The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford David Crown (conductor) Somerville College Chapel, Oxford 29 November 2012 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervilleChoir Website: http://www.somervillemusicsociety.com

Sung here as ATTB Also Score for SATB: https://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-326575_dal_lecto_me_levava_for_SATB_Choir.html Arrangement of a madrigal by Michele Pesenti (also known as Micha Pesentus, Michael Pesentus and other versions of the n...  more Sung here as ATTB Also Score for SATB: https://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-326575_dal_lecto_me_levava_for_SATB_Choir.html Arrangement of a madrigal by Michele Pesenti (also known as Micha Pesentus, Michael Pesentus and other versions of the name). He was a priest in Italy (possibly Verona or Ferrara) and lived from about 1470 to 1521. This song "Dal lecto me levava" appears to have been one of the first of its kind to signal the move from the traditional frottole (which had mainly a homophonic movement, and often had just a single voice with instruments) into the more familiar madrigal style, where all the lines were sung and where the movement was more contrapuntal. My understanding of the original madrigal is that the priest is considering getting up for another day devoted to the Lord, but the crane, some kind of holy messenger, possibly even St Michael (who is sometimes referred to as the ambassador of the Lord), tells him that it is not yet time to get up . . .  less

http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Scott_Villard From Three Sacred Love Songs for SATB (2012)

The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford David Crown, conductor Robert Pecksmith, organ New College Chapel, Oxford 28 October 2011 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervilleChoir Website: http://www.somervillemusicsociety.com

Nunc Dimittis in C by C.V.Stanford (1852-1924)

Johann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 Versus 7: Wir essen und leben wohl (Chorale) The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Musicians of the Dreaming Spires Douglas Knight (organ) David Crown (conductor) St. Michael at the North...  moreJohann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4 Versus 7: Wir essen und leben wohl (Chorale) The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Musicians of the Dreaming Spires Douglas Knight (organ) David Crown (conductor) St. Michael at the North Gate, Oxford 9 March 2012 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervilleChoir Website: http://www.somervillemusicsociety.com  

Currently numbering 80-90 SATB singers of a wide range of ages and nationalities. We perform at least three concerts per year with professional orchestras or accompaniment in the major Dublin venues and over the years have undertaken trips to choral festi...  moreCurrently numbering 80-90 SATB singers of a wide range of ages and nationalities. We perform at least three concerts per year with professional orchestras or accompaniment in the major Dublin venues and over the years have undertaken trips to choral festivals abroad. Two regular events are the ever-popular Christmas Concert in the NCH and the Carmichael Centre’s annual fund-raising concert in St, Patrick’s Cathedral, formerly on Good Friday but latterly in May.  

Tallis: Third Tune From Archbishop Parker's Psalter (Why Fum'th in Sight) - The Waldorf Student Choir, conductor: László Bencze. Recorded on 04. 04. 2012. in the BTM Castle Museum, Budapest

One of my favorite demo recordings ( from Augsburg Fortress) from a few years ago. I love the tempo, phrasing, rubato and expressiveness. The paraphrase of Psalm 121 is mine. I wrote this as my way of dealing with the loss of two Choir members who both su...  moreOne of my favorite demo recordings ( from Augsburg Fortress) from a few years ago. I love the tempo, phrasing, rubato and expressiveness. The paraphrase of Psalm 121 is mine. I wrote this as my way of dealing with the loss of two Choir members who both suddenly died the first year I was in Montana. It was my way of turning to the psalms for prayer. The recent pictures were taken in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.  

Recorded at the Night of the Museums in the Hungarian National Gallery in Budapest on the 26th of June, 2021 at our first concert after the 1.5-year-intermission caused by the covid-19 pandemic.