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

Didn't It Rain The Spirituals of Stacey V. Gibbs performed by The Sunday Night Singers recorded at St. Wilfrid's Episcopal Church, Huntington Beach, CA Mike McCullough, Director Allan Laino, Assistant Director Tyler Heckathorn, President Jeff Boo...  moreDidn't It Rain The Spirituals of Stacey V. Gibbs performed by The Sunday Night Singers recorded at St. Wilfrid's Episcopal Church, Huntington Beach, CA Mike McCullough, Director Allan Laino, Assistant Director Tyler Heckathorn, President Jeff Boothe, Vice President/Sound Engineer Monica Olsen, Secretary Bruce Rivera, Treasurer thesundaynightSingers.com  

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

Vancouver Cantata Singers perform Estonian composer Veljo Tormis' Varjele Jumala (God Protect Us From War) at our BALTIC SHORES concert, May 1, 2010.

"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  

No. 2 from Flower Songs Op. 47 by Benjamin Britten CorISTAnbul Chamber Choir Music and Choral Director: Arda Ardaşes Agoşyan Concert Recording, June 9, 2012 St. Esprit Church, Harbiye/Istanbul www.coristanbul.com

Sing We and Chant It by Thomas Morley sung by Cantu Spiritus Chamber Choir. Dress rehearsal. We are new, this was our first concert.

One of Second Chronicle Singers' recording last November 2011 at their parish in Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Pasay City, Philippines. For more of Sechron's Videos, Click more and subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/user/SeChron

The "Pokroff" Chamber Choir, cond. Andrey Goryachev, solo Svetlana Polyanskaya Concert in Basilica di San Nicola in Bari, Italy at 19.05.2009

Three Ways to Vacuum Your House #1 By Stephen Hatfield Choreographed by Ashleigh Hiltabidel