PLEADING FOR WORDS Slovenian spiritual creativity Author of the project and conductor: Karmina Šilec PerFORming: Carmina Slovenica Jožef Ropoša, Interpreter of the poetry Tomaž Sevšek, organ Since time immemorial, music, especially singing, ...  morePLEADING FOR WORDS Slovenian spiritual creativity Author of the project and conductor: Karmina Šilec PerFORming: Carmina Slovenica Jožef Ropoša, Interpreter of the poetry Tomaž Sevšek, organ Since time immemorial, music, especially singing, and the word have served to create a connection with the gods, with spiritual worlds. PLEADING FOR WORDS is a special architecture of music and the word that outwardly expresses contact between very different aesthetic criteria but glows with the same devout message: a personal spiritual testimony. The program concept is based on the attitude toward primary spirituality: from intimate thought to more outwardly expressed manifestations. Slovenian spiritual creativity can be summed up in threefold diversity: confessional, agnostic, and atheist. These works express categories of the incomprehensible, irrational, mystic, and metaphysical. Mysticism is connected with transcendence. This involves a personal testimony about spirituality and a direct reflection of th...    less

LET IT BE Let it be×4 whisper WORDS of wisdom, let it be, let it be×4 whisper WORDS of wisdom, let it be, when I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, Speaking WORDS of wisdom, Let it be, And in my hour of darkness she is, sta...  moreLET IT BE Let it be×4 whisper WORDS of wisdom, let it be, let it be×4 whisper WORDS of wisdom, let it be, when I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me, Speaking WORDS of wisdom, Let it be, And in my hour of darkness she is, standing right in front of me, Speaking WORDS of wisdom, let it be, Let it be×4 Whisper WORDS of wisdom, let it be, Let it be×4 Whisper WORDS of wisdom, let it be, when the broken hearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be, FOR though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see, there will be an answer, let it be, let it be×4, whisper WORDS of wisdom, let it be, let it be×4, whisper WORDS of wisdom, let it be, and when the night is cloudy there is, still a light that shines on me, shine until tomorrow, let it be, I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me, speaking WORDS of wisdom, let it be, let it be×4, whisper WORDS of wisdom, let it be...  less

Yih'yu l'ratson (May the WORDS of my mouth) [Psalm 19:14] Setting in English by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) PerFORmed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2003 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. ww...  moreYih'yu l'ratson (May the WORDS of my mouth) [Psalm 19:14] Setting in English by Stanley M. Hoffman (2001) PerFORmed by The Philovox Ensemble Jennifer Lester, conductor Music: © Copyright 2003 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. ECS Publishing Catalog No. 5864. Recording: © Copyright 2003 by ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.  

The US Glee Club and Orchestra perFORm Thompson's The Last WORDS of David.

Music by Stanley M. Hoffman, 2016 WORDS by Jaqueline Tuffnell (1924-2010) Music: © Copyright 2017 by Highgate Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. WORDS: © Copyright by the Est...  moreMusic by Stanley M. Hoffman, 2016 WORDS by Jaqueline Tuffnell (1924-2010) Music: © Copyright 2017 by Highgate Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. WORDS: © Copyright by the Estate of Jacqueline Tuffnell. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Malcolm Tuffnell. Sheet music available from www.canticledistributing.com, ECS Publishing Group Catalog No. 7.0716.  

There Is a Name (Dedication Anthem FOR The New England Holocaust Memorial) FOR SA Chorus & Guitar Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (1995) WORDS by Joseph H. Albeck (1995) PerFORmance October 22, 1995 Jenny Kowall, Rachel Rosenman, Taylor Webster (Chi...  moreThere Is a Name (Dedication Anthem FOR The New England Holocaust Memorial) FOR SA Chorus & Guitar Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (1995) WORDS by Joseph H. Albeck (1995) PerFORmance October 22, 1995 Jenny Kowall, Rachel Rosenman, Taylor Webster (Children's Chorus), William Buonocore, Guitar Recording made composer on a Sony Walkman cassette tape recorder. Over 8000 people attended the dedication ceremonies. Music: © Copyright 1995 by Stanley M. Hoffman www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The music is available FOR sale from the composer and from www.oySongs.com. WORDS: "There Is a Name" by Joseph H. Albeck, © Copyright 1995 by Joseph H. Albeck. All rights reserved. Used by permission.  less

FOR Mixed Chorus and Piano WORDS by James T. Fields (1817–1881) Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959) (BMI) Synthesized perFORmance and scrolling score in search of live perFORmances. WORDS: Public Domain. Music: © Copyright 2021 by Stanley M. ...  moreFOR Mixed Chorus and Piano WORDS by James T. Fields (1817–1881) Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959) (BMI) Synthesized perFORmance and scrolling score in search of live perFORmances. WORDS: Public Domain. Music: © Copyright 2021 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. The sheet music is available from the composer and from Sheet Music Plus.  

FOR SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied WORDS by Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959) WORDS: Public Domain. Music: © Copyright 2012 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. One of the composer'...  moreFOR SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied WORDS by Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) Music by Stanley M. Hoffman (b. 1959) WORDS: Public Domain. Music: © Copyright 2012 by Stanley M. Hoffman. www.stanleymhoffman.com All rights reserved. One of the composer's top 3 most important compositions.  

Beautiful by Christina Aguilera (excerpt) "We are beautiful No matter what they say Yes WORDS won't bring us down We are beautiful In every single way Yes WORDS won't bring us down don't you bring me down today" Download the scores at my websi...  moreBeautiful by Christina Aguilera (excerpt) "We are beautiful No matter what they say Yes WORDS won't bring us down We are beautiful In every single way Yes WORDS won't bring us down don't you bring me down today" Download the scores at my website: www.billheigen.com Follow me: Twitter - https://twitter.com/billheigen Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/billheigencomposer Linkedin - http://www.linkedin.com/pub/bill-heigen/65/385/702/en Instagram - https://instagram.com/billheigen/ Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/bill-heigen  less

WORDS by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) PerFORmed by Matthew Curtis (www.choraltracks.com) Music © 2010 OxFORd University Press, Inc. Assigned to OxFORd University Press 2010. All rights reserved. Used by permission. WORDS Public Domain Artw...  moreWORDS by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) PerFORmed by Matthew Curtis (www.choraltracks.com) Music © 2010 OxFORd University Press, Inc. Assigned to OxFORd University Press 2010. All rights reserved. Used by permission. WORDS Public Domain Artwork and Sounds Images and sounds are released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0. Choral conductors in North America: to purchase copies of this score, the US distributor is Edition Peters. http://www.edition-peters.com/product/OUP/remember/9780193372221 Choral conductors in the UK: to purchase copies of this score, visit the publisher’s website. www.global.oup.com/academic/product/remember-9780193372221?cc=us&lang=en& OxFORd University Press Catalog No. 978-0-19-337222-1  less