Setting of the incantation of the three witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth, for three altos and guitar. Performed by the composer.

Arrangement based on Bach's harmonisation of the old German Christmas tune O Jesulein süß O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! Des Vaters Willn hast du erfüllt; Bist kommen aus dem Himmelreich, Uns armen Menschen worden gleich, O Jesulein süß, o Jesule...  moreArrangement based on Bach's harmonisation of the old German Christmas tune O Jesulein süß O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! Des Vaters Willn hast du erfüllt; Bist kommen aus dem Himmelreich, Uns armen Menschen worden gleich, O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild! [O little one sweet o little one mild You have fulfilled your Father's will You've come down from the heavens and become the same as us mortals O little one sweet o little one mild] [etc]  

A choral spoof on the 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons A version for SATB is also available at the link below The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of the composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Para...  moreA choral spoof on the 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons A version for SATB is also available at the link below The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of the composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Paramolehill) The words (taking the last verse) are ...on the twelfth day of Christmas the choir processed in song and twelve candles dripped eleven altos flipped and ten lines were clipped and nine gins were sipped and eight crept to the crypt and seven hymn books slipped and six basses quipped and five sang in tune! and four cassocks ripped and three lost their script and two tenors tripped and the soloist got it all wrong.  less

Sung here as ATTB Also Score for SATB: https://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-326575_dal_lecto_me_levava_for_satb_choir.html Arrangement of a madrigal by Michele Pesenti (also known as Micha Pesentus, Michael Pesentus and other versions of the n...  more Sung here as ATTB Also Score for SATB: https://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-326575_dal_lecto_me_levava_for_satb_choir.html Arrangement of a madrigal by Michele Pesenti (also known as Micha Pesentus, Michael Pesentus and other versions of the name). He was a priest in Italy (possibly Verona or Ferrara) and lived from about 1470 to 1521. This song "Dal lecto me levava" appears to have been one of the first of its kind to signal the move from the traditional frottole (which had mainly a homophonic movement, and often had just a single voice with instruments) into the more familiar madrigal style, where all the lines were sung and where the movement was more contrapuntal. My understanding of the original madrigal is that the priest is considering getting up for another day devoted to the Lord, but the crane, some kind of holy messenger, possibly even St Michael (who is sometimes referred to as the ambassador of the Lord), tells him that it is not yet time to get up . . .  less

Song of the two snails who go to the funeral of a dead leaf. Poem by Jacques Prévert. Music composed for two unaccompanied altos (countertenors) and sung by David W Solomons (one of my first multitrack recordings back in the early 1980s).

The Elves after Leconte de Lisle - a mini-cantata English version by S N Solomons after the poem by Leconte de Lisle Music composed and performed by David W Solomons with Helge Øye playing alto and tenor recorders

Audio downloadable at https://davidwarinsolomons.bandcamp.com/track/music-all-powerful Part song (glee) by Thomas Forbes Walmisley (father of Thomas Attwood Walmisley) poem by Henry Kirke White

The Lover (Before my gaze she stands) for 3 altos and guitar This is the setting of a poem by my father inspired by L'Amoureuse by Paul Eluard as a hypnotic canon trio of altos over a guitar ostinato (the guitar part is played in an electronic form he...  moreThe Lover (Before my gaze she stands) for 3 altos and guitar This is the setting of a poem by my father inspired by L'Amoureuse by Paul Eluard as a hypnotic canon trio of altos over a guitar ostinato (the guitar part is played in an electronic form here), in Dorian mode. The music is the same as the piece "My love is far from here", but with the original words by my father  

The complete 16 minute performance of this Beatles Medley can be obtained on http://www.www.cdbaby.com/dwsChorale4 and also on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-is-all-you-need-ep/id397680321 Amazon http://a-fwd.com/asin-com=B003G8F6GQ a...  moreThe complete 16 minute performance of this Beatles Medley can be obtained on http://www.www.cdbaby.com/dwsChorale4 and also on iTunes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-is-all-you-need-ep/id397680321 Amazon http://a-fwd.com/asin-com=B003G8F6GQ and many other download distributors. This video features just 9 short extracts from that mp3, which is duly licensed for download through Limelight. The songs in the complete medley are All you need is love Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band With a little help from my friends Imagine Here comes the sun A Hard day's night Ticket to ride The long and winding road When I'm 64 Strawberry fields Yesterday She loves you All you need is love (reprise)  less

Hari Bouriquet (Gee up little donkey) Second version - with tentative translation in the video itself This is a satirical madrigal mocking the Catholics of the timebased on a madrigal allegedly composed by Claudin de Sermisy.... (actually I find this ...  moreHari Bouriquet (Gee up little donkey) Second version - with tentative translation in the video itself This is a satirical madrigal mocking the Catholics of the timebased on a madrigal allegedly composed by Claudin de Sermisy.... (actually I find this hard to believe since he was a good Catholic, but maybe someone has further information?)... The original is partly in Renaissance French of the court and partly in a dialect of that period. Performed by the dwsChorale (a one-man choir)