[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From The Front of The Choir]   This is a busy Concert time for most choirs.     I thought I'd give an account of a typical Concert by one of my community choirs. This ...

A song in honor of The Holy Spirit, performed by Elinor Vocal Ensemble Text: John Gowans Click here to subscribe: https://bit.ly/3pTNpRs Follow Elinor: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elinor.ensemble Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elin...  moreA song in honor of The Holy Spirit, performed by Elinor Vocal Ensemble Text: John Gowans Click here to subscribe: https://bit.ly/3pTNpRs Follow Elinor: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elinor.ensemble Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elinor.ense... https://www.elinorensemble.eu Musica production Church of The Holy three kings, Benedikt April 2022 #elinorensemble #Concert  

"Earth teach me quiet", Ēriks Ešenvalds Commissioned by Vocal Art Ensemble of Sweden/Jan Yngwe and supported by Swedish Arts Council Vocal Art Ensemble of Sweden Conductor: Jan Yngwe Daniel Berg, marimba Recorded in S:t Jacobs Church Stock...  more"Earth teach me quiet", Ēriks Ešenvalds Commissioned by Vocal Art Ensemble of Sweden/Jan Yngwe and supported by Swedish Arts Council Vocal Art Ensemble of Sweden Conductor: Jan Yngwe Daniel Berg, marimba Recorded in S:t Jacobs Church Stockholm Januari 31st 2015 Camera, sound and editing David Böling  

SINGING When The Soul first put on The body's shirt, The ocean lifted up all its gifts. When love first tasted The lips of being human, it started singing. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. ...  moreSINGING When The Soul first put on The body's shirt, The ocean lifted up all its gifts. When love first tasted The lips of being human, it started singing. 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 a...    less

Live Recording 6/12/2015 Chiesa di S. Maria Maggiore Tassullo (TN)