III. WATER FROM YOUR SPRING What was in that candle's light that opened and consumed me so quickly? Come back, my friend! The form of our love is not a created form. Nothing can help me but that beauty. There was a dawn I Remember when...  moreIII. WATER FROM YOUR SPRING What was in that candle's light that opened and consumed me so quickly? Come back, my friend! The form of our love is not a created form. Nothing can help me but that beauty. There was a dawn I Remember when my soul heard something from your soul. I drank water from your spring and felt the current take me. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College Choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six poems by the thirteenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double choir and organ. The poetry sings of literal and spiritual connections between water and sky, a drop of water and human life, flowing water and love, drinking water and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, sp...    less

The Lord's Prayer We are praying for the world in this difficult time. Remember, God is in control. Recorded at Centre for the Book on 13 March 2020. CTYC website: www.ctyc.co.za If you wish to help us in our mission of sharing our music with the ...  moreThe Lord's Prayer We are praying for the world in this difficult time. Remember, God is in control. Recorded at Centre for the Book on 13 March 2020. CTYC website: www.ctyc.co.za If you wish to help us in our mission of sharing our music with the world, please consider donating to our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/ctyc Subscribe to our YouTube channel.  

This song is a wedding present for my daughter Salima and my son-in-law Tarik Talundzic. As a boy chorister I can Remember singing Healey Willan's setting of "Rise up, my love", a true gem. The beautiful imagery of this text drew me to write my own s...  moreThis song is a wedding present for my daughter Salima and my son-in-law Tarik Talundzic. As a boy chorister I can Remember singing Healey Willan's setting of "Rise up, my love", a true gem. The beautiful imagery of this text drew me to write my own setting. Sincere thanks to Matthew Curtis (choraltracks.com) for recording "Rise up, my love, my fair one." If you would like to obtain the sheet music for this song, please contact: info@leadingnote.com. I would like to acknowledge the a cappella choir that I sing in, The Stairwell Carollers, and our director Pierre Massie, for their musical inspiration these past 26 years. I would also like to thank my friends in our "Ad hoc Chorale" for testing out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offering valuable comments. And with deepest appreciation to my brother Adam Rain and my friend Geneviève Lajoie for their invaluable support throughout my composing journey.  less

Christmas Carols sung by Reading A440 Choir at Westminster Hall, conducted by Stephen Tyler. Excerpts from: - Deck The Hall (100 C4C p. 72) - Away in a Manger (100 C4C, p. 61) - Once As I Remember (100 C4C, p. 262) - Bethlehem Down (Peter Warloc...  moreChristmas Carols sung by Reading A440 Choir at Westminster Hall, conducted by Stephen Tyler. Excerpts from: - Deck The Hall (100 C4C p. 72) - Away in a Manger (100 C4C, p. 61) - Once As I Remember (100 C4C, p. 262) - Bethlehem Down (Peter Warlock) - Silent Night (arr. Stephen Tyler) * - We Three Kings (100 C4C, p.370) - Ding Dong Merrily on High (100 C4C, p.82) * Silent Night arrangement is available at www.stephentylermusic.com.