The second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16 Anthony O’Daly was a member of the Whiteboys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wrongfully acc...  moreThe second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16 Anthony O’Daly was a member of the Whiteboys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wrongfully accused of shooting at a local landowner and condemned to hang. Although the local population acclaimed him as a hero and attempted to help him escape the gallows, he went quietly to his death. "Anthony! Since your limbs were laid out, the stars do not shine! The fish leap, not out in the waves! On our meadows, the dew does not fall in the morn, for O’Daly is dead!" Barber’s song feels like a huge public outpouring of grief. It begins with the basses repeating Anthony’s name on a drone whilst the upper voices sing a keening melody, and the piece builds to hysteria as the sopranos and altos take over the chanted name. There are also suggestions that Raftery’s poem is not a lament but a traditional poet’s curse, calling down retribution in response to Raftery’s...    less

"Requiem" by Taymaz Saba/Andrei Diaconu, for choir and pre-recorded sound. Soprano solo Heidi Ackermann. Lars Kaario conductor. Turn it up for the best experience! Laudate Singers (www.laudateSingers.com) Voices, Sax & Syn concert March 12, 2011 ...  more"Requiem" by Taymaz Saba/Andrei Diaconu, for choir and pre-recorded sound. Soprano solo Heidi Ackermann. Lars Kaario conductor. Turn it up for the best experience! Laudate Singers (www.laudateSingers.com) Voices, Sax & Syn concert March 12, 2011 St Andrews United Church, North Vancouver, Canada  

ORPHEUS vocal group founded in Lviv, Ukraine, in autumn 2000, is a male a cappella group with eight Singers. All members are professional Singers and musicians, all of them graduated the Higher Musical Academy in Lviv and their diverse musical backgrounds...  moreORPHEUS vocal group founded in Lviv, Ukraine, in autumn 2000, is a male a cappella group with eight Singers. All members are professional Singers and musicians, all of them graduated the Higher Musical Academy in Lviv and their diverse musical backgrounds contribute to the musical expression of the ensemble.The group is flexible in number to expend into different styles of singing. All music are performed a cappella. The main areas of speciality are Orthodox church music (liturgical), folk and popular Ukrainian songs and some examples of original Ukrainian, world music as well as well-known a cappella classics. ORPHEUS also perform new songs - composed and arranged by the group members themselves, all of them featuring surprising and exciting arrangements.  less

Nizhny Novgorod State University Choir (NNSU Choir) - Supermassive Black Hole - M. Bellamy - MUSE (arr. A. Baraev). Contest performance at the World Choir Games Riga 2014 - Popular Choral Music. Академический хор ННГУ им Н. И. Лобачевского (Хор ННГУ) -...  moreNizhny Novgorod State University Choir (NNSU Choir) - Supermassive Black Hole - M. Bellamy - MUSE (arr. A. Baraev). Contest performance at the World Choir Games Riga 2014 - Popular Choral Music. Академический хор ННГУ им Н. И. Лобачевского (Хор ННГУ) - Supermassive Black Hole - M. Bellamy - MUSE (arr. A. Baraev). Конкурсное выступление на Всемирной хоровой олимпиаде в Риге в 2014 году, категория "Популярная музыка".  

Serial Singers Gospel Choir - Modena, Italy a choir of "Associazione Corale G. Rossini" Orchestra Sinfonica G. Verdi di Parma Pianoforte Roberto Penta Direttore Massimo Carpegna

Thomas Rossin conducts Jeffery Van's setting of Silent Night, Jake Rowan, Guitar.

"Odysseus" composed and directed by Arda Ardaşes Agoşyan Soprano solo (Penelope): Natali Boğosyan Baritone solo (Odysseus): Kevork Tavityan (This piece is dedicated to him). CorISTAnbul Chamber Choir & Aşkın Ensemble Dolce Brass As part o...  more"Odysseus" composed and directed by Arda Ardaşes Agoşyan Soprano solo (Penelope): Natali Boğosyan Baritone solo (Odysseus): Kevork Tavityan (This piece is dedicated to him). CorISTAnbul Chamber Choir & Aşkın Ensemble Dolce Brass As part of the concert "Amor Vincit Omnia-Love Conquers All-Aşk Her Şeyi Fetheder" Saint Esprit Cathedral, Istanbul/Turkey June 11, 2014  

No. 2 from Flower Songs Op. 47 by Benjamin Britten CorISTAnbul Chamber Choir Music and Choral Director: Arda Ardaşes Agoşyan Concert Recording, June 9, 2012 St. Esprit Church, Harbiye/Istanbul www.coristanbul.com

Sing We and Chant It by Thomas Morley sung by Cantu Spiritus Chamber Choir. Dress rehearsal. We are new, this was our first concert.