"This Still Room" - text by John Greenleaf Whittier, music by Jonathan Adams

Cantorion Colin Jones are a male voice choir from North Wales. FOR MORE DETAILS AND INFORMATION REGARDING the CHOIR, CLICK ON OUR NEW WEBSITE CHOIR http://www.cantorioncolinjones.co.uk or http://www.cantorioncolinjones.co.uk/guestbook FOLLOW THis MAL...  is).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreisplay:none;">Cantorion Colin Jones are a male voice choir from North Wales. FOR MORE DETAILS AND INFORMATION REGARDING the CHOIR, CLICK ON OUR NEW WEBSITE CHOIR http://www.cantorioncolinjones.co.uk or http://www.cantorioncolinjones.co.uk/guestbook FOLLOW THis MALE VOICE CHOIR ON FACEBOOK Lyrics below (including translation) To accompany the song "O Gymru" (O Wales) by Cantorion Colin Jones, this video is of Gwilym Jones, a choir member and hill farmer from Capel Curig, North Wales. He is walking up the beautiful mountain of Moel Siabod in Snowdonia. For more details of the choir, www.cantorioncolinjones.com. Gwil Rhos yn ei gynefin. Diolch Gwil! the song is a statement of love for our country. Basically, it translates, You are the only country for me You fill my heart with joy. You're my heaven and my sunshine. When I'm saddened, a picture of Wales will lift my spirits, I will give my life for Wales Wales is my heaven So I shall sing it's praises Ti yw'r unig wlad i mi, O fy Ngwalia Ti sy'...    is).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Out come all the favourite songs that everyone loves – songs that you’ve sung hundreds of times before.   photo by John Bencina ...

[this is an updated version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I raised the question of Whose choir is it any way?     © Copyright John Darch and licensed for reuse under this...

TOPIC: the PROMisE OF the SPIRIT   KEY TEXT: And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever. John 14:16.          When Christ gave His disciples the promise o...

Last open session on Monday 14 September at Brighton and HOve High School, after that we get down to the serioius work of learning a song about seaweed, a contemporary scottish song about borders and an amazing arrangement of a John Coltraine number 'Lady...

the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Robert Pecksmith (organ) David Crown (conductor) Somerville College Chapel, Oxford 28 April 2013 Website: http://www.somervillechoir.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Organist's Websit...  is).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreisplay:none;">the Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Robert Pecksmith (organ) David Crown (conductor) Somerville College Chapel, Oxford 28 April 2013 Website: http://www.somervillechoir.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Organist's Website: http://www.robert-smith.org.uk  

live perforMance December 2023

Sospiri was founded by the composer John Duggan and the singer Christopher Watson. We are based in Oxford and Many of our younger singers have gone on to sing professionally in London. We sing a wide range of classical repertoire, from Gregorian Chant and...  is).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreisplay:none;">Sospiri was founded by the composer John Duggan and the singer Christopher Watson. We are based in Oxford and Many of our younger singers have gone on to sing professionally in London. We sing a wide range of classical repertoire, from Gregorian Chant and Renaissance polyphony to contemporary works, Many written by John Duggan. We have recorded two discs for the Gift of Music and give concerts in Oxford and London, as well as making regular trips to France and Italy.  

After conducting a triumphant and passionate St John Passion on 31st March, Patrick McCarthy will conduct  Olivet to Calvary by J H Maunder. the perforMance is at St Nicholas Church, Harwich from 7pm.  Tickets  on the door £5 (full-ti...