Bridgnorth Choral Society will be helping to create a truly special country house Christmas experience at Weston Park this festive season. Guests will be greeted by the House Butler and then enjoy a Champagne Reception to the Sound of ‘ch...

Lojze Lebič: From the Immemorial... Music about time Vocal theatre Where are we when we were, Where will we be when we no longer are? (G. Strniša, From Time Immemorial) Author and conductor: Karmina Šilec Director: Jernej Lorenci Choir of Na...  moreLojze Lebič: From the Immemorial... Music about time Vocal theatre Where are we when we were, Where will we be when we no longer are? (G. Strniša, From Time Immemorial) Author and conductor: Karmina Šilec Director: Jernej Lorenci Choir of National opera and ballet in Maribor Choir Carmina Slovenica Ballet of National opera and ballet in Maribor Instrumental ensemble of National opera and ballet in Maribor Light designer: David Orešič for more info visit: http://www.zbor-carmina-slovenica.si  less

Heal The World Acapella SATB by Çokfonik Choir. The Project made at home with remote recordings. SATB Arrangement, Mix and 8D Mastering by Fatih Kozan #stayhome

Being a Non Profit Organization, a part of our mandate is to explore different avenues of gospel music and introduce our members to different musical environments. This Project we did gave some of our members the studio experience while also challenging t...  moreBeing a Non Profit Organization, a part of our mandate is to explore different avenues of gospel music and introduce our members to different musical environments. This Project we did gave some of our members the studio experience while also challenging them in an area of music they were not used to! In this case, the areas we wanted to expose our members to were the ins and outs of recording in the studio, learning a technical piece using the written score and learning how to be aware of our presence while on video. We hope to provide more experiences like this to our members on NGGC. Enjoy!  less

This brand new version of Good King Wenceslas is dedicated to my uncle Duncan Shaw of Vancouver. His "retirement Project" - developing his own theory of gravity - has been a huge inspiration in my own compositional journey late in life. Some background...  moreThis brand new version of Good King Wenceslas is dedicated to my uncle Duncan Shaw of Vancouver. His "retirement Project" - developing his own theory of gravity - has been a huge inspiration in my own compositional journey late in life. Some background: I have sung the traditional version of Good King Wenceslas since I was a kid. I fell in love with the lyrics and the story, but have always been puzzled by the way it was arranged, in particular the way that the "las" of Wenceslas lands on the downbeat. When I was young, I thought the lyrics were actually "Good King Wences last looked out!" All to say that I got inspired to create a totally different version. I used the 19th century poem by John Mason Neale, but I wanted to create a different "feel" to the story, to take it back in time to its origins in the Middle Ages - hence the medieval feel to much of the piece. I also felt that since the Wenceslas story is all about a journey, a setting in 3/4 time would create a better sense of that feeling, ra...    less

PLACEBO or Is There One Who Would Not Weep Stage concert in 14 tableaux Concept, scene and direction: Karmina Šilec Light design: Andrej Hajdinjak Costume design: Belinda Radulovič Movement: Karmina Šilec, Kaja Lorenci "The performance 'Placeb...  morePLACEBO or Is There One Who Would Not Weep Stage concert in 14 tableaux Concept, scene and direction: Karmina Šilec Light design: Andrej Hajdinjak Costume design: Belinda Radulovič Movement: Karmina Šilec, Kaja Lorenci "The performance 'Placebo' is a brilliant prelude to the year of culture" "A highly stylised and aestheticized inscenation" (Večernji list) "An outstanding scenic Project in fourteen tableaux" "Karmina Šilec presented her latest and successful multimedia Project Placebo." "Karmina Šilec with her girls and excellent guests certainly knows what she is doing, what she wants, what they all know, what they can do and offer to a full Union Hall which rewarded the performers on Thursday night with long, warm and spontaneous applauses and ovations, suited to the days when the eyes of the whole of cultural Europe are focused on Maribor." "... the girls' choir Carmina Slovenica extremely well prepared, as always." (Delo) "A magnificent closing performance of the third Choregie festiv...    less

O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the Lord most high is terrible. He is a great King over all the earth. God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the Sound of the trumpet. Sing ye praises to God; sing ...  moreO clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the Lord most high is terrible. He is a great King over all the earth. God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the Sound of the trumpet. Sing ye praises to God; sing praises. Sing praises to our King; sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth. Sing ye praises every one that hath understanding. God reigneth over the heathen. God sitteth upon the throne of His holiness. Sing praises unto our King. Sing praises. Sung at Canterbury Cathedral during our Royal School of Church Music Summer Course in 1986, under Martin How. I (David W Solomons) was one of the altos. John Huntley - a fellow alto - recorded this performance.  less

Thomas Aquinas writes in the Summa Theologica: "Music is the exaltation of the mind derived from things eternal, bursting forth in Sound." The quotation most aptly describes the repertoire on the Norwegian chamber choir Schola Cantorum's recording of hymn...  moreThomas Aquinas writes in the Summa Theologica: "Music is the exaltation of the mind derived from things eternal, bursting forth in Sound." The quotation most aptly describes the repertoire on the Norwegian chamber choir Schola Cantorum's recording of hymns to Mary, the Mother of God, in which tranquillity, eternity and 'bursting forth into Sound' are encountered in many different guises. The composers represented here have often chosen to allow their music to evolve in stable structures and remain within static harmonic spaces even when the music becomes expressive and dramatic: Benjamin Britten, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Duruflé, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Martin Ødegaard, Kjell Mørk Karlsen, Anton Bruckner, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Arvo Pärt, Ola Gjeilo, Andrew Smith and Trond Kverno. https://shop.klicktrack.com/2l/420085/ Throughout its existence the chamber choir Schola Cantorum has had high ambitions. The choir has built up an international reputation and has made it a trademark to include newly wri...    less

A small description of the World Youth Choir Project

• Duration: ~3’30” • Text: Latin • Forces: SATB a cappella • Level: Accessible; effective with university, community, or church choirs • Use: Concert, festival, or liturgical moments seeking a contemporary Sound Study tracks The final choir you he...  more• Duration: ~3’30” • Text: Latin • Forces: SATB a cappella • Level: Accessible; effective with university, community, or church choirs • Use: Concert, festival, or liturgical moments seeking a contemporary Sound Study tracks The final choir you hear was rendered from the study tracks. When you purchase the score, you can request these materials at no additional cost to support efficient rehearsal. Programming notes O Crux offers clear lines, modern harmony, and a climactic arc that suits mixed-ability ensembles while delivering a compelling concert effect.  less