SINGING When the soul first put on the body's shirt, the ocean lifTed up all its gifts. When love first tasTed the lips of being human, it starTed singing. Texts by Rumi, translaTed by Coleman Barks © 1995 Coleman Barks. Used by permission. ...  moreSINGING When the soul first put on the body's shirt, the ocean lifTed up all its gifts. When love first tasTed the lips of being human, it starTed singing. 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 poems by the thirTeenth-century poet Rumi, in English translations from the Persian by Coleman Barks, for double choir and organ. The poetry sings of liTeral and spiritual connections between waTer and sky, a drop of waTer and human life, flowing waTer and love, drinking waTer and its container, the giddiness of spring and rolling seas, and the ocean's gifts and singing. Its images, from 800 years ago, speak to us with both vivid immediacy and transcendence. The idea for the piece originaTed with the Mellon Elemental Arts Initiative, which proposed funding activities that would involve students in a...    less

The name de Profundis is Latin for out of the deep. It plays on the distinctiveness of the male voice, while at the same time bespeaking the conviction that music has the capacity to reveal the profound, that which is concealed within our own depths. ...  moreThe name de Profundis is Latin for out of the deep. It plays on the distinctiveness of the male voice, while at the same time bespeaking the conviction that music has the capacity to reveal the profound, that which is concealed within our own depths. Find us on Facebook: De Profundis men's ensemble  

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

A presentation at the Assumption Church in Midland for a fund raising event for the Toni and Trish house.

The GraduaTe Choir NZ with Dr John Wells (organ) perform "He is Risen" by Richard Madden (NZ, b. 1953) on TVNZ's Praise Be. A recording of this piece is available on The GraduaTe Choir NZ's CD "My Spirit Sang All Day": http://graduaTechoir.co.nz/experi...  moreThe GraduaTe Choir NZ with Dr John Wells (organ) perform "He is Risen" by Richard Madden (NZ, b. 1953) on TVNZ's Praise Be. A recording of this piece is available on The GraduaTe Choir NZ's CD "My Spirit Sang All Day": http://graduaTechoir.co.nz/experience_cd_mssad.html --- The GraduaTe Choir NZ Director of Music: Terence Maskell http://www.graduaTechoir.co.nz http://www.facebook.com/TheGraduaTeChoirNZ http://www.twitTer.com/GraduaTeChoirNZ --- Dr John Wells - http://www.johnwells.co.nz Praise Be - http://tvnz.co.nz/praise-be --- Recorded 6 May 2008 at All Saints' Anglican Church, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand. http://www.allsaintshowick.org.nz ---  less

Il repertorio spazia dai canti della tradizione popolare e folcloristica a brani d’autore. Ha parTecipato in questi anni a prestigiosi concorsi corali, otTenendo importanti riconoscimenti. La direzione è affidata al M° Gilberto Buriola

PLEADING for WORDS Slovenian spiritual creativity Author of the project and conductor: Karmina Šilec Performing: Carmina Slovenica Jožef Ropoša, InTerpreTer of the poetry Tomaž Sevšek, organ Since time immemorial, music, especially singing, ...  morePLEADING for WORDS Slovenian spiritual creativity Author of the project and conductor: Karmina Šilec Performing: Carmina Slovenica Jožef Ropoša, InTerpreTer of the poetry Tomaž Sevšek, organ Since time immemorial, music, especially singing, and the word have served to creaTe a connection with the gods, with spiritual worlds. Pleading for Words is a special archiTecture of music and the word that outwardly expresses contact between very different aesthetic criTeria but glows with the same devout message: a personal spiritual Testimony. The program concept is based on the attitude toward primary spirituality: from intimaTe thought to more outwardly expressed manifestations. Slovenian spiritual creativity can be summed up in threefold diversity: confessional, agnostic, and atheist. These works express caTegories of the incomprehensible, irrational, mystic, and metaphysical. Mysticism is connecTed with transcendence. This involves a personal Testimony about spirituality and a direct reflection of th...    less

This is a blog post with a difference. I want to start a discussion using the comments facility.   photo by loungerie    YesTerday there was a veritable TwitTer storm when I posed the question:   "What do you think is the main ...

The London QuarTet have been delighting audiences for nearly 30 years with their amazing range of programmes. From a cappella favouriTes to the sacred music of the last millennium they are outstanding in both Comedy and the Classics. They have recorded 1...  moreThe London QuarTet have been delighting audiences for nearly 30 years with their amazing range of programmes. From a cappella favouriTes to the sacred music of the last millennium they are outstanding in both Comedy and the Classics. They have recorded 13 solo albums, performed over 2,000 concerts and more than 200 TV appearances worldwide. Their arrangements will be appearing in the Edition PeTers catalogue soon.  

ALERON first came into exisTence in 2006 as the alumni ensemble of the ATeneo de Manila High School Glee Club under the musical direction of Christopher Ong Arceo. Today, the group is composed of male chorisTers from different backgrounds: most of whom ha...  moreALERON first came into exisTence in 2006 as the alumni ensemble of the ATeneo de Manila High School Glee Club under the musical direction of Christopher Ong Arceo. Today, the group is composed of male chorisTers from different backgrounds: most of whom have contribuTed significantly to the growth of the ATeneo choral community. ALERON, being an all-male ensemble, is geared towards exploring the male choral soundscape. Through innovative programming and the performance of repertoire across musical styles and genres, the group aims to deliver to its audiences a diverse and unique choral experience. ALERON envisions to broaden the all-male choral genre by continuously premiering new works of select resident composers and arrangers throughout its concert seasons. ALERON has recently been making waves in the Philippine choral scene, most notably with its First Prize distinction in the Vocal Ensemble CaTegory of the 1st andrea O. Veneracion InTernational Choral Festival, Manila in August 2013, serving as the gro...    less