This loving and dreamlike work now available in multiple voicings including SA TB & SAB captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. The text is a classic by Rudyard Kipling: ?Oh! Hush thee my baby the night is behind us and black are the waters that sparkled so green. The moon o'er the combers looks downward to find us at rest in the hollows that rustle between.…
A new setting of the text of the Latin Grace from Sidney Sussex College at Cambridge University with a beautiful undulating soprano solo. Ideal for the concert hall or for use in a liturgical setting. Duration: ca. 3:00.
Instrumental Accompaniment-In this suite - inspired by a trip to Switzerland - each song is a postcard capturing lush romantic moments in full. The songs are dedicated to Jerusalem born Hila Plitmann - poet of the beautiful text and the composer's wife. The suite is scored for SATB chorus with either string quartet accompaniment or piano and violin.
Commissioned by Philip Brunelle artistic director of VocalEssence (Minneapolis Minnesota) Nox Aurumque was premiered on 22 March 2009 at Orchestra Hall with the VocalEssence Ensemble Singers and the St. Olaf Choir. CoroCitt Di Roma gave the first performance in Italy on 20th June 2009 conducted by Maestro Mauro Marchetti.Arranged for SATB choir and includes a Piano part on the score for rehe…
for Wind Ensemble Choir and Smartphone App SATB Choral Score-The composer writes: Seeing the Hubble Deep Space Field for the first time is an experience much like listening to a powerful piece of music - it elicits feelings of wonder and awe that can be difficult to articulate. Deep Field inspired by the Hubble Deep Field images premiered with the Minnesota Orchestra & Minnesota Chorale in 201…
This loving and dreamlike work captures the undulating rhythm of a mother rocking her child to sleep. The piece was inspired by classic Rudyard Kipling: “Oh! Hush thee my baby the night is behind us And black are thewaters that sparkled so green. The moon o'er the combers looks downward to find us At rest in the hollows that rustle between.” Magical! (Grade 4)
Full of colorful contrasts this final movement from The City and the Sea dances with fun and humor! The rhythmic wordplay and deconstructed syllables of the E.E. Cummings poem hurtle ever faster to the final sudden ?stop? for an extraordinary concert finale. Duration: ca. 3:45.
This is a beautifully crafted a cappella work for SATB Choir (divisi: 2 Soprano 2 Alto 2 Tenor 2 Bass). The music was originally composed to set the words of Robert Frost's poem Stopping By Woods but owing to complex legalities involving the poet's estate the work had to be withdrawn. The composer after long deliberation decided to ask his friend and brilliant poet Charles Anthony Silvestri…
