About Me
Composer of lyrical music for voices and for instruments, especially classical guitar, alto (countertenor) and of course choir.
I retired early from my job as a translator 5 years ago in order to concentrate on getting my music heard. Most of my works can be seen (as scores) and heard (as mp3s) through my website.
Composer and countertenor David Warin Solomons has sung many of his own choral works and the choral works of other composers by multitracking the parts on computer. He decided to call this one-man choir the dwsChorale. The range is bottom bass D to top a... moreComposer and countertenor David Warin Solomons has sung many of his own choral works and the choral works of other composers by multitracking the parts on computer. He decided to call this one-man choir the dwsChorale. The range is bottom bass D to top alto e.
Most recordings were done between 2005 and 2009. Only time will tell whether the dwsChorale will be revived, but David keeps composing anyway, so who knows....
Performed by Matthew Curtis (multitracking)
Parody of the traditional German folk song about the life of the farmer.
In these versions the farmer takes advantage of many of the technological and biotechnical opportunities of science but the world change...
Setting of the incantation of the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth, for three altos and guitar.
Performed by the composer.
Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd
Thrice and once the hedgepig whin'd
Harper cries: 'Tis time, 'tis time.
...
Away in a manger Kirkpatrick arr Philip Moore
Away in a manger,
no crib for a bed,
The little lord Jesus
laid down his sweet head.
The stars in the bright sky
looked down where he lay,
The little lord Jesus
asleep on the hay.
The cattle ...
Nunc Dimittis with music based on The Long Day Closes by Sir Arthur Sullivan
Arranged by Duncan Saunderson
The score is available direct from Duncan Saunderson at
dsdsaunderson [at] googlemail.com
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant
depart in pea...
Sing joyfully to
God our strength;
sing loud unto the
God of Jacob!
Take the song,
bring forth
the timbrel,
the pleasant harp,
and the viol.
Blow the trumpet
in the new moon,
even in the time
appointed,
and at our
feast day.
...
Arrangement by Duncan Saunderson of William Horsley's setting.
If a score is desired, please email Duncan at dsdsaunderson [at] googlemail.com
There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall,
Where our dear Lord
was crucified,
Who died
to s...
Performed live on July 27th 2024 by The Choir of St. Michael and All Angels, Summertown, Oxford, in the original Old Church Slavonic, conducted by Duncan Saunderson
Cherubic Hymn No 7 by Dmitri Stepanovich Bortniansky (1751-1825)
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