I Thank You God was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and premiered at the National ACDA Convention in February, 1999. The text is adapted from the E.E. Cummings poem of the same name. Composer Gwyneth Walker writes: "Thi...  moreI Thank You God was commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and premiered at the National ACDA Convention in February, 1999. The text is adapted from the E.E. Cummings poem of the same name. Composer Gwyneth Walker writes: "This is a poem of grandeur and of praise. Therefore it might be expected that this musical setting would aim at vastness, grandeur and awakening." Walker accomplishes this through a variety of means. First, the piano introduction includes slowly unfolding piano arpeggios which focus on open intervals of octaves, fifths and fourths, exploiting the full range of the piano keyboard. The composer also takes the singers on a harmonic journey which begins in a low register in C minor, and then travels through a number of other key areas until it rEaches the distant key of G-flat. At this point, the voices are drawn closely together into a tone cluster containing the pitches G-flat, A-flat and B-flat, only to open apart into the glorious C major chords which conclude the ...    less

Recorded by Quorum in Leicester Cathedral on Saturday 11th February 2017

Chicagoland Voices 2016 Winter Concert Great God Almighty by Stacey V. Gibbs Guest conductor - Dana Floor

The State Chamber Choir of the Republic of Belarus was created in September 1988. From its first Steps it attracted attention to the musical community and it also achieved a significant success. Since 2000, the choir led by honored artist of Belarus Nata...  moreThe State Chamber Choir of the Republic of Belarus was created in September 1988. From its first Steps it attracted attention to the musical community and it also achieved a significant success. Since 2000, the choir led by honored artist of Belarus Natalia Mihailova. Sacred music and jazz, classical and modern music organically and naturally coexist in the repertoire of the choir. The creative possibilities of the collective, consisting of 30 professional musicians, are inexhaustible. They constantly work on new programs of Russian works (D. Bortniansky, P. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninov, G.Sviridov) and Western classics (I.S.Bach, G.Gendel, D.Bukstehude, W.A. Mozart). Then they prepared premieres of works by contemporary Belarusian composers as S.Kortes, V.Kopytko, A. Bondarenko, O.Hodosko, etc. The State Chamber Choir of the Republic of Belarus has many tours. Hundreds of successful concerts in some cities of Belarus, performances in the best concert halls in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Kiev, Sochi are ...    less

Text: Stars - Robert Frost (1874–1963). How countlessly they congregate O'er our tumultuous snow, Which flows in shapes as tall as trees When wintry winds do blow!-- As if with keenness for our fate, Our faltering few Steps on To white rest, a...  moreText: Stars - Robert Frost (1874–1963). How countlessly they congregate O'er our tumultuous snow, Which flows in shapes as tall as trees When wintry winds do blow!-- As if with keenness for our fate, Our faltering few Steps on To white rest, and a place of rest Invisible at dawn,-- And yet with neither love nor hate, Those stars like some snow-white Minerva's snow-white marble eyes Without the gift of sight. Recorded at St Paul's Episcopal Church, Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY, 2015 Concept: Vince Peterson & Garrett Burns Director, Cinematography, Editor: Garrett Burns (Memetic Studios) Cinematography: Erik Kristiansen (Memetic Studios) Audio Engineering & Editing: Craig Slon Producer: Nicole Belmont Choral Chameleon Performers: Kelly Baxter-Golding Joseph Bellino Alex Canovas Evan Crawford Andy Cook-Feltz Liz Hanna Bill Heigen Mark Johnson Erika Lloyd Jonathan May Julie Waters Clare Maloney - audio Vince Peterson - video Choral Chameleon is a non-profit choral arts...    less

County Town Singers perform God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen (Donald Moore) at their December 4, 2010 Christmas Concert at Simcoe Street United Church, Oshawa, ON

We Are God's People - Brahms - Jakarta Festival Chorus (JFC) Aula Simfonia Jakarta, Indonesia. Conductor: Rev. Lee Chong Min. 13 October 2012.

Here's a new setting of the well-known medieval text. It's in six parts with no divisi and no staggered breathing, so it will work nicely with a sextet too. The sheet music is free – please contact me for the PDF. • Facebook: david.basden.9 • New em...  moreHere's a new setting of the well-known medieval text. It's in six parts with no divisi and no staggered breathing, so it will work nicely with a sextet too. The sheet music is free – please contact me for the PDF. • Facebook: david.basden.9 • New email: deebee123 [at] bigpond.com  

This short choral piece is in my collection The New Gloria Deo, Volume Two published by Augsburg Fortress. The pictures were taken by the C & O Canal near Harper's Ferry, WV. The recording is the publisher's demo recording.

Music by Frank Pesci frankpesci.com