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

sung (transposed down a bit) by the multitrack one-man choir dwsChorale Chi la gagliarda donna vo imparare, Venit' a nui che simo, mastri fini, Che de ser' e de matina Mai manchiamo, di sonare: Tan tan tan tarira, ra ti ru ra. Chi la gagliarda d...  moresung (transposed down a bit) by the multitrack one-man choir dwsChorale Chi la gagliarda donna vo imparare, Venit' a nui che simo, mastri fini, Che de ser' e de matina Mai manchiamo, di sonare: Tan tan tan tarira, ra ti ru ra. Chi la gagliarda donna vo imparare, sotto lo mastro elle sotto lo mastro el bisognia stare Che de ser' e de matina Mai manchiamo di sonare: Tan tan tan tarira, ra ti ru ra. My English translation: Whoever wants to learn the galliard, lady, Come to us, who are shrewd masters, We who in the evening and in the morning Never stop playing: Tan tan tan tarira, ra ti ru ra. Whoever wants to learn the galliard, lady, Must stay under the master We who in the evening and in the morning Never stop playing: Tan tan tan tarira, ra ti ru ra.  less

Many years ago David Marsh kindly created a video for this work, composed and sung by me as the multitrack one-man choir dwsChorale. The video is based on a caricature of me as a choirboy. This is an improved version using that video but following the w...  moreMany years ago David Marsh kindly created a video for this work, composed and sung by me as the multitrack one-man choir dwsChorale. The video is based on a caricature of me as a choirboy. This is an improved version using that video but following the words more clearly and also including the words on screen. The choir sings the 12 days of Christmas but it all goes horribly (or hilariously) wrong.  

Score link for transposed SATB version: https://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-513792_our_father_the_lord_s_prayer_for_satb_and_organ.html Setting by Reginald Smith of the 1662 BCP version of the Lord's Prayer transcribed and performed by David ...  moreScore link for transposed SATB version: https://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-513792_our_father_the_lord_s_prayer_for_satb_and_organ.html Setting by Reginald Smith of the 1662 BCP version of the Lord's Prayer transcribed and performed by David Warin Solomons (dwsChorale) Our Father, which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven: Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil; For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.  less

BC AD poem by U A Fanthorpe Music by Alan Cruise-Johnston set for SATB choir (but with sopranos low enough to allow it to be sung by AATB also) performed by the dwsChorale UA Fanthorpe, who died in 2009, was originally published by Peterloo Poe...  moreBC AD poem by U A Fanthorpe Music by Alan Cruise-Johnston set for SATB choir (but with sopranos low enough to allow it to be sung by AATB also) performed by the dwsChorale UA Fanthorpe, who died in 2009, was originally published by Peterloo Poets, who kindly gave me permission to reproduce her poem. The copyright has now been transferred to Enitharmon quoting "U A Fanthorpe New and Collected Poems, Enitharmon 2010" who have also kindly given permission. It is an unusual and quite modern view of the Christmas story The site where Alan published his music is currently offline but if you are interested in singing this piece, check back here for updates.  less

Music by Frederick Loewe Words by Alan Jay Lerner Performed by David Warin Solomons and the dwsChorale with Stephen Hughes on honky tonk piano [ALFRED] The Lord above gave man an arm of iron So he could do his job and never shirk The Lord above ...  moreMusic by Frederick Loewe Words by Alan Jay Lerner Performed by David Warin Solomons and the dwsChorale with Stephen Hughes on honky tonk piano [ALFRED] The Lord above gave man an arm of iron So he could do his job and never shirk The Lord above gave man an arm of iron, but! With a little bit of luck, with a little bit of luck Someone else'll do the blinkin' work [ENSEMBLE] With a little bit, with a little bit With a little bit of luck you'll never work etc  

The published version is for SATBB a cappella - (with occasional splits) The performance for this video is by the composer multitracking as the dwsChorale arranged for male voices and instruments. A performance by a live choir (a cappella and at the co...  moreThe published version is for SATBB a cappella - (with occasional splits) The performance for this video is by the composer multitracking as the dwsChorale arranged for male voices and instruments. A performance by a live choir (a cappella and at the correct pitch) can be heard on the score page. The words are my own and tell of children playing in the dusty streets (ie of Bethlehem) unaware that a miracle has happened and asking them to look up to where the angels are singing.  

Composer and countertenor David Warin Solomons has sung many of his own choral works and the choral works of other composers by multitracking the parts on computer. He decided to call this one-man choir the dwsChorale. The range is bottom bass D to top a...  moreComposer and countertenor David Warin Solomons has sung many of his own choral works and the choral works of other composers by multitracking the parts on computer. He decided to call this one-man choir the dwsChorale. The range is bottom bass D to top alto e. Most recordings were done between 2005 and 2009. Only time will tell whether the dwsChorale will be revived, but David keeps composing anyway, so who knows....  

Audio downloadable at https://davidwarinsolomons.bandcamp.com/track/il-bianco-e-dolce-cigno Madrigal composed by Jacques Arcadelt (this may have been the inspiration for Orlando Gibbons' The Silver Swan) Performed by the dwsChorale Il bianco e dolc...  moreAudio downloadable at https://davidwarinsolomons.bandcamp.com/track/il-bianco-e-dolce-cigno Madrigal composed by Jacques Arcadelt (this may have been the inspiration for Orlando Gibbons' The Silver Swan) Performed by the dwsChorale Il bianco e dolce cigno cantando more, ed io piangendo giung' al fin del viver mio. The white and sweet swan dies singing, and I, weeping, reach the end of my life. Stran' e diversa sorte, ch'ei more sconsolato ed io moro beato. Strange and different fate, that he dies disconsolate and I die a blessed death, Morte che nel morire m'empie di gioia tutto e di desire. Se nel morir, altro dolor non sento, di mille mort' il di sarei contento. which in dying fills me full of joy and desire. If in dying, were I to feel no other pain, I would be content to die a thousand deaths a day. Videos taken along the Black Brook in Loughborough  less

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