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Satie/Rain: "As dawn breaks,” #1 (Summer) Ottawa Four Seasons Suite (sung by Matthew Curtis)
Erik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. For a long time, I felt there was an a cappella choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try.
Creating a choral adaptation of a piano piece ha... moreErik Satie's Sarabande No. 1 is one of my favourite piano pieces. For a long time, I felt there was an a cappella choral piece hiding within it, in plain sight. One day I got inspired and gave it a try.
Creating a choral adaptation of a piano piece has its challenges. I tried to keep faithful to Satie's original musical inspiration and created lyrics to go with my arrangement that evoke an early summer morning, one of my favourite times of the year.
Several months later, 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.
"As dawn breaks" 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.
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Shakespeare Teaser
A sampling of Shakespeare Songs by Matthew Harris. Performed by Kantorei of Kansas City for their album, "Music and Sweet Poetry: Choral Music by Matthew Harris," set for release by Resonus Classics in February of 2014. www.resonusclassics.com www.kantor... moreA sampling of Shakespeare Songs by Matthew Harris. Performed by Kantorei of Kansas City for their album, "Music and Sweet Poetry: Choral Music by Matthew Harris," set for release by Resonus Classics in February of 2014. www.resonusclassics.com www.kantoreikc.org
Matthew Harris has composed six books of Shakespeare songs featuring many song texts that appear in various plays. www.Matthewharrismusic.com
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David Rain: "Let's sing, it's Spring!", #4 (Spring) Ottawa Four Seasons Suite (sung by Matthew Curti
"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.
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For Every Love a Place • Men’s Chorus
FOR EVERY LOVE A PLACE
a setting for unaccompanied men’s chorus (TTBB) of the poem To a Friend by James Fenimore Cooper, Jr. by Greg Bartholomew
With demo recording by Matthew Curtis
Sheet Music available from J.W.Pepper:
https://www.jwpepper.com/... moreFOR EVERY LOVE A PLACE
a setting for unaccompanied men’s chorus (TTBB) of the poem To a Friend by James Fenimore Cooper, Jr. by Greg Bartholomew
With demo recording by Matthew Curtis
Sheet Music available from J.W.Pepper:
https://www.jwpepper.com/10652808.item
For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com
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Stoke Fleming - Score Video
STOKE FLEMING
for unaccompanied mixed choir (SATB)
by Greg Bartholomew
Recording by Matthew Curtis (Choral Tracks).
Sheet Music is available from J.W.Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/10503196.item
Stoke Fleming is a small hamlet on the English... moreSTOKE FLEMING
for unaccompanied mixed choir (SATB)
by Greg Bartholomew
Recording by Matthew Curtis (Choral Tracks).
Sheet Music is available from J.W.Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/10503196.item
Stoke Fleming is a small hamlet on the English Channel. The text for this work is a secular meditation on the rocks and the waves written by the composer during a weekend stay there in 1978. The music was completed in January 2000 and received a reading by the Gregg Smith Singers at the Adirondack Festival of American Music in July 2000.
For more information visit www.gregbartholomew.com
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