The second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16 Anthony O’Daly was a member of the Whiteboys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wrongfully acc...  moreThe second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16 Anthony O’Daly was a member of the Whiteboys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wrongfully accused of shooting at a local landowner and condemned to hang. Although the local population acclaimed him as a hero and attempted to help him escape the gallows, he went quietly to his death. "Anthony! Since your limbs were laid out, the stars do not shine! The fish leap, not out in the waves! On our meadows, the dew does not fall in the morn, for O’Daly is dead!" Barber’s song feels like a huge public outpouring of grief. It begins with the basses repeating Anthony’s name on a drone whilst the upper voices sing a keening melody, and the piece builds to hysteria as the sopranos and altos take over the chanted name. There are also suggestions that Raftery’s poem is not a lament but a traditional poet’s curse, calling down retribution in response to Raftery’s...    less

"Voz", de Ernesto Mateo, interpretado por el coro femenino del CSMC dirigido por Nikoleta Popova. Poema de Víctor Landeira. Imagen: "Reflection Nebula", por NASA y The Hubble Heritage Team (STScl)

Cantores Celestes Women's Choir LIVE in CONCERT Dec 1, 2018 Kelly Galbraith, Director Kate Carver, Piano Matthew Coons, Organ Emperor String Quartet Rick Harper, recording engineer Producer: Kelly Galbraith

Cantores Celestes Women's Choir LIVE in CONCERT Dec 1, 2018 Kelly Galbraith, Director Kate Carver, Piano Jennifer Latella, soloist Tamieka Evans, descant Emperor String Quartet Rick Harper, recording engineer Producer: Kelly Galbraith

Cantores Celestes Women's Choir Kelly Galbraith: Director Ellen Meyer: Pianist Matthew Coons: Organist Emperor String Quartet Christine McClymont: Recorder Lynette Evans: Percussion Colleen Jenkins: Percussion Laura Webster: Percussion www.cant...  moreCantores Celestes Women's Choir Kelly Galbraith: Director Ellen Meyer: Pianist Matthew Coons: Organist Emperor String Quartet Christine McClymont: Recorder Lynette Evans: Percussion Colleen Jenkins: Percussion Laura Webster: Percussion www.cantorescelestes.com http://www.facebook.com/CantoresCelestes http://www.youtube.com/user/cantorescelestes http://twitter.com/Cantores_Choir  

"Benedictus" from "A Little Jazz Mass" by Bob Chilcott. Originally composed for the 2004 Crescent City Choral Festival in New Orleans. Recorded live on Sunday, December 7, 2014, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by t...  more"Benedictus" from "A Little Jazz Mass" by Bob Chilcott. Originally composed for the 2004 Crescent City Choral Festival in New Orleans. Recorded live on Sunday, December 7, 2014, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese, Percussion: Brad Peterson.  

Thomas Rossin conducts Jeffery Van's setting of Silent Night, Jake Rowan, Guitar.