Hey guys, We hope you are all as excited for the holidays as we are! Please enjoy our rendition of Silent Night. Special thanks to Connor Sweeney for filming the video. Please subscribe and like us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. For further questi...  moreHey guys, We hope you are all as excited for the holidays as we are! Please enjoy our rendition of Silent Night. Special thanks to Connor Sweeney for filming the video. Please subscribe and like us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. For further questions feel free to contact us at the.major.four@gmail.com  

Salvacosta perform Peter Chesters' beautiful song arranged by Darren Marc Bartlett. Good Enough For Him Peter Chesters Arr. Darren Marc Bartlett Copyright 1960 Josef Weinberger Ltd Performed by Salvacosta Keys - Alvin Allison String Bass - Howard...  moreSalvacosta perform Peter Chesters' beautiful song arranged by Darren Marc Bartlett. Good Enough For Him Peter Chesters Arr. Darren Marc Bartlett Copyright 1960 Josef Weinberger Ltd Performed by Salvacosta Keys - Alvin Allison String Bass - Howard Wood (Woody) Guitar - Jon Brooks DMB Music www.dmbmusic.co.uk Video Creation - Kingsbere Designs www.darrenbartlett.co.uk Copyright DMB MUSIC 2016  

http://www.lanovasingers.co.uk/ This International Women’s Day, we celebrate what it is to come together as a group of women, and sing. ‘Here in my Heart’ by Sarah Quartel is a favourite piece for many singers in the choir: it speaks about the beauty...  morehttp://www.lanovasingers.co.uk/ This International Women’s Day, we celebrate what it is to come together as a group of women, and sing. ‘Here in my Heart’ by Sarah Quartel is a favourite piece for many singers in the choir: it speaks about the beauty of nature and the joy of making music. We last performed this piece in October 2020 at a concert that took place between two national lockdowns, when it felt especially poignant. We hope you enjoy it. — Accompanied by Sam Hanson on piano This recording is from Christchurch Priory in 2019. The photos in the video are from La Nova Singers’ 15-year history, and performances in Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole, Shaftesbury and London! All images are the property of their respective photographers.  less

I dedicate this piece to my friends in the composer/singer collective, the Ad hoc Chorale, who tested out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offered valuable comments. "How heavy lies the Heart" has drawn inspiration from the traditional F...  moreI dedicate this piece to my friends in the composer/singer collective, the Ad hoc Chorale, who tested out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offered valuable comments. "How heavy lies the Heart" has drawn inspiration from the traditional French Christmas carol, "Quelle est cette odeur agréable", which John Gay also set as a boisterous drinking song in the Beggar's Opera, "Fill every glass, for wine inspires us!" In addition, the song draws inspiration from Josquin's Missa Pange Lingua. In early 2018, I applied to be a participant at one of the Vancouver Chamber Choir's Interplay workshops funded by the SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I was accepted. "How heavy lies the Heart" was one of the pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on the spot. VCC director Jon Washburn and choir members then provided me with valuable feedback, for which I am very grateful. I would also like to acknowledge the a cappella choir that I sing in, The Stairwell Carollers, and our director Pierre M...    less

From our concert ("Our God Is God") on March 23, 2013. Be thou my vision, O Lord of my Heart, Be all else but naught to me, save that thou art; Be thou my best thought in the day and the Night, Both waking and sleeping, thy presence my light. Be ...  moreFrom our concert ("Our God Is God") on March 23, 2013. Be thou my vision, O Lord of my Heart, Be all else but naught to me, save that thou art; Be thou my best thought in the day and the Night, Both waking and sleeping, thy presence my light. Be thou my wisdom, be thou my true word, Be thou ever with me, and I with thee, Lord; Be thou my great Father, and I thy true son; Be thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one. Be thou my breastplate, my sword for the fight; Be thou my whole armour, be thou my true might; Be thou my soul's shelter, be thou my strong tower; O raise thou me heavenward, great Power of my power. Riches I heed not, not man's empty praise, Be thou my inheritance now and always; Be thou and thou only the first in my Heart: O Sov'reign of heaven, my treasure thou art. High King of heaven, thou heaven's bright Son, O grant me its joys after victr'y is won; Great Heart of my own Heart, whatever befall, Still be thou my vision, O Ruler of all.  less

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Just a clip from a piece we did at our annual outreach concert today. Winter's Night

Parody by dwsolo of Gruber's Christmas carol "Silent Night" sung by the composer multitracking. Here the would-be sleeper is kept awake by biting insects! A version for SATB is also available at http://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-181539_silent_gnat...  moreParody by dwsolo of Gruber's Christmas carol "Silent Night" sung by the composer multitracking. Here the would-be sleeper is kept awake by biting insects! A version for SATB is also available at http://www.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-181539_silent_gnat.html#181540  

Recorded on September 16, 2011 using a Flip Video camera.

Excellence isn't easy.  We appreciate that which costs us greatly and often treat that which is free with disdain. The more it costs us, the greater the “value.” Being part of a Good Ensemble is not easy, fast, or cheap. Most people, when...