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...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">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  

Poem by 17th Century Unitarian minister and poet John Mason, music composed and performed by David W Solomons [aka the dwsChorale]. This particular setting was composed with a small mixed-ability choir in mind, so the voices are mainly in two parts ...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">morePoem by 17th Century Unitarian minister and poet John Mason, music composed and performed by David W Solomons [aka the dwsChorale]. This particular setting was composed with a small mixed-ability choir in mind, so the voices are mainly in two parts (men's and women's voices), splitting to four parts (SATB) occasionally, where the words suggest it. The musical style is reminiscent of the 19th century although the piano part does go into 20th century style syncopation at times.  

Sung here in a transposed version by the dwsChorale Poem by Adrian Lowe, music by Anthony Frost Colindale! Out he walks, six feet tall, twenty two years, ripped jeans, but respectable (it's Saturday after all). He's no threat he's going to cru...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreSung here in a transposed version by the dwsChorale Poem by Adrian Lowe, music by Anthony Frost Colindale! Out he walks, six feet tall, twenty two years, ripped jeans, but respectable (it's Saturday after all). He's no threat he's going to cruise the shops. Along she walks with her groceries old, frail, her life hangs behind her like a snail-trail, dirty but still quite natural. Her eyes focus, she sees him: the determined stride and the baseball cap, the torn pants and his Walkman. Fearful, frightened, full of disgust and mistrust, she crosses the street, scowling like a scornful cat that's just been thrown off a lap. I felt ashamed, I felt annoyed What about trust? I just wouldn't react that way. But then, as a youth approached me I had a sudden and crucial thought. I don't want to be smashed up and I don't want to lose these things that I've just bought. So I crossed the street and silently became a product of this century.  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

NAC Group WW1 Concert, Albert Hall , Nottingham, Sat 9th June in Flanders Field - arr Christine Donkin, from a Poem by John McCrae

Gospel style setting for 2 or 4 voices, 2 flutes, double bass, guitar and tambourine of my evangelical Poem about Christmas. This is not typical of my usual style, but it's an interesting excursion into the evangelical music of mid-70s Oxford, where I ...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreGospel style setting for 2 or 4 voices, 2 flutes, double bass, guitar and tambourine of my evangelical Poem about Christmas. This is not typical of my usual style, but it's an interesting excursion into the evangelical music of mid-70s Oxford, where I was studying.  

As part of the Vocal Art Ensemble's "inKSPELL--Choral Music inspired by Masters of Poetry" concerts, this is the third 'verse' of Karin Rehnqvist's "Natt over Jorden" for women's chorus. Written by Eric Blomberg, the Poem/lyrics speak of a lonely Earth, b...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreAs part of the Vocal Art Ensemble's "inKSPELL--Choral Music inspired by Masters of Poetry" concerts, this is the third 'verse' of Karin Rehnqvist's "Natt over Jorden" for women's chorus. Written by Eric Blomberg, the Poem/lyrics speak of a lonely Earth, blanketed by the dark cover of night, suspended in an ocean of stars.  

Poem by Robert Burns music by David Dickau directed by Richard Janzen performed by RJC Chorale

Challenging but fun three part arrangement of my old song Wine and Water (The original song can be found on youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UYX_4Ape74 ) Satirical Poem by G K Chesterton

Poem and illustrations by Wilhelm Busch set to music by David W Solomons www.dwsolo.com All parts performed by Matthew Curtis - www.choraltracks.com An English version of this work is also available on Youtube as "The Earwig song": https://www.youtu...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">morePoem and illustrations by Wilhelm Busch set to music by David W Solomons www.dwsolo.com All parts performed by Matthew Curtis - www.choraltracks.com An English version of this work is also available on Youtube as "The Earwig song": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfarKcuTROs  

PRAIRIE SPRinG by Greg Bartholomew A setting for SAB choir of the Poem by Willa Cather. With optional piano accompaniment. Recording by Matthew Curtis (Choral Tracks). Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of fron...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">morePRAIRIE SPRinG by Greg Bartholomew A setting for SAB choir of the Poem by Willa Cather. With optional piano accompaniment. Recording by Matthew Curtis (Choral Tracks). Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains. Prairie Spring was first published in 1913 as the prologue to the novel O Pioneers! Sheet music is available from J. W. Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/11208222.item PRAIRIE SPRinG Evening and the flat land, Rich and sombre and always silent; The miles of fresh-plowed soil, Heavy and black, full of strength and harshness; The growing wheat, the growing weeds, The toiling horses, the tired men; The long empty roads, Sullen fires of sunset, fading, The eternal, unresponsive sky. Against all this, Youth, Flaming like the wild roses, Singing like the larks over the plowed fields, Flashing like a star out of the twilight; Youth with its insupportable sweetness, Its fierce necessity, Its shar...    ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less