Bernard Hughes’s music has been performed at major venues in Britain and abroad and received a number of broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. A CD of his choral music, I am the Song, was released in 2016 on Signum Classics. Bernard’s music featured on the Horrible ...  moreBernard Hughes’s music has been performed at major venues in Britain and abroad and received a number of broadcasts on BBC Radio 3. A CD of his choral music, I am the Song, was released in 2016 on Signum Classics. Bernard’s music featured on the Horrible Histories film Bill (2015), and he co-produced the album, Not Now, Bernard & Other Stories, performed Orchestra of the Swan and Alexander Armstrong, released in February 2020. In January 2020 Bernard’s choral music was featured in a portrait concert by the BBC Singers, and in November 2020 one of the pieces from that concert, I Sing of Love, was nominated by the Ivors Academy for an Ivors Composer Award. With Bernard's kind permission I am releasing this video of my multitrack performance of a part of his mass, dating from around 2006.  less

Anthem by John Stainer How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! (From Isiah 52:7) Sung at Canterbury Cathedral du...  moreAnthem by John Stainer How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! (From Isiah 52:7) Sung at Canterbury Cathedral during our Royal School of Church Music Summer Course in 1986, under Martin How. I (David W Solomons) was one of the altos. John Huntley - a fellow alto - recorded this performance.  

Since 1962 the Fairfax Choral Society has been delivering excellent choral programs and music education to the metropolitan Washington, DC area. This auditioned choir has 150 adult mixed voices and 300 youth mixed voices rehearsing weekly to bring various...  moreSince 1962 the Fairfax Choral Society has been delivering excellent choral programs and music education to the metropolitan Washington, DC area. This auditioned choir has 150 adult mixed voices and 300 youth mixed voices rehearsing weekly to bring various masterworks, original pieces, collaborations and new arrangements to the ears of many. Doug Mears is the Artistic Director with Patrick Vaughn as Youth Director. Youth Choruses have two convenient campuses with the professional support of Caroline Crocker and Bonny Tynch and Youth Chorus Directors. Additionally, full time accompanists and music educators meet the rehearsal and music education portions of this semi-professional chorus. FCS is honored to work with renown musicians, conductors and orchestras to present the finest choral programs available. Sometimes we join other choruses to produce even larger musical works. The choral offerings of the Fairfax Choral Society are diverse though always presented after concerted rehearsal and production. Y...    less

Thomas Aquinas writes in the Summa Theologica: "Music is the exaltation of the mind derived from things eternal, bursting forth in sound." The quotation most aptly describes the repertoire on the Norwegian chamber choir Schola Cantorum's recording of hymn...  moreThomas Aquinas writes in the Summa Theologica: "Music is the exaltation of the mind derived from things eternal, bursting forth in sound." The quotation most aptly describes the repertoire on the Norwegian chamber choir Schola Cantorum's recording of hymns to Mary, the Mother of God, in which tranquillity, eternity and 'bursting forth into sound' are encountered in many different guises. The composers represented here have often chosen to allow their music to evolve in stable structures and remain within static harmonic spaces even when the music becomes expressive and dramatic: Benjamin Britten, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Duruflé, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Martin Ødegaard, Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Anton Bruckner, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Arvo Pärt, Ola Gjeilo, Andrew Smith and Trond Kverno. https://shop.klicktrack.com/2l/420085/ Throughout its existence the chamber choir Schola Cantorum has had high ambitions. The choir has built up an international reputation and has made it a trademark to include newly wri...    less

Based in Swadlincote, nestled at the southern tip of Derbyshire, England, Gresley takes its name from the Parish of Church Gresley nearby, where the choir was born in 1904. The choir has over 50 members and fulfills about 20 engagements a year performin...  moreBased in Swadlincote, nestled at the southern tip of Derbyshire, England, Gresley takes its name from the Parish of Church Gresley nearby, where the choir was born in 1904. The choir has over 50 members and fulfills about 20 engagements a year performing for a range of societies from small groups, churches to national bodies, and has toured extensively, in the U.K., Ireland, Europe and U.S.A. including a number of choir exchange visits.  

The Alliance Chorus of Greater Central Ohio is a Fine-Arts nonprofit and competitive men’s ensemble created to preserve the all-American barbershop style of music. A perennial competitor on the international stage, The Alliance Chorus has qualified for th...  moreThe Alliance Chorus of Greater Central Ohio is a Fine-Arts nonprofit and competitive men’s ensemble created to preserve the all-American barbershop style of music. A perennial competitor on the international stage, The Alliance Chorus has qualified for the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS) International Competition every year since its’ formation in 1999. Ever “In Tune With Excellence”, The Alliance competed this past Summer in Las Vegas finishing 15th in the world, and in previous years has finished as high as 4th place! In addition to the competition circuit, The Alliance Chorus also has had many opportunities to give back and perform for the community. Beyond our own Spring and Holiday annual shows, we’ve had the privilege to perform for: • OMEA • The Ohio General Assembly • OSU Buckeye Basketball Games • Columbus Clippers Games • Columbus State House Events • Good Day Columbus • The Rockefeller Center The men of The Alliance Chorus have joined a brotherhood committed to the passionate pursuit o...    less

Traditional Appalachian folk carol arranged by Andrew Carter Performed by Exultate Singers http://www.exultatesingers.org

An excerpt from Never a Brighter Star, a Christmas concert Aula Simfonia Jakarta, November 17, 2018 Angel's Carol Words and Music by John Rutter

SKOWRONKI Girls' Choir Alicja Szeluga / conductor Barbara Wilińska / hurdy - gurdy Beata Polak - percussion instruments Paweł Woźniak - recorder The new album concert promo "Rhythmic and Romantic". 10/04/2014

Recorded on April 30, 2014, at the Cathedral of St. Domnius in Split. Watch the earlier performance of the same piece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ6KKqFMLmg https://www.facebook.com/voxanimae/