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. ...  moreSetting 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. Round about the cauldron go; In the poison'd entrails throw. Toad, that under cold stone Days and nights hast thirty one Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i' the charmed pot. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and howlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hellbroth boil and bubble. Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf, Witch's mummy, maw and gulf Of the ravin'd saltsea shark, ...    less

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)  

This is the lower version - there are 2 versions available low version (B flat Dorian) http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-196218_alle_psallite_b_flat_dorian_version.html high version (D Dorian) http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-196219_a...  moreThis is the lower version - there are 2 versions available low version (B flat Dorian) http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-196218_alle_psallite_b_flat_dorian_version.html high version (D Dorian) http://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-196219_alle_psallite_in_d_dorian.html 13th century festival song in Latin based on the word "Alleluia" (Halleluya) arranged, translated and performed by David W Solomons (dwsChorale), with accompanying images of musicians and dancers across the world  

Traditional German carol (based on a Thuringian melody "Seht wie die Sonne dort sinket" from around 1808), The melody moves through the parts while the other parts represent the ringing of the bells - with a few added cheeky English cadences. Version...  moreTraditional German carol (based on a Thuringian melody "Seht wie die Sonne dort sinket" from around 1808), The melody moves through the parts while the other parts represent the ringing of the bells - with a few added cheeky English cadences. Versions are also available for string quartet, wind quartet, brass quartet, flute quartet and clarinet quartet.  

This is a transposed version of Malcolm Sargent's "Zither Carol". It is based on a Czech Furiant (a fast dance with metre shifting between duple and triple time) called "Sedlák, sedlák", which was also sung as a light-hearted and frolicsome song gently po...  moreThis is a transposed version of Malcolm Sargent's "Zither Carol". It is based on a Czech Furiant (a fast dance with metre shifting between duple and triple time) called "Sedlák, sedlák", which was also sung as a light-hearted and frolicsome song gently poking fun at a corpulent farmer. The words of the carol are by Malcolm Sargent himself. Girls and boys, leave your toys. make no noise, Kneel at His crib and worship Him. At Thy shrine, Child divine, we are Thine, Our Saviour's here. "Hallelujah!" the church bells ring, "Hallelujah!" the angels sing, "Hallelujah!" from ev'rything. All must draw near. (etc)  less

"Ancor che col partire" is a four-voice Italian-language madrigal with music by the Italy-based Flemish composer Cipriano de Rore (1515 - 1565). The madrigal became de Rore's most popular work, one of the most widely distributed madrigals of the entire 16...  more"Ancor che col partire" is a four-voice Italian-language madrigal with music by the Italy-based Flemish composer Cipriano de Rore (1515 - 1565). The madrigal became de Rore's most popular work, one of the most widely distributed madrigals of the entire 16th Century Ancor che col partire io mi senta morire, partir vorrei ogn'hor, ogni momento: tant'e il piacer ch'io sento de la vita ch'acquisto nel ritorno: et cosi mill'e mille volt'il giorno partir da voi vorrei: tanto son dolci gli ritorni miei. Although when I leave you it is as if I were dying, I would wish to leave you every hour, every moment, I am so very happy when life comes back to me when I return: and so I wish I could leave you many thousand times a day because my heart leaps with joy when I return.  less

Rejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say rejoice. Let your softness be known unto all men: the Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing: but in all prayer and supplication, let your petitions be manifest unto God with giving of thanks. and the peace ...  moreRejoice in the Lord alway, and again I say rejoice. Let your softness be known unto all men: the Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing: but in all prayer and supplication, let your petitions be manifest unto God with giving of thanks. and the peace of God, which passeth all understanding keep your hearts and minds, through Christ Jesu Amen. (Words from Philippians IV. vv. 4 - 7)