David Fawcett is a classical composer and professional musician living and working in Swanage, in Dorset’s beautiful Isle of Purbeck. This work is suitable for a soloist or unison choir. The accompaniment is originally scored for piano, but we have render...  moreDavid Fawcett is a classical composer and professional musician living and working in Swanage, in Dorset’s beautiful Isle of Purbeck. This work is suitable for a soloist or unison choir. The accompaniment is originally scored for piano, but we have rendered it with organ accompaniment. In a liturgical setting, this work is especially suitable for Baptisms and other services that feature the use of sanctified Water (healing and commemorative services). Equally, it would make a reflective motet for use during the distribution of Holy Communion. Many thanks to the Swell Vox crew in this video for beautifully performing the piece: Tony Lee, Caleb Smith, Andrew Flores, James Flores (organ). Scores (published by TKM): https://www.timknightmusic.com/product-page/the-Water-of-life David's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzUp7SpL1jF4qXYkkD4k_ZQ Tim Knight Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOJDfhZhynim1VfZM4N6CxQ  less

IV. THE SWEET COLD Water We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold Water and the jar that pours. Texts by Rumi, translated by Colem...  moreIV. THE SWEET COLD Water We are the mirror as well as the face in it. We are tasting the taste this minute of eternity. We are pain and what cures pain, both. We are the sweet cold Water and the jar that pours. 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, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originated with the Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which propo...    less

I. A Water WHEEL TURNS Inside Water, a Water wheel turns. The star circulates with the moon. We live in the night ocean wondering, What are these lights? Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. ...  moreI. A Water WHEEL TURNS Inside Water, a Water wheel turns. The star circulates with the moon. We live in the night ocean wondering, What are these lights? 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, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originated with the Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which proposed funding activities that would involve students in ar...    less

Great to bring this HOS Classic back to life! Sounding fab :) xx

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

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El Coro Mundial de Juventudes (World Youth Choir) en su gira del año 2000 por Verdun (Francia) y Llivia (España) ejecutan "Water Night" de Eric Withacre

Wade in the Water - arr.: Moses Hogan - soloist: Hanka Bakó. Recorded on 06. 12. 2019. in the Budapest History Museum at the choir's 10th anniversary concert.

Members of Canterbury Voices and soloist Ellen Pearson perform The Water is Wide, arranged by Doug Andrews at the village church in Gueux, France. April 2016.

A video of the first take of The Water of Tyne from Exultate Singers' recording session at St George's Bristol for a new CD to be released in November 2013. The audio here is just from the camera microphone. The choir is conducted by David Ogden, and ...  moreA video of the first take of The Water of Tyne from Exultate Singers' recording session at St George's Bristol for a new CD to be released in November 2013. The audio here is just from the camera microphone. The choir is conducted by David Ogden, and the pianist is Richard Johnson. The arrangement is by Michael Neaum. http://www.exultatesingers.org