A setting of text adapted from prose by American naturalist John Muir (1838-1914). Commissioned for the Combined Choirs of St. Joseph's School, Seattle, directed by Rick Boyle, who premiered the piece at Benaroya Hall's Nordstrom Recital Hall on May 6, 20...  moreA setting of text adapted from prose by American naturalist John Muir (1838-1914). Commissioned for the Combined Choirs of St. Joseph's School, Seattle, directed by Rick Boyle, who premiered the piece at Benaroya Hall's Nordstrom Recital Hall on May 6, 2004, in the second annual "New Works New Hope" concert for the benefit of Gilda's Club Seattle. the piece was revised in 2007 and the premiere of the revised score was given on November 16, 2007, by the Queens College Chorus, Cindy Bell conducting, at the Aaron Copland School of Music in New York. “Driven by a refreshing text of American naturalist John Muir, Bartholomew has created an accessible work that flows easily through both key and meter changes, and features expressive, lyric melodies contrasted by exciting rhythmic drive.“ - Cindy Bell  less

Performed by Roundelay at the Unitarian Chapel, Cross St, Manchester, UK, accompanied and conducted by Alan Myerscough How beautiful upon the Mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that publisheth salvation; ...  morePerformed by Roundelay at the Unitarian Chapel, Cross St, Manchester, UK, accompanied and conducted by Alan Myerscough How beautiful upon the Mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!  

Anthem by John Stainer How beautiful upon the Mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! (From Isiah 52:7) Sung at Canterbury Cathedral du...  moreAnthem by John Stainer How beautiful upon the Mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! (From Isiah 52:7) Sung at Canterbury Cathedral during our Royal School of Church Music Summer Course in 1986, under Martin How. I (David W Solomons) was one of the altos. John Huntley - a fellow alto - recorded this performance.  

the vocal band str8voices is singing far over the misty Mountains cold. visit us on facebook.com/str8voices or str8voices.com

Originally from: film ‘the Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Medley based on: ‘Far over the Misty Mountains Cold’ Lyrics: J. R. R. Tolkien Music: Howard Shore ‘the Song of the Lonely Mountain’ Lyrics: J. R. R. Tolkien Music: Neil Finn, David Donaldson...  moreOriginally from: film ‘the Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Medley based on: ‘Far over the Misty Mountains Cold’ Lyrics: J. R. R. Tolkien Music: Howard Shore ‘the Song of the Lonely Mountain’ Lyrics: J. R. R. Tolkien Music: Neil Finn, David Donaldson, David Long Arrangement: Stijn Dierckx Sound: Johan De Cock Performed by the men of 'Universitair Koor Antwerpen' at their Spring Concert "Game of Tones" on May 13, 2014.  

I. Wedding Song II. Song of the Hay Harvesters III. Dancing Song (from Mezibrod) IV. Dancing Song (from Poniky) Coral Reyes Bartlet David Martel, piano José Híjar Polo, director Concierto Extraordinario Fiestas de Julio Iglesia de la Peña de...  moreI. Wedding Song II. Song of the Hay Harvesters III. Dancing Song (from Mezibrod) IV. Dancing Song (from Poniky) Coral Reyes Bartlet David Martel, piano José Híjar Polo, director Concierto Extraordinario Fiestas de Julio Iglesia de la Peña de Francia, Puerto de la Cruz 1 de julio de 2015 Imagen y sonido: Mediawink  

One performance from a fantastic day singing at various locations around Bristol's harbour side. Part of Bristol's very own Festival of Song 2013 http://www.festivalofSong.org.uk/home/

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   In my series of posts on How to deal with Song lyrics a few weeks back, I said that I believe that Song lyrics are stored in a different part of the brain ...

the 2010 Soccer Ball Routine, as performed by the Drakensberg Boys Choir during the Music in the Mountains festival in April 2010. This routine was made and choreographed entirely by members of the Drakensberg Boys Choir School.

Marouska Attard interpreting 'the Virgin's Slumber Song' (M. Reger) during Carols by Candlelight 2010