French composer Claude Debussy was famed for his colouristic orchestral canvases and an uncanny facility for making the piano sound like an orchestra, too. In "Trois chansons de Charles d'Orléans", he created the same magical effects for an ensemble of unaccompanied voices, painting nearly tangible moods and textures. This one, "Lord! how lovely you have made her!", is as gentle and sensuous as the woman it describes.

From: The JUNO-nominated "A Quiet Place: Music for Healing III" 
Vancouver Chamber Choir, Jon Washburn, conductor 
with Cris Inguanti (clarinet) and Linda Lee Thomas (piano)

Available here: 
http://www.vancouverchamberchoir.com/A%20Quiet%20Place.htm

Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder! [excerpt] (Debussy)

O Emmanuel (Eriks Esenvalds)

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Ego Sum (2013) - excerpt

Andrea Jarrett , solo violin
Rebecca Reale, Heather Thomas, violins
Dan Wang, viola 
Coleman Itzkoff, cello
Kelly Zimba, flute
Leah Craft, oboe
Sean Krissman, clarinet 
Tommy Morrison, bassoon
Markus Osterlund, horn
George Goad, trumpet
Madeleine Doyon-Robitaille, trombone 
Brandon Bell, Dino Georgeton, percussion

Concertino (Rice)

Propel, Glide, Wīnd

Tallinna Ülikooli Kammerkoor, dirigent Sander Tamm.
Lindistatud Vaikse laupäeva kontserdil Tallinna Niguliste kirikus 19.04.2014

Peace I will leave with you - K.Nystedt

Tallinna Ülikooli Kammerkoor, dirigent Merlin Madisson.
Lindistatud Vaikse laupäeva kontserdil Tallinna Niguliste kirikus 19.04.2014

O vos omnes - P.Casal

A sample from the first Midweek Music concert of term 24th September 2014

O sing joyfully (Adrian Batten)

text: jenn marie nunes

innocence
her short skirt her silver mirror
her shot gun come autumn
bleed red leaves

from The Lyric End

Innocence - The Lyric End - harp and voice

DANIEL KNAGGS is a composer whose music is commissioned and performed across the globe. In 2022 alone, his music was performed in Singapore, Australia, Latvia, Poland, Estonia, Italy, England, Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Portugal, the Czech Republic,  and throughout the USA. After living in Mexico, Nicaragua, and France, and having studied six foreign languages, he continues to explore the interplay between music and linguistics while maintaining an international outlook in his work. He loves evoking vivid imagery in his music, as well as focusing his efforts into projects such as his 50-year Ave Maria Project (2005-2054) and his “After” Motets Project. His works are published by Edition Peters, Hal Leonard, Walton, GIA, E. C. Schirmer, Cadenza Music (UK), and Morcelliana (Italy).

Ego Sum (2013) - excerpt

Daniel Knaggs