Winner of the Edwin Fissinger Composition Prize, this piece is based on a text by Canadian poet Bliss Carman about the passage of Seasons and the permanence of love.

Macquarie Singers is an unauditioned community choir from Epping, NSW, Australia. This is our first virtual choir, created October-December 2020 on Dharug, Eora and Kuring-gai Land. After performing Ola Gjeilo's 'The Ground' in our final concert in 2019, ...  moreMacquarie Singers is an unauditioned community choir from Epping, NSW, Australia. This is our first virtual choir, created October-December 2020 on Dharug, Eora and Kuring-gai Land. After performing Ola Gjeilo's 'The Ground' in our final concert in 2019, we were preparing it again for our 'Indomitable Spirit' concert in May 2020. Then, Covid-19 arrived. Like many choirs, we kept going online, or outdoors when permitted. This film is a record of our year, made to remind ourselves that joy and connection are still available to us, despite distance and change. Macquarie Singers & Macquarie Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Sarah Penicka-Smith Piano: Josephine Allan Violin 1: Tess Duflou Violin 2: Sagar Nagaraj Viola: Kathryn Ramsay Cello: Marc Valpiani Video engineer: Connor Malanos Audio engineer: Joshua Winestock Supported with a community grant from Epping Community Bank (Bendigo Bank).  less

Based in Pretoria, South Africa, the Brooklyn Choral Artists, has had two successful Seasons. The choir was founded in 2017 by Gerrit Scheepers. Brooklyn Choral Artists is a collaborative network of musicians striving towards achieving the highest artisti...  moreBased in Pretoria, South Africa, the Brooklyn Choral Artists, has had two successful Seasons. The choir was founded in 2017 by Gerrit Scheepers. Brooklyn Choral Artists is a collaborative network of musicians striving towards achieving the highest artistic standards in the choral art form. They are committed to bringing to life new and diverse choral works and have commissioned and premiered new works by local and international composers. Its 32 members are All experience musicians coming from across South Africa. They represent a wide range of professionals; from professional singers, to high school voice teachers and choral conductors. Our diverse backgrounds contribute to the beautiful, vibrant colours we can create together.  less

CAlling All Gents, Blokes, Geezers, Chaps, Wideboys, Rakes, Dudes, Scoundrels, Lads.... ...CAlling All MEN. No Bow Ties. No Blazers. No Auditions. Just men and song. The mighty Male Voice classics from the vAlleys of the Land of the Dragon. Insan...  moreCAlling All Gents, Blokes, Geezers, Chaps, Wideboys, Rakes, Dudes, Scoundrels, Lads.... ...CAlling All MEN. No Bow Ties. No Blazers. No Auditions. Just men and song. The mighty Male Voice classics from the vAlleys of the Land of the Dragon. Insane Georgian/Bulgarian repertoire to make the very stones weep Vintage cheese from the Barbershop tradition (tempered with a smAll pinch of salt) Also anthems concerning the wonders of facial hair, garden sheds, reversing round corners, etc.... Not so much a new idea as a distillation of every great 'man-singing' concept' that has ever graced this earth. Rolled into one. In Bristol. By the people who created 'Gurt Lush Choir'. It will be BIG & fun. Virile & beautiful. Devilishly charming... ...You know you want to....  less

Seraphic Fire has assembled a collection of music with which the ensemble has a visceral, tenacious connection. This self-titled recording contains Seraphic Fire signature works that have brought the ensemble to prominence eleven Seasons after its foundin...  moreSeraphic Fire has assembled a collection of music with which the ensemble has a visceral, tenacious connection. This self-titled recording contains Seraphic Fire signature works that have brought the ensemble to prominence eleven Seasons after its founding. Available digitAlly May 7, 2013. To view the album on iTunes, click here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/seraphic-fire/id640813108?uo=4&partnerId=30  

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

(Only in German language) Der „SonntagsChor RheinLand-Pfalz“ entstand im November 2010, als „SWR SonntagsChor“, aus einer Landesweiten Chorinitiative vom Südwestrundfunk RheinLand-Pfalz und den Landes-Chorverbänden RheinLand-Pfalz und Pfalz. Die aktuel...  more(Only in German language) Der „SonntagsChor RheinLand-Pfalz“ entstand im November 2010, als „SWR SonntagsChor“, aus einer Landesweiten Chorinitiative vom Südwestrundfunk RheinLand-Pfalz und den Landes-Chorverbänden RheinLand-Pfalz und Pfalz. Die aktuell mehr als 50 chorerfahrenen Amateursängerinnen und -sänger vom „SonntagsChor RheinLand-Pfalz“ wurden seinerzeit aus über 600 Bewerbern, in mehreren Durchläufen, nach festgelegten Kriterien ausgewählt. Musikalisch begleitete der „SonntagsChor RheinLand-Pfalz“ bereits Johannes Kalpers bei der TV-Sendung „SWR SonntagsTour“ sowie - bis heute - zahlreiche weitere Rundfunk- und TV-Produktionen des SWR, u.a. zusammen mit Thomas Anders. Eigene Konzerte und Projekte stehen ebenso auf dem Programm des bisher EINZIGEN wirklich LandESWEITEN Auswahlchores. Auch im sozialen Bereich zeigt der „SonntagsChor RheinLand-Pfalz“ sein Engagement: Ob als musikalischer Partner der SWR-Aktion „Herzenssache“ oder der „Kinderglück“-Aktion von Lotto RheinLand-Pfalz. Die Sängerin...    less

"Let's sing, it's Spring!" is dedicated to my uncle and aunt, James and Daphne Shaw, and their amazing clan, the "Bowen IsLand Shaws." I have given this song the sub-title: "A Crazy Choral Etude for Rolled Rs and Perfect 5ths." It is meant, no pun inte...  more"Let's sing, it's Spring!" is dedicated to my uncle and aunt, James and Daphne Shaw, and their amazing clan, the "Bowen IsLand Shaws." I have given this song the sub-title: "A Crazy Choral Etude for Rolled Rs and Perfect 5ths." It is meant, no pun intended, to be a musical lark, great fun for a choir to sing, rolling Rs like crazy, with no holding back. NB: One day I woke up to the realization that I had independently written four choral works, each of which had evoked a different season, and so it seemed natural to group them together into a choral suite that I have cAlled "The Ottawa Four Seasons Suite." "Let's sing, it's Spring!", with its rousing coda section, works perfectly as the closing number of this suite. Also of note, in early 2018, I applied to be a participant at one of the Vancouver Chamber Choir's Interplay workshops funded by the SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I was accepted. "Let's sing, it's Spring!" was one of the pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on the sp...    less

I dedicate this piece to my friends in the composer/singer collective, the Ad hoc Chorale, who tested out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offered valuable comments. "How heavy lies the heart" has drawn inspiration from the traditional F...  moreI dedicate this piece to my friends in the composer/singer collective, the Ad hoc Chorale, who tested out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offered valuable comments. "How heavy lies the heart" has drawn inspiration from the traditional French Christmas carol, "Quelle est cette odeur agréable", which John Gay also set as a boisterous drinking song in the Beggar's Opera, "Fill every glass, for wine inspires us!" In addition, the song draws inspiration from Josquin's Missa Pange Lingua. In early 2018, I applied to be a participant at one of the Vancouver Chamber Choir's Interplay workshops funded by the SOCAN Foundation and to my delight I was accepted. "How heavy lies the heart" was one of the pieces that this amazing choir sight read for me on the spot. VCC director Jon Washburn and choir members then provided me with valuable feedback, for which I am very grateful. I would also like to acknowledge the a cappella choir that I sing in, The Stairwell Carollers, and our director Pierre M...    less

lyrics: Josip Pupačić A part of the choir's winning performance at the 58th Croatian Youth Music Festival held in May 2015 in Varaždin. www.facebook.com/m.marulic.choir m.marulic_choir@yahoo.com video recording: Bernard Kahle, Goran Sučić audio...  morelyrics: Josip Pupačić A part of the choir's winning performance at the 58th Croatian Youth Music Festival held in May 2015 in Varaždin. www.facebook.com/m.marulic.choir m.marulic_choir@yahoo.com video recording: Bernard Kahle, Goran Sučić audio recording and production: Bernard Kahle www.facebook.com/BKrecordings b.kahle@yahoo.com