Kitka women's vocal ensmble "Awakening" from The Rusalka Cycle: songs Between Worlds (Concert Version) Live performance in Köln, Germany, 2009 Musical Direction, Composition, Arrangement and Dramaturgy by Mariana Sadovska Stage Direction by Andr...  moreKitka women's vocal ensmble "Awakening" from The Rusalka Cycle: songs Between Worlds (Concert Version) Live performance in Köln, Germany, 2009 Musical Direction, Composition, Arrangement and Dramaturgy by Mariana Sadovska Stage Direction by Andre Erlen and Ellen Sebastian Chang Traditional Song Souces in "Awakening": Rano, Rano - Ričice, Ukraine Provedu Rusalki - Ričice, Ukraine Oj lecit strela - Ričice, Ukraine Ispod duba, voda buba - Bosnia Do mar ciften do per gjah - Albania Blaho slovy Bože - Poltava region, Ukraine In Slavic folklore, Rusalki are powerful, enticing female entities who inhabit waters, forests and fields. Believed to be the restless spirits of women who have died unjust, untimely, or unnatural deaths - such as brides who died on their wedding night; young mothers who perished during childbirth; unmarried women who committed suicide after being rejected by a lover; or female babies who were stillborn - Rusalki regulate human, animal and agricultural fertility; seasonal cy...    less

Morten Lauridsen - Io Piango (No.4 from Madrigali: Six “Fire songs” on Italian Renaissance Poems) Swara Vocal Ensemble Ivan Yohan, conductor Camille Hubert, soprano Chia Fen Wu, soprano Wei-Lian Huang, soprano Lydia Pernal-Stoddart, soprano Mir...  moreMorten Lauridsen - Io Piango (No.4 from Madrigali: Six “Fire songs” on Italian Renaissance Poems) Swara Vocal Ensemble Ivan Yohan, conductor Camille Hubert, soprano Chia Fen Wu, soprano Wei-Lian Huang, soprano Lydia Pernal-Stoddart, soprano Mirthe Dokter, soprano Anna Nuytten, alto Boris Kondov, countertenor Laurence Renson, alto María Gil Muñoz, alto Zayra Velázquez, alto Hendrik Mispelon, tenor José Pizarro, tenor Paul Gosme, tenor Mark Trigg, tenor Andrés Soler Castaño, bass Jan Moeyaert, bass Laurent Fobelets, bass Thomas Vandenabeele, bass Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, bass Recorded at Église Saint-Albert, Schaerbeek/Brussels, Belgium, Nov 2022  less

"Fiesta Latina" is a Medley arranged by Arbelto Brazuelo Grund, commissioned by The Blue Notes' Guys (Countertenor, Tenor, Tenor, Baritone, Bass a cappella) with songs like: Volare; El porompompero; La Isla Bonita Bamboleo; Un, dos, tres, María; Hips don...  more"Fiesta Latina" is a Medley arranged by Arbelto Brazuelo Grund, commissioned by The Blue Notes' Guys (Countertenor, Tenor, Tenor, Baritone, Bass a cappella) with songs like: Volare; El porompompero; La Isla Bonita Bamboleo; Un, dos, tres, María; Hips don't Lie; Let's Get Loud; She Bangs The Blue Notes' Guys are: Víctor Ramírez (countertenor), Daniel Miranda (tenor), René Gutiérrez (tenor), Abraham Ramos (baritone) & Alberto Brazuelo (bass). Conducted by Nikoleta Stefanova Popova This song was performed in Calella durign the Festival Internacional Canta al Mar https://www.facebook.com/thebluenotesguys?ref=br_rs  less

The University of Texas of the Permian Basin University Choir performs under the direction of Dr. Frank Eychaner, Director of Choral Studies. Wagner Nöel Performing Arts Center, Oct. 2017

No. 2 from Flower songs Op. 47 by Benjamin Britten CorISTAnbul Chamber Choir Music and Choral Director: Arda Ardaşes Agoşyan Concert Recording, June 9, 2012 St. Esprit Church, Harbiye/Istanbul www.coristanbul.com

Walker: The Babe of Bethlehem, Humphreys: Exultation, White: The Morning Trumpet - The Waldorf Students Choir, conductor: László Bencze. Recorded on 24. 06. 2011. on The Night of Museums in the Hungarian National Gallery Budapest

My children and grand children singing and playing along with me at my YOU ARE MY HIDING PLACE cd release party at Daniel's studio. Album available at www.greatcomfortrecords.com Some of my very best songs:) SO MUCH FUN! I AM A HAPPY MAN! www.greatco...  moreMy children and grand children singing and playing along with me at my YOU ARE MY HIDING PLACE cd release party at Daniel's studio. Album available at www.greatcomfortrecords.com Some of my very best songs:) SO MUCH FUN! I AM A HAPPY MAN! www.greatcomfortrecords.com  

Written by Robert Applebaum, this jazzy piece has unpredictable meters and an exotic soprano solo.

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Book of Common Prayer version 1662) set to music for six part mixed voices SAT-SAT) The title of this work (Canticula Ursae Minoris/songs of the Little Bear) comes from the origin of the melodies: Many years ago I wrote a...  moreMagnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Book of Common Prayer version 1662) set to music for six part mixed voices SAT-SAT) The title of this work (Canticula Ursae Minoris/songs of the Little Bear) comes from the origin of the melodies: Many years ago I wrote an "Oratorio" based on Winnie the Pooh (The Expotition to the North Pole) and gave each character little melodic leitmotifs, such as "Sing ho for the life of a bear" (which becomes "to be a light to lighten the Gentiles" in the Nunc Dimittis), "They all went off to discover the pole" (which is the initial theme of the Magnificat) and "What I say, said Eeyore, is that it's unsettling" (which becomes the "Glory be to the Father" section at the end of each canticle) The original and much simpler "oratorio" work, called Poohratorio of course, may be published once AA Milne goes into public domain (2031).  less