?Ubi Caritas II: Through Infinite Ages is a closely related sequel to my Ubi Car...(+)
?Ubi Caritas II: Through Infinite Ages is a closely related sequel to my Ubi Caritas published in 2007. Re-imagining some of the same material such as the main theme from the first piece Ubi Caritas II is in one sense a more sunny version of its prequel. While Ubi Caritas II functions as an independent work it is also intended to be used in combination with the other piece for example as prelude/postlude ?bookends? perhaps yielding a sense of unity and conclusion to the concert or recording. In those cases I would usually recommend ending with Ubi Caritas II.? Ola GjeiloWatch here - CWU Chamber Choir: Gjeilo -Ubi Caritas II: Through Infinite Ages:
The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a ...(+)
The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers Jonathan Rathbone Ben Parry & Mark Williams were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers. Carol Medley contains extracts from: Deck the Halls I Saw Three Ships We Wish You a Merry Christmas The Holly and the Ivy The First Nowell Past 3 O'ClockSSAATTBB (with optional organ ad lib)
Commissioned by Jo McNally for the 2016 AMIS European Middle School Honor Boys' ...(+)
Commissioned by Jo McNally for the 2016 AMIS European Middle School Honor Boys' Choir Festival at Frankfurt International School. Noster Nostri explores the idea of the past and the present as seen from a male perspective — that of son brother father. It looks back through history adopting a melodic and harmonic style that could have been written over a century ago.
The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a ...(+)
The Kikapust Choral Series offers choirs an extensive choice of close-harmony a cappella arrangements. All of our arrangers / composers Jonathan Rathbone Ben Parry & Mark Williams were long-standing members ofthe Swingle Singers.The Oak and the Ash [Duration 2:59]Swing Low Sweet Chariot [Duration 4:09]Nine Hundred Miles [Duration 1:58]
The solennelle en l'honneur de Saint-Cécile is one of the few orchestral works ...(+)
The solennelle en l'honneur de Saint-Cécile is one of the few orchestral works of Gounod. The work was premiered on 22 November 1855 at Saint-Eustache in Paris. The closeness to opera and symphonic music makes itself felt throughout the piece. During Gounod's lifetime numerous adaptations and new editions appeared which prove the popularity of the work.
Music runs through the story of Arion which begins with a singing competition i...(+)
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
Love Abide encapsulates the very contemporary ethos of multicultural spiritual d...(+)
Love Abide encapsulates the very contemporary ethos of multicultural spiritual devotion in a world populated by a rich diversity of faithsâ??all feeling as deeply and as aesthetically the compelling potency of music with love.
Vytautas Mi?kinis (b.1954) is a composer, choir conductor and educator. His outp...(+)
Vytautas Mi?kinis (b.1954) is a composer, choir conductor and educator. His output encompasses over 400 secular, and around 150 sacred, works- in addition to over 100 folk song arrangements. Mi?kinis was Artistic Director of A?uoliukas youth choir, and music for children constitutes a large part of his work. His music is characterised by polyphonic and melodic material, as well as aleatoric and sonoristic effects. His works have become popular both in Lithuania and abroad. / Choeur Mixte Et Piano
