[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In David Zweig’s book he talks about Invisibles: people who are unseen when their job is done perfectly (who only draw attention to themselves ...

Coral Reyes Bartlet David Martel, piano Alfonso Lopez Raymond, barítono José Híjar Polo, director Iglesia de la Peña de Francia 20 de marzo de 2015 Imagen y sonido @mediawink

Coral Reyes Bartlet David Martel, piano Alfonso Lopez Raymond, barítono José Híjar Polo, director Iglesia de la Peña de Francia 20 de marzo de 2015 Imagen y sonido @mediawink

Coral Reyes Bartlet David Martel, piano Alfonso Lopez Raymond, barítono José Híjar Polo, director Iglesia de la Peña de Francia 20 de marzo de 2015 Imagen y sonido @mediawink

Inspired by the great choral works of the medieval and early modern periods, the ensemble creates colourful programmes to illustrate musical or historical themes. Directed by David Skinner, Alamire has embarked on an ambitious ten year 30-disc project to ...  moreInspired by the great choral works of the medieval and early modern periods, the ensemble creates colourful programmes to illustrate musical or historical themes. Directed by David Skinner, Alamire has embarked on an ambitious ten year 30-disc project to record a library of early English choral music. Skinner’s performing editions will be published by Edition Peters. He is also guest blogger on renaissance repertoire for Eric Whitacre.  

Coral Reyes Bartlet David Martel, piano Alfonso Lopez Raymond, barítono José Híjar Polo, director Iglesia de la Peña de Francia 20 de marzo de 2015 Imagen y sonido @mediawink

Choir and wonderful solist performance of the french son Si Maman si.

A piece which celebrates collaboration and the importance of the arts in our lives and in our communities.

Ancient Christmas carol from Piae Cantiones This is my arrangement for our community choir (Soprano, Alto and Bass), but transposed down a third here for me to sing. (The arrangement also has an optional piano part which I did not use for this recording)