Music runs through the story of Arion which begins with a singing competition in Sicily. Arion wins the prize and this puts his life in danger: his newfound wealth excites the greed of the sailors who are supposed to be bringing him back to Corinth and they threaten to kill him. They allow Arion to sing one last song and the power of his singing attracts dolphins to the ship.  At the end of his song he jumps overboard and one of the dolphins carries him to safety.  So Arion’s musical gift gets him into trouble but it is also his salvation.   The idea of being rescued by a music-loving dolphin is very appealing. In Robert Graves’account of the myth the dolphin could not bear to be parted from Arion and accompanied him back to court where “it soon succumbed to a life of luxury.”  However Herodotus says that after his rescue and return to Corinth Arion failed to return the dolphin to the sea and it died there.  Apollo placed the dolphin among the stars and next to it Arion’s lyre in recognition of his musical skill.  This is one of the mythical explanations of the origins of the constellations Delphinus and Lyra. It seems natural to sing a story that has singing at its heart. When I was asked by the Nicholas Berwin Charitable Trust to write a choral work for Making Music something that would be within reach of many choirs and involve children this story struck me as ideal: the men of the chorus could be the bloodthirsty sailors and the women could create an atmosphere of mystery for the arrival of the dolphins represented by children’s voices. There would be one solo voice: Arion the marvellous singer. Andrew Fardell the conductor who was advisor to this commission had suggested that I might use the same instrumentation as a popular arrangement of Orff’s Carmina Burana a work that as well as using children’s chorus features a solo countertenor. I thought the magical otherworldly quality of this

Composer Orlando Gibbons was the leading English composer of his time the late 16th and early 17th century. This five-Voice SSATB madrigal is the best known of his many madrigals and remains compellingly beautiful.The sheet music also includes A Catch on Tobacco by theologian philosopher and composer Dr Henry Aldrich. It dates from 1685 when the composer was Dean of Christ Church Oxford and widely known among his contemporaries as a convivial soul who among his writings created a Latin epigramme listing five reasons for drinking. The performance notes stipulate that the round is to be sung by four men while smoking their pipes.

Par AHLE JOHANN RUDOLF. Fastenzeit und Passion - Langue : Allemand/ Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Madrigals for SSATB and SSATBaB Edited by E H Fellowes. Revised by Thurston Dart CONTENTS ANONYMOUS How can the tree but waste (SSATB) BYRD, William Though Amaryllis dance in green (SSATB) EAST, Michael Your shining eyes (SSATBaB) FARMER, John Fair nymphs (SSATBaB) MARENZIO, Luca I must depart (Io partiro) (SSATB) MORLEY, Thomas My bonny lass (Questa dolce sirena) (SSATB) O grief e'en on the bud (SSATB) VAUTOR, Thomas Sweet Suffolk owl (SSATB) WEELKES, Thomas In pride of May (SSATB) WILBYE, John Lady your words do spite me (SSATB)

Sospiro Della Sua Donna. Aus: Italienische Madrigale. Par SCHUTZ HEINRICH. Tonalité : dorisch - SWV 14 (op. 1 #14)/ Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Par CASTAGNET YVES. J?ai composé cette messe dans les premières années de ma présence à Notre-Dame, avant la création de l?association Musique sacrée à Notre-Dame de Paris et la restructuration de la maîtrise sous sa forme actuelle. La maîtrise existait déjà, bien sûr ; on enseigne en effet le chant en ce lieu depuis le Moyen-Âge, à l?époque où la cathédrale était encore en construction, il y a plus de 850 ans. À la fin des années 1980, la maîtrise était bien différente de ce qu?elle est devenue maintenant. Elle était alors dirigée par le chanoine Jehan Revert, maître de chapelle, qui fut pour moi un véritable guide, et dont la mémoire restera toujours dans le c?ur des musiciens de Notre-Dame. C?est donc à cette époque que j?ai composé cette messe qui fut à la fois ma première composition et ma première ?uvre liturgique. Elle est volontairement très courte, d?où son titre, pour répondre du mieux possible aux contraintes liturgiques. Elle est aussi le reflet de mon profond attachement à ce lieu unique et tellement inspirant pour le jeune musicien que j?étais alors. Yves Castagnet / Date parution : 2024-01-10/ Répertoire / Ch?ur Mixte SSATB et Orgue

dorisch. Par SCHUTZ HEINRICH. Tonalité : dorisch - McCulloch, Derek (Trad. ) - SWV 51 / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Aus: Italienische Madrigale. Par SCHUTZ HEINRICH. Tonalité : dorisch - SWV 15 (op. 1 #15)/ Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Bacio Chiesto Con Arguzia. Aus: Italienische Madrigale. Par SCHUTZ HEINRICH. Tonalité : dorisch - SWV 13 (op. 1 #13)/ Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Tonalité : Dorisch -. Par HAMMERSCHMIDT ANDREAS. Gattungen: Motetten - Verwendung / Anlässe: Frieden und Gerechtigkeit - Langue : Allemand / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Tonalité : Dorisch -. Par HARTMANN HEINRICH. Gattungen: Motetten - Langue : Allemand / Mottet / Répertoire / Choeur SSATB

Tonalité : Dorisch -. Par GUMPELZHAIMER ADAM. Verwendung / Anlässe: Konfirmation, Firmung, Trauer, Tod - Langue : Allemand / Date parution : 1976-10-01/ Répertoire / Choeur SSATB