Recorded November 2020 Responsorial Chant Barlow Bradford Audio Engineer: John Paul Hayward Video Engineer: Carter Durham Photography: Dallas Graham Program Notes: http://www.utahchamberartists.org/wp-... ...... Latin text O magnum mys...  moreRecorded November 2020 Responsorial Chant Barlow Bradford Audio Engineer: John Paul Hayward Video Engineer: Carter Durham Photography: Dallas Graham Program Notes: http://www.utahchamberartists.org/wp-... ...... Latin text O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, iacentem in praesepio! Beata Virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Iesum Christum. Alleluia! English translation O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the newborn Lord, lying in a manger! Blessed is the virgin whose womb was worthy to bear the Lord, Jesus Christ. Alleluia! ........ To learn more about Utah chamber Artists, visit us at www.utahchamberartists.org Barlow Bradford, Artistic Director Becky Durham, Executive Director  less

Mi y'maleil, a piece for Chanukah for mixed chorus and piano or chamber orchestra. Promotional synthesized performance and scrolling score video. Seeking live performances. Music: © Copyright 2005 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing Grou...  moreMi y'maleil, a piece for Chanukah for mixed chorus and piano or chamber orchestra. Promotional synthesized performance and scrolling score video. Seeking live performances. Music: © Copyright 2005 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing Group. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. The sheet music is available from www.ecspublishing.com --- lute, 2 Oboes, B-flat Clarinet, Bassoon, F Horn, 2 B-flat Trumpets, Timpani, Harp and Strings (4-4-3-2-1). -- The Text English Singing Translation Who can recount Who can recount the troubles that befell us, Who can number them? In every age a champion or scholar Came to give us help. Sh'ma! (0 hear!) In ancient days at this time of year, Maccabee, the fearless soldier, came to our aid. In our time, Israel must unite To be redeemed through action and sacrifice! English singing translation by Stanley M. Hoffman Hebrew Singing Transliteration Mi y' -ma-leil g' -vu-rot Yis-ra-eil, otan mi yim-neh? Hein b'-ch...    less

"The Plans I have for You" sung by the Arkansas Tech chamber Choir and the Ft. Smith Southside HS Mixed Chorus at the Arkansas All-State Music Convention, 2-16-2012. Ft. Smith HS is conducted by Gaye McClure, and the mass choir here is conducted by Gary ...  more"The Plans I have for You" sung by the Arkansas Tech chamber Choir and the Ft. Smith Southside HS Mixed Chorus at the Arkansas All-State Music Convention, 2-16-2012. Ft. Smith HS is conducted by Gaye McClure, and the mass choir here is conducted by Gary Morris, of ATU.  

The second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16 Anthony O’Daly was a member of the Whiteboys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wrongfully acc...  moreThe second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16 Anthony O’Daly was a member of the Whiteboys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wrongfully accused of shooting at a local landowner and condemned to hang. Although the local population acclaimed him as a hero and attempted to help him escape the gallows, he went quietly to his death. "Anthony! Since your limbs were laid out, the stars do not shine! The fish leap, not out in the waves! On our meadows, the dew does not fall in the morn, for O’Daly is dead!" Barber’s song feels like a huge public outpouring of grief. It begins with the basses repeating Anthony’s name on a drone whilst the upper voices sing a keening melody, and the piece builds to hysteria as the sopranos and altos take over the chanted name. There are also suggestions that Raftery’s poem is not a lament but a traditional poet’s curse, calling down retribution in response to Raftery’s...    less

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

[The views expressed in this blog are from my personal experiences from 25 years of leading non-auditioned community choirs in the UK, as well as adult singing workshops. My focus is on teaching by ear using a repertoire of songs from traditions across th...

Thomas Rossin conducts Jeffery Van's setting of Silent Night, Jake Rowan, Guitar.

"Odysseus" composed and directed by Arda Ardaşes Agoşyan Soprano solo (Penelope): Natali Boğosyan Baritone solo (Odysseus): Kevork Tavityan (This piece is dedicated to him). CorISTAnbul chamber Choir & Aşkın Ensemble Dolce Brass As part o...  more"Odysseus" composed and directed by Arda Ardaşes Agoşyan Soprano solo (Penelope): Natali Boğosyan Baritone solo (Odysseus): Kevork Tavityan (This piece is dedicated to him). CorISTAnbul chamber Choir & Aşkın Ensemble Dolce Brass As part of the concert "Amor Vincit Omnia-Love Conquers All-Aşk Her Şeyi Fetheder" Saint Esprit Cathedral, Istanbul/Turkey June 11, 2014