Cloudburst by Eric Whitacre Spring Choral Concert May 5th, 2013

[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Many people look back to the good old days when we all used to gather round a piano and sing for hours, or join in a good sing-song down the local pub. &n...

Live recording organ: Enzo Marcuzzo 14/6/2015 Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta Bibione (VE) ITALY

RJC Chorale at their Christmas Concert in Knox United Church, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Unfortunately the organ was malfunctioning and could not add any more punch to the last verse.

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.so...  moreThe 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  

ENTERING THE SHELL Love is alive, and someone borne along by it is more alive than lions roaring or men in their fierce courage. Bandits ambush others on the road. They get wealth, but they stay in one place. Lovers keep moving, never the sam...  moreENTERING THE SHELL Love is alive, and someone borne along by it is more alive than lions roaring or men in their fierce courage. Bandits ambush others on the road. They get wealth, but they stay in one place. Lovers keep moving, never the same, not for a second! What makes others grieve, they enjoy! When they look angry, don't believe their faces. It's spring lightning, a joke before the rain. They chew thorns thoughtfully along with pasture grass. Gazelle and lioness, having dinner. Love is invisible except here, in us. Sometimes I praise love; sometimes love praises me. Love, a little shell somewhere on the ocean floor, opens its mouth. You and I and we, those imaginary beings, enter that shell as a single sip of seawater. Texts by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. Performed by the Millennium Consort, Martin Neary, conductor, and the Pomona College choir, Donna Di Grazia, director. Water Ruminations is a setting of six...    less

A part of the choir's performance at 42nd Croatian Choral Assembly held in October 2009 in Novigrad. piano: Nikolina Ljiljak

The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Douglas Knight (organ) David Crown (conductor) Somerville College Chapel, Oxford 16 November 2012 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Website: http://www.somervillemusicsociety.com

The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Musicians of the Dreaming Spires Robert Pecksmith (organ and harpsichord) David Crown (conductor) Mary Magdalene Church, Woodstock, 14 March 2014 Somerville College Chapel, Oxford, 16 March 2014 Website: h...  moreThe Choir of Somerville College, Oxford Musicians of the Dreaming Spires Robert Pecksmith (organ and harpsichord) David Crown (conductor) Mary Magdalene Church, Woodstock, 14 March 2014 Somerville College Chapel, Oxford, 16 March 2014 Website: http://www.somervillechoir.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/somervillechoir Conductor: http://www.david-crown.com organist: http://www.robert-smith.org.uk  

Beau Soir (Beautiful Evening) Music by Claude Debussy [1862--1918] Arranged for SATB Chorus and piano by Stanley M. Hoffman English Translation by Ruth T. Hoffman and Stanley M. Hoffman Performed by The Philovox Ensemble, Robert Schuneman, conducto...  moreBeau Soir (Beautiful Evening) Music by Claude Debussy [1862--1918] Arranged for SATB Chorus and piano by Stanley M. Hoffman English Translation by Ruth T. Hoffman and Stanley M. Hoffman Performed by The Philovox Ensemble, Robert Schuneman, conductor Scott Nicholas, piano Music and Translation Arrangement: © Copyright 2011 by Ione Press, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission. Recording: © Copyright 2011 ECS Publishing. www.ecspublishing.com All rights reserved. Used by permission.  less