Hello friends, I hope you're wrapping up your Winter Break in a fantastic way. I'm sure many of you are on the hunt for that special piece that will add a unique sparkle to your spring repertoire. You might have already chosen most of your pieces, but th...

Noel by Théophile Gautier setting for two altos and guitar poem translated into English by S N Solomons, music composed and performed (multitrack) by D W Solomons (dwsChorale) The sky is dark, the earth is white, oh bells ring out with joy Je...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreNoel by Théophile Gautier setting for two altos and guitar poem translated into English by S N Solomons, music composed and performed (multitrack) by D W Solomons (dwsChorale) The sky is dark, the earth is white, oh bells ring out with joy Jesus is born, the Virgin quiet shelters her baby boy. Noel Noel Noel bells ring out with joy! No wraps No festooned curtains spread to shield the child from frost nothing but flimsy spider webs trail from the beams aloft. He shivers in that cold stable this Jesus child so dear, and so to warm him in the cradle, the ass and ox draw near. The snow hangs down in lacy fringe. But far above the heavens swell reveal the angel choir that sings to men Noel Noel  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

The Impression That I Get (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Cover) from our Winter Show Take Me Back To Manhattan January 14, 2023

This post originally appeared on Helping You Harmonise in August 2009   I’ve been threatening since last Winter to write about how the inner Game ideas can inform rehearsal techniques, and the time has at last arrived. This pos...

Music for the Soul   The Hutt Valley Singers have spent Winter evenings working on a programme for their next concert coming up on Sunday, 24th August. ‘You Raise Me Up’ is a concert of uplifting songs written by composers  from a...

Traditional German carol (based on a Thuringian melody "Seht wie die Sonne dort sinket" from around 1808), The melody moves through the parts while the other parts represent the ringing of the bells - with a few added cheeky English cadences. Version...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreTraditional German carol (based on a Thuringian melody "Seht wie die Sonne dort sinket" from around 1808), The melody moves through the parts while the other parts represent the ringing of the bells - with a few added cheeky English cadences. Versions are also available for string quartet, wind quartet, brass quartet, flute quartet and clarinet quartet.  

Chicagoland Voices 2015 Winter Concert by Billy Joel Solos Jonathan Lorenzen, Cale Singleton

Epitaphium for mixed choir (SSAATTBB) and tubular bells ad libitum by Roberto Brisotto (1972) Lyrics by Marco Valerio Marziale (30 o 41 d.c./108 d.c.) "To the memory of the Syrians children killed in the bombings of the April 2017" Youth Mixed Choir ...  ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreEpitaphium for mixed choir (SSAATTBB) and tubular bells ad libitum by Roberto Brisotto (1972) Lyrics by Marco Valerio Marziale (30 o 41 d.c./108 d.c.) "To the memory of the Syrians children killed in the bombings of the April 2017" Youth Mixed Choir Emil Komel (Gorizia - ITALY) conductor: David Bandelj Thanks to the Fondazione Guido d'Arezzo and to the Youth Mixed Choir Emil Komel for the kind permission to use this audio recording.  

Trad. Uscraino, trascr. e arrang. For orchestra by Salvo Gangi Coro Polifonico S.Domenico Savio & Musicantiqua

The Ground from "Sunrise Mass" by Ola Gjeilo 2018 Chicagoland Voices Winter Concert Sunday, January 21, 2018 Jason Krigas, Director Kathryn Polyack, Accompanist