Seraphic Fire has assembled a collection of music with which the ensemble has a visceral, tenacious connection. This self-titled recording contains Seraphic Fire signature works that have brought the ensemble to proMinence eleven seasons after its foundin...  moreSeraphic Fire has assembled a collection of music with which the ensemble has a visceral, tenacious connection. This self-titled recording contains Seraphic Fire signature works that have brought the ensemble to proMinence eleven seasons after its founding. Available digitally May 7, 2013. To view the album on iTunes, click here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/seraphic-fire/id640813108?uo=4&partnerId=30  

Weitere Infos: http://chor.helbling-verlag.de/?pagename=product&product=C7388 Weite melodische Bögen und eine berückende Klangsinnlichkeit kennzeichnet Chris Artleys Vertonung von Psalm 121. Ausgesprochen stimmungsvoll setzt der neuseeländische Komponi...  moreWeitere Infos: http://chor.helbling-verlag.de/?pagename=product&product=C7388 Weite melodische Bögen und eine berückende Klangsinnlichkeit kennzeichnet Chris Artleys Vertonung von Psalm 121. Ausgesprochen stimmungsvoll setzt der neuseeländische Komponist die Klangkörper Chor, einzelne Stimmgruppen, Orgel und Trompete ad lib. miteinander in Beziehung. Ein bewegendes Konzertstück, welches das Publikum unmittelbar in seinen Bann zieht. Broad melodic arches and an enchanting sensuousness of sound characterize Chris Artley's setting of Psalm 121. He sets the choir, the individual groups of voices as well as organ and trumpet ad lib in relationship to each other in an impressively atmospheric manner. It is a moving concert piece that will immediately fascinate the audience.  less

Programme: Dindirin Morley: April Is In My Mistress’ Face Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Dolorosa Purcell: In Our Deep Vaulted Cell Brahms: Am Gesteine Verdi: Va Pensiero Mendelssohn: I Waited For The Lord Gilbert and Sullivan: The Major General’s Song

(the title comes from the young son of a friend of Mine – I knew what he meant!)   [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Like many teachers, I often catch colds during the autumn t...

Hi everybody - I just thought it was worth letting you know that Charles MacDougall (solo tenor, previous member of VOCES8) and I have recorded a very lighthearted single of a recent Christmas Carol of Mine - and we hope you enjoy it! You can listen to i...

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   A friend of Mine asked the other day: “How do you find songs? And how do you do vocal arrangements of them?”   Photo by Jorge Fr...

I thought you might be interested in a new venture of Mine.     I’m about to publish a free, monthly roundup of music news delivered straight to your inbox. As those of you who follow my Facebook Page know, I regularly post interesti...

Come to Cracow in the springtime of 2020 to participate inchoral festival that will be as meaningful as it is memorable. Concert performances will hold in Cracow and neighborhood: Grand Concert at Wieliczka Salt Mine! To get information on participation c...  moreCome to Cracow in the springtime of 2020 to participate inchoral festival that will be as meaningful as it is memorable. Concert performances will hold in Cracow and neighborhood: Grand Concert at Wieliczka Salt Mine! To get information on participation conditions and to contact us for an application form event@WeAreSinging.org ▶︎ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/WeAreSingingCracow/ ▶︎ Twitter: https://twitter.com/WeAreSinging  

One of my favorite demo recordings ( from Augsburg Fortress) from a few years ago. I love the tempo, phrasing, rubato and expressiveness. The paraphrase of Psalm 121 is Mine. I wrote this as my way of dealing with the loss of two choir members who both su...  moreOne of my favorite demo recordings ( from Augsburg Fortress) from a few years ago. I love the tempo, phrasing, rubato and expressiveness. The paraphrase of Psalm 121 is Mine. I wrote this as my way of dealing with the loss of two choir members who both suddenly died the first year I was in Montana. It was my way of turning to the psalms for prayer. The recent pictures were taken in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.  

The silver swan, who living had no note, When death approached, unlocked her silent throat; Leaning her breast against the reedy shore, Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more: “Farewell, all joys; Oh death, come close Mine eyes; More geese th...  moreThe silver swan, who living had no note, When death approached, unlocked her silent throat; Leaning her breast against the reedy shore, Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more: “Farewell, all joys; Oh death, come close Mine eyes; More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.”