New Recordings

To my friends south of the border who are celebrating Thanksgiving Weekend, as a Canadian composer I’m so very thankful to be able to share with you this brand new, made-in-America recording of my song, “Let’s toil for Love not Hate.” It’s my 4th choral creation in the series I call “Songs in search of […]

Hot off the presses, a spectacular new recording of “A Shakespearean Wassail” by the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir. The 3rd and final instalment of my Shakespearean Choral Trilogy. Dedicated to my father Douglas Rain, a Shakespearean actor, who left this mortal coil 5 years ago, on Remembrance Day in Canada (Nov 11), and who (like […]

ONWARD WE GO Music by Thomas Hewitt Jones Words by Canon Gordon Giles The Children’s choir of St Stephen’s, Dulwich Caroline Lenton-Ward, conductor with Oliver Lallemant (piano), Jill Valentine (viola), Jernej Albreht (clarinet), Joe Downard (bass guitar) and Simon Hewitt Jones (violin) The Children’s choir of St Stephen’s, Dulwich conducted by Caroline Lenton-Ward, sing this […]

I have something special to share. 4 years ago, I began a massive choral project — one unlikely to be repeated in my remaining days on this planet — which has finally come to fruition. I have so much to be thankful for, including a spectacular new recording by the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir of […]

Sept 21 is World Peace Day (the International Day of Peace). This year’s theme includes a call to action that recognizes our individual and collective responsibility to foster world peace. My small contribution this year is to share a brand new recording of an anti-war song that I have been working on for the past […]

New Recording  – Christmas at Colla Voce I recently found a newer recording of  my arrangement of Gustav Holst’s setting of Christina Rossetti “In the Bleak Midwinter.” This is The Texas Voices, Alan Dyer, Director.  This has become a very popular setting over the years. I hope you will enjoy listening to this as you […]