A little tongue in cheek language guide for tourists in Austria based on the experience of British poet Gavin Ewart The music was written and performed by David W Solomons The POEM goes: When you drink a Qualitätswein you will never be a loser ...  moreA little tongue in cheek language guide for tourists in Austria based on the experience of British poet Gavin Ewart The music was written and performed by David W Solomons The POEM goes: When you drink a Qualitätswein you will never be a loser it just means the wine is fine for the fairly choosy boozer. When the Bestattungsunternehmer takes the butcher and the baker he is not a loud proclaimer but a quiet undertaker. Brandteigschokoladecremekrapfen pronounce it you will make mistakes But nothing terrible will hapfen these are simply chocolate cakes cakes!  less

POEM by Robert Herrick Music by David W Solomons www.dwsolo.com All parts sung by Matthew Curtis - www.choraltracks.com [Note: many composers - including Kathryn Rose, Peter Hurford, Colin Brumby and Tim Knight - have set a few verses from this POEM...  morePOEM by Robert Herrick Music by David W Solomons www.dwsolo.com All parts sung by Matthew Curtis - www.choraltracks.com [Note: many composers - including Kathryn Rose, Peter Hurford, Colin Brumby and Tim Knight - have set a few verses from this POEM, but I believe that this is the first setting of the complete POEM for full choir (unless someone knows different?)]  

POEM by Stanley N Solomons inspired by the POEM "Lune sur mer" by Gérard d'Houville Music by David Warin Solomons Performed by the Composer's Choir under Dan Shaw In deep dusk, in deep dusk green, the crescent moon's an air of shell sheen, shot t...  morePOEM by Stanley N Solomons inspired by the POEM "Lune sur mer" by Gérard d'Houville Music by David Warin Solomons Performed by the Composer's Choir under Dan Shaw In deep dusk, in deep dusk green, the crescent moon's an air of shell sheen, shot through with curvèd light and clear ... polished the shells that gleam like her.  

To make a prairie - for piano and three voices Music by John Graham POEM by Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886 To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee. And revery*. The revery alone will do, If bees are few. Music sung ...  moreTo make a prairie - for piano and three voices Music by John Graham POEM by Emily Dickinson, 1830 - 1886 To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee, One clover, and a bee. And revery*. The revery alone will do, If bees are few. Music sung (in the key of F) by the dwsChorale The scores in B flat and in F will be available soon.  

攝錄於2011年8月20日Ponte Singers 「聲．華」合唱音樂會 香港演藝學院賽馬會演藝劇場 HKAPA Amphitheatre 指揮: 林屴汧 Composed and Conducted by Stephen LAM The song is inspired by a famous Chinese POEM "Error" by Zheng Chouyu (1933). The song is arranged with modern vocal effect and tech...  more攝錄於2011年8月20日Ponte Singers 「聲．華」合唱音樂會 香港演藝學院賽馬會演藝劇場 HKAPA Amphitheatre 指揮: 林屴汧 Composed and Conducted by Stephen LAM The song is inspired by a famous Chinese POEM "Error" by Zheng Chouyu (1933). The song is arranged with modern vocal effect and technique to express the atmosphere and environment of the POEM. The POEM describes a girl who has long been waiting for her lover to come back from far away. The clatter of horse hoofs has given her hope. However, it is just a passer-by, not her lover.  

Score video of THE FERVID HOKEY POKE, Greg Bartholomew's setting for mixed choir (SATB) of the POEM by Jeff Brechlin. Audio recording by Matt Curtis (Choral Tracks). Jeff Brechlin won The Washington Post's Style Invitational in March 2003 with his POEM T...  moreScore video of THE FERVID HOKEY POKE, Greg Bartholomew's setting for mixed choir (SATB) of the POEM by Jeff Brechlin. Audio recording by Matt Curtis (Choral Tracks). Jeff Brechlin won The Washington Post's Style Invitational in March 2003 with his POEM The Hokey Poke. The competition asked readers to rewrite some banal instructions in the stvle of a famous writer. Brechlin chose to rewrite one verse of the traditional dance song The Hokey Pokey as if written by William Shakespeare, for which he won the prize of a shotgun shell salt and pepper shaker. His POEM is used with permission. For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com/hokeyindex.html  less

I have composed a choral piece on a POEM by an M.E. patient. She is an Irish resident (Corina Duyn, you might want to google her for more information) and is suffering from this horrible disease for quite some years now. As an artist, she writes POEMs, ma...

  Life works in mysterious ways. Sometimes, without meaning to, you can get a song or a jingle stuck in your head and end up singing or humming it for hours - or even days. On the other hand, when you are actively trying to learn a POEM, lyric, or a...

An SATB setting of Mary Elizabeth Coleridge's POEM "The Bluebird."

The Oxen Music: Richard Bullen Lyrics based on a POEM by Thomas Hardy US premiere Congregational Church of Batavia, IL