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Sharing a new recording of Paul Ayres’s song, written in response to our “lockdown world”:
Free sheet music is available for anyone who’d like to use this non-commercially, e.g. for a fund-raising sing-a-long, online teaching, virtual choir recording project, or just for fun.
Details at:
http://www.paulayres.co.uk/catalogue
Thank-you and best wishes, Choralnet colleagues!
Kate Simmons
Program and notes from the premiere in Sedona, Arizona:
http://churchoftheredrocks.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/hoppe.pdf
Listen to the album on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUbwGiVR1AE
The album on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5AN7KqAuwwiVjsKLOe27oU?si=i8qlvlWZQg-1KUbrg3HOXA
Peace & Reconciliation links
http://hyperurl.co/PeaceReconciliation
A dream come true…. When I recorded REQUIEM in 2005 with superlative performances by Heidi Fielding (soprano), Dwain Briggs (tenor), Martin Tillman (cello), Alyssa Park (violin), Lily Hayden (violin), Chris Bleth (oboe) and Bernadette Allbaugh (clarinet) the recording was intended as a kind of demo for an eventual SATB choral arrangement. But for various reasons, this was not to be. However I felt the REQUIEM recording had genuine magic, and the beautiful performances by all involved made it so. REQUIEM was subsequently released in 2006. But I had always wanted that SATB arrangement…it was a Requiem after all, and I felt it just demanded the choral treatment. In 2018, as a result of an extraordinary family discovery, I went ahead and hired master arranger Richard Bronskill to arrange all 8 movements of my Requiem, now titled “Requiem for Peace & Reconciliation” for an SATB choir with string quartet. But I still had no idea how I could have the piece performed, let alone recorded. Until a miracle happened… Early in 2019, I was contacted by Ryan Holder, the founding Artistic Director of the Sedona Academy of Chamber Singers (SACS), and the musical director of The Church of The Red Rocks, Sedona, Arizona, to perform in their church. Delighted to accept, I mentioned I had a newly arranged “Requiem for Peace & Reconciliation” which had been neither performed nor recorded, would he be interested to look at the score? Ryan not only was, but also wanted to both perform and record the Requiem. Well, this was totally amazing, as we had never even discussed the recording budget! I mentioned I had two other short SATB pieces which he might like, so we could make an entire album of all my choral work. Ryan thought that was a good idea, and so just like that, all my choral pieces were recorded in the Saint Maria Goretti Catholic Church, Scottsdale, Arizona, with his magnificent 40 member SACS choir beautifully accompanied by the Tetra String Quartet. Only after performing at The Church of The Red Rocks did I learn the whole of the recording session was in fact underwritten by a couple who were members of The Church, and who had been fans of my music for many years. My long sought dream of having my “Requiem for Peace & Reconciliation” performed and recorded was answered, a miracle had occurred… Thank you, John and Suzanne Moore for realizing my dream.
While nearly all of us have had to lately self-quarantine during this difficult time, the staff at Leg Lamp Productions has worked very hard to bring you a lovely new video based on a recording by the City of Angels Master Chorale of Morten Lauridsen’s arrangement of James Agee’s poem, “On This Shining Night”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf7Q7_GLbI8&feature=youtu.be
Featuring strikingly beautiful HD footage of various starscapes & topographies, and the chorale’s topflight choral mastery under the baton of Richard Medrano, this video attempts to capture the warmth, optimism, and majesty that Agee’s lyrics and Lauridson’s arrangement convey.
The audio was recorded under live conditions at the chorale’s rehearsal facility, and it is presented here in Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound Stereo. Like any good music video, this one is best viewed on a large screen HDTV using a stereo audio setting under the darkest lighting conditions possible. So enjoy the video, and remember that all of us will be able to view the stars at night with our own eyes very soon!
For more information about the City of Angels Master Chorale, or their other videos, please go to https://www.coacc.net/listen
To Whom It May Concern: There was a very recent issue with our choir’s YouTube link of our video based on Morten Lauridson’s arrangement of “On This Shining Night” that was submitted back in early April, 2020. To the best of my choir’s knowledge, ChoralNet has not released an announcement yet about our video for this song. As such, can Chorale net please use the following wording:
While nearly all of us have had to lately self-quarantine during this difficult time, the staff at Leg Lamp Productions has worked very hard to bring you a lovely new video based on a recording by the City of Angels Master Chorale of Morten Lauridsen’s arrangement of James Agee’s poem, “On This Shining Night”.
https://studio.youtube.com/video/qf7Q7_GLbI8/edit
Featuring strikingly beautiful HD footage of various starscapes & topographies, and the chorale’s topflight choral mastery under the baton of Richard Medrano, this video attempts to capture the warmth, optimism, and majesty that Agee’s lyrics and Lauridson’s arrangement convey.
The audio was recorded under live conditions at the chorale’s rehearsal facility, and it is presented here in Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound Stereo. Like any good music video, this one is best viewed on a large screen HDTV using a stereo audio setting under the darkest lighting conditions possible. So enjoy the video, and remember that all of us will be able to view the stars at night with our own eyes very soon!
For more information about the City of Angels Master Chorale, or their other videos, please go to https://www.coacc.net/listen
Follow along in the score as you listen to a great recording by the Ars Brunensis Chorus —
A new score video is available on YouTube for the third in my three SATB settings of text FROM THE ODES OF SOLOMON.
Here is a link to a playlist of all three score videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfOoI8O24sbzzRpFRuiNFVsoM91ORiBfI
Here is a link directly to the new video for FROM ODE 17 OF THE ODES OF SOLOMON: https://youtu.be/nDWEQn-fCQQ
And here is a playlist of all my score videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfOoI8O24sbzyI3i482v6Cr-TaN91LhYi
All of my choral scores are available from J.W. Pepper: https://www.jwpepper.com/sheet-music/search.jsp?publishers=Burke%20_AND_%20Bagley&departments=Choral&pageview=grid-view
More information about my choral works can be found on my website: http://www.gregbartholomew.com/choralindex.html
Greg Bartholomew