"MoTher, Please ExplaIn", No. 2 from "Bergerettes". Traditional French country song, from a settIng by J. B. WeckerlIn, arr. John Lewers. English translation by Sigmund Spaeth. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In For...  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"MoTher, Please ExplaIn", No. 2 from "Bergerettes". Traditional French country song, from a settIng by J. B. WeckerlIn, arr. John Lewers. English translation by Sigmund Spaeth. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, 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. MoTher, please explaIn, what is love? Won't you tell me? Does one feel joy, or is it sad? How am I to know what of late befell me? For now my life no more is glad. Oh, tell me, is lovIng always kInd? Suppose a gentle swaIn is sighIng, Should I be denyIng? Not long sInce, to me came a shepherd fair Handsome as could be, and promptly he did swear That he loved me well. How could I tell? How could I tell? If he should come and say The same agaIn, What shall I answer Then? What shall I answer Then? No one In The village compares with his beauty Whatever he may do or say Is so ful...    Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

"There Is No Rose" by Z. Randall Stroope. Text anonymous, 15th century British. Recorded live on Friday, December 21, 2012, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Concert Choir ensemble of The Girl Choir of South F...  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"There Is No Rose" by Z. Randall Stroope. Text anonymous, 15th century British. Recorded live on Friday, December 21, 2012, 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, Oboe: Lisa Gelfand. There is no rose of such virtue As is The rose that bare Jesu; Alleluia. For In this rose contaIned was Heaven and earth In little space; Res miranda. By that rose we may well see That he is God In persons three, Pari forma. The angels sungen The shepherds to: Gloria In excelsis deo: Gaudeamus. Leave we all this worldly mirth, And follow we this joyful birth; Transeamus. Alleluia, res miranda, Pares forma, gaudeamus, Transeamus.  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

"Jól" by Mist Þorkelsdóttir. Text by Sigurbjörn EInarsson. Recorded live on December 7, 2014, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Chamber SIngers ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: W...  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"Jól" by Mist Þorkelsdóttir. Text by Sigurbjörn EInarsson. Recorded live on December 7, 2014, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Chamber SIngers ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. "Jól" (Yule) is an Icelandic carol depictIng The Christmas Eve Nativity scene and wishIng endless blessIngs for The moTher Mary. The poem was written by Sigurbjörn EInarsson, former Bishop of Iceland, and grandfaTher of The composer, Mist Þorkelsdóttir.  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

"Some Hums, by Pooh" by Ron Jeffers. Text from "WInnie-The-Pooh" by A. A. Milne. 1. Honey Hum 2. Cottlestone Pie 3. Noise, by Pooh Recorded live on Sunday, May 4, 2014, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The C...  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"Some Hums, by Pooh" by Ron Jeffers. Text from "WInnie-The-Pooh" by A. A. Milne. 1. Honey Hum 2. Cottlestone Pie 3. Noise, by Pooh Recorded live on Sunday, May 4, 2014, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Chamber SIngers ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd, ClarInet: Gayle Giese. 1. Honey Hum It's very, very funny, 'Cos I know I had some honey: 'Cos it had a label on, SayIng HUNNY, A Goloptious full-up pot too, And I don't know where it's Got to, No, I don't know where it's Gone -- Well, it's funny. 2. Cottlestone Pie Cottleslone, Cottlestone, Cottleston Pie. A fly can't bird, but a bird can fly. Ask me a riddle and I reply: "Cottlestone, Cottlestone, Cottlestone Pie." Cottleslone, Cottlestone, Cottleston Pie. A fish can't whistle and neiTher can I. Ask me a riddle and I reply: "Cottlestone, Cottlestone, Cottlestone Pie." Cottleslone, Cottlestone, Cott...    Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

"There Is a Garden" from The musical "Trouble In Tahiti" by Leonard BernsteIn. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Lyric Choir ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida. A...  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"There Is a Garden" from The musical "Trouble In Tahiti" by Leonard BernsteIn. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Lyric Choir ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd. Leonard BernsteIn was on his honeymoon In 1951 When he began composIng his one-act opera "Trouble In Tahiti", a candid portrait of The troubled marriage of a young suburban couple. This aria is sung by DInah durIng Scene 3 where, In her analyst's office, she is seekIng counselIng - unbeknownst to her husband Sam - In an attempt to repair Their deterioratIng marriage. DInah recalls a dream of an untended garden choked with weeds. In The dream she hears a voice callIng to her describIng a beautiful garden, a place of love and harmony, which she tries desperately to fInd. Her dream ends before she can fInd it.  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

"Lux Arumque" by Eric Whitacre. Text "Light and Gold" by Edward Esch, LatIn translation by Charles Anthony Silvestri. Recorded live on December 8, 2013, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Chamber SIngers and Me...  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"Lux Arumque" by Eric Whitacre. Text "Light and Gold" by Edward Esch, LatIn translation by Charles Anthony Silvestri. Recorded live on December 8, 2013, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Chamber SIngers and Men's Auxiliary ensembles of The Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson.  

"Shiru" by Allan Naplan. Text adapted from Psalms 96 and 98. Recorded live on December 8, 2013, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Lyric Choir ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wal...  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"Shiru" by Allan Naplan. Text adapted from Psalms 96 and 98. Recorded live on December 8, 2013, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Lyric Choir ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Susan Dodd.  

"The Seeds of Stars" by Bob Chilcott. Text by Charles Bennett. Written for The 2011 combIned choir of Festival 500 In Newfoundland, Canada. Recorded live on May 3, 2015, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Conce...  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"The Seeds of Stars" by Bob Chilcott. Text by Charles Bennett. Written for The 2011 combIned choir of Festival 500 In Newfoundland, Canada. Recorded live on May 3, 2015, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Concert Choir and Men's Auxiliary ensembles of The Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. Stars that spill on a meltIng stem of brilliance down to earth, make landfall here like swans who are burnt by flight. We fInd an orphan of ashes, a child of chilled obsidian: In The middle of wInter we nurture The seeds of stars. On days of silver light at The end of summer, They’ll lift away to resume Their long migration. You who’ve been told There’s nothIng, nothIng to be done, you who have come to a place of broken stones, remember us who have sparked a star from dust, and seen its wIngs ignite The darklIng sky.  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

"little tree" by Paul Carey. Text by E. E. CummIngs. Recorded live on Friday, December 21, 2012, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Concert Choir ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: ...  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"little tree" by Paul Carey. Text by E. E. CummIngs. Recorded live on Friday, December 21, 2012, 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. little tree little silent Christmas tree you are so little you are more like a flower who found you In The green forest and were you very sorry to come away? see i will comfort you because you smell so sweetly i will kiss your cool bark and hug you safe and tight just as your moTher would, only don't be afraid look The spangles that sleep all The year In a dark box dreamIng of beIng taken out and allowed to shIne, The balls The chaIns red and Gold The fluffy threads, put up your little arms and i'll give Them all to you to hold every fInger shall have its rIng and There won't be a sIngle place dark or unhappy Then When you're quite dressed you'll stand In The wIndow ...    Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

"Under The Greenwood Tree" by Mary Carmichael. Text from "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare. Recorded live on Sunday, May 4, 2014, at All SaInts Episcopal Church In Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by The Concert Choir ensemble of The Girl Choi...  Ink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">more"Under The Greenwood Tree" by Mary Carmichael. Text from "As You Like It" by William Shakespeare. Recorded live on Sunday, May 4, 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.