FLUTES FOR DANCING It's lucky to hear the flutes for dancing coming down the road. The ground is glowing. The table Set in the yard. We will drink all this wine tonight because it's Spring. It is. It's a growing sea. We're clouds over the sea, o...  moreFLUTES FOR DANCING It's lucky to hear the flutes for dancing coming down the road. The ground is glowing. The table Set in the yard. We will drink all this wine tonight because it's Spring. It is. It's a growing sea. We're clouds over the sea, or flecks of matter in the ocean when the ocean seems lit from within. I know I'm drunk when I start this ocean talk. Would you like to see the moon split in half with one throw? Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a Setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling s...    less

Watch the London based chamber choir, the Vasari Singers, in rehearsal preparing a number of Pieces for a forthcoming concert, including music by Antonio Caldara, Paul Mealor and GF Handel. Directed by Jeremy Backhouse. http://www.vasarisingers.org

I NEVER SAW Davide Riva’s beautiful acapella Setting for four-part mixed voices is Set to the beloved poem by Emily Dickinson. The composition is divided into two repeated sections. In the first section, the choral texture is homo-rhythmic and in the se...  moreI NEVER SAW Davide Riva’s beautiful acapella Setting for four-part mixed voices is Set to the beloved poem by Emily Dickinson. The composition is divided into two repeated sections. In the first section, the choral texture is homo-rhythmic and in the second section, the voices are Set into a simple counterpoint. “I Never Saw” closes on the dominant chord creating a feeling of suspension that enhances the concept of faith expressed by Dickinson.  

www.lanovasingers.co.uk Live recording of DorSet choir La Nova Singers testing out the acoustics inside the Pantheon, at the National Trust's Stourhead Gardens in September 2013. Here they perform one of their favourite Pieces, the Ave Maria by Camille Sa...  morewww.lanovasingers.co.uk Live recording of DorSet choir La Nova Singers testing out the acoustics inside the Pantheon, at the National Trust's Stourhead Gardens in September 2013. Here they perform one of their favourite Pieces, the Ave Maria by Camille Saint-Saëns; under the gaze of the gods... Conducted by Michelle Nova.  

Litany to the Holy Spirit is my Setting of the whole of Robert Herrick's poem by that name (as opposed to other well-known Settings which only use a few verses). The whole poem deserves to be Set in its entirety since the full story can be told and He...  moreLitany to the Holy Spirit is my Setting of the whole of Robert Herrick's poem by that name (as opposed to other well-known Settings which only use a few verses). The whole poem deserves to be Set in its entirety since the full story can be told and Herrick's feelings come out all the more.  

Concert DVD preview of The Spinnaker Chorus Concert Saturday 24th November 2012 AWESOME!! Spot the small costume Malfuntion !! Enjoy :-)

Salvacosta sing Derric Johnson's 'Shenandoah Set to the alternative Christian Hymn -'Mid all the traffic of the ways"'... "Shenandoah - the lush a cappella harmonies towards the end had me hitting the repeat button again and again, if only to wallow in...  moreSalvacosta sing Derric Johnson's 'Shenandoah Set to the alternative Christian Hymn -'Mid all the traffic of the ways"'... "Shenandoah - the lush a cappella harmonies towards the end had me hitting the repeat button again and again, if only to wallow in the glorious antithetical glissandos in the last measure. I loved that! " Barbara Allen - Pasadena, California USA Lyrics ’Mid all the traffic of the ways, Turmoils without, within, Make in my heart a quiet place, And come and dwell therein. A little shrine of quietness, All sacred to Thyself, Where Thou shalt all my soul possess, And I may find myself. A little place of mystic grace, of self and sin swept bare, Where I may look into thy face, And talk with Thee in prayer. Copyright Derric Johnson Performed by Salvacosta Image courtesy of Chris Taylor Video Creation - Kingsbere Designs Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/salvacostauk/ www.dmbmusic.co.uk www.darrenbartlett.co.uk Copyright DMB MUSIC 2016  less

BC AD poem by U A Fanthorpe Music by Alan Cruise-Johnston Set for SATB choir (but with sopranos low enough to allow it to be sung by AATB also) performed by the dwsChorale UA Fanthorpe, who died in 2009, was originally published by Peterloo Poe...  moreBC AD poem by U A Fanthorpe Music by Alan Cruise-Johnston Set for SATB choir (but with sopranos low enough to allow it to be sung by AATB also) performed by the dwsChorale UA Fanthorpe, who died in 2009, was originally published by Peterloo Poets, who kindly gave me permission to reproduce her poem. The copyright has now been transferred to Enitharmon quoting "U A Fanthorpe New and Collected Poems, Enitharmon 2010" who have also kindly given permission. It is an unusual and quite modern view of the Christmas story The site where Alan published his music is currently offline but if you are interested in singing this piece, check back here for updates.  less

Companion Pieces "Lux Aeterna / The Road of Passage" from the CD "Sensation" and the DVD "Invocations of Ireland" written, filmed and edited by Michael McGlynn and performed by Anúna. Sheet Music is available from www.anuna.ie. Soloist Lynn Hilary.

Westminster performs a Setting of "Sure On This Shining Night" by Jay Giallombardo from their Swan Song Set for Central Standard at the 2011 International Barbershop Harmony Society Convention.