A recent wonderful live-performance of my setting of this famous text that has inspired so many composers over the centuries. In my attempt, “O magnum mysterium” returns three times after the first statement, in a similar gesture but each time shifted to a new tonality with even more flats. Thus, the listener gets ever […]
New Recordings
3 New Demo Recordings of SATB Music by Hoffman as Performed by Matthew Curtis
I am pleased to announce 3 new demo recordings of my SATB compositions as performed by Matthew Curtis. http://www.choraltracks.com These previously unrecorded compositions are RAIN http://www.canticledistributing.com/rain.html THREE MINIATURES http://www.canticledistributing.com/three-miniatures-26702.html and PSALM 1. http://www.canticledistributing.com/psalm-1.html PDF previews and ordering information can also be found at the three URLs above. I hope you enjoy them. Thank you for your consideration. Best […]
Irish Blessing
This is a recent performance of a recent composition of mine. The words are the famous anonymous Irish Blessing….May the Road Rise Up to Meet you, may the wind be always at your back etc.
SILENCE from ‘Two Looks at Silence’ by Douglas Knehans
The second movement to my Two Looks at Silence from my new release of choral featuring the CCM Chorale conducted by Brett Scott. https://soundcloud.com/ablazerecords/7-looks-at-silence-no-2?in=ablazerecords/sets/douglas-knehanslux-dei Audition the complete disc or purchase here: http://www.douglasknehans.com/cds/lux-deinew-works-for-choir
Fusion (SATB)
I wrote and recorded this piece a few weeks ago. Singers are Allison Girvan and Don Macdonald. http://donmacdonaldmusic.com/
Panis Angelicus—by Douglas Knehans
From the new disc Lux Dei, now available on SoundCloud for audition. https://soundcloud.com/ablazerecords/sets/douglas-knehanslux-dei