Poland celebrates the 1050th anniversary of Christianity in the country. On  June 19,  2016, at 7:30 pm, the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and blessed Pr. Stefan Frelichowski in Toruń will be the place for a special concert...

the song of Ruth, a setting of the most famous passage from the Book of Ruth (Ruth 1:16–17), opens with a gentle polyphonic section for the chorus. (“Do not ask me to leave you, or to stop following you; for where ever you go, I will go, and where you sta...  morethe song of Ruth, a setting of the most famous passage from the Book of Ruth (Ruth 1:16–17), opens with a gentle polyphonic section for the chorus. (“Do not ask me to leave you, or to stop following you; for where ever you go, I will go, and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God my God.”) the soprano joins the choir for the twice-repeated middle section of the piece. the music here is contrastingly homophonic and intense. (“Where you die, I will die and be buried.”) the tune and harmonies are borrowed from a passage in my piece Selections from “the song of songs” for male voice and band. That piece is dedicated to my wife, Ruth, hence the connection. If that were not enough, our daughter is named Naomi! the song of Ruth closes with a recapitulation of the music from the opening, but with new words assigned to it, and with the soprano soloist providing a descant for it. (“May the Lord cause ill fate to befall me, and more, if anything but death separates me and you.”) Appropriat...    less

the Graduate Choir NZ with Dr John Wells (organ) perform "He is Risen" by Richard Madden (NZ, b. 1953) on TVNZ's Praise Be. A recording of this piece is available on the Graduate Choir NZ's CD "My Spirit sang All Day": http://graduatechoir.co.nz/experi...  morethe Graduate Choir NZ with Dr John Wells (organ) perform "He is Risen" by Richard Madden (NZ, b. 1953) on TVNZ's Praise Be. A recording of this piece is available on the Graduate Choir NZ's CD "My Spirit sang All Day": http://graduatechoir.co.nz/experience_cd_mssad.html --- the Graduate Choir NZ Director of Music: Terence Maskell http://www.graduatechoir.co.nz http://www.facebook.com/theGraduateChoirNZ http://www.twitter.com/GraduateChoirNZ --- Dr John Wells - http://www.johnwells.co.nz Praise Be - http://tvnz.co.nz/praise-be --- Recorded 6 May 2008 at All Saints' Anglican Church, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand. http://www.allsaintshowick.org.nz ---  less

Cantores Celestes first performance of 'Ave Maria' by Guy Forbes excerpted from a LIVE concert for Monica Parfitt. Please SHARE! Help us get the word out how important it is to sign up to be a donor. 50 Cantores Celestes members sang on Sat Nov 23rd for t...  moreCantores Celestes first performance of 'Ave Maria' by Guy Forbes excerpted from a LIVE concert for Monica Parfitt. Please SHARE! Help us get the word out how important it is to sign up to be a donor. 50 Cantores Celestes members sang on Sat Nov 23rd for their friend and chorister sister, Monica Parfitt who has been at the Toronto General Hospital for 6 months awaiting for a heart donation. We sang for her and her family on Sat morning so she could be surrounded by our love and the music she loves. This audio was taken from a simple iphone but the message comes through none the less. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Monica is very special.  less

Parody of the traditional German folk song about the life of the farmer (Im Märzen der Bauer). In this version the farmer takes advantage of many of the technological and biotechnical opportunities of science but the world changes strangely. This is t...  moreParody of the traditional German folk song about the life of the farmer (Im Märzen der Bauer). In this version the farmer takes advantage of many of the technological and biotechnical opportunities of science but the world changes strangely. This is the English version. the German original is also available on this site.  

Why would anyone bother to join a choir? Why would somebody ever want to do that? Most of us will remember some experience singing at school- be it good or bad- the national anthem, some song for a concert or a play with a song, a teacher strumming a ...

Melodical Sensations performing Amaphiko by Siphesihle Sikhakhane from Empamgeni, KwaZulu-Natal. This song doing well in online stores and video content platforms. Download or Stream the original song on this link: https://youtu.be/bPulAYPGEOc song i...  moreMelodical Sensations performing Amaphiko by Siphesihle Sikhakhane from Empamgeni, KwaZulu-Natal. This song doing well in online stores and video content platforms. Download or Stream the original song on this link: https://youtu.be/bPulAYPGEOc song info: Siphesihle Skhakhane - Amaphiko (radio edit) Connect with us Facebook Melodical Sensations Instagram @melodical_sensations Twitter @m_sensations Tiktok @melodicalsensations Youtube Melodical Sensations song credit Leading Vocals: Mandisa Mbatha, Nonhle Khumalo, Nomzamo Nxumalo & Thando Tembe. Video Credit Shot by : Bongani Nkosi & Thabiso Mbatha Edited by: Bongani Nkosi Sound recorded by: Thabiso Mbatha Mastered and mixed by: Bongani Nkosi #amaphiko  less

This is a setting of a poem by the Reverend Doctor Malcolm Guite, Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge,with his permission. the poem is a response to the 8th "O Antiphon" for Advent O Virgin of Virgins, how shall this be? For neither before thee was an...  moreThis is a setting of a poem by the Reverend Doctor Malcolm Guite, Chaplain of Girton College Cambridge,with his permission. the poem is a response to the 8th "O Antiphon" for Advent O Virgin of Virgins, how shall this be? For neither before thee was any like thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? the thing which ye behold is a divine mystery. Who are the daughters of Jerusalem, Who glimpse you still as you transform their seeing? Whom have you called to this mysterium, And bathed in the blithe fountain of your being? Daughters of sorrow, daughters of despair, the cast-aside, the overlooked, the spurned the broken girls who scarcely breathe a prayer the ones whose love has never been returned. O Maid amongst the maidens, turn your face, For when we glimpse you we are not alone, O look us out of grief and into grace, Lift us in love made stronger than our own, Summon the spring in our worst wilderness, And make us fruitful in your fruitfulness.  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Sometimes I only have to hear two notes of a song and I know what it is.   Photo by bishib70   Often I join in with someone singing a song...