[A version of this article first appeared as a post on My blog From the Front of the Choir]   I sing and teach sacred Songs from a wide range of religious traditions. But I don’t have a religious bone in My body.   photo by 10x1...

Based on the old Basque carol 1 The angel Gabriel from heaven caMe, his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flaMe; "All hail," said he "Thou holy maiden Mary, most highly favoured lady." Gloria! 2 "For know, a blessed Mother thou shalt be all gener...  moreBased on the old Basque carol 1 The angel Gabriel from heaven caMe, his wings as drifted snow, his eyes as flaMe; "All hail," said he "Thou holy maiden Mary, most highly favoured lady." Gloria! 2 "For know, a blessed Mother thou shalt be all generations laud and honour thee, thy son shall be Emmanuel, by seers foretold; most highly favoured lady." Gloria! 3 Then gentle Mary Meekly bowed her head; "To Me be as it pleases God," she said. "My soul shall laud and magnify his holy naMe." Most highly favoured lady, Gloria! 4 Of her, Emmanuel, the Christ, was born In Bethlehem, all on a Christmas morn, and Christian folk throughout the world will ever say, "Most highly favoured lady, Gloria!"  less

[A version of this article first appeared as a post on My blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last week I wrote about choosing suitable Songs to arrange.   Photo by the incredible how   This week I want to get down to the nitty...

We defined storyteller because we range from Musicals (West Side Story) to the blacks of Africa (HoMeless), the popular French Songs (The Troi Cloches) tango (Libertango) From Scottish Songs (Loch Lomond) to the '60s (California Dreaming ) by The Beatles ...  moreWe defined storyteller because we range from Musicals (West Side Story) to the blacks of Africa (HoMeless), the popular French Songs (The Troi Cloches) tango (Libertango) From Scottish Songs (Loch Lomond) to the '60s (California Dreaming ) by The Beatles (Obladi oblada) to Italian folk Songs (Improvviso) ... I stop 'cause the papyrus is stretching too ...! Siamo definiti CANTASTORIE perchè spaziamo dal Musical (west side story) ai neri d'Africa (HoMeless), dalle canzoni popolari francesi (Le Troi Cloches) al tango (Libertango), Dalle canzoni scozzesi (Loch Lomond) agli anni '60 (Sognando California) dai Beatles (obladi oblada) alle canzoni popolari italiane (Improvviso)...mi fermo perche' il papiro si sta allungando troppo...!!!  less

BORIS GREBENSHCHIKOV, ANDREI MIKITA - THE SEVEN Songs ABOUT GOD Oratorio for soloists, two choirs and orchestra PERFORMeRS: Symphonic Orchestra of Nizhny Novgorod State Philharmony naMed after M. Rostropovich Art director and main conductor Natio...  moreBORIS GREBENSHCHIKOV, ANDREI MIKITA - THE SEVEN Songs ABOUT GOD Oratorio for soloists, two choirs and orchestra PERFORMeRS: Symphonic Orchestra of Nizhny Novgorod State Philharmony naMed after M. Rostropovich Art director and main conductor National Artist of Russian Federation - Aleksandr SKULSKY Nizhny Novgorod State University Choir Art director and conductor - Larisa ERYKALOVA Byzantine choir "PakhoMy Logofet" & "Psalt" Protopsalt - Serafim ASTAKHOV SOLOISTS: Vera KHARITONOVA (soprano) Boris STEPANOV (tenor) CONDUCTOR: Honored Artist of Russian Federation - DENIS KIRPANYOV December, 24, 2014. Kremlin Concert Hall City of Nizhny Novgorod  less

An evening of stunning Bulgarian harmonies and fiery irregular rhythms in the beautiful surroundings of St Luke's Church - Kingston. Veda Slovena Bulgarian Choir with special guests Perunika Trio will perform Bulgarian Christmas carols, wedding and love s...  moreAn evening of stunning Bulgarian harmonies and fiery irregular rhythms in the beautiful surroundings of St Luke's Church - Kingston. Veda Slovena Bulgarian Choir with special guests Perunika Trio will perform Bulgarian Christmas carols, wedding and love Songs and traditional seasonal blessings. Other guests include Bulgarian virtuoso folk instruMentalists Iliya Shikov and Konstantin Lirov. http://www.songlines.co.uk/gigs/index.php?eID=20273 http://www.stlukeskingston.co.uk/ The video is a joint effort or in other words - it is all about team work, THANK you Nikolay Naydenov at https://www.facebook.com/n7studio?fref=ts  less

"Prayer" by René Clausen, text adapted from words by Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Laudate Singers (www.laudatesingers.com) Lars Kaario conductor Voices, Sax & Syn concert March 12, 2011 St Andrews United Church, North Vancouver, Canada

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Sea Pie Parcel: 20 enthusiastic Songs for young choirs and classes, introducing simple part-singing in the form of rounds, descants, repeating patterns, partner Songs.

In this version the recording is taken partly from the first performance (which had good bits in it but wasn't perfect) and partly from an electronic version created by Mike Roberts. The joins are barely noticeable! The Hubbard Saga was written speciall...  moreIn this version the recording is taken partly from the first performance (which had good bits in it but wasn't perfect) and partly from an electronic version created by Mike Roberts. The joins are barely noticeable! The Hubbard Saga was written specially for Sale Festival 2001 and follows the antique antics of the fabulous dog of Old Mother Hubbard. The children's chorus echoes the barking of the dog whilst the adult choir takes us through the story. Then the children -- one by one tell us the story behind the poem itself. The forces are: Children's choir (in 2 parts) Adult choir (SATB) Flute Clarinet String quartet Chorus part http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/8121318?aff_id=175705 Full score http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/8121304?aff_id=175705 parts also available for rental at http://www.classicalmusicnow.com/rentalcat.htm  less