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Rosa Divina
Duet for alto and bass (unaccompanied) composed by David Solomons in neo-mediaeval style, based on a poem by Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz.
Performed by David W Solomons and Tim Moore.
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Litany to the Holy Spirit Robert Herrick complete setting for mixed Choir
Poem by Robert Herrick
Music by David W Solomons
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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?)]
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Cantores Celestes - Will the Circle Be UnBroken - arr. J. David Moore
Cantores Celestes Women's Choir, directed by Kelly Galbraith and featuring Toronto's own Foggy Hogtown Boys.
WIll the Circle Be Unbroken, arranged by J. David Moore is from the Cantores Celestes CD, Carry it On.
Photos of Cantores Celestes by Luigi ... moreCantores Celestes Women's Choir, directed by Kelly Galbraith and featuring Toronto's own Foggy Hogtown Boys.
WIll the Circle Be Unbroken, arranged by J. David Moore is from the Cantores Celestes CD, Carry it On.
Photos of Cantores Celestes by Luigi Nieto Giovannini
Video Editing by JA Stewart
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The Earwig Song performed by Matthew Curtis
Comic poem and illustrations by Wilhelm Busch - about a poet who hopes to gain inspiration from nature, but nature thwarts him all the way.
English version by David W Solomons
set to music by David W Solomons
All parts performed by Matthew Curtis
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The Elves after Leconte de Lisle
The Elves after Leconte de Lisle - a mini-cantata
English version by S N Solomons after the poem by Leconte de Lisle
Music composed and performed by David W Solomons
with Helge Øye playing alto and tenor recorders
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A madrigal of naivety
A comic song by David W Solomons for a-cappella choir based on the folksong "early one morning" . The anti-hero is a dupe for everything that's going.
Sung by the composer (multitrack)
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Mass for men's voices and organ
This is the whole sequence.
Composed by David Warin Solomons performed in Southwell Minster.
by Manchester Cathedral Voluntary Choir
Conducted by Jeffrey Makinson
Organ played by Paul Walton
Cantor in Gloria: David Shipman
Alto Soloist in Sanctus an... moreThis is the whole sequence.
Composed by David Warin Solomons performed in Southwell Minster.
by Manchester Cathedral Voluntary Choir
Conducted by Jeffrey Makinson
Organ played by Paul Walton
Cantor in Gloria: David Shipman
Alto Soloist in Sanctus and Benedictus: Richard Lowe
Separate videos are also available for each section:
Kyrie: https://youtu.be/sN83YtFaL4M
Gloria: https://youtu.be/hyprqsck_tg
Sanctus and Benedictus: https://youtu.be/C_vew5Ga7lU
Agnus Dei: https://youtu.be/fksOsl18abA
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Order of the Day - setting of a meditative poem for choir
Order of the Day - poem by Stanley N Solomons
Music (for men's voices - AATB) composed and performed by David W Solomons (dwsChorale)
Poem:
Order of the Day
DAWN
The new light softly streams,
Through the lace curtains,
and I try to mend my ... moreOrder of the Day - poem by Stanley N Solomons
Music (for men's voices - AATB) composed and performed by David W Solomons (dwsChorale)
Poem:
Order of the Day
DAWN
The new light softly streams,
Through the lace curtains,
and I try to mend my dreams
Till Im myself again.
NOON
I look into the sky,
Where cirrus clouds collide,
Laze in the summer light,
While the breeze talks to me.
EVENING
A Time for rose-red thought,
Long shadows casting,
Memories fleeting,
Fading and fraught.
DUSK
Dusk is for grieving,
and for private tears.
Perhaps for believing
Despite what we fear.
© S N Solomons June 16th 2009
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Colloque SenTimental - Paul Verlaine - English version for three altos a cappella
Colloque SenTimental
English version by S N Solomons after the poem by Paul Verlaine
music for three altos a cappella, composed and performed by
David W Solomons
Colloque SenTimental - (translation by S N Solomons after Paul Verlaine)
In the age-... moreColloque SenTimental
English version by S N Solomons after the poem by Paul Verlaine
music for three altos a cappella, composed and performed by
David W Solomons
Colloque SenTimental - (translation by S N Solomons after Paul Verlaine)
In the age-old park, treading the icy grass
Two lone forms ere a while went past.
Their eyes are dead, their lips are soft and moist,
Almost inaudible their voice.
In the cold lonely park, pacing the grass,
Twin lonely spectres have evoked the past.
"Dost thou recall our ecstasy of old?"
"Why would you think I should recall?"
"and at my name does thy heart pulse and grow?
and in thy dreams seest thou my soul?" "No!"
"Those lovely days of unheard bliss and free ...
We fused our lips as one!" "Ah, that might be."
"How blue the heavens and our hope how high!"
"Hope has fled vanquished to the sombre sky."
and so they wandered in the unkempt grass,
and night alone heard all the words that passed. less
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The 12 days of Christmas a Conductor's nightmare
A choral spoof on the 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons
A version for SATB is also available at the link below
The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of the composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Para... moreA choral spoof on the 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons
A version for SATB is also available at the link below
The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of the composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Paramolehill)
The words (taking the last verse) are
...on the twelfth day of Christmas the choir processed in song
and twelve candles dripped
eleven altos flipped
and ten lines were clipped
and nine gins were sipped
and eight crept to the crypt
and seven hymn books slipped
and six basses quipped
and five sang in tune!
and four cassocks ripped
and three lost their script
and two tenors tripped
and the soloist got it all wrong. less