Performed by Sandnes musikkskoles ungdomskor (SMUK) in a CD recording from 1995 labelled "Feel good med SMUK". The choir has since Then changed it's name to today's VIVA, Sandnes Kulturskolekor corresponding to The school changing it's name.

A cross-over version of Grieg's widely known and much loved song "Våren" - The Last Spring. Thomas Beck's arrangement for choir is complemented by a jazz/folk trio and an added verse with fragments from Vinje's text, arranged by Dag Jansson, including voc...  moreA cross-over version of Grieg's widely known and much loved song "Våren" - The Last Spring. Thomas Beck's arrangement for choir is complemented by a jazz/folk trio and an added verse with fragments from Vinje's text, arranged by Dag Jansson, including vocal improvisation by three soloists. This piece was featured on The concert program at Musikhögskolan Ingesund on 4 May 2014.  

2013.5.20 北歐音畫夏季音樂會 2 大東文化藝術中心演藝廳 指揮: 科勒.漢肯 Kåre Hanken

2012十週年音樂會 高雄市文化中心至德堂 2012-11-16 指揮: 朱如鳳 詩：Aasmund Vinje韋恩葉 曲：Edvard Grieg葛利格 編曲：Thomas Beck貝克 挪威國民樂派作曲家葛利格（Edvard Grieg, 1843-1907）於1880年採用同年代詩人韋恩葉（Aasmund Vinje, 1818-70）的詩作《十二首歌曲》（Tolv melodier, op.33），〈春天〉是其中第二首，原為一首獨唱曲，因著作者對此曲甚為喜愛，也將其改寫為弦樂...  more2012十週年音樂會 高雄市文化中心至德堂 2012-11-16 指揮: 朱如鳳 詩：Aasmund Vinje韋恩葉 曲：Edvard Grieg葛利格 編曲：Thomas Beck貝克 挪威國民樂派作曲家葛利格（Edvard Grieg, 1843-1907）於1880年採用同年代詩人韋恩葉（Aasmund Vinje, 1818-70）的詩作《十二首歌曲》（Tolv melodier, op.33），〈春天〉是其中第二首，原為一首獨唱曲，因著作者對此曲甚為喜愛，也將其改寫為弦樂團曲。 本曲曲名或可譯為「晚春」，描寫一將死之人，眼見人生最後一個春天的感慨與期盼，據說葛利格是為紀念一位早逝的朋友而譜寫此曲，兩段重複的歌詞，展現平易、真摯的情感。本版本則是由挪威當代作曲家貝克（Thomas Beck），改編成的無伴奏混聲合唱曲。 Enno ei gong fekk eg vetren at sjå for våren at røma; Heggen med tre som der blomar var på, eg atter såg bløma. Enno ei gong fekk eg isen at sjå frå landet at fljota. Snjoen at bråna og fossen i å at fyssa og brjota. Graset det grøne eg enno ein gong fekk skoda med blomar; Enno eg høyrde at vårfuglen song mot sol og mot sumar. Ei gong eg sjølv i den vårlege eim, som mettar mitt auga, Ei gong eg der vil meg finna ein heim og symjande lauga. Alt det, som våren i møte meg bar og blomen, eg plukkad', Federnes åndir eg trudde det var, som dansad' og sukkad'. Derfor eg fann millom bjørkar og bar i våren ei gåta; Derfor det ljod...    less

"Let's sing, it's Spring!" is dedicated to my uncle and aunt, James and Daphne Shaw, and Their amazing clan, The "Bowen Island Shaws." I have given this song The sub-title: "A Crazy Choral Etude for Rolled Rs and Perfect 5ths." It is meant, no pun inte...  more"Let's sing, it's Spring!" is dedicated to my uncle and aunt, James and Daphne Shaw, and Their amazing clan, The "Bowen Island Shaws." I have given this song The sub-title: "A Crazy Choral Etude for Rolled Rs and Perfect 5ths." It is meant, no pun intended, to be a musical lark, great fun for a choir to sing, rolling Rs like crazy, with no holding back. NB: One day I woke up to The realization that I had independently written four choral works, each of which had evoked a different season, and so it seemed natural to group Them togeTher into a choral suite that I have called "The Ottawa Four Seasons Suite." "Let's sing, it's Spring!", with its rousing coda section, works perfectly as The closing number of this suite. Also of note, in early 2018, I applied to be a participant at one of The Vancouver Chamber Choir's Interplay workshops funded by The SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I was accepted. "Let's sing, it's Spring!" was one of The pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on The sp...    less

"Today, this Spring", No. 1 from "Today, This Spring" by Libby Larsen. Text by Janice Kimes. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at The Broward Center for The Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Concert Choir ensemble of th...  more"Today, this Spring", No. 1 from "Today, This Spring" by Libby Larsen. Text by Janice Kimes. Recorded live on Friday, May 16, 2014, at The Broward Center for The Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Concert Choir ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. Today, this Spring Is time for walking on The soft earth In sounds that sweeten The air And reach beyond The long dark sleep; For sun to warm The cheek, And quicken breath; A time to shed The griefs That brown The spirit of beginning; To trust The restless energy Demanding space and speak of life, My own, which recreates itself in you.  less

Short unedited excerpt from Oct 1 2013 recording session at The American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City. The choir is an ad hoc group of pros assembled for The session. This is raw footage, captured on my camera with its tiny microphone. I w...  moreShort unedited excerpt from Oct 1 2013 recording session at The American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City. The choir is an ad hoc group of pros assembled for The session. This is raw footage, captured on my camera with its tiny microphone. I was so excited about how The session went that I wanted to share it, even with its various minor imperfections. UPDATE: This track is available on my upcoming CD due out Feb 10, 2015 http://www.gregorywbrown.com/cd-moonstrung-air/ composer: Gregory W. Brown conductor: Eric Dudley  less

The Surrey Youth Chamber Choir sings "Early Spring" by Kathleen Allan at The 2010 Choral Kathaumixw in Powell River. (Adult Equal Voice competition)

 Twin Cities Metro choir invites you to attend Their 2015 Spring Concerts.   With eager enthusiasm, The participants of Twin Cities based NorThern Lights Chorale rehearse Thursday evenings in New Brighton to prepare for Their Spring performanc...

PRAIRIE Spring by Greg Bartholomew A setting for SAB choir of The poem by Willa CaTher. With optional piano accompaniment. Recording by MatThew Curtis (Choral Tracks). Willa CaTher (1873-1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of fron...  morePRAIRIE Spring by Greg Bartholomew A setting for SAB choir of The poem by Willa CaTher. With optional piano accompaniment. Recording by MatThew Curtis (Choral Tracks). Willa CaTher (1873-1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of frontier life on The Great Plains. Prairie Spring was first published in 1913 as The prologue to The novel O Pioneers! Sheet music is available from J. W. Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/11208222.item PRAIRIE Spring Evening and The flat land, Rich and sombre and always silent; The miles of fresh-plowed soil, Heavy and black, full of strength and harshness; The growing wheat, The growing weeds, The toiling horses, The tired men; The long empty roads, Sullen fires of sunset, fading, The eternal, unresponsive sky. Against all this, Youth, Flaming like The wild roses, Singing like The larks over The plowed fields, Flashing like a star out of The twilight; Youth with its insupportable sweetness, Its fierce necessity, Its shar...    less