Folklore Guild
Thomas Tallis (b. 1505- d.1585)
Te Lucis Ante Terminum (Festal Tone)
Dahzbor A. Almazan- soloist
Recorded at St. Paul's Cathedral, San Diego California

Te lucis ante terminum,
rerum Creator, poscimus,
ut solita clementia,
sis praesul ad custodiam.
Procul recedant somnia,
et noctium phantasmata:
hostemque nostrum comprime,
ne polluantur corpora.
Praesta, Pater omnipotens,
per jesum Christum Dominum,
qui tecum in perpetuum
regnat cum Sancto Spiritu.
Amen.


To thee before the close of day,
Creator of the world, we pray
That, with thy wonted favour, thou
Wouldst be our guard and keeper now.
From all ill dreams defend our sight,
From fears and terrors of the night;
Withhold from us our ghostly foe,
That spot of sin we may not know.
O Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, thine only Son,
Who, with the Holy Ghost and thee,
Doth live and reign eternally.
Amen.


Thomas Tallis- Te Lucis Ante Terminum

Folklore Guild
"Castellum" by Rozen
Based on "Iggy's Castle" and "Road to Bowser" by Koji Kondo
Featuring Martin Green, Organist
Recorded in August 2014 at St. Paul's Cathedral, San Diego

Care, vale! Sed non æternum, care, vale! 
Namque iterum tecum, sim modo dignus, ero.
Tum nihil amplexus poterit divellere nostros. 
Nec tu marcesces, nec lacrymabor ego.
Salve rex noster, Ignum aeternum. Regnum te nebras. 
Qui est in flamas. Nec tu marcesces, nec lacrymabor ego. 
Et lymphata, Care Vale!

Farewell! “But not for ever,” Hope replies, Trace but his steps and meet him in the skies! There nothing shall renew our parting pain, Thou shalt not wither, nor I weep again. Long live the King, he is in flames with everlasting fire. Thou shalt not wither, nor I weep again, but maddened. Farewell Mario, long live King Bowser!

Castellum - Rozen

Folklore Guild
"Dragonborn" from Skyrim
Featuring Martin Green, Organist
Original music and text by Jeremy Soule
Arranged by Merlin & Wart
Artwork by Land_Walker: http://land-walker.deviantart.com/

Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin
naal ok zin los vahriin
wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal!
Ahrk fin norok paal graan
fod nust hon zindro zaan

Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal!
Huzrah nu, kul do od, wah aan bok lingrah vod
Ahrk fin tey, boziik fun, do fin gein!

Wo lost fron wah ney dov
ahrk fin reyliik do jul
voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein
Ahrk fin kel lost prodah,
Do ved viing ko fin krah,
Tol fod zeymah win kein meyz fundein!
Alduin, feyn do jun,
kruziik vokun staadnau,
voth aan bahlok wah diivon fin lein!

Nuz aan sul, fent alok,
fod fin vul dovah nok,
fen kos nahlot mahfaeraak ahrk ruz!
Paaz Keizaal fen kos stin nol bein Alduin jot!

Dovahkiin, Dovahkiin
naal ok zin los vahriin
wah dein vokul mahfaeraak ahst vaal!
Ahrk fin norok paal graan
fod nust hon zindro zaan
Dovahkiin, fah hin kogaan mu draal!

Dragonborn, Dragonborn
by his honor is sworn
To keep evil forever at bay!

And the fiercest foes rout
when they hear triumph's shout,
Dragonborn, for your blessing we pray!
Hearken now, sons of snow, to an age, long ago
and the tale, boldly told, of the one!

Who was kin to both wyrm
and the races of man
with a power to rival the sun
And the Scrolls have foretold
of black wings in the cold,
that when brothers wage war come unfurled!

Alduin, Bane of Kings,
ancient shadow unbound,
with a hunger to swallow the world!
But a day, shall arise,
when the dark dragon's lies,
will be silenced forever and then!
Fair Skyrim will be free from foul Alduin's maw!

Dragonborn, Dragonborn
by his honor is sworn
To keep evil forever at bay!
And the fiercest foes rout
when they hear triumph's shout,
Dragonborn, for your blessing we pray!

Dragonborn- Jeremy Soule (Arr. Merlin)

The Folklore Guild
Lay a Garland (1840)
by Robert Lucas Pearsall (1795-1856)

Conducted by Ruben "Hypodorian" Valenzuela of Bach Collegium San Diego

Lay a garland on her hearse
of dismal yew.
Maidens, willow branches wear,
say she died true.
Her love was false, but she was firm
Upon her buried body lie
lightly, thou gentle earth.

Recorded at Saint Martin of Tours Catholic Church in La Mesa, California. Cover photo Romantic Landscape by Thomas Cole (1801- 1848)

Lay a Garland - Robert Lucas Pearsall

The Folklore Guild
Ave Verum Corpus (1605)
by William Byrd (1540 - 1623)

Conducted by Merlin A. Mannion

Music video recorded and filmed at Greenwood Mausoleum/Cemetery in San Diego, California.

Text:
Ave verum corpus, natum de Maria Virgine, 
vere passum, immolatum in cruce pro homine, 
cuius latus perforatum unda fluxit sanguine: 
esto nobis praegustatum in mortis examine. 

O dulcis, O pie, O Iesu, fili Mariae. 
Miserere mei. Amen. 

Translation:
Hail, true Body, born of the Virgin Mary, 
who has truly suffered, 
was sacrificed on the cross for mortals, 
whose pierced side flowed with blood: 
Be for us a foretaste [of Heaven] 
in the final judgement. 

Oh sweet, oh pious, oh Jesus, son of Mary, 
Have mercy on me. Amen.

Ave Verum Corpus - William Byrd

The Folklore Guild
"The Dawn Will Come"
Music by Trevor Morris, Arr. Merlin & Raistlin
From the video game Dragon Age: Inquisition

Valeska L. Havens, soloist
Martin Green, organist
Recorded at Saint Paul's Cathedral, San Diego

Shadows fall and hope has fled
Steel your heart, the dawn will come
The night is long and the path is dark
Look to the sky for one day soon
The dawn will come

The Shepherd’s lost and his home is far
Keep to the stars, the dawn will come
The night is long and the path is dark
Look to the sky for one day soon
The dawn will come

Bare your blade and raise it high
Stand your ground, the dawn will come
The night is long and the path is dark
Look to the sky for one day soon
The dawn will come


The Dawn Will Come (Dragon Age: Inquisition)

The Folklore Guild
Sir Edward Elgar - "Death on the Hills" (1914)
Conducted by Kvothe JC Acosta
Live Recording at Saint Paul's Cathedral San Diego in April, 2015

Text by Rosa Newmarch after Apollon Maykov:
Why o'er the dark'ning hill-slopes
Do dusky shadows creep?
Because the wind blows keenly there,
Or rainstorms lash and leap?

No wind blows chill upon them,
Nor are they lash'd by rain:
'Tis Death who rides across the hills
With all his shadowy train.

The old bring up the cortege,
In front the young folk ride,
And on Death's saddle in a row
The babes sit side by side.

The young folk lift their voices,
The old folk plead with Death:
"O let us take the village-road,
Or by the brook draw breath.

There let the old drink water,
There let the young folk play,
And let the little children
Run and pluck the blossoms gay."

(Death Speaks)
"I must non pass the village, 
Nor halt beside the rill.
For there the wives and mothers all
Their buckets take to fill.
The wife might see her husband,
The mother see her son ;
So close they'd cling - their claspings
Could never be undone."


Death On The Hills - Sir Edward Elgar

Folklore Guild
Game of Thrones theme by Ramin Djawadi
Arranged by Ross Hansen
Conducted by Merlin A. Mannion
Kaneda K. Oberoi, Organist 
Cliff Thrasher, Cellist
Raistlin A. Bullard, Additional post-production cellist
Live Recording at All Souls Episcopal, San Diego

High Valyrian Text:
Valar Morghulis, Valar Dohairis.
Skorī dēmalȳti tymptir tymis, ērinis iā morghūlis.
Skoros morghot vestri tubi daor.
Erinis ia morghulis.

This recording is not affiliated with HBO nor does Folklore Guild hold the rights to the original music. This track is not meant for profit.

Game of Thrones Theme - Ramin Djawadi (arr. Ross Hansen)

Folklore Guild
"Pied Beauty" from Two Hopkins Poems by Jon Kull
Conducted by Kvothe J. Acosta

This is a live recording of the world premiere performance of "Two Hopkins Poems" on June 19th, 2015. Recorded in the Helen Price Reading Room of the San Diego Central Library as part of 'Magic in the Skyline' (NWEAMO 2015).

"Pied Beauty" by Gerald Manley Hopkins
Glory be to God for dappled things –
For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow;
For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;
Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings;
Landscape plotted and pieced – fold, fallow, and plough;
And áll trádes, their gear and tackle and trim.

All things counter, original, spare, strange;
Whatever is fickle, freckled (who knows how?)
With swift, slow; sweet, sour; adazzle, dim;
He fathers-forth whose beauty is past change:
Praise him.

Pied Beauty - Jon Kull

Halo Theme - Warthog Run
Original Music by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori
Arranged by Merlin
Organist: Martin Green

Live Recording at Saint Paul's Episcopal Cathedral
San Diego, California

This arrangement nor recording is not meant to be sold for profit.
Image: Halo Spartan Assault, we do not own this image.

Halo Theme (Organ Solo w/ Choir)

Folklore Guild
"Across the Stars" by John Williams
Arranged by Merlin & Denna
Organist: Martin Green
Conducted by Merlin
Recorded in Saint Paul's Cathedral, San Diego California

Attachment and possession are forbidden.
Compassion, unconditional love is essential to a jedi's life.
Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.
Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.

Original music owned by Disney. 
This recording, nor arrangement is meant to be sold for profit.
Photo by Geoff Hutchins, purchase the print here: http://www.geoffreyhutchins.co.uk/sf/escape_from_death_star.html

Across the Stars - Star Wars (Live Choir and Organ Cover)

Bridging the gap between video games and choral music.

Music ensemble made of professional, collegiate, and auditioned high school vocalists from Southern California.

Folklore Guild

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