’ Love said, ‘You shall be he.’ ‘I, the unkind, ungrateful? Ah, my dear, I cannot look on Thee.’ Love took my hand and smiling did reply, ‘Who made the eyes but I?’ ‘Truth, Lord; but I have marr’d them: let my shame Go where it doth deserve.’ ‘And know you not,’ says Love, ‘Who bore the blame?’ ‘My dear, then I will serve.’ ‘You must sit down,’ says Love, ‘and taste my meat.’ So I did sit and eat.Love bade me welcome performed by Roundelay in Chester Love bade me welcome; yet my soul drew back, Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack From my f...    less

Sixth movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Folk Songs of the Four Seasons. Sung by the Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir and accompanied by the Les Sirènes Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Nunn. St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow, 26/06/11.

Ninth movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Folk Songs of the Four Seasons. Sung by the Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir and accompanied by the Les Sirènes Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Nunn. St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow, 26/06/11.