Barlow Bradford's Utah Chamber Artists perform "Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun". Bradford put Walt Whitman's words from Leaves of Grass to music in this choral work. GIVE me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling; Give me juicy a...  moreBarlow Bradford's Utah Chamber Artists perform "Give Me the Splendid Silent Sun". Bradford put Walt Whitman's words from Leaves of Grass to music in this choral work. GIVE me the splendid silent sun, with all his beams full-dazzling; Give me juicy Autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard; Give me a field where the unmow'd grass grows; Give me an arbor, give me the trellis'd grape; Give me fresh corn and wheat—give me serene-moving animals, teaching content; Give me nights perfectly quiet, and I looking up at the stars; Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers, where I can walk undisturb'd; Give me for marriage a sweet-breath'd woman, of whom I should never tire; Give me a perfect child—give me, away, aside from the noise of the world, a rural, domestic life; Give me to warble spontaneous songs, reliev'd, recluse by myself, for my own ears only; Give me solitude—give me Nature—give me again, O Nature, your primal sanities!  less

WHEN IN OUR MUSIC GOD IS GLORIFIED ENGELBERG arr. Alejandro D. Consolacion II CANTUS Festival Brass Alejandro Consolacion, organ Franz Miguel Ramirez, conductor 1. When in our music God is glorified, and adoration Leaves no room for pride, ...  moreWHEN IN OUR MUSIC GOD IS GLORIFIED ENGELBERG arr. Alejandro D. Consolacion II CANTUS Festival Brass Alejandro Consolacion, organ Franz Miguel Ramirez, conductor 1. When in our music God is glorified, and adoration Leaves no room for pride, it is as though the whole creation cried, Hallelujah! 2. How often, making music, we have found a new dimension in the world of sound, as worship moved us to a more profound Hallelujah! 3. So has the church, in liturgy and song, in faith and love, through centuries of wrong, borne witness to the truth in every tongue: Hallelujah! 4. And did not Jesus sing a Psalm that night when utmost evil strove against the Light? Then let us sing, for whom he won the fight: Hallelujah! 5. Let every instrument be tuned for praise! Let all rejoice who have a voice to raise! And may God give us faith to sing always: Hallelujah! Amen.  less

During Remembrance Week, we bring you our third song from our ‘Homegrown Harmony’ Project. We have sung this song in another arrangement many times in concert with Steve Knightley and Show Of Hands. This new version by Kirsten Pagel, is for a female quart...  moreDuring Remembrance Week, we bring you our third song from our ‘Homegrown Harmony’ Project. We have sung this song in another arrangement many times in concert with Steve Knightley and Show Of Hands. This new version by Kirsten Pagel, is for a female quartet, with rich dark harmonies and a tender, aching feel. We dedicate it to all who have passed through war, both in the past and unfortunately now, in the present. We also sing it for those within our communities that have recently lost a loved one. It has been such a difficult time to be grieving. We sing it for you to remember the best times, the friendship and the comradery and most of all, for the love that you shared together. Our charity for this song, is South Brent and District Caring, a small charity that looks after people in the community, provides crisis relief and comfort. To donate, please visit our fundraising page at: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/thelostsound 60% of the proceeds from this song will be donated to charity. Our whole...    less

ORPHEUS vocal group founded in Lviv, Ukraine, in Autumn 2000, is a male a cappella group with eight singers. All members are professional singers and musicians, all of them graduated the Higher Musical Academy in Lviv and their diverse musical backgrounds...  moreORPHEUS vocal group founded in Lviv, Ukraine, in Autumn 2000, is a male a cappella group with eight singers. All members are professional singers and musicians, all of them graduated the Higher Musical Academy in Lviv and their diverse musical backgrounds contribute to the musical expression of the ensemble.The group is flexible in number to expend into different styles of singing. All music are performed a cappella. The main areas of speciality are Orthodox church music (liturgical), folk and popular Ukrainian songs and some examples of original Ukrainian, world music as well as well-known a cappella classics. ORPHEUS also perform new songs - composed and arranged by the group members themselves, all of them featuring surprising and exciting arrangements.  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

Guest Soprano Ffion Perrett. Gresley Male Voice Choir, Autumn Celebrity Concert 2015

Our last song is an original carol written by the incomparable composer and arranger, Chris Hoban. Chris has written many of Show Of Hands’ big hits including, ‘Lily and the Rose’ which he wrote for Miranda Sykes and The Lost Sound. We’ve performed this t...  moreOur last song is an original carol written by the incomparable composer and arranger, Chris Hoban. Chris has written many of Show Of Hands’ big hits including, ‘Lily and the Rose’ which he wrote for Miranda Sykes and The Lost Sound. We’ve performed this together with Show Of Hands, at their 25thAnniversary concert in The Royal Albert Hall in 2017. Chris explains the background of ‘Though We Lie Underground’ for us: I first came across the stories surrounding the curious tradition of West Country miners singing carols underground when listening to a recording of Alan Lomax’s extraordinary live BBC 1957 broadcast “Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year”, a feat of radio genius involving hundreds of performers and groups all over the country, seamlessly brought together for one scintillating hour. At one point, Lomax described how the miners of Devon and Cornwall would celebrate Christmas underground in an almost pagan fashion: they would select the largest lump of tin ore they could handle, set it up in...    less

Direction artistique: Aude Fabre Direction musicale: Stéphan Nicolay Le Sacre des Saisons Spectacle autour de la symbolique des saisons, pour récitant, solistes, choeur et orchestre. Textes: Gil Florini Mise en scène: Aude Fabre Orchestration: Jea...  moreDirection artistique: Aude Fabre Direction musicale: Stéphan Nicolay Le Sacre des Saisons Spectacle autour de la symbolique des saisons, pour récitant, solistes, choeur et orchestre. Textes: Gil Florini Mise en scène: Aude Fabre Orchestration: Jean-Louis Luzignant Direction musicale: Stéphan Nicolay  

Barlow Bradford's Utah Chamber Artists perform "Sleep" by Eric Whitacre at their Autumn concert September, 2008 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Photographs by Dallas Graham from UCA's 2008 European Tour.

Ninth movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams' Folk Songs of the Four Seasons. Sung by the Les Sirènes Female Chamber Choir and accompanied by the Les Sirènes Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Nunn. St Andrew's in the Square, Glasgow, 26/06/11.