SKU: GI.G-7885INST

English. Text Source: Secondary text based on Ubi caritas. Text by Marty Haugen.

SKU: HL.234744

9.0x12.0x0.035 inches.

Composer's Note: The Lullaby from The Unicorns arose from an opera libretto I commissioned from John Heath-Stubbs (1918-2006) in the late 1960s. In his story two unicorns are discovered in a remote part of Africa. Both the East and West want to obtain them for research so they send out rival expeditions. The Western technique is to lure the unicorn with a young girl singing a lullaby. Both East and West capture unicorns but the mythical animals escape in the end. I never completed the opera but I made a six-movement suite from it called The Unicorns. There are three songs and three instrumental numbers and the first performance was given with Elisabeth Soderstrom and Solna Brass under Lars-Gunnar Bjorklund at Ekensbergskyrkan, Solna, Sweden on 31 October 1982. This version was recorded and my arrangement of the three songs for voice and piano was recorded by Marilyn Hill Smith. The career of the Lullaby continued with a version for clarinet and piano, which I premiered with Jack Brymer aboard the Sea Princess in the Mediterranean on 29 September 1986. The oboe version was for Sarah Francis, and Duke Dobing and I have recorded it for flute an piano. Lullaby can be played with a variety of solo instruments and is also available for piano left hand and piano solo.

SKU: GI.G-5746

English. Text by Jeremy de Satgé.

Designed for performance by children of elementary school age. Successful with piano and voices alone, and with addtional instrumentation as available. .

SKU: GI.G-10310

English, Spanish. Text Source: Based on Psalm 23 / Basado en Salmo 23(22); Translation: Santiago Fernández. Text by J. Michael Joncas. Scripture: Psalm 23.

Based on Psalm 23, the text of “Shelter Me / Protégeme” is paraphrased to adapt the psalmist’s sentiments to respond to present anxieties related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Its soothing, melodic refrain invites congregation participation. This is the edition for two-part equal voices.   Terry Donohoo and Anthony Reed accompanied by Amy Kuebelbeck have recorded the work in a duet version for two mixed voices. Listen here. .

SKU: OT.28104

ISBN 9789655051100. 8.27 x 11.69 inches.

Daniel Akiva
Alma i Vida i Korason
Sephardic Anthology for voice and guitar

The 18 songs of the collection Alma i Vida i Korason include romansas, cantigas, life cycle songs and original music composed to poems by Avner Perez, a journey in Ladino song from the Middle Ages through the 21st century. Alma i Vida i Korason was recently recorded by Sivan Goldman, soprano and Daniel Akiva, guitar, together with a special series of short videos filmed at the Ralli Museum in Caesarea, Israel. For further information, please visit the YouTube and Spotify channels of the composer.
Contents:
1. A la una Naci yo
2. Kisa Agora el Amor
3. Durme Durme Mi Andjeliko
4. Morena me Yaman
5. La Serena
6. Durme Durme Mi Alma Donzeya
7. Noches Noches
8. Mama Yo no Tengo Visto
9. Ya Abasha La Novia
10. Esta Noche
11. Ya Viene El Kativo
12. Komo La Roza
13. Ay Linda Amiga
14. El Prisionero
15. Kantiga de Kune Para Selanik
16. Puncha Puncha
17. Durme Hermozo Hiziko
18. Sirkiji

Daniel Akiva is a composer, performer, and educator whose performances on guitar and lute have earned international acclaim. Mr. Akiva graduated from the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem in 1981, where he studied classical guitar with Haim Asulin and composition with Haim Alexander. In 1987 he completed his studies of lute with Jonathan Rubin and composition with Jean Ballisa at the Geneva Conservatorium in Switzerland. In 1986 he founded the Music Department at the WIZO High School for the Arts in Haifa which he headed for over thirty years. As part of his work at WIZO High School, he developed a method for teaching free improvisation which has been incorporated into the music program at the school. He also served as the Artistic Director of the Guitar Gems Festival from 2006-2018.
Mr. Akiva has performed in concerts as a guitarist and lutenist and given master classes in Israel, Europe, Russia, the United States, and Latin America. Daniel Akiva’s compositional output includes works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, choir, voice and guitar, piano, and chamber orchestra. His works have been recorded on twelve CDs, the latest of which, Malchut, was issued by OR-TAV in 2014. Akiva's work Psalms for guitar solo was awarded the ACUM prize for composition in 1990, and his string quartet Ciclos was awarded the ACUM prize for composition in 2002. In 2006 his CD Hope, recorded with Laurel Zucker (flute) and Ronit Widmann-Levy (soprano) was awarded the Amazon prize. In 2017 Akiva was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for composers in Israel.
A native of Haifa whose family has lived in Israel for over five hundred years, he was steeped in the Sephardic (Jewish-Spanish) tradition from his youth. A large part of his oeuvre has been devoted to a dialogue with the music of the Sephardic Jews. Daniel Akiva has also maintained a creative dialogue throughout the years with poets and writers Amnon Shemesh, Rivka Miriam, and Avner Perez.
105 pages, softcover.