Composer Jim Papoulis has created an energetic and uplifting work that fuses the rhythms from African, American and Latin cultures, and uses a text primarily in Swahili interspersed with phrases in Spanish. Supported by shaker, djembe and agogo bell, the middle section has the feel of a real celebration with layers of spoken word that […]
Jim Papoulis: Now Is The Time (SSA) Written in a Foundation for Small Voices song-writing workshop hosted by the Cincinnati Children’s Choir, the student’s message is loud and clear – “Whatever your journey, whatever your beliefs, whatever your dreams or battle on triumph, the time is not tomorrow, or sometime in the future…now is the […]
Jim Papoulis: Justice (SSA) Written with the young women who were part of the Wisconsin School Music Association All State Treble Honors Choir. These young women were moved by current events and settled on a text “When I hear Hands up, when I hear I Can’t Breathe, I will not be silent anymore.” Powerful and […]
The King’s Singers The Library Vol. 3: Songbird This two-choir arrangement of the Fleetwood Mac hit was created for the large-scale cover featuring the six members of the King’s Singers and several thousand members of the “Stay At Home Choir.” Along with a beautiful and complete arrangement for the King’s Singers, there is a full […]
Raya and the Last Dragon is a another notch on the belt of Disney animated classics that are critically acclaimed and have a message that is so important for youth in this day and age: trust. Jhené Aiko wrote and performed this song featured in the new movie. A glorious call for togetherness!
Bob Chilcott: Singing Children (SSA) Singing Children is an upbeat, optimistic piece featuring scat-like vocalizations, extended unison passages, syncopations, and intuitive harmonies. The composer has adapted a song from the Elizabethan play ‘Locrine’, attributed to Charles Tilney, with lyrics that profess the singers’ overwhelming, joyous love of singing.
John Rutter: Joseph’s Carol (Vocal Score) Opgedragen aan het Oxford Vaccine Team en in première gebracht door Sir Bryn Terfel, The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra en het Koor van Merton College in een speciaal eerbetoonconcert, zet Joseph’s Carol de woorden van de componist die het kerstverhaal vertellen vanuit het perspectief van Jozef. De twee expressieve verzen […]
Reena Esmail: TaReKiTa (SSAA) TaReKiTa is a refreshing concert piece that effortlessly blends the Indian and Western classical styles. The composer’s scats are combined with a fast triple metre, vocal slides, and captivating melodies built on the Jog raga. A pronunciation guide is included in the leaflet, and a video guide by the composer is […]
Written for the BBC Last night of the Proms, this sensitive setting of the well-known Irish folk song does justice to the beauty of the original melody. Chilcott’s harmonic subtleties add to the poignancy of the lyrics, expressing and elevating the sentiments of loss and longing.
Refuge sets a powerful Sara Teasdale poem by the same name, which perfectly captures the healing power of singing: ‘For with my singing I can make a refuge for my spirit’s sake, A house of shining words, to be my fragile immortality’. Quartel uses musical structure to complement the poem’s narrative, opening and closing with […]
Kusimama is written in the World music style that is accessible for choirs, both young and old, who are just beginning to be exposed to world rhythms and language, a sort of introduction to new languages, syllables, body percussion and style. The text which is in both Swahili and English, is about standing tall on […]
Von 1677 bis zu seinem Tod 1701 war Johann Schelle Leipziger Thomaskantor. Seine Ausbildung hatte er unter Leitung von Heinrich Schütz am Dresdner Hof erhalten. Als Kantor erweiterte Schelle das gottesdienstliche Repertoire des Chores durch zahlreiche geistliche Konzerte, Motetten und Kantaten.Die Motette Komm, Jesu, komm entstand nach dem Tod des Leipziger Universitätsprofessors und Thomasschulrektors Jacob […]
from: Fünf Sprüche und Psalmen für mehrstimmigen Chor op. 34. Bibelstelle: Psalm 8,5-7.9.2
