Carmina Burana - Carl Orff Stephen Sands, Conductor - http://StephenSands.net Downtown Voices and the Trinity Youth Chorus NOVUS NY St. Paul's Chapel, New York City June 16, 2019 http://DowntownVoices.net

Veljo Tormis: Laulu algus (The Beginning of Song) Hando Runnel Downtown Voices http://DowntownVoices.net Stephen Sands, Conductor http://StephenSands.net TRANSLATION: Listen! Faraway centuries, on the shores of Estonia there once began a ...  moreVeljo Tormis: Laulu algus (The Beginning of Song) Hando Runnel Downtown Voices http://DowntownVoices.net Stephen Sands, Conductor http://StephenSands.net TRANSLATION: Listen! Faraway centuries, on the shores of Estonia there once began a song. In the language of mothers, the spirit of fathers it was carried across to us. In sonorous language, in the spirit of a million it lives on. This song began in a dusky time and was born from the work of voiceless ones. This song was born in a lowly house and it rose as an oath in the night. . A powerless clan began listening, the song was good for the soul, for it spoke a heavenly story, that freedom must come to them. And the powerless clan awoke, and felt the heads on their shoulders. This song will not die, nor this story, this song for us is good. I stepped out to start my voice, ringing on the rocky hillside, lifting up the celebration, cheering up the ring of friends. I know my friend...    less

Mass in C - Ludwig von Beethoven Downtown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net) David Enlow, organ (http://DavidEnlow.com) Soloists: Sonya Headlam, soprano Melissa Attebury, mezzo-soprano Brian Gieb...  moreMass in C - Ludwig von Beethoven Downtown Voices (http://DowntownVoices.net) Stephen Sands, conductor (http://StephenSands.net) David Enlow, organ (http://DavidEnlow.com) Soloists: Sonya Headlam, soprano Melissa Attebury, mezzo-soprano Brian Giebler, tenor Paul An, bass Program, including notes and texts and translations: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1evQzGeCSM6GTZO8C50WfCfCqtZWHMgLW  

Downtown Voices Stephen Sands, conductor An October Garden Julian Wachner, composer and pianist

Arvo Pärt: Nunc dimittis Luke 2:29-32 Downtown Voices - http://DowntownVoices.net Stephen Sands, Conductor - http://StephenSands.net TRANSLATION Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace: according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen:...  moreArvo Pärt: Nunc dimittis Luke 2:29-32 Downtown Voices - http://DowntownVoices.net Stephen Sands, Conductor - http://StephenSands.net TRANSLATION Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace: according to thy word. For mine eyes have seen: thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared: before the face of all people; To be a light to lighten the Gentiles: and to be the glory of thy people Israel. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen. The Book of Common Prayer, 1662 ORIGINAL TEXT Nunc dimittis servum tuum, Domine, secundum verbum tuum in pace: Quia viderunt oculi mei salutare tuum Quod parasti ante faciem omnium populorum: Lumen ad revelationem gentium, et gloriam plebis tuae Israel. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto: Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen.  less

Downtown Voices: http://DowntownVoices.net Trinity Baroque Orchestra: https://www.trinitywallstreet.org/music/baroque-orchestra Stephen Sands, conductor: http://StephenSands.net

March 11, 2018 Frank Martin Mass for Double Choir Trinity Wall Street, NYC Downtown Voices: http://DowntownVoices.net Stephen Sands, conductor: http://StephenSands.net

Praised by the New York Times for its “incisive, agile strength,” Downtown Voices is a semiprofessional choir made up of volunteer singers from the New York metro area and members of the Grammy®-nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Directed by Stephen ...  morePraised by the New York Times for its “incisive, agile strength,” Downtown Voices is a semiprofessional choir made up of volunteer singers from the New York metro area and members of the Grammy®-nominated Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Directed by Stephen Sands, Downtown Voices’ first three seasons included performances featuring the works of Beethoven, Alberto Ginastera, Benjamin Britten, James MacMillan, Philip Glass, and a large-scale commission for the 250th anniversary of St. Paul’s Chapel, Spire and Shadow, by Zachary Wadsworth, Rachmaninoff Vespers, Handel's Israel in Egypt and more!  less

This was originally published on the Embro Thistle Singers' blog.    Have you ever walked through a mall or Downtown and "people watched"?  Oh my.  There are people walking around who, in my mother's words, would be horrified if thei...

Choirs R Us Christmas Concert 2015 at Ewen Hall, Barnet on 5th December 2015. Choir Director: Jenny Bennett, Keyboardist: Ben Croft. For more info: www.choirsrus.co.uk