The second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16 Anthony O’Daly was a member of the Whiteboys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wrongfully acc...  moreThe second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16 Anthony O’Daly was a member of the Whiteboys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wrongfully accused of shooting at a local landowner and condemned to hang. Although the local population acclaimed him as a hero and attempted to help him escape the gallows, he went quietly to his death. "Anthony! Since your limbs were laid out, the stars do not shine! The fish leap, not out in the waves! On our meadows, the dew does not fall in the morn, for O’Daly is dead!" Barber’s song feels like a huge public outpouring of grief. It begins with the basses repeating Anthony’s name on a drone whilst the upper voices sing a keening melody, and the piece builds to hysteria as the sopranos and altos take over the chanted name. There are also suggestions that Raftery’s poem is not a lament but a traditional poet’s curse, calling down retribution in response to Raftery’s...    less

Norges Ungdomskor (National Norwegian Youth choir) - I Himmelen, Music by Edward Grieg. Baritone: Magnus Dorholt Kjeldal Conducted by Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl From the choir's performance at the G. Verdi conservatoire on August 1st, 2012 in Torino, I...  moreNorges Ungdomskor (National Norwegian Youth choir) - I Himmelen, Music by Edward Grieg. Baritone: Magnus Dorholt Kjeldal Conducted by Tone Bianca Sparre Dahl From the choir's performance at the G. Verdi conservatoire on August 1st, 2012 in Torino, Italy, as a part of the international triennial choral festival Europa Cantat. The choir is a project funded and run by the Norwegian youth choral assosiation UNG I KOR. It gathers the elite of young Norwegian singers between 16 and 26 twice each year, in order to let them learn, grow and experience new things, and first and foremost: To sing advanced choir music! (My apologies for the camera work.)  less

A fantastic and rousing performance of one of Handel's finest Solo and Chorus by the Golden Voices choir STACC FUTO at the 13th edition of her annual music concert "Canzona". Tenor soloist: Anusie Emmanuel Conductor: Okoro Clarence O.

Pie' Jesu is the 7th movement of the Requiem Aeternam Pacem 9/11 composed by Diana Rutherford © 2011 choir Aahs SATB, Flute, Violin and Cello. Please visit my website DianaRutherford.com for sheet music and contact information.

Agnus Dei is the 6th movement of the Requiem Aeternam Pacem 9/11 composed by Diana Rutherford © 2011 choir Aahs SATB, Oboe, Violin and Cello. Please visit my website DianaRutherford.com for sheet music and contact information.

Kyrie Eleison is the 2nd movement of the Requiem Aeternam Pacem 9/11 composed by Diana Rutherford © 2011. choir Aahs SATB, Flute, Violin and Cello. Please visit my website DianaRutherford.com for sheet music and contact information.

"Voz", de Ernesto Mateo, interpretado por el coro femenino del CSMC dirigido por Nikoleta Popova. Poema de Víctor Landeira. Imagen: "Reflection Nebula", por NASA y The Hubble Heritage Team (STScl)