This piece was written as a little “thank you” to el Coro de Cámara del Instituto French de Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires, and their conductor, Marcelo Valva. The choir had recently given the first South American (and second overall) performance of my “Al...  moreThis piece was written as a little “thank you” to el Coro de Cámara del Instituto French de Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires, and their conductor, Marcelo Valva. The choir had recently given the first South American (and second overall) performance of my “Alleluia! O virga mediatrix”. Along the way I'd been chatting with a choir member about Pope Francis' Argentine heritage – a setting of text from an Argentine translation of the Bible seemed especially fitting. I'm happy to share the sheet music free of charge – please contact me for the PDF. • Facebook: david.basden.9 • New email: deebee123 [at] bigpond.com  less

"A Song of Peace" written by Jonathan Adams, published by Pavane Publishing, P1337 and beautifully sung by Matthew Curtis, Choral Tracks LLC.

This is the same recording, but with some sculpture photographs I took several years ago. Details are given at the end of the video. I've uploaded this to complement ChoirPlace's posting of the original video (with the score) on Facebook earlier today....  moreThis is the same recording, but with some sculpture photographs I took several years ago. Details are given at the end of the video. I've uploaded this to complement ChoirPlace's posting of the original video (with the score) on Facebook earlier today. Thank you ChoirPlace for sharing my music!  

"INVICTUS" by Swiss composer Ivo Antognini (...a tribute to Nelson Mandela) The piece was written for Defrost Youth Choir (Norway) Thomas Caplin, conductor (soon published by Alliance Music Publications, Inc.) a poem by William Ernest Henl...  more"INVICTUS" by Swiss composer Ivo Antognini (...a tribute to Nelson Mandela) The piece was written for Defrost Youth Choir (Norway) Thomas Caplin, conductor (soon published by Alliance Music Publications, Inc.) a poem by William Ernest Henley Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll, I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.  less

Free sheet music. Please get in touch! • Facebook: david.basden.9 • New email: deebee123 [at] bigpond.com

Psalm 67 (King James Version) Free sheet music. Please get in touch! • Facebook: david.basden.9 • Email: deebee123 [at] bigpond.com

Words by Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881). Uneasy dissonances set a sombre mood. No divisi. Free sheet music. Please get in touch! • facebook: david [dot] basden.9 • New email: deebee123 [at] bigpond.com

A new setting. Straightforward, text-driven, concise. No divisi – would suit a quartet. Free sheet music. Please get in touch! • facebook: david [dot] basden.9 • New email: deebee123 [at] bigpond.com

Psalm 133 (134), with doxology Brief, high impact, up-tempo. Free sheet music. Please get in touch! • Facebook: david.basden.9 • Email: deebee123 [at] bigpond.com

Be Near Me by Greg Bartholomew A setting for unaccompanied Mixed Choir (SATB) of Canto 50 from the poem In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred Tennyson Sung by Sarah Brailey & Matthew Curtis of Choral Tracks. The text for Be Near Me is Canto 50 from the poem...  moreBe Near Me by Greg Bartholomew A setting for unaccompanied Mixed Choir (SATB) of Canto 50 from the poem In Memoriam A.H.H. by Alfred Tennyson Sung by Sarah Brailey & Matthew Curtis of Choral Tracks. The text for Be Near Me is Canto 50 from the poem In Memoriam A.H.H. by the British Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson (1809 -1892). Published in 1850, the poem is an extended requiem for the poet's beloved friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1833, age 22. It is considered one of the greatest poems of the 19th Century and was reported to be a great favorite of Queen Victoria. Sheet music available from J.W.Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/Be-Near-Me/11339264.item For more information visit http://www.gregbartholomew.com/benearmeindex.html #choralmusic #choir #tennyson  less